Week Seven ( March 28-April1)

Week 7	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Highlight and Annotate Marigolds Students are to complete handout as they annotate. Annotate means to:  Highlight the examples of plot events (rising action events, climax, falling action, resolution), characterization using STEAL), Figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, and analogy), and conflict (Internal and external) so that they can discuss/write about how the author uses those tools to convey a Universal Theme.	Monday- read Marigolds, Highlight and Annotate in class. Homework: Do questions 1-10 pp. 193* Go to LACER for Homework Help It is open from 3-5 and often 6. Make sure you think about the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work. Convey Develop Suggest Express Communicate Articulate Get across Propose advocate
Tuesday	Discuss Inference and Motivation in Marigolds	Continue to Read Bless Me Ultima Questions on Chapters 9- 12*
Wednesday	Correct and Discuss Questions 1-10 on Page 193	Outline Constructed Response Essay Write an essay that compares and contrasts “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier with “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes. Focus on how the themes and the works are similar and different. What kind of changes do the speakers/narrators in the story go through? Use evidence from the texts to support your ideas. *
Thursday	Discuss How the Historical Context affects the text.	Begin Draft 1 of your essay: Analyze the theme of  “Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes. How do the stories dialogue, use of different types of conflict, characterization and your inferences reveal the theme. *
Friday Holiday	Holiday	Bring Draft 1 of Essay to class on Monday: 12-point font, New York Times font, triple space, 1-inch margins. Finish Bless Me Ultima *

Week 6

Week 6	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Testing Finish Persuasive Essay	Edit previously graded essay and submit  for additional credit* Go to LACER for Homework Help It is open from 3-5 and often 6. Make sure you think about the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work. Convey Develop Suggest Express Communicate Articulate Get across Propose advocate
Tuesday	Read Thank You M’am  by Langston Hughes Think about how the text reveals its theme through use of different tools/literary elements.	Highlight and Annotate Text Take Cornell Notes on text Think about How this text reveals its theme through use of different literary elements *
Wednesday	Do questions 1-6 on page 182	Research and write 2 paragraphs on Langston Hughes. Answer Question 7 on pp.182  paragraphs *
Thursday	Discuss How the Historical Context affects the text.	Begin Draft 1 of your essay: Analyze the theme of  “Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes. How do the stories dialogue, use of different types of conflict, characterization and your inferences reveal the theme. *
Friday	Work on Essay	1. Submit Essay to Turnitin.com by Sunday 11:59 PM 2. Finish reading Bless Me Ultima * Monday- read Marigolds, Highlight and Annotate in class. Homework: Do questions 1-10 pp. 193

Week 5	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Read All-American Girl pp 170 And Bio of Alvarez 171	Do PP. 173* Go to LACER for Homework Help It is open from 3-5 and often 6. Make sure you think about the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work. Convey Develop Suggest Express Communicate Articulate Get across Propose advocate
Tuesday	Complete Genre Table pp.174 to examine how each text reveals its theme through use of different tools/literary elements.	Draft 1 Compare and Contrast All American Girl and Hunger of Memory due by Friday classtime to Turnitin.com.  Address How each text reveals its theme through use of different literary elements *
Wednesday	Begin Bless Me Ultima Introduction to Anaya	Draft 1 complete body paragraphs for Peer Review *
Thursday	Peer Review	Write Conclusion and submit to turnitin.com*
Friday	Discussion on Bless me Ultima	Read Chpaters TBA in class   *

Week 4

Week 4	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Write Conclusion to Compare and Contrast Essay on Liberty, Exile, and An American Dream  Model sentences: The narrator helps convey the theme by using…. The author helps convey the theme by using… The poet helps convey the theme by… The author develops character by…	Reread Exile * Go to LACER for Homework Help It is open from 3-5 and often 6. Post Completed Draft to Turnitin.com by 12 am! Make sure you discussed the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work. Convey Develop Suggest Express Communicate Articulate Get across Propose advocate
Tuesday	Inquiry Based Discussion Day	Write a 1 page reflection on your compare and Contrast essay*
Wednesday	Introduction to Richard Rodriguez Gender Race Religion Age Historical Context Class Read Pages 158,159 and 165	Write 2 paragraphs  On Richard Rodriguez using Information on what forms his POV. Use Lenses including Historical Context . *
Thursday	Read for the Gist Answer questions on Page 165-166	Complete questions on 165-166 *
Friday	Do page 167- 168 1-5	Activity C page 165  Complete Constructed Response Essay    Type triple Spaced and Bring to Class on Monday *