W.9-10.2a: Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions
Day 1 of 3
Take out your HW: One-Pager of Okonkwo's compound. Due Now
Do Now: Writers use characterization to create vivid images of characters in the reader’s mind.
Compare and contrast how Okonkwo treats his children and his wives in the chapters you have read so far. What do all of his relationships with family members have in common? How are some different from others?
HW:Agenda:
1. Using Context Clues Video
2. Practice: Using Context Clues
3. STAR test
4. Chapters 6-10: TFA
HW: IR Letter of Intent was due week 5 day 1 (Feb 1st)
-IR Final Product due week 9 day 3 (March 4th)
-Socratic Seminars begin Thurs/Friday, most will take place next week
Letter of Intent Template
Creative Activity Option (IRCA) Explained
Day 2 of 3
Do Now: Work with a partner or group to note the names and relationships of the characters. Pay special attention to Okonkwo’s family. Include quotes from the novel to support your ideas. Add rows as needed to the graphic organizer below, or use your Reader/Writer Notebook.
Agenda:
1. One Pager Family
2. Character List
3. During Reading: Names and Relationship Chart
4.Target Practice: Sketches
5. STAR testing continued
Letter of Intent Template
Creative Activity Option (IRCA) Explained
Day 2 of 3
Do Now: Work with a partner or group to note the names and relationships of the characters. Pay special attention to Okonkwo’s family. Include quotes from the novel to support your ideas. Add rows as needed to the graphic organizer below, or use your Reader/Writer Notebook.
Agenda:
1. One Pager Family
2. Character List
3. During Reading: Names and Relationship Chart
4.Target Practice: Sketches
5. STAR testing continued
HW: IR Letter of Intent was due week 5 day 1 (Feb 1st)
-IR Final Product due week 9 day 3 (March 4th)
-IR Final Product due week 9 day 3 (March 4th)
-Socratic Seminars begin Thurs/Friday, most will take place next week
Day 3 of 3
Do Now: Consider how Achebe uses foreshadowing in the last two sentences of Chapter 1. Why do you think he tells the reader so early on that Ikemefuna is “doomed” and “ill-fated”?
Agenda:
1. Review of Socratic Seminar/Looking Ahead
2. During Reading: Find One Answer (don't need to write down answer while reading though)
3. After Reading: Write Down One Answer
4. Cooperative Learning: Jigsawing of Answers
5. Socratic Sem Materials and Prep-time
5. Socratic Sem Materials and Prep-time
HW: Socratic Seminars begin Thurs/Friday, most will take place next week
-IR Final Product due week 9 day 3 (March 4th)
-Honors Read 11-12 QUIZ THURS/FRI
-Honors Read 11-12 QUIZ THURS/FRI
