Planning Your Week:
Wednesday, 12/11 - SGM exam!
Thursday, 12/12 - Exam exemption request due by 4:00 p.m. (submitted digitally here)
Upcoming Due Dates:
Monday, 12/16 - Reader Response Journal for Night and American Born Chinese due (assignment here)
Wednesday, 12/18 - Compose the final exam essay in class
Thursday, 12/19 - Final exam for 1st & 2nd
Friday, 12/20 - Final exam for 3rd & 4th
Resources:
American Born Chinese online here
Night online here
Monday, December 9
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
Tuesday, December 10
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
Wednesday, December 11
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
Thursday, December 12
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; 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. ELAGSE9-10RL5: 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.
Agenda:
Friday, December 13
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; 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. ELAGSE9-10RL5: 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.
Agenda:
Wednesday, 12/11 - SGM exam!
Thursday, 12/12 - Exam exemption request due by 4:00 p.m. (submitted digitally here)
Upcoming Due Dates:
Monday, 12/16 - Reader Response Journal for Night and American Born Chinese due (assignment here)
Wednesday, 12/18 - Compose the final exam essay in class
Thursday, 12/19 - Final exam for 1st & 2nd
Friday, 12/20 - Final exam for 3rd & 4th
Resources:
American Born Chinese online here
Night online here
Monday, December 9
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens practice sentence - label for all four levels!
- Ponder and Respond: “Never Shall I Forget” prompt (presentation here)
- Continue reading Night in class. Be on the lookout for strong quotations for your illustrated journal entries.
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal (assignment here), due 12/16.
Tuesday, December 10
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens practice sentence - label for all four levels!
- Ponder and Respond: “Danger” prompt (presentation here)
- Continue reading Night in class. Be on the lookout for strong quotations for your illustrated journal entries.
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal (assignment here), due 12/16.
Wednesday, December 11
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Wiesel’s memoir by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI10: By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently. ELAGSE9-10RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
Agenda:
- Meet in 113 for the SGM!
- Magic Lens practice sentence - label for all four levels!
- Ponder and Respond: “The Faceless One” prompt (presentation here)
- Continue reading Night in class. Be on the lookout for strong quotations for your illustrated journal entries.
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal (assignment here), due 12/16.
Thursday, December 12
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; 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. ELAGSE9-10RL5: 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.
Agenda:
- Exam exemption forms due today - ONLINE!
- Magic Lens practice sentence - label for all four levels!
- In your small groups, read and analyze American Born Chinese.
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal (assignment here), due 12/16.
Friday, December 13
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your comprehension and analysis of Yang’s graphic novel by thoroughly examining literary elements, noting how they contribute to author’s purpose.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and closely analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; 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. ELAGSE9-10RL5: 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.
Agenda:
- Magic Lens practice sentence - label for all four levels!
- In your small groups, read and analyze American Born Chinese.
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal. (assignment here)
- Continue crafting your Reader Response Journal (assignment here), due 12/16.