Wed 6/11

Block 2
Finish film and review for test

Block 4
Joy Luck Club test

Tue 6/10

Sophomores
1. discuss "Double Face" and "A Pair of Tickets"
2. film clips

Mon 6/9

Sophomores
Discuss "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"
essay test advice
watch clips from Joy Luck Club film

Fri 6/6

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. autobio self assessment
3. discuss last two stories
4. HW: read "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"

Thur 6/5

Seniors
Commencement speeches

Sophmores
1. vocab warm up and review
2. discuss "Four Directions"
3. read "Without Wood" and "Best Quality"
4. complete FD of autobio story

Wed 6/4

Seniors
1. NB check
2. complete Chronicle project

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "Rice Husband"
3. last NB check
4. HW: read "Four Directions"

Mon6/2

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. review last chapter
3. begin Chronicle final project
4. collect extra credit Things Fall Apart draft

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. revision instructions
3. peer review of autobios--- checklist
4. read "Two Kinds"

Fri 5/30

Seniors
1. collect magical realism stories
2. vocab warm up
3. review Chronicle
4. Cover art: Journal in NB on how the art expresses/ symbolizes the story's themes, topics, conflicts, etc.
5. 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. Due Monday for 10 points

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. "Voice from the Wall" discussion
3. HW: complete RD of autobio story, read "Half and Half"

Thur 5/29

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 4 review: events, characters, etc
3. Gender roles activity
4. HW: read to page 111


Sophomores
1. vocab review
2. discuss "Rules of the Game"
3. HW: read "Voice from the Wall"

Wed 5/28

Seniors
1. vocab quiz, new vocab
2. chapter 3: timeline, characters (Pablo/Pedro, the crowd, bystandards)
3. HW: read to page 96

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. "Moon Lady"
3. Bicycle Vignette
4. HW: read "Rules of the Game" and draft autobio story

Tue 5/27

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. return TFA essay: 10 points extra credit
3. discuss Chronicle chapter 2: time line, characters, themes, imagery, irony, machismo, etc
4. HW: read chapter 3

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. drafting: POV, verb tense, voice, long shots, etc
3. discuss "The Red Candle"
4. HW: read "The Moon Lady"
Semi autobio RD due next Monday

Fri 5/23

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. essay story peer review-- FD next Friday
3. Chronicle chapter one: characters, timeline, imagery, motifs, irony, humor, themes
4. HW: read chapter 2

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. story starts: good/bad karma, ghost story
3. free write #4
4. discuss "Scar"
5. HW: read "The Red Candle"

Thur 5/22

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. share journal #1
3. journal #2: Hamlet's last scene, discuss collective memory
4. read aloud pages 1-8, finish chapter one for HW
5. HW: complete RD of magical realism story/essay

Sophmores
1. vocab warm up
2. "Zippy"
3. more topics: sibling rivalry, control freak, backfired, that weird family
4. free write #3
5. JLC: 8 fold notes, topics, discussion

Wed 5/21

Seniors
1. Like Water for Chocolate test
2. get Chronicle books
3. Chronicle vocab: quiz next Wednesday
4. Chronicle journal #1: 9/11 in first person

Sophomores
1. grammar retake
2. story ideas: I lost my temper, battle of wills, scar
3. free write #2
4. writer's workshop topic 2
5. read aloud: A Girl Named Zippy

Tue 5/20

Seniors
1. November/December questions and discussion-- test tomorrow
2. magical realism tips
3. HW: work on essay/story

Sophomores
1. semi-autobiographical story unit
2. mine your memory for noteworthy incidents-- list in NB
3. free write on one of your topics
4. get Joy Luck Club
5. HW: study for grammar test, work on Othello FD, read JLC to page 32

Mon 5/19

Seniors
1. October discussion
2. Magical realism assignment, student samples
3. HW: write draft for Friday, read rest of Like Water for Chocolate-- test Wednesday

Sophomores
1. last grammar review: parallel structure
2. essay peer review
3. HW: read every sentence for active/passive voice, pronoun/ antecedent agreement

Fri 5/16

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. collect TFA essays-- don't forget turnitin.com
3. September discussion
4. HW: read October

Sophomores
1. Othello test
2. check Othello journals
3. HW: complete RD of Othello essay
4. HW: study for next Wednesday's grammar test

Thur 5/15

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. journal #5: nurturing
3. August discussion
4. film clip
5. HW: read September, finish TFA essay

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. Othello test review
3. essay workshop

Wed 5/14

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. June and July discussion
3. film clip
4. HW: work on TFA essay, read August

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. essay workshop

Tue 5/13

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. semi-pop quiz: chapter 5
3. film clip: wedding cake
4. May questions, discussion
5. HW: read June and July, work on TFA FD

Sophomores
1. grammar review: 621- ex 7, 616- revD
2. essay workshop