WEEK 16: Modern Realism/Feminism

MONDAY

1. ACTIVITY #1: Read a Story of an Hour and annotate the text.
• How to annotate text
2. ACTIVITY #2: Complete questions 1-23 on the reading guide for the short story.

TUESDAY

1. Notes: Modern Realism
2. Class Discussion on questions 1-23 for Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

1. T-Chart: Gender Roles
2. Act I-II--A Doll's House
• Complete Act I-IIdiscussion questions 
• Character Analysis of Nora
  

HW DUE 11/30

1. Constructed Response: Choose one scene in Act I and rewrite it in the point of view of a 21st century woman.  How will your scene change? Use vivid verbs and show, not tell us the setting and event of the scene.

FRIDAY

1. Finish ACT III and complete discussion questions.
2. Multimedia Mini-project: Choose one song that you believe the protagonist Nora in A Doll's House might have in her playlist.  The song must share a similar conflict/theme as the short story (ie: unfair gender roles, and expectations for women; family secrets; pursuing one's dreams, etc). 

HW DUE 12/4
1. Complete an abstract explaining your song choice and how it is simlar to the conflict or theme in A Doll's House.

Week 15: Nov. 13-17 Modern Realism/Feminism

RESOURCES: Syllabus, 1984 Audio-book , Vocab List-Oct 6th, 1984 online novel, 1984 Viewing Guide, Research Paper-1984, RACER, Watch 1984

MONDAY

1. Join Newsela class using this link . Create a new account by filling in information.
2. Read the article on Modern Feminism and respond to the writing prompt in the form of a RACER paragraph,  Also, complete the 4 multiple choice questions on Newsela.
3. Complete USATestPrep assignment labeled "11/13 Practice"

TUESDAY

1. OUT SICK

WEDNESDAY

1. COUNSELING SUITE PRESENTATION 

THURSDAY

1. Watch We Should All be Feminists by 
2. Read article Feminism Needs Global Voices and complete RACER for writing prompt
• Writing Prompt: What is the author's purpose for writing.  Provide evidence from article to support your answer.