"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read"

-- Mark Twain

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Plans for March 14 to March 18

Monday (B)

  • Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 32-35
  • Recap and Review: Students will volunteer a short summary of the plot developments in chapter 32 through 35. 
  • Discuss Close-Reading Passages
    • p. 225 – Huck is “astonished” that Tom agrees to free Jim
    • p. 230 – Huck sees the fate of the Duke and the King
    • various pages throughout chapter 25 – reactions to Tom’s plan?
  • View: A short PowerPoint presentation about the importance of Spirituals and their meanings
  • Listen: “Go Down, Moses,” performed by Louis Armstrong
  • Listen: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” performed by The Caravans (1958)
  • Map Project: If time permits, students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
  • Closing Activity: View Quack! Volume 3 Part 1 for a second time.
  • Homework: Read chapters 36, 37, 38, and 39 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters.  Remember: You will also be quizzed on this week’s Quack! words, so be sure to carefully review the words and their meanings before coming to class.

Tuesday or Wednesday (A/B)

  • Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 36-39 and Quack! Vol. 3 Part 1
  • Recap and Review: Students will volunteer a short summary of the plot developments in chapter 36 through 39. 
  • Important Quotes / Thematic Links: Students will volunteer quotes that they found for their quote guides that relate to the major themes that we have been tracing throughout the novel
  • Discuss Close-Reading Passages: Tom and Huck: Signifiers of Conventional and Natural Law
    • We will discuss how Tom and Huck are representative of Conventional and Natural law respectively.  We will relate this to our ongoing discussion of Huck’s growth and the theme of “individual vs. society
    • p. 245 to 246 – “I don’t care shucks for the morality of it nohow,” p. 262 – the prisoner’s “animals” and Jim’s reaction, p. 267 – “Hain’t you got no principle at all?,” p. 270 – the irony of the “nonnamous” letter
  • Map Project: This is the last block that students will have time to work on their map projects with their partners.  The final product is due next block!  We will review the expectations for the project, how they will be graded, and the locations and elements that students are required to include on the maps. 
  • Small-Group Work: Students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
  • Closing Activity: We will reconvene as a class and review the homework for next class as there are two big assignments due.
  • Homework: Read chapters 40, 41, 42, and “Chapter the Last” for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  Remember: Your finalized quote guides are DUE next class!  Your map projects are also DUE next class!

Thursday or Friday (A/B)

  • Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn 40-43
  • Recap and Review: Students will volunteer a short summary of the plot developments in chapter 40-43. 
  • Map Project: Students will turn in their map projects in the front of the room. 
  • In-Class Essay Assignment: We will review what students will expect on the Huck Finn in-class essay for next class.  They will receive an “outline planning sheet” and a copy of the possible essay topics.  They will be strongly encouraged to plan for the essay, using both the outline planning sheet and their quote guides for chapters 1-20 and chapters 21-43, and they will be permitted to use these materials during the test. 
  • View: For the remainder of the block, students will watch a portion of the PBS film version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    • While students watch, they must take specific notes on what they like, do not like, or pictured differently while reading the novel. 
  • Closing Activity: With five minutes remaining, we will discuss the students’ reactions to the film version of Huck Finn, what they like, what they do not like, and how successful they believe the film-makers were in capturing the story from the novel. 
  • Homework: Prepare for the Huck Finn in-class essay.  You must also bring your Huck Finn book to class. 
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