Distance Learning
Week 6 (May 11-15): "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
REMINDER: These assignments are set up to be submitted in TEAMS. Go to your school email and click on the TEAMS app (located in the waffle) to view and submit assignment. Also, you can go to Common Lit and do any of supplemental assignments there. Students who have been doing these, have seen improvements in their grade! : ) Although we are not allowed to take new grades, we are allowed to replace existing grades. Email me for info. ; ) This is the last week.
Lesson Objective:
In "Song of Myself," the poet Walt Whitman explores the nature of human identity.
As students read, they will ponder the essential question, “What makes you who you are?”
Standards Being Assessed:
9-10.RL.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning text structure, plot structure, and/or time manipulation create effects such as mystery, tension, or surprise.
9-10.RL. 2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
Supplemental Resources:
"What Past Generations Can Teach Us About Our Future" (Common Lit)
1st Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5135736
3rd Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5135737
5th Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5135738
6th Period Link:https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5135739
7th Period Link: https://www.commonlit.org/en/students/student_lessons/5135740
Week 5 (May 4-8): "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe
9-10.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings in grades 9- 10 reading and content; interpret figures of speech in context and analyze their role in a text; analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
9-10.RL. 2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
Week 5 Resources Needed To Complete Tasks:
Week 4 (April 27-May1): Resources Needed to Complete Tasks:
Week 3 (April 20-24): "Death of a Pig" by E.B. White (Continued)
connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, such as how language evokes a sense of time and place, and how it communicates an informal or formal tone.
RL. 2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical
summary..
Resources Neeed to Complete Tasks:
Week 2 (April 13th-April 17th): "Death of a Pig" by E.B. White
RL.3 - Analyze how complex characters, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text to impact meaning.
Resources Needed to Complete Tasks:
Interested in Digging Further? Check Out The Following Resources:
Week 1 (April 6th-10th): Malala Yousafzail's Speech
Resources Needed to Complete Tasks:
Week 6 (May 11-15) Resources Needed to Compete Tasks