WEEK 1
Monday, July 31
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage and Pre-Course Reading assignment.
Learning Goal(s): Introduce yourself clearly and distinctly by providing organized evidence in a style appropriate to your peers.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12SL4 Present findings in a way that is appropriate for the audience.
Tuesday, August 1
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
Wednesday, August 2
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
Thursday, August 3
1. Computer lab visit: Complete menu, including Streetcar reread, textual lineage, and Schoology/Turnitin log-ins.
2. Research Streetcar article for rhetorical précis; summarize and assess the validity of the article’s argument. *DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose articles based on interest and reading level. (HHS Media Center)
*Homework: Streetcar article with précis and re-read assignment due for Socratic discussion Monday.
Learning Goal(s): Conduct further research to enhance your understanding of a literary text, realizing that different perspectives with a range of support exist.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12W7-9 Conduct research projects, gathering relevant information, citing properly, and drawing evidence to support analysis, reflection, and research. ELACC11-12RI7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information in different formats in order to address a question.
Friday, August 4
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
Monday, July 31
- Poker Night—A Streetcar Named Desire; simulate Mitch and Stanley’s poker night with Spit in the Ocean, Seven-card Stud, lemonade, and 40s music, including “Paper Moon.”
- Welcome & introductions; read & discuss classroom management plan & syllabus.
- Answer questions on Pre-Course Reading assignment (Streetcar and In the Lake due Friday, August 4).
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage and Pre-Course Reading assignment.
Learning Goal(s): Introduce yourself clearly and distinctly by providing organized evidence in a style appropriate to your peers.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12SL4 Present findings in a way that is appropriate for the audience.
Tuesday, August 1
- Complete multiple choice 1/2 length test (Five Steps to a Five—only 2 passages) *diagnostic assessment* (30 mins.)
- Introduce textual lineage due Friday, August 4.
- Introduce the "quilt" block.
- Introduce Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7 w/critical article from HHS Database
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
Wednesday, August 2
- Review Cobb Digital Library access and literary criticism databases. (LRCs)
- Read "Young Goodman Brown" (on pg. 398 of Bedford)
- Discuss the questions in small groups (teacher assigned), focusing on symbolism and allegory.
- Read Chapter 28: Critical Approaches Important in the Study of Literature in Pearson p.1834-56.; summarize theories and apply to Streetcar with graphic organizer.
- Apply critical approaches to “Young Goodman Brown”
*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
Thursday, August 3
1. Computer lab visit: Complete menu, including Streetcar reread, textual lineage, and Schoology/Turnitin log-ins.
2. Research Streetcar article for rhetorical précis; summarize and assess the validity of the article’s argument. *DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose articles based on interest and reading level. (HHS Media Center)
*Homework: Streetcar article with précis and re-read assignment due for Socratic discussion Monday.
Learning Goal(s): Conduct further research to enhance your understanding of a literary text, realizing that different perspectives with a range of support exist.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12W7-9 Conduct research projects, gathering relevant information, citing properly, and drawing evidence to support analysis, reflection, and research. ELACC11-12RI7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information in different formats in order to address a question.
Friday, August 4
- Outline a response to the question your draw over A Streetcar Named Desire (SCND)
- Compose additional questions to prepare for the Socratic Seminar (1 factual, 3 interpretive, 1 evaluative)
- Present textual lineage *DIFFERENTIATION: Products will vary based on student interest and choice.
- Review re-reading requirement and précis assignment for Streetcar due Monday;
Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.