Lesson Plans Dec 1-5

 

Lesson Plans Dec 1-5 
Thursday - 8th Grade to visit Cape Henlopen High School   

Gold week  

Homework for Language Arts Classes

• READ AR Book for 30 minutes every night. Next AR test is Thursday.
• Core 1, 2, 3:   writing 

 

Language Arts 

Read

• "from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"143-149
• EQ: What do the events reveal about his character and struggle for freedom? What is an autobiography?
• Skills: analyze and autobiography and determine author's purpose. 
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Writing and Warm-Ups

Freewriting 
Reading Log and Report

Flash Fiction - Draft and revise an original, flash fictional story. 
Read these for inspiration 

Warm-Ups for Gold week 
Monday - Freewrite and Book Report
Tuesday - copy the poem and reflect
Wednesday -copy the terms below
Thursday - write a sentence for each vocabulary word

Vocabulary - "Narrative Frederick Douglass"

1. depravity
2. commence
3. apprehension
4. prudence
5. unabated
6. denunciation
7. vindication

Terms  - "Narrative Frederick Douglass"

1. Autobiography - an account of the author's own life
2. Author's Purpose - the reason for writing
3. Cause and effect - one event brings about another or creates a change in attitude

Poem  - copy and reflect 

O Captain! My Captain!

By Walt Whitman

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

                         But O heart! heart! heart!

                            O the bleeding drops of red,

                               Where on the deck my Captain lies,

                                  Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills,

For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding,

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

                         Here Captain! dear father!

                            This arm beneath your head!

                               It is some dream that on the deck,

                                 You’ve fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,

The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

                         Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

                            But I with mournful tread,

                               Walk the deck my Captain lies,

                                  Fallen cold and dead.

Source: Leaves of Grass (David McKay, 1891)

Audio Link:  O Captain! My Captain!

 

U.S History - Core 4

Research Projects: Amendment Research
Presentations and discussion. Notes.


Chapter 11: Political Developments in the Early Republic, 145-159
EQ: What are the differences between the Federalists and the Democratic Republican parties?

1. Project: Sign up for one of the amendments. Research the amendment and then write a blog post to answer the following questions:  Define your amendment. Write about three reasons on why this amendment is important. Link the amendment to a current news story. Post on your blog.  Due Nov 25
2.