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English 10, Week 8 Ms. Fritz

English 10, Week 8 Ms. Fritz. Unit Two: Q & A by Vikas Swarup.

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English 10, Week 8 Ms. Fritz

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  1. English 10, Week 8Ms. Fritz Unit Two: Q & A by VikasSwarup

  2. October 24, 2011 (10B) Objectives: You will be able to…1. Identify connections between key quotes from chapter one, the 6 statements on the unit two anticipation guide and the unit two essential questions. 2. Identify the speaker and the context of each of the key quotes selected for the paper pass activity. Do Now: On page 30 or 32 Agenda: Do you think Ram cheated on the quiz show, or do you think he legitimately won? Explain your answer in at least three complete sentences. Do Now and Hw check (completed guided reading questions for chapters 1-3) Paper Pass– chapter one review. Group work– review HW questions 3-10. Homework: Study vocabulary flashcards (lists one and two) for tomorrow’s vocab. Quiz #2.

  3. Guidelines for Paper Pass Activity This activity is done silently and independently. You will be responding to each other through your annotations on the paper. Guidelines: When you get your first quote, Read it and annotate it: Identify the speaker Summarize what was happening at this point in the chapter. Explain why the quote is important or interesting– what does it reveal about Ram? About his situation? About his attitudes/values? How does the quote connect to the essential questions for the unit and/or the 6 statements on the unit two anticipation guide? Make a text-to-self connection– can you identify with what Ram is thinking/feeling? When you pass the paper– read the quote and annotate and also make comments/connections to the annotations of others. Objectives: You will be able to…1. Identify connections between key quotes from chapter one, the 6 statements on the unit two anticipation guide and the unit two essential questions. 2. Identify the speaker and the context of each of the key quotes selected for the paper pass activity.

  4. October 26, 2011Objectives: You will be able to…1. Describe in your own words and illustrate the word “transgress”. 2. Make connections between the meaning of the word “transgress” and the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup. Do Now: on p. 30 or 32 Agenda: Have you ever heard the word “transgress” before? In what context– where? What do you think this word means? Do Now and HW check (chapter five post-it notes) Vocab. Focus Lesson: “Transgress” Partner Work: “Further Understanding” Reading Homework: vocab. Quiz #2.

  5. My Understanding: 1 2 3 4 Unit Two Vocabulary Focus Lesson #1 Word: ____________________ Describe the word in your own words. Draw: Further Understanding: How does this word relate to the novel? Learning Goal: SWBAT Explain in their own words and illustrate the word transgress and make connections between the meaning of the word and the characters in the novel.

  6. Learning Goal: SWBAT Explain in their own words and illustrate the word transgress and make connections between the meaning of the word and the characters in the novel. Transgress (verb) • If you transgress then you are breaking a rule in some way, or going against a norm, or a way that people expect you to act. To transgress means to go against the grain. • If someone is transgressive (adjective) then they are the kind of person who does not conform to what others think they should be.

  7. Transgress: Definitions to further our understanding • to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. • to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc. • Moral Code: “The G-Code” The written and unwritten rules (the unwritten rules often inform the written rules) about how to live your life and be a good person. • Examples of boundaries: socioeconomic status, gender, race, sexual orientation. Learning Goals: SWBAT Explain in their own words and illustrate the word transgress and make connections between the meaning of the word and the characters in the novel.

  8. Q & A Review: Partner Work Directions: Work with a partner to find three examples of moments of transgression from anywhere in the first three chapters of the book.

  9. Tuesday 10/25/11 (sub lesson for 10B and 10C) Objectives: You will be able to…1. Describe the meaning of vocabulary words from SAT word lists 1 and 2, compose sentences using the words and identify word relationships. 2. Read independently and mark important/interesting passages and summarize sections of the next chapter of Q & A by VikasSwarup. Do Now: Agenda: You have five minutes to silently study your flashcards in preparation for today’s vocab. quiz. Do Now: 5 minutes of silent study time. Vocab. Quiz Independent reading and completion of During Reading Notes for the next chapter or guided reading questions. Homework: 10B– Read “A Brother’s Promise and complete During Reading Notes. 10C– Read “How to Speak Australian” and complete the guided reading questions on separate loose-leaf paper.

  10. 10C Seating Chart Front of Classroom/White BoardDoor

  11. Guided Reading Homework:“A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian” Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on separate loose-leaf paper (2 points for each question– 20 points total). 1. How and where did Ram meet Salim? How old were the two boys when they met? 2. What happened to Salim’s family? 3. How does Ram save Salim? 4. Who is Maman? 5. What does Maman have planned for Ram and Salim? 6. Where do Ram and Salim run away to at the end of “A Thought for the Crippled”? 7. Describe the Taylor family. What is Ram’s life like with the Taylor family? 8. Why is Salim not with Ram in this chapter? 9. What is Colonel Taylor’s secret? 10. Describe how this chapter ends?

  12. 10B double block Wednesday 10.26.11 Objectives: You will be able to…1. Recall the main events and important details from the first four chapters of the novel. 2. Desribe in your own words and illustrate the word “transgress”. 3. Identify connections between the meaning of the word “transgress” and events from the novel Q & A by VikasSwarup. Do Now: ON page 32 Agenda: Take out a half sheet of paper, put your name and today’s date at the top and “Q &A quiz 1”. HW: Read chapter five and begin the guided reading questions. Do Now quiz HW check (questions 1-10) Review first three chapters (continue from paper pass quotes and HW) Mini-thesis criteria review and practice. Vocab focus lesson: transgress Partner work: “Further Understanding”. Continue reading!

  13. Do Now Pop Quiz 1 Testing our understanding of Chapters 1-4 of Q & A by VikasSwarup Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences on the half sheet of loose-leaf paper. • Why do Neil Johnson (from NewAgeTelemedia) and Billy Nanda (the producer of W3B) need the commissioner and Inspector Godbole to prove that Ram cheated? In other words, why don’t they want to give him the prize? • Why is the 2nd chapter called “The Death of a Hero”? • What was the quiz show question that Ram was able to answer correctly based on his early childhood experiences with Father Timothy and Father John? • Who is Gudiya? Describe her. • Who is Shantaram? Describe him. Objectives: You will be able to …1. Recall the main events and important details from the first four chapters of the novel.

  14. October 26, 2011 (10C single period 8) Objectives: You will be able to…Organize and illustrate a list of events from the first five chapters of the novel Q & A from narrative order to chronological order by creating a plot line. Identify moments of transgression on the timeline. Do Now: On page 32 Agenda: Write a sentence using the word transgress or transgressive. He transgressed the laws of the government and was arrested for it. I transgressed when I slapped the police officer. Rosa Parks transgressed the norm that black people in the U.S. were supposed to sit in the back of the bus when she instead sat in the front of the bus. The girl transgressed from the expectation that she should be talkative by being quiet. My daughter Zoe is transgressive in that she refuses to wear girly clothes or have long hair. Do Now and HW check (questions for “Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian”) HW Pair Share Timeline guidelines and brainstorming (to be continued tomorrow). No Homework (unless you are behind in the reading, then this is your night to catch up!).

  15. Q & A Review of the first five chapters: “The Prologue” through “A Thought for the Crippled”

  16. Learning Goals: SWBAT Organize and illustrate a list of events from the first five chapters of the novel Q & A from narrative order to chronological order by creating a plot line. Identify moments of transgression on the timeline. Partner Work: Creating a Chronological Plotline of the novel Complete the following steps with your partner: • Step One: Brainstorm a important events from each chapter of the book (from “The Prologue” through “How to Speak Australian”. Make sure you have at least three events from each chapter. • Step Two: Number your brainstorm list chronologically (1 being the beginning of Ram’s life, not the beginning of the story as it is told in the novel). Remember, the book is not told in chronological order (beginning with Ram’s infancy and ending at age 18 when he wins the quiz show and is accused of cheating). • Step Three: Hilight events on your list that are examples of moments of transgression. • Step Four: Get at least 10 sheets of paper and glue them together (see example) • Step Five: Make a timeline in the center of your paper. • Step Six: Transfer your list of events (narrative order) onto the left side of your timeline. Then, begin placing your events on your timeline in chronological order (not narrative order), leaving space for the years that you have not yet learned about. • Step Seven: Illustrate at least 5 events on your list by drawing or attaching pictures or symbols that relate to these events. • Step Eight: Include at four key quotes relating to at least four of the events on your plot line. • Step Nine: Mark at least one moment of transgression by writing the word next to the event and then briefly explaining why this is a moment of transgression. You and your partner will continue to add events and quotes to the left-hand side of your timeline and you will also continue to construct a chronological timeline of Ram’s life.

  17. Learning Goals: SWBAT 1. Organize and illustrate a list of events from the first five chapters of the novel Q & A from narrative order to chronological order by creating a plot line. 2. Identify moments of transgression on the timeline. 3. Review and discuss the main events of “A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian” by posing and responding to level one (clarifying) and level two (“I wonder”) questions. Do Now: On p. 32 Agenda: Make an inference: Why do you think Salim and Ram are not together during the chapter “How to Speak Australian”? Do Now Continue partner work (timeline) from yesterday. Review timeline Level one and level two questions. Concentric Circle Discussion.

  18. Friday 10/28/11 Objectives: You will be able to… 1. Compose level one, level two and level three questions about “A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian”. 2. Review and discuss the main events of “A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian” by posing and responding to level one (clarifying) and level two (“I wonder”) questions. Do Now: On page 32 or 34 Agenda: Write two level one questions– one about each of the two chapters (“A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian”) Write two level two questions– one for each chapter. Write one level three question. Do Now Review qualities of level one , level two, level three questions. Guidelines/rules for concentric circle discussion. Concentric Circle Discussions! Debrief– reporters share. Homework: Read “Hold Onto Your buttons” and complete the guided reading chart.

  19. Level One, Level Two, Level Three Questions Learning Goals: SWBAT Identify the characteristics of level one, level two, and level three questions. Example: Why do women often “suffer in silence” or put up with abuse? Example: Why does Neelima Kumar want to die young? Example: Who is Neelima Kumar’s mother?

  20. Competitive Concentric Circle Discussion Guidelines • Everyone participates in discussion, regardless of your role! • Use bounce card sentence starters. • The Rules: Every one in the circle gets three participation tickets. Every time you participate you give your ticket to the accountant. When you run out of tickets you can ask the banker for another, but only after everyone else in the circle has used at least two! Therefore, you all must encourage the quiet people to participate or the discussion dies! • The group with the most tickets used at the end of the discussion wins! • Choose a recorder: recorder participates in discussion and records as many of the group’s questions and responses on the poster paper as possible. • Choose an accountant: the accountant collects participation tickets from each participant and keeps track of the participation bank. • Choose a reporter: The reporter uses the recorder’s poster to report out about the hilights of the discussion to the group. 3. Review and discuss the main events of “A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian” by posing and responding to level one (clarifying) and level two (“I wonder”) questions.

  21. 10th Grade World Literature: Ms. FritzUnit Two: Q & A by VikasSwarup“Hold Onto Your Buttons Guided Reading Assignment Theme: List and explain at least one major theme from this chapter.

  22. Friday 10/28/11 (10B double block periods 3 and 4)Objectives: You will be able to…1. Identify connections between the meaning of the word “transgress” and specific moments in the first four chapters of Q & A by VikasSwarup. 2. Review the criteria for an ORQ mini-thesis statement and compose one in response to a prompt from “A Brother’s Promise”. 3. Organize and illustrate a list of events from the first five chapters of the novel Q & A from narrative order to chronological order by creating a plot line. Do Now: On p.32 or 34 Agenda: Review your notes on the word “transgress” from our last class. Then, write a sentence using the word transgress (-ed, -ing) or transgressive Do Now HW review (guided reading for “A Brother’s Promise”) and collect. Partner Work: identifying moments of transgression in the text (graphic organizer) Review criteria for mini-thesis and individual assessment. Explain guidelines for constructing a plot line/timeline. Partner work– brainstorm narrative order and quotes for timeline. Homework: Read “A Thought for the Crippled” and “How to Speak Australian” and complete the guided reading questions for Monday. Be prepared for a reading quiz!

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