February Lessons
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: Read 557-569. Answer yellow-dot questions on 562. Make sure you can discuss the tenets of the American dream, the elements of modernism, Freud, the modernist hero and the Harlem Renaissance.
Assessment: Class discussion
Differentiation: RFU-setting a purpose for reading
Monday 2/6
ICC Standards: Reading for information A-E
Objective: Practice/Assess reading comprehension in preparation for ITEDS and ACT
Learning Activity: ACT reading passages--reading and charts and graphs. Discuss with think aloud.
Assessment: Correct multiple choice questions. Class Discussion.
Tuesday 2/7
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: Timeline notes for American Modernism; Class reading of Ezra Pound 574-579
Assessment: Class discussion
Differentiation: RFU-setting a purpose for reading
Wednesday 2/8
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: T.S. Eliot 581-87Modernist Poetry 591-602.
Assessment: Class discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
Thursday 2/9
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: Class reading of Hemingway's "Soldier's Home." Thinking Critically questions 8 and 9 in complete sentences.
Assessment: Class discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
Monday 2/13
ICC Standards: Reading for information A-E
Objective: Practice/Assess reading comprehension in preparation for ITEDS and ACT
Learning Activity: ACT reading passages--reading and charts and graphs. Discuss with think aloud.
Assessment: Correct multiple choice questions. Class Discussion.
Tuesday 2/14
ICC Standards: Reading for information A-E
Objective: Practice/Assess reading comprehension in preparation for ITEDS and ACT
Learning Activity: ACT reading passages--reading and charts and graphs. Discuss with think aloud.
Assessment: Correct multiple choice questions. Class Discussion.
Wednesday 2/15
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: Distribute Essay choices and begin "The Great Gatsby"
Assessment: Class Discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
Thursday 2/16
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: DLA-Critical Reading passages. Reading of "The Great Gatsby"
Assessment: Class Discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
Friday 2/17
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: DLA-Critical Reading passages. Reading of "The Great Gatsby"
Assessment: Class Discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
Tuesday 2/21-Friday 2/24
Unit: American Modernism
Objective: Reading Literature A-F; To understand the precepts of modernism and understand the relationship of historical/social events to literature and art
Learning Activity: STARR Test; Reading of "The Great Gatsby" chapter 3-5.
Assessment: Class Discussion
Differentiation: Read aloud
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