AP English Literature & Composition  10/5 - 10/9

Monday 10/5

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business:
Chopin Paper due Wednesday.
3.
Writer's Workshop: Chopin Paper
    a. Working on drafts entire period.
    b. Teacher conferencing throughout period.

4. HW: Chopin Paper due Wednesday.

Tuesday 10/6

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2.
Business: Chopin Paper due tomorrow.
3. Reader's Workshop

    a.
Define morality.
    b.
Review Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
        *Examine and classify Heinz's original dilemma.
    b. Examining Moral Dilemmas
        1) Small group discussions - Applying Kohlberg to the Kohlberg Dilemmas (his and others as time allows)
                a) Elect a foreman and secretary
                b) Try to come to consensus
                c) Explain your decision and also any dissension
        2) How does Kohlberg’s theory work with each of the dilemmas? Where did the motivation for decision making lie?
4.
HW: Chopin Paper due tomorrow.

Wednesday 10/7

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: How does the theory relate to you? Where would you rate yourself and why?
2. Business: Turn in
Chopin Paper on eCampus.
3.
Reader's Workshop
    a.
Continue with small group and full group discussion of Kohlberg.
         1) Examining other dilemmas.
         2) How would be evaluate the moral motivations of the character's in Chopin's short stories:
              Calixta, Desiree, Mrs. Mallard, and Edna.
         2) Another way of looking at paradoxical dilemmas: If you do the right thing, there will be a bad result; if you do the wrong thing, the result is better.
    b. Read "A Jury of Her Peers" - Susan Glaspell
4. HW: Read "A Jury of Her Peers" if needed.

Thursday 10/8

 

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business: Nothing new.
3.
Thinker's Workshop: Mock Trial
   
Prepare for "A Jury of Her Peers" mock trial in teams
        1) Explain jury trials
        2) Get set up.

4. HW: Any prep needed by your mock trial team.

 

Friday 10/9

 

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business:
Assign The Metamorphosis (Kafka) for next Wednesday.
3.
Mock Trial Workshop
   
a. Trial prep full period.
    b. Trial begins Monday after a brief meeting to be sure you are organized.
4.
HW: 1) Any prep needed by your mock trial team; 2) Read The Metamorphosis by next Wednesday.