Wedneday 12/13 and Thursday 12/14

1. conventions quiz
2. workshop
3. HW: vocab review (crossword quiz coming up!)

Monday 12/11 and Tuesday 12/12

1. vocab

2. Essay workshop

--sentence starts for thesis

--graphic organizers

3. HW: conventions review (online practice)

Thursday 12/7 and Friday 12/8

1. vocab

2. conventions 12

3. final writing for JLC instructions; road map

4. Eng 10: begin gathering evidence, outlining, etc

5. Honors: discuss “Four Directions; read and annotate “Double Face”

Tuesday 12/5 and Wednesday 12/6

1. new vocab

2. conventions 11

3. “Rules of the Game”

-- review, summarize, react

--text questions in triangles

--journal (150-200 words) on paper or on classroom

HW: honors: read and annotate “Four Directions”

Friday 12/1 and Monday 12/4

1. vocab quiz

2. “The Red Candle”

-- review, summarize, react

--text questions in triangles

--journal (150-200 words) on paper or on classroom

3. HW: read “Rules of the Game”

Wedneday 11/29 and Thursday 11/30

1. Convention #10

2. vocab review

3. 10 minute review for “Pro Patria”

4. “Pro Patria” seminar

5. Begin Joy Luck stories: read “The Red Candle”

Monday 11/26 and Tuesday 11/27

1. vocab warm up
2. "Snow"
--10 minutes to review questions and turn in
--seminar
3. "Pro Patria"
--quickwrite: How has your country, culture, history, region, shaped you?
--words to know: memoir, excerpt, context
--read excerpt
4. HW: compete 9 questions on "Pro Patria"

Tuesday 11/21 and Wednesday 11/22

1. conventions warm up: page 9
2. vocabulary: next 3 words
3. "Snow" by Julia Alvarez
--What is flash fiction"
--Words to know
--quickwrite
--complete 10 solo question as preparation for seminar

Friday 11/17 and Monday 11/20

1. new vocab: first four words
2. complete team questions
3. seminar
4. jigsaw timeline
5. exit question:

Is “Why, Honey?” a coming of age story? Write a claim and counterclaim.

Yes, because…

No, because…

Wednesday 11/15 and Thursday 11/16

1. conventions #8: commas to combine sentences
2. "Why, Honey?"
--before you read: epistolary narrative; quickwrite
--read the story aloud
--complete 3 column chart: facts, assumptions, guesses

Monday 11/13 and Tuesday 11/14

1. new seating chart
2. conventions warm up: page 6
3. "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix Arizona"
--10 questions (in teams)
--seminar
4. one paragraph response to this question: How is this a story of psychological/ emotional growth for Victor? Or Thomas?

Tuesday 11/7 and Wednesday 11/8

1. Complete questions on "Catch the Moon" (work in teams, but complete solo questions)
2. Seminar discussion
3. Next story: "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"
--quickwrite on love/hate relationships
HW: Read the entire story. Annotate for love and hate.

Friday 11/3 and Monday 11/6

1. Conventions quiz covering first 6 pages of study guide
2. Two Kinds
--warm up teams (share answers to questions)
--seminar discussion
3. HW: read "Catch the Moon"

"Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Contented"

Click HERE to listened to the songs mentioned in "Two Kinds."

Wednesday 11/1 and Thursday 11/2

1. conventions warm up on italics and quotation marks
2. review Cornell notes on bildungsroman
3. First story: "Two Kinds"
--before reading quickwrite
--words to know
--graphic organizer on conflict (complete as you go)
HW: answer 9 questions on "Two Kinds" on google classroom

Monday 10/30 and Tuesday 10/31

1. conventions review on apostrophes--quiz coming up!
2. Coming of age anticipation set:
--seven quickwrites
--small group discussions
--cornell notes on bildungsroman (homework)

Try the wiki entry on bildungsroman HERE.

Tuesday 10/24 and Wedneday 10/25

1. conventions warm up 6
2. workshop:
--edit
--revise
--proofread
--submit
3. Time permitting: Coming of Age anticipation set

Friday 10/20 and Monday 10/23

1. warm up: conventions #5

2. instructions on conclusions (see links below)

3. works cited page (see links below)

4. word choice challenge (see the link on google classroom)

5. workshop:

--complete body of argument

--complete conclusion

--complete works cited page (all due by next class​)

Wednesday 10/18 and Thursday 10/19

1. conventions #4 warm up
2. in-text citations examples (you can find them on google classroom)
3. workshop
--write intro
--write two body paragraphs
4. HW: conventions #5

Works Cited

Click HERE for all you need to know about how to put your works cited page together.

Or you could watch THIS eight minute video.

Or you could try THIS citation generator.

HERE is a sample works cited page.

Many of you are citing sources you found online. Go HERE for details on citing those kinds of sources.