Goals for this week:
- finish watching the film of The Crucible;
- understand the learning objectives that will set us up for Unit 2, Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene;
- complete all relevant cultural and historical context work, to intensify comprehension of this play; and
- discern real news from "fake news" - supports societal conflict research
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Monday - 3Green and 4Green 30 Jan 2017 (Grade Check Day)
- finish watching The Crucible
Tuesday 2Black - 31 Jan 2017
- last five-ten minutes of the film
- quick Q & A about the film, characters, etc.
- Activity 2.1 - answer both Essential Questions and then deconstruct the prompt - here or on p. 144
- Puritanism K-W-Ls: Link to template on your G'Classroom > make sure you remember to COPY it - complete all four.
- DUE: Thursday, beginning of class, via G'Classroom assignment.
Homework: DUE on Thursday 2 February 2017, beginning of class, via Google Classroom
- finish your Puritanism K-W-L
- Two QuickWrites that prepare us for Activities 2.4 and 2.7 - DUE on Thursday 2 February 2017 upload to Google Classroom in the "2.4 and 2.7 prep QuickWrites" - please make sure they are G'Docs
- QuickWrite 1: think of your favorite "lead guy / sidekick" and / or "lead girl / sidekick" relationship in entertainment. Be prepared to discuss the lead / sidekick relationship and how it adds to the story. Example: Mine is probably Simba the Lion with sidekicks Timon and Pumba.
- QuickWrite 2: What is your personal definition of TRUTH? What people in society tend to be culture's truth tellers? Why? How?
Wednesday 3Green and 4Green - 1 Feb 2017
- last five-ten minutes of the film
- quick Q & A about the film, characters, etc.
- Activity 2.1 - answer both Essential Questions and then deconstruct the prompt - here or on p. 144
- Puritanism K-W-Ls: Link to template on your G'Classroom > make sure you remember to COPY it - complete all four.
- DUE: Thursday, beginning of class, via G'Classroom assignment.
- Fill in more details, with textual evidence from 2.2 readings, in your Puritanism K-W-L
- Homework: DUE on Friday 3 February 2017, beginning of class, via Google Classroom
- finish your Puritanism K-W-L
- read and lightly annotate Activity 2.2
- Two QuickWrites that prepare us for Activities 2.4 and 2.7 - DUE on Friday 3 February 2017 upload to Google Classroom in the "2.4 and 2.7 prep QuickWrites" - please make sure they are G'Docs
- QuickWrite 1: think of your favorite "lead guy / sidekick" and / or "lead girl / sidekick" relationship in entertainment. Be prepared to discuss the lead / sidekick relationship and how it adds to the story. Example: Mine is probably Simba the Lion with sidekicks Timon and Pumba.
- QuickWrite 2: What is your personal definition of TRUTH? What people in society tend to be culture's truth tellers? Why? How?
Thursday 2Black - 2 Feb 2017
- Activity 2.2 - chunked into "expert" groups - followed by report outs
- Fill in more details, with textual evidence from 2.2 readings, in your Puritanism K-W-L
Friday 3Green and 4Green - 3 Feb 2017
Lesson on discerning fake news from real news - helps us with the research on societal conflicts that we will be investigating for our Dramatic Script assessment.