Weekly Agenda

Monday, November 3, 2025

• Learning Target: Students will analyze characterization and author’s use of repetition in M.T. Anderson’s Feed to interpret how language reflects personality, emotion, and social commentary, and connect the novel’s themes to modern societal issues related to technology and consumer culture.

• Close Reads & Questions (Chap. 20, 22) 

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Learning Target: Students will demonstrate comprehension and critical thinking about Feed (pp. 75–108) through a quiz, and prepare for further analysis of the text by engaging with pages 108–138, focusing on themes, character development, and media influence.

• Sesame Street Quiz (pp. 75-108)

• New Reading Assignment: pp. 108-138 (due Friday, Nov 7)

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• Learning Target: Students will analyze the psychological effects of social media on desire, self-perception, and identity, distinguish between external and internal mimetics of desire, and develop strategies for healthy social media use.

• Social Media Addiction/ Work with small groups to complete the chart

HW: Complete one-pagers depicting personal connections to problems with social media consumption 

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• Learning Target: Students will analyze how satire is used in cartoons and literature to critique societal behaviors, politics, and cultural norms, and will evaluate how authorial choices, including slang and terminology, contribute to social commentary and reader perception.

• Satirical language in Feed

Friday, November 7, 2025

Learning Target: Students will demonstrate comprehension and analysis of Feed  (pp. 108–138) through a quiz and prepare to engage with pages 139–172, focusing on character development, themes, and the role of media in shaping ideas and behavior.

• Sesame Street Quiz (pp. 108-138)

• New Reading Assignment: pp. 139-172