Lesson Plan for Friday, April 18, 2014

Friday, April 18, 2014
1.  Silent sustained reading/time to work on LOTF Chap. 3 & 4 assignment
            During SSR, I will be passing back corrected work.
2.  Reminder:
            LOTF Chap. 3 & 4 Copy and Comment (due Monday)
3.  Hand in:
            Reading Log #14
            Don't forget to count Lord of the Flies on your reading log
4.  Today's poem:
            "Earth" by John Hall Wheelock
              Discuss irony.
              Relate the poem to our essential question in Lord of the Flies (Why do things break up?  What are the essential defects in human nature that are the causes of societal breakdown?)
5.  Discussion of Lord of the Flies, Chapters 1 & 2
              Let's talk about your questions from the "Question and Guess" assignment that you turned in yesterday.