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Welcome To Mr. Paltzer's Website for English 11A
Welcome to Mr. Paltzer's Website, your one stop location for all your classroom
needs! On here you will find everything I hand out in class plus a handy recap
of the days events in each class.
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of the days events in each class.
Daily log
Daily lessons/What we did11-6-14
Journal: What is the earliest memory from your childhood you can recall? What happened? LI: SWBAT understand and review key elements of South African culture and history SC: SWK when they complete the presentations and reflect on culture and history in the presentation 10-24-14 Journal:What will you be remembered for? What will you remember Sand child for? LI:students will discuss and detail their thoughts on Sand child's themes, moral and narrative SC: I will be successful when I share my ideas in an essay about the text 10-22-14 Journal:What did you think of the ending? What did you like about this book?Dislike? LI:students will discuss and detail their thoughts on Sand child's themes, moral and narrative SC: I will be successful when I share my ideas with my group in socratic seminar and engage in discussion about the text Last socratic seminar today Discuss chapters 17-19 Discuss overall themes and moral of the story As a group pull 5 of the most important quotes explain them and why they are significant 10-20-14 Journal: With the loss of the narrator the story begins to devolve into speculation, what do you think happened to Ahmed? Why? LI: SWBAT participate in a Socratic Seminar and understand its purpose in our unit SC: SWK when they practice a Socratic Seminar and discuss its effectiveness in the discussion Chapters 14-16 o Again, if students have a comment to make, they may do so now o Topics to cover: ? Sexuality, significance of this theme ? Role of bearded woman ? Significance of chapter titles, ? Changing narrators ? Homework o Read Chapters 17-19, Socratic Seminar next class 10-16-14 Journal: How long can you keep a secret? Can you run away from your problems? LI: SWBAT participate in a Socratic Seminar and understand its purpose in our unit SC: SWK when they practice a Socratic Seminar and discuss its effectiveness in the discussion Quote presentations Socratic seminar HW: Ch 14-16 10-14-14 Journal: What is normal? Are you normal? In what ways do you conform to normality? In what ways do you differ? LI: SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge and use oral skills to communicate about the literature. SC: SWK when they complete their presentation analyzing Jelloun’s text · Socratic Seminar – 20-25 minutes · Group Presentation o On Thursday, your group will conduct a short presentation o You will present: § Analyze one of three quotes: § “Today I am pleased to think of the woman who will become my wife. I don’t speak of desire yet; I speak of servitude. She will come, dragging one leg, her face contorted, her eyes anxious, overcome by my request” (Jelloun 40). § “I have put myself through enough. Now I am trying to spare myself. For me it was a wager. I almost lost it. To be a woman is a natural infirmity and every woman gets used to it. To be a man is an illusion, an act of violence that requires no justification” (Jelloun 70). § “I see a moth escape from the handwritten words. It carries off with it a few useless images. I see a swallow trying to free itself from a jumble of words smeared with rare oil. I see a bat beating its wings in the distance of the book. It heralds the end of a season, perhaps the end of an era” (Jelloun 81). · Select the quote, create an argument, and support your argument with word choice § Create a thesis statement about one of the following topics: · Ahmed’s conflict with gender · Unreliable narrators · Role of Ahmed’s family · Fate o I will require you to use a PPT Presentation · Homework o Read to Chapter 13 o Short Presentation Next Class 10-9-14 · Journal: How has your identity changed over the past few years? What do you hope changes as you move on? What do you hope stays the same? LI: Students will be able to use oral discussion to better understand literature and review grammar skills. SC: I will be successful when I express my ideas in socratic seminar · Grammar Activity In your classcraft groups take the punctuation(comma,colon, semicolon, and period) and generate a list of everything you know about them ( i.e how to use, what they do, sentence examples) · Chapters 7-8 Socratic Seminar o Topics to cover: § Marriage, does he become a man? § Loss of power – pg. 55 § Third storyteller pg. 60 § Significance of the correspondence between him and the stranger · Homework o Read Chapters 9 and 10 10-7-14 Journal: To what extent do you control what shapes you as a person?What can you not control? ? LI: Students will use oral and written skills to analyze author's theme and narration. ? SC: I will be successful when I actively contribute to discussion and analyze The Sand Child Socratic Seminar Chapters 5 - 6 o First – Allow students to refresh everyone on what happened in Chapters 5 and 6 prior to discussion o Socratic Seminar students should sit in the middle of the room ? See if students would prefer sitting in the back of the room o Note Summarizers should sit in a place where they can hear the seminar students o Question Developers need to pay attention to the conversation to know when to jump in with a question or two o At end, ? If question developers want to add a comment, they may ? Reflection o What did we learn from analysis? What will you take away from this activity? ? Homework o Look at chart to remind students of role o Read Chapters 7 and 8 10-3-14 Journal: What do you envy about the opposite gender? In what ways do they have it "easier"? LI: Students will be able to use reflective skills to understand the importance of culture in literature. SC: I will be successful when I actively participate in Socratic seminar and reflect on the task Beginning o Prepare for the Socratic Seminar o Seminar Students – You need your book o Note Sumarizers – You need a sheet of paper and a writing utensil o Question Developers – You need your questions ? Socratic Seminar – Chapters 3 & 4 o First – Allow students to refresh everyone on what happened in Chapters 1 and 2 prior to discussion o Socratic Seminar students should sit in the middle of the room ? See if students would prefer sitting in the back of the room o Note Summarizers should sit in a place where they can hear the seminar students o Question Developers need to pay attention to the conversation to know when to jump in with a question or two o At end, o If you finish early, begin reading Chapters 5 and 6 ? Chapters 3-4 o Topics to cover: ? Significance of the gates (pg. 18 and 27) ? Gender Roles ? What is Ahmed’s reaction to this? ? Reflection o What went well? What can we improve upon? ? Homework o Read Chapters 5 and 6 10-1-14 Journal: If/when you have a child what gender would you want it to be?Why? ? L?: Students will use oral and listening skills to understand literature culturally and contextually. SC: I Will be successful when I actively discuss the background of Sand child in tandem with the reading Socratic seminar trial run: o Read Chapters 3-4 9/29/14 Journal:What role does your gender play in your life?Do you conform to gender stereotypes or defy them? LI: Discuss and analyze the background for The Sand Child SC: I will know I'm successful when I discuss and create inquiry based questions on the book. Agenda: Get new books from library In classcraft groups go over the power point and notes Each person should create inquiry based questions on the info and have a conversation at the end. Read chapter 1 and 2 9/22/14 Journal:If your life was a poem what stanza would you be on right now? What events would have been covered in the lines that preceded this one? What style would it be in? LI: SWAT reflect on what they learned during this unit SC: SWKTS when they complete an IB Supervised Writing Finish Neruda Presentations Begin Supervised Writing 9-18-14 Journal:Finish the prompt: In order to understand me you need to (listen/read/watch) _____ because.... LI: SWAT create and analyze an individual poem SC: SWK when they are deliver their presentation and articulate their analysis Vocab test-Socrative room: 55e837dd Presentations 9-16-14 Journal:Do you like Neruda's poetry? Why or why not? LI: SWAT create and analyze an individual poem SC: SWK when they are deliver their presentation and articulate their analysis ? Neruda Presentations Vocab test next class 9-12-14 Journal: What made you choose the poem that you did? How can you relate or connect to your poem? LI: SWAT create and analyze an individual poem SC: SWK when they are prepared for their presentation ? Practice vocab test ? Neruda Presentations 9-10-14 Journal: Poetry and writing are often therapeutic, what do you do to free your mind of stress and anxiety? LI: SWAT create and analyze an individual poem SC: SWK when they are prepared for their presentation · Text Marking Quiz · Student work time o Things to accomplish: § Annotating your poem § Text marking your poem § Creating your argument § Creating your visual aid 09/08/14 Journal: What visuals would you associate with the works of Neruda?Why? LI:SWAT create and analyze an individual poem SC:SWK when they are prepared for their presentation Student work time Things to accomplish: Annotating your poem Text marking your poem Creating your argument Creating your visual aid Text marking quiz next class! Presentations due on friday! 9-4-14 Journal: What relationship do you have with nature?Why? LI: SWAT break down the structure and literary devices of a poem SC: SWK when they can discuss with a partner the structure of a poem HW:· Read “The People” Plan for independent project Study vocab 9-2-14 Journal:What is a Motif for your life?Why? LI:Identify and successfully annotate a poem SC:annotation of a poem All class annotation extravaganza Reflective writing 8/27/14 Journal:Describe a story you would include in a memoir of your life. LI: SWAT use oral skills to analyze Neruda SC: SWK when they can write a reflective statement on what they have learned. Practice ACT Group Presentations ? Homework o Read poems “Heights of Manchu Picchu Rise Up and Be Born with Me” and “The United Fruit Company” o Text Mark one of the poems we’ve already read 8/25/14 Journal:What was the most interesting thing you discovered in Neruda's Memoir? Could you connect personally to his life?Why or why not? LI: SWAT use oral skills to analyze Neruda SC: SWK when they can write a reflective statement on what they have Group Presentations o Please sit with your group o We are going to see how many presentations we can finish Homework o Read poems "There is No Forgetting" and "Heights of Manchu Picchu From Air to Air" 8-21-14 [email protected] Journal: What is your muse?What inspires you to write, to sing, to dance, to move forward in life? LI: SWAT text mark a poem. SC: SWK when they can complete a text marking activity. In class text marking Work on presentations-Due Monday! ? Homework o Read poems “Entrance into Wood” o Choose one of the poems from we’ve read so far to thoroughly text mark to turn in next class!!! Find Vocab books8/15/14 A day – IB Literature Journal: What is a moment from your past that has defined your present?Why? LI: SWAT use oral skills to analyze Neruda SC: SWK when they can write a reflective statement on what they have learned. ? Beginning o Presentation Strategies ? Class discussion on presentation strategies ? Group Presentations o Students will work on presentations reading for 40-45 minutes o This is for the reflective statement! ? Homework:Read poems "There is No Forgetting" and "Heights of Manchu Picchu From Air to Air" 8-13-14 Eng DP LIt 2A Journal: What song, poem, or book has really affected you and how you think?Why? LI: Learn and understand Text marking and poetry terminology SC: SWK when they have successfully annotated the poem Poetry text marking "Body of a Woman" Poetry Terminology Neruda Homework: Read "Twenty Love Poems-Leaning into Evening" August 11th Warm up: What does a perfect classroom look like? Feel like? What happens in the perfect classroom? LI: SC: Social contract Syllabus |
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