5-26/27-15

 

#44:  Living Green

(due)

-Copy below and complete with teacher:

 

+Carbon Diet

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+Heating/Cooling Home Eco-Consciously

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+Voltage Vampires

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5-24/25-16

 

#43:  Global Warming

(due)

-Read article (handout), and answer in complete sentences handout questions.

5-20/23-16

 

+Complete #41.

 

#42

(due)

-Artistically create imagery reflective of the Chicano/a experience OR a personal image.

5-18/19-16

 

#41:  "Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe:  the Legend and the Image"

(due)

-Read Jose Burciaga's essay, and answer in complete sentences handout questions.

5-16/17-16

 

#40:  Chicano Literature

(due)

-Read Jose Burciaga's essays, and develop a paragraph on each which does the following:  identify title and author; explain why the loteria image is used for each essay, and clarify what is revealed, said about each essay's topic:  language and Thanksgiving.  

5-12-16

 

#39:

(due)

-Artistically create an image(s) reflective of the imagery from the loteria game.

5-10/11-16

 

#38:  Chicano Blowout Demands

(due)

-Identify category (4), and for each, list the demands for school improvement.

(see following website link:  https://www.kcet.org/departures-columns/east-la-blowouts-walking-out-for-justice-in-the-classrooms)

5-6-16

 

#37:  Loteria and "Mexicans Begin Jogging"

(due)

+Develop a paragraph which responds to the following:

-What is loteria?

-What is needed to play loteria?

-How is loteria played?

-Describe your experience(s) playing loteria?

 

+Read pages 1194-1195, and answer in complete sentences questions 1-6 on page 1196.

 

8-4/5-16

 

#36:  Vietnam

-Identify the titles of literary works from the following pages, and do what is stated:

page 1074, read and take notes, pages 1111-1113, read, and answer questions 1-6 in complete sentences and pages 1114-1116, read, and answer questions 1-4 in complete sentences.

5-2/3-16

 

+"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

4-28/29-16

 

#35:  "The End of Something" by Hemingway

(-Read pages 1024 and 1018-1022, and complete handout.)

 

+HOMEWORK:  read pages 1025-1029, and answer the 13 blue questions in the "Guide for Reading" (side of poem).

4-26/27-16

 

#34:  "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"

-Read pages 1034-1042.

-Create a timeline where you post events of Weartherall's life in chronological order.

4-22/25-16

 

#33:  Modernism

(due)

-Define the term Modernism.

-List its elements (pages 1016-1017).

-Provide examples for the elements from the two movie excerpts seen in class.

4-20/21-16

 

#32:  Black Boy, Chap. 13 and 14

(due)

-Answer handout questions in complete sentences.

4-14-16

 

#31:  Black Boy, Chap. 11

(due)

-Develop 2 separate paragraphs.

1.  Identify title, author or book; quote/cite properly the last two sentences of chap. 11; state who makes this statement and clarify, describe the situations for this statement to be made.

2.  Develop a compare, contrast paragraph on General Grant and General Sherman (see handout).

 

HOMEWORK:  read chap. 12.

4-12/13-16

 

#30:  Black Boy, Chap. 10

-Answer handout questions in complete sentences.

4-8/11-16

 

#29:  (provide an original title)

(due)

+Adhering to M.L.A. format, develop a multiple paragraph composition with a works cited page which does the following:

-Using class dictionary define and cite properly the term discrimination.

-Identify the title and author of the autobiography, and state how the work relates to discrimination.

-Explain Jim Crow.

-Based on chapter 9, clarify and describe Richard's experiences related to Jim Crow/discrimination.

-Explain your thoughts and/or experiences with discrimination.

4-6/7-16

 

#27

(due)

-Works cited page

 

#28:  Jim Crow

(due)

 

4-4/5-16

 

#26:  Black Boy, Chap. 7

(due)

-Model the first paragraph of chap. 7; make it self-reflective; personalize it.

-Answer in complete sentences questions on chap. 7 (handout).

3-31/1-16

 

#25:  Black Boy, Chap. 6

(due)

-Copy (like sample handout) the first, full paragraph on page 146; for each sentence, identify its type

and the subjects and verbs of each clause.

-Then, develop using a variety of sentence types a paragraph summary of one of the following sections of chap. 6: pages 145-148 or pages 148-150 or pages 150-155 or 156-160.

 

3-29/30-16

 

#24:  Black Boy, Chap. 5

-Read chap. 5, and take, at least 1/2 page of notes on content.

-Then, write down two of the following sentences, and underline the independent clause(s) once and the dependent clause(s) twice:

+Simple:

1.

2.

+Compound:

1.

2.

+Complex

1.

2.

 

+HOMEWORK:  read chapter 6.

3-17-16

 

#23:  Religion

(due)

-Complete handout.

3-15/16-16

 

#22: Sentence Combining

(due)

-Complete exercises A, B, C and D (handout).

3-11/14-16

 

#21:  Parts of Speech in a Literary Passage

(due)

-Write down the following terms and provide an example for each:

noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction and article.

-Then, copy (skipping lines on your paper) about half of the first paragraph from page 102, and for each word, identify its part of speech.

3-9/10-16

 

#20:  Black Boy, Chap 2 Questions

-Answer questions (handout) orally.

3-7/8-16

 

#19:  Black Boy, Chap. 2

-Read aloud and orally answer question(s).

3-3/4-16

 

#18:  Black Boy, Chap. 1 Paragraph Responses

(due)

-Complete handout.

3-1/2-16

 

#17:  Black Boy, Chap. 1 Questions

(due)

-Answer in complete sentences (handout).

 

+Read pages 14-22 of chap. 1. 

 

HOMEWORK:  read pages 22-33, remainder of chap. 1.

2-26/29-16

 

+Issue Black Boy, autobiography

 

#16:  Writing Sentences by Modeling Richard Wright

(Due)

-Read pages 3-14.

-Choose 12 sentences from pages 7-bottom to top of-9, and copy like on handout; then, complete with a personal, descriptive experience.   

2-24/25-16

 

#15

-Continue interim assessment in computer lab.

2-22-16

 

#15

-Interim assessment in computer lab.  

2-18/19-16

 

#13:  Sources Notes 

(Due)

-Read six sources (handout) and identify source letter and author; take notes on content of each.

 

#14:  

(Due)

-Develop a multiple-paragraph composition on topic (handout). 

2-16/17-16

 

#12:  Song Analysis

(Due)

-Using paragraph structure handout, develop a response to "Mr. Wendall" by Arrested Development.

2-11/12-16

 

+Extra-Credit Tasks

-Complete in class; six points possible

2-9/10-16

 

#11

(Due) 

-Using Parker's essay and choosing your own topic, develop a composition which defines that has a similar introduction and conclusion; the three body paragraphs should begin with metaphorical sentences and supported with personal examples.

2-5/8-16

 

#10 

(Due)

-Argumentative Composition 

-Submit with #9 and #10

2-3/4-16

 

#8:  Sources/Topic for Argumentative Writing

+Technology/Usage

-What technological devices are you familiar with, and what are your thoughts on people using technology.

-Identify the source letter, author's last name, and write what the source says/expresses and your thoughts on the source.

 

#9:  Graphic Organizer

-Consider writing prompt (handout), and using #8/notes fill in graphic organizer/#9.

1-29/1-16

 

#7:  Sentence Combining

(Due)

-Complete exercises A, B, C, D; combine cluster of sentences into one sentence, no more than two.

1-27/28-16

 

#6

(Due)

-Multiple-paragraph composition, responding to the following:

+What was the condition(s)-treatment of women in America during the late 1800's/early 1900's?

+What is the title and the name of the author of the last narrative read reflective of this time frame? Also, how many interpretations does this story have?

+What are the interpretations , and what examples (clarify and describe each fully) support each?

+What is the condition(s)-treatment of women in America contemporarily, today?

1-25/26-16

 

#5:  Three Interpretations

-Read the following pages 446-447, 782, 781 and 765-778.

-Take notes (cite examples) on how this narrative can be interpreted, considered as autobiographical, reflective of women's oppression/inferiority and Gothic.

-Be prepared to use notes only next class meeting to develop a multiple-paragraph composition.

1-21/22-16

 

#4:  "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

(Due)

-Read pages 783-785, and complete handout questions.

 

+Read pages 782, 781 and 765-778.

1-19/20

 

#3:  Dickinson Poetry Questions

(Due)

-Read pages 751-759.

-Answer in complete sentences, when applicable, the "Thinking Through Literature Questions".

-Must do the poems with corresponding questions on page 751 and 752.

-Then, choose three poems and their corresponding questions from pages 753, 754, 756, 757 or 758.

 

+Read pages 783-785, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

1-14/15-16

 

+Documentary Video:  Emily Dickinson

 

#2

(Due)

-Paragraph composition

-No Book

-No Notes

-What is known of the life of Emily Dickinson?

 

#3:  Dickinson Poetry

-Read pages 750-752, and answer the "Thinking Through Literature" questions on pages 751 and 752.

 

1-12/13-15

 

#1:  Unit V Questions

-Read pages 738-749, and answer questions (handout).

 

+Documentary Video:  Emily Dickinson

1-11-16

 

+Register in to Class

 

+Create Seating Chart

 

+Homework:  read pages 738-749, and bring textbook to next class period.