Sun. 9/11—Membean practice due.
Mon. 9/12--Submit synthesis essay via TurnItIn.com.
Fri. 9/16 - Poetry Out Loud presentations & TPFASSTT due
Mon.. 9/19--The Joy Luck Club Literary Analysis I (setting/mood and diction paragraphs)
Upcoming Due Dates:
Fri. 9/23--The Joy Luck Club Literary Analysis II (character development and theme paragraphs); early turn-in for The Joy Luck Club Scholars’ Journal entries (15 entries from 10 chapters)
*Vocab. Study Plan: Complete Membean practice in 15 minute increments or less.
Monday, September 12
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they create meaning/tone and develop setting. 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.)
- Create three beans (3 Membean words; make the word large and bold with a definition and part of speech)
- Review vocab. beans (color code and sort into parts of speech on the wall). Write 5 summary sentences using 5 different Membean words and a verbal in each (use all three verbal types) about The Joy Luck Club.
- Read/analyze The Joy Luck Club chapter 2: “Scar”; complete dialectical journal entries.
Tuesday, September 13
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they create meaning/tone and develop setting. 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.)
- Computer Lab: compose setting/mood and diction paragraphs.
- Read/analyze The Joy Luck Club chapter 3: “The Red Candle"; complete dialectical journal entries.
Wednesday, September 14
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 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 theme.
- Discuss responses to chapter 1 questions.
- Discuss Chapter 1 & model setting and tone
- Introduce family portrait assignment and construct family trees
- Students will work to analyze several aspects of character development, motivation and connection to themes in the novel
- JLC family portrait assignment
- Tone words list
- Read chapter 4 "Two Kinds"
- IAN: ponder and respond--Both An-mei and Taitai suffer wounds that result in scars while in tentative contact with their mothers in “Scar.” Examine the cause of the wounds, the connections to the mothers, and An-mei’s comment about her scars. What do these scars figuratively mean?
Thursday, September 15
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 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 theme.
- Computer Lab: compose journal entries and literary analysis paragraphs. We will have writing conferences through Google Docs. To view the sample pre-writing for this assignment, go here. I have included comments to help you set up your assignment.
- Use THIS document for chat!
- Read/analyze The Joy Luck Club chapter 5: “Rules of the Game”;complete dialectical journal entries.
- Continue working on character portraits and family tree construction
- Rehearse for Poetry Out Loud with your Chinese family as an audience.
- Provide feedback on physical presence; gestures; pronunciation; delivery volume and emotion
Friday, September 16
LG: Understand author’s rhetorical strategies in literary works, focusing on word choices and how they develop character and create meaning/theme. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. 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 theme.
- Perform Poetry Out Loud
- Read/analyze The Joy Luck Club chapter 6: “The Voice from the Wall”; complete dialectical journal entries.
- IAN: List ways in which parents and children embarrass one another. How do cultural and generational differences affect parent/child relationships? Use at least five Membean words and various verbals.
- How Can I Embarrass You? Let Me Count the Ways.