Collaborative Twitter Chat w/Steven Decatur High School/Maryland TONIGHT 8-10:30

NOTE: You will earn extra credit for this chat. It will go in as a discussion assignment, and if you complete the following requirements, you will get 100 points for this assignment. 
Please read the criteria below carefully.
Collaborative Twitter Chat Directions:
1. Log onto Twitter some time between 8:00-10:30 PM tonight, Wed. 3/28.
2. Search for the hashtag #kchopinchat. You can also search for @ocbeachteach or @MizMarks.
3. Depending on when you begin chatting, previous the previous tweets to see what others have contributed. 
4. Respond to the WU Question (Warm-Up Question) to introduce yourself. Use only your first name! 
5. Then respond to at least 5 of the posted questions. Questions are indicated as Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.
6. Answer using A1, A2, A3 etc. at the start of your tweet to answer questions, post new questions, offer insight. Use the text as the basis for your answers. Show that you read the entire text! You can also reference our class discussions, related texts, lyrics, art, etc. that have been discussed in class, or bring in outside references. 
7. At the end of each of your tweets, use the hashtag #kchopin chat (or else your tweet won't show in the thread)
Example tweet: A1 Edna was a cool lady - so ahead of her time. I am sure many strong women today admire her courage but also empathize with her broken spirit. #kchopinchat
8. Respond to at least 10 other comments in the chat. Be sure that at least 7 of your responses to others' comments are from students at Decatur. 
HAVE FUN!

*You will be allowed to use some of these Tweets from this chat as part of your Edna Tweets Project, which will be due shortly after the break* Details to follow...

QUESTIONS FOR CHAT:

• WU: Introduce yourself, first name, and which character you identify with in The Awakening, who would it be and why?
• If you could ask Kate Chopin one question, what would it be and why?
• What is the most important theme in The Awakening? Is it still relevant today? Explain. 
• Why does Edna never feel fulfilled with her life?◦How would the various characters in The Awakening react to Edna's death? (ex: Leonce, Robert, Madame R, Mademoiselle R., Arobin)
• Why are men turned away from independent women?
• Why did Chopin choose the ocean for Edna's final resting place?
• On several occasions, Edna refers to running through a field as a child. In what ways does this foreshadow the end of the book?
• Which character(s) had the greatest impact on Edna?
• How does Edna's story relate to stereotypes about women?

Socratic Seminar - Wed. March 27

Please review the previous post for guidance on how the Socratic Seminar will be run. Our first one is tomorrow, when the bell rings, we begin! Bring your copy of The Awakening and any related texts, plus a pen.
Inner Circle discusses. Outer Circle observes. Teams are as follows...

This is the lineup:
Inner Circle Player: Angelo Outer Circle Coaches: Gabby, Nicholas, Sofia
Inner Circle Player: Lauren Outer Circle Coaches: Leah To., Katelyn, Judah
Inner Circle Player: Isabella  Outer Circle Coaches: Jamila, Ariana, Vasili
Inner Circle Player: Gabi  Outer Circle Coaches: Serena, Michael, Leah Ts.
Inner Circle Player: Andrew Outer Circle Coaches: Julia, Carrie, Sabrina P.
Inner Circle Player: Paul  Outer Circle Coaches: Abigail, Sophia, Faith
Inner Circle Player: Alexsis Outer Circle Coaches: Eleni, Jhony, Harrison
Inner Circle Player: Ethan Outer Circle Coaches: Kyle, Sabrina E., Deborah


Questions (everyone, please review this tonight).

1. Why does Edna never feel fulfilled with her life?
2. How would the various characters in The Awakening react to Edna's death? (ex: Leonce, Robert, Madame R, Mademoiselle R., Arobin)
3. Why are men turned away from independent women?
4. Why did Chopin choose the ocean for Edna's final resting place?
5. On several occasions, Edna refers to running through a field as a child. In what ways does this foreshadow the end of the book?
6. Which character(s) had the greatest impact on Edna?
7. How does Edna's story relate to stereotypes about women?

Socratic Seminar

For those of you who are on the college trip, please review this Socratic Seminar PowerPoint
to know about the Seminar rules of engagement, roles, and expectations.
Please bring to class: your copy of The Awakening on Wednesday.
SOCRATIC SEMINAR BASICS

Please check back here before Wednesday to know your role assignments.

Agenda for Week of 3/26

While many of you will be on the College Trip on Monday-Tuesday, we will practice Multiple Choice and Liu Method outlining on Monday and Tuesday. For the notes and what you missed, come see me when you return.

Monday: Socratic Seminar = The Awakening/Related Texts Question Formulation - all students present will use a protocol for creating questions for the Socratic Seminar. Everyone, please see blog for questions on Monday afternoon! You will be assigned a role of inner or outer circle (I will post assignments and overview of roles on blog on Monday afternoon).
Tuesday: Please bring your new op-ed/editorial (printed version). We will review Liu Method and you can read/annotate your new piece in class. I will be available to help you.
Wednesday: Socratic Seminar = The Awakening. All students will participate either in inner circle or outer circle.
Thursday: Timed Writing Rhetorical Analysis #2. If you are not in school on Thursday and do not write #2 on Thursday, Rhetorical Analysis #1 gets graded (AA Milne). If you are in school and write #2 you have a choice of which one you would like me to grade.

Vocab.com will be suspended this week! (You're welcome).

BOOK DUE ALERT: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote DUE MONDAY APRIL 9. 

HW Due Tues. 3/13

Due Tuesday 3/13: Read Sandra Cisneros' "Barbie Q" and tweet from Edna to Sandra. Use evidence from your reading (most recent reading in The Awakening and evidence from the short piece by Cisneros) in your tweet. Pay attention to your diction, syntax and...spelling!

Due Wed. 3/14: Vocab.com due at 8:30 AM.

Due Fri. 3/16: Email me a link to your latest Beat (#4) op-ed or editorial. Make sure it is in fact an opinionated piece from a reputable source. Please include the beat category this piece falls under (do not duplicate beats you have previously chosen, please).

HW Due Mon. 3/12

Due Monday:
Read The Awakening through the end of chapter 27 (XXVII) - page 128 in the Enriched Classics Edition).
Study the photo and quote below and tweet about it. What would Edna say to Norman Rockwell? What would she say to Deborah Tannen?
Use evidence from your reading (Chapters 19-27 of the Awakening) and evidence from the photo in your tweet. Do not refer to what we have already discussed (earlier chapters). Show a keen understanding of what you read, how Edna is changing, and your understanding of the art.

Vocab.com due Wed; HW Due Thurs. 3/8

• Read The Awakening through the end of chapter 18.
• Tweet from Edna to Joyce Carol Oates (poet who we read in class) Use evidence from poem in your response "Women Whose Lives are Food, Men Whose Lives are Money" 
• Vocabulary.com due Wed. 8:30 AM

HW Due Monday

Beat Report #3. Follow directions from previous post.

The Awakening Reading - will wait until later this week. We are shifting our focus Monday and Tuesday away from the book and on to another activity that was planned for later in the unit.

Timed Writing: Friday; HW due Monday

Re-read your annotated copy of "Remember the Ladies" and review your Rhetorical Analysis Organizer (circles with arrows). Bring those both to class tomorrow.
You will be writing a Rhetorical Analysis. Writing begins when the bell rings and ends when the bell rings.
Come in quickly and quietly and begin working.

Due Monday March 5: Read and annotate The Awakening to the end of chapter XVIII (28).

Beat Report #2 due March 5. Please refer to the Liu Method PPT for guidance.