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Monday: Previewing Assessment 2 and Thinking About Argument
1. SSR: 15 mins. (Recheck books from Media Center) 2. Read "Time to Assert American Values" and 3. Read "Rough Justice" H.W.: (1) Answer questions 1-3 on p. 180, and 4-6 on p. 183. Tuesday: Debate #1: Time to Assert American Values 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Preparation for Debate 3. Begin Debate H.W.: (1) Study for Unit # 2A Summative on Wednesday Wednesday: Taking a Stand on Justice 1. Take Unit 2B Summative 2. Read excerpt On Civil Disobedience 3. Answer questions on pp. 188. H.W.: Write mini-essay on p. 189 that explains how and author builds an argument. Thursday: Taking a Stand on Justice 1. Philosophical Chairs: On Civil Disobedience 2. Begin Rhetorical Appeals Lesson 3. Read "On Surrender" and "On Women's Right..." H.W.: (1) Answer questions 1-5 on pp. 191-193. Friday: Taking a Stand on Legal Issues 1. Prep for class debate 2. Begin class debate H.W.: Read The Hunger of Memory on pp. 159-163 and prepare two dense questions for Socratic Seminar on Monday. Monday: Images of Cultural Identity
1. Begin "Where I'm From" -Sensory Language 2. Begin "Funny in Farsi" -Narrative Elements H.W.: (1) Draft a two-paragraph narrative story of a real or imaged experience. Bring this to class with you tomorrow. Tuesday: Author's Stylebook: Dialogue 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Discuss "Funny in Farsi."-Narrative Elements 3. Begin "Kaffir Boy." Discuss Direct & Indirect Dialogue H.W.: (1) Add indirect and direct dialogue to your narrative. Bring this to class with you tomorrow. Wednesday: Dialogue (cont.) 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Analyze Dialogue in Personal Narrative. 3. Review Punctuating Dialogue (see p. 128) w/Narrative Prompt. H.W.: Read "Pick One" on pp. 129-133. Complete question AND Writer's Craft: Sentence Variety. Possible reading quiz on Thursday. Thursday: Language Checkpoint: Using Subordination and Coordination/Description 1. SSR & Grammar: Complete Subordination and Coordination exercises on pp. 134-135. Complete "Practice" on p. 137. 2. Begin "If You Are What You Eat..." on p. 138. H.W.: (1) Complete "Writer's Craft": Clauses on p. 141. (2) Complete the "Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text" on p. 141. Friday: Elements of a Graphic Novel 1. View "History of Comics" clip. 2. Take Dialogue Formative 3. Begin Persepolis H.W.: Complete "Narrative Writing Prompt" on p. 152. Bring your comic strip to class on Monday!!! Monday: Cultural Synthesis Essay
1. SOAPStone Review of Unit #1 Texts 2. Continue MAAN Act 2 H.W.: (1) Read "An Indian Father's Plea" on pp. 95-99; Answer questions 1-8 on pp. 100-101; due beginning of class on Tuesday Tuesday: Presenting Your Position: Writing a Synthesis Paper 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Discuss "Indian Father's Plea" via SOAPSTone and discuss Synthesis Essay Prompt/Assignment 3. Continue MAAN Act 3 H.W.: (1) Answer the Planning and Prewriting questions in "Writing a Synthesis Paper" on. p. 107 in SpringBoard Textbook. Bring ideas to share and collaborate with your team tomorrow. Wednesday: Presenting Your Position: Writing a Synthesis Paper 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Begin MAAN (Act 4): Trace Character and Theme Development 3. Discuss Pre-Writing ideas with group; create an outline using Argumentative Structure on p. 94 of SpringBoard H.W.: Begin Studying for Unit #1 Summative Test on Friday. Thursday: Presenting Your Position: Writing a Synthesis Paper 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Continue MAAN Act 5. 3. Begin drafting Synthesis Essay in Class. Friday: Presenting Your Position: Writing a Synthesis Paper 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Take Unit #1 Summative Test 3. Continue drafting Synthesis Essay. H.W.: Essay due to turnitin.com on February 9@ 11:59 p.m. Monday: Cultural Reflection Essay
1. SSR: 15 mins./Review "Two Kinds" 2. Take "Two Kinds" Formative 3. Present Choral Reading of "Legal Alien" H.W.: (1) Continue drafting Cultural Reflection Essay (due Weds. Jan. 29 @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com) (2)Obtain a copy of Folger Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Tuesday: Perspectives on Heritage: Poetry and Fiction 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Discuss "By Any Other Name" and HAPA texts 3. Continue drafting Cultural Reflection Essay (due Weds. Jan. 29 @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com) H.W.: (1) Continue drafting Cultural Reflection Essay (due Weds. Jan. 29 @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com) (2)Obtain a copy of Folger Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Wednesday: Perspectives on Heritage: Poetry and Fiction 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Begin MAAN (Act 1): Trace Character and Theme Development 3. View Walker's "Everyday Use"; Compare/contrast with "My Mother..." H.W.: Cultural Reflection Essay DUE TONIGHT TO TURNITIN.COM BY 11:59 P.M. Thursday: Connecting Cultural Identity to Theme 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Continue MAAN Act 2. 3. Preview Synthesis Essay in SpringBoard. Friday: Connecting Cultural Identity to Theme 1. SSR & Grammar: 15 mins. 2. Begin "Two Ways to Belong to America" and "Indian Father's Plea"; Answer questions 1-6 on pages 91-92; Answer questions 1-8 on pages 100-101. 3. Continue MAAN (Acts 3 & 4). H.W.: Trace the theme and character development of Benedick and Beatrice; Claudio and Hero throughout MAAN to prepare for literary analysis. Monday: Exploring Cultural Identity
1. Begin Independent Reading 2. Discuss "Ethnic Hash" H.W.: Read Tan's "Two Kinds"; answer questions 1-9 on pp. 30-31 Tuesday: "Two Kinds of Cultural Identity 1. SSR: 20 mins. 2. Jigsaw "Two Kinds" to analyze conflict. H.W.: Complete Language and Writer's Craft: Syntax on. pp. 18-20. Wednesday:Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity 1. SSR: 20 minutes 2. Begin Syntax Assignment H.W.: (1) Read From Frida, a Biography of Frida Kahlo; answer questions 1-6. (2) Revise your Identity essay in either formal/informal voice and apply 5 sentence variety from the Syntax assignment. Thursday: Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity (Cont.): 1. SSR: 20 minutes 2. View Film on Frida Kahlo 3. Analyze visual text using OPTIC Strategy H.W.: Continue to revise your quickwrite Friday: Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity 1. SSR: 20 minutes 2. Perform Choral read of "Legal Alien" 3. Begin Student Choice: Artistic or Creative Prompt p. 42 H.W.: (1) Work on Cultural Identity Essay (Due January 26 to turnitin.com). Keep the rubric on p. 58 in mind as you write. (2) Continue to work on your Artistic/Creative Prompt (due Tuesday, Jan. 21st). (3) Purchase a copy of the Folger's version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Welcome to an endless world of possibilities! My class is a safe place where collaboration combined with creative thinking produces a universe of potential available to all students who choose to engage their minds and enhance their innate literary abilities. I believe in you!
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