The Awakening Spring 2014 Essential Questions: How does society frame the personal identity?

What is the correct response when ones personal perspectives and desires collide with societal norms? Additional Questions:
Is there a correct response? How do we broaden societys idea of normal? Is this a female problem, or is it more fully inclusive of all of humanity? How are these stories informed by Fosters idea of the one story? How does the struggle between autonomy and individuality vs. societal and familial expectations continue? How do the modern man and the modern woman respond? What responses would continue to be unacceptable even now?

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Assignments: 2/24 1. All reading is outside of class and should be completed by 2/24. Reading Quiz over all assigned reading. Finish Q2 workshop. Assign mind map. Assign Post Secret. 2/25 2. Mind Map: Explore the tension created when personal identity is challenged by society. In what ways -are the short stories you read and The Awakening one story? 2/27 Create a mind map that explores characters, plot, and theme; pull in symbols, setting, point of view, *May do and rhetoric (use of figurative language, rhetorical devices, etc.) as appropriate. Your goal is to poems also demonstrate not only that youve read the assigned selections, but that you have reflected over them, made connections between them, and gained a deep understanding of the characters, their motivations and limitations, and the themes developed in the works. Necessary elements include **Goldilocks due 3/4 o Central, connecting image/phrase/quote o Sections devoted to characters, plot, theme (may be overlap) o Supporting quotations from several texts (must heavily include The Awakening) o Depth of thought; complexity o Images, either sketched onto the map or computer generated, that solidify the ideas being explored o Color used symbolically; lines also used symbolically (lighter, darker, solid, broken, arrows, etc.) o Neatness, creativity; poster-sized or larger You may work alone or with a partner. If you work with a partner, you will prepare your personal contributions page. Partners are expected to equally share mental and physical tasks. 3/3: Prep 3. Discussion Days: Choose a small group of 4 and a topic. Pull one passage from The Awakening to closely analyze with the class. Pull supporting/contrasting ideas from supporting texts. Present this to 3/4: the class; assign & evaluate a brief writing assignment/acting assignment/illustration assignment. Or, you may lead a Socratic Seminar; prepare questions/guide the discussion/assign & evaluate a debrief. Assign an AP Q2 timed write. You will write to this prompt, too. Of the four timed writes, two will be 3/5: taken for test grades. You choose one; Ill choose one. The remaining two will be daily grades. If absent for in-class prep time, for your own presentation, or for other groups presentations, you will 3/6: write a polished three to four page essay, due within five school days; you will still have to write the timed Q2 with me after school. 3/7 Presentation time: 45 minutes; Q2 writing time: 40 minutes HW: due 3/3 4. One-Pager(s). HW: due 3/7 5. Post-Secret Assignment HW: due 6. You Would Have Me White poetry assignment or The Personal Awakening paper. Assigned 2/28.
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7. Class discussions over several thematically related poems. 8. AP Multiple Choice practice. Study guide for test (not gradedjust to help you study). 9. Test
Test grades: Mind Map, Q2 essays (2), Test Daily grades: reading quiz, leading discussion days (2), discussion days (3), Q2 essays (2), One-Pager, Post-Secret, You Would Have Me White/Personal Awakenings Paper (2), class discussions over poems, AP MC

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