Do Now | See, Think, Connect
Silent Reading + Studio Time | Old Age 12 to 14 Bookmark 3
Exit Slip | See, Think, Connect Tuesday Do Now | See/Hear, Think, Connect Watch: Bendito Machine V A distant traveler arrives to discover a territory supposedly unexplored. He instead finds himself at the center of a tumultuous conflict. Despite himself, he has to wait for the storm to pass.
Thinking Routine | Perceive, Know, Care About Today you are going to complete the Perceive, Know, Care About thinking routine in regards to El Patrón in order to better understand why Matt exists.
Exit Slip | What is one thing you consider in your Perceive, Know, Care About about El Patrón? WednesdayWednesday: Conferences + Studio Time Do Now | Grade Check Grades have been updated in Skyward. Please log into your Skyward and look for assignments with a zero or one as a grade. Zero means I do not have the assignment at all. One means you need to finish or revise the assignment to receive passing credit. Goal Setting | Complete the first two boxes of your goal setting form:
Assignment Notebook | Direct links to cyberjournal assignments are located on the right side of the class agenda page Unit 2 | Analysis of Dystopian Lit
Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
Additional Time Silent Reading + Bookmark ThursdayDo Now | See/Hear, Think, Connect The Animals in that Country, Margaret Atwood In that country the animals have the faces of people: the ceremonial cats possessing the streets the fox run politely to earth, the huntsmen standing around him, fixed in their tapestry of manners the bull, embroidered with blood and given an elegant death, trumpets, his name stamped on him, heraldic brand because (when he rolled on the sand, sword in his heart, the teeth in his blue mouth were human) he is really a man even the wolves, holding resonant conversations in their forests thickened with legend. In this country the animals have the faces of animals. Their eyes flash once in car headlights and are gone. Their deaths are not elegant. They have the faces of no-one. Poetry Annotations + Discussion Read the poem aloud to the class.
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Poetry Analysis + Exit Slip Have students respond to the questions individually, have them share out one thing they wrote about as their exit slip.
FridayDo Now | See, Think, Connect
Silent Reading + Studio Time | Old Age 12 to 14 Bookmark 3
Exit Slip | See, Think, Connect Do Now | See, Think, Connect
Do Next | Quick Jot
Silent Reading | Middle Age 7 to 11 Boomark 2
Do Now | What is the most prominent Dystopian element thus far in Scorpion? Why?
Dystopian Element | Survival Werewolf
Do Now | What is cloning?
Today we will discuss the concept of cloning through the character Matt. Based on what happened to him the novel, what is cloning and how does it work? Thinking Routine | Tug of War
Finish and submit bookmark one, Youth 0 to 6.
Reading Analysis | Youth 0 to 6 Bookmark
Do Now | Check out The House of the Scorpion Do Next | Quick Jot
Reading Analysis | Youth 0 to 6
Bookmark
Do Now | Generate, Connect, Extend
Generate: On the sticky notes provided, respond to the following two prompts. Put only one response per sticky note.
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal
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Professional Publication
Exit Slip | Send professional email to Addie with a direct link to your cyberjournal Do Now | Personal Response
Thinking Routine | Color, Symbol, Image As we read All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, complete the Color, Symbol, Image thinking routine.
Exit Slip | What does this story suggest about the connection between humans and the environment? Do Now | Academic Discussion
Conferences Studio Time | Skyward Check
Do Now | Statue
Become a statue that represents dystopian literature. Explain your choice. Analysis | Elements of Dystopian Literature Model Citizen
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éPortfolio Submission FormCourse DescriptionThis course investigates stories of Totalitarian and post-apocalyptic societies in order to better understand topics relevant in our current society. We will read one dystopian novel as a group and then each student will select a second dystopian novel to analyze individually. We will break down the five characteristics of dystopian literature and research how those characteristics might already be happening in the world around us—government control, environmental destruction, technological control, survival, and loss of individualism.
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