I hope you are keeping up with your assigned readings. The October calendar will be distributed tomorrow. Interims are due tomorrow. Please make sure you are completing a "Permission to Miss Class" form if you are missing class due to a school related event, i.e. field trip; Encore setup, etc. Friday is an early release day. Have a blessed week!
PERIODS 2, 4, 6, AND 7
Monday
1. Reading quiz on part I of F451
2. Discuss text
3. GO OVER EOG practice from last week
4. Discuss “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury
Hw: “There Will Come Soft Rains” writing, due Wednesday; Part II F451 due 10/10
Tuesday
1. Allusions in Part I of the text-Friday(mini-project) introduced and assigned
2. Template for Allusions mini-project will be presented
3. crossword puzzle on part I, due Wednesday.
4. EXTRA CREDIT ALERT: physically design your own house of the future. What services will it provide? What things will you continue to do for yourself? Due October 17 OPTIONAL, of course!
4. EXTRA CREDIT ALERT: physically design your own house of the future. What services will it provide? What things will you continue to do for yourself? Due October 17 OPTIONAL, of course!
Hw: mini-essay due Wednesday; vocabulary quiz on Wed.; puzzle; Allusions mini-project due Friday
Wednesday
1. Collect homework
2. Vocabulary quiz
3. Dialect/poetry(Paul Laurence Dunbar- -"We Wear the Mask")
What mask are we wearing?
What mask are we wearing?
4. How would the characters that you’ve met so far react to the dialect used in the poem?
5. "Unintended Consequence" John Stossel ("There oughta be a law" response sometimes only adds to the problem)
5. "Unintended Consequence" John Stossel ("There oughta be a law" response sometimes only adds to the problem)
Hw: Calvin and Hobbs allusion and Camel Ad allusions. Write a response
Thursday
1. Discuss responses to allusion homework “Calvin and Hobbs”
2. Share Homework/collect homework
3. EOG style diagnostic
3. EOG style diagnostic
4. “Bright Phoenix” by Ray Bradbury
Hw: finish short story; Finish part II over weekend
Friday
early Release
1. Discuss text “Bright Phoenix”
2. Venn Diagram, comparing the short stories read by Ray Bradbury
3. Allusions project due; volunteers share
Hw: Part II due Monday;
5th period
Visual Journal- -The Pearl is a very visual novel. Several times throughout the reading, I will ask you to complete a visual journal of what you’ve read. Your visual representation should represent what you have learned in the assigned pages of reading. You should create a combination of words, sentences, reflections, pictures, drawings, and/or summaries. Make sure your journal is neat and clearly communicates what you learned in the assigned pages.
Monday
1. Warm up quiz chapter 1 The Pearl
2. go over Chapter 1 vocabulary (Wednesday, vocabulary quiz)
3. The song of the family/the song of the evil (typed, neat, finalized copy of your song lyrics- -practice because you’re going to sing/perform them on Wednesday)
Hw: bring colored pencils/markers tomorrow; chapters 2 and 3 are due Friday, along with a Visual Journal for chapters 1-3
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Tuesday
1. analogies
2. Group Assignment: Kino and the doctor (visually contrast them) - -appearance, lifestyle, values, culture? "dialect"
3. Chapter 2 due Thursday
Hw: songs due Wednesday; analogies: Write 5 analogies that relate to the novel (ex: Kino:______
Lion: cub; then explain the analogy- -Kino is Coyotito’s protector, just like a lion protects its cub)
Wednesday
1. Share songs (25 minutes total of class time)
2. Vocabulary quiz
3. Collect homework analogies/share some aloud
4. Introduce parable and fable (Parables are similar to fables because they both use short stories to teach a valuable, powerful lesson. However, fables use animals instead of humans- -Aesop’s fables- -Aesop used nonhuman characters to represent human emotions, flaws
5. Parable about greed and evil
6. Read some fables from your childhood
Hw: Analyze and interpret what is being criticized and condemned in the novel so far in order to correct social attitudes, traditions, and behaviors. Write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) about your analysis. Then, make a prediction (in another paragraph 5-7 sentences) about what will happen in the novel. 2 paragraphs total
Extra credit: Write a true story that describes the same social attitude, tradition, or behavior that is described in the novel. (2 paragraphs minimum)
Thursday
1. Review parable, fable
2. Fables/dialect/allegory (3 Little Pigs isn’t just about 3 little pigs)
3. Oral Traditions in storytelling (Steinbeck, the author of The Pearl, heard the story of The Pearl while in Mexico in the 40s)
4. Listen to: “Brer Possum’s Dilemma” pg 959 in textbooks
5. EOG style diagnostic
6. End of Chapter 2: What is the role of money in your life? Does/would it solve your problems? Can it bring happiness? What negatives and positives come with instant wealth?
5. EOG style diagnostic
6. End of Chapter 2: What is the role of money in your life? Does/would it solve your problems? Can it bring happiness? What negatives and positives come with instant wealth?
Hw: Make a connection to the text. Write about a dilemma that you’ve had in your life and how you overcame it or learned from it.
Friday
1. Discuss the text chapters 2 and 3
2. Myths/legends
Hw: Read chapter 4 and 5
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