- Edison Academy Magnet School
- English 9
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Objectives
Practice distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs by identifying direct objects
List the defining features of Modernism
Lesson / Activities
Do Now:
- Search up a definition of “tryst.” No need to write it down. Just read it.
- Read the poem.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MJrrb8jYb9AwpPvRLpP1LL1WGNTZ2NkKz2LLtk7T5zM/edit?usp=sharing
Activity 1. Review direct objects at https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/directobject.htm
With a pal, complete 11-20 of the direct object practice (pdf). Create a doc, number 11-20, and type the direct object from each sentence by the corresponding number.
https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=direct%20object%20practice
Activity 2. With a colleague, Tagore poem + questions.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1paS5QPAh-TLH_rEaGrRhdQqhR-oZZYBf5IKvTO3yHCs/edit
Discuss Tagore poem: responses to questions, meanings of Self / self. Dominant motif in Siddhartha.
Oedipus test for Tuesday students. (Wifi problems last Thursday and Friday.)
Monday students: finish power point on Modernism and review history of art movements leading up to Modernism
Closure. Try to list all four defining features of Modernism from memory. If time, talk about books we have read that include one or more of these.
Assessments. Check worksheet together, discussion / q and a, responses to poem questions
Homework
Due Wed / Th., Nov 10/11: Read Siddhartha Ch 1
Due Friday, Nov. 12: Read Siddhartha Chapter 2
Due Monday, 11/15: Read Siddhartha Chapter 3