Monday

Today we are going to read "The Possibility of Evil" and do the following:

Objective: Text analysis - students will be able to explain the motivation between the protagonist's actions after reading the story, "The Possibility of Evil" and relate it to a theme.  Remember that in the Unit Goal - the writing of your personal narrative you'll need a theme or a controlling idea.  After we finish the story you will need to write a two paragraph blog entry about the protagonists motivations and why the story is called, "The Possibility of Evil".

First - look up new vocabulary words.

"The Possibility of Evil" is on page 202.

HW: Questions 6, 8 and 9 on page 215.

 #6.  Analyze Irony.  Reread lines 219-238.  Explain the irony, or the contrast between appearance and reality, in Miss Strangeworth's insistence upon living "graciously".

#8.  Evaluate.  Is the punishment that Miss Strangeworth receives at the end of the story appropriate?  Why or why not?

#9.  Predict.  How will Miss Strangeworth's life in town be different after her secret is discovered?

 

When you are done you can start outlining your quiz (that you will have tomorrow).

 

English 10 Quiz (TUESDAY)

 

1)    In an essay with a thesis statement (or a controlling idea) compare either “Harrison Bergeron” or “There Will Come Soft Rains” to “The Possibility of Evil” by either characters, symbols, allusions or themes. Make sure you use specific examples from the text to back up your thesi.

 

Grading:

 

Thesis – 10 pts

Examples from text – 15 pts

Grammar – 5 pts

 

NOTE HERE IS THE RUBRIC:

 

4- Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point) and analyze the evidence, making connections between the evidence and the thesis.

 

3 -  Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point), some analysis or connection is made between evidence and thesis but it might be taken out of context, misinterpreted, or oversimplified.  

2 - Student can write a thesis statement connecting "Harrison Bergeron" and either "There Will Come Soft Rain" or "The Pedestrian".  Evidence from at least two sources is used but little connection or no analysis is made between the evidence and the thesis.

1- Thesis statement is attempted.  Body paragraphs either simply restates the thesis or the evidence is unclear or unrelated to the prompt; or less than two sources are provided.

 

Vocabulary List #2

Doctrine

Hertiage

Commiserate

 

Indomitable

Rudimentary

Savoring

Voluble

Wizened

Fusillade

 

Maladroit