learning goal: how does one of the basic elements of fiction enrich your reading of the novel, The Samurai’s Garden?
Press paragraphs sent; link to exam quote bank
time to read
during last 15′-20′, respond to email re basic elements of fiction
11 Friday May 2018
Posted agenda, assessment, direct instruction, reading, Samurai's Garden
inlearning goal: how does one of the basic elements of fiction enrich your reading of the novel, The Samurai’s Garden?
Press paragraphs sent; link to exam quote bank
time to read
during last 15′-20′, respond to email re basic elements of fiction
09 Wednesday May 2018
Posted agenda, reading, Samurai's Garden
inlearning goal: what is one notable observation about my focal character, from my reading today? what thoughts and/or feelings do I have in response to this observation?
Honors Day schedule: B 9:35-10:35; D 11:55-12:55 Thu May 10: H 1:50-3:00
Time to read
By end of class, in one quadrant of your SG bookmark, show some notes about your focal character (each of the interior quadrants represents one of the seasons that begin with “Winter” and end with the second “Autumn” chapter).
as just one example of note-taking, here are my notes from the first “Autumn” chapter:
fear and attraction 7 unknown
disrupting calm 14 16 27 etc.
being alone, feeling alone 30
like a samurai 30
richness and mystery 31
life not just from within 43
a big storm 51 mother’s letter
Sachin comes down from mtn 54 (forty years)
courage 57
03 Thursday May 2018
Posted agenda, assessment, email, reading, Samurai's Garden
inlearning goal: Stephen, Matsu, Sachi–on which one of these characters do you find yourself focusing most? Why do you think this person draws you in more than the other two?
introduction to the day (5′)
reading time (45′)
writing time (20′): an email to bill.brown@hies.org (subject: focal character); in body of email write 5-10-sentence response to question in today’s learning goal; send email by the end of class; begin your email by identifying how far you have read–i.e., what page number
01 Tuesday May 2018
Posted agenda, direct instruction, reading, Samurai's Garden
inlearning goal: What happens to painting when the viewer sees it in various lights? What happens to a novel when the same kind of thing happens?
introduction to novel and the bookmark pamphlet
time to read towards this week’s goal–i.e., “Autumn”
25 Wednesday Apr 2018
After finishing the play, take notes in response to the question based on the sentence from Eyal Press’s book, Beautiful Souls. (see this week’s W/Th agenda)
17 Tuesday Apr 2018
“app chart” means the chart of apparitions begun in this week’s T/W class
“cf. conscience meter” means consider where you will move the needle for M and LM by the end of Act 4, and have some lines ready to support the needles’ movement
p.s. I recommend using Shakespeare in Bits to read 4.2 and 4.3
17 Tuesday Apr 2018
Posted agenda, direct instruction, Macbeth, reading
inlearning goal: how does punctuation guide actors in interpreting and performing lines?
3.5 Hecate
3.6 Lennox guards his language
4.1 the three apparitions
homework reading for next class (Thu/Fri): 4.2, 4.3
11 Wednesday Apr 2018
Posted agenda, direct instruction, Macbeth, reading
inlearning goal: what is Macbeth afraid of? what does he himself think it means to “be a man”?
review 3.1-4 sheet
read Act 3 Scenes 5 & 6
review all of Act 3
preview coming attractions–i.e., Act 4
09 Monday Apr 2018
Posted agenda, assessment, homework, Macbeth, reading, submission
inlearning goal: over the course of the play’s first two acts, which character–Lady Macbeth or Macbeth–undergoes the most significant change in conscience? What does this change reveal about this character and about the play overall so far?
during class, complete individual writing exercise TBA
during class, as time allows, begin reading assignment due by next class (3.1-3.4)
05 Thursday Apr 2018
learning goal: what’s the effect of the dramatic irony in these scenes (2.1-3)–when a character says one thing and the audience knows something else?
Act 2: Scenes 1, 2, and 3
Scene 1: B, F, M; the night of the murder
Scene 2: M, LM; the murder
Scene 3: M, LM, P, Macd, L, B, Don, Malc,;right after the murder
as time allows, convene your assigned groups–e.g., WS, MW, LP, PC