Tuesday, January 29
Objective: Students will acquaint themselves with Short Story course objectives, assignments, goals, and expectations.
Agenda:
1. Introductions
2. Review course syllabus, response papers, long-term assignments
3. Questions?
4. Notes on the short story
5. Begin Ozick's "The Shawl"
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, January 31
Objective: Students will explore popular childhood stories to understand the makeup of story structure.
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Finish "The Shawl"
3. Storybook group activity
HOMEWORK:
1. Quiz on Monday – Structure/Makeup of the Short Story
2. Response paper for "The Shawl" due Monday
Monday, February 4
Objective: Students will assess their understanding of the structure/makeup of the short story, complete and present their storybook projects, and will discuss Jhumpa Lahiri, author of "The Third and Final Continent."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Quiz - Structure/Makeup of the Short Story
3. Storybook Activity - complete and present
4. Jhumpa Lahiri – background information
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, February 6
Objective: Students will discuss character types in literature and will explore "The Third and Final Continent" through notes and group reading.
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Character Types
3. Begin "The Third and Final Continent"
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, February 8
SCHOOL CANCELED – NO CLASS
Tuesday, February 12
Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of Character Types with a quick quiz and will continue reading Lahiri's "The Third and Final Continent."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Quiz on Character Types
3. Continue "The Third and Final Continent"
HOMEWORK:
1. Finish "The Third and Final Continent"
2. Response paper for "The Third and Final Continent" due MONDAY
3. Quiz on "The Shawl," Ozick, "The Third and Final Continent," and Lahiri on MONDAY
Thursday, February 14
Objective: Students will review plot structure and prepare for writing their own short stories with a writing excercise using Story Cubes.
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Questions about "The Third and Final Continent" and Monday's quiz?
3. Story Cube activity
HOMEWORK:
1. Response paper for "The Third and Final Continent" due MONDAY
2. Quiz on "The Shawl," Ozick, "The Third and Final Continent," and Lahiri on MONDAY
3. If you need more time to finish Story Cube activity, please have project ready for Monday
Monday, February 18
Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of "The Shawl," Ozick, "The Third and Final Continent," and Lahiri; they will also explore symbolism, mood, and tone, and will discuss Amy Tan, author of "Scar"
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer – Journal Entry
2. Quiz on "The Shawl," Ozick, "The Third and Final Continent," and Lahiri
3. Symbolism, mood, and tone
4. Amy Tan, "Scar": Author information and story background
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, February 20
Objective: Students will discuss symbolism, tone, and mood in Tan's "Scar."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer - Journal Entry
2. Quiz on symbolism, tone, and mood
3. Tips on Writing: TED Ed videos
4. "Scar"
HOMEWORK:
Friday, February 22
Objective: Students will assess the plot structure of a selected film.
Agenda:
1. Film
HOMEWORK:
VACATION - Monday, February 25 - Friday, March 1
Tuesday, March 5
Objective: Students will explore Point of View and the career of David Sedaris to prepare for reading "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer - Journal Entry
2. Point of View
3. David Sedaris Introduction
4. Begin "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out"
HOMEWORK:
Thursday, March 7
Objective: Students will explore Irony and continue Sedaris' "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer - Journal Entry
2. Irony
3. Continue "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out"
HOMEWORK:
Monday, March 11
Objective: Students will continue to explore the work of David Sedaris through a reading of "Us and Them."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer - Journal Entry
2. Read "Us and Them"
3. Write response paper for "Us and Them" – Due by the end of class!
HOMEWORK:
Thursday, March 14
Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of recent authors and their works, as well as POV and Irony. Students will also explore the work of Mukherjee and read "The Management of Grief."
Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer - Journal Entry
2. Quiz on Irony, POV, TED Ed vidoes, Sedaris & essays, and Tan & "Scar"
3. "The Management of Grief"
HOMEWORK:
Monday, March 18
Objective: Students will discuss "The Management of Grief," theme, and Ernest Hemingway.
1. Writing prompt
2. Discuss "The Management of Grief"
3. Theme presentation
4. Introduction to Ernest Hemingway and "Hills Like White Elephants"
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, March 20
Objective: Students will continue to explore Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Students will also prepare for a unit exam on Friday.
Agenda:
1. Writing Prompt
2. "Hills Like White Elephants"
3. Talk about Friday's unit exam: LIT CONTENT - Stories and Author Background Info by/for: Cynthia Ozick, Jhumpa Lahiri, Amy Tan, David Sedaris, Bharati Mukherjee, and Ernest Hemingway; Lit Term: Plot Structure, Character Types, Symbolism, Tone, and Mood, Point of View, Irony, and Theme
HOMEWORK:
1. Study for Unit Exam on Friday, March 22
2. Response Paper for "Hills Like White Elephants" due Friday
Friday, March 22
Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of literary content and terminology discussed during the first unit of Short Story.
Agenda:
1. Exam
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, March 26
Objective: Students will explore John Updike, "A & P," Joyce Carol Oates, and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Students will also work on their second short stories.
Agenda:
1. Writing prompt
2. Read "A & P" and begin reading "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
3. Work time
HOMEWORK: Response paper for "A & P" due Thursday, March 28
Thursday, March 28
Objective: Students will watch Stranger Than Fiction.
Agenda:
1. Film
Monday, April 1
Objective: Students will read and discuss "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Agenda:
1. Writing Prompt
2. Read and discuss "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; Oates author info
HOMEWORK:
1. Response paper for "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" due Friday
2. Short Story due no later than this Friday!!!
Wednesday, April 3
Objective: Students will read and discuss Tyler's "Teenage Wasteland."
Agenda:
1. Writing Prompt
2. Discuss Tyler
3. Read "Teenage Wasteland"
4. Write a response paper for the story
HOMEWORK:
1. Short Story due no later than this Friday!!!
Friday, March 5
Objective: Students will explore and discuss Wetherell's "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant."
Agenda:
1. Opening Prompt
2. Read "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"
3. Story worksheet and discussion
HOMEWORK:
1. Response paper for story due Tuesday
Tuesday, April 9
Objective: Students will explore imagery and sensory details, John Cheever, and "The Country Husband."
Agenda:
1. Writing prompt
2. Presentation - Imagery and sensory details
3. Discuss John Cheever
4. "The Country Husband"
HOMEWORK:
NONE
Thursday, April 11
Objective: Students will explore allusion, finish "The Country Husband," and will discuss and work on the Literary Agent project.
Agenda:
1. Writing Prompt
2. Discuss Allusion
3. Finish "The Country Husband"
4. Discuss/Work on Literary Agent project
HOMEWORK:
1. Brainstorm ideas for Book Agent Project
2. Response paper for "The Country Husband" due Monday
Monday, April 15
Objective: Students will discuss the Unit Exam and work on their Literary Agent Projects.
Agenda:
1. Writing Prompt
2. Discuss the Unit Exam; LIT CONT: Updike and "A & P," Oates and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?," "Teenage Wasteland," "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant," and Cheever and "The Country Husband"; LIT TERM: Sensory Details and Imagery and Allusion
3. Work on Literary Agent Project
HOMEWORK:
1. Study for Wednesday's Unit Exam
Wednesday, April 17
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of literary content and terminology discussed in Unit 2 of Short Story through an exam. Students will also work on their Literary Agent projects.
Agenda:
1. Unit exam
2. Work on Literary Agent projects
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, April 19
Objective: Students will explore plot structure as it appears in film.
Agenda:
1. Questions about Literary Agent project
2. Film
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, April 30
Objective: Students will explore personification, the life of Stephen King, and begin King's "Survivor Type."
Agenda:
1. Writing prompt
2. Personification
3. Stephen King
4. Begin "Survivor Type"
HOMEWORK:
1. Continue working on Literary Agent Project
Thursday, May 2
Objective: Students will continue reading King's "Survivor Type" and work on their Literary Agent projects.
Agenda:
1. Song prompt
2. Continue "Survivor Type"
3. Work on Literary Agent project
HOMEWORK:
1. Literary Agent Project due Wednesday, May 8; presentations on 5/8 and 5/10
Monday, May 6
Objective: Students will explore flashback and complete King's "Survivor Type."
Agenda:
1. Sound/scene prompt
2. Flashback presentation and activity
3. Complete "Survivor Type"
HOMEWORK:
1. Literary Agent Project due Wednesday, May 8; presentations on 5/8 and 5/10
2. "Survivor Type" Response Paper due Wednesday, May 8
Wednesday, May 8
Objective: Students will learn about various authors and works of popular short fiction and will begin King's "The Road Virus Heads North."
Agenda:
1. Song prompt
2. Literary Agent presentations
3. Begin "The Road Virus Heads North"
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, May 10
Objective: Students will discuss motifs in literature and will continue King's "Road Virus."
Agenda:
1. Writing prompt
2. Motifs
3. Complete "Road Virus"
HOMEWORK:
1. Response paper for "Road Virus" due Tuesday, May 14
Tuesday, May 14
Objective: Students will explore Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Agenda:
1. Song prompt
2. Gilman
3. "The Yellow Wallpaper"
HOMEWORK:
1. Response for "The Yellow Wallpaper" due Thursday
Thursday, May 16
Objective: Students will explore Gilbert's "Elusive Creative Genius" and begin Ford's "Rock Springs."
Agenda:
1. Gilbert's "Elusive Creative Genius"
2. Richard Ford bio
3. "Rock Springs"
HOMEWORK: NONE
Monday, May 20
Objective: Students will complete Ford's "Rock Springs" and discuss the Unit 3 Exam.
Agenda:
1. Writing video
2. Discuss Unit 3 Exam
3. "Rock Springs"
HOMEWORK:
1. Study for Unit 3 Exam on Wednesday
2. Response paper for "Rock Springs" due Wednesday
Wednesday, May 22
Objective: Students will assess their knowledge of literary content and terminology explored in Unit 3 of Short Story. Students will also preview the Film Unit.
Agenda:
1. Unit 3 Exam -- LIT TERM: Personification and Elizabeth Gilbert TED talk; LIT CONT: King, "Survivor Type" and "The Road Virus Heads North"; Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"; Ford, "Rock Springs"
2. Preview Film Unit
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, May 24
Objective: Students will explore plot structure in film.
Agenda:
1. TED talk
2. The Incredibles and Freytag's Modified Pyramid worksheet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, May 29
Objective: Students will explore plot structure in Back to the Future.
Agenda:
1. Back to the Future and Freytag's Modified Pyramid Worksheet
HOMEWORK:
1. Complete The Increadibles worksheet
Friday, May 31
Objective: Students will continue to explore plot structure in Back to the Future.
Agenda:
1. Back to the Future and Freytag's Modified Pyramid worksheet
HOMEWORK:
1. Complete the Back to the Future worksheet
Tuesday, June 4
Objective: Students will explore plot structure in The Santa Clause.
Agenda:
1. The Santa Clause and Freytag's Modified Pyramid worksheet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, June 6
Objective: Students (and Mr. Scarelli) will celebrate the end of the school year!
1. Celebration!
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