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Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 • Today’s Goals: • Familiarize ourselves with Ms. Gelso’s syllabus and expectaFons. • Complete a student “survey”.
• DO NOW: • Begin to read the syllabus that has been given to you.
Major Resources This Year
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley • Macbeth by William Shakespeare • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde • Nineteen Eighty-‐Four by George Orwell • Brit Lit Anthology (on Homework Central)
Class Expectations 1. Show respect for people, spaces, and ideas.
2. Come to class on Fme and prepared with all required and requested materials.
3. ParFcipate posiFvely in class acFviFes and discussions.
4. Hold yourself accountable for your learning, your assignments, your classroom responsibiliFes, and ulFmately your grade.
Important Policies and Procedures
• AZendance • Punctuality and Preparedness • Deadlines • AccommodaFons • Grade Breakdown • Required Materials
• Homework Central • Office Hours • Email • iPad Use • Academic Dishonesty
Class activity • Please complete the student “survey” before class is over. Try to write conFnuously, and be though_ul about your response.
• If and when the bell rings, wait unFl the TEACHER dismisses you—NOT THE BELL!
A Note on the Summer Essay • Ensure that you have proper paragraph structure that you learned over the last two years.
• Be sure that your thesis statement is clear—you will be asked to underline your thesis statement before submidng.
• Be sure you have used quotaFons and cited them correctly. • When possible, use literary terms like irony, protagonist, antagonist, conflict, sedng, point of view/narraFve perspecFve, and so forth.
Summer reading project: Period 4
• Turn in via www.turniFn.com: • Class name: BriFsh Literature Pd 4 2014-‐2015 • Class ID: 8492326 • Enrollment password: Gelso2015_4
Summer reading project: Period 7
• Turn in via www.turniFn.com: • Class name: BriFsh Literature Pd 7 2014-‐2015 • Class ID: 8497194 • Enrollment password: Gelso2015_7
Summer reading project: Period 8
• Turn in via www.turniFn.com: • Class name: BriFsh Literature Pd 8 2014-‐2015 • Class ID: 8497207 • Enrollment password: Gelso2015_8
Closing Thursday, August 28th • IN CLASS: Close reading using The Secret Scripture • HOMEWORK DUE: Sign up for www.turniFn.com, download anthology and apps
Friday, August 29th • IN CLASS: first class discussion of The Secret Scripture
• HOMEWORK DUE: Turn in signed syllabus sheet (the last page of your syllabus)! Turn in summer project via hard copy and www.turniFn.com
Tuesday, September 2nd • IN CLASS: ICE on The Secret Scripture • HOMEWORK DUE: Prepare for ICE Wednesday, September 3rd • IN CLASS: Begin Unit 1 (we will be using the
anthology!) • HOMEWORK DUE: None
Thursday, August 28th • Today’s Goals: • Define “reading” and “close reading” • Use Notability to improve text annotaFon.
• DO NOW: • Turn & Talk with a person or two near you. How do you define reading? What is the process of reading?
An Excerpt from The Secret Scripture The place where I was born was a cold town. Even the
mountains stood away. They were not sure, no more than me, of that dark spot, those same mountains.
There was a black river that flowed through the town, and if it had no grace for mortal beings, it did for swans, and many swans resorted there, and even rode the river like some kind of plunging animals, in floods.
The river also took the rubbish down to the sea, and bits of things that were once owned by people and pulled from the banks, and bodies too, if rarely, oh and poor babies, that were embarrassments, the odd Fme. The speed and depth of the river would have been a great friend to secrecy.
That is Sligo town I mean.
Notability • Has so many funcFons! • Color-‐coding • ImporFng documents • InserFng photos into notes • Sharing • Organizing
• For Brit Lit: • Add a new DIVIDER called “Brit Lit” or something similar • Add a new SUBJECT called Unit 1: Medieval Literature • Add a new note called “Close Reading”
What is close reading? Close, analyFc reading stresses engaging with a
text of sufficient complexity directly and examining meaning thoroughly and methodically, encouraging students to read and reread deliberately. DirecFng student aZenFon on the text itself empowers students to understand the central ideas and key suppor@ng details. It also enables students to reflect on the meanings of individual words and sentences; the order in which sentences unfold; and the development of ideas over the course of the text, which ulFmately leads students to arrive at an understanding of the text as a whole.
PARCC model content frameworks: English language arts/literacy grades 3–11. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. 2011. Web. 20 Aug. 2013.
Annotating a Text • Why? • Focus! • AZenFon to detail! • PreparaFon for sharing!
• HOW? • Develop a system. Consider color-‐coding, circling, underlining—what will it all mean?
• A careful mix of wriFng notes and marking. • Read and reread.
• What? • InteresFng uses of language: word choice (note words with important connotaFons), figuraFve devices.
• Development of character, conflict, sedng, or point of view.
Close Reading Practice… • Open the document from HC: “Important Passages from The Secret Scripture” and import to Notability. Add it to the Close Reading note you have already created.
Closing Thursday, August 28th • IN CLASS: Close reading using The Secret Scripture • HOMEWORK DUE: Sign up for www.turniFn.com, download anthology and apps
Friday, August 29th • IN CLASS: first class discussion of The Secret Scripture
• HOMEWORK DUE: Turn in signed syllabus sheet (the last page of your syllabus)! Turn in summer project via hard copy and www.turniFn.com
Tuesday, September 2nd • IN CLASS: ICE on The Secret Scripture • HOMEWORK DUE: Prepare for ICE Wednesday, September 3rd • IN CLASS: Begin Unit 1 (we will be using the
anthology!) • HOMEWORK DUE: None
Friday, August 29th • Today’s Goals: • Learn the norms of class discussions. • Discuss important elements of The Secret Scripture.
• DO NOW: • Take out summer assignment and signed syllabus sheet to turn in.
Discussion Norms • Take five minutes to jot down notes and prepare for the discussion.
• Use the text. • Respond to one another in conversaFon. Do not simply answer quesFons.
• Show respect at all Fmes, and do not interrupt. • Speak professionally.
Closing Tuesday, September 2nd • IN CLASS: ICE on The Secret Scripture • HOMEWORK DUE: Prepare for ICE Wednesday, September 3rd • IN CLASS: Begin Unit 1 (we will be using the anthology!), Irony lesson on “Ozymandias.”
• HOMEWORK DUE: None Thursday, September 4th • IN CLASS: Irony lesson • HOMEWORK DUE: Read “A Shocking Accident.” Friday, September 5th • IN CLASS: Irony lesson • HOMEWORK DUE: Read “Two in One.”