Gionti/2010-11 – English 11

Emergency Lesson Plan 1

Aim: How can we define reversal and irony and recognize the use of these techniques in Kate Chopin’s
The Story of an Hour?

Do Now (Journal prompt to be written on board): When have you experienced an emotion that was
considered inappropriate by your friends, family or coworkers? Explain.

Activities:

1. Read out loud as a class The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, found on page 454 in the blue
literature textbooks found on the bottom shelf of the case next to the two lockers in room 414.
2. Have students work by themselves or in pairs to answer the questions at the end of the reading
on page 458. They should answer questions 1a-5b. These must be in complete sentences on a
separate piece of notebook paper.
3. Collect work from student s and place in my mailbox.
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Emergency Lesson Plan 2

Aim: How can we analyze Robert Frost’s use of free verse in his poetry?

Do Now (Journal prompt to be written on board): Why do you think people build walls between
themselves and others? Explain.

Activities:

1. You can have students share their journal prompts.

2. Read out loud as a class the poem “The Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, found on page 510 in
the blue literature textbooks found on the bottom shelf of the case next to the two lockers in
room 414.
3. Have students work by themselves or in pairs to answer the questions at the end of the reading
on page 512. They should answer questions 1a-5b. These must be in complete sentences on a
separate piece of notebook paper.
4. Collect work from student s and place in my mailbox.
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Emergency Lesson Plan 3

Aim: How can we identify what the old waiter revels about himself in Ernest Hemingway’s short story,
“A Clean Well-Lighted Place”?

Do Now (Journal prompt to be written on board): What special place do you go to when you want to be
alone? Why?

Activities:

1. You can have students share their journal prompts.

2. Read out loud as a class the short story “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway,
found on page 572 in the blue literature textbooks found on the bottom shelf of the case next to
the two lockers in room 414.
3. Have students work by themselves or in pairs to answer the questions at the end of the reading
on page 576. They should answer questions 1a-5b. These must be in complete sentences on a
separate piece of notebook paper.
4. Collect work from student s and place in my mailbox.
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Emergency Lesson Plan 4

Aim: How can we identify Edgar Allan Poe’s use of alliteration in “The Raven”?

Do Now (Journal prompt to be written on board): What do you think an animal might say if it could
talk? Write an imaginary conversation between yourself and either a pet or a wild animal.

Activities:

1. You can have students share their journal prompts.

2. Read out loud as a class the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, found on page 245 in the
blue literature textbooks found on the bottom shelf of the case next to the two lockers in room
414.
3. Have students work by themselves or in pairs to answer the questions at the end of the reading
on page 249. They should answer questions 1a-5b. These must be in complete sentences on a
separate piece of notebook paper.
4. Collect work from student s and place in my mailbox.
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Emergency Lesson Plan 5

Aim: How can we identify allusions to biblical passages in African-American compositions?

Do Now (Journal prompt to be written on board): When you feel a need to escape from reality, of what
real or imaginary place do you dream? Why?

Activities:

1. You can have students share their journal prompts.

2. Read out loud as a class the spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” found on page 331 in the blue
literature textbooks found on the bottom shelf of the case next to the two lockers in room 414.
3. Have students work by themselves or in pairs to answer the questions at the end of the reading
on page 332. They should answer questions 1a-5b. These must be in complete sentences on a
separate piece of notebook paper.
4. Collect work from student s and place in my mailbox.