Comp/Lit 9: 3/16/2011

Introduction to Night

• Today was a very powerful day.  I introduced Night through a variety of videos, a slideshow and journal prompts.
• Monday I had passed out a new calendar.  Here is the Calendar Link.
• See below for the plan that I followed:
• I passed out the "Sneetches" Packet and I showed the “The Sneetches”(12 min + 2 minutes to write) first and then the Freedom Writers clip (10 minutes + 2 minutes to write)… and then The Launch ppt. (28 minutes)
• I passed out the Night packet and have them begin their first journal reactions…
  
  
  1. Journal Entry/Do Now: Describe a time when someone told you a story so outrageous that you had a hard time believing it was true.  Did you end up believing it?  What made you believe it or not?  What makes a story believable? (5 minutes)
  2. Discuss HW responses/
  3. Listen to on tape ‘Section One’ together (3-22, 41 minutes).  Write questions and reactions in journal/notebook
• Homework:  Study Vocabulary & Spelling #21-22, Bring Outside Reading Book to class for SSR,  Read TKAMB Chapters 8-15 (pg. 63-155)-DUE Tuesday March 22, Complete Reading Response Journal for TKAMB Chapters 8-15-DUE Tuesday March 22,  Complete Night Journal Response & Graffiti Journal Entry (see Night packet page 1 for details or see below), Research More & Work on Essay Organizer, pages 28-29-DUE Thursday March 24

*Homework Due Next Class: In your journal/notebook:

Journal Entry: Describe a time when you witnessed a parent/guardian feeling scared.  What were they scared of?  How did it make you feel?  How did you react?

1.    Select THREE passages (quotes) from the reading

2.    Respond to TWO of these passages in-depth (1-2 paragraphs each)

3.    Be sure to select passages that really ‘jump off the page’ for you and allow you to think deeply.  Here are some questions to consider when responding to each of the three passages/section:

§  If you were in his situation, what would you have done?

§  What would have been going through your heart and your mind?

§  What questions would you have?  What answers?

§  What does this event/choice/occurrence make you think about?  How does it make you feel?

§  What connections can you make to your life and/or our life today about this event?

§  What about this passage stands out to you?