Semester 2, Week 1 Syllabus: January 6
WE WILL WRAP UP OUR READING OF THINGS Fall Apart in the first few weeks of quarter three, and then turn our attention to Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. First period will have a student teacher for part of this unit, Ms. Devdariani, who is finishing her masters degree at Phoenix University this Spring. (Sorry third period—you get boring, old Mr. Easton the entire quarter). I will be supervising her lessons, instruction, grading, etc. Fourth quarter we will begin a unit of study on mythology, reading the ancient Greek epic poem, Homer’s Odyssey. We are reading the Emily Wilson translation of that text.
MONDAY, January 6
Distributing final grades, and re-reading your paragraph on the short story, “The Lottery.”
HW: Listen to the audio for Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery.”
TUESDAY, January 7
Re-re-reading the story, searching for interpretaive moments that reveal theme.
Great books discussion, adding the roles of discussion leader, text leader, question leader.
Watching the Encyclopedia Britannica interpretation of the story.
HW: Returning to TFA in class on Thursday.
THURSDAY, January 9
Reading chapter 18 together. Annotate for how Achebe portrays the Christian missionaries and the changing perception that Okonkwo has of his son, Nwoye.
First period will be in-class during 1A, but then heading down to DANCE DAY (in Cornog Auditorium) during 1B.
3AB will be watching DANCE DAY during both A and B.
HW: Read chapters 19 and 20 in TFA.