Welcome! I hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend. This week, we'll finish 1984 and begin drafting our final essays for the unit. The independent reading dialectical journal is due on Friday, February 20th, and that is the end of the grading period.
TUESDAY:
Finish watching "Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits" and discuss. What
are some similarities with the world in the episode and 1984? What are
some similarities between the world in the episode and our current
society? What might the writers have been showing us about the effects
of technology in our lives? Discuss Book 3: Chapter 1 in class. DUE:
Book 3, chapter 1 read for today. HW: Begin brainstorming and outlining
ideas for final unit essay, bring to class on Wednesday. Read Book 3:
Chapter 2 for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY:
Introduction to rubric for essay, lesson about developing a thesis
statement (claim). Begin outlining process for essay draft. Discuss
chapter 2 and parts of chapter 3 of Book 3 in 1984. HW: Work on outline
for essay, including evidence from fiction and nonfiction sources.
Read chapter 4 (6 pages) for Thursday.
THURSDAY:
Discuss chapters 4 and 5 of 1984: Book 3 in class. Work time on
laptops to complete outline for final essay, focusing on finding
evidence to support claim statements. All of the evidence we have
examined in class is posted on the website: please feel free to use
quotes from any of those passages/episodes to support your argument.
HW: Finish 1984, (chapter 6) for Friday, (9 pages). Finish draft of outline.
FRIDAY: Whiparound: thesis statements. Discuss the end of 1984. Bring 1984
book to class to turn back in. Have outline ready for check-off. Work
in pairs to peer review each others' outlines. DUE: Independent reading dialectical journal assignment. HW: Using peer revision
notes, begin draft of essay for next Tuesday.
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