Monday 10/12
Goal: SWBAT analyze and evaluate the rhetorical effectiveness of Elie Wiesel’s speech by answering questions and discussing answers.
Bellwork: Explain what you did over Fall Break.
Instructional Sequence:
Read Nobel Acceptance Speech
Analysis Questions
Intro to Night
Due on TuesdayRead Night ch 1 (pages 3-22)
Tuesday 10/13
Goal: SWBAT describe the setting and conflict of the novel by citing evidence from the text.
Bellwork: You discover a beautiful island where you decide to build a new society. What is the first rule you put in place? Why?
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar - Sentence 10
Intro to Night (wrap-up)
Discuss Ch. 1 of Night
Exit Question: How does Wiesel introduce the setting and conflict of his narrative? Are his choices effective for you as the reader?
Due on Block
Read Night ch 2-3 (pages 23-46)
Wednesday/Thursday 10/14
Goal: SWBAT identify and analyze rhetorical choices that Wiesel uses in the first three chapters of the novel.
Bellwork: What does veritas mean to you? Put it in your own words and provide examples to explain your definition.
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar - Sentence 10
Discuss Night (ch. 2-3 - discuss in small groups)
Focus Question: What rhetorical strategy did you find particularly effective in the first three chapters of the book? Explain why.
Night Gallery Walk (Images)
Due Friday
Read Night ch 4 (pages 47-65)
Friday 10/16
Goal: SWBAT explain Wiesel’s complex relationship with religion during his time at the concentration camp.
Bellwork: Describe a character that has demonstrated Veritas. It can be from a book that we’ve read this year or from any other year of high school!
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar - Sentence 10
Discuss Night
Exit Question: Find two quotes that elaborate on Wiesel’s thoughts and feelings towards religion and his belief in God. How has it changed? Why does he include this in his novel?
Intro One-Pager Project & Rubric
Due Monday
Read Night ch 5 (pages 66-84)
Vocabulary (week 10): antagonist, arbitrary, austere, expedite (expedient), heresy, compromise, condescend, fallacious (fallacy), intangible, arrogant
Previously in English...
Monday 9/21
Goal: SWBAT explain the function of a significant event to the overall plot by discussing textual evidence.
Bellwork: Peter Jennings once said, “Whoever controls the media, controls reality.” Do you agree? Do we believe the news we read and see on television or our devices? Can the news media be used to manipulate us? How is this portrayed in texts we’ve read this year.
Instructional Sequence:
Discuss BNW
Prep for Socratic Seminar
Work on essay
Due on Tuesday
Essay due Friday at 11:59pm in Google Classroom
Tuesday 9/22
Goal: SWBAT demonstrate their analysis of key themes and literary elements in BNW by making at least two comments during our Socratic Seminar.
11-12 RL 1
11-12.SL 1
No bell work - prep for SocSem
Instructional Sequence:
Socratic Seminar (link to packet)
Reflection
Hand out study guide
Due on Block Day (Wednesday or Thursday):
Test on Block Day (Study Guide for BNW Test)
Essay due Friday at 11:59pm in Google Classroom
Wednesday/Thursday 9/23-24
Goal: SWBAT apply understanding of the setting, plot, and themes of BNW by taking a multiple choice test.
11-12. RL 1, 2
No bell work - prep for MC Test
Instructional Sequence:
Multiple Choice Test
Writing time for essay!
Due Friday:
Essay due Friday at 11:59pm in Google Classroom
Friday 9/25
Goal: SWBAT discuss connections between 1984 and Brave New World by analyzing Huxley’s letter to Orwell.
11-12. RI 1 & 6
Bellwork: Which book seems more likely to succeed? Control through pleasure (Brave New World) or control through pain/fear (1984)?
Instructional Sequence:
Discuss/Wrap-Up BNW
Due TONIGHT:
Essay due Friday at 10:00pm in Google Classroom
Vocabulary (week 9): profound (profundity), enhance, phenomenon, enduring, advocate, solitude, tentative, contemporary, provocative (provoke), adversary