Mon. 10/15 - Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class today.
Wed. 10/17 - Submit completed Queen of Katwe analysis handout (handout here) if not completed in class yesterday
Wed. 10/17 - Vanbo’s classes ONLY: Take the Unit 4 vocabulary quiz
Thurs. 10/18 - Read chapter 1 of JLC before coming to class (“The Joy Luck Club”)
Fri. 10/19 - Read chapter 2 of JLC before coming to class (“Scar”)
Sun. 10/21 - Sadlier Connect Unit 5 activities due before midnight
Upcoming Due Dates:
Mon. 10/22 - Read chapter 3 of JLC before coming to class (“The Red Candle”)
Tues. 10/23 - Read chapter 4 of JLC before coming to class (“The Moon Lady”)
Fri. 10/26 - IR Book #2 completed; be ready to present on your novel (make sure to review your bookmark!)
Friday, 10/26 - Vocabulary Unit 5 quiz
Resources:
JLC calendar (here)
JLC Assignment Packet (here)
Monday, October 15
Learning Goal(s): Plan and write a literary analytical essay about Things Fall Apart in which you examine a character’s response to the cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
- Using the novel, your research, and your notes from the culture presentations, craft an essay in which you analyze how the cultural collision in the novel changes a character’s sense of identity, and explain how his or her response shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
- If time, continue to read your independent novel.
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class if you have not yet done so.
- JLC Reading - Use the JLC calendar (here) to complete assigned reading each night
- Sadlier Connect, Unit 5 activities - due Thursday, 10/18 before midnight
- IR Book - Continue to read your second independent novel; review your bookmark for presentation guidelines; be ready to present on Friday, 10/26
Tuesday, October 16
Learning Goal(s): Apply an understanding of postcolonial analysis to a film; compose a constructed response.
Targeted Standards: LAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
- Complete the Magic Lens practice sentence - annotate for all three levels!
- View Queen of Katwe. As you watch, compile a list of elements from the film that exemplify culture clash, using the handout here. Then, respond to the constructed response prompt on the back of your handout: In Queen of Katwe, are the overall effects of the western cultural influences positive or negative? Based on all you’ve learned from our study of Things Fall Apart, is this a fair representation? Does the fact that this is a Disney movie affect your opinion? Why or why not?
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class if you have not yet done so.
- Queen of Katwe analysis handout - due Thursday, 10/18 in class
- JLC Reading - Use the JLC calendar (here) to complete assigned reading each night
- Sadlier Connect, Unit 5 activities - due Thursday, 10/18 before midnight
- IR Book - Continue to read your second independent novel; review your bookmark for presentation guidelines; be ready to present on Friday, 10/26
Wednesday, October 17
Learning Goal(s): Apply an understanding of postcolonial analysis to a film; compose a constructed response.
Targeted Standards: LAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
- Vanbo’s classes ONLY: Take the Unit 4 vocabulay assessment
- Complete the Magic Lens practice sentence - annotate for all three levels!
- Complete viewing of Queen of Katwe. As you watch, compile a list of elements from the film that exemplify culture clash, using the handout here. Then, respond to the constructed response prompt on the back of your handout: In Queen of Katwe, are the overall effects of the western cultural influences positive or negative? Based on all you’ve learned from our study of Things Fall Apart, is this a fair representation? Does the fact that this is a Disney movie affect your opinion? Why or why not? Submit your handout tomorrow if not completed in class.
- Begin The Joy Luck Club novel unit - complete the anticipation guide in IAN.
- Introduce the JLC unit calendar and assignment packet (packet here)
- Annotate books for structure and character relationships.
- Read and discuss the prologue for Part One, “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away.” Analyze the connection between a prologue and a larger work.
- Queen of Katwe analysis handout - due TOMORROW if not already submitted
- JLC Reading - Use the JLC calendar (here) to complete assigned reading each night
- Sadlier Connect, Unit 5 activities - due Thursday, 10/18 before midnight
- IR Book - Continue to read your second independent novel; review your bookmark for presentation guidelines; be ready to present on Friday, 10/26
Thursday, October 18
Learning Goal(s): Analyze for symbolism; consider how authors create mood through the use of imagery and setting through an analysis of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. 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:
- Complete the Magic Lens practice sentence - annotate for all three levels!
- Submit Queen of Katwe handout with constructed response if not completed in class yesterday.
- Complete analysis of the prologue for Part One, “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away,” as needed.
- Quiz on chapter 1.
- In small groups, complete a butcher paper activity to analyze the setting and mood of chapter 1, “The Joy Luck Club.”
- 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 “The Joy Luck Club”?
- On your paper - DRAW the setting (either Kweilin or An-Mei’s house). Around the drawing, provide quotations (with lead-ins and citations). Then, write a claim statement that answers the question above.
- ‘All groups share their claim statement and three pieces of evidence.
- Begin reading chapter 2, “Scar” (due tomorrow)
- JLC Reading - Use the JLC calendar (here) to complete assigned reading each night
- Sadlier Connect, Unit 5 activities - due Thursday, 10/18 before midnight
- IR Book - Continue to read your second independent novel; review your bookmark for presentation guidelines; be ready to present on Friday, 10/26
Friday, October 19
Learning Goal(s): Analyze a chapter for symbolism and contribute to a classroom discussion.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. 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:
- Complete the Magic Lens practice sentence - annotate for all three levels!
- Quiz on chapter 2.
- Complete yesterday’s work with chapter 1, “The Joy Luck Club” as needed.
- Introduce Foster’s concept of meals as communion and participate in a whole-class discussion. How does this perspective connect with other texts we have studied?
- 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?
- If time, begin your reading of The Joy Luck Club; chapter 3 “The Red Candle” due Monday.
- JLC Reading - Use the JLC calendar (here) to complete assigned reading each night
- Sadlier Connect, Unit 5 activities - due Thursday, 10/18 before midnight
- IR Book - Continue to read your second independent novel; review your bookmark for presentation guidelines; be ready to present on Friday, 10/26