Turning Pages and Taking Names (or No Names): January 31, 2018

Focus: How do yesterday's stations inform your understanding of Chapters 17-20?

Shortened class: Tribe/PLC

1. Warming up with Academic Vocabulary: Quiz #3

2. Reading Invisible Man and composing reading tickets

HW:
1. Please read through Chapter 20 for Friday and prepare a ticket. 

2. Start looking for a poetry paper/project poem; it must be from a different time period than the one you selected last semester. We will be briefly recapping the paper/project tomorrow in class. You will need your poem by Thursday, Feb 8 for your metacognitive.

Ellison's Milieu: January 30, 2017

Focus: What other sources from Ellison' milieu might have influenced his writing?

1. Warming up with a Harlem Renaissance painting

2. Perusing Invisible Man stations for Chapters 14, 15, and 16 (the early Brotherhood chapters)

• Station 1: Claude McKay's "America" (MMM approach)

• Station 2: Booker T. Washington (MMM approach)

• Station 3: The Crusader and the African Blood Brotherhood (skim for essential info, then make specific connections to characters and moments from Invisible Man)

• Station 4: The scene where he smashes Mary's cast iron bank (follow directions on sheet)

3. Wrapping up with your thematic statements

HW:
1. Please read Chapter 17 by Wednesday (no ticket); read Chapters 18, 19, and 20 for Friday and prepare a ticket. Tomorrow will be a reading day.

2. Start looking for a poetry paper/project poem; it must be from a different time period than the one you selected last semester. We will be briefly recapping the paper/project tomorrow in class. You will need your poem by Thursday, Feb 8 for your metacognitive.

3. Keep perusing that Academic Vocabulary! Quiz tomorrow over Sets 1-3 (emphasis on Set 3).

Born Again, Born Again, Jiggity Jig: January 29, 2018

Focus: What is the purpose of Chapter 10 in Invisible Man?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Taking a trip to the Underworld to understand Chapter 10 (54:15 ish)

3. Enjoying a Socratic slow-down on Invisible Man

4. Wrapping up with questions, kudos, and epiphanies

HW:
1. Please read Chapter 17 by Wednesday (no ticket); read Chapters 18, 19, and 20 for Friday and prepare a ticket.

2. Start looking for a poetry paper/project poem; it must be from a different time period than the one you selected last semester. We will be briefly recapping the paper/project tomorrow in class. You will need your poem by Thursday, Feb 8 for your metacognitive.

3. Keep perusing that Academic Vocabulary! Quiz this Wednesday over Sets 1-3 with an emphasis on 3.

Race and "Science": January 26, 2018

Focus: How did race factor into scientific research in the early 20th century, and how does Ellison turn it into a metaphor?

1. Warming up by gathering background on early 20th century science and socialism

Step 1: Briefly research your topic (Wikipedia works well for most topics).

Step 2: Find one line, paragraph or page from Chapters 10-13 in Invisible Man that takes on new meaning in light of your research.

Step 3: Enlighten the class on your newfound understanding by bringing it into Socratic today.

2. Enjoying a silent Socratic on Chapters 10-13 in Invisible Man

3. Wrapping up with questions, kudos, and epiphanies

HW:
1. For Monday: Read Chapters 14, 15, and 16 in Invisible Man and prepare a Socratic ticket.

2. New: Start considering what poem you'd like to take on for your poetry project/paper. It needs to be from a different time period than the poem you analyzed first semester. We will have our poem metacognitive on Thursday, Feb 8.

3. Look over your new Academic Vocabulary words before you go night-night.

Do You Work for the Department of Redundancy Department? January 25, 2018

Focus: How can we write with stylistic command?

1. Warming up by meeting your Academic Vocabulary, Set 3 (www.quizlet.com)

2. Eliminating redundancy and wordiness; click here for "Writing with Style"

*The rule: If you have two sentences, two adjectives, two phrases, etc. performing the same function, get rid of one of them. Keep the one that's doing it better.*

3. Enjoying a brief "Good Morning, A.P." session to explore the passage itself

• Breaking News: Summarize the dramatic situation in this passage. Don't leave out any dirty details.

• Your Spin: What's your take on what really happened here? This is your thesis.

• The "Facts": No fake news here--stick to the textual passages. Which ones are the most revealing? What literary language might you use to talk about them?

• The Wrap-Up: Lingering questions? Kudos to your fellow newscasters? Brilliant epiphanies?

4. Using the reflective rubric for peer feedback on your intro, structure, evidence, and style

HW:
1. Read the heck out of Invisible Man. We're through Chapter 13 for tomorrow's Socratic; be sure to print and bring your reading ticket to class.

2. Look through those Set 3 Academic Vocabulary words while you're waiting for your Starbucks.

A Little Breathing Room: January 24, 2018

Focus: How can we use this time to stay on top of the game?

1. Warming up with Academic Vocabulary Quiz #2: Sets 1 and 2

2. Catching up, maintaining, and/or getting ahead in Invisible Man

HW:
1. Tomorrow we will workshop yesterday's timed writings.

2. Read through Chapter 13 for Friday's big Socratic; create a reading ticket. If you feel like you want to improve your close reading skills, use your reading ticket to practice. For example, find 2 or 3 passages that intrigue you, and slow down on each one, drawing out imagery, symbolism, diction, etc.

Old School Prose: January 23, 2018

Focus: How do we practice for Question #2 on the A.P. Literature test?

1. Warming up with a group close reading (using literary language)

2. Performing a prose-based timed writing with a focus on...guess what? Close reading and incorporating literary language

HW:
1. For tomorrow:
Look through Academic Vocabulary, Units 1 and 2 to prepare for tomorrow's short quiz.

Finish reading Chapter 10 in Invisible Man; if you read 20 pages a night and 20 pages in class tomorrow, you will easily finish your reading for Friday. No reading ticket necessary tomorrow; you can incorporate Chapter 10 into your ticket for Friday.

2. For Friday: Read Chapters 11, 12, and 13; prepare a Socratic ticket.