Thursday, 10/24 - Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class today; Sadlier Connect vocabulary activities for unit four due today by 11:59 p.m.
Friday, 10/25 - Unit 4 vocabulary quiz
Upcoming Due Dates:
Monday, 10/28 - Read chapter 1 for today to complete activities and prepare for a reading quiz
Tuesday, 10/29 - Read chapter 2 for today to complete activities and prepare for a reading quiz
Wednesday, 10/30 - Read chapter 3 for today to complete activities and prepare for a reading quiz
Thursday, 10/31 - Read chapter 4 for today to complete activities and prepare for a reading quiz
Friday, 11/8 - Complete your reading your IR #2 by today. Create and post your Flipgrid video (handout here).
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Monday, October 21
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:
- Take the first 45 minutes of class to prepare a writing plan. Then, 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.
- Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class Thursday
- Complete Sadlier Connect Unit 4 activities by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Study Unit 4 vocabulary words for quiz Friday
- Continue reading IR book - due Friday, Nov. 8
Tuesday, October 22
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.
- When you’re finished with your essay, begin reading The Joy Luck Club and/or continue reading your independent reading book.
- Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class Thursday
- Complete Sadlier Connect Unit 4 activities by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Study Unit 4 vocabulary words for quiz Friday
- Continue reading IR book - due Friday, Nov. 8
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?
- Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class tomorrow
- Complete Sadlier Connect Unit 4 activities by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Study Unit 4 vocabulary words for quiz Friday
- Continue reading IR book - due Friday, Nov. 8
Thursday, October 24
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 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.
- Make sure to keep up with the reading schedule!
- Complete Sadlier Connect Unit 4 activities by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Study Unit 4 vocabulary words for quiz Friday
- Continue reading IR book - due Friday, Nov. 8
Friday, October 25
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:
- Take the vocabulary assessment on Unit 4 words.
- Continue The Joy Luck Club introduction:
- 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.
- Make sure to keep up with the reading schedule!
- Read chapter 1 for by Monday to complete activities and prepare for a reading quiz