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Human Nature Pacing Calendar
Human Nature Pacing Calendar
Human Nature Pacing Calendar
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3
Synthesis of DEJ. Students select the Most Valuable Point from their DEJs and share them with a partner. Students work with a partner to fill out Natural Law Vocabulary SelfAwareness Chart. Students will fill this out using their lecture and reading notes. Due Day 5 Students also have time to work on their Anchor Activity. Collect DEJs to check for article understanding and for completion credit. Homework: Read and annotate Letter Four from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke paying special attention to favorite quotes.
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Entrance Slip: Can good people do bad things? Can bad people do good things? TPS. Distribute Cornell Notes template to be filled out during todays lecture.
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Hand out Characterization Concept Map. Students work in pairs to fill them out about Kino, Juana and the Doctor working with a different partner for each character. Categories again are actions, categories, motivations and values. Discussion: Share results in full group. Fill out a master copy of the Characterization Concept Map on the ELMO. Encourage students to update their individual copies. Exit Slip: Students write a synthesis statement summarizing the natures of each of the three main characters on the bottom of their Characterization Concept Maps. Collect.
Students work with a partner to fill out an Anticipation Guide about The Pearl. Inferences based on: Book cover Paragraphs on the back cover Genre (parable) Homework: Pearl reading PG 1-40. Fill out DEJ.
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Gradual Release of Responsibility: outlining for AP test timed writings. Read prompt Collect evidence Write thesis Access prior knowledge Prompt: Read the passage from The Pearl carefully. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze how literary devices help convey that authors complex attitude toward greed. I DO: Read prompt; decide what I need in order to answer it. Collect supporting evidence in the passage. WE DO: Read next paragraph together. Collect more evidence. YOU DO TOGETHER: Students writing a thesis statement with a partner. Homework (YOU DO): Building on class discussion, students make a list of prior knowledge they could use in their essays. Examples: natural law, parable definition. Due Day 12. Collect homework. Distribute Cornell Notes template to be filled out during todays lecture.
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Discussion. Each discussion question will start with a Read Aloud from Siddhartha. Students will then write their thoughts and have full group sharing. Why is Siddhartha dissatisfied with his life? Discuss this quote: One must find the source within ones own Self, one must possess it. Why does Siddhartha need to leave home to find what hes looking for? Any other questions? Students work with a partner to fill out Buddhism Vocabulary SelfAwareness Chart. Students will fill this out using their lecture and reading notes. Students have time to work on their Anchor Activity with any remaining time in class or tonight as homework. Homework: Siddhartha reading PG 25-43. Fill out DEJ.
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Carousal Walk Discussion. Hand out large sheets of white paper and markers. In groups, students rotate around the room answering different questions in different colors of marker. Students then walk around the posters and read all the responses. Questions include: How has Siddharthas relationship to nature changed? Explain how everyone are children What is the inner voice? Is Siddhartha a good businessman? Why or why not? What is love according to Siddhartha? Homework: Siddhartha reading PG 77-103. Fill out DEJ.
Lecture (PPT): Introduction to Buddhism. History Philosophy The Buddha Introduce Performance Summative Assessment (AP essay test outline) students will be working toward throughout the unit. Prompt: Carefully read the following excerpt from the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the development of Siddharthas character navigating the human experience. In your analysis, you may wish to consider such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone. Homework: Siddhartha reading PG 1-25. Fill out DEJ.
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Read Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha by Jonathon Landlaw. Students work with a partner to fill out a Ven Diagram comparing and contrasting Hesses Siddhartha to the historical Buddha. Students write three statements explaining either the theme or universal truth of the book. Full group sharing. Students work in pairs to update their Natural Law Vocabulary SelfAwareness Chart. Students turn in worksheet as an informal assessment and completion grade. Homework: Begin work on Performance Summative Assessment due Day 20.
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Collect rough drafts of Performance Summative Assessment. Hand out Characterization Concept Map. Students work in pairs to fill them out about Siddhartha, Govinda working with a different partner for each character. Categories again are actions, categories, motivations and values. Discussion: Share results in full group. Fill out a master copy of the Characterization Concept Map on the ELMO. Encourage students to update their individual copies. Exit Slip: Students write a synthesis statement summarizing the natures of each of the three main characters on the bottom of their Characterization Concept Maps. Collect. Homework: Final drafts of Performance Summative Assessment and Anchor Activity are Day 20. Work Day
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Collect Performance Summative Assessment and Anchor Activity.
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Students have the choice to work on: Performance Summative Assessment Anchor Activity While students are working, I will conduct individual conferences with students about their outline rough drafts. Homework: Final drafts of Performance Summative Assessment and Anchor Activity are due tomorrow.
Practice AP Literature and Composition writing test. Prompt: Choose a novel or short story in which a character shows moral ambiguity. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the characters actions and moral reflect the authors beliefs on the nature of human behavior and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole.