WEEK 1

Monday

Goal: SWBAT review the course syllabus and procedures on the first day of school by following along and asking questions.

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Bellwork: What are three books that have shaped you as a reader? At the end of the day, what is studying literature about?

Instructional Sequence:

1. Procedures & Introductions

2. Syllabus

3. Review Homework and Schedule for the Week

Due Tuesday:

1. Syllabus sign-off form (last page)

2. Read “Harrison Bergeron” for Baseline Test on Tuesday. P. 205 in the reader. 

Tuesday

Goal: SWBAT complete the baseline test. 

Bellwork: Write about an idea for a senior gift and its benefits to the school. 

Instructional Sequence:

1. Baseline Test

2. After test/homework: Letter to your future self

Due Friday:

1. Letter to your future self due at the end of block class

2. Gather Q1 reading materials / book check on Block for AQWF

Wed/Thur Block

Goal: SWBAT review key concepts before reading AQWF by engaging in discussions about major ideas presented in the text. 

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Bellwork: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Instructional Sequence:

1. Finish Baseline (if needed)

2. Intro to AQWF & Notes

3. Finish:Letter to your future self 

Due Block Day:

1. Read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Ch. 1 **(link to reading packet)

2. Letter to your future self due at the end of class

Friday

Goal: SWBAT explain the function of setting in a narrative.

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Bellwork: How would you define humanitas? Put it in your own words and provide examples to explain your definition.

Instructional Sequence:

1. Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & setting. 

2. Exit Ticket: Setting Question - What elements of setting does Remarque focus on? How do these details reveal the realities of war?

Due Monday:  

1. Read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Ch. 2 **(link to reading packet)

Vocabulary: apathy, ambiguous, fervent, vagrant, undermine, oblivious, indifferent, obscure, objective, revere