Week 4: August 25-29

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

Tuesday 8/26: New Frontier objective test
Wednesday 8/27: New Frontier constructed response

The Soloist reading schedule/reading quizzes
Tuesday 9/2 -- Part I (pages 4-119)
Thursday 9/11 -- Part II (pages 124-203)
Monday 9/29 -- Part III (pages 207-286)

Boys Next Door Extra Credit Opportunity
Tuesday 8/19 -- information posted
Wednesday 8/27 -- permission slips due
Tuesday 9/2 -- extra help after school (as needed)
Sunday 9/7 -- Dialectical Journal due to turnitin.com by 10pm (instructions here)
Wednesday 9/10 -- Extra Credit Assessment during X Block -- the journals are the ticket in the door for the assessment but you must take either the reading or writing test to earn credit

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday 8/25:

• Continue reading "The Birthmark"
• Lit terms: Allegory and Symbolism
• Homework: read through paragraph 55, answer through question 8

Tuesday 8/26:

• Continue reading "The Birthmark"
• Work on annotations
• Homework: read through paragraph 80, answer through question 11

Wednesday 8/27:

• Finish reading "The Birthmark"
• Examine irony, and the shifts in Aylmer's character
• Homework: complete one row of theme chart

Thursday 8/28:

• Complete response/analysis paragraph for "The Birthmark"
• Finish paragraph by Friday
• List of elements for "The Birthmark" 
• Guidelines for writing Response/Analysis Paragraph
  
• Strong, deep claim that argues your view of Hawthorne's "deeply impressive moral" -- what does the story teach us about life, love, science, society, human nature?
  Use the following format as a starting point:
  In "The Birthmark," Nathaniel Hawthorne suggests (or other power verb) that obsession... (and what is your theme about obsession?)
  
• Elaborate on the element or two (need to focus) that best develops or expresses this theme
  Use the following format as a starting point:
  Hawthorne foreshadows Georgianna's death from the very beginning of the story to show ... (explain how this element proves your theme by elaborating and restating what it shows)
  
  
• Include three quotations to support your claim.  Remember that...
• quotations do not have to be dialogue -- narration is often more powerful, particularly in this story
• Before your quotation include a sentence of context that describes what is happening in the story
• Try to use lead-ins to blend your quote into a sentence
• Follow the quotation with explanation and interpretation of what the quotation means and how it proves your point
  
• End your paragraph with a closing sentence that considers the "so what" or the reasons  that your argument matters.  You might consider the way the story and the theme connect to our society today (HINT: the last column on your chart might help here)
  

Friday 8/29:

• Work on synthesis for New Frontier Unit Test
• Prepare study guide for texts for New Frontier Unit Test
•  Read The Soloist