Lesson Plans
Week 5: 4/22-4/26
Night final
Exam on Monday/Tuesday block
Writing on Wednesday/Thursday block - must be completed in class. If you are absent, you will need to make this up during conference or schedule a time to come in after school.
Homework: Get The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Book check on Monday 4/29.
Homework: Read and annotate Night by Elie Wiesel; answer reading questions for the assigned chapters
Monday/Tuesday Block: Chapter 6
Wednesday/Thursday Block: Chapters 7-8
Friday: Chapter 9
Reading questions ch. 4-6 due at start of class W/Th block
Reading questions ch. 7-9 due next week at start of class M/Tu block
Week 3: 4/8-4/12
Night discussions
The "Final Solution" slides
Motif of silence (chapter 3)
Socratic seminar on block
Homework: Read and annotate Night by Elie Wiesel; answer reading questions for the assigned chapters
Monday: Finish chapter 3
Tuesday: Chapter 4
Block: Chapter 5, through page 75
Friday: Finish chapter 5
Introduction to Night
Homework: Book check on Monday for Night by Elie Wiesel; Night vocabulary
Quarter 4 Above
Quarter 3 Below
Week 8: 2/26-3/1
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 27-30 discussed
Quiz Monday
Novel exam Friday
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: Chapter 28
Tuesday: Chapter 30
Week 7: 2/20-2/23
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 24-26 discussed
Paragraph: What do the grapes of wrath symbolize?
Write a 6 sentence paragraph answering this question
Include evidence (with APA citation) from chapter 25
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: No school - R&R weekend
Tuesday: Chapter 26 (through page 365)
Block: Chapter 26 (through page 380)
Friday: Finish chapter 26
Absent Friday? View these slides and answer the questions on them in order to make up the activity you missed.
Week 6: 2/12-2/16
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 21-23 discussed
Quiz Friday - chapters 19-22
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: Chapter 22
Tuesday: Chapter 22
Block: Chapter 24
Friday: R&R Weekend
Week 5: 2/5-2/9
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 18-20 discussed
Character Analysis
Monday: Create slideshow in class identify a trait for your assigned character, 2 pieces of textual evidence to support that trait with APA citations, and pictures that depict that trait
Friday: Worksheet due
Quiz Monday - chapters 13-18
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: Chapter 19
Tuesday: Chapter 20 through page 261
Block: Chapter 20, pages 262-281
Friday: Chapter 22 through page 298
Socratic seminar on Block - complete prep prior to coming to class
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY - Steinbeck's novels
Week 4: 1/29-2/2
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 11-18 discussed
Poster - Chapter 15
Using words and images, describe Steinbeck's message in chapter 15. Use one of the following passages for textual evidence:
Pp. 155-156 "Beside them, little pot-bellied men...sh*theels"
P. 158 "Big Bill grasped his cup...they never stole nothin' from us"
Pp. 159-161 "Could you see your way to sell us a loaf of bread ma'am...Thank you ma'am"
Pp. 161-162 "Big Bill wheeled back...And her eyes were on the highway where life whizzed by"
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: Chapter 13
Tuesday: Chapter 16, pages 163-170 and 185-192
Block: Chapter 18 through page 214
Friday: Chapter 18, pages 214-230
No quizzes this week - next quiz Monday 2/5
Week 3: 1/22-1/26
Discussion of The Grapes of Wrath
Chapters 6-10 discussed
Quizzes:
Monday: Chapters 1-6
Friday: Chapters 7-10
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Monday: Chapter 7
Tuesday: Chapter 8
Block: Chapter 10
Friday: Chapter 13, pages 124-135
Classwork: Create a slideshow (approximately 4 slides) tracking the development of one of the motifs we've been discussing (honor, dehumanization, community, faith, or perseverance). Include how Steinbeck first introduces the idea, as well as what his attitude toward that idea is. You need a minimum of two quotes from the novel, including one from chapters 11-12.
Homework: Read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, write in your reading journal, & write an open-answer discussion question
Tuesday: Chapter 2
Block: Chapter 5
Friday: Chapter 6
Week 1: 1/8-1/12
Emily Dickinson poems (Humanities reader p. 369)
The Jungle (Humanities reader p. 372)
Write a 5-sentence paragraph answering the following prompt: Why did Sinclair's The Jungle have such a huge impact on readers?
Include textual evidence in your paragraph with APA citation
Introduction to Steinbeck slides