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9th Grade Georgia Standards of Excellence

Honors 9th Literature Week 7 Feb. 12-16

2/10/2018

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Planning Your Week
Th 2/15 – Submit narrative EOC prompt to Turnitin.com.
F 2/16 – No Red Ink practice due by 11:59 p.m.
Please obtain a copy of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; you may get ahead and read over the break if you wish. We will begin reading as a class after the break.


Monday, February 12, 2018
Opener: Review “The Stolen Party” and (IAN) glue in EOC rubric for narrative: self assess skill set and standards
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Work Session: 
  1. 9th Advising in the College and Career Center
  2. Self-assess then peer-assess EOC narrative.
  3. SB: Analyze point of view p.99; revisit “The Stolen Party” and complete an EOC narrative paragraph rewriting a scene from another character’s point-of-view.
Closer: IR: Preview additional books for this six weeks; choose something manageable and enjoyable since we will be reading a Shakespeare play and a novel for class.
HOMEWORK:  Complete NoRedInk punctuating clauses by Friday at 11:59 p.m.; work on ZINC 2nd set.


Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Opener: Analyze symbolism (“Fire & Ice”) SB: 103-105; compose a CEI paragraph for the “Writing to Sources” prompt p.105.
Work Session:
  1. SB: Read “Always Running” and “Race Politics”p.37-40; answer the text-dependent questions and complete the comparison/contrast chart in “Working from the Text” p.42; identify parallel structure.
  2. Compose a response to the EOC prompt: Which of the two genres most effectively conveys the speaker’s message? Explain why.
  3. IAN--brainstorm the story lines of some television shows you have watched recently.
  4. Clock buddy pairs of students will summarize (5-10 sentences) the plot of a television show they have seen recently. They should write from the omniscient POV: then, each pair will exchange with another pair who must rewrite the summary they receive from the 1st person POV. Students should then rotate and rewrite summaries one more time, shifting to the third person limited POV. ​When complete, return the story summaries to the original student pair allowing them time to read revisions. Pairs should discuss differences between versions, evaluating the effectiveness of each, considering plot features.
Closer: Compare/contrast the narrative EOC response with the CEI style explanatory EOC response.
HOMEWORK: Complete NoRedInk punctuating clauses by Friday at 11:59 p.m.; work on ZINC 2nd set.


Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Opener: SB: 2.3 Analyzing Writer’s Style (p. 101-102); review diction, syntax, imagery, POV, irony; emulate one of the writer’s styles in the “My Notes” section.
Work Session:
  1. SB: Complete the revenge chart, practicing interpreting quotes (p.126).
  2. SB: Read the informational text “Catacombs and Carnival”–answer the second read questions and discuss. 
  3. With your partner read and annotate “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe; mark imagery, foreshadowing elements, and dramatic and verbal irony.
Closer: IR: Enjoy!
HW: Complete NoRedInk punctuating clauses by Friday at 11:59 p.m.; work on ZINC 2nd set.


Thursday, February 15, 2018
Opener: 
Work Session: 
  1. Complete the charts for verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in “The Cask of Amontillado.”
  2. Respond to the Explanatory Writing Prompt (EOC) explaining why an author would include irony in his or her story.
Closer: IR: Enjoy!
HW: Complete NoRedInk punctuating clauses by Friday at 11:59 p.m.; work on ZINC 2nd set.


Friday, February 16, 2018
Opener: Review argument: Montresor insane individual or vengeful premeditator?
Work Session:
  1. Read “A Poison Tree” p.140-141; compare and contrast theme with “The Cask of Amontillado.”
  2. Compose a response to an EOC prompt on the choice menu.
Closer: IR: Enjoy!
HW: Complete NoRedInk punctuating clauses by Friday at 11:59 p.m.; work on ZINC 2nd set.
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