Thur 5/31

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"
2. NB: If you were to use evidence from this story in your essay test, which ideas from the vignettes or previous family stories would you address? What evidence from this story would you include?
3. students samples
4. HW: finish book, complete RD of stories

Eng 12
1. share double entry journals
2. teacher notes, key passages
3. three forms of teaching: teaching/ learning comics
4. HW: follow reading schedule, do journals

Wed 5/30

Pre IB Eng 10
1. "Without Wood" and "Best Quality": write on one of the stories (topics: titles, vignettes, family themes or motifs)
2. Share last vignette
3. autobio student sample
4. HW: read "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"

Eng 12
1. summarize first two chapters together: silent quiz
2. share personal responses
3. teacher notes, questions, key passages
4. Buddhism notes
5. HW: follow the reading schedule, complete journals

Tue 5/29

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Rice Husband" and "Four Directions" with questions
2. read "Zippy" sample
3. HW: read "Without Wood" and "Best Quality"

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. quickwrite: most important words
3. "om" explanation
4. introduce double entry journals
5. HW: read Siddhartha pages 3-24, do double entries journals

Fri 5/25

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. discuss "Two Kinds"
3. Discuss "Mirror" vignette
4. semi-autobiographical stories instructions- RD due next Friday
5. HW: read "Rice Husband" and "Four Directions"

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. magical realism essay peer review: FD due next Friday
3. Siddhartha background notes
4. Siddhartha background quiz
5. Siddhartha background discussion

Thur 5/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. discuss "Half and Half"
3. freewrite #5 (optional)
4. HW: read "Two Kinds"

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. magical realism essay instructions
3. complete magical realism essay RD for tomorrow

Wed 5/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. small group discussions: "Rules of the Game" and "Voice from the Wall"
3. freewrite #4: good karma, bad karma, ghost story, backfired
4. HW: read "Half and Half"

Eng 12
1. November/December questions in NB
2. last discussion on Like Water for Chocolate
3. comprehension test
4. more pre-writing for magical realism narrative

Tue 5/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. "The Moon Lady"
3. bicycle vignette
4. freewrite #3: malignant gate, control freak, that weird family
5. HW: read "Rules of the Game" and "Voice from the Wall"

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. chapter questions: September, October in NB
3. film clip (rated PG)
4. begin magical realism writing assignment
5. HW: finish the book, test tomorrow!

Mon 5/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect Othello essay
2. vocab quiz, new vocab list
3. return library books
4. discuss "The Red Candle"
5. free write: being clever, invisible strength, invisible, scar
6. HW: read "The Moon Lady"

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Journal: rebellion
3. chapter questions in NB for July/ August
4. HW: read September and October

Fri 5/18

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Complete your key passage analysis of your choice book
2. HW: finish FD of Othello essay, study for vocab quiz

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. journal: nurturing
3. "May" and "June"
4. Mr. Salas: Latin American culture
5. HW: read to page 159

Thur 5/17

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. key passage sample
3. discuss "Scar"
4. Read "The Red Candle"
5. HW: finish choice book, work on Othello essay

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. Chocolate reading quiz 3
3. Chocolate study questions
4. Journal: transcendental relationship
HW: read "May" and "June"

Wed 5/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. return Othello paraphrase quizzes
3. JLC: 8 fold notes, vignette key phrases, What is the Joy Luck Club? What is Joy Luck? What is Suyuan/June's story, drama, theme, etc?
4. Free-write: in your bones
5. HW: read "Scar"; read choice book; work on Othello essay

Eng 12
1. Chocolate chapter 2 quiz
2. begin Chocolate study guide
3. Journal: family legend
4. HW: read to page 81

Tue 5/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get JLC books
2. vocab warm up: quiz Monday
3. Othello essay peer review
4. begin 8 fold note taking
5. read JLC to page 32

Eng 12
1. Chronicle projects presentation
2. write response to one project in NB
3. Chocolate quiz on ch 1
4. Journal: family tradition
5. HW: read ch 2: February, complete TFA RD

Mon 5/14

Pre IB Eng 10
1. CIM reading test
2. Othello essay peer review
3. HW: read your choice book

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. get books: Like Water for Chocolate
3. Journal: Describe the "ultimate meal" you would serve for yourself and friends. Go into detail. How would it taste? How would it make you and your friends feel.
4. HW: complete Chronicle project, read about Mexican Revolution, read ch 1, pages 5-19.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588457/Mexican_Revolution.html

Fri 5/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar test
2. essay workshop

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. complete Chronicle project

Thur 5/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review
2. essay workshop: RD due on Monday

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. last chapter discussion, share cover art
3. time line
4. workshop: design final project

Wed 5/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review: semi-colons, colons, dashes
2. finish Othello film
3. essay workshop

Eng 12
1. collect speech, 2nd draft
2. vocab warm up
3. return TFA RD, teacher notes on essays, FD due next Wednesday
4. review gender roles in Chronicle: What is suggested about the roles? What kind of men/women are admired? rewarded? punished?
5. Cover art: Journal in NB on how the art expresses/ symbolizes the story's themes, topics, conflicts, etc.
6. Create a new cover that features a character other than Angela: Express/ symbolize the story's themes, topics, conflicts, etc. Suggested characters: Santiago, Bayardo, Pedro/Pablo, Narrator.

Tue 5/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello paraphrase quiz
2. return essay prep sheet
2. continue Othello film

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. review ch 4 part 1
3. gender roles activity: teams of boys and girls, list characters of opposite gender, details and adjective about each character.
4. HW: finish ch 4

Mon 5/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 13
2. essay: RD due next Monday
3. Othello slideshow
4. film/ score NBs
5. HW: topic and question RD
6. tomorrow: Othello quiz, finish film, work on RD

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up: quiz 2
2. Chronicle-- 3 groups: Pedro/Pablo, The Crowd, various characters
3. read to p. 96

Thur 5/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar
2. finish Act IV
3. Emelia's speech
4. Act 4 or 5 journal
5. HW: reach choice book, grammar 13

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Chronicle ch 2: characters, events, timeline, themes, imagery
3. Chronicle journal #2: when, where, who, what, how, why: the final sword fight between Hamlet and Laertes. Compare memories, chronicle
4. work: read Chronicle, essay, speech, vocab

Wed 5/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar p 11
2. HW check: Othello journal #3
3. Act IV; finish tomorrow
4. HW: read choice book, do grammar 12

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. magical realism
3. ch 1: characters, timeline, imagery, themes
4. Work time: read Chronicle, work on TFA essay, commencement speech, study new vocab

Tue 5/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar warm up
2. the history of a handkerchief: paraphrase
3. lit term: symbolism
4. finish Act III
5. Act III essay journal
6. HW: read choice book, grammar page 11, visit blog and leave comment for participation

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. advice to Freshman
3. Chronicle: characters, timeline notes, questions to consider
4. work time: finish ch 1, work on TFA essay RD, next draft of commencement speech, study vocab

Sophomores, check out these pictures of textiles

We've been talking about Islamic art and how the handkerchief Othello gives to Desdemona is not just any run of the mill handkerchief. It's a family heirloom, a real work of art. Have a look at these pictures of Islamic textile art to get a better idea of what we are talking about.

This one is a good example of a small textile, perhaps a handkerchief not unlike the one Othello gives to Desdemona.



Here are some other handkerchiefs to look at.






Check out these details of the fine embroidery.





Here is a textile used for a wall covering. Can you see the Arabic scipture we talked about (those squiggly lines you see).



This last one is a good example of a rug. Check out the intricate geometric patterns in the middle.