Collecting Evidence from Night of the Hunter

Goals: Collect and analyze examples of theme, mood, and irony in Night of the Hunter.

Agenda:
Read
Turn in "Cask of Amontillado" paragraph. 
Collect evidence about Night of the Hunter

Turn in "Cask of Amontillado" paragraph: 
Use THIS FORM to turn in your paragraph. 
Copy and paste it from your EJ. 


Collecting Evidence:
Just as you did for "Cask of Amontillado," today you will work with your partner to collect examples of theme, irony, and mood from Night of the Hunter.

• Use this FORM to submit your responses. 
• Use the notes you took while watching the film. 
• Remember that your answers will be shared with all of my classes to support your work when we begin writing our comparative analysis essays. 
• Use complete sentences, please. 

Movie at Lunch:

Remember if you missed part 2 of Night of the Hunter I am re-showing it during lunch today. We will watch part three in class on Monday.

Reminders:
Keep reading. You should be on book #8.
Next Friday 3/6 is the last day of the grading period. Check your grades and talk to your teachers. 

Night of the Hunter: Day 2

Goals: Review day 1, and continue taking our notes on irony, mood, and theme in the film.

Agenda: 
Read
Review notes from yesterday
Watch part two

Reminder: 

• I am reshowing part 1 at lunch today. You are welcome to bring your food and watch it again.
• Keep reading at home. 
• You should be on Book #8. 
• Finish your paragraph about theme, irony and mood in "Cask of Amontillado." You are going to turn it in for a grade on Friday. 

Night of the Hunter: Day 1

Goal: Watch the first 30 minutes of Night of the Hunter while making notes about items related to the theme, mood and irony in the film.

Agenda: 
Read
Note set up
Things to watch for
Film viewing

Notetaking:
How could you organize your notes to look for theme, mood and irony before we begin watching the film?

1. Open your English journal and set up a note taking system for yourself. 
2. As we watch the film take notes of any irony you see. 
3. Look for settings or shots the reflect various moods in the film. 
4. See if you can spot a reference to the theme near the very beginning. (Hint: It is also a religious reference.)

Cinematic techniques to look for: 

• Examples of irony, especially verbal irony
• Religious symbols or references
• Canted angles and dramatic lighting
• High and low angle shots
• Foreshadowing: clues something is coming

Absent? 

Come at lunch tomorrow. We will be re-showing the first thirty minutes of the film. 

Reminders: 

• Review your notes and remind yourself what you saw in the film. 
• Read your book! Most of you should have started Book #8 this week.

Getting and giving writing feedback

Goal: Get and give feedback on your "Cask of Amontillado" paragraph before you turn it in for a grade. 

Agenda: 
Read
Review your paragraph in your EJ
Get and give feedback

1. Review your paragraph: 
Open your English Journal. 
Find the paragraph you wrote on 2/21 about "Cask of Amontillado."
Make it better.

2. Get and give feedback:

• Copy your paragraph
• Go to peergrade.io and sign in with google. 
• Paste your paragraph into the assignment box and submit it. 
• Then you will start getting other people's paragraphs to review and give feedback on. 
• Give good feedback because they will rate the quality of your feedback. 
• You will also review and give feedback on your own paragraph. 
• When you are done giving feedback you will be able to see all the feedback other people gave you. 
• This system is anonymous, but your teacher can see everything with names. 

3. Work on your writing: 

• Use the feedback you just got from your peers to make your writing better. 
• You will submit this paragraph for a grade in a few days. 

Writing About Book #7

Goal: Write your review of Book #7.

Agenda: 

Read

Book Review

Catch Up Time

1. Book Review Time: 

• Last time we did book reviews, you prepared for your Socratic Book Discussion. This time, we're writing in our beige book review document again. This is in your Google Drive.

• You are now writing a book review for Book #7, the novel you were supposed to begin the last week of January.

• Your review of Book #7 is due by the end of this class period.
• BE SURE YOU ARE WRITING ABOVE YOUR REVIEW OF BOOK #5 (the last review we wrote on this document). 
• BE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR REVIEW AS "REVIEW OF BOOK #7"

2. Catching Up

• Finish your review of Book #7.
• Have you finished writing about theme, irony, and mood, in "Cask of Amontillado"? That writing should be in your English Journal and it should be complete. If it is not finished you need to work on it now. Other people will read yours tomorrow. 

Writing about Irony, Mood, and Theme in "Cask of Amontillado"

Goal: Reviewing what we know about writing with evidence and writing an analytical paragraph about theme, irony, and mood in "Cask of Amontillado."

Agenda: 
Read
Reading Progress Update
Reviewing Evidence
Writing about theme, irony, and mood in "The Cask of Amontillado."

Update us on your reading: 
Reading Progress Update Form

Writing: 

• Remember when you wrote a paragraph about the irony in "Possibility of Evil?" Now you can write about the theme, irony, and mood in "The Cask of Amontillado."
• Use the prompt below and write your answer in your English Journal. 
• You might find it helpful to look at the examples of irony, mood, and theme you suggested. Check out those examples HERE. (Choose wisely, all of these examples were suggested by 9th graders.)

Explain a theme that Edgar Allan Poe develops throughout the course of “The Cask of Amontillado.” Additionally, analyze Poe’s use of both irony and mood in this story and the impact it has for the reader. Be sure to provide and explain at least one piece of direct evidence for theme, irony, and mood (1 quote for theme, 1 quote for mood, 1 quote for irony = 3 quotes total).

Need help? 
THIS SHEET might help you structure your writing. (Must be signed into your stu.sandi.net account to view it.) 

Reminders: 

Your homework is to read. We write about book #7 on Monday.
Finish the writing you started in class today. 

Visiting the Counselors About our 10th Grade Classes

Goal: Visit the counseling office to check on your course requests

Agenda:
Visit the counselors
Read while you wait

Counseling:

• Today we will be in the counseling office to review your course selections for next year.
• Bring your book so you can read while you wait your turn.

Reminders Once You're Back in Class, Grab Your Laptop and Catch Up:
If you make it back to class before the end of the period you should:

1. Finish your AOW or comparison paragraph that you started during our station rotations. 
2. Check your English Journal and compare it to the chart at the front of the room - do you have all of your entries complete?
3. Review the language of film and learn some new terms HERE. Enter code: 961689
4. You can also read your book if you are done with everything else. 

Writing about irony, mood, and theme in "Cask of Amontillado"

CALsoap presentation about graduation requirements and college readiness. 


Goal: Reviewing what we know about "Cask of Amontillado" and writing an analytical paragraph about theme, irony, and mood.

Agenda: 
Read
CALsoap Presentation
Writing about theme, irony, and mood in "The Cask of Amontillado."

Writing: 

• Remember when you wrote a paragraph about the irony in "Possibility of Evil?" Now you can write 1-2 paragraphs about the theme, irony, and mood in "The Cask of Amontillado."
• Use the prompt below and write your answer in your English Journal. 
• You might find it helpful to look at the examples of irony, mood, and theme you suggested. Check out those examples HERE. (Choose wisely, all of these examples were suggested by 9th graders.)

Explain a theme that Edgar Allan Poe develops throughout the course of “The Cask of Amontillado.” Additionally, analyze Poe’s use of both irony and mood in this story and the impact it has for the reader. Be sure to provide and explain at least one piece of direct evidence for theme, irony, and mood (1 quote for theme, 1 quote for mood, 1 quote for irony = 3 quotes total).

Tomorrow we go see the counselors: 
If you haven't brought back your BLUE card you may be one of the last to see your counselor.

Reminders: 

Your homework is to read. We write about book #7 on Monday.

Return your class choices cards. The BLUE ones.

Cask of Amontillado Lesson Rotations

Goals: Understanding "Cask of Amontillado" better, comparing characters, gathering evidence and more.

For the next several days we will be working in station-rotations. Your group will rotate through two stations per day. Use the directions on your table to know what you are working on at that station. 

Your station may need some digital resources. 

You can find them here. 

Match the sign on your group table to the activity below. 

GOOGLE DOCS COPY OF "CASK OF AMONTILLADO"

Finding Evidence of Irony, Mood and Theme in "Cask of Amontillado" 
Work with a PARTNER from your group to complete this form.
One of you should open the form and you'll both need to open the copy of "Cask of Amontillado."
LINK TO FORM

Comparing Montresor and Fortunato (With Ms. Love periods 2-3-6)
You will be writing a paragraph comparing these two major characters from "Cask of Amontillado."
You may want this TEMPLATE DOCUMENT.
Remember to use the organizer at the bottom of the doc first.

Article of the Week (Work on your own.)
Read one of the articles and write about it in your English Journal.
Remember to write your first paragraph as a summary and the second paragraph about your opinion.
Article Choice #1   Stardust found in Australian meteorite
Article Choice #2   If you want to know more about the impeachment
Article Choice #3   Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend
Article Choice #4   If you want to know more about the coronavirus.

Close read of the opening paragraphs of "Cask of Amontillado"
Ms. Roberts or Ms. Dowd will guide you through this activity.
You won't need your computer for it.

Silent Reading
We will have two stations of silent reading, so you'll get reading time two out of the three days we have rotations. (That adds up to slightly more time than you would get if we just read for ten minutes in class each day.)

REMINDERS: 
Bring back your BLUE course selection card.
Keep reading book #7. Finish by 2/22.

APF, Irony Self-Assessment, and Reviewing Mood!

Goals: Assess your own understanding of the different types of irony and review the way authors develop mood in literature. 

Agenda:
Read
Guest speaker: Aaron Price Fellows
Irony Self-AssessmentRefresher on mood

1. Guest Speaker: 
We will hear about the Aaron Price Fellows Program.  
Ask questions if you are interested!
https://aaronpricefellows.org 

2. Irony Self-Assessment: 
We have been talking a lot recently about the different types of irony. 
Let's take a step back and each assess our own understanding of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. 

3. Reviewing Mood:

• After you have completed your self-assessment on irony, please watch this short video on mood in literature.  
• Then answer the questions on THIS FORM.

Reminders:
Bring back your BLUE course selection card.
Keep reading book #7. Finish by 2/22.

Watching "Cask of Amontillado"

Thursday
Goal: Understanding "Cask of Amontillado" even better by watching a film version.

1. Reading Progress Update:
Tell us about your book HERE.

2. Language of Film:
Soon we will be watching a feature length film that we will analyze and compare to "Cask of Amontillado"
Before then you need to learn more about the language of film.
Take notes in your English Journal.

3. Watching "Cask of Amontillado"
There is a pretty good film version that might help some of you with comprehension.
Watch how the filmmakers create mood with the setting, lighting, and dramatic music.
Take notes in your English Journal.

4. Quick Quiz:
You who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose that I would pass up this opportune moment to assess your working knowledge of our recent literature.
How well do you know "Cask of Amontillado?"
Take the QUIZ.

Reminders: 
Return your BLUE articulation cards.
Keep reading book #7. Finish by Friday 2/22.

Cask of Amontillado First Reading

Goal: First reading of "Cask of Amontillado" with predictions.

Agenda:
Read
First read of "Cask of Amontillado"

Reading "Cask of Amontillado"

1. Log into GoFormative and find the reading that is called "Cask of Amontillado." 
2. There is an audio version of the text you can access HERE if you want to hear the story as you read. 
3. Answer the questions as you go. Be sure you're reading carefully. 

Homework: 

• Finish reading and answering the questions for "Cask of Amontillado." 
• Bring back the blue card of your class choices signed by your parent.
• Keep reading Book #7. 

The word cloud from your gist statements. 

Catching Up and Moving Forward

 

Goal: Complete the paragraph about theme and irony in "Possibility of Evil." Then do a second probable passage activity to get us ready for our next reading. 

Agenda:
Read

Finishing our paragraphs
Probable Passage

1. Finishing your paragraph (10 min)

• On Monday (before the counselors came) you started writing a paragraph about the them and irony in "Possibility of Evil." Today you need to finish that. 
• On Monday you looked at THESE SLIDES to help you. 
• You also used THIS SPREADSHEET of suggested examples and themes. 

2. Probable Passage (10 min)

1. Work with your partner to complete the probable passage. Get your copy HERE. Share it with your partner (and your teachers).
2. Look up any words you don't know as you work. 
3. Discuss your reasoning as you go.
4. Use as many of the words as you can in your gist statement. 
5. Also copy your gist statement in to your English Journal. 

3. Submit your gist statement! 

Finished with your probable passage? Click HERE to submit your work. 

Art:

Our next reading takes place in a foreign land long ago. I'll show you some art to help you get acquainted with the time and place. 

Reminders:

• Don't forget - your homework each night is to read your independent book for at least 20 minutes. You should be about 1/3 finished with Book #7.
• Bring back your BLUE card for your class choices. 

Book Conversations

Goal: Host a Socratic Seminar to review Book #6

Agenda: 
Read
Socratic Expectations
Socratic Seminars

Phrases to help you with paraphrasing: 
So you are saying that....
I heard you say...Was that right?
So basically you think...because...
In other words, I mean that...

Phrases to help with extending the conversation: 
Say more about that...
How does that relate to...
How do you know...
What makes you think that...
Can you explain more about...
I'm still wondering about...

Can you elaborate on the part about...

Remember, we are scoring you on the following: 

Reminders:

• Check your English Journal. Do you have two entries for second semester?
• Did you finish the theme/irony paragraph about "Possibility of Evil" 
• Return your BLUE course choices card. 

Counselors presenting your course options, and Book #6 Discussion Preparation

Today counselors are speaking to our class about course selections for next year.

You got a LIGHT BLUE card like the one in this picture>>

• Take it home, review it with your parents, circle the classes you need to take, get it signed, and bring it back to Mrs. Roberts.
• Return the LIGHT BLUE card to Mrs. R before February 19th!
• Choose your course selections for next year very carefully. 
• Choose courses that are right for you. 
• Get advice from your current teachers.
• If you are absent see Mrs. R for an articulation card.

Book Socratic Tomorrow: 

• Yes, tomorrow, you will be sharing your thoughts about book #6 with a small group. 
• FINISH the "Independent Reading Socratic Seminar Preparation" paper that we gave you in class today. 
• Bring it with you to class tomorrow. 
• If you are absent or if you lost the paper we gave you in class, you can find a digital copy of it HERE. (But you should bring a paper copy of it to class because we won't have computers open when we are talking about books.)

Reminders: 

• Finish your book Socratic Doc
• Get your blue card signed
• Keep reading book #7

Writing about theme and irony in "Possibility of Evil"

Goal: Writing academically about irony and theme in "Possibility of Evil"

Agenda: 
Read
Writing about irony

Writing: 

1. Open your English Journal. Add a new entry at the top with today's date. 
2. Use the prompt below to write a response about "Possibility of Evil" 
3. Use evidence from the text in your writing. 
4. If you need help writing about irony look at THESE SLIDES. 
5. You can find some examples of irony from the story HERE. (Note, all these examples were suggested by 9th graders. Some of them may not be great examples. Choose wisely.)

Prompt: 
Shirley Jackson uses irony frequently in “The Possibility of Evil.” Give at least two examples of irony from the story and explain why each is ironic.  What do these examples tell us about the character and what Jackson thinks about human nature?

Reminders:

• You should be about starting your first book for this grading period, Book #7 for the year. it should meet one of the reading challenges we talked about last week. 
• The counselors are coming to talk to us tomorrow.