Assigned 5-20-11

Listen to "Miracles" by Queen

Activity #45: Miracles
Paragraph which defines the term miracle;
identifies title of song and muscial group;
clarify what song is expressing with some details to support;
lastly, discuss if you agree or disagree with the song.

Assigned 5-19-11

Class Assignment #16: (provide own, unique title)
Develop a composition with an introduction, body and conclusion which focuses on what makes Chatsworth High School the school that it is and your opinions/thoughts on those aspects and the school.

Assigned 5-18-11

Activity #43: Movie Summary
Identify title of last movie seen, and summarize its content.

Activity#44: Juvenile Criminals
Paragraph response to the following question:
if a minor commmits a serious crime, is it fair to treat/punish like an adult?

Assigned 5-17-11

Movie: GRIDIRON GANG

Assigned 5-16-11

Movie: GRIDIRON GANG

5-11-11

Finish viewing MY BODYGUARD

Assigned 5-10-11

Movie: MY BODYGUARD

Assigned 5-9-11

Review/Discuss SPILLING THE BEANS: LOTERIA CHICANA by Burciaga
(complete class assignment #13 if needed)

Start reading in class and finish for homework: "Hostage" by Joyce Carol Oates, textbook pages 1200-1209.

Assigned 5-5-11

Present students' 15 week grades.

Class Assignment #13: (provide own,unique title)
Develop a composition which does the following:

-describe the game of loteria, and explain how it is played;
-identify the title and author of the literary work we are currently reading:
-choose three of the essays (one must be from the latter packet given);
-for each, identify title, loteria image that accompanies it and its topic of focus:
-clarify how the image relates to the topic and what is said/learned about the topic of the essay:
-discuss your thoughts on the essays/book of the author.

Assigned 5-3-11

Review/Discuss Burciaga's initial essays.

Play loteria.

HOMEWORK: read last three Burciaga essays.

Assigned 4-29-11

Finish A MILLION TO JUAN

Assign SPILLING THE BEANS: LOTERIA CHICANA by Jose Antonio Burciaga

Read aloud first essay.

Play loteria.

HOMEWORK: read Burciaga's essays (as many as possible).

Assigned 4-27-11

Movie: A MILLION TO JUAN

Assigned 4-25-11

View/Listen: "I Am Joaquin"

Class Assignment #12: (provide own, unique title)
Develop a composition which addresses the following:

Expalin/Clarify the societal/educational condition of Mexican/Americans in the 1960's, and identify the impetus for change; also, identify the title/author and type of poem that was read in class that came from this struggle for change.

Assigned 4-14-11

Activity #42: TAKING BACK OUR SCOOLS Notes
View CHICANO: TAKING BACK OUR SCOOLS and take notes on the Mexican American educational experience.

Turn in Activity Books (checking 41 and 42).

Assigned 4-13-11

Activity #41: Mexican and Mexican-American Notes
(based on yesterday's handout)

Read aloud in class and finish for HOMEWORK: "I am Joaquin."

Assigned 4-12-11

Read in class and finish for HOMEWORK: "People and Events of Mexican and Mexican-American History."

Complete Activity #40

Assigned 4-11-11

Movie: STAND AND DELIVER

Assigned 4-8-11

Movie: STAND AND DELIVER

Assigned 4-7-11

Final review/discussion of BLACK BOY

Read aloud/discuss Hughes poetry.

Assigned 4-6-11

Same as yesterday (half of class only)

Assigned 4-5-11

Counselors for programming (half of class only)

Activity #40: Self-Expression
Using provided materials, write at least a sentence expressing a personal thought/idea.

Assigned 4-4-11

Complete, if needed, class assignment #11.

Read textbook pages 920-927.

Activity #39: Langston Hughes
Notes

HOMEWORK: read Hughes poetry (hand out).

Assigned 3-31-11

Class Assignment #11 (provide own, unique title)
Develop a composition with an Introduction, Body, Conclusion which focuses (identifies, describes, clarifies, discusses) on one or more of the following theme or themes related to BLACK BOY:

racism,
family,
hunger,
education,
employment,
identity

(consider the sub-topics of each theme as presented in class)

Assigned 3-30-11

Continue reading chapter 19 and 20 in class and finish for HOMEWORK.

Complete Activity #38
Add 10 items that are Learned based on chapters 18 and 19 of Richard's experiences with Communism.

TURN IN ACTIVITY BOOKS TODAY OR NO LATER THAN TOMORROW AT END OF PERIOD (checking activities 36, 37 and 38).

Assigned 3-29-11

Activity #38: K.W.L. Chart on Communism

As a class list 10 items Known about Communism in general; come up with 5 question on what Wants to be learned about Communism related to Wright's expereinces with it based on chapter 18.

HOMEWORK: begin reading chapter 19.

Assigned 3-28-11

Activity #37: BLACK BOY Chapter 17 Questions
Write each of the following questions and answer each:

1. What does Wright witness at the relief station, and what does this make him realize?
2. After working on and off at the post-office, what job is he assigned to?
3. What incident at this job makes him realize that "racial division" exists in the North?
4. Why does he feel like a slave at this job?
5. Why does and what happens when Brand and Cooke fight each other ?

HOMEWORK: read chapter 18.

Assigned 3-25-11

Class Assignment #10: Freewrite
Develop an approximate two page freewrite.

(write on what ever you wish)
(due at end of period)

Assigned 3-24-11

Activity #36: Questions on Chap. 16, BLACK BOY
Write and answer the following questions:

1. At the beginning of chapter 16, why does Wright state "I was happy . . . "?
2. What does he think of a Negro literary group he interacts with?
3. What are his thoughts on the Garveyites he interacts with?
4. What happens in 1929, and how does it affect him?
5. What are his experiences with women while working as an insurance agent?
6. What are his thoughts on Negro Communists?

Assigned 3-23-11

Activity #35: Early Assessment EPT

Assigned 3-21-11

Activity #34: Review/Preparation
Review class assignment #8, CST worksheets and class assignment #9, EPT students' developed responses and consider released EPT writing prompts.

HOMEWORK: read chap. 17, BLACK BOY

Assigned 3-18-11

Activity #33: Questions on Chap. 15, BLACK BOY
Write and answer the following questions:

1. What's Richard's initial impression of Chicago?
2. Who are the Hoffmans, and what are two situations between Richard and them?
3. As a dishwasher at a cafe, what are two situations he experiences that are startling?
4. What job does he aspire for, and why can't he get it?
5. What are his efforts in writing?

Assigned 3-17-11

Finish viewing RAY.

Review/Complete Activity #32.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 16, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 3-16-11

Movie: RAY

HOMEWORK: Activity #32: Chaps. 11-13, BLACK BOY
Who is Bess, Harrison and their interaction with Richard?
Who is H.L. Mencken, and what is the influence on Richard?

Also, finish reading chap. 15.

Assigned 3-15-11

Activity #31: Notes on RAY
Take notes on the life experiences of Ray Charles.

Movie: RAY

HOMEWORK: read chapter 15.

Assigned 3-14-11

Movie: RAY

Assigned 3-11-11

Class Assignment #9: Timed Writing
Complete English Placement Test (EPT) writing assignment (handout).

Assigned 3-10-11

Meet with counselors to check graduation and college entrance requirements.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 14, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 3-8-11

Activity #30: The Harlem Renaissance
Read the following pages in textbook, and take notes on aspects of the Harlem Renaissance: 916-919 and 932-936.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 13, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 3-7-11

Class Assignment #8: CST Preparation
Individually, complete CST preparation handouts.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 12, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 3-4-11

Jim Crow Laws
(see atttached web-link)

Activity#29: BLACK BOY, Chapter 9 and 10
Take notes on the content of the two chapters.

Assigned 3-3-11

Activity #28: Movie Viewing
ONCE UPON A TIME . . .
WHEN WE WERE COLORED

HOMEWORK: continue reading BLACK BOY, chapter 11.

Assigned 3-2-11

Movie: ONCE UPON A TIME . . .
WHEN WE WERE COLORED

Activity#27: ONCE UPON A TIME. . .
WHEN WE WERE COLORED
Notes on the content, experiences of narrator.

HOMEWORK: read chap. 10, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 3-1-11

Activity #26: Alienated Character
-Write a pargarph that clarifies and supports with details from the book why Richard can be considered an alienated character.

Movie: ONCE UPON A TIME . . . WHEN WE WERE COLORED

HOMEWORK: read chapter 9, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 2-28-11

Start in class and finish for HOMEWORK; read chapters 7 and 8, BLACK BOY.

Activity #25: Richard's Employment/Jobs
Based on chapters 5 and 6, what jobs does he take (3-4)? Describe what he does in and learns from each?

Assigned 2-25-11

Activity #24: Reading
Read, in class, chapter 6, BLACK BOY.

Complete any other previous assigned class assignments and activiities.

Assigned 2-23-11

Activity #23 Richard's Experiences
Write down the following areas, and based on chapters 3 and 4, provide details for each:
-Friends:
-Family:
-Schooling:
-Religion:
-His Beliefs:

HOMEWORK: read chapter 5, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 2-23-11
Class Assignment #7: Autobiography Continued
Develop a composition which does the following:

-descibe yourself physically:
-identify the place of your birth:
-identify and describe the place(s) you have lived;
-identify and describe friends you have had and some memorable experiences with them.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 4, BLACK BOY.

Assigned 2-22-11

Activity #22: "White" Things from Chapter 2, BLACK BOY
Clarify/Describe his expereinces with things related to the color white.

HOMEWORK: read chapter 3.

Assigned 2-18-11

Activity #21: BLACK BOY, Chap.1 Notes, pages 22-35
Take notes on the content of the remaining section of chapter 1.

Activity book DUE TODAY to check activity #21.

Work on/Complete class assignment #6.

Assigned 2-17-11

Review/Discuss BLACK BOY, Chap.1, pages 3-22

Class Assignement #6: Autobiographical Excerpt
-Narrate/Describe an early childhood experience (unpleasant/pleasant ?).
-Integrate your modeled, personal experience sentences (activity#20) into your composition.
-Focus on family: parents, siblings and/or other family members.

HOMEWORK: continue reading BLACK BOY, chapter 1 and, by Monday, chapter 2.

Assigned 2-16-11

Finish considering "The Man Who Was Almost a Man"
(activity# 19)

Activity #20: Life Experiences
Start sentences as presented and complete with personal specific, imagistic experiences:

1. There was the delight I caught in seeing . . .
2. There was the faint, cool kiss of sensuality . . .
3. There was the vague sense of the inifinite . . .
4. There was the echoes of nostalgia I heard . . .
5. There was the tantalizing melancholy in the tingling scent . . .
6. There was the teasing and impossible desire to imitate . . .
7. There was the yearning for identification loosed in me . . .
8. There was the disdain that filled . . .
9. There was the aching glory in masses . . .
10. There was the liquid alarm I saw . . .

Assign autobiography BLACK BOY

HOMEWORK: read chapter 1, pages 3-19.

Assigned 2-15-11

Finish considering "Two Choruses from The Rock" (activity #18)

Listen to audio "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Wright

Activity #19: "The Man Who Was Almost a Man"
Identify/List elements with examples of work that are Modernistic and Realistic.

HOMEWORK: finish reading Wright's narrative.

Assigned 2-14-11

Review/Discuss Modernistic elements and examples of Eliot's poem
(notes worth one extra-credit point)

Begin reading/clarifying aloud "Two Choruses from The Rock" by Eliot (handout).

Activity #18: Two Choruses from The Rock"
Notes on content.

HOMEWORK: finish reading Eliot's poem

Assigned 2-11-11

Class Assignment #5: (provide own, unique title) (due at end of period)
Develop a composition on why Eliot's poem is Modernistic.

Composition should consist of an introduction with an attention getter (possibly define love or clarify own experiences with love) and a thesis which identifies title, author and states that it is a modernistic work. Body should consider modernistic elements: break from tradition and traditional subject matter, stream of consciousness, alienated character, impermanence, change, understatement, irony, imagery, symbolism; provide examples to clarify each element.

Assigned 2-10-11

Review/Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall;"
Complete Activity #17

Movie adaptation of Porter's narrative.

HOMEWORK: Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," pages 1025-1029 of textbook.

Assigned 2-9-11

Review/Discuss "The End of Something" by Ernest Hemingway.

Activity #16: Modernism
Read pages 1016-1017 of textbook and list elements of Modernism.

Movie excerpt: THE WALL by Pink Floyd

HOMEWORK: Activity #17: "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Read pages 1034-1042 and create a timeline or list of Weatherall's life incidents in chronological order.

Assigned 2-8-11

Complete class assignment #4.

Read pages 1018-1022 of textbook.

Assigned 2-7-11

Read pages 830--832 and 834-837of textbook.

Class Assignment #4: (provide own, unique title)
Develop a composition which does the following:

clarify your understanding of the "American Dream;"
choose two of the four poems read in class, and for each, identify title and author:
describe their structure;
clarify their content, and discuss how they relate to the "American Dream."

HOMEWORK: read pages 992-994 of textbook.

Assigned 2-4-11

Complete class assignement #3

Activity #15: "America and I"
Take notes on the challenges/difficlties the narrator expereinces.

Assigned 2-3-11

Start reading in class and finish for HOMEWORK "America and I" (pages 863-872)

Activity #14: THE CENTURY
Take notes on changes/apects of the early 20th century.

Assigned 2-2-11

Activity #13: Notes on Final Chapters of Novel
Review/Discuss chapters 31-39.

HOMEWORK: read "The American Dream," pages 820-822 of textbook.

Assigned 2-1-11

Class assignment #3: (provide own, unique title)
Develop a composition which addresses the following:

Identify title, author, year of publication and how the novel was considered when published and why.
Identify, describe and provide background information on the main character.
Clarify her main goal(s) through out the novel, and identify, clarify, describe moments/efforts in achieving her goal(s).
Lastly, what, ultimately, happens to her, and discuss if she is successful in achieving her goal(s).

HOMEWORK: finish reading novel.

Assigned 1-31-10

Activity #12 Chapters 26-30 Summaries
Identify each chapter number, and provide a brief summary of each.

HOMEWORK: read chapters 31-35 of novel.

Assigned 1-12-11

Activity #3: Emily Dickinson
Notes based on documentary.

HOMEWORK: Study notes on Dickinson, tomorrow will write about her without notes or book.

Also, finish reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Friday.

Assigned 1-11-11

Emily Dickinson and Her Poetry

Activity #3: Emily Dickinson
Notes, pages 746-748.

HOMEWORK: Start reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, pages 765-778.

Assigned 1-10-11

Re-assign textbooks.

Present course grading changes (need spiral/composition notebook=10 points).

Activity #1
Write a self-created poem.

Read textbook pages 738-759.
(start in class and finish for HOMEWORK)