10th/Honors World Lit November 6-10

***SUBSTITUTE TEACHER*** 10th World Lit First 10: Turn in Dialectical Journals/Instructions WS: 1.       Read ATSS Part II 2.       Class Discussion Last 10: Work on Dialectical Journals Independently Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10W7-9 Honors World Lit First 10: Get in Groups/Instruction WS: 1.       Read Things Fall Apart and work in dialectical journals Last 10: Work on Dialectical Journals Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10SL1-3 AP Skills Enforced Post-Colonial Analysis

***TEACHER WORKDAY***

10th World Lit First 10: Introduce Vocab 3 WS: 1.       Annotated Bibliography Instructions 2.       Go To Media Center Last 10: Check Anno Bibs So Far Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10W7-9 Honors World Lit First 10: TFA Quiz WS: 1.       Discuss African Tragedy vs Greek Tragedy 2.       Group Paragraphs Last 10: Check notes and planning Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10SL1-3 AP Skills Enforced Post-Colonial Analysis Literary Analysis and synthesis

10th World Lit First 10: ATSS Quiz WS: 1.     Anno Bib Instructions 2.     Media Center- Annotated Bibs Last 10: Check Dialectical Journals Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10W7-9 Honors World Lit First 10: Post Colonial Study Guide WS: 1.     Rhetorical Devices Poster assignment Last 10: Work on Study Guides Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10SL1-3 AP Skills Enforced Post-Colonial Analysis Rhetorical Analysis

10th World Lit First 10: Reminders and instructions for creating presentation WS: 1.     Computer Lab- Finish Annotated Bib 2.     Begin working on Presentations Last 10: Annotated Bibliography check in Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10W7-9 Honors World Lit First 10: Viewing Questions WS: 1.       Watch The Great Debaters Last 10: Work on Study Guides Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1-2; ELAGSE9-10RL4-6; ELAGSE9-10RL10; ELAGSE9-10SL1-3 AP Skills Enforced Post-Colonial Analysis Rhetorical Analysis

Honors World Lit 18-22

Monday- I was absent and we had a substitute; students continued reading Antigone
Tuesday- Students finished reading Antigone
Wednesday- Students planned their characterization essay.
Thursday- Students typed characterization essay about which character impacted Creon's journey as a modern tragic hero
Friday- Unit 1 Dramatic Justice Test

Honors World Literature September 11-15

Monday- SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO IRMA
Tuesday- SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO IRMA
Wednesday- Students read lessons 4.12 and 4.13 of Antigone in their textbooks; They worked on dialectical journals DUE FRIDAY; Students will have a vocab quiz on Friday over Vocab 3 as well.
Thursday- Writing instruction; wrote group paragraphs answering the prompt Who is the hero in Antigone? Once finished, students had time to work on their dialectical journals due the next day.
Friday- Students took Vocab Quiz 3. Students also turned in dialectical journals. Once finished we read Antigone as a class and students completed their Dialectical Journals for the last segment of class. The dialectical journals from 4.14 until the end of the play are due September 22. The Antigone Test will be Friday September 22 as well.

Honors World Literature March 6-March 10

Monday- Socratic Seminars and Dialectical Journals Due
Tuesday- Discussed "Telephone Conversation"
Wednesday- Watching "A Passage to India" and filled out analysis sheet
Thursday- Finished "A Passage to India"
Friday- Ch. 17-18 Quiz and Dialectical Journals due; Worked on back of A Passage to India worksheet

Honors World Literature February 13- February 17

Monday- Introduce and discuss Post Colonial Lens; Analyze Taylor Swift Video
Tuesday- Read and analyze "No Witchcraft for Sale" through the Post Colonial Lens
Wednesday- Went over test; group paragraphs
Thursday- Guest Speaker
Friday- Socratic Seminars; Dialectical Journals Due

Honors World January 30-February 3

Monday- Work in groups; group presentations
Tuesday- Finish group presentations; writing feedback and discuss rubric; writing instruction; study guide
Wednesday- Give writing prompt and synthesis source integration chart; in class work and planning; begin "Batman Begins"
Thursday- Finish Batman begins; Review
Friday- Unit 1 Test

Honors World Literature January 23- January 27

Monday- Vocab 2; Read Harrison Bergeron and Answer Questions on Schoology; Read and annotate "10 Reasons Why We Need Heros"
Tuesday- Assign Heroes Project; Work in Groups; Assign Socratic Seminar
Wednesday- Work in Groups
Thursday- Work in groups
Fri- Vocab Quiz; Socratic Seminar

Honors World Lit January 16- January 20

Monday- MLK Day
Tuesday- how to annotate; read and annotate Joseph Campbell Except and "Not Everything's a Hero's Journey"
Wednesday- Group Paragraphs-- Archetypes in The Alchemist
Thursday- Types of Heroes chart; group work poster; presentations
Friday- Motifs and themes presentation; group writing--Motifs and themes in the Alchemist

Honors World Literature January 11, 2016- January 13, 2016

Monday- Snow Day
Tuesday- Snow Day
Wednesday- Watch Zootopia; Hero's journey notes
Thursday- Finish Zootopia; Map out Judy's hero's journey; Archetype Notes
Friday- Sign up for Schoology; Discussion in Schoology

Honors World Lit October 10- October 14

Monday- Intro'd Vocab 5; Students took a Power of One Quiz and turned in Dialectical Journals; I introduced Macbeth's plots for the field trip; Students have a worksheet to turn in after viewing
Tuesday- Students either went on the Shakespeare Tavern field Trip or viewed Macbeth in class
Wednesday- Students finished watching Macbeth and turned in the worksheet; students began to TPFASTT telephone conversation
Thursday- We discussed telephone conversation
Friday- Vocab 5 Quiz; Students saw examples of rhetorical analysis samples; students began presenting the Rhetorical Analysis Projects

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY! FOR ALL CLASSES

Attached is a link to the Booth Western Art Museum Writing Competition. For an extra credit (yet to be determined because it has to be approved by the department) grade, you can complete an entry to the contest.

Who can enter? The competition is open to students in grades 9 – 12 in Georgia, public or private schools, and students who are home-schooled in grades 9 – 12.

Incentives:  Award certificates, recognition (press release sent to local paper in student’s city/county, winners photographed and posted on our website), and cash prizes for students. Museum passes, gift cards, and recognition for teachers. Please note: this is a statewide competition and looks GREAT on a college application!

Deadline for entries:  December 9, 2016

What to Write?  Students may enter short stories, essays, narrative poetry and/or Cowboy poetry. Entries must be the result of a required writing assignment based on selected works of art from Booth Museum’s collection. Each entry must be submitted to a teacher for a grade. Images and lesson plans are available by grade level on the Museum’s website,

http://boothmuseum.org/writing-through-art/ . Local schools may choose to visit the museum to see the selected art (entrance fees to the museum do apply).

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2016-Writing-Through-Art-Literary-Competition-Contest-Rules.pdf - Contest Rules

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WTA-literary-competition-entry-form-2016-17_v3.pdf - Entry Form

How many entries can be submitted per school? The contest coordinator at each school or home-school group can submit up to twelve entries per genre to the Booth Museum. Example: 12 essays, 12 short stories, 12 narrative poems and 12 cowboy poems*

9^th and 10^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-9th10th-images.pdf

11^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-11th-grade-images.pdf

12^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-12th-grade-images.pdf

Honors World Lit September 12-16

Monday: Socratic Seminar; Viewed Images from Township in preparation for Wednesday
Tuesday; Mexican Folkloric Dance Presentation
Wednesday: Guest Speaker
Thursday: Discuss Ghandi's letter to the British Government; Discuss rhetorical analysis
Friday: Vocab Quiz; finish "Passage to India"

Honors World Lit September 5-9

Monday: LABOR DAY

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab 3 PPT -Rhetorical Terms PPT

Wednesday: First 10- Review info from yesterday -Finished Terms PPT Last 10- Go over Mandela's speech

Thursday: First 10- Recap Analyzing Details for Characterization -Analyzing Details for Setting -Analyze “Kaffir Boy” Excerpt Last 10- Annotate Ghandi's Speech

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -watch "A Passage to India Last 10-Stoplight activity

Miracle Rising Documentary for Honors World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDrRdfvUg8

Hon World August 22-26

Monday: First 10- Study Guide - Details Feedback/Example - “Daredevil” Archetype Review Activity Last 10- Recap archetypes in “Daredevil”

Tuesday: First 10-  Study Guide - Types of Heroes  Stations Last 10- Essay Prompt

Wednesday: - Details Practice

Thursday: First 10 Unit 1 Test Last 10 Unit 1 Survey

Friday: First 10- In Class Essay Last 10-

Honors World Lit August 15-August 19

Monday:  First 10- Vocab 2 -Compare and contrast “10 Reasons why we need heroes” and “Why are we obsessed with superheroes?” -Details lesson

    Last 10- Finding Details in The Alchemist

Tuesday: First 10- Go over Alchemist details -Assign Alchemist Socratic Seminar -Media Center Last 10-Socratic Sem Article Check Wednesday: First 10- Annotated Bib Rubric and Example -Work in Media Center Last 10- Format Check Thursday: First 10- Go over rules for Socratic Seminar - Socratic Seminar Last 10-  Vocab Exercises Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -Read and Annotate Pulling Children from Nepal's Prisons Last 10-Stoplight activity

Honors World August 8- August 12

Monday- Finished analyzing "Batman Begins"
Tuesday- Practice Annotating "Hero of a Thousand Faces" Map Santiago's Journey
Wednesday- Archetype notes; Write paragraph in groups;
Thursday- Analyzsed "Not Everything's a Hero's Journey" as a class and students began brainstorming for an argumentative essay
Friday- Took Vocab Quiz; Took Alchemist Quiz; Finished practice brainstorming; Received "10 reason why we need heroes" and "Why Do We Need Super Heroes?" to annotate over the weekend

Honors World Lit August 1-August 5

Monday- Introduced course; discussed flags as symbols; created individual flags
Tuesday- reviewed hero's journey; Discussed types of heroes; students created posters in groups of examples of hero type they were assigned
Wednesday-Writing instruction;Students (in the same groups as yesterday) wrote group thesis statements and paragraphs
Thursday-Discussed rubric;Wrote group paragraph on poster; gallery walk-groups gave each other feedback; group re-wrote paragraph
Friday- Watched Batman Begins; analyzes Batman hero type and Batman's hero's journey

Honors World Lit January 11- January 15

Monday- Introduced Vocab Week 1; Continued Batman
Tuesday- Finished Batman; Went over Batman's hero's journey; mapped out hero's journey for Alchemist
Wednesday- Finish Alchemist hero's journey and archetypes; motifs notes; go over rubric; Motifs Group paragraph; Pushpa Basnet Article (homework)
Thursday- Details and characterization lesson; Socratic seminar assignment; Alchemist quiz
Friday- Vocab week 1 quiz; do prep work for Socratic Seminar

Honors World Lit January 4-7

Tuesday- Intro to class; Hero's journey and hero types notes; mapped out hero's journey and decided types of heros from film summaries
Wednesday- Finished mapping hero's journey;
Thursday- Archetype notes; group paragraph about archetypes
Friday- finished group paragraphs; began Batman