9th Grade - Students are at the finishing stages of the Greek Gods Poster Project. Everyone is expected to have their summaries and images completed, so that we can focus on the analysis of the myths today/tomorrow.
To help students through analysis, I ran through a full model of what I am expected. Using the myth of Persephone that I used to demonstrate summary, I showed students -
1) How I would read through the summary to look for important information.
2) What questions I would ask as I am reading, to figure out what should be looked at in greater depth
3) Themes/larger ideas apparent in the writing, and what questions these also raise.
The next step was demonstrating how to apply these to a written analysis, and again, I provided a model for the students of what an (approximately) 250 word summary looks like.
Students were provided a worksheet to help them move from summary to analysis.
We will be in the library/computer lab tomorrow to actually type up the analysis portion.
HOMEWORK - Finish worksheet; rough draft of analysis.
10th Grade - We are prepping for a test over Part 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird, so I provided students with a study guide to be filled out today/tomorrow in class.
The goal is that students have a very clear idea of what material is expected of them in this exam, and that we are only looking at information that is useful in understanding the deeper themes and conflicts in the novel. Therefore, most questions will be focused on major events and key details in chapter 1-11.
We worked through chapters 10-11 as a class, so that everyone was on the same page about what information they are looking for.
The exam will have short answer questions based on these events and details, as well as basic character information.
Finally, the vocab test (9 words) will be a part of this test. Expect to be able to WRITE SENTENCES that demonstrate understanding of a word's meaning.
HOMEWORK - complete study guide.
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