It's Been a While...

Items Due Today: Independent Study Novel--bring to class daily!

Due Next Class: Nothing is due tomorrow, except daily Reading Log, completely due Wednesday, 10/26.  I will spot check, so be sure to bring your Reading Log daily.

Future Due Dates:

• Friday, 11/03: Independent Study Novel must be complete
• Tuesday, 11/15: Independent Study Novel GROUP PROJECT due

Yesterday's Bellringer: On a Post-It note, write a quick, encouraging note to one of your classmates.  You won't know who receives your kind note, so make it general, but do sign it with your name.

What we did today: Broke up into Independent Study Novel groups to divide up the book into approximately 14 equal portions; make master list with group members' names, due dates, and page numbers to submit to Lowther; learn about and decide upon group alternative book report project.

What we did yesterday: Discussed Reading Log expectations and due dates; began literary devices in Interactive Notebooks via Into the Woods.

What we did recently: Worked in the computer lab to continue/finish writing Storytelling Essay/begin short story geared toward children; learned annotation techniques; art freewrite (Sleeping Gypsy); recitation and discussion of 1st quatrain of Tao Te Ching, and relation to theme of "The Marks of the Wise Man..."; began "The Road Not Taken", by Robert Frost; selected Independent Study Novels and groups; began literary devices via Into the Woods.

Skills: Annotation and literary analysis; creativity; recall/memorization; independent thought

ELA Common Core Standards covered:

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5.a: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5.b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

National Arts Standards covered:

• Anchor Standard #7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
• Anchor Standard #8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work

Henri Rousseau. The Sleeping Gypsy. Oil on canvas, 1897.