Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Block Day 1
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Heart of Darkness
Analyze grammatical deficiencies
BW: Students will read and respond to the opening lines of Heart of Darkness, which will be projected on screen.
Book check
Distribute Annotation Guides
Discuss responses, then continue reading through middle of p. 4
R/A independently
Review Grammar quiz (Those who missed quiz will take it during reading
R/A through middle of p. 8 (Stop at paragraph that begins: "There was yet a visit to the doctor."
Block Day 2
SWBAT . . . analyze a sentence for parts of speech and parts of sentence
read and comprehend HD
BW: Grammar resumes. Both Day 1 and Day 2 work
Notes on Conrad/HD
Discuss through p. 8
R/A through bottom of p. 11
R/A through bottom of p. 15 (Stop at paragraph that begins: "One day he remarked . . ."
Friday
SWBAT . . diagram a sentence
read and comprehend HD
BW: Diagramming
Discuss last night's reading