We're back! (although the blog has not been updated -- one week of practice test time, another week of the actual SBAC -- we have written in our trackers)
Ashland Trip Tues-We-Thurs
Leave between 8:30/8:45 am
bring your own lunch for this first part of the trip
Return between 6-7:30, Thursday, depending on traffic
* prepare for rain (unfortunately)
******* regular school for folks staying behind, although there are Shakespeare activities that will help all students discuss the plays
I. ANTONY & CLEOPATRA pckt
- review/read parts without guiding questions
- underline and number at least five new facts or details that help you understand the play better
or that you found interesting
- share in groups
* purpose: reading types of writing we don't normally read/see/experience
II. PLATO'S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
- view two short videos that explain Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
- note how this 2,400 year old allegory is being used in the Giver
RESOURCES:
(1)Ted ED Plato's Allegory of the Cave (4:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA
(2) Plato's Cave (animated version - 8:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2afuTvUzBQ
III. THE GIVER
- review questions/answers so far
- read SSR up to end of chapter 15 (Jonah "leaves the cave")
- answer margin Q's in groups
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NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
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