Saturday, March 31, 2012

Week Ending April 5

Monday, April 2
Classwork:
  1. Do Now: Quiz #24: able/ible, ade, age, al, algia, an/ian, ance/ancy
  2. ---------------------------------------Student Presentations?----------------------------------------
  3. Then: Fate vs. Free Will in Slaughterhouse Five (continued from last class)
  4. Reminder: Please return Slaughterhouse Five copy to Mr. Fisher by Thursday, April 5 (this is an obligation that will follow you until the book is returned)
  5. Introduction: Ray Bradbury
  6. Reading: There Will Come Soft Rains (p. 284-292)
  7. During: Consider direct and indirect characterization
  8. During: How can the setting and the character be the same?
  9. After: Short Story Requirements
Homework:
  • Continue Slaughterhouse Five project (due by April 11)
  • Continue Independent Reading
  • Begin brainstorming short story ideas
Wednesday, April 4
Classwork:
  1. Do Now: Moral vs. Theme: Are the technological advances described in There Will Come Soft Rains more positive or negative?  
  2. Next: Collect Slaughterhouse Five copies (copies are due back by Thursday, April 5)
  3. ---------------------------------------Student Presentations?----------------------------------------
  4. After: Discussion of the Dystopia and distribution of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
  5. Then: Short Story Elements...more to come
Homework: