Agenda 10-15-2014 - Cont Chrysanthemum Study: Today you will be reading closely and analytically, and demonstrating effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes.

1st Period - Groups● Team 1

o Muna 1

o Oswaldo 2

o Abigail 1

o Armani 2● Team 2

o Zach 1

o Jessica 2

o Hector 1

o Kendell 2● Team 3

o Elijah 2

o Brooke 2

o Adriana 1

o Hunter 2

o William 1

● Team 4

o Emma 1

o Cameron 2

o Devin 1

o Cole 2

o Jacob 1● Team 5

o Minh 1

o Gillian 1

o Simar 2

o Alano 2● Team 6

o Nathan 2

o Alexandra 1

o Daniyal 2

o Dhara 1

4th Period Groups●Team 1Eden 1Sean 2Fatima 1Sydney 2

●Team 2Alexandra 1Christina W. 2Maxwell 1

●Team 3Amy 1Alec 2Brie 2

●Team 4Madison 2Matthew G. 1Ethan 1

●Team 5Shannon 1Kaeden 2Azton 2Carsyn 1

●Team 6Taylor 1Addy 2Ashneel 2Brandon T. 1

●Team 7Ashley P. 1Hope 1Hawa 2Isabella 1

●Team 8Alexis 2Corey 1Justin T. 1Skylar 2

6th Period Groups Team 1Janet 2Annie B. 1Tyra 2Paige 1

Team 2Marina 1Emily B. 2Keelie 1Jonathan2

Team 3Toni-Ann1Annie N. 1Jaeger 2Alex 2

Team 4Christina1Austin 2Eric H. 1

Team 5Alexandra1Adriana 2Emily K.2

Team 6Garrett 1Kris 2Dai’Ajha1Kassie 2

Team 7Maria 2Kaitlyn 1Citlalli 2Justin 1

Team 8Chyna 1Eric C. 2Kenzie 1

Good Morning/Afternoon 10-15-2014

Step 1: Please grab your notebook

Step 2: Please open your notebook to a new page or where you left off of from yesterday, date it, and label it JOURNAL

Chrysanthemum

1. Comment on the kind of communication that exists between Henry and Elisa based on his comments on her appearance.

2. What is the dark speck in the road, and how does it get there?

3. Is Elisa aware of the importance of her need to communicate with her husband? If so, how does the reader know?

“The Chrysanthemums" is a story about communication in a marriage that is not unhappy but does have its limitations. Neither Elisa nor Henry can explain the psychological aspects of their relationship, but the author suggests that Elisa needs more than the marriage offers. She is lonely; she finds more joy and fulfillment in planting her flowers and being close to the earth than she does in her marriage.

Today you will be reading closely and analytically, and demonstrating effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes.

Do you agree?

Should they stay together?➢ One half the class is going to

read... This Emotional Life

➢ Make sure to annotate the story as you go along highlighter or not the annotations are the important part. I prefer them in the margins and complete sentences.

➢ Questions - Multiple Levels of Questions - Starting with “I wonder…?”

➢ Comments - Opinion on the text - Starting with “I think…”

➢ Connections - To Text, To Self, to World - Starting off with “I Know…” or “This reminds me of…”

The other half is going to read…Why Long Married Couples Split

➢ Make sure to annotate the story as you go along highlighter or not the annotations are the important part. I prefer them in the margins and complete sentences.

➢ Questions - Multiple Levels of Questions - Starting with “I wonder…?”

➢ Comments - Opinion on the text - Starting with “I think…”

➢ Connections - To Text, To Self, to World - Starting off with “I Know…” or “This reminds

me of…”

Get together to discussYour groups need to have a leader, time keeper, scribe, materials master and two who will present. (write it on a post-it note)

Task 1: Go over the two texts! Someone in your group should give a brief summary of each article verbally.

Task 2:To come up with a claim or argument about why Elisa and Henry should either stay together in their marriage or they should get a divorce.

Task 3: Create a poster with a web and in the middle will be your claim. Then five branches that will prove to us what they should do. Use text based evidence from story and your articles.

Task 4: Two members will come up and present the information you came up with to support your claim or thesis.

HomeworkCan you think of any situation that might have had a better outcome if methods of

communication were improved? Consider a situation you’ve observed or experienced in which efforts to improve communication have had good results. Examples might involve the use of an apology, constructive criticism, praise, or an explanation.

Write a one—page composition, first presenting a situation, next describing What happened, and then explaining whether communication could have been improved and, if so, how.

Seminar Purpose: Chrysanthemum

● Purpose: To achieve an enlarged understanding of the ideas, issues and values in a text.

Seminar Norms1)Be respectful

2)Don’t raise hands3)One person speaks at a time

4) Use each other’s names5) Address each other

6) Base responses in the text

In your journal - respond to the following thought provoking task:

In 7 words or less, recount what you know about the story Chrysanthemum.

With an Elbow Partner, share your response

Literal Questions

Interpretive Questions

Evaluative Questions

1. What does Elisa think of the tinker? Henry? The Chrysanthemum? Explain.

2. What kind of person is the tinker? Elisa? Explain3. Do you believe the tinker’s story about the other woman's

garden? Why or why not?

1. What does Elisa want? Why can’t she get it?2. Why did Steinbeck write this story? What were his intentions?

How do you know?

1. What is Elisa doing at the beginning of the story?2. What business deal has Henry just made? How does he plan to

celebrate?3. Who arrives, and what is his mission?

DebriefWas your understanding of the text enlarge? Respond in journal?

What’s one thing you noticed about our seminar?