A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Blog Groups, Blogging, Journaling, and Calendar!
For
our discussion/reading of A Doll’s House,
you will be reading the play in small groups.
As you read, you will be post-it-noting, discussing, and analyzing. Doing well with that part will help with your
blogging and journals immensely! We will
also be having small and large group discussions—as always! J
For
Doll’s House blogging, you have
specific instructions each night! Please
refer to your calendar. You will blog
WITH your reading group. To keep your
“finger on the pulse of the class,” you will reply ONLY to posts from OTHER
groups in your same class period. This will allow you to pay attention to
reading the comments from people who are NOT in your reading group. Are they talking about the same things your
group is talking about? Find interesting
things to bring up with YOUR group the next day.
Post-it
noting: make sure you STOP at the end of every few pages and mark down things
which you think are worth of post-it-noting!
The groups are as follows:
PERIOD 5
GROUP
1: Morgan, Cullen, Jack, Bella
GROUP
2: Al, Katja, Emily, Felix
GROUP
3: Maleane, Hajir, Elicia, Rishi
GROUP
4: Dante, Eirik, Brittany, Katie
GROUP
5:, Adam, Sarah
G., Nam, Cyan
GROUP
6: Kaelin, Nick, Abhi, Esther
GROUP
7: Noah, Justin, Kaleelah, Gabrielle , Dan
GROUP
8: Isaac, Issabell, McKenna
P., Ariel
GROUP
9: Sarah
P., Zeyad, Jared, Avery
PERIOD 7
GROUP
1: Karim, Andrea, Ana, Rebekah
GROUP
2: Jessica, Brady, Diana, Chris
GROUP
3: Kelly, Kylie, Delfina, Sophia, Jin
GROUP
4: Maya, Kaylee, Thomas, Molly
GROUP
5: Alicia, Casey, Amber, Kris
GROUP
6: Holly, Nathan, Gabriela, Rachel
GROUP
7: Elise, Laurel, Elliot, McKenna
Z.
Doll’s House Calendar—Ballard/Murai—IB
English HL I—2016 ODD DAY CALENDAR
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2/1
Semester
Two Expectations
Receive
Vocab List #7
Begin
A Doll’s House:
Ibsen
Intro & Victorian Era
Discussion
“Dressing
the Scene”
Calendar/Blog
Requirements
HW: Finish “Dressing the Scene”
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2/2 (ext ½)
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2/3
Share
“Dressing the scene”
Finish
PPT Victorian Period
Begin
reading groups
HW: Blog on something you found
interesting while reading/discussing today from ACT I AND comment on a post from another group (in your class period)
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2/4
(ext 3/adv)
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2/5
Continue
Reading A Doll’s House in groups
Act
One Questions
HW: Post on something interesting
you discussed/ read in class today from Act I or II AND comment on a post from another group (in your class period).
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2/8
(ext 4/5)
5th
Extended: Receive College Presentation
information
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2/9
Vocab
Test 7
New
Vocab List Whip
Continue
Reading in groups
HW: Choose a specific QUOTE
you found interesting from ACT II and post on that quote. What made it so interesting? Why is it important to the play? Don’t neglect literary devices! AND comment on a post from another
group (in your class period)
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2/10
(ext 6/7)
7th
Extended: Receive College Presentation
information
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2/11
Continue
A Doll’s House
Should
be reading ACT II – III by now in groups
Beginning
of Act Three discussion questions
HW: Post on something interesting
you talked about today in your group from Act III AND comment on a post from another group (in your class period)
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2/12
(Advisory 90)
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2/15
NO SCHOOL
PRESIDENT’S DAY HOLIDAY! J
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2/16
Cont.
reading the play. You should be close
to being done!
HW: Post on something you found
interesting from the play AND
comment on a post from another group (in your class period). ALSO work on the
TWO paper journal responses. Prepare for fishbowl!
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2/17
(ext ½)
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2/18
FISHBOWL
HW: Prepare for the test/reflective
statement
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2/19
(ext 3/cram the cage)
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2/22
DOLL’S HOUSE TEST
HW:
prepare for supervised write
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2/23
(ext 4/5)
Extended
5th: Counselor Visit?
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2/24
Doll’s House Supervised Write
REFLECTIVE STATEMENT DUE
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2/25
(ext 6/7)
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2/26
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2/29
(ext ½)
Start Chronicle of Death Foretold
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3/1
Counselor Visit?
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3/2
(advisory 90)
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3/3
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3/4
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CHOOSE
TWO OF THE FOLLOWING AND RESPOND TO THEM IN YOUR PAPER JOURNAL. EACH SHOULD BE ROUGHLY ONE PAGE HAND-WRITTEN:
1. Many readers find Nora an
admirable character for having the courage to make a radical change in her
life. However, one question that must be considered in evaluating her character
is this one: Was she right to abandon her children?
- Research
the life of Ibsen, then discuss whether he would defend male preeminence
in in the home or advocate equality between spouses. You might be
surprised by what your research turns up.
- Why
did Ibsen include Dr. Rank in the play? What purpose does he serve?
- Does
Torvald have any redeeming qualities?
Interactive Oral and Supervised
Writing
Remember, the Interactive Oral is
a discussion that will be graded on participation that the whole class will
have at the end of the unit. We will
structure it in a way that allows everyone the opportunity to participate.
After the Interactive Oral will be the “Supervised Write.” This is an in-class writing that will be
based upon the Interactive Oral and all the information and insights you glean
from discussion.
Later
in the semester, you will be writing the “Written Assignment” based on at one
of the works we read this semester. The
topic for this paper MUST come from the Supervised Writings you do. If you are not in class for the Interactive
Oral, you cannot use that particular work for the Written Assignment. I’m
telling you this now so that you realize how important your attendance is (if
you already didn’t know! J). Plus, making up an “interactive oral” is very
difficult, if not impossible. So it’s
not great for your grade, either!
