Wed 4/27 Blake Poems

Symbolism and Imagery in William Blake

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Complete the discussion agenda on Blake's poems beginning on p. 754-760
(Small groups for those in class. If absent, you will need to do this independently)
Each person should write two discussion questions. Groups may generate these together.
This will serve as preparation for class discussion Thursday.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Final Satire: Friday, 4/30
Double spaced, 12 pt. font, minimum 1.7 pp. 
All satires must go through the peer review and revision process. A first draft will not be acceptable for grade.

Tues 4/26 Peer Review

Satire

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Rough draft satire due: 20 pts. See me with the draft. Have another student review it using the rubric, make improvements. Revised version due Friday with evidence of paper trail.
Peer review satire (10 pts.)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Final: Friday, 4/30
Double spaced, 12 pt. font, minimum 1.7 pp. 
All satires must go through the peer review and revision process. A first draft will not be acceptable for grade.

Mon 4/25 Satire

Satire

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Word processing

Reminders/Due Dates:

Typed draft of satire due Tuesday, 4/26: 20 points. 
Double spaced, 12 pt. font, minimum 1.7 pp. 
All satires must go through the peer review and revision process. A first draft will not be acceptable for grade.

4/21, 22 Thurs, Fri Satire

Satire

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Hand in the following if you have not already
1. Gulliver's Travels Reading Check
2. Gulliver's Travels Satire and Theme Analysis
3. Satire Bubble Diagram: Topic and Subtopics
4. Satire Original Satire Checklist
This class  (Thursday) was used for working on completing past work and the satire.
Friday: reading immersion with the option to work on the satire.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Typed draft of satire due Tuesday, 4/26: 20 points. 
The laptops will be available on Monday for typing.
All satires must go through the peer review and revision process. A first draft will not be acceptable for grade.

Wed 4/20 Work Day

Satire

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Hand in the following if you have not already
1. Gulliver's Travels Reading Check
2. Gulliver's Travels Satire and Theme Analysis
3. Satire Bubble Diagram: Topic and Subtopics
4. Satire Original Satire Checklist
This class was used for working on completing past work and the satire.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Typed draft of satire due Tuesday, 4/26: 20 points. 
All satires must go through the peer review and revision process. A first draft will not be acceptable for grade.

Tues 4/19 Intro: William Blake

Satire

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Study Guide: William Blake (complete this and turn in)
(The last video will answer the first question on the study guide if you are unable to.)

View the following clips on Youtube and complete the handout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk_geYnyuOk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMwNvzRKX64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru3Cfk_FKU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBkbWzv3TIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYE1S6r3bkg

Reminders/Due Dates:

Typed draft of satire due Monday, 4/25

Mon 4/18 Write a Satire

Satire

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy
Identify themes

Daily Activity:

Ted Ed: Prescriptive versus descriptive grammar: view

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-grammar-matter-andreea-s-calude#review

Respond in journal: comment on how these two approaches to language are necessary/important, or at least summarize what you saw and react/respond.

*This satire is an example of creative writing where one may emply both these schools of grammar in terms of style.

Work: by the end of the hour, identify a topic and three subtopics for the satire. (See bubble diagram on the board.)

You may use your phones as an aid in this quest. Complete the handout: true/false, yes/no relevant to this assignment by tomorrow.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 4/15 Work Day

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy
Identify themes

Daily Activity:

Today: Complete the chart on satire and themes. Complete the study guide assigned when we read the selection--hand both in.
Remaining time: reading immersion

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues/Wed/Thurs 4/12, 13, 14 Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy
Identify themes

Daily Activity:

Gulliver's Travels (movie). While viewing, you will need to fill out the chart on satire and themes. It will be due at the end of viewing.
Wed: Journal (in class we discussed this, one example per person): Universal Themes (handout): Choose to and be ready to explain with specific examples how this theme is explored in Gulliver's Travels. 

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri/Mon 4/8, 4/11 Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy
Identify themes

Daily Activity:

Gulliver's Travels (movie)While viewing, you will need to fill out the chart on satire and themes. It will be due at the end of viewing.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Quiz/Film: Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy

Daily Activity:

1. Review: Modest Proposal study guide. Now that it has been returned, this work cannot be submitted for credit.
2. Quiz: Vocab Unit 11
and Gulliver's Travels (combined)
3. Gulliver's Travels (movie)
While viewing, you will need to fill out the chart on satire and themes. It will be due at the end of viewing.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Vocab quiz, Unit 11 on Thurs

Wed 4/5 Gulliver

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target

Analyze satire, verbal irony and fantasy

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: Respond to the song "Gulliver" by Super Junior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avjQOJiMrEc&list=RDavjQOJiMrEc

2. Complete the "Gulliver's Travels" study questions after finishing the selection
*I reserve the right to offer a quiz on this material

Reminders/Due Dates:

Vocab quiz, Unit 11 on Thurs

Tues 4/5 Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Learning Target
Analyze satire, verbal irony, and fantasy

1. Journal: Would others find it dumb? Think about your dumbest daily rituals. Write about it.
2. Notes: Techniques used in satire (handout).
3. Read: 623 (intro) to end of Gulliver's Travels selection: this is a long selection, so you can expect to spend the class period completing this. Pay attention to the footnotes as it will clue you in to important historical references.
(Complete study questions after reading)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Vocab quiz Thursday
Open book quiz on Gulliver: Wed, likely

Mon 4/4 Reading Immersion

Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Complete the guided reading on "Modest Proposal" and submit

Reading immersion.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring lit text tomorrow for Gulliver's Travels

4/1 Modest Proposal

Modest Proposal

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Johnathan Swift: p. "A Modest Proposal": Complete close reading study guide (small groups)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Reading Immersion: Monday most likely . . .