Kryskowski's American Literature Class: September 2013

Monday, September 30, 2013

Monday, September 30:

Tuesday, October 1:

Wednesday, October 2:

Thursday, October 3:

Friday, October 4:

Warm-Up
Begin working on the Act II review in class. You may work with a group or partner and use your literature books.

Monday, September 23:

There is a substitute teacher today: get started reading Act I of The Crucible aloud in groups.

Tuesday, September 24:

Warm-Up
Finish "Virtual Field Trip: Salem, MA" notes
Assign parts and begin reading Act I of The Crucible. We will change parts after every act of the play.

Wednesday, September 25:

Thursday, September 26:

Warm-Up
Finish reading Act I
Begin working on the Act I review in class. You may work with a group or partner and use your literature books.

Friday, September 27:

Monday, September 16:

Warm-Up
Notes: Body paragraphs and Jane Schaffer writing
Whole-class body paragraph practice. The class will choose an opinionated topic to write about. Students will contribute their ideas to form a strong argumentative paragraph.

Tuesday, September 17:

Warm-Up
Summer body paragraphs activity: pair up with another students and use colors to underline or highlight the correct usage of topic sentences, concrete details, commentary, and concluding sentences in two different paragraphs. We will discuss this afterward.
HW: Argumentative body paragraph - due Friday, September 20. Take a stance on an opinion of your choice and construct a properly formatted body paragraph. This must be typed, double-spaced, and use 12 point font. We will get started on this in class.

Wednesday, September 18:

Warm-Up
Notes: Puritans and Jonathan Edwards
Begin reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" aloud in class (p. 120). Look for how Edwards appeals to his listeners by using fear, pity, and vanity. In addition, you should be able to judge how effective he was at getting his message across to the Puritan community.

Thursday, September 19:

Warm-Up
"Sinners" Visual Representations Activity: get into a group of no more than four and find one example of each emotional appeal (fear, pity, and vanity). Write the quotes for each and cite the line numbers. Next, draw an image for each emotional appeal that corresponds to each quote. Finally, explain how both the image AND language in the quote effectively appeals to the audience's emotions and gets Edwards's message across. Use color and creativity! More time will be given at the beginning of tomorrow's class if needed.

Friday, September 20:

Warm-Up
Finish "Sinners" Activity: each group will present one of their drawings and read the corresponding caption to the class.
Notes: Virtual Field Trip: Salem, MA

Monday, September 9:

Reading common assessment
Book room field trip! Pick up To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye.

Tuesday, September 10:

Pass back and discuss writing common assessments
Active the online textbook and log into the class website through ePark. Answer the questions about the website as you browse. The questions are due at the end of the hour.

Wednesday, September 11:

Warm-Up
Activity: reading with a purpose. Read "The House" and underline or circle anything you believe to be important. Next, using a different color highlighter, underline anything you believe a robber would find important. Finally, use another different color to underline anything a home buyer would find important. As you can see, reading is much more difficult if you do not have a purpose in mind or an idea of what to look for. Always try and figure out why you are reading something before you read it!

Thursday, September 12:

Warm-Up
Notes: Talking to the Text (putting your thoughts on paper while actively reading text). Model and practice as a class with an excerpt from Tina Fey's Bossypants.
Practice talking to the text with a fast food and clothing labels article. Discuss on reading strategies and the article itself will follow.