a and answer questions. Discuss tone, Read “Once Upon Time” Advisory Mr. and Miss – irony and satire. Hornet Nominations Focus Questions: How is a a “Once Upon Time” satire and what is its theme? Tuesday/ Wednesday: Vocabulary 3: paradox, juxtaposition, Block oxymoron, connotation, denotation, implicit, explicit, lyric poem, Back to school night on rhythm. (define, draw, example) due – today. Begin “Shooting an Tuesday close reading, discuss imperialism. Answer Elephant” – – questions. Watch video about imperialism. Focus Questions: What is imperialism? What does it mean for the you “to shoot elephant”? Advisory (MYP) Thursday: Introduction to Things Fall Apart, webquest, Read Yeats and comparative essay. “Second Coming” analysis Focus Questions: What are some figurative devices Yeats uses in his poem? Begin Chapters 1-5 of TFA. Discuss Post Colonial 1-7 Friday: Literature. Focus Questions: What is Post Colonial Literature? Unit--African Literature: The Danger of a Single Story (MYP Global Context: orientation in time Special notes: and space) Inquiry questions: What is the danger of a single story? What is community? How should communities with different values resolve disagreements and conflicts when they come into contact with one another? Lesson Plans Mrs. Waugh September 15-19, 2014 BTW High school Pre-AP English II MYP
Advisory – Mr. and Miss Hornet Nominations Focus Questions: How is “Once Upon a Time” a satire and what is its theme? Read “Once Upon a Time” and answer questions. Discuss tone, irony and satire. Block Back to school night on Tuesday Focus Questions: What is imperialism? What does it mean for you “to shoot the elephant”? Tuesday/ Wednesday: Vocabulary 3: paradox, juxtaposition, oxymoron, connotation, denotation, implicit, explicit, lyric poem, rhythm. (define, draw, example) – due today. Begin “Shooting an Elephant” – close reading, discuss imperialism. – Answer questions. Watch video about imperialism. Advisory (MYP) Focus Questions: What are some figurative devices Yeats uses in his poem? Thursday: Introduction to Things Fall Apart, webquest, Read Yeats “Second Coming” analysis and comparative essay. 1-7 Focus Questions: What is Post Colonial Literature? Friday: Begin Chapters 1-5 of TFA. Discuss Post Colonial Literature. Special notes: Unit--African Literature: The Danger of a Single Story (MYP Global Context: orientation in time and space) Inquiry questions: What is the danger of a single story? What is community? How should communities with different values resolve disagreements and conflicts when they come into contact with one another? Lesson Plans Mrs. Waugh September 15-19, 2014 BTW High school Pre-AP English II MYP