Week #3 2.25-2.29

Monday/Tuesday: Writers' Workshop - Students create blogs, write personal responses and begin Essay #2 "Reminiscence of a group"
Task: As a member of a specific group (family, team, club, etc.) think of a memorable episode. Try to capture the details of a place and the people by providing interesting details. Develop your essay based on the guidelines on page 12 in your Sourcebook.
Homework for week #3 - pp.13-17 of your Sourcebook. In your blog create a new post called "Homework Week #3" and list specific descriptive details that authors use in their essays. When editing your own essay remember about how other authors use desciptive language.

Wednesday - Aim - Do you have Nerves of Steel?
Reading Strategies focus: Making connections.
Literary Strategies Focus: Characterization through thoughts.
Text: Tim O'Brien's short story "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?"
Pre-Reading/Do Now: read about Vietnam War (p.62). Quickwrite: write about a relative or a friend who has been in the war. What experience did they have? How would you feel?

Thursday - Aim - What do you do when you read independently?
Reading Strategies Focus: Independent vs. focused reading. Students read a passage pp.66-67. 1st time - by themselves and record their reflections. 2nd time - re-read the passage keeping the following question in mind. What does Private First Class Paul Berlin do to forget where he is? Divide the page in half for both sets of notes and compare in groups.
Literary Focus: Tim O'Brian uses patterns of repetition to highlight Berlin's state of fear.
Summary - Explain the quote: "War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery How does it relate to the main character?

Friday - Aim - Why is Paul Berlin giggiling?
Reading Strategies Focus: making personal connections and readers' sympathy.
Literary Focus: Finding the patterns of Repetition.

Week #2 - "The Most Dangerous Game"

2.12 - Aim: How does Visualization help comprehension?
2.13 - Aim: What is Characterization?
2.14 - Aim: Does General Zaroff validate his actions?
2.15 - Quiz The Most Dangerous Game Text