Weeks of April 18-May 5 ( Subject to Change)

Date	Class work	Homework
4/18 Vocabulary for review P 133 PML  genre theme Universal Themes Characters Motivations Imagery Figurative Language simile metaphor personification historical setting or historical context Historical Approach	Bring Purple PML Workbook to class daily Read and Take Cornell Notes on Theme pp. 134-137	Read Liberty By Julia Alvarez pp. 1139-145 9B Honors should be reading Grapes of Wrath over the next 3 weeks or any student who wants to earn additional points.
4/19 Persuasion- the use of language to get people to behave or think in a certain way “By their words you will know them”- What kind of people are these characters? Examine how Dialogue reveals character.	Do After You Read Questions pp. 1-6	Find 2 different current event news stories on immigration and bring to class.
4/20	Constructed Response paper How do the media cover stories about people immigrating to this country today? Write 4 -paragraphs comparing and contrasting 2 different news media – a newspaper, the internet, a social media platform, TV, or radio for example.  Consider the focus and purpose of each report as well as the way in which information is presented.	Constructed response paper due at beginning of class tomorrow.
4/21 Grade Window Opens	Read Exile by Julia Alvarez pp. 147 150	Do After You Read Questions 1-10
4/22	Complete Graphic Organizer for Constructed response Compare and Contrast an Essay and a Poem	Write a 5-paragraph Essay comparing Liberty to Exile. Analyze why Alvarez chose to write about feeing her home in two different genres. Does each piece effect the reader differently? Explain why or why not? Paper due to turnitin.com by 6 PM Monday.
4/ 25	Read An American Story By Antony Lewis pp. 152-155	Do After you Read Questions 1-11
4/26	Read Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay discussing how a similar topic is treated in 3 genres. Pp. 157	Revisions of Comparison of Liberty to Exile paper due to turnitin.com by 6PM
4/27	Read Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez pp. 158-165	Do After you read pp. 165-166
4/28	Complete Theme Chart PP. 167	Complete Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension p. 168
4/29	Timed In class Essay Constructed Response C pp. 168 Write an essay that analyzes the relationship between the narrator and his parents. What effect does language have on that relationship? Use evidence from the story to support your ideas.	Read All-American Girl pp. 169 Do After You read pp. 173—174 on separate sheets of paper.

5/2	Read or reread Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes pp. 175-181	Do After You read pp. 182-1-7
5/3	Read Marigolds pp. 183-192	Do After You Read pp. 193
5/4	Discussion of Thank You M’am and Marigolds Begin Constructed Response C: Essay pp. 193 Graphic Organizer	Write an essay that compares and contrasts Marigolds by Collier with Thank you M’am by Hughes. Focus on how the themes and characters of the two are similar and different. What kinds of changes do the speakers in the stories go through? Use evidence from the stories to support your ideas. Essay due by Friday at 6 PM.
5/5	Read Snow by Julia Alvarez p. 196 Do After you read questions 1-6	Read Salvador Late or Early pp. 197 Do After You Read 1-7
5/6	Read Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark and Those Winter Sundays pp. 198 Answer After You Read Questions pp. 199 1-8	Marigolds and Thank You M’am Paper due by 6PM to turnitin.com Prepare your portfolios! Go over Skills for 9B, Use Post-It notes to label your assignments.