Week2

Monday
Name:
Class:
Topic:
Objectives:
InstructionalStrategies:

LouisFantini
EnglishIIIHonors(47Minutes)
TheYellowWallPaperbyCharlottePerkinsGilman&ShakespearesSisterbyVirginiaWoolfCRQ
SWBATidentifycommonthemesbetweentheoreticalandliterarytexts.
SWBATformulateacriticalinterpretationofatext.
SWBATgatherevidenceforacriticalinterpretationofatext.
EssayTest

DailyActivities:

StudentswillhavetheentireperiodtowritetheirCRQ

Tuesday
Name:
Class:
Topic:
Objectives:
InstructionalStrategies:

LouisFantini
EnglishIIIHonors(47Minutes)
TheYellowWallPaperbyCharlottePerkinsGilman&ShakespearesSisterbyVirginiaWoolfCRQ
SWBATidentifycommonthemesbetweentheoreticalandliterarytexts.
SWBATformulateacriticalinterpretationofatext.
SWBATgatherevidenceforacriticalinterpretationofatext.
EssayTest

DailyActivities:

StudentswillhavetheentireperiodtowritetheirCRQ

Wednesday
Name:
Class:
Topic:
Objectives:
InstructionalStrategies:

DailyActivities:

LouisFantini
EnglishIIIHonors(47Minutes)
SomethingBehindtheWalls,TheNewTwilightZone
SWBATactivelywatchandinterpretashortfilm.
SWBATthinkcriticallyaboutfilmicadaptations(comparativeliterature)
FilmViewing
ClassDiscussion

DoNow:
JournalResponse,WhatdoyouthinkwecantakeawayfromreadingTheYellowWallPaperin
ourworldin2016?Dosituationslikethatstillhappentoday?

Body:
ClasswillwatchtheSomethingBehindtheWallsepisodeofTheNewTwilightZone(anadaptationof
TheYellowWallPaper.Afterwards,classwilldiscussthefilm:
Whatwassimilar?Whatwasdifferent?
Withthehistoricalcontextofeachpieceinmind,howdidtheyadaptthefilmtoacontemporary
setting?
Doyouthinktheadaptationstayedtruetothespiritoftheoriginaltext?

Homework:
Getagoodnightssleep.

Thursday
Name:
Class:
Topic:
Objectives:
InstructionalStrategies:

DailyActivities:

LouisFantini
EnglishIIIHonors(47Minutes)
IntroductiontotheMarxistLensand
TheCommunistManifesto
SWunderstandthekeyassumptionsoftheMarxistlens.
SWBATrefinekeyideasfromacriticaltext.
SWBATapplytheseideasininterpretationoftext.
DirectInstruction
NoteTaking
ReadTogether
ClassDiscussion
DoNow:
Journalresponse,WritedownalistofassumptionsandassociationsyouhavewiththewordsMarx
andMarxism.
AnticipationGuide,Iwilltakestudentresponses,makingawebofassociatedtermsontheboard.

Body:
DirectinstructiononMarx,Marxskeyideas(capital,commodification,materialism,classconflict,etc.),
andhowtheyinformMarxistliteraryinterpretation.Studentswilltakenotesonkeyconcepts,includingmain
assumptionsofMarxistcriticism,helpfulquestionstoaskwhenmakingMarxistanalysis.

Iwilldistributeexcerptfrom
TheCommunistManifesto.
Wewillbeginreading/discussingtogether.

Homework:
ReadandannotateexcerptsfromChapter1,uptoClassWarfare(pgs.16)


Friday
LouisFantini

Name:
Class:
Topic:
Objectives:

EnglishIIIHonors(47Minutes)
TheCommunistManifesto

InstructionalStrategies:

DailyActivities:

SWBATrefinekeyideasfromacriticaltext.
SWBATapplytheseideasininterpretationoftext.
SmallGroupDiscussion
ClassDiscussion
ReadTogether
GroupWork
DoNow:
Skimthrough
TheCommunistManifesto
andreadoveryournotes.Shareyourstarredpassagewithin
yourtablegroup.

Body:
Usingstarredpassagesasajumpingoffpoint,wewillhaveafullclassdiscussionon
TheCommunist
Manifesto
.Hopefullytheconversationflowsorganicallyfromthesepoints,butIwillprojectguidingquestions
ifneeded.

Inordertoreinforcethepoints(hopefully)raisedindiscussion,Iwilldistributesomepostreadingquestions.
Fortheremainderoftheclass,studentsmayworkontheseindividuallyoringroupsof23.Studentswho
finishearlymaybegintheirhomeworkfortheweekend.

Homework:
Finishreadingandannotatingexcerptfrom
TheCommunistManifesto.
Completepostreading
questionsforremainingsections(pgs.67).