Week 2 2016 ( Subject to change)

Date	Class work	Homework
1/18 MLK Day What does the author have to say about these topics? Identify the Themes: •    Friendship •    Loyalty •    Weak vs. Strong •    Disabilities •    Jealousy •    Ignorance •    Wisdom •    Sacrifice •    Disappoint-ment •    Racism •    Frustration	·      Bring your novel, journal, and a mini-stapler to class daily! ·      Complete Short Writing prompt Warm-Up Driving Questions: Should there be parity in treating mental and physical health? What is the “American Dream”? What are the characteristics of the knight/hero? What is the impact of gender “stereotyping”? Do ethics change with changing circumstances? How important is it to have a place where you belong, where there are people who know you and love you?	Interviews due at beginning of class to turnitin.com
1/19	·      Warm-up ·      Turn in Literary Terms Worksheet ·      Turn in dialectical journal ·      Last chance for partial credit Review Symbols Handout Read, Highlight, and Annotate Of Mice and Men Film Packet Review framework for Looking at of Mice and Men  1992 Film Version ( Handout In OF Mice and Men Folder in Box. It is entitiled MiceandMenfilmeducation.pdf) Review Choices within a Shot  ( Handout In Box.  MiceandMenfilmeducation.pdf)	1. Review and Study Literary Terms for TEST on Friday 2. Complete Symbols Handout
1/20	Warm-up ·      Of Mice and Men Screening Day 1  Finish Annotating Of Mice and Men Packet Make Flash Cards for Vocabulary Film Terms (either by hard or electronic using quizlet.com)	3.Create Flash Cards  or quizlet.com  site of Film Terms Vocabulary
1/21 Vocabulary Test can be used to demonstrate competency in English 9B Skill #1	·      Warm-up Of Mice and Men Screening Day 2 Review Literary Terms and Symbolism Handouts. Test on Literary Terms is Friday	Finish Flash Cards  due at beginning of class. 4.Clearly Labeled Warm-ups due on Friday at beginning of class
1/22	·      Warm-Up Of Mice and Men Screening Day 3 Vocabulary Test  (closed book). Prompt:  Choose 1 • Compare and contrast the opening of the book with the opening of the film focusing on how the writer and the director achieve their effects. Be sure to provide textual evidence and use your notes from the film. • The press-kit for the film claims that 'The character of Curley's Wife was written more sympathetically in the screenplay than in the book The film version is intended to allow audiences to discover some insights into her motivation." Write a dialogue between two students discussing the differences in the way Curley's wife is represented in the book and in the film. Mr. Manriquez’s Room has Final Draft on the computers.  Use of room is by his permission only! Compare and Contrast Paper Model   I. Introduction A. Briefly introduce the significance of subject matter B. Thesis Statement First supporting point Second supporting point Third supporting point II. First work A. Summary of work Relationship of work to first point Relationship of work to second point Relationship of work to third point III. Second work (same structure) IV. Third work (same structure) V. Conclusion A. Restate thesis B. Summarize how you proved your argument	Complete “ I will Statement” and first draft of Paper  or Dialogue. Compare and Contrast Paper Rubric (Common Core Argument Rubric) Dialogue Rubric is in Box in of Mice and Men Folder