Finishing Presentations for SpringBoard Unit 3, EA1
Essential Question: How can an author use a work of fiction to make a statement about culture?
Learning Target: I can compare cultures and analyze character perspectives.
Learning Target: I can compare cultures and analyze character perspectives.
- Check the Advanced English II Calendar for daily Learning Targets.
Bell-Work
Today, students started class by getting a brand new EOC Passage Analysis (so print one if you were not here). We went over questions based on The Names: A Memoir (print it if you need a new copy) from Monday and from last week, and then we answered two new questions for Monday and Tuesday of this week, all based on The Names: A Memoir. The questions are below.
Monday: What do lines 46-47 imply about a journey like the author's?
- A. Others should not know when a journey will begin.
- B. It is difficult to choose a right time to begin a journey.
- C. There is a right time to begin a journey, and it must be spontaneous.
- D. A proper journey must be done quickly or it will not go well.
Tuesday: Which statement best matches the tone and mood of line 39?
- A. The Kiowa owned more horses per capita than any other tribe on the great plains.
- B. It was appropriate that I should make a long journey.
- C. Bits of down from the cottonwoods drifted across the air.
- D. Everything was under me, buoying me up.
At this point, I gave students a brand new passage: Seeing (print it if you weren't here). Students had time to Mark Up The Text (feel free to print these notes) and then got a new question.
Wednesday: Which word is closest in meaning to the underlines work in line 32?
- A. Cheerful
- B. Destructive
- C. Sorrowful
- D. Eager
Before we completely finished bell work, students passed in LAST WEEK's EOC Passage Analysis with their thoroughly annotated copies of The Names: A Memoir stapled to the back. If you were not here, you must turn in your EOC Passage Analysis from last week with The Names: A Memoir stapled to the back (annotated) and a completely filled out Late or Make-Up Work Cover Sheet stapled to the front.
Class Activities
If you were not here, it is your responsibility to complete the SpringBoard Unit 3, Embedded Assessment 1 Packet and then hand it in with a thoroughly/correctly completed Late or Make-Up Work Cover Sheet.
Homework
Read/Annotate Chapters 13-14 of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.