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Week 1: January 6-10 Monday:SNOW DAY Tuesday: SNOW DAY Wednesday: Welcome to World Literature & Composition B! Discuss classroom expectations. Get syllabus signed by Wednesday, 11/15. -Write a letter to me stating your goals. Due: by the end of class Thursday: Lab 2214 Background for Persepolis Friday: Lab 2214 1. Log intoUSA TEST PREP. 2. Register for my class if you need to create an account (Server). 3. Type in this benchmark code: FAMAJEZAXE 4. Retake missed questions. 5. Verify that I've seen your results.
Week 2: January 13-17 Monday: Persepolis Study Guide Packet 1-13 Agenda Tuesday: -Watch news clip about Iranian women:"Behind the Veil: Lives of Women in Iran Today" -Read Columbia University's article,"Looking Beyond the Veil: Hidden Transcripts in Persepolis",and write a half page summary and half page response. Due: today. -Homework: Brainstorm topic for essay tomorrow. Prompt 1: Recall a time when you felt that you were the victim of someone else's stereotype. Write a letter to that person or group of people persuading them of who you really are and why they misjudged you. Prompt 2: Recall a time when you applied a stereotype to someone else or a group of people only to discover that you were wrong. Write a letter to others persuading them of falling for that stereotype. Wednesday: -Syllabus due today -WAC #1 due today -Begin in-class essay. Thursday: *AP night tonight at 6 p.m. -Syllabus = 1/2 credit today only -Finish in-class essay. Friday: 1-17 Agenda
Week 3: January 20-24 Monday: MLK DAY/ No school today! Tuesday: 1-21 Agenda -plot & vocabulary quiz over Persepolis Friday, 1/24. Wednesday: -Continue Persepolis: Read Chapters: "The Heroes," "Moscow," and "The Sheep," (pp. 46-71) and work on study guides. -Homework/Classwork: Copy vocabulary & definitions 2x. Due: tomorrow Thursday: -Vocabulary practice due -Continue Persepolis: Read Chapters: “The Trip,” “The F-14’s,” “The Jewels” and “The Key,” and answer study guide questions. Friday: -plot & vocabulary quiz over Persepolis today -Continue Persepolis:
Week 4: January 27-31 Monday: Research an individualist who fought against society. Decide your person by tomorrow! Tuesday: Early release/no 6th period today Wednesday: SNOW DAY Thursday: SNOW DAY Friday: SNOW DAY
Week 5: February 3-7 Monday: -Catch up due to snow days. . . -Get parent letter signed by Thursday, 2/6. -Finish reading Persepolis by Monday, 2/10. Reading guides are due, 2/11. Expect one more pop quiz! Research Requirements Spring 2014 Directions for Accessing Galenet & Galileo -The current password for Galileo: secret -The current password for Galenet: fayette Notecard Template(for gathering source information) Outline Template Important due dates: -sources & outlines due Monday, 2/10 (shared, sent, or printed) -rough drafts & works cited due Thursday 2/13 (shared) -final drafts & works cited due by the end of class Tuesday, 3/4 (shared & printed) Tuesday: Foreign language lab: 1112 How to cite sources/MLA PURDUE OWL Wednesday: Media Center Thursday: Media Center -parent/guardian letter due by tomorrow! -Finish reading Persepolis by Monday , 2/10. Reading guides are due Tuesday, 2/11. Friday: Foreign language lab: 1112 -parent/guardian letter due today -Sources & outlines due Monday, 2/10. -Finish reading Persepolis by Tuesday. Reading guides are due Tuesday, 2/11.
Week 6: February 10-14 Monday: PROGRESS REPORT/Get progress reports signed by a parent/guardian and return by Thursday, 2/13 for extra credit -Outlines due today at the beginning of class (shared, sent, or printed). -Finish reading Persepolis today. Reading guides are due tomorrow! Tuesday: Media Center -Work on rough drafts; these are due by the end of class Thursday, 2/13 and should be shared using Google Docs. Wednesday: SNOW DAY -Work on rough drafts; these are due by the end of class tomorrow and should be shared using Google Docs. Thursday:SNOW DAY - 4 1/2 week progress reports due for extra credit -Rough drafts & Works Cited due by the end of class today. There will be a ten point deduction per day they're late. Friday: WINTER BREAK BEGINS
Week 7: February 17-21 Monday: WINTER BREAK (President's Day) Tuesday: WINTER BREAK ENDS Wednesday: -Lab 1112: Continue working on rough drafts. These are due Friday, 2/21 by the end of class; there will be a ten point deduction per day they're late/edited. -Persepolis reading guides = 1/2 credit today only -Due to the snow days, 4 1/2 week progress reports will be due Friday, 2/21. Thursday: -Lab 1112: Continue working on rough drafts. These are due tomorrow, Friday, 2/21 by the end of class; there will be a ten point deduction per day they're late/edited. - 4 1/2 week progress reports are due tomorrow Friday: -Rough drafts are due by the end of class today; there will be a ten point deduction per day they're late/edited after 3:45. - 4 1/2 week progress reports are due today
Week 8: February 24-28 Monday: -Take background noteson Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. -Return your copies of Persepolis ASAP! Tuesday: -Assign novels. -Discussjournal prompts/entries. Instead of reading guide questions for this novel, you will have a journal entry youneed to write for each chapter. Each entry should be a minimum of a paragraph long. A decent paragraph is at least six sentences, but a good paragraph should be between 7-10. -Begin reading Things Fall Apart. Homework: Complete the assigned journal prompt for Chapter 1. Wednesday: -TFA: Chapter 1 journal prompt due. -Discuss/review Chapter 1, and take notes. Read Chapter 2 in class, and read Chapter 3 for homework. Complete journal entries for Chapters 2 & 3. Thursday: -TFA: Chapters 2-3 journal entries due today Friday:
Week 9: March 3-7 Monday: Media Center -Begin typing/editing final drafts & works cited pages. These are due Wednesday 3/5 by the end of class. Tuesday: Media Center -Continue editing final drafts & works cited pages. These are due tomorrow by the end of class. There will be a ten point deduction per day they're late. Wednesday: -Final drafts & Works Cited pages due today by the end of class. There will be a ten point deduction per day they're late/edited. Thursday: -Things Fall Apart pop quiz -TFA: Journal entries Chapters 4-8 due. -Classwork/Homework: TFA: Read Chapters 9-10; these two are due tomorrow. Friday: -Bell Ringer today: 1) In Chapter 8, after Ikemefuna’s death, Okonkwo retorts back at Obierika saying, “A child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of yam which its mother puts into its palm”. How does this reflect the theme of fate versus free-will? 2) How is Ekwefi and Ezinma’s relationship different from that of other parents and children? 3) How does superstition play a role in Igbo society? (You must have an example to prove this.) -Chapter 9-10 journal entries are due today -TFA: Finish reading Part I: Chapters 11-13. Journal entries for 11-13 due Monday, 3/10 -Pep rally today
Week 10: March 10-14 Monday: -TFA: Chapters 11-13 journal entries due today -TPCASTT "The Second Coming"by William Butler Yeats. -Homework/Classwork: TFA: Read Chapters 14-16 and complete these journal entries. Expect more pop quizzes over TFA! Tuesday: -TFA: Chapters 14-16 journal entries due today Bell Ringer: 1.What is the significance of comparing Okonkwo to a fish out of water? (Chapter 14) 2.How does the story of the destruction of Abame summarize the experience of colonization? (Chapter 15) 3.Why do you think Nwoye has become a Christian? (Chapter 16) Creative Writing Day: Tradition and ceremony play a key role in the Igbo society. Imagine you are part of the Igbo society and you are recalling one of the traditions or ceremonies they celebrate in the novel. Recall 1) both plot (what happens in the story) and 2) vivid imagery (What can you see, taste, hear, smell?) 3 good paragraphs (6-8 sentences each) Due: by the end of class Homework/Class work: Read Chapters 17-18, and complete journal entries. Expect a pop quiz asap! Wednesday: -pop quiz -Chapter 17-18 journal entries are due today -Read Chapter 19 in class. Thursday: -Gallery walk. . . What factors contribute to the "falling apart" in Things Fall Apart? Read Chapters 20-21 tonight; journal entries 19-21 will be due tomorrow. Friday: -Journal entries 20 & 21 due today -Log into USA TEST PREP -Register for my class (Server) if you are a first time user. -Take benchmark: NUWAPUFOWE -Make sure I see your results. *USA Test Prep is not working today, so we will postpone this benchmark. -Read TFA Chapters 22-23; these are due Monday, 3/17. -Test over TFA next week TBA
Week 11: March 17-21 Monday: -Take USA TEST PREP benchmark. Instructions are listed above. -TFA: Chapters 22-23 are due today. -Test over TFA Friday, 3/21 Tuesday: -Review Things Fall Apart via Quizlet -Finish the novel; read Chapters 24-25, and complete journal entries. -The test over Things Fall Apart is this Friday, 3/21. Wednesday: -Journal entries for Chapters 24-25 are due today. -Read the short story, "Amnesty" pp. 1324-1332 Homework: Come up with 10 review questions for tomorrow's game. I might use some of these on the test! -The test over Things Fall Apart is Friday, 3/21. Thursday: PROGRESS REPORT: Get progress reports signed by Thursday, 3/27 for extra credit. -Review for the test tomorrow. Make sure you bring a pencil & paper! Friday: -Things Fall Apart test today -timed write over TFA Monday & Tuesday of next week
Week 12: March 24-28 Monday: -Begin working on your in-class essay; this is worth a test grade and should be completed entirely in class. Tuesday: -Continue working on in-class essay. Wednesday: -Edit, revise, and complete essays. These are due by the end of class today. -Progress reports are due by tomorrow for extra credit. Thursday: - 9 1/2 week progress reports are due today for extra credit. -Begin short story unit. We will be complete a condensed short story unit before spring break. -Define short story literary terms, and begin reading the first short story, "How Much Land Does A Man Need?" pp. 959-971, and answer the accompanying questions. Complete a story web if it helps you. -Test over short stories will be next Wednesday, 4/02. Friday: -Read second short story ("What Men Live By"), and complete questions.
Week 13: March 31-April 4 Monday:Read third (and final short story), and complete questions. The story is“A Problem”(pages 1000-1005) by Anton Chekhov. Tuesday: Media Center Lab: Review on Quizlet. -short story test tomorrow! Bring a pencil & paper! Wednesday: -short story test today Thursday: -advisement day in the career center Friday: -introduction to Night -Watch the interview with Oprah and Elie Weisel, and record fifteen important facts. Due: by the end of class -Happy spring break!
Week 14: April 7-11 Monday: SPRING BREAK Tuesday: SPRING BREAK Wednesday: SPRING BREAK Thursday: SPRING BREAK Friday: SPRING BREAK
Week 15: April 14-18 Monday: -Copy downimportant vocabulary from Night -Study guide questions for Night -Read background information about Elie Wiesel & the Holocaust. -Read foreword. Tuesday: -Bell Ringer. . . -Begin reading Night by Elie Weisel -Begin answering reading guides. Wednesday: -Bell Ringer. . . -Read Night: pp. 23-40 of Night, and continue working on reading guides. Thursday: -Bell Ringer. . . -Read pp. 41-60 of Night. Friday: -Watch the documentary,PaperClips,and work onfilm guides.
Week 16: April 21-25 Monday: -Finish watching the documentary, and turn in your viewing guides. -Read pp. 61-76 of Night. Tuesday: -pop quiz over Night -Read pp. 76-97 in Night. -test overNight on Friday, 4/25 Wednesday: -bell ringer. . . -Finish the memoir today. pp. 97-120 -quote activity tomorrow -test over Night Friday, 4/25 Thursday: -test over Night tomorrow, 4/25 Friday: -test over Night today
Week 17: April 28-May 2 Monday:PROGRESS REPORT: Get your 13 1/2 week progress reports signed by Monday, 5/5 for extra credit. -Begin watching The Boy in The Striped Pajamas. Tuesday: EOCT: 1st & 4th period testing Wednesday: EOCT: 2nd & 5th period testing -Finish The Boy in The Striped Pajamas. *Due to the power outage, 2nd & 5th period testing will take place Friday, 5/2. Thursday: EOCT: 3rd & 6th period testing -Turn in Night study guides by today. -Finish presenting group posters. -Discuss therules for a good fishbowl discussion. -Work onfishbowl discussion questions for Night. We will begin this discussion on Monday, and it counts as a quiz grade. Friday: EOCT: 2nd & 5th period testing
Week 18: May 5-9 Monday: -13 1/2 week progress reports are due today for extra credit. -Begin fishbowl discussion over Night; this counts as a quiz grade. Tuesday: -Conclude fishbowl discussion, and turn in both your prompts & critiques. -Begin brainstorming/drafting for your last essay (test grade). Wednesday: -Work on essay over Night. Thursday: -Finish writing essays over Night. Friday: -Begin mini poetry unit. Fill out thepoetry review sheet(both definitions and examples). Due: Monday, 5/12 -Poetic devices quiz next Friday, 5/16
Week 19: May 12-16 Monday: -This is the last week to make up missing quizzes or tests! -Return your textbooks ASAP! -Bell Ringer: What is the difference between blank verse and free verse? -Poetry review sheets due today (1/2 credit tomorrow only) -Review poetic devices. -TPCASTT the poem, "To Have Without Holding" by Marge Piercy. -Poetic devices quiz Friday, 5/16 Tuesday: *academic line in the sand for underclassmen (for exemptions) Foreign Language Lab -What is ekphrasis poetry? -Writing your own ekphrastic poetry Wednesday: Lab 2214 reserved *last day of Instructional Focus -Select a second painting of your choice (after it is approved by me), and write your second ekphrastic poem. Download your Google Docs to Word, and print both poems. Then, label all the poetic devices if you have not done so already. Tomorrow you will present one of your two poems to the class! Thursday: Lab 2214 reserved -Reviewing POETIC DEVICES (Quizlet) -Reviewing EXAMPLES OF POETIC DEVICES (Quizlet) -Present one of your two ekphrastic poems. -Review poetic devices in preparation for your quiz tomorrow Friday: Lab 2214 reserved -Poetic quiz today
Week 20: May 19-23 Monday: -Return your textbooks ASAP! -Review for your exam: World Literature Study Guide Spring 2014 Lab 2213 reserved Tuesday: Lab 2213 reserved -Review for your exam. Wednesday: 1st & 2nd period exams, 4th period study hall Thursday: 3rd & 4th period exams, 6th period study hall Friday: 5th & 6th period exams, 1st period /LAST DAY OF SCHOOL -Graduation at 7:00 p.m.
Week 21: May 26-30 Monday: MEMORIAL DAY Tuesday: Post-planning Wednesday:Post-planning Thursday: Post-planning Friday: