Fences
Week Three
Monday, September 3:
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 4:
1. Check in circle
2. Review Strategies for college essays (presentation here)
3. Read example college app essay (essay examples here)
4. H2R Presentation: Quest, Bible and Myth. (Sample by Ms. Finn, all other students will be presenting each Monday)
5. List of chapters for presentations and dates
Homework:
- Finish college essay/make edits if needed
- Bring ID card tomorrow to get copies of Fences
Wednesday, September 5:
1. Read and Watch Act 1, Scene 1 up to page 13
2. Begin note taking (Worksheet found here, can be written on binder paper if needed)
Homework:
- Finish notes up to page 13 (where we stopped in class)
Thursday, September 6:
- Review Scene 1 - Finish watching and discussing with notes
- Read Act 1, Scene 2 together as a class with notes
Homework:
1. Read Act 1, Scene 3 with notes for homework
Friday, September 7:
1. Small group discussion: Do you think Troy is a 'good' father? Why or why not?
2. Directorial Choice: Watch two version of Act 1, Scene 3 with discussion
Link to James Earl Jones version
Homework:
1. Finish Act 1 with notes (up to page 58). Notes page found here.
2. PLEASE BRING TABLETS TO CLASS ON MONDAY
Week Four
Monday, September 9:
- Check in circle
- How to Read Presentation: Flight and Symbol
- Reading Quiz on Act 1
- In class: Act 2, Scene 1: How has the setting, characters or situations developed? Stayed the same? How does it affect our overall reading?
Homework:
1. Read Act 2, Scene 2 and 3 with notes
Tuesday, September 10:
1. Review 2.2-3
2. Motif tracking - how have things developed?
3. Watch Act 2 (Up to the final scene)
Homework:
- Finish the play (Act 2 Scene 5) with notes
Wednesday, September 5:
- Small Group Discussions:
- Discuss how the characters react to Troy's death: is he redeemed in the end? Or not?
- How does the setting affect the story and Troy's redemption?
- How would you stage the last moments of the play? What importance do they hold?
2. Watch the end of the movie version
Homework:
None - quiz postponed to tomorrow
Thursday, September 6:
Homework:
1. Finish book in brief for Monday on Fences
2. In Class Essay on Fences tomorrow
Friday, September 7:
1. In-class essay on Fences
2. If done early, time to work on Book in Brief
Homework:
1. Book in Brief on Fences due Monday