Ms.Ferzola
Welcome to my Class!
November, 2023
The Second Marking Period is about to start!
Our next HMH Unit will be titled The Thrill of Horror. Our essential question will be "Why do we sometimes like to be frightened?
Our lessons will consist of reading and analyzing literary criticism, reading short stories and analyzing points of view. We will also look at the prefixes and suffixes of words to decode unfamiliar vocabulary. We will then look at the Latin roots of words to again, explore word meanings and decode unfamiliar vocabulary. The students will learn how to use a dictionary!
They will also learn how to write a scene from a short story and put on a performance of that scene. I am hoping this will have some of our introverts outside of their comfort zones, yet having a good time. We will read an excerpt of EPIC poetry and a graphic novel. Our end project will be to create a horror movie trailer- I really think the students will have fun with that! Their writing assignment will be to write a literary criticism and possibly a short story too!
Thea Ferzola
718-746-0818
First Unit: Gadgets and Glitches
We will be discussing the essential question: Does technology improve or control our lives?
We will be reading science fiction short stories by authors such as Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury.
Reading and Writing Unit Goals: Analyze Plot • Analyze Science FIction • Identify Central Idea & Details • Analyze Organization • Analyze Structure • Analyze Irony • Analyze Claim and Evidence • Analyze Graphic Features • Evaluate Evidence • Analyze Rhetoric • Compare Arguments
2nd Unit The Thrill of Horror
Essential Question: Why do we sometimes like to feel frightened?
Short stories we will read
The Monkey's Paw
The Tell Tale Heart