Engl 11 12/5/22

Mon, Dec 5, 2022

Begin Unit 4 -- Expanding Frontiers 1865-1910

  • Read Historical Background in class pgs 376-378

  • Read background to Part 1 -- Realism and Naturalism pg 379

  • Read Aloud Author Focus: Mark Twain

Assignment: "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

  • Build Background, Journal, Analyze Literature pg 381

  • Read "Jumping Frog" pg 382-386 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W) and ??? 1-5 pg 390

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a tall tale embedded within a frame tale.

  • understand how Regionalism influenced this literature.

  • analyze and understand the use of dialect.

  • compare Twain's storytelling to his guidelines on storytelling.

Tue, Dec 6, 2022

  • Discuss "Jumping Frog"

  • Complete narrative writing in small groups to share with the class. (If gone, turn in story)

Assignment "Life on the Mississippi"

  • Build Background, Journal, Analyze Literature pg 393

  • Read "Life" pg 394-398 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W) and ??? 1-5 pg 399

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate Mark Twain's memoir about his days as a steamboat pilot.

  • analyze and understand memoir as a genre, including the author's use of descriptive detail..

  • compare the styles Twain uses in fiction, essay, and memoir.

Wed, Dec 7, 2022

  • Discuss "Life on the Mississippi" pg 399

Assignment:"The Outcasts of Poker Flats"

  • Build Background, Journal , Meet the Author, Analyze Literature pg 402

  • Set Purpose -- Use a 3 column chart from page 402. The third column should include motiviation of each character. Chart while reading!

  • Read "The Outcasts of Poker Flats" pgs 403-411 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Do discussion questions 1-5 pg 412

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

    • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a short story about a conflict between a community and its outcasts.

    • understand how Regionalism influenced this literature.

    • analyze and understand character and motivation.

Thu, Dec 8, 2022

  • Discuss "The Outcasts of Poker Flats"

Assignment: "To Build a Fire"

  • Build Background, journal, Meet the Author, Analyze Literature pg 418

  • Read "To Build a Fire" pgs 419-430 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Do discussion questions 1-5 pg 433

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a naturalistic story about a man trying to survive in the Yukon.

  • understand how Naturalism influenced this literature.

  • analyze and understand setting, plot and conflict.

Fri, Dec 9, 2022

  • Blue Day - Teacher In-service