Honors 9th Literature March 13-17
Honors 9th Lit
Planning Your Week: March 13-17
S 3/12: Membean 45 minutes practice.
M 3/13: Finish reading Part I of The Night Circus (through p. 1-116 in the soft cover; through p. 90 in the hardcover).
T 3/14: Quiz on The Night Circus Part I in class; The Night Circus Literary Analysis Part I due to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m.
T 3/21: Quiz on The Night Circus Part II in class
Learning Goal: Draw connections between the characters and themes of The Tempest and those of The Night Circus; develop literary analysis skills.
Focus Standards: ELACC9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Monday, March 13
- SRI Assessment—Lab 113
- Review The Night Circus Part I, completing the study guide.
- Analyze characterization of Chandresh and Tsukiko.
*Homework: Review The Night Circus Part I and the study guide.
Tuesday, March 14
- Assess reading/analysis of The Night Circus through p.116 (Part I Quiz).
- Compose a literary analysis for Part I.
- Read/analyze Part II of The Night Circus.
*Homework: Continue reading The Night Circus.
Wednesday, March 15
- Quarter 2 Touchstone Assessment—Lab 113
- Read/analyze The Tempest Act II, using the study guide. Consider the characters who open Act II: Gonzalo, Adrian, Antonio, Sebastian, Alonso—add characterization and supporting quotes from the text to your character tracker.
- Revise your response to the Theme: Utopia prompt; review Gonzalo’s description of a utopia in Act II Scene 1 Lines 152-172 and compare/contrast with your description of a utopia.
*Homework: Continue reading The Night Circus.
Thursday, March 16
- Review sections of Act II of The Tempest, comparing/contrasting the film adaption with the original text; analyze the director’s choices and the effects those choices have on the audience’s interpretation of theme. Preview Act III.
- Read/analyze The Tempest Act III, focusing on Miranda and Ferdinand’s exchange of private vows.
- Review their first encounter (Act I Scene 2 Lines 490-613).
- Consider how Ferdinand and Miranda’s love has or has not evolved from Act I to Act III
- Write a claim statement (topic sentences) that makes a claim about the growth (or lack thereof) of their love/relationship.
- Compose the rest of the paragraph using at least four quotes (two from Act I and two from Act III), which support your claim; incorporate at least three vocabulary words from unit 6.
*Homework: Continue reading The Night Circus Part II.
Friday, March 17
- Read The Night Circus Part III.
- Analyze parallel plots with TNC Part II.
*Homework: Read The Night Circus through Part II (quiz Tuesday); complete literary analysis Part II prompt.