Why do we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11?
Tuesday, November 13 (American Literature)
Classwork
- Do Now: Vocab Unit 7, Quiz B
- Then: read/listen to Melville's Moby Dick excerpt (listen online)
- After: Group Literary Analysis (symbol and theme)
- What do Ahab's comments say about the value of money compared with great desire?
- What is Ahab's symbolic purpose in having his harpooners drink from their weapons?
- What does the wind symbolize to Ahab?
- What symbolic meaning do you find in the comparison between Ahab and the mast?
- How is the whale an archetypal character? (humanities connection)
- What symbolic meaning is suggested by the description of the whale's behavior as he breaks the water's surface?
- Next: Present Answers
- Check for Understanding: Do you admire, despise, or pity Captain Ahab at this point in the story?
- Complete any past-due assignments by Nov. 30
- Have completed Annotated Bibliography available on Thursday (either on GoogleDocs or a hard-copy) We will be creating a slideshow to help the outlining process before writing your research paper
Classwork
- Do Now: do you sympathize with those who are on the other side of your argumentative research paper topic? Explain.
- After: Demonstrating the slideshow for research paper organization
- Workshop: Creating the slideshow
- Reminder: Works Cited is necessary (only for the sources that will be used in the paper)
- Complete slideshow and share via GoogleDocs as soon as possible (should have been completed already!)
- Study for Vocab Unit 8, Quiz A
- Complete any past-due assignments by Nov. 30
- Begin Draft 1 of research paper if ready!
