IMonday (October 2): Author's Style (Pacing) and Much Ado About Nothing
1. Poll: How do author's create a sense of pacing in a narrative? 2. Begin Matthew's "Pick One" on p. 129. 3. Begin Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: Act I H.W.: (1) Compose a narrative (brief--one paragraphs) that demonstrates pacing through descriptive details, dialogue, and sentence variety (p. 133) from Act I of Much Ado... (2) Study for Act I reading quiz of Much Ado.... Due Wednesday @ beginning of class. Wednesday (October 4): 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 II H.W.: (1) Complete Kothari's "If You Are..." pp. 138-140; Answer questions 1-4 Friday (October 6): Eisner's Understanding Comics & Much Ado 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Perform Act III of Much Ado.. 3. Review Much Ado... H.W.: Study the plot and lines from Acts II and III of Much Ado About Nothing; Reading quiz on Tuesday October 10th. Tuesday (October 10): Elements of a Graphic Novel & Much Ado 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 15 minutes 2. Begin Eisner's Understanding Comics 3. Continue Much Ado... Act III 4. Begin Persepolis Excerpt in SB H.W.: Begin Voc. Unit #2: (1) Part of Speech (2) Definition (3) Synonym and Antonym (4) Etymology (5) Original Sentence (2) Using the Storyboard template, plan a brief 4-6 panel comic strip about a non-school-related topic; HAVE FUN!!! Thursday (October 12): Elements of a Graphic Novel & Much Ado 1. Begin Satrapi's Persepolis SB text (p.142) 2. Perform Much Ado About Nothing: Act IV 3. Read independently H.W.: Begin Persepolis novel text and answer the questions: due Oct. 16 @ beginning of class. Monday (October 16): 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 Wednesday (October 18): 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 Friday, Oct. 20 Friday (October 20): Rethinking Persona, Hunger of Memory, and Persepolis 1. Finish Much Ado Act V. 2. Read independently. H.W.: Read the Introduction and Chapters 1-4 of Persepolis; Answers questions 1-14. Tuesday (October 24): Rethinking Persona, Hunger of Memory, and Persepolis in Perspective 1. Sustained Independent Reading (SIR) 10 minutes 2. Assign MAAN Literary Analysis Research Paper 3. Discuss Persepolis 1-4. 4. Begin "Hunger of Memory"/Prepare for Socratic Seminar H.W.: MAAN Literary Prospectus: Select a topic to investigate. In a paragraph, briefly explain why you want to investigate this topic and discuss what you hope to find. Be sure to also justif what makes this topic worthy of investigating through a literary analysis. Due Oct. 26 @ beginning of class. Thursday (October 26): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Discuss Persepolis: Chapters 5-8 3. Literary Analysis: Preliminary Framework 4. Begin Socratic Seminar H.W.: Create a preliminary framework of your outline; Due Monday, Oct. 30 @ beginning of class. Monday (October 30): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative Mastering the MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Research: Gathering Evidence: Begin Notecard Assignment 3. Continue Persepolis 3. Continue Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: (1) Gathering Evidence H.W.: Continue Reading Persepolis and answering Chapter Questions; (2) Continue to create notecards; due November 06, 2017. Wednesday (November 1): Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative Mastering the MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Research: Gathering Evidence: Begin Notecard Assignment 3. Continue Persepolis 3. Continue Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: (1) Gathering Evidence H.W.: Continue Reading Persepolis and answering Chapter Questions; (2) Continue to create notecards; due November 06, 2017. Friday (November 3):Writing a Literary Analysis; Writing a Narrative Mastering the MLA Style in Academic Writing 1. SIR - 15 minutes 2. Continue Narrative Essay Assignment: Begin Final Draft; due Thursday November 9 @11:59 p.m. to turnitin.com 3. Continue Literary Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing: Gathering Evidence to Support your Topic H.W.: Continue Reading Persepolis and answering Chapter Questions; (2) Continue to create notecards; due November 06, 2017.
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