Contemporary Literature

Friday, October 4, 2019

Bell Ringer: ACT Timed Essay Prep

Read through everyone else’s blog posts. As you read, try to find three strong perspectives that cover three different perspectives people could have about teens and Flight
Write your three choices on the side white board

Bell Ringer: Quill work 10 min
Discuss the following question with your partner/group, then in WN, write about Flight –is it ‘bad’, should it be challenged or banned? Why do you think people could have had problems with it?

Bring this paragraph and the ideas from Thursday/today to me when you are finished, then work on your paper or read

How many books that have been challenged in the past do you think you’ve read? What are the top reasons that books are challenged (in general)? What are the different reasons why this book (Flight) could be controversial? What are issues in this book that are issues to teens today? What in Zits’ life has made him a controversial person? Are those things filled with controversy?

Writer’s Notebook: What are some possible perspectives that people could have on this book and that you have on this book? (What sort of people could be impacted by this book? What details/points in the book/details of Zits’ life could connect with people and why/how? Should it be read by teens? Are there serious issues with the content of the book? Etc.) This should be posted to YOUR blog

Bell Ringer: Independent book
Flight ch 13-14 15?
Discuss with partner: Why does the author have Zits jump into Gus’ body? Why does the author have Zits jump into Jimmy’s body? -answer these questions on Google Classroom after talking

Things to think of: Similarities of characters; Differences of characters; Lessons that can be learned?; Connections between what characters are doing and what Zits did?; etc

All papers must have a works cited page (everyone will have the book Flight as an entry, plus whatever other sources you used) –see document shared with you in classroom for directions
Use the rubric to check that you have everything!
Paper clip rubric, paper, works cited page together and turn in to stool then read your independent book

**In writer’s notebook: What books have you read (or been exposed to) that you feel should not be accessible to children or teens? Why or why not? What books have you read that you think ‘adults’ may have issues with? Why would they?

Flight ch. 12 –take out quote tracing and transformation sheets, fill out while we read
Independent Reading Time or CATCH UP ON MISSING WORK

Bell Ringer: How have the past three situations in the book (the Indians after the Battle of Little Big Horn, the attack of the settlers, and the attack of the Indian camp) been similar?

Create a bulleted list of all the ways they are alike with person/people next to you; Make a post on your blog:

Similarity List first; Pick a big idea from violence/revenge/victim/etc, pick three pieces of evidence for it (with page #s) then explain what MESSAGE about the idea all of the pieces of evidence are showing.
Post Title: Theme Chapters 9-11
In the text:

Bell Ringer: *In writer’s notebook: What books have you read (or been exposed to) that you feel should not be accessible to children or teens? Why or why not? What books have you read that you think ‘adults’ may have issues with? Why would they?
Flight Ch. 10-11
Writer’s Workshop

At this point you should be working on your second draft of all paragraphs
You should have a similarity and a difference for each of your three topics. This means you should have at least six pieces of evidence from your research and at a minimum three pieces from Flight.
If you want me to read through, talk to me and let me know if I should read for craft or editing

If I’ve read through for one, you can ask me to read through for the other
If you want me to read through, come tell me if you want me to read for craft or editing –I will only read through sections that you’ve worked on (since you’ve HOPEFULLY submitted a full body para draft to Turnitin)

Bell Ringer: Independent Reading Time
Flight Chapter 8 and 9 –add “coming of age”, revenge, trauma of past, etc…. to back page
Writer’s Workshop:

Intro/Conclusion Notes –shared with you in classroom
Write Intro and Conclusion –on the same document with your body paragraphs, in the right order of paragraphs
Upload color-coded COMPLETE BODY into Turnitin (you can also have your intro and conclusion on it if you want feedback
At this point you should be working on your second draft of all paragraphs and writing your intro and conclusion
You should have a similarity and a difference for each of your three topics. This means you should have at least six pieces of evidence from your research and at a minimum three pieces from Flight.