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.
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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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