Monday, January 9, 2012

Week of January 9-13

Monday, January 9
Items due: Read to p. 60
Journal: After you get your paper back, write a paragraph about reflecting on how you could start discovering what is below the surface of your personal iceberg.Discussion over the reading Read to page 90 Homework:Read to page 90, work on vocabulary cards and Understand...ing Literature packet

Tuesday, January 10
Items due: Read to p. 90
Journal: Agree or disagree with the following statement and explain your opinion: Victory is not a prerequisite for honor.Their, there and they’re lesson Finish the book
Homework: Finish the book (if needed), vocabulary cards due tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 11
Items due: Vocabulary cards, Book finished
Journal: Write a reflection from the perspective of the old man (Santiago) or the boy (Manolin) after the old man returned from his journey.Go over vocab cards Introduction to literary criticism with 1952 Time article Introduction to 5-part thesis statement (if time permits) Homework: Understanding Literature packet

Thursday, January 12
Bell work: Read “A Clean, Well-lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway. When you are finished, write four questions about the piece that could be used in a Socratic Circle discussion (one for each level).Discussion over the piece and themes from Hemingway’s works Intro to 5-part thesis statement (if we didn’t get to it Wednesday) Practice writing the thesis statement in groups Homework: Understanding Literature packet due tomorrow!

Friday, January 13
Items due: Understanding Literature packetGrammar review (affect v. effect, comma splices, there, their and they’re)Receive research assignment Begin working on research assignment.

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