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Happy holidays! Remember that we will have part of the period on Wednesday to wrap up group work and then begin presenting on Thursday.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Library Links
Remember to bring in a piece of literary criticism about The Scarlet Letter to help your groups prepare to teach the class. You have all the passwords you need on the back of the class calendar (or better yet, pick up a bookmark from the Media Center for access to all of our databases!).
• Click here to get to the Media Center databases
• Click here to get to the logon screen for the public library databases
• Click here to get to the Media Center databases
• Click here to get to the logon screen for the public library databases
Week of December 17th
Monday, Dec. 17th (F)
• Due: Read and annotate your group’s assigned chapters of The Scarlet Letter.
• Class: Discussion of November’s common assessment; group work on presentations.
Tuesday, Dec. 18th (S)
• Due: Vocabulary sentences for Unit #5. You are also recommended to bring an article about the novel to help your group; extra credit for bringing an article from an academic database (see reverse).
• Class: Group work on presentations; vocabulary review.
Wednesday, Dec. 19th (U)
• Due: Study for vocabulary quiz.
• Class: Vocabulary quiz on Unit #5; Hawthorne’s life and times; touch base with groups.
Thursday, Dec. 20th (M)
• Due: Come with materials to work on group presentations.
• Class: Work on group presentations in Room 321.
Friday, Dec. 21st (T)
• Due: Continue working on group presentations.
• Class: Poetry and parody: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
Have a happy and safe holiday vacation!
Reminder: We will begin presentations on The Scarlet Letter on the Friday we get back to school. The tentative calendar looks like this:
• Friday, January 4th: Chapters 5 & 6; Chapters 7 & 8
• Monday, January 7th: Chapters 9 & 10
• Tuesday, January 8th: Chapters 11 & 12; Chapters 13 & 14
• Wednesday, January 9th: Chapters 15 & 16; Chapters 17 & 18
You must email your presentation to skitsis@arlington.k12.ma.us (and copy yourself!) the day before your presentation (or earlier!).
• Due: Read and annotate your group’s assigned chapters of The Scarlet Letter.
• Class: Discussion of November’s common assessment; group work on presentations.
Tuesday, Dec. 18th (S)
• Due: Vocabulary sentences for Unit #5. You are also recommended to bring an article about the novel to help your group; extra credit for bringing an article from an academic database (see reverse).
• Class: Group work on presentations; vocabulary review.
Wednesday, Dec. 19th (U)
• Due: Study for vocabulary quiz.
• Class: Vocabulary quiz on Unit #5; Hawthorne’s life and times; touch base with groups.
Thursday, Dec. 20th (M)
• Due: Come with materials to work on group presentations.
• Class: Work on group presentations in Room 321.
Friday, Dec. 21st (T)
• Due: Continue working on group presentations.
• Class: Poetry and parody: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
Have a happy and safe holiday vacation!
Reminder: We will begin presentations on The Scarlet Letter on the Friday we get back to school. The tentative calendar looks like this:
• Friday, January 4th: Chapters 5 & 6; Chapters 7 & 8
• Monday, January 7th: Chapters 9 & 10
• Tuesday, January 8th: Chapters 11 & 12; Chapters 13 & 14
• Wednesday, January 9th: Chapters 15 & 16; Chapters 17 & 18
You must email your presentation to skitsis@arlington.k12.ma.us (and copy yourself!) the day before your presentation (or earlier!).
Monday, December 10, 2007
Week of December 10th
Monday, Dec. 10th (U)
• Due: Draft of two artifacts for your Transcendentalist scrapbook project due today.
• Class: Discuss “The Road Not Taken”; share drafts; finish working on quotation charts.
Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
• Due: Transcendentalist scrapbook project due today.
• Class: Share scrapbooks. Introduction to Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter.
Wednesday, Dec. 12th (T)
• Due: Vocabulary exercises for Unit #5.
• Class: “Questioning the Author” with Ch. 1 of The Scarlet Letter. Explain group presentation assignment.
Thursday, Dec. 13th (W)
• Due: Read Ch. 2 & 3 of The Scarlet Letter and complete journal entry #1. See the back of your printed class calendar for an example!
• Class: Discussion of the reading. Public humiliation as punishment. Explain group presentation assignment. Model project with Ch. 4 of The Scarlet Letter.
Friday, Dec. 14th (H)
• Class drops today.
Monday, Dec. 17th (F)
• Due: Read and annotate your group’s chapters for presentation (also read Ch. 4).
• Class: Discussion and group work for class presentation.
• Due: Draft of two artifacts for your Transcendentalist scrapbook project due today.
• Class: Discuss “The Road Not Taken”; share drafts; finish working on quotation charts.
Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
• Due: Transcendentalist scrapbook project due today.
• Class: Share scrapbooks. Introduction to Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter.
Wednesday, Dec. 12th (T)
• Due: Vocabulary exercises for Unit #5.
• Class: “Questioning the Author” with Ch. 1 of The Scarlet Letter. Explain group presentation assignment.
Thursday, Dec. 13th (W)
• Due: Read Ch. 2 & 3 of The Scarlet Letter and complete journal entry #1. See the back of your printed class calendar for an example!
• Class: Discussion of the reading. Public humiliation as punishment. Explain group presentation assignment. Model project with Ch. 4 of The Scarlet Letter.
Friday, Dec. 14th (H)
• Class drops today.
Monday, Dec. 17th (F)
• Due: Read and annotate your group’s chapters for presentation (also read Ch. 4).
• Class: Discussion and group work for class presentation.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Week of December 3rd
Monday, Dec. 3rd (T)
· Due: Excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of “Nature” and “Self-Reliance.”
Tuesday, Dec. 4th (W)
· Due: Study for vocabulary quiz.
· Class: Vocabulary quiz on Unit #4. Emerson, aphorisms, and trends in Transcendentalism. Introduce Transcendentalist scrapbook.
Wednesday, Dec. 5th (H)
· Class drops today.
Thursday, Dec. 6th (F)
· Due: Excerpt from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading. Application of Transcendentalism with cartoons.
Friday, Dec. 7th (S)
· Due: Excerpt from “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading; more Transcendentalist trends.
Monday, Dec. 10th (U)
· Due: Draft of two artifacts (minimum) for your scrapbook.
· Class: Share and peer edit; “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
· Due: Finished Transcendentalist scrapbook.
· Class: Introduction to The Scarlet Letter.
· Due: Excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of “Nature” and “Self-Reliance.”
Tuesday, Dec. 4th (W)
· Due: Study for vocabulary quiz.
· Class: Vocabulary quiz on Unit #4. Emerson, aphorisms, and trends in Transcendentalism. Introduce Transcendentalist scrapbook.
Wednesday, Dec. 5th (H)
· Class drops today.
Thursday, Dec. 6th (F)
· Due: Excerpt from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading. Application of Transcendentalism with cartoons.
Friday, Dec. 7th (S)
· Due: Excerpt from “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading; more Transcendentalist trends.
Monday, Dec. 10th (U)
· Due: Draft of two artifacts (minimum) for your scrapbook.
· Class: Share and peer edit; “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
· Due: Finished Transcendentalist scrapbook.
· Class: Introduction to The Scarlet Letter.
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