Week 2ish: August 12-16

UPCOMING DUE DATES

Thursday 8/22: Last day to submit New Frontier unit work and receive feedback before it is due; however, we recommend that you follow the unit calendar and submit work periodically
Monday 8/26: New Frontier unit assessment; last day to submit unit work
Tuesday 8/20: Summer reading movie viewing after school (3:30-6ish) if you do not have access to the movie at home
Wednesday 8/21: Summer reading groupwork review
Thursday 8/22: Summer reading assessment

RECENT HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Syllabus
• New Frontier Unit Plan, Calendar and Assignment Checklist  -- please note that I have postponed the unit assessment to 8/26 and I have extended the due date for unit work to 8/26
•  Required reading:
• "Millenials: The New Greatest Generation" by Joel Stein
• "2BR02B" by Kurt Vonnegut
• "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
•  Choice reading -- choose one: 
• Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr 
• Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? by Stephen Marche 
• Trial by Twitter: Was Justice Served in Steubenville by Ariel Levy  NOTE: “Trial by Twitter” discusses the controversial rape trial of high school students in Steubenville this spring – the article focuses more on the aftermath of the rape – the town’s reaction and the trial. But this topic may be distressing to some – please choose accordingly.
• "Homeland Insecurity” by Massimo Calabresi and Michael Crowley 
• “Greenland Melting” by Jeff Goodell  

MONDAY AUGUST 12

• Unit work for "2BR02B" -- summary paragraph and response paragraph
• Class meetings during 2nd period -- since you guys lost a day, I am taking off the Big Picture/Essential Question discussion board post assignment from your unit work

TUESDAY AUGUST 13

• Group rotations -- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for more individualized instruction
• Computer -- group A -- finish summary and response paragraph for "2BR02B" and big picture discussion board post
• Desk -- group B -- read choice nonfiction article
• Resource -- group C -- discuss "2BR02B" with Ms. Bowen -- 
• your response to this world
• irony and symbolism as sign posts for understanding the deeper meaning
• the painter's role in the story
• Vonnegut's choices
• work on literary analysis skills: using concrete images to understand abstract meaning, phrasing detail analysis in terms of the author's choices and intentions
• work in groups on detail analysis discussion board for "2BR02B"

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14

• Background on Dark Romanticism and Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Strategies for reading difficult 19th century texts
• Read and annotate the first chunk of "The Birthmark" looking at the following:
• what Aylmer represents
• what the birthmark represents and how others view Georgiana's beauty
• the conflicts between science and love and between science and nature
• Homework -- read up to paragraph 27 and answer questions one through four

THURSDAY AUGUST 15

• Review last night's homework on "The Birthmark"
• Group rotations -- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for more individualized instruction
• Computer -- group C -- work on unit assignments
• finish summary and response paragraph for "2BR02B" -- should be done
• big picture discussion board post (except 2nd period) -- should be done
• work on detail analysis discussion board post from Tuesday
• work on nonfiction article reflection
• Desk -- group A -- read choice nonfiction article and "The Birthmark"
• Resource -- group B -- discuss "2BR02B" with Ms. Bowen -- 
• your response to this world
• irony and symbolism as sign posts for understanding the deeper meaning
• the painter's role in the story
• Vonnegut's choices
• work on literary analysis skills: using concrete images to understand abstract meaning, phrasing detail analysis in terms of the author's choices and intentions
• work in groups on detail analysis discussion board for "2BR02B"
• discuss "The Birthmark"
•  Homework: read paragraphs 28-56; answer questions 5-9

FRIDAY AUGUST 16

• Review last night's homework on "The Birthmark"
• Group rotations -- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for more individualized instruction
• Computer -- group B -- work on unit assignments:
• finish summary and response paragraph for "2BR02B" -- should be done
• big picture discussion board post (except 2nd period) -- should be done
• work on detail analysis discussion board post from Thursday
• work on nonfiction article reflection
• Desk -- group C -- read choice nonfiction article and "The Birthmark"
• Resource -- group A -- discuss "2BR02B" with Ms. Bowen -- 
• your response to this world
• irony and symbolism as sign posts for understanding the deeper meaning
• the painter's role in the story
• Vonnegut's choices
• work on literary analysis skills: using concrete images to understand abstract meaning, phrasing detail analysis in terms of the author's choices and intentions
• work in groups on detail analysis discussion board for "2BR02B"
• discuss "The Birthmark"
• Homework: finish reading "The Birthmark" and answer all questions -- there may be a quiz on Monday; finish summer reading -- test on Thursday!