April 25th- Schedule for the rest of the school year

Schedule: April 25th-May 19th

April 25th:  Finish watching play- DH
April 26th: Doll's House Interactive Oral Activity and Reflective Writing
April 28th: Interactive journal work
May 1st: A Doll's House discussion questions
May 2nd: Part 4 Paper Assignment
May 3rd: Interactive journals due. Doll's House supervised writing. 
May 5th-May 10th: Work on paper in class
May 12th- Draft due for proof reading
May 15th- Paper due
May 16th: Work on Final Presentation
May 18th and 19th: Final Presentations

April 21st:

1. IOA Readings will be locate under A Doll's House links.
2. Quiz over ACTS 1-3 will be on Monday.

April 18th: Interactive Literary Analysis Notebooks- A Doll's House

1. ACT is TOMORROW! Make sure you know what room you are testing in tomorrow morning. Be on time! Have 3 #2 pencils! Look over the directions to each test tonight. Be aware of your target numbers on the Reading, Science, and Math tests.

Cole's ACT Website

2. Look for IOA Readings posted under A Doll's House links. IOA is next Wednesday (26th)

3. Interactive literary analysis notebooks! 
This project is designed to help you interact with the text in a closer manner... We can identify the effect.. .now to spend more time of the causes of the effect.

You will have a section for each of the following literary devices:
1. Didacticism
2. Setting
3. Dialogue
4. Metaphor
5. Characterization (2 characters)
6. Theme- developed by your reading.
7. Genre

On the left-hand side of the pages you will have the following information:
1. Definition of term **
2. Findings/theories about the device usage by the author. **
3. Questions you have about the device and its usage in the text. **
4. Comparisons to other texts.. read in class.. out of class.
5. Visualizations.
6. Reflections... reflective writing.
7.  Images.. drawings.
7.  Literary claim. **
(I have ** required inclusions)

On the right-hand side of the pages is where you will have passages.. quotes.. that have been annotated showing evidence of the specific device in the writing.

 Overall requirements:
1. Number your pages.
2. Place a table of contents at the beginning.
3. Be creative.
4. Annotated text must accompany each left-handed page..
5. Utilize this process to help develop ideas for World Literature paper.

April 17th (and 2 week schedule)

Schedule: April 17th- May 2nd
April 17th: A Doll's House Act 1 discussion questions (see below). 
April 18th: Read Act 2 DH. ACT review. Start interactive journal project- DH
April 19th: ACT TEST DATE
April 20th: Read Act 3 DH 
April 21st: DH IOA readings due to Mrs. Cole.
April 24th:   DH quiz acts 1-3
April 25th:  Interactive journal- DH
April 26th: Doll's House Interactive Oral Activity and Reflective Writing
April 28th: Interactive journal work
May 1st: Interactive journals due. Doll's House supervised writing. 
May 2nd: Work in Translation Paper Assignment

TODAY:
1. With your small group, go through and examine the following questions for Act 1 of A Doll's House. 

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS~ A Doll's House

Answer the following questions, supporting your answers with SPECIFIC EVIDENCE from the text itself in every case.

1. What are your first impressions of the relationship between the Helmers?  Do Nora and Torvald seem to share an equal partnership in their marriage?
2. Compare Nora to her friend Mrs. Linde.  Both have had difficulties in their lives in their own ways—how has each woman’s social class influenced the manner in which she responded to difficulties?
3. There is considerable discussion of finances in Act I.  How do Nora and Torvald differ in their attitudes toward money?
4. At the end of Act I, Torvald makes a remark which, to us who know more of his situation than he does, carries tremendous dramatic irony (when the words and/or actions of a character have a different meaning for the audience than they do for the character).  He says that an “atmosphere of lies infects the whole life of a home.”  What “lies” are we are of that Nora has felt obliged to tell?  How much does she recognize the implication of his statement when she adds, to herself, “Poison my home? … That’s not true.  Never.  Never in all the world.”  Although we are not aware of any lies that Torvald has told, is there any sense in which he may have “infected” his relationship with Nora?
5. Dr. Rank introduces the concept of “moral disease” which Torvald also remarks on to Nora at the end of act I.  He and Torvald are both referring to Krogstad, but Mrs. Linde prepares us for another way to look at Krogstad, as a man who is “changed,” a “widower… with many children.”  What possibility do you see that Christine and Krogstad may be able to reestablish a friendship?

2. For Tuesday, April 18th read ACT 2 of A Doll's House. 

April 12th

1. Pre-ACT administrative "stuff" to complete.
2. For Monday, April 17th have Act 1 of A Doll's House read... Don't forget the Ibsen Biography reading.  If you were on the field trip, make sure that you check yesterday's post to get caught up for Monday.

April 11th

1. Read the following article and respond to the question at the end on Google Classroom.
Gender Ideology and Separate Spheres

2. Read through the reviews of A Doll's House from the late 1870s and answer the coordinating questions (found in the margins). Please post your responses to the questions on Google Classroom.
A Doll's House Reviews

Remember: ACT is April 19th!

April 10th

Today we are starting Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. 
We will start with familiarizing ourselves with Ibsen's biography.

1. Please read and take notes over the following Ibsen notes: Henrik Ibsen Biography

2. We will also be watching the Ibsen biography in class today.

By Wednesday, please read, and be ready to discuss...
Why a Doll's House is More Relevant than Ever

April 5th

1. Interactive Oral Activity #2- Chronicle today.
2. Written Reflection-
How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? 

3. Practice writing possible prompts for the Chronicle Supervised Writing for Friday. Post 4 possible prompts to Google Classroom.

Supervised Writing Reminders:

Supervised writing is intended to stimulate independent thinking and choice of topic. It must be in continuous prose. However, the format is not prescribed—it could be journal writing, or it may be more like a draft.

At this stage, it is no longer important to consider the cultural or contextual elements of the work.

4. Review "How to Write an Academic Title" (found under 'writing handouts') for Friday.
Here are some sample prompts and titles for Supervised Writing

Supervised writing prompts and essay titles

Prompt: In what ways are the voices of history and tradition present in the work?

Work: God’s Bits of Wood by Sembène Ousmane

Essay title: Age and wisdom: The significance of Ramatoulaye in God’s Bits of Wood

Prompt: To what extent is the natural landscape important for the impact of the work?

Work: The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh

Essay title: How the landscape affects the outcome for Kien in The Sorrow of War

Prompt: How does the writer convey a sense of time passing in the work?

Work: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Essay title: The significance of time for Shukhov in One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Prompt: How are different voices used to express thoughts and feelings? What effect do these have on your responses to the poems?

Work: Selected poems of Derek Walcott

Essay title: Allegiance and identity in the poems of Derek Walcott

Prompt: In what ways is memory important in the work?

Work: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Essay title: The significance of memory for Jane in Jane Eyre

Prompt: How do external and internal structures work together?

Work: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

5. Remember: Interactive Journals for Chronicle are due on FRIDAY, also! 

April 4th

1. There are three Reading-specific ACT practices on USATESTPREP. They are addressing collective weaknesses that are showing up in test feedback. They address- counterclaims and claims that are subtly referenced and text function. Please complete by Thursday.
2. Remember that you have an IOA tomorrow. I am adding a reading to your line up. It is a great article that discusses influences on Marquez and parallels to Gatsby. A Problem of Precipitation Finding Gatsby in Chronicle of a Death Foretold Please print off and read for Wednesday.

April 3rd

1. ACT Reading Pacing and Target Score Practice