World Literature Do NowsWeek 25

Do Now: Monday, February 24th, 2014 (4 days until Interim)•9/10 chapter questions

Portfolio Changes

•Speech portfolio will be pushed to the end of the year project!

•Cons: We have to wait until the end of the school year to hear your beautiful voices grace the classroom “stage”

•Pros: You are fully prepared to give a successful speech!

New Portfolio

•Take 5 minutes to read over the new Portfolio

•Take note of dates and requirements•Annotate! You will ask questions after the

5 minutes!

Objective:

•SWBAT identify connections from the text to themes presented in Private Peaceful.

Question: How do specific people and events contribute to the themes of the text?

Themes

•Bravery courageous behavior or character

•Cowardice Lack of bravery

•Loss of Innocence forced to quickly grow up, usually by experiencing a traumatic event

•Self- Conviction The act of convicting one's self

Theme Activity

•With your groups, you will have 7 minutes to travel from one poster to another containing a different theme.

•As a group, you will come up with 2 points from the text that show the given theme. Page numbers are needed.

•Not only are you writing on the poster, you are also writing these things on your Handout.

Examples/ Non- Examples

Theme: BraveryNon Example: Tommo shows bravery by being brave.

Example:Tommo shows an act of bravery when he decides to join the army even though he is too young. (Morpurgo 96)

Questions?

•Count off by 4s

Findings

•With your shoulder partner, explain you and your group’s findings. Share examples.

Do Now: Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 (3 days until Interim )•SSR 15 minutes

HW Review Interim Analysis

•Check your answers

•Silently Identify what skills you did well in and which you need work on.

Chapter 11

Do Now: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 (2 days until Interim ) •Quietly complete your HW analysisAnswers:

End of Novel

•Circle reading!

End of novel Questions1. Why does Charlie disagree with Sergeant Hanley’s decision to leave the dugout and attack the German bunker?2. How many witnesses does the British army have at Charlie’s court martial?3. Is Charlie’s court martial fair or unfair in your opinion? Why?4. Why doesn’t Captain Wilkie help to support Charlie’s case in the court martial?5. How does the short, final chapter make you feel?6. Why is Tommo ‘far from alone’ in his grieving?

Do Now: Thursday, February 26th, 2014 (1 day until Interim )•SSR 15 minutes

Outlining