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