This week is our first week of Independent Reading! Don't forget, you need to read fifty pages and write five reading logs per week, even if you miss class. They will be collected at the end of Independent Reading on Friday, so make sure you are caught up.
Monday:
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Author's Toolbox: Setting
Definition: The time period and location where a story takes place.
Example: "Melton was one of those sad American places with sidewalks, but no paved streets; electric lights, but no sewage; a station, but no trains stopped."
Read Part I of "Cora, Unashamed," and take Double Entry Notes on how the setting affects your understanding of the story.
Homework: Write 1/2 p: How would "Cora" be different if it were set in 2016 Brooklyn?
Periods 2 and 6:
Author's Toolbox: Voice: Connecting Past and Present
Definition: Taking the reader on a journey by connecting the past and the present.
Example: In Malcolm X, the author connects past and present by using phrases such as “My image of Africa, at that time” (p. 7) and “I know now” (p. 14) to indicate that these early views of the world would change as he grew older.Homework: Write 1/2 p: How does Malcolm's character develop over the course of Chapter 2?
Tuesday:
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Author's Toolbox: Characterization
Definition: Describing someone's looks, actions, speech, thoughts, or what other people say about them to reveal their character.
Example: "Cora was like a tree--once rooted, she stood, in spite of storms and strife, in the earth."
Read Part II of "Cora, Unashamed" and take Double Entry Notes on the Characterization of Cora.
HW: Write 1/2 p: How does Langston Hughes use Characterization to describe Jessie?
Don't forget: Satirical "How To" Guides are due tomorrow, either printed out or emailed to msatwill@gmail.com.
Periods 2 and 6:
Read p. 42-46 of Malcolm X and take Double Entry Notes on Central Ideas of systemic oppression and racial identity.
HW: Write 1/2 p: How do the Central Ideas of systemic oppression and racial identity interact and build off of one another in p. 42-46?
Wednesday:
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Satirical "How To" Guides are due, either printed out or emailed to msatwill@gmail.com
Read Part III of "Cora, Unashamed" and take Double Entry Notes on the theme of speaking out.
HW: Write 1/2 p: Sometimes, no matter what the consequences, people have to speak their minds. Write about a time when someone spoke out when they were not supposed to. Describe the situation. What happened? Who was involved? What was the outcome?
Periods 2 and 6:
Author's Toolbox Entry:
Author’s Voice: Style
Definition: Deliberately choosing words to create a sense of a specific time/place.
Example: In Malcolm X, the author says, “I met chicks who were fine as May wine, and cats who were hip to all happenings” to take the reader back to 1940s Harlem.
Read p. 59-62 in Malcolm X. Take Double Entry Notes on Style.
HW: Write 1/2 p: Analyze how both style and content (plot) contribute to the power or beauty of the text in Chapter 4.
Thursday:
Periods 1, 5 and 7: Read "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth. Take Double Entry Notes on text to text connections with "Cora, Unashamed."
Homework: Write 1/2 page comparing and contrasting "Cora, Unashamed" and "Ain't I a Woman?"
Periods 2 and 6:
Read a model college essay, "Just Keep Folding" and discuss in groups what makes the essay successful.
HW: Revise your rough draft Common Application Essay, incorporating elements from today's discussion and the tips at the end of the model essay to make your essay successful.
Friday:
Reading Logs Due at the end of Independent Reading! Make sure you have read 50 pages and written 5 responses this week.
Periods 1, 5 and 7: Read "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. Take Double Entry Notes on text to text connections with "Cora, Unashamed" and "Ain't I a Woman?"
HW: Write a rough draft of your "speaking out" piece on a topic of your choice that you feel passionate about. You can write a story like "Cora," a speech like Sojouner, or a poem like "I, Too."
Periods 2 and 6:
Writer's Workshop: Peer Review. Working in small groups, share your essay with your group members. They will give compliments and suggestions based on how well your essay follows the Johns Hopkins tips.
HW: Revise your Common Application Essay once more, incorporating the suggestions you received from your Peer Review.
Definition: Deliberately choosing words to create a sense of a specific time/place.
Example: In Malcolm X, the author says, “I met chicks who were fine as May wine, and cats who were hip to all happenings” to take the reader back to 1940s Harlem.
Read p. 59-62 in Malcolm X. Take Double Entry Notes on Style.
HW: Write 1/2 p: Analyze how both style and content (plot) contribute to the power or beauty of the text in Chapter 4.
Thursday:
Periods 1, 5 and 7: Read "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth. Take Double Entry Notes on text to text connections with "Cora, Unashamed."
Homework: Write 1/2 page comparing and contrasting "Cora, Unashamed" and "Ain't I a Woman?"
Periods 2 and 6:
Read a model college essay, "Just Keep Folding" and discuss in groups what makes the essay successful.
HW: Revise your rough draft Common Application Essay, incorporating elements from today's discussion and the tips at the end of the model essay to make your essay successful.
Friday:
Reading Logs Due at the end of Independent Reading! Make sure you have read 50 pages and written 5 responses this week.
Periods 1, 5 and 7: Read "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. Take Double Entry Notes on text to text connections with "Cora, Unashamed" and "Ain't I a Woman?"
HW: Write a rough draft of your "speaking out" piece on a topic of your choice that you feel passionate about. You can write a story like "Cora," a speech like Sojouner, or a poem like "I, Too."
Periods 2 and 6:
Writer's Workshop: Peer Review. Working in small groups, share your essay with your group members. They will give compliments and suggestions based on how well your essay follows the Johns Hopkins tips.
HW: Revise your Common Application Essay once more, incorporating the suggestions you received from your Peer Review.
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