LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class, you should be able to

A) Explain the steps and tools used to ANALYZE a quote at a level above “comprehension.”

B) Write an SAT-style multiple choice question that requires users to analyze a quote from The Hunger Games

C) Be able to briefly explain Blooms Taxonomy/Levels of Thinking

IN CLASS:

1. Reviewed Bloom’s Taxonomy/Levels of thinking
2. worked in groups of three to complete a quote analysis exercise (distributed on hard copies in class and posted to classroom and debriefed that activity.
3. Time remaining: reading time

HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW

1. Be read through Chapter 9
2. Remember: Quiz tomorrow (Multiple Choice, some short answer/quote analysis)

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class, you should be able to define the following ideas and apply them to THE HUNGER GAMES

• Trope:
  • a recurring theme or motif, as in literature or art:the trope of motherhood;the heroic trope.
  • a convention or device that establishes a predictable or stereotypical representation of a character, setting, or scenario in a creative work:From her introduction in the movie, the character is nothing but a Damsel in Distress trope.The author relies on our knowledge of the Haunted House trope to set the scene.
• The Hero’s Journey
• THE MOST COMMON THEMES IN LITERATURE

In class:

• Discuss the concept of a trope
• Watch video: The Hero’s journey/Discussion–how does it apply to our novel?
• Read article: most common themes in literature. Discuss: which ones most apply to our novel.

TIME REMAINING: Reading Time

Due tomorrow: read Chapters 7-9 of Hunger Games.

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to determine what you think are the most important things in chapters 4-6

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of these classes, students should be able to understand of how the elements of a novel are found in The Hunger Games.

FIRST HOUR PRESENTATION

FIFTH HOUR PRESENTATION

HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY: READ CHAPTER 3

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: READ 4,5,6

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to

1. Define the following terms in your own words: UTOPIA and DYSTOPIA
2. Explain how District 12 resembles a DYSTOPIA
3. Explain the key points from Chapter 1
4. HOMEWORK: READ 2 by THURSDAY

CHAPTER 1 PRESENTATION