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Friday, January 17th

1/16/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

This little animal says:

Read The Handmaid's Tale to page 200 (Jezebel) by next Wednesday, January 22nd
Interested in joining Red Beard Press? Contact Molly Raynor at [email protected]
Mid-term reflections next week.

1. Poetry

2. Test-Prep

What makes this one a strong essay?
Specific things that we could do to improve our essays.
Revise your essay and reflect on the process.

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Thursday, January 16th

1/15/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

This little animal says:

Read The Handmaid's Tale to page 200 (Jezebel) by next Wednesday, January 22nd
Interested in joining Red Beard Press? Contact Molly Raynor at [email protected]
Mid-term reflections next week.

1. Discussion

What are you doing well? What would you like to do to achieve mastery?
What are we good at as a class? What should we do to improve?

2. Read/Work on Commonplace Notes

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Wednesday, January 15th

1/15/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

This little animal says:

Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd at 6pm.
Interested in joining Red Beard Press? Contact Molly Raynor at [email protected]

1. Language and Power in Handmaid's Tale

2nd Hour--please turn in your handouts.

2. Class Discussion

Please submit your questions to our Padlet
Goals:
- Textual support
- Full participation
- Comments that build off of one another

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Tuesday, January 14th

1/13/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

This little animal says:

Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
Interested in joining Red Beard Press? Contact Molly Raynor at [email protected]

1. "Panopticism"

Go back to your original table. Sort through the comments.
- What patterns emerge, and what seem to be outliers?
- Move the sticky notes into categories/patterns.
- Each table present a one or two sentence statement to the class on key patterns and insights.

2. Language and Power in Handmaid's Tale

Link to the PDF if you don't have your book
Neologism? Ex. "Unwoman" pg. 10
Biblical language: “Not all of you will make it through. Some of you will fall on dry ground or thorns. Some of you are shallow rooted” (10).
- What does Biblical language sounds like? The Beatitudes.
Language musings, “ladies in reduced circumstances” (8).
Select a chapter: 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, and 15, but others chapters would work as well and do a close reading looking for the three types of language choices.

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Monday, January 13th

1/10/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Mushu says:

Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
Interested in joining Red Beard Press? Contact Molly Raynor at [email protected]

1. Writer's Notebook: Spotlight Sentence:"The moon is a stone and the sky is full of deadly hardware, but oh God, how beautiful anyway." --pg. 97

Write for 3 minutes on your first impressions, things you notice or find interesting.

How would this sentence be different in a different order?
Consider the connotations of the words.

2. "Panopticism"

Pick a passage from the text and write it on your table's poster.
Have a silent conversation about passages in the room.
- Comment on the passage--
  - What does it mean?
  - What connections do you make between the passage and other texts?
  - What do you question or push back against?
- Comment on other's comments.
  - Agree and add evidence or connections.
  - Disagree respectfully and explain why
  - Ask a clarifying question.
- Draw lines between comments that connect.
Go back to your original table. Sort through the comments.
- What patterns emerge, and what seem to be outliers?
- Move the sticky notes into categories/patterns.
- Each table present a one or two sentence statement to the class on key patterns and insights.

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Friday, January 10th

1/9/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Teddy says:

Common Place Notes (Fahrenheit 451 & Handmaid's Tale) due today
Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
Read and annotate "Panopticon" for Monday. Please have an excerpt chosen.

1. Workshop Time (40 minutes)

Commonplace notes
Reading

2. Family Poem Analysis (30 minutes)

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Thursday, January 9th

1/8/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Announcements:

Common Place Notes (Fahrenheit 451 & Handmaid's Tale) due on Friday!
Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
We will write a timed essay on Thursday this week in class (FRQ 2: Prose).
Read and annotate "Panopticon" for Monday. Please have an excerpt chosen.

1. Timed FRQ2 Essay

2. Read/Common Place notes

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Wednesday, January 8th

1/8/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Announcements:

Common Place Notes (Fahrenheit 451 & Handmaid's Tale) due on Friday!
Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
We will write a timed essay on Thursday this week in class (FRQ 2: Prose).
Read and annotate "Panopticon" for Friday.

1. Get Books

2. Panopticism” by Michael Foucault

Watch an introduction
- What do we understand? What connections do you make?
Read and annotate for Friday.

3. Reading/Writing Workshop Time

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Tuesday, January 7th

1/6/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Announcements:

Common Place Notes (Fahrenheit 451 & Handmaid's Tale) due on Friday!
Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
We will write a timed essay on Thursday this week in class (FRQ 2: Prose).

1. Thesis Smackdown

What makes a good (prose) thesis?
Take the class thesis and write a paragraph supporting it. Please turn paragraphs in.

2. Panopticism” by Michael Foucault

Watch
- What do we understand? What connections do you make?
Read and annotate for Friday.

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Monday, January 6th

1/5/2020

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Goals:

I can track the meaning of others, and in real time, construct and deliver an organized, thoughtful response that synthesizes and builds on the ideas of others.

Announcements:

Common Place Notes (Fahrenheit 451 & Handmaid's Tale) due on Friday!
Please be prepared to discuss first 100 pages of The Handmaid's Tale by Wednesday, Jan. 15th.
Parent meeting about Stratford Trip on Wednesday, January 15th. Trip will be on Friday, May 22nd
We will write a timed essay on Thursday this week in class (FRQ 2: Prose).

1. Book Talks & Break Reading

2. Discussion Feedback F. 451

3. Writer's Notebook: Write next to "January 13th" --Rick Bass

4. Excerpt from The Handmaid's Tale

Together: What is the main character like? What are the ways that the author shows this?
- How would we write an essay about this?
  - Make a class thesis and outline
  - Each table, take a section and find evidence and explain it!

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