Week 7 Syllabus: October 2-6
THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRACTICE some of the core skills introduced early in the quarter: annotating a short story, writing a paragraph, working in small groups to solve a set problem. Remember that your marginal notes should reflect the reader’s dialogue with the text, about meaning. What does the writer want you to understand? Remember that body paragraphs should use the cheeseburger organizational method—with evidence in the middle as the burger, surrounded by your ideas—the buns. Finally, when working in small groups, introduce yourself to the group, sharing something about yourself. You will work better with one another if you know the people with whom you’re working.
TUESDAY, October 2
This week we will start each day with independent reading, including anchor days! 10 minutes of reading a) a printed book of your choice that b) you haven’t read before and c) is interesting to you. Come to class ready.
We will pick up the documentary about Owen Suskind, “Life, Animated,” and we will also complete the following study guide questions.
HW: We are completing the documentary tomorrow. Tonight review your annotations in the summer reading, skimming pages 1-74 of Curious Incident. I’m going to be looking for a) vocab circled, b) questions you wrote in the margins, and c) notes on Christopher, who he is and what he believes.
HALF THE CLASS did not turn in the answers to the study guide questions on page 1-74 in CI. GET THAT DONE.
WEDNESDAY, anchor day
Finishing the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes in “The Speckled Band,” as well as watching selections from two modern versions of the tale, both of which are science-fiction: Dr. Who & Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Results of the thinking puzzle: on which day and date did Dr. Grimsby Roylott die?
Writing assignment: posted on Canvas, complete and post onto squarespace your paragraph analyzing Sherlock Holmes’s character.
HW: Finish the aforementioned paragraph.
Friday, October 6
Reading our independent books for twenty minutes: note: you will have better reading improvement if your are reading a longer, cohesive book of your own choosing, rather than reading episodically from shorter, different works.
Reading aloud and discussing your Sherlock paragraphs.
Last 10 minutes, re-vising your Sherlock paragraphs and re-posting it as a comment to your first draft on Squarespace.
HW: Read and annotate the short story, “The Wrong Lunch Line.” While reading, a) circle vocabulary, b) write out the questions you have as a reader, and c) pay attention to how the two girls are similar AND dissimilar.