Friday and Monday

I will be absent Friday and Monday, but here are the plans.

• Friday: Students will have the entire period to work on a text annotation assignment from The Awakening. This will be posted at Moodle for absent students.
• Monday: Student will have the whole period to complete their first study guide. Sample frames handouts and study guide handouts are available under "Course Documents" at Moodle.

Thursday

Today we finished and presented "Eleven" Plan Posters.
There are also a few new due dates.

• "Eleven" PC for extra credit by 10/2
• Bring Antigone on 10/4
• The Awakening PC & SG on 10/5

Poster Time

We started the period summarizing The Awakening and then talked a bit about the wedding ring as a symbol. Groups spent the remainder of the period working of plan posters for the "Eleven" prompt. More on that tomorrow.

Two Texts

We spent the first part of the period talking and writing about The Awakening, specifically the inevitability of the ending and the nature of the male characters. We wrapped up the period looking again at the "Eleven" prompt from 1995, writing an essay plan that we will use tomorrow in class.

We're Back

FYI: Moodle is back up. All appears to be well. Post away!

Enjoy your weekend.

Mr. Staiano

"Eleven"

Today we looked at the prose question prompt from 1995 about Cisneros' short story "Eleven." After reading it aloud, students annotated the passage, paying special attention to figurative language and stylistic techniques employed by Cisneros.

Moodle is Down

My Dear AP Students,

It appears that Moodle is down--I do not know for how long--so posting to The Awakening forum is suspended until further notice.

See you tomorrow.

Mr. Staiano

Slightly Different Days

In third period, we wrapped up the Adler discussion, had a fire drill, and talked about being eleven.
In fourth period, we talked about being eleven, awarded prizes in the figurative language game, and discussed whether or not Chopin was a feminist.

"How to Mark a Book"

Today we considered the art of text annotation in some detail, reading Adler's "How to Mark a Book" and responding as noted below. We also played the figurative language game in period 3.

Quiz #1

Today we had our first quiz and talked about it, and the novel, for the whole period.

More Figurative Language

We began the day with a short Chopin quotation and spent the rest of the day working on the second half of the figurative language sheet.

Figurative Language Review

We began the day by reviewing the difference between "literal" and "figurative" language. Students spent the rest of the day filling in the first half of the terms handout (below).

Thursday

After talking through "The Story of an Hour," we had a brief introduction to The Awakening (with reading dates) and spent the last few moments reading aloud.
New Due Dates

• Read through chapter 16 and post at least once to Moodle by 9/18.
• Finish and post at least once more to Moodle by 9/24.

Revision Time

After a few announcements, we spent much of the period revising the "Three Lilies" CRA paragraphs (these are due, revised and typed, on Friday). We wrapped up the period looking at Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour."

CRA #2

Today we wrapped up our discussion of Neruda's short story, and students started on their first solo CRA. Rough drafts are due at the start of class tomorrow.

Thursday and Friday

Over these final two days of the week, we revised and shared CRA paragraphs from earlier in the week. On Friday we also had a quiz on the "Reading and Responding to Literature" essay and discussed some key points in class.

Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday, 4th period was at the introductory assembley, but 3rd period got started on our first CRA paragraph of the year. Students looked at an example and then, using the frames given out in class, wrote a draft of a paragraph with their partner.

Wednesday, 4th period started the assignment above, and 3rd period moved on to the revision assignment below.

HW: Read and take notes on "Reading and Responding to Literature," available at Moodle. Due 9/7.