Monday
Complete writing prompt.
What is an allegory? Provide an example.
http://literarydevices.net/allegory/
http://allegory.happykidsschool.com.tw/home/module2/examples-of-allegory
Allegory examples: The Grasshopper and the Ant. The Hare and the Tortoise.
"O Captain! My Captain!"
page 69
Diffuse the text.
TPCASTT the poem.
Explain how this is an allegory.
Who does the captain represent?
What does the ship represent?
What does the trip or voyage represent?
"Frederick Douglass"
page 70
Diffuse the text.
("It" represents freedom and liberty.)
TPCASTT the poem.
What is the cause of Frederick Douglass?
Why is Frederick Douglass considered heroic?
How is the cause of both Lincoln and Douglass the same according to these poems?
Read 30 minutes.
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
What do you consider terrible things? Make a list and be ready to explain. Please keep it class appropriate.
Can terrible things be avoided?
Terrible Things
A Closer Look at Allegories
We will read a story together. You should make notes so that you may summarize the story.
Why do you think this story is an allegory?
What do the animals stand for?
Think-Pair-Share
Why don’t the animals in the story help one another? Brainstorm with a partner and discuss possible reasons with the class.
Select an animal mentioned in the story. Could that animal have done anything to stop the “terrible things” from happening? What are some possible things that the animal could have done to help the others who were being taken away?
Extend
Why do people sometimes hurt each other? How do they justify doing so?
How can you connect the animals in the story to your life?
Keep Thinking
Which is more important, freedom or safety?
Would you be willing to turn in a friend or a relative to the police if he or she had not committed a crime but the government asked you to?
What things in your life would you refuse to give up even if your life was threatened?
What items are necessary for your survival?
Would you speak up if you saw someone being treated in a manner that you felt was inhumane? Why or why not?
Read 30 minutes.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
Summarize the poems "O Captain! My Captain!" and "Frederick Douglass."
from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
page 71
Diffuse the text on pages 71-72.
Complete a panel summary for this selection.
Complete questions 7-9 in your Springboard. (pages 72-73)
Read 30 minutes.
Thursday
Complete writing prompt.
Why does history seem to repeat itself when it comes to groups of people being harmed and persecuted?
Open Book/ Open Note Test - Narrative Techniques and Literary Elements!
After your test complete the following:
Create a Venn Diagram comparing the Holocaust to the Trail of Tears and Japanese Internment.
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson125/web-guide-tears.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson125/web-guide-internment.pdf
http://www.aish.com/ho/timeline/Timeline-of-the-Holocaust.html
Read 30 minutes.
Friday
Complete writing prompt.
Why does history seem to repeat itself when it comes to groups of people being harmed and persecuted?
Test Review - We will retake.
Create a Venn Diagram comparing the Holocaust to the Trail of Tears and Japanese Internment.
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson125/web-guide-tears.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson125/web-guide-internment.pdf
http://www.aish.com/ho/timeline/Timeline-of-the-Holocaust.html
Read 30 minutes.