8/20/15
STANDARDS:
RL 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, SL 3.1-2, 4
BELLRINGER:
Does fiction matter? Why?
AGENDA:
Sketch Ad
Critical Thinking Discussion:
Using Kagan’s Structure Mix Pair Share, students will answer the following questions with Kagan Structure Time Pair Share:
Partner A: What is the main message of this clip?
Partner B: How is the message relevant to me?
(Switch Partners)
Partner A: What is the connection to literature?
Partner B: What drives our descriptions of ourselves and of literature?
(Switch Partners)
Partner A: Identify “curtains” that separate us from understanding.
Partner B: Propose a reason why it is that it can be difficult to analyze literature.
Discuss fiction…why do we read it? Was it the purpose/point?
Discuss CS Lewis’ Quote on wall…what does it mean?
Rigoletto: The Curse
Discuss Syllabus & grading
Time permitting: establish class rules
AP ONLY: Discuss outside reading and book groups in Reading period & do folders
HOMEWORK:
Signed syllabus due 8/26
AP ONLY: Summer coursework due 9/21