Introduction
An introduction to the class will be our first day together. The syllabus will be handed out and gone over. The class structure and material that we will be covering this summer will be discussed as well as quizzes and a final project. Students will be given a handout with information for the sticky note project. Details can be found on that handout. Silent Seat Beach Ball will be played with various questions on the beach ball that will be answered by students. At the end of class students will develop a poster board with classroom rules and expectations they see fit for our time together.
Hamlet: Revenge
(Ms. Basgall will not be in attendance these dates)
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Hamlet/The Lion King: Students will be watching the play/story and completing the assignments.
Assignment #1: Positive and Negative Revenge T-Chart
Assignment #2: Hamlet/The Lion King Venn Diagram
Both assignments are due July 2nd.
William Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet, it can be a difficult text to get through. Ideas and content students will be focusing on include, what are the consequences of those who seek revenge? Why is Hamlet still relevant today? What constitutes an effective Socratic circle discussion? How is appearance vs. reality a recurring motif in the play? Not only will the students be introduced to Hamlet, it's plot, themes, motifs, and symbols, but also the Socratic Circle Discussion process. Students have trouble expressing their thoughts in a spoken way when it comes to relation of a text, we will practice some ideas presented within Hamlet in a Socratic Circle format so students are familiar with what will be expected of them when it comes to their final assessment in this unit. (Insiders Guide Video)
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Hamlet/The Lion King: Students will be watching the play/story and completing the assignments.
Assignment #1: Positive and Negative Revenge T-Chart
Assignment #2: Hamlet/The Lion King Venn Diagram
Both assignments are due July 2nd.
William Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet, it can be a difficult text to get through. Ideas and content students will be focusing on include, what are the consequences of those who seek revenge? Why is Hamlet still relevant today? What constitutes an effective Socratic circle discussion? How is appearance vs. reality a recurring motif in the play? Not only will the students be introduced to Hamlet, it's plot, themes, motifs, and symbols, but also the Socratic Circle Discussion process. Students have trouble expressing their thoughts in a spoken way when it comes to relation of a text, we will practice some ideas presented within Hamlet in a Socratic Circle format so students are familiar with what will be expected of them when it comes to their final assessment in this unit. (Insiders Guide Video)
Research: The Holocaust/New York Historical Events
For this one day mini-unit students will explore focus questions that include how do you support and defend your position on a controversial issue? How do you know if information is trustworthy and unbiased? How do writers use research to take a stand? How can a variety of media enhance a paper? We will break down an example research paper and identify where MLA requirements will reside. I will help students recognize how to collect and gather information for their research papers from primary and secondary resources. Also the importance of using their on campus library at the college they will be attending. Since we are being housed in a community college campus we will take advantage of their library and identify areas where we could find research information to support our research papers.
Oedipus Rex, The Iliad: Heroes
Our final mini-unit will take place over two days and focus on heroes and heroic qualities. Questions of focus include: what does it take to be a hero? How do heroes face challenges? Do people choose to become heroes? How are heroes in the past the same as or different from heroes today? How do heroes affect people around them? We will focus on two stories of study, The Iliad by Homer and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Both of these stories revolve around Greek mythology and heroic qualities. Students will be asked to reflect on heroes that they know of from popular culture and modern society that inhibit the same heroic qualities as characters from The Iliad and Oedipus Rex.
For their common assessment they will write a paper comparing the heroic qualities of a Greek hero and a modern day hero. It is important to cite information from the textbooks as well as articles found on websites. A works cited page will be required for students to develop and we will revisit easybib.com, and a college friendly citation machine, that they were introduced to their freshmen year.
For their common assessment they will write a paper comparing the heroic qualities of a Greek hero and a modern day hero. It is important to cite information from the textbooks as well as articles found on websites. A works cited page will be required for students to develop and we will revisit easybib.com, and a college friendly citation machine, that they were introduced to their freshmen year.
Book Presentations
(Due July 28th) We will be presenting our book reports to the class. I am setting aside only 3-4 minutes per person to present their book. Remember this can be in any genre that you choose but you must have a visual aid. You will need to talk about a quote that stood out to you (and cite that quote correctly: "The quote that I believe relates to me or stood out to me the most would be on page 43 when Bob says..."). You will also need to talk about critical thinking that occurred during your reading as well as any other sticky notes that you would like to bring up. This is more about your reading process and advertising the book. I do want you to summarize the book but that can't be your whole entire presentation. This is where the sticky notes provide purpose.
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FInal Presentations
(Due July 31st) During our final week together students will be putting together a final project based off of one of the mini-units we have explored in class together. This could be a project related to Macbeth, Survival, The Holocaust, WWII, or The Crucible.
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!