SpringBoard Unit 3 Activities 7, 8, and 9: Characterization
Essential Question: How can an author use a work of fiction to make a statement about culture?
Learning Target: I can analyze relationships between characters and examine indirect characterization.
Bell Work
Hello! If you missed class today, you must answer the following question on your NEW EOC Passage Analysis (print a new one if you need it) for this week based on Spider Man 2: Movie Review (print/annotate a new one if you need it).
Which statement best expresses and important part of the author's thesis?
Class Activities
Students who missed class are accountable for SpringBoard 3.7-9, as this is what we completed in class. We also took a quiz over Chapters 1-6. If you missed it, you owe me one typed page (size 12 font, 1 inch margins) summary of that portion of Things Fall Apart to demonstrate your understanding.
Homework
Read and thoroughly annotate Chapter 7 of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
Learning Target: I can analyze relationships between characters and examine indirect characterization.
- Check the Advanced English II Calendar for daily Learning Targets.
Bell Work
Hello! If you missed class today, you must answer the following question on your NEW EOC Passage Analysis (print a new one if you need it) for this week based on Spider Man 2: Movie Review (print/annotate a new one if you need it).
Which statement best expresses and important part of the author's thesis?
- A. Superhero movies are correctly regarded as inferior by most moviegoers.
- B. Superhero movies are often superficial, but the author likes them anyway.
- C. Superhero movies focus too little attention on superpowers.
- D. Superhero movies usually fail to capture the action of comic books.
Class Activities
Students who missed class are accountable for SpringBoard 3.7-9, as this is what we completed in class. We also took a quiz over Chapters 1-6. If you missed it, you owe me one typed page (size 12 font, 1 inch margins) summary of that portion of Things Fall Apart to demonstrate your understanding.
Homework
Read and thoroughly annotate Chapter 7 of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.