ON TAP FOR THIS WEEK

• Tuesday: Finalize Presentations
• Wednesday:
  • Presentation hard copies due
  • Practice Vocab Quiz
  • Begin Presentations
• Thursday
  • Presentations
• Friday
  • Final Vocab Quiz
  • Presentations

 

Sample Research Paper for class discussion

MAIN TASK:  Transitioning from research into creating project

 

WARNING:  Top grades will only go to those projects that show DEPTH of UNDERSTANDING–not just that you’ve “ticked the boxes.”  Be sure to research CRITICAL ANALYSIS not just biography.

 

SAMPLE PRESENTATION Richard Russo

Spent all week researching authors.

 

LEARNING TARGET: be able to explain as much as possible about your author’s life and work.

 

ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK: Research Logs

 

VOCAB TEST FRIDAY!!

Presentation Guidelines (50 points)

• • Slides: Minimum of 8 slides  (5 points)
    • Title (1)
    • Introduction (1)
    • Body (4)
    • Conclusion (1)
    • Works Cited (1)
      • minimum of 3 sources (same as paper)

 

• Content: Content will be based on the information you included in your research paper. (20 points)

 

• • • Graphic and text on each slide
    • Maximum number of 4 bullet points per slide, no more than 6 words per bullet point
    • Cite paraphrased, quoted, or borrowed information and images*
    • Answers the prompt

 

• Quality and Effort: neat, organized, legible (font color and size) (5 points)

• THE Presentation: (10 points)

 

• • • All group members participate
    • Utilizes good presentation skills
  • MLA Citations and Works Cited done and done correctly: (10 points)

 

• **You will lose points for not using your own words.

 

 

LEARNING TARGET: as result of today’s class you should be able to show that you can find and use the GALE resources that Mrs. Rider showed us.

Mrs. Rider from the media center came in and gave a presentation on GALE and other resources  in the library.

 

NEW LIBRARY WEBSITE

GALE HOME PAGE

Chrome Extensions

GALE_google Drive Integration

Some authors worth checking out

LEARNING TARGET: By the end of class you should be able to explain the basics of what you will do for the research project!

THE PROJECT:  Working in teams of 2-3 you will research a notable American author and create a research project that will consist of:

1. A research paper
2. A presentation to the class

American Authors Research Project PPT

WHY TEAMS?  This allows us to hit all four of the key 21st Century Skills that employers want

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity

RUBRIC

 

 

 

Test on Timeline Unit Tuesday

1.  Matching:  Eras with general traits  (2 points each–18 points)
2. Multiple Choice 3 points each–42 points)
   1. Specific details of Authors/works (PSAT style reading questions from passages)
   2. Will include literary terms
3. Essay (40 points)
   1. You will have two options:  You will choose 1
      1. One will ask you to compare/contrast (Show how eras were similar/different)
      2. The other will ask you to pull common themes out of multiple units.

ALSO: Received VOCAB PACKET 11

LEARNING TARGET:  to be able to explain the basic ideas/themes of THE BEATS and why they were important to American Literature and Culture.

 

In CLASS

1. Took Final Vocab Quiz (Unit 10)
2. Video/Discussion/lecture/reading about THE BEATS
   1. THE BEATS

 

REMINDER:  Test Next Tuesday–Literary Timeline.  Monday’s class will be largely devoted to review.

• Terms to Know and Reading Grid are your best study guides
• The following movements and texts will be referred to specifically on the test
  • Pre-European America
  • Colonial Era
    • “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
  • Age of Reason
    • “Common Sense”
  • Romantic Period
    • “The Devil and Tom Walker”
    • “The Raven”
  • Realism
    • “The Story of an Hour”
  • The Harlem Renaissance
    • Various Poems
  • The Lost Generation
    • “The Old Man at the Bridge”
  • Modernism
    • Various Poems
  • The Beats
    • On the Road

LEARNING TARGETS: By the end of class you should be able to explain the basic ideas/characteristics of

• The Lost Generation
• American Modernist Poets (and the idea of modernism)

IN CLASS

• Other pre-WWII authors to know
• Read and discussed Hemingway’s “THE OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE”  OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE  focusing on his themes and language usage.
• Selections from modernist poets in your textbook.
  • Bio of TS Elliot and intro to modernism on 644
  • IMAGISTE by Ezra Pound on 657-59
  • The Red Wheelbarrow, The Great Figure and This is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams on 662-663.