Friday, 3/3 - Revised Synthesis Essay due to TurnItIn.com (before the start of second period, 10:12 AM)
Friday, 3/3 - Magic Lens Level 2 Quiz
Sunday, 3/5 - 45 minutes of Membean practice due before midnight
Please also remember to keep up with the Joy Luck Club reading calendar.
Monday, February 27
LP: Consider an author's use of diction and setting to convey mood. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens - level 2 practice (identifying parts of speech, subjects and predicates)
- Show Course Registration video
- Ponder and Respond: Consider An-Mei’s comment about scars at the end of Chapter 2 “Scars.” Since both An-Mei and Taitai (An-Mei's mother) suffer wounds that result in scars while in tentative contact with their mothers, examine the cause of the wounds and the connections to the mothers. What do these scars figuratively mean?
- Use annotations from Chapter 2: Butcher paper - turn annotations into a product conveying setting and tone. Develop a claim statement to answer the following prompt: How does Amy Tan use setting to create a particular mood in “Scar”?
- Homework: Read Chapter 3 "The Red Candle" (begin reading as time allows in class). Continue to complete your scholar’s journal as you read. Continue to make revisions to synthesis essay.
LP: Consider global perspectives on a social issue; consider how an author creates character and cultural perspective. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens - level 2 practice (identifying parts of speech, subjects and predicates)
- Ponder and Respond: What is your view on arranged marriage? How does your view align with the "average American's" view? How do you think you would view it if you were a member of a culture that embraced this custom? Why?
- In groups, read the arranged marriages articles, view the clips from popular culture, and complete the "Viewpoint Matrix" graphic organizer.
- Clips from Arranged:
- Clip from The Princess Diaries 2
- https://youtu.be/9oXiavlH55s (Start at 10:53 end at 13:31)
- Use these clips and the articles to complete the Viewpoint Matrix graphic organizer. (All sources here.)
- Homework: Read Chapter 4: "The Moon Lady" (begin reading as time allows in class). Continue to complete your scholar’s journal as you read. Continue to make revisions to synthesis essay.
Wednesday, March 1
LP: Consider the same event told from different mediums and explore relationship between author's choices and audience. ELAGSE9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens - level 2 practice (identifying parts of speech, subjects and predicates)
- Whole Class: Read "The Moon Lady" (a children's book by Amy Tan). Consider the two accounts: which details are emphasized in each? Why? How does the audience dictate author's choices? Be specific. Write a group CEI paragraph to explain your analysis.
- Add STEAL graphic organizer to IAN
- Homework: Read Chapter 5: "Rules of the Game," (begin reading as time allows in class). Continue to complete your scholar’s journal as you read. Continue to make revisions to synthesis essay.
Thursday, March 2
LP: Begin drafting literary analysis response to setting and mood. ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10W1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens - level 2 practice (identifying parts of speech, subjects and predicates). Quiz on Level 2 tomorrow!
- Finish "The Moon Lady" activity
- PSAT intro - add to IAN, practice reading passage - “Akira” & associated questions
- Ponder and Respond: Consider the image of games in chapter 5. What do the "rules of the game" seem to be between Lindo and Waverly Jong? Who wins, and how is a winner determined?
- Homework: Read Chapter 6: "The Voice from the Wall," (begin reading as time allows in class). Continue to complete your scholar’s journal as you read. Magic Lens quiz tomorrow. Revised synthesis essay due tomorrow before 10:12 AM (the start of 2nd period) via TurnItIn.com.
Friday, March 3
LG: Use your own experience to relate to the immigrant experience. Demonstrate your knowledge on sentence parts. ELAGSE9-10W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) ELAGSE9-10W5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.) ELAGSE9-10W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. ELAGSE9-10L3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening, and to write and to edit so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, APA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
Agenda:
- Synthesis Essay Due to TurnItIn.com before class begins
- Magic Lens Level 2 Quiz #1
- Ponder and Respond: Compare and contrast the relationships between Ying Ying and Lena and the mother/daughter neighbors. What does this juxtaposition do for the reader? Write a potential theme statement for this chapter.
- Play Interactive Uno in small groups.
- Discuss the implications of the card game in terms of immigration (how was your experience similar to being an immigrant in a new country?); discuss the social and cultural importance of games.
- Homework: Read Chapter 7: "Half and Half," (begin reading as time allows in class). Continue to complete your scholar’s journal as you read.