I want to apologize. I know I've been out for a couple of weeks; it just seemed more students were connecting through Facebook, so I thought it would be easier to stick with that route. I realize, however, that some parents prefer this route, so I'll try to keep both updated. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience.
For the last week and a half, all homework has been focused on
Fahrenheit 451. Students have been assigned to read specific sections of the book, complete related vocabulary logs and quotation logs, and to think about the message of the book as homework. They have been allowed to work at their own pace as long as they finish the sections by the given deadlines. Part I was to be completed by last Thursday; Part II should be finished by this Friday (Nov. 16), and Part III should be completed by November 26th. The students will complete a reading check test on each of those dates; it will cover details from the story, the vocabulary and quotations logs, and main ideas from the text.
For this week:
Monday -
- No school today in observance of Veterans Day.
Tuesday -
- Students will practice line break poetry.
- We will complete our discussion of Beatty's lecture to Montag, our primary focus being on how and why society changed so drastically over time to result in the society depicted in the novel.
Wednesday -
- We will complete our line break poetry.
- Students will analyze Frost's "The Road Not Taken" (pg. 724) using the TP-CASTT strategy and write a short response regarding Frost's message
Thursday -
- Students will use TP-CASTT to analyze "The War Against the Trees" (pg. 636)
- If time permits, they will also analyse "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" (632)
Friday -
- Students will complete a reading check test for Part II of Fahrenheit 451
