Today's Goals:
•Explore the topics, standards, and essential question to our first unit •Take a pre-assessment |
Focus Questions:
What topics will we going to cover in Unit 1? What will I be expected to do by the end of the unit? How does this unit relate to the real world? What do I already know about this unit? |
Today's Goals:
1). Pre-assess what we know about the unit 2). determine what topics we've mastered, together and individually. |
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• What do I already know about this unit? How can I be successful this unit? |
Today's Goals:
•Define genre •Identify common genres within literature •understand sub-genres |
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• What strategies can we use to understand stories? |
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Use the Plot Diagram and Character analysis sheet from Day 4.
Homework for 9/11 can be found at the end of the PPT. |
Today's Goal:
—Identify the theme of a poem —Determine the elements of a poem —Explain what makes poetry different from short stories —Analyze themes across genres |
Focus Question:
»What strategies can we use to understand poems? »What are the essential elements of a poem? |
Today's Goals:
-analyze how visual texts differ from printed texts -Identify the elements within a documentary -determine a main idea for a documentary clip |
Focus Questions:
*How do we analyze a story in a film? *What strategies can we use to determine the main idea? |
Today's Goal:
-analyze how visual texts differ from printed texts -Identify the elements within a documentary -determine a main idea for a documentary clip |
Focus Questions:
*How do we analyze a story in a film? *What strategies can we use to determine the main idea? |
This assignment should be completed by Friday, Sept 21st, outside of class.
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If you are absent during the viewing days, you are responsible for watching the missed portions within 3 days.
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Today's Goals:
•analyze how plays differ from other genres •-Identify the elements within a play •-determine a theme for a play |
Focus Questions:
•How do we analyze a story in a play? •What strategies can we use to determine the theme? |
Today's Goal:
•-review background information on a play Begin reading act 1 |
Focus Question:
•• How does context help us understand more about the play? |
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•Review the Stage directions •Create our own “set” •Observe the difference between script, play, and film |
Focus Question:
•How is a play different from a short story? •What is the difference between different viewings of the play? |
Today's Goal:
•Observe the difference between script and play (filmed production) Analyze what is emphasized in each scene, and what is absent |
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•How is a play different from a short story? •What is the difference between different formats of the play? |
Today's Goal:
±Analyze articles and construct a definition of flash fiction ±Justify what elements are needed in order to have a (good) story ±Annotate (guided) a Flash Fiction story to help you redefine Flash Fiction ±End Goal: Create your own Flash Fiction piece to help you understand, reflect, and answer one of our Essential Questions. |
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±What are the essential elements of a story? ± How can writing flash fiction help us become better writers and readers? Essential Question:
#2:How can we use these stories (ones we write or ones we read) to understand ourselves, others, and the world? |