*subject to change based on student needs and pacing
Monday
Major Individual Summative Grade (60%) of overall grade) This has been pushed to Tuesday due to ELA meeting.
Instead students will annotate the poem "Invictus" in their Literature Circles and turn in at the end of class.
Students will receive a project assignment on allegories.
Brief Constructed Response:
- Paired reading analysis of two poems the students studied last week.
- Identify and compare/contrast the themes of the poems
- Constructed Writing Prompt:
- Write a response covering the poetic devices and themes of the "cold reading" poem to that of the poem we read last week—"An Obstacle."
- Compare similarities of the themes in both poems; identify the differences between the poems using academic language.
Allegories: Characteristics of allegories.
Understand the narratives of the Holocaust
Read excerpt of "Night" in SpringBoard class textbook
Begin reading and analyzing of short story "Terrible Things," and identify the elements of allegories
Teacher will work with each group individually to check and guide their understanding.
Wednesday
Continue to read "Terrible Things"—Work in Literature Circles to identify allegorical elements of this short story as it relates to real world issues. Identify its significance to the theme "Finding Light in Darkness."
Teacher will work with each group individually to check and guide their understanding.
Thursday
Literature Circle presents its inital discussions about "Terrible Things"
Review of poetic elements and allegorical characteristics
Friday
Summative Test (60% of overall grade)
Major Test covering:
- Poetic Devices
- Characteristics of Allegories
- Purpose of Literature Circles
- Identify elements of Unit 3 Embedded Assessment 3.1
- Brief Constructed Response over two poems—cold reading—compare and contrast the poems' themes and poetic devices.
