Monday, 3/11 - Vocabulary Unit 3 assessment
Monday, 3/11 - Complete reading and activities for Part 2 of TFA
Friday, 3/15 - Magic Lens Level 2 assessment
Sunday, 3/17 - Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Monday, 3/18 - Ibo cultural presentations and annotated bibliographies due
Tuesday, 3/19 - Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class today
Friday, 3/22 - Vocabulary Unit 4 assessment
Friday, 4/12 - Complete your reading your IR #2 by today
Resources:
Things Fall Apart - novel PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
SpringBoard Things Fall Apart Unit PDF (here)
Monday, March 11
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of SAT vocabulary and language skills. Analyze how different characters and conflicts advance the plot. Make connections to the cultural misunderstandings in the novel.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10L6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. ELAGSE9-10RL1:Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from 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 the theme. 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 unit 3 vocabulary assessment.
- Whole class discussion/review: What is the function/purpose of Part 2 of Things Fall Apart? Which events are the most important and why?
- Read chapters 20 - 22, and complete question 3 as you read (compare and contrast the two missionaries, Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith). What determines what makes an outsider “good” or “bad”? How do the two missionaries respond differently to cultural misunderstandings?
- Ponder and Respond: Can one culture be “right” and another culture “wrong”? Explain.
- Discuss your P&R with a partner, then be ready to discuss as a class.
- Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight on Sunday, 3/17
- Review Magic Lens levels for your quiz on Friday
- Continue tracking your cultural element as you read TFA; work with your partner to prepare your presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday, March 18th
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class by Tuesday, March 19th
- Continue reading your second independent reading book, due Friday, April 12th
Tuesday, March 12
Learning Goal(s): Complete your reading of Things Fall Apart. Analyze the use of irony in the novel. Make connections between the author’s life and literary work.
Targeted Standards: 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.)
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens sentence for levels one and two to prepare for Friday’s quiz!
- Complete reading the novel (chapters 23-25), and complete SpringBoard activities on irony. (Answer questions 1-4 on pages 264-265 - Activity 3.19) Use your IAN resource on the three types of irony as needed.
- Review Magic Lens levels for your quiz on Friday
- Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight on Sunday, 3/17
- Continue tracking your cultural element as you read TFA; work with your partner to prepare your presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday, March 18th
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class by Tuesday, March 19th
- Continue reading your second independent reading book, due Friday, April 12th
Wednesday, March 13 - Early Release Day
Today’s Bell Schedule:
1st - 8:20 - 9:03
2nd - 9:09 - 9:52
3rd - 9:58 - 10:41
4th - 10:47 - 11:30
Learning Goal: Complete your reading of Things Fall Apart. Analyze the use of irony in the novel. Make connections between the author’s life and literary work.
Targeted Standards: 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.)
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens sentence for levels one and two to prepare for Friday’s quiz!
- Complete reading/discussing Things Fall Apart as needed.
- Watch Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story” on TED
- Begin reading “An African Voice” (an interview with Chinua Achebe) - pg. 268 answer the "Check Your Understanding" on an index card.
- Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight on Sunday, 3/17
- Review Magic Lens levels for your quiz on Friday
- Continue tracking your cultural element as you read TFA; work with your partner to prepare your presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday, March 18th
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class by Tuesday, March 19th
- Continue reading your second independent reading book, due Friday, April 12th
Thursday, March 14
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.
- Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight on Sunday, 3/17
- Review Magic Lens levels for your quiz on Friday
- Continue tracking your cultural element as you read TFA; work with your partner to prepare your presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday, March 18th
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class by Tuesday, March 19th
- Continue reading your second independent reading book, due Friday, April 12th
Friday, March 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:
- Take the Magic Lens level 2 quiz.
- Finish TFA essays as needed.
- If time, continue to read your independent novel.
- Meet with your partner to discuss a plan for finishing your cultural project presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday!
- Complete all Unit 4 activities on Sadlier Connect before midnight on Sunday, 3/17
- Continue tracking your cultural element as you read TFA; work with your partner to prepare your presentation and annotated bibliography, due Monday, March 18th
- Obtain your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club and bring to class by Tuesday, March 19th
- Continue reading your second independent reading book, due Friday, April 12th