9th Honors Literature March 14-18, 2016
Planning Your Week
M 3/14: Tent flyer for The Night Circus due at the end of class Gallery Walk, Competition, and Discussion
W 3/16: Pinwheel Discussion for The Tempest (unit test).
TH 3/17: Quiz on The Night Circus Part III; answers to 2 of the Part III questions due at beginning of class.
Learning Goal: Enhance and propel collaborative discussion with relevant questioning, thoughtful responses, and appropriate preparation.
Focus Standards: ELACC9-10SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Monday, March 14
- Vocabulary Unit 6 Introduction
- LAB: Groups will design their flyer for the Night Circus. Flyer Competition will be Wednesday, March 16. Group leader should email me the color flyer, in a JPG. Format, no later than Monday night. I will print them in color and display them on our gallery walk!
Tuesday, March 15:
Individuals will prepare for their Pinwheel Assessment tomorrow! Use your class time wisely.
- Vocabulary Unit 6 synonyms and antonyms
- Review elements of characterization Art & Reading ppt; compose a character sketch of your assigned The Tempest character using STEAL method. Use three additional words from Unit 6 vocabulary.
- Compose sample questions and answers for tomorrow’s discussion; synthesize understanding of the play focusing on Shakespeare’s purpose.
- Have your quotes ready for the discussion. Remember, you ARE your character and must make a convincing case for your rhetorical decisions.
Wednesday, March 16
- The Tempest Pinwheel Final Assessment!
- Vocabulary Unit 6 Completing the Sentences
- Quiz TNC Part III
- Gallery Walk/Flyer Competition
- Students will view and vote on their top three flyers
- After the voting, we will constructively critique/discuss each flyer for effectiveness. Group designers will take notes and remember what “works” and what doesn’t work for their future night circus projects.
- TNC groups, plan project
- Project design
- Props
- Layout
- Norm Forms
- Vocabulary 6 Assessment
- Lab: Start Multi-Media and research for project
- Each member of the group should research his or her part and should create a working bibliography and Google docs folder for TNC project.