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. 

Collecting Evidence about Irony

Goals: Reviewing irony, finding and explaining examples from "The Possibility of Evil"

Agenda:
Read
Irony
Your Examples of Irony
One more time with video

1. Reading Progress Update: 
Tell us about the book you read today HERE. 

2. Irony: 
Let's review some of the forms of irony that come up most often.  

• Dramatic Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony

3. Your examples of Irony:
Complete THIS FORM with your partner to gather examples of irony form "Possibility of Evil."

Reminders:

• You should be really close to finishing book #6.