Hello everyone!
Here are the assignments for the week. We have a very short marking period--including this week, there are only two weeks left before the semester ends, so make sure you turn in all of your work on time, and see your teachers during office hours if you're not sure what you need to do!
Monday
Periods 1, 5 and 7
Classwork: Read "A Genetics of Justice" par. 16-22.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Periods 2 and 6
Classwork: Read "Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit" par. 25-31.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book, and study for tomorrow's exam on "Yellow Woman..."
Tuesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7
Classwork: Read par. 23-31 of "A Genetics of Justice."
Homework: Write ½ page: How does Alvarez refine a central idea of the text in paragraphs 27–31?
Periods 2 and 6
Classwork: "Yellow Woman..." exam.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7
Classwork: "A Genetics of Justice" exam.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Periods 2 and 6
Classwork: Prepare for Socratic Seminar on The Autobiography of Malcolm X and "Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit." Complete the Socratic Seminar Prep Worksheet.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book. If necessary, finish preparing for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar! Remember, you need evidence for each question.
Thursday
Periods 1, 5 and 7
Classwork: Begin a jigsaw analysis of argument essay texts.
Homework: 10 pages of independent reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your text. If you didn't finish your graphic organizer from today, you MUST finish it tonight!
Periods 2 and 6
Classwork: Socratic Seminar comparing Malcolm X and Leslie Marmon Silko.
Homework: Complete Socratic Seminar reflection questions.
Friday
Periods 1, 5 and 7
Classwork: Complete the jigsaw analysis of the argument essay texts. Using the argument essay template, begin an outline for your essay.
Homework: Finish your essay outline. You will be writing your essay in class on Tuesday, so make sure it is ready! Also, reading logs are due on Tuesday, so make sure yours is finished by then.
Periods 2 and 6
Classwork: Begin reading Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize Speech: "Hope, Despair and Memory." Read par. 1-4 and take notes on central ideas.
Homework: Read paragraphs 5-7 of the speech and come in with a list of central ideas from this section.
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