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World Literature

mar 5, 2020

OPENING: Independent Reading (15min)
Work session: Watch EVA Mozeskor video Begin chapter 4 with Reading Guide 
Work Session: How did the Nazis attempted to "Clean" their race?

MAR 4, 2020

OPENING: Quiz chaper 1-3
Work session: Watch EVA Mozeskor video Begin chapter 4
Work Session: What mood does school put you in ?

FEB 28, 2020

​OPENING: Watch "Mood" and listen to mood music
Work session: complete notes work sheet 
  • Begin listening to "Never Again" by Remedy 
  • Complete TPFASTT
Work Session: What mood does school put you in?

feb 6, 2020

Opening: Read Independent Novels (15)
Work Session: Discuss Human Rights Project.
Watch Human Rights Video (link to Human Rights page)
Finish Study Guide for House on Mango Street exam
HOMS Files HERE (link to House on Mango Street)
Human Rights Files HERE (link to Human Rights)

feb 3, 2020

Opening:Literacy Monday 
  • Collaborative Reasoning
Work Session:Read "The Three Sisters", " Edna and i", "A House Of My Own", " Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes"
Closing;Can You Have More Than One Identity?

jan 28, 2020

Opening:Independent reading 15(min)
Work session: Work on summative vignettes project.
Closing:What is your favorite memory?

jan 27, 2020

Opening: Literacy Monday
Work Session: Read "Geraldo, No Last Name"
  • Write constructed response
  • Text mine 
  • Closing: What is your favorite memory?

jan 24, 2020

Opening:Full-page narrative(25min)
Work session: Read "Sally", "What's Sally said", "The Monkey Garden", "Red Clowns", and "Linoleum Rose"
Closing:What is your favorite memory?

JAN 23, 2020

Opening:Independent.
Work Session:
Discussion 
  • How is a teenage boy like at home?
  • Read "Hips"(as a play), "The First Job", "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired", "Born Bad", "Elentita, Cards, Palm,Water"
  • Work on vignette cover
Closing:What is your favorite memory?

JAN 21, 2020

Opening: Finish "Girl". Click HERE 
Work Session: Work on Writing Challenge: Seed Stories
Files HERE 

JAN 17, 2020

​Opening: 15 mins of independent reading
Work Session: In-Text Citations Video.
  • Plot vs Character Driven Stories Video.
  • Literary Present Tense Video with Handout.A-Z
  • Read "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid complete annotations with Literary Analysis Chart."Girl"

JAN 16, 2020

Opening: Finish Elements of Fiction notes. We will discuss as a class.
Work Session: Go over Literary Analysis Chart Exemplar. Notes on Theme with Practice. 
Click HERE 

JAN 15, 2020

Opening:  Spoke about phone use in class. Finish Works Cited Page MLA Practice. 
Work Session: Work on Elements of Fiction Notes. 
Click HERE 

jan 14, 2020

Opening:15 mins Independent reading.
  • Reminder Of Dates
  • Laughter-Chanclas In Homes
  • Reading packet due
  • Read Together L,L,M,A,A,T,C
  • MLA practice notes & practice
Closing: How well developed are your skills ?

jan 13, 2020

Opening:​Literacy Monday"Hello my name "(article)by Jason Kim

jan 10, 2020

Picture
Opening: Create a story based off the image below: Make sure your story is a full page. Use similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. Think about some of the themes (The Lives of Women, Cultural Identity, The Emotions related to the Home) Sandra Cisneros uses in her text The House on Mango Street.
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Work Session: Finish research project and turn it in. Work on Chapters 1-6 packet for HOMS.

jan 9, 202

​Opening: Read for 15 minutes. Students received LOTF reading packets. 
Work Session:  Discussion Two: What is your dream house? Read Chapter Three of House on Mango Street together. Students will read chapters 4-6 of HOMS and will work on HOMS packet Chapters 1-6 due Monday. 

jan 8, 2020

 Opening: IR for 15 mins - students will receive IRP packets tomorrow. 
Work Session: Discussion One: Who is in control of your identity?
Read first two chapters or vignettes of The House on Mango Street.
Finish working on research project for Sandra Cisneros

jan 7, 2020

Opening: New seating chart. Collect syllabus, Tell my Story, and About Me. Receive extra credit January Random Acts of Kindness Calendar Check Home Page. 
Work Session: World Lit Pre-Test. Research for Sandra Cisneros (One-Pager). Due Friday. 
Files HERE 

JAN 6,  2020

Work Session: Introduction to independent reading project options.
  • The Color Of The Wind by James McBride ( American Male)
  • Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat ( Haitian Female)
  • When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago ( Puerto Rican Female )
  • A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah ( Sierra Leonean Male )
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigerian Male)
  • Lord Of The Flies by William Golding ( British Male)
  • In The Time Of The Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Dominican Female )
  • Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ( Chinese Female ) 
 Closing: watch brain pop video and take quiz on video. 
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  • Stories We're Reading
    • Short Stories
    • Purple Book
    • A Long Way Gone
    • Dante's Inferno
    • House on Mango Street
    • Lord of the Flies
    • In the Time of the Butterflies
    • Metamorphosis
    • Night
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
    • Romeo & Juliet
    • The Odyssey
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  • About
  • Contact
  • A-Z
  • MLA FORMAT
  • "Dead Men's Path"