Transcript Class agenda/power point

Senior
British Literature
Ms. McDermott Greaney
Block 5th and 6th (B)
February 24, 2016
Good morning
At the corner of your desk is a number; Please
pick up the text book with the same number.
Take out your novels. You will have ten
minutes to meet with a student in the room and
discuss your reading and compare annotations.
Entry Task
On a piece of notebook paper answer the questions. You may use your
novel and annotations .
Staple the quiz to your paper and turn in when you are finish – 25
minutes
Hot Zone – Quiz #2
Read the background of Jonathan Swift (620). In the 2/3 section of notes document
4 significant facts about him.
Who is Jonathan Swift?
Read the Text Analysis: Satire (621). In the 2/3 section of notes define satire, how
does Swift use satire, and the tools of satire
What is satire? What is the purpose of satire?
As we are reading A Modest Proposal you should be looking for examples of
appeals, his position statement and his solution/call to action, and the
opposing view.
Restoration – Jonathan Swift
Cornell Notes: Essential Question: How and Why did Mary
Wollstonecraft write “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
Mary Wollstonecraft – background 718
What are Four significant facts from her life that might have lead
her to write?
Argument – paragraph 719
How did she write the piece?
Historical Context – paragraph 719
Why did she write the piece?
Restoration – Mary Wollstonecraft
In a small group
Read the piece “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”.
What is the claim (or position on the issue)?
Identify 3 examples of reasons/evidence that support claim
What is Wollstonecrafts counter-argument?
(hint: look on lines 89-117; lines 118 – 145)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Claims
Support
Suppport
Counter Argument
Graphic Organizer
Support
Respond in a well-developed paragraph:
If Wollstonecraft was alive today, what do you think she would
say about popular culture today? What issues about women’s lives
do you think would concern her most? Explain. Name specific
women that she would most likely admire and those she might
criticize. Explain your reasons for your choices.
Independently
Hot Zone reading pages 327 - 371
Annotations w/post-it or notecards
Homework