October 7, 2022

Agenda

1. Please complete the 10/7 & 10/10 Bell Ringer.

   • Directions: We will watch the 2018 commencement (graduation) speech Jason Reynolds gave at Lesley University. After we listen together, use a pair of headphones to re-listen to the speech and complete the graphic organizer.

2. Take the Conflict Quiz.

3. Read LWD: Pages 142-186 and finish the Pages 142-186 Assignment.

   • Directions: Conflict is what propels the action in a novel. There are various types of literary conflict: person v. self, person v. person, person v. nature, person v. supernatural, person v. technology, person v. society. Often, a piece of literature has one primary conflict with various sub-conflicts. Identify three (3) different types of conflict found in Long Way Down Pages 142-186.

     • Assignment (digital): LWD: Pages 142-186 Assignment

     • Assignment (paper): LWD: Pages 142-186 Assignment

     • Reading: Pages 142-186

     • Audiobook: Pages 142-186

• Assignments Due Today

  • 10/7 & 10/10 Bell Ringer

  • Conflict Quiz

  • LWD: Pages 142-186

• Standards

  • Bell Ringer
    Standard L.9-10.3: Understand how language functions in different contexts and utilize MLA format for English.

    • Note: All bell ringers will be composed into a single composite proficiency score at the end of every quarter.

  • Assignment & Quiz
    STANDARD RL/RI 9-10.10: By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, and literary nonfiction in the 9-10 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, poems, and literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

• SWBAT

  • Students will be able to identify and explain different types of conflict found in literature.

  • Students will be able to identify conflict in Long Way Down.