Back to School Week 1 2010

Monday
8/30/2010 (Period D and E)

Summer Reading Essays
Students compose 2 essays on Huck Finn and Frankenstein

Tuesday
8/31/2010 Back to School Basics and Course Introductions Period E
 Assign Books and HWK
 Collect Summer Reading Assignments/Books
 Finish Summer Reading Essays
 Read Syllabus- visit blog site and website

HWK: read pages 1-7 take notes/ask questions/make comments
Wednesday

9/1/2010
Back to School Basics and Course Introductions
Reading Imaginative Literature

Period D
 Assign Books and HWK
 Collect Summer Reading Assignments/Books
 Finish Summer Reading Essays
 Read Syllabus- visit blog site and website

HWK: read pages 1-7 take notes/ask questions/make comments

Period E
 Students discuss and take notes: “What information is important to note from last night’s reading assignment?”
 Students take a few minutes to reflect on the following: “When you reflect upon your summer reading- what did you get out of Frankenstein and Huck Finn? Why do you think this? How do you know? More importantly, why is this important?

HWK: Reading Focus: How do the author’s lives factor into the novels they wrote? Students reading autobiographical information about Twain and Shelly.


Thursday
9/2/2010
Reading Imaginative Literature
Practicing Close Reading
Period D
 Students discuss and take notes: “What information is important to note from last night’s reading assignment?”
 Students take a few minutes to reflect on the following: “When you reflect upon your summer reading- what did you get out of Frankenstein and Huck Finn? Why do you think this? How do you know? More importantly, why is this important?

HWK: Reading Focus: How do the author’s lives factor into the novels they wrote? Students reading autobiographical information about Twain and Shelly.

Period E
 Read and discuss in class “Where to Begin” and “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”
 Using the same skills as notes in the handouts students analyze “American Gothic” by Grant Woods using the think-pair-share strategy. Students use analysis handout questions to guide them…
 Students conclude with a whole group discussion on their analysis of the painting.

HWK: Read and take notes on pages 13-22. Practice your close reading and analysis skills when reading “The Story of an Hour.” Be prepared to discuss. Compose formal letter of introduction to me- All due Tuesday.

Friday
9/3/2010 Period D
 Read and discuss in class “Where to Begin” and “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”
 Using the same skills as notes in the handouts students analyze “American Gothic” by Grant Woods using the think-pair-share strategy. Students use analysis handout questions to guide them…
 Students conclude with a whole group discussion on their analysis of the painting.

HWK: Read and take notes on pages 13-22. Practice your close reading and analysis skills when reading “The Story of an Hour.” Be prepared to discuss. Compose formal letter of introduction to me- All due Tuesday.