January 9-13

Monday, January 9

• Discuss Reading Section 2
• Visualization of the text (sketch the most important scene)

Tuesday, January 10

• Journal due
• Update reading schedule
• **Janaury 24th at 9am at PAC: Practice Multiple Choice Exam
• Discuss Reading Section 3
• Discuss use of symbols (see guided reading questions)

Wednesday, January 11

• Grammar: short simple sentences and fragments

Thursday, January 12

• Grammar due--correct
• Work time--reader response journals

Friday, January 13

• Reading Section 4 Due
• Discuss conflict
• Individual questions

January 2-6

Monday, January 2

Welcome Back!

• Discuss Jazz Era and Fitzgerald background
• Check out Gatsby books
• Assign reading calendar and log

Tuesday, January 3

• Journal assigned: p. 191, use cumulative sentences x2
• Parts of speech review; verb identification practice

Wednesday, January 4

• Grammar lesson #1--Verbs
• Read p. 499
• Complete exercises 1-2

Thursday, January 5

• Grammar lesson due--correct
• Multiple choice practice quiz

Friday, January 6

• Gatsby reading section 1due
• Discussion on reading, characters, plot

November 28-December 2

Monday, November 28

• Weekend highlights
• Sample synthesis prompts:
• partner work time to draft cover pages

Tuesday, November 29

• Journal due
• Final formatting instructions for synthesis prompt
• Sample prompt and anchor papers (Presidential Election Packet)

Wednesday, November 30

• 2nd Quarter Book Project
• Reader Response Project--choose book and partner

Thursday, December 1

• Multiple Choice Practice
• study skills and tips
• practice test
• review answers with partner

Friday, December 2

• Synthesis Packet Due 
• Assign individual synthesis paper (JRP)

November 21-25

Monday, November 21:

• In library, researching--should gather at least 10 sources by the end of class

Tuesday, November 22:

• Formatting sources
• In library, researching
• Journal assigned: Page 453, use an appeal to pathos twice

Wednesday, November 23:

• Final day to work in library
• Reminders:
• Source packet due December 2
• see http://www.collegeboard.com/ for examples of synthesis prompts

Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25

• Thanksgiving--celebrate and be thankful!

October 24-28

Monday, October 24

Goal: communicate effectively with a small group

Tasks:

• Edna's Ruthie Due
• JFK reflection paragraphs due
• Reading questions
• Kincaid, "Girl" mimic write

Tuesday, October 25

Goal: analyze author's syntax

Tasks:

• Section 5 reading questions, poetic device application
• Journal due
• "Girl" mimic due
• Rhetorical device review

Wednesday, October 26

Goal: Incorporate poetic devcies to tell stories

Tasks:

• Assign vignette project
• Begin drafting vignettes

Thursday, October 27

Goal: analyze student work

Tasks:

• Review "Pink Flamingo" prompt
• score anchor papers--use 1-9 scoring rubric

Friday, October 28

Goal: incorporate poetic devices into personal writing

Tasks:

• Rhetorical Terms Quiz #2
• Work on vignettes

October 17-21

Monday, October 17

• Mango Section 1 Due
• Reading Questions:

1. What is the feeling behind the nun’s comment, “You live there?” (page 5)

2. What is Cathy’s significance in the story?

3. Why is five dollars “cheap”? (page 14)

4. Why does Esperanza feel stupid about the music box?

• "My Name" mimic write

Tuesday, October 18

• Journal: p. 144 "Eleven", use alliteration twice
• "My Name" Due
• Section 2 Due
• Reading Questions

1. What does Esperanza think of Marin?

2. In what ways is Marin older than the other girls?

3. Why is Alicia afraid of nothing but "four legged fur. And fathers." (p. 32)

• Compare/contrast chart

Wednesday, October 20

• Analysis Work: "The Plastic Pink Flamingo"
• Annotate, write thesis and one body paragraph

Thursday, October 21

• Section 3 due
• Compare/Contrast Chart due--discuss
• Begin "Edna's Ruthie"

Friday, October 22

• Finish "Edna's Ruthie"
• Read Mango
• Read outside reading book

October 10-14 (Homecoming!)

Monday, October 10

• Vocabulary quiz #1
• Steve Jobs and ethos (arictle and questions)

Tuesday, October 11

Goals: apply study of ethos to life; review test results to see patterns of error

• Journal due
• Discuss Steve Jobs and ethos artcle and questions
• Review rhetorical terms test #1 (see questions and answers)
• The House on Mango Street: background and Introduction

Wednesday, October 12:

Goals: Practice close reading strategies; understand purpose for poetic devices

• Book check out (to the library)
• Poetic devices review
• Begin reading introduction, chapter one (see reading calendar)

Thursday, October 13:

Goals: analyze a difficult text; write a concise thesis and well developed analysis paragraph

• "The Plastic Pink Flamingo"--abbrieviated on demand write

Friday, October 14:

Goal: comprehend language of rubric; evaluate peer work to improve writing

• Review "Flamingo" prompt
• 1-9 AP Rubric
• Score anchor papers