Scholars,
The final draft will be due Tuesday, December 12th @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com. This is the final date, no additional changes. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Ms. Williams
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HOMEWORK & NOTIFICATIONS FOR OCTOBER 2-November 39/22/2017
0 COMMENTS Tuesday (October 3): Author's Style (Pacing) and Much Ado About Nothing 1. Poll: How do author's create a sense of pacing in a narrative? 2. Review 2.2-2.4: Take Formative 3. Begin Matthew's "Pick One" on p. 129. 4. Begin Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: Act I H.W.: (1) Review Act I of Much Ado (the plot and the lines); prepare to take Act I quiz on Wednesday. Thursday (October 5): Author's Style (Description) and Much Ado About Nothing 1. Poll: Subordination and Coordination 2. Review Subordination and Coordination 3. Begin Kothari's "If You Are..." 4. Continue Much Ado...Complete Act I H.W.: Review Much Ado...Act I for reading quiz on Friday and SB Formative 2.5-2.6. Monday (October 9): Eisner's Understanding Comics & Much Ado 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Review Much Ado... 4. Take the Much Ado Act I Quiz 5. Begin Eisner's Understanding Comics H.W.: Using the Storyboard template, plan a brief 4-6 panel comic strip about a non-school-related topic. HAVE FUN!!! Wednesday (October 11): Elements of a Graphic Novel & Much Ado 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Continue Understanding Comics 3. Continue Much Ado... Act II 4. Collaborate to create your six-panel comic strip featuring graphic novel elements H.W.: Begin Voc. Unit #2: (1) Part of Speech (2) Definition (3) Synonym and Antonym (4) Etymology (5) Original Sentence Friday (October 13): Elements of a Graphic Novel & Much Ado 1. Begin Satrapi's Persepolis SB text (p.142) 2. Perform Much Ado About Nothing: Acts II-III 3. Take Much Ado... Act II reading quiz 4. Read independently H.W.: Begin Persepolis novel text and answer the questions: due Oct. 17 @ beginning of class. Tuesday (October 17): Telling a Story..."Woman with Kite", Much Ado, and Persepolis 1. Begin "Woman with a Kite" 2. Perform Much Ado...: Act III 3. Discuss Persepolis H.W.: Review Act III for reading quiz Thursday (October 19): Telling a Story..."Grape Sherbet", Much Ado, and Persepolis 1. Begin "Grape Sherbet" 2. Take Much Ado...Act III Quiz 3.Perform Much Ado...: Act IV 4. Continue Persepolis H.W.: Review Act IV for reading quiz on Monday, Oct. 23 Monday (October 23): Rethinking Persona, Hunger of Memory, and Persepolis 1. Begin Hunger of Memory by Rodriguez 2. Take Much Ado...Act IV Quiz 3.Perform Much Ado...: Act V 4. Continue Persepolis H.W.: Review Act V for reading quiz on Wednesday, Oct. 25 Wednesday (October 25): Changes in Perspective 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Begin "Thanksgiving: A Personal History" 3. Take Much Ado...Act V Quiz 4. Continue Persepolis H.W.: Finish Persepolis; reading must be completed by Oct. 27 beginning of class Friday (October 27): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Begin Narrative Essay Assignment 3. Begin Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: Selecting a topic and creating a preliminary framework H.W.: Create a preliminary framework of your outline; Due Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ beginning of class. Tuesday (October 31): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Literary Analysis MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Begin Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: Selecting a topic and creating a preliminary framework 3. Create Preliminary Framework using a self-selected Chapter of Persepolis. H.W.: Select a topic to investigate in MAAN. In a paragraph, briefly explain why you want to investigate this topic and discuss what you hope to find. Be sure to also justify what makes this topic worthy of investigating through a literary analysis. Due Nov. 2 @ beginning of class. Here's the Preliminary Framework: Due Nov. 04: much_ado_about_nothing_research_preliminary_framework_2017_skinny_a.docx Thursday (November 2): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative Mastering the MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Continue Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: Gathering Evidence to Support your Topic H.W.: Create a Preliminary Framework on MAAN. Due Nov. 04 @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com. Monday (November 6):Writing a Literary Analysis; MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Begin Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: Gathering Evidence to Support your Topic H.W.: Gather Evidence to Support Topic due Saturday, November 11 @ 11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com Monday (September 18): Images of Cultural Identity
1. Begin unpacking Unit #2: Images of Cultural Identity 2. Choral reading of "Where I'm From" 3. Begin Funny in Farsi 5. Read independently H.W.: Answer questions 1-6 on pp. 120-121. Obtain a copy of Much Ado About Nothing by Wednesday Wednesday (September 20): Much Ado... & Culture Narrative 1. Discuss Funny in Farsi 2. Read Much Ado About Nothing: Act I 3. Begin Kaffir Boy H.W.: Finish reading Kaffir Boy on pp. 123-125 and answer questions 1-6. Monday (September 22): Much Ado & "Pick One" 1. Discuss Kaffir Boy 2. Take SpringBoard Formative Quiz #1 Unit #2 3. Perform Much Ado...Act II H.W.: Enjoy Fall Break!!! Monday (August 28): Consulting with a Mentor & SOAPSTone
1. Review Colons, Semi-colons & Dashes 2. SIFT "My Mother Pieced Quilts" & answer questions 1-3 on pp. 74-75. 3. Read independently H.W.: Read and annotate (SIFT) Walker's "Everyday Use" on pp. 76-83; answer questions 1-9 on pp. 84-85. Wednesday (August 30): Discuss "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker 1. Begin Mukherjee's "Two Ways to Belong to America" on. p. 89 2. Compare texts and claims on p. 86 to discuss Walker text. 3. Write to Sources Argument on p. 87. H.W.: None :-) Friday (September 1): "Two Ways..." and "An Indian...Plea" 1. Discuss "Everyday Use" and "An Indian...Plea." 2. Read independently. Tuesday (September 5): Synthesis: Drafting Your Position 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Discuss "Two Ways..." and "An Indian...Plea." 3. Begin Synthesis: Drafting Your Position H.W.: Collaborate to complete "Synthesis: Presenting Your Position"; come to class prepared with this material. Friday (September 8): Drafting Your Collaborative Essay 1. Begin Vocabulary Unit #2 Exercises; Find the definition, part of speech, synonym, antonym, and orginal sentence. 2. Begin drafting your collaborative essay: p. 107. H.W.: Finish Vocabulary Unit #2 Words due Tuesday: See link below: vocabulary_unit_skinny.docx Tuesday (September 12): Taming of the Shrew 1. Perform Taming of the Shrew: Act I 2. Begin unpacking Unit #2: Images of Cultural Identity 3. Choral reading of "Where I'm From" 4. Submit Synthesis Essay 5. Read independently H.W.: Answer questions 1-5 on pp. 114-115. Thursday (September 15): Taming of the Shrew & Culture Narrative 1. Discuss "Where I'm From" 2. Read Taming of the Shrew: Act II 3. Begin Funny in Farsi 4. Take Unit #1 Summative Test H.W.: Finish reading Funny in Farsi on pp. 118-121 and answer questions 1-6. Monday (September 16): Taming of the Shrew & Funny in Farsi 1. Discuss "Two Ways..." and "An Indian...Plea." 2. Read independently. Monday (August 14): Exploring Cultural Identity & Writer's Craft: Syntax
1, Discuss "What is Cultural Identity" and "Ethnic Hash" H.W.: Revise a piece of writing to either highlight (if already present) or re-write to include five examples (any combination) of the following: gerunds, participles, or infinitives. Due Wednesday@ beginning of class. Wednesday (August 16): Discuss Embedded Assessment #1 and "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan 1. Discuss EA #1 (Begin "Consulting with a Mentor" and SOAPSTone). 2. Read "Two Kinds" H.W.: Create a plan for your Cultural Identity Essay by answering #8 on p. 56. SOAPSTone your plan for the essay and bring to class on Thursday. Friday (August 18): Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity 1. Discuss Frida Kahlo Biography 2. Choral Reading of Pat Mora's "Legal Alien" H.W.: Submit the Cultural Identity Essay Saturday (Aug. 19th)by 11:59 p.m. to www.turnitin.com Tuesday(August 22): Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Read By Any Other Name and answer the questions on pp. 48-49. 3. Perform choral reading of "Legal Alien" -see rubric for details. H.W.: Complete Activity 1.7: Using Parallel Struture on pages 51-52; complete all of the activities except "Practice" (the bottom of page 52). Thursday(August 24): Addressing Parallel Structure and Multiculturalism 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Discuss Parallel Structure 3. Read "Multiculturalism: Explained in One Word: HAPA on p.53 & the SOAPSTone technique H.W.: Answer questions 1-7 on pages 54-56. Due @beginning of Class on Monday Monday(August 28): Consulting with a Mentor & SOAPSTone 1. Discuss "Multiculturalism..." 2. Preview Embedded Assessment #2 3. Read independently H.W.: None Scholars,
Assessment Schedule for August 2017 1. Embedded Assessment #1: August 16th; submit to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. on August 18th 2. SLO Pre-Assessment: August 17th in Media Center 3. Embedded Assessment #2: August 30th; submit to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. Scholars,
Read Williams' "Ethnic Hash" on pages 13-15 in the SpringBoard textbook. Answer questions 10-12. Assignment is due at the beginning of class. Scholars,
Welcome to Honors World Literature and Composition Fall 2017!!! Together we will embark on journey filled with wonder, challenges, and fun!!! I look forward to your AMAZING Archetypal Selfie Projects!!! This blog serves as your one-stop shop for scheduling and important concepts presented in class!!! Here's to a great year, Amanda Williams |
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