CALENDAR: THE OUTSIDERS

The Old man and the sea

Theodore Roethke
Roethke's In a Dark Time

Ernest Hemingway
Discussion Questions

Daily work

Week 1:
2-23 Pkt pgs. 2-4
2-24 Discussion pgs. 2-4:  Assigned pgs. 5, 6, & 8
2-25  Notes on Hemingway:  Read "Day One" pgs. 9-25
2-26 2nd Hour:  Day One questions/discussion
2-27 6th Hour:  Day One questions/discussion

Week 2:
3-2 Day One power point notes
3-3 Read Day 2
3-4 Day 2 questions
3-5 Read Day 3
3-6 Group work:  assigned pages, analyzed pages, charted: symbolism, theme, motifs, characterization, relationship between Santiago & Manolin

Week 3:
3-9 Sticky Note charting:  symbolism/them/motif etc. from Friday
3-10 Packet pgs.10-12 Writing collected:  "Home"

1)  Is Santiago home?  Explain. 2)  Describe in detail the mental image you “created” while listening to the song the second time. 3)  Regarding the song lyrics, who is “you” “your”? (Refer to your mental image)
3-11 Day 3 Questions
3-12 Video - Hemingway biography/crossword
3-13
Video - Hemingway biography/crossword

Week 4:
3-16 Read Day 4 pages 86-117
3-17 Day 4 Questions
3-18 Read Day 5 & do questions
3-19 Read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - Google search "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button PDF" You can read it from here or download into iBooks.  If you don't finish, it is homework.
3-20 The Old Man and the Sea Packet pages 14 & 15 - Discussion

Week 5:
3-23 Study Guide distributed (30 minutes to work on it) Discussion pages 14 & 15 from The Old Man and the Sea Packet
3-24  Discussion pages 14 & 15 of The Old Man and the Sea packet
3-25  Test review/Literary terms activity and game
3-26  UNIT TEST
3-27 No School

4-6 movie and notes Secondhand Lions
4-7 movie and notes Secondhand Lions


Study Guide