English 8 worked on the argument in Nightjohn. John makes a claim and backs it up with evidence to which Mammy makes a counterclaim. John then makes a rebuttal. Students worked groups to tease this all out of the text.
English I Honors students took a look at a somewhat tricky poem: “My Papa’s Waltz.” I laid a connotation trap for the students and they fell right in, assuming that the connotations of the words said something they didn’t. We went back through the poem and traced the cause of their confusion before getting to the moral: connotation is important, but it if isn’t backed by the rest of the text, it isn’t valid.
Homework
- English 8:
- re-read chapter 4 of Nightjohn for a quiz tomorrow;
- work on IXL as necessary;
- work on the article of the week as necessary.
- English I Honors:
- compare and contrast the two fathers in “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz”;
- work on IXL as necessary;
- work on the article of the week as necessary.
Standards for Today
English 8
- RL-5.1 Cite the evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- RI-11.2 Analyze and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
English I Honors
- RL-5.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text; identify multiple supported interpretations.
- RL-9.1 Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
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