10 th Grade Week 16 Agenda & Obj. 12/16-12/20

1. 10th Grade Week 16 Agenda & Obj. 12/16-12/20 Monday: Movie Tuesday – Wednesday: Expressively Read • 10.4.4.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text… connotative… • 10.4.3.3 Analyze how complex characters… develop… • 10.4.2.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development… • 10.4.10.10 By the end of Gr.10, read and comprehend literature… Thursday: Writing Friday: Vocab & Reading

2. Daily Writing: If I were… 12/16 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • If I were president, I would... • If I were rich, I would… Planner • 2nd draft NANO Wri MO novel & inner editor worksheet due TODAY. Forward your shared google doc link when you’re done.

3. Monday: The Crucible • Hand in your Inner Editor worksheet. Did you forward your revised/edited copy? Do it by tonight if you haven’t or it’s late! • 15 mins: Act IV context clues quiz • Raise your hand when you’re done and read the character description handout. • When you’re done, review the character list I found online. 

4. Monday: Movie Notebook title: The Crucible Movie Part 3 • Take notes on what’s going on in the movie. • What are the similarities and differences from the text? • Are the characters the same or different? How?

5. Daily Writing: Beauty 12/17 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” ~John Keats • “Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.” ~David Hume Planner • Due Friday: Act IV ?s • Quiz Friday on Act III and IV (?s and vocab)

6. Tuesday: Expressively Read NaNoWri Mo edits – get it in! They’re LATE! Abdirahman go to Miss Y to take quiz. • Go over Act IV vocab • Notebook title: Act IV Vocab • Write the word, definition and a picture or sentence for each word. • Quiz Friday on Act III and IV (?s and vocab) • The Crucible • BAD reasoning (or logical fallacies) in Act III! • Expressively read & work on study guide questions Act IV.

7. Daily Writing: Advice 12/18 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • If I could give one piece of advice to any person in history, that advice would be... • The best lesson anyone ever taught me was... Planner • Due Friday: Act IV ?s • Quiz Friday on Act III and IV (?s and vocab)

8. Wednesday: Expressively Read • NaNoWri Mo edits – get it in! They’re LATE! • Quiz Friday on Act III and IV (?s and vocab)! • Get into a circle and expressively read The Crucible Act IV. As your read, work on study guide questions due Friday.

9. Daily Writing: Equality 12/19 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.” ~David Allan Coe • What can you do to promote equality? Planner • Due tomorrow: Act IV ?s • Quiz tomorrow on Act III and IV (?s and vocab)

10. Thursday: Mob Mentality Notebook title: Mob Mentality/Herd Mentality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Definition • How large numbers of people act in the same ways at the same times. • Herd mentality implies a fear-based reaction to peer pressure which makes individuals act in order to avoid feeling “left behind” from the group. Herd mentality is also sometimes known as "mob mentality."

11. Thursday: Mob Mentality Notebook title: Mob Mentality/Herd Mentality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: • Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, and/or purchase items. • Examplesof the herd mentality include fashions in apparel, home décor, etc., as well as historical tragedies such as Hitler’s Nazis, KKK, riots, etc.

12. Thursday: Mob Mentality Watch some Mob clips: Violent mobs: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P43WZd611WA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FetU1H-OMvA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMKjsGpdYY8 Not ALL mobs are violent… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsypXmQhQU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLCZOG202k

13. Thursday: Mob Mentality Journal title: My Thoughts on Mob Mentality • Why do people behave this way? What motivates people to act rashly and quickly? • What can be done in situations where large groups of people are fearful or panicked? • What helps us cope? • Have you ever been in a situation like this? How did you deal with it? • How could the characters in The Crucible handled their situation differently? If you’re done early, work on your Act IV ?s due tomorrow!

14. Daily Writing: Break 12/20 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • What are you looking forward to during the break? • What did you learn this week? Planner • Due Jan 2: READ something you enjoy and write a ½ page reflection (on a separate piece of paper) on the character you related to, or a lesson you learned… etc.

15. Friday: Quiz • Show me your Act IV ?s • Quiz on Act III and IV. • Raise your hand if you have questions or you’re done. • Then actively read the article on McCarthyism and write a reflection on the bottom.Hand in at the end of the period.

16. Seating Chart Front near door 3-pod: • Yusra, Fardosa, Iman Front middle 3-pod: • Deqa, Muna & Sumaya Front teacher’s desk 3-pod: • Fatah, Fadumo, Abdirahman Back middle 3-pod: • Osman & Abdikafi

17. Hot Seat • Designated “hot seat” in front of the room. 2 minutes to ask the seated person any question in a rapid-fire succession. The hot seat member is allowed to say “pass” for any too personal questions — avoid asking anything too personal, as it can ruin the fun. Sample questions: • “What would you do if you won the lottery?” • “If you could meet and have dinner with any person who ever lived, who would it be and why? What would you ask that person?” • “What three words would you use to describe yourself?” • Questions can be funny, too, such as: • “What was your most embarrassing moment?” • “What was your proudest moment?” • “What was the silliest thing you’ve ever done?”