DAY ONE ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT)1. Free-Write Friday –

On the lines below, tell me what your New Year’s Resolutions are. If you did not make any, what goals can you make for this year in order to make it the best year yet?

2. Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” abridged text (attached to this sheet) and answer the halfway point question and the end of text question (both can be found in the passage).

NOTE – this is not the entire story. This passage you will read consists of the beginning and end of the story

The character Ichabod Crane is a schoolmaster that has just moved to the town of Sleepy Hollow. He has created an enemy of another character, Brom Bones (an arrogant and brutish townsman), due to both of them having a particular interest in the female character, Katrina

Van Tassel.

3. After reading, answer the following questions in complete sentences…

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Questions

1. How did the town of Sleepy Hollow get its name?

2. What mood does the setting of this story create?

3. Who do the villagers believe the Headless Horseman is? How did he lose his head?

4. What do the villagers think he is doing out at night? Why is he said to be in such a hurry?

5. What logical explanation is there for three of the things Ichabod sees or hears when he is near the old, large tree?

6. What happens when Ichabod tries to get across the bridge?

7. When Ichabod sees something huge and black by the brook, why doesn’t he turn and run away? What two things does he do instead?

8. What happens when Ichabod slows down or speeds up in an attempt to get away from the dark horse and its rider? What does Ichabod see that makes him so terrified that he sends his horse into full flight?

9. Instead of following the road to Sleepy Hollow, where does Gunpowder go? What makes it even harder for Ichabod to hold onto his run-away horse?

10.What four traces of the chase do the searchers find the next day?

11.When news of Ichabod is reported years later, what do we learn about why he left?

12.How does, in your opinion, Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” connect with the American Romanticism Period?

Irving ends "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" with an air of mystery, leaving us to wonder if the Headless Horseman really did carry away Ichabod Crane. Few people, however, will doubt that the Headless Horseman was Brom Bones in disguise, and might consider Irving's conclusion an exercise in empty atmospherics. Yet there is a real mystery left unsolved at the end of the story: What happened to Ichabod Crane?

In the space below, explain what you believed actually happened to Ichabod Crane. Describe three possible solutions to Irving’s mystery and explain your reasoning behind them. You should have 2-3 sentences per bullet point.

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Explain how the following I’s of Romanticism are seen within “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” …

Imagination – o How is imagination seen in this text?

o Provide a quote from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” that shows imagination:

Intuition – o How are emotions and imagery seen in this text?

o Provide a quote from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” that shows imagery/emotion:

Inspiration –o How does this text show more creativity than the previous time period we studied

(Age of Reason – Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, etc.)?

o Provide a quote from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” that shows creativity:

**If you finish everything for today, work on vocab cheat sheets (TEST ON 01/23), your Washington Irving packet, or something for another class. Do not pack up until instructed to do

so**

DAY TWO ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT) Finish anything you were unable to finish on Friday from the “Day One Activity Sheet.” I

will be collecting ALL work that is completed during my absence when I return for a large grade. Make me proud

You will be watching the Disney animated film “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” today. While watching, answer the questions below in complete sentences…

“Legend of Sleepy Hollow” film questions 1. Describe the setting.

2. Describe Ichabod Crane at the beginning.

3. Describe Brom Bones at the beginning.

4. Describe Katrina Van Tassel.

5. Why is Ichabod attracted to Katrina Van Tassel? (Don’t state the obvious answer that “she’s pretty”)

6. Describe 2 conflicts in the story?

7. Why does Ichabod become a perfect victim of Brom Bones?

8. Describe how Ichabod changes over the course of the film.

9. Describe how Brom changes over the course of the film.

10.Fill in the compare/contrast chart below. In the center circle, indicate any similarities the text and film have. In the outer circles, indicate any differences that can be seen.

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DAY THREE ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT) Finish any activities you have not completed from the “Day one Activity Sheet”

and the “Day two Activity Sheet”. Take advantage of the time I am giving you to work on these in class (rather than assigning them for homework )

Movie poster – QUIZ GRADEYou have been hired to write a short story as the sequel to, “The Legend of Sleepy

Hollow.” Your editor is excited about selling your story as a screenplay to Hollywood. You will be exploring the world Irving created in the story and providing the exciting next installment. You will create a movie poster highlighting the title and cast for the sequel. Johnny Depp, regretfully, is unavailable for the movie so be sure to consider

all your options for your dream cast. Below detail the requirements…

o Write a 10-sentence summary about what happens in your sequel. Be creative in writing your summary, but make sure it still reflects the original tone Irving has in his story. Things to consider when writing your summary:

What happened to Ichabod? Does the Headless Horseman return once again? What becomes of Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel?

o Below your summary, explain how the I’s of Romanticism (in your intro notes) apply to your sequel. Choose three out of the five I’s (Imagination, Inspiration, Intuition, Idealism, and Individuality), and explain in 2 sentences each how they apply.

o Create a movie poster for your sequel. There are some samples of this displayed on the front board if you need to see. Make sure to have the following on your movie poster…

A title for your sequel Your cast names for Katrina, Brom, and Ichabod Creative scene this can be a drawing of the Headless Horseman, the

eerie setting, the bridge Ichabod attempted to cross at the end, the flying pumpkin, or any other element you plan to include in your sequel.

NOTE – I am well aware that we are not all artistic. However, effort can go a long way. Do your best and show me that you tried

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This should take all of class today and possibly most/all of class tomorrow. Work hard and I will make sure your grade reaps the rewards of your hard work!

(The attached sheet is where you will write your sequel and apply the I’s of Romanticism. Make sure to attach this to your movie poster before turning it in)

Write the summary of your sequel in the space below

I’s of RomanticismChoose three of the I’s of Romanticism (from your intro notes) and write them beside the following numbers. Then, explain HOW that particular “I” is seen in the sequel you wrote

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DAY FOUR ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT)

Finish movie poster project from yesterday. This is due by TOMORROW! Remember, this is a (possibly TWO) QUIZ grade, so work hard If you finish, you may turn both the poster and sequel in to Mrs. Davis.

Once finished with the movie poster, work on the below activity (do not work on this until you have finished the movie poster) …

Tone and Mood

Mood = The overall atmosphere (how the audience feels)Ex: The mood at the end of “The Devil and Tom Walker” is tense and fearful because the

audience is worried about their own future if they are greedy like Tom Walker.

Tone = the author’s attitude (how he/she feels about his/her subject matter)Ex: Washington Irving’s tone is menacing and hateful towards people who are greedy like Tom

Walker (and the religious community he is making fun of).

1. Read the passage and underline the words that reveal the attitude of the speaker towards bats. Then circle the words that reveal his feelings about humans.

Perhaps because bats are nocturnal in habit, a wealth of thoroughly unreliable legend has grown up about them, and men have made of the harmless, even beneficial little beasts a means of expressing their unreasoned fears. Bats were the standard of paraphernalia for witches; the female half of humanity stood in terror that bats would become entangled in their hair. Phrases crept into the language expressing man’s revulsion or ignorance -“bats in the belfry,” “batty,” “blind as a bat.” Franklin Folsom, “Life in Caves”

What tone is seen in this passage? What leads you to believe this?

2. Read the passage and circle the verbs (action words).

We refused to get out of bed when the bugle blew in the morning, we fought against scrubbing our teeth in public to music, we sneered when the flag was ceremoniously lowered at sunset, we avoided doing a good deed a day, we complained loudly about the food . . . and we bought some chalk and wrote all over the Recreation Cabin, “We hate Camp Hi Wah.”

-Passage from Ruth McKenny’s “A Loud Sneer For Our Feathered Friends.”

What do the verbs circled reveal about the attitude of the campers?

What is the tone of this passage? How do you know?

3. Read the passage carefully and circle the words that signify danger or potential harm.

Almost no feature of the interior design of our current cars provides safeguards against injury in the event of collision. Doors that fly open on impact, inadequately secured seats, the sharp-edged rearview mirror, pointed knobs on instrument panel doors, flying glass, the overhead structure-all illustrate the lethal potential of poor design. A sudden deceleration turns a collapsed steering wheel or a sharp-edged dashboard into a bone-and-chest crushing agent. Penetration of the shatterproof windshield can chisel one’s head into fractions. A flying seat cushion can cause a fatal injury .The apparently harmless glove-compartment door has been known to unlatch under impact and guillotine a child. Roof-supporting structure had deteriorated to a point where it provides scarcely more protection to the occupants, in common rollover accidents, than an open convertible.

-Ralph Nader, “The Safe Car You Can’t Buy”

What do these circled words reveal about the attitude of the speaker?

4. In the box below, describe the MOOD of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (text form). Make sure to follow the following structure when writing your response.

Answer the question (make sure to put the title and author in the answer) Explain your answer in more details Provide a quote that supports your answer Explain HOW your

quote supports your answer

DAY FIVE ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT)

Finish the movie poster by the end of class today – turn the movie poster in to Mrs. Davis with the written sequel stapled (MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS SOMEWHERE VISIBLE). If this is turned in after the end of class today, it will be considered late.

Complete the tone and mood activity from yesterday (“Day Four Activity Sheet”)

Once you have finished the movie poster and tone/mood activity, read the article below and then answer the questions…

TEN THINGS I’VE BEEN MEANING TO SAY TO YOUBy Jason Reynolds

Dear Reader, If you are a young person — by young person I mean 19 and younger, though young-at-hearters aren't excluded. Nor are older people. Or old people. But I’m speaking primarily to young people. Anyway, if you are a young person, the following are 10 things I’ve been meaning to say to you:

1. I don’t believe social media is going to lead to the apocalypse. I know many people my age do, even though many of us are as caught up in its webbing as you. As a matter of fact, my generation is the generation that created it, and pushed it on you, almost force-feeding you avatars and touchscreens since you were born, only to criticize you for engaging with them, not as accessories, but as appendages. And the way we criticize is by saying (ad nauseam) that social media, and your obsession with it, will lead to the apocalypse. Well, I’ve never believed that. And quite frankly, I have other ideas about what will lead to the apocalypse, and it turns out it has more to do with people two or three times your age. What I do think, though, is that social media might, if we’re not careful, turn an entire generation into a selfie. A generation

that only looks at itself, contrived, posed to present a false perfection, won’t be able to avoid or learn from the mistakes of the generations that have come before it. So… sometimes, let me take a photo with you. Just sometimes. You can put a filter on it and everything. And if not, that’s okay. Then just let me take it. Let me snap the picture. Let me be involved in framing you. Let me help capture you in your best light. Maybe even tag me in the post. But please, please, please don’t force me to photobomb you, because I’ll do it and all you’ll do is hit delete.

2. There’s no way you can want to do away with injustice unless you want to do away with all of it. Remember that. You can’t be anti-racist, but tease people about their weight. You can’t fight for women’s rights, and talk about your classmates who learn differently. I know, I know, you can’t fight every fight. Except… you can. Accept… you can.

3. There’s a difference between being irreverent* and irresponsible. Remember this forever. (*showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.)

4. There are no such things as safe spaces. I’m sorry. I wish there were. I really, really do. But the world won’t always be kind. As a matter fact, a lot of you already know this. So, if you are fortunate to be in a space — school, team, etc. — that has created an emotional safeness for you, use it, not just as place to relax and be yourself, but also as a place to develop relationships and fortified friendships that can recreate that warmth and comfort when school and/or the season are over. When the wolves of the world are growling. I use my mother for this. She reminds me that I’m built for this. She reminds me that I’m a wolf trap.

5. Speaking of mothers [and all parental figures], text yours. A simple “I love you” goes a long way. [They’re] trying. [They’re] always trying.

6. Continue to push back. Bang your fists. Scream until your throats are stripped. Cry out. Walk out. March. Fight, fight, fight what you don’t agree with, even if adults don’t agree with you. Even if adults call you crybabies. Because that kind of emotion, that kind of fearlessness and gumption, that kind of empathetic desire is a seed that will grow you into adults who actually care about the world. This is true “social media.”

7. Sing your song, do your dance, talk your talk. I sure did. We sure did.

8. Remember courage is often less about what you do, and more about what you don’t. I know, that’s a little corny, but many of you know how difficult this is. When I was younger the conversation around peer pressure was such a snoozer. Like… come on. It was always, “If so-and-so jumps off a bridge, are you going to jump?” And of course I would always say, “Of course not! That don’t even make no sense.” But then… when I got to that bridge, and I saw so-and-so jump, I started to ask myself, “Well… did he live?” And, “Is there water down there? Because if so, why not jump?” Yeah… don’t jump. Trust me. It ain’t worth it.

9. But when it comes to your dreams, JUMP. Always jump!

10. I like you. A lot. I know, that’s kind of a soft landing, but this thing was supposed to be 10 things I’ve been meaning to tell you, and I always tell you I love you, but I rarely tell you how much I like you. So… I like you. You’re wild sometimes, and a little all over the place, but, hey, so am I. But that’s easy for me to say, because, well, I’m not your teacher. So… let’s start this one over.

10. Be gentle with your teachers. Especially the ones you know are in it for you. And I know you know who those teachers are, because one of the things I like most about you is your ability to discern which adults actually care. So, I’m talking about those teachers. The ones who acknowledge your presence and reward your trying. Remember, they too are trying. They really, really are. Sometimes more than you know.

Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award

Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. The American Booksellers Association’s 2017 spokesperson for Indies First, his many books include When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All

American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), and Long Way Down, which received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. He lives in

Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.1. Which of Reynolds’ “Ten Things” resonated with you/spoke to you the most as a young

person? Why? (#_____)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Which of Reynolds’ “Ten Things” seems the most unrealistic or difficult to you? Why? (#_____)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Jason Reynolds, award-winning young adult author, wrote these “Ten Things” he has been meaning to say specifically for “young people” (19 or younger). Now, it’s your turn. Think of ten things you want to say to “older people” (19 or older) about what is actually like to be your age, live your life, and go through your unique experiences in your generation. Think about what “older people” may assume about “younger people” and what you want them to

really know. There are no specific requirements for this assignment other than to write in complete sentences, be creative, and let Reynolds’ words inspire you.

(The chart to write your “TEN THINGS” is on the attached handout)

TEN THINGS I’VE BEEN MEANING TO SAY TO YOUBy ______________________

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DAY SIX ACTIVITIES (DO NOT LOSE THIS HANDOUT)

This is your last day without me, so be the amazing human beings I know you are

If you did not finish any activities from previous days (other than the movie poster…that was due), finish those in class today. All activity sheets will be collected on Thursday next week (since we are out of school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—Yippee!!) for a large third quarter grade. Start the quarter off STRONG!

Today is a review day for vocab. You have two activities to complete…- Crossword puzzle Complete the attached crossword puzzle to help you review for your

vocab test on Thursday. This is due on THURSDAY (and is a great review for your test)

- Vocabulary Term Image choose at least 20 words that you may need additional review with. Using those words and their definitions, create an image. This can be an image of anything appropriate, but it should solely be created using the words/definitions. Use more than 20 if needed, but you are required to use at least 20 words. Below are examples of the image art I am referring to. This is worth TWO PowerSchool grades.

o You will have time to work on this after the test on Thursday, and it is not due until Friday. Complete the crossword first.

THINGS TO HAVE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS – Days 1-6 activity sheets make sure to have them all together and prepared to turn in

for a grade Vocabulary Crossword STUDY FOR THE VOCAB TEST

**I will send out a challenge Kahoot! for review for vocabulary either Monday or Tuesday. If you are not on my Remind101, make sure to join it this weekend (you can find the instructions in the

syllabus on my website) **