Monday: 2/14
IC: You will turn in your "Encounters with the River and Shore" papers with rough drafts, workshop sheets, and sentence audits neatly stapled underneath. You will also turn in your copies of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I will distribute your graded annotations and you will have a few minutes to confer with your groups from Friday to refresh your reporter's memory about what to share with the class. Then the reporter from each group will present to the class. We will discuss your responses and the end of the text. **Students who were not here to participate on Friday will have a note sheet to fill out based on the presentations in order to earn participation points for this activity.
Materials: Bring your completed paper, class notes, and copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Tuesday: 2/15
IC: You will begin class by completing a Lesson Six Vocabulary Review Exercise in preparation for your vocabulary test tomorrow. I will check out copies of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and we'll go over the reading schedule. You will take some notes on the historical context of the novel, the key concepts presented in the text, literary techniques you'll encounter as you read, and some background information on the author. **We will venture to the Integration Lab for class registration for a ten to fifteen minute period during class, so be sure to bring your registration sheet to class today! Huzzah, you're almost SENIORS!
Materials: Bring your class notes, vocabulary book and registration sheet for next year's classes.
Homework: Complete Writer's Notebook Entry #7.
Wednesday: 2/16
IC: You will complete the Lesson Five and Six Vocabulary test and turn in any extra credit vocabulary work you have completed. Then we'll take a look at two satirical poems, Ad and Recipe. We'll read and discuss the poems, focusing on rhetorical elements. Then you'll begin composition on a satirical ad or recipe poem of your own.
Homework: Your completed, typed satirical poem is due for Writer's Workshop on Friday, 2/18.
Materials: Bring your class notes and vocabulary work.
Thursday: 2/17
IC: You will begin class with a reading quiz over chapter one of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. We'll discuss the beginning of the text, including important concepts and characterization. **Be sure to make a distinction between the narrator and main character as you prepare for the first reading quiz. We'll end class with an introduction to Lesson Seven Vocabulary (test on Friday, 2/25).
Homework: Your completed, typed satirical poem is due for Writer's Workshop on Friday, 2/18.
Materials: Bring your copy of Slaughterhouse-Five, class notes, and vocabulary book.
Friday: 2/18
IC: You will complete a Writer's Workshop on your satirical poem. After you've completed the Writer's Workshop, we'll take a look at a poem that explores the purposes of science-fiction. We'll read and discuss, making connections to the text of Slaughterhouse-Five.
Homework: Your polished satirical poem (with draft and Writer's Workshop sheet stapled neatly underneath) is due on Monday, 2/28.
Materials: Bring your completed, typed satirical poem to workshop, class notes, and copy of Slaughterhouse-Five.
