May 30th

Where are we in the play:

WE have finished Act II and now are beginning Act III. We should be finished with Act III by Friday and have the play finished by next Tuesday or Wednesday.

It's crucial that students continue to work on pages in the packet, including having journals 1 and 2 done by Monday. You may choose whichever number you want out of the choices listed for journal 1 and for 2. 150 word limit; don't worry about including a quotation since you do not have your own copy of the text.


Be sure to keep looking over the test review topics as we get closer to your final in a week and a half!

Friday, May 3rd

Weekend assignments:

1) Mark the key passage from "Rules from the Game" handed out in class,  follow steps 1-4 to write a key passage analysis either on the sample passage or in a journal. The key passage analysis should be about one page in length.

2) Read "Voice from the Wall" and begin to tab the following key elements...1) figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification) 2) mark questions  3) themes  4) imagery  5) mood or tone

In order to tab, you need to purchase sticky notes over the weekend and begin to place them in the novel at places where you see these things happening. Make sure to label the sticky note so you can go back later and know what it is.

3) If you have time, period 1 begin the symbolism assignment, otherwise don't worry about it until Monday. Period 2, we will cover it on Monday.

4) Be working on your IOP's and be ready for next week! 


Happy Derby weekend and Cinco De Mayo!

April 30th

Please read "Red Candle" for tomorrow's class...it's a great one!

April 29th

Class:

Free write over poets in unexpected places

Poetry walk continues...more questions answered, more poems shared

JLC quiz and discussion over the opening parable of the book

IOP rubric and sample shown and discussed

Reader response journals stamped

Homework:

Read JLC story "Scar"

Friday, April 26th

Homework over the weekend:

It's really important that you are working on your IOP's over the weekend, especially if you are presenting next week. Please email me any questions you have!

We have now checked out "Joy Luck Club" and will begin reading it this weekend. Before you begin reading, you need to do some research on the following terms (don't get too stressed, I literally mean a google search) Please write down the following terms and write down a few pieces of information you find out about each in your journal.

1) Amy Tan (give a brief history of her life, including her cultural background)

2) Chinese immigration to the US, particularly the immigration around 1910. What were some reasons for the immigration?

3) Mah Jong (give a brief history of the game, its rule and cultural significance)

4) Dialects (Talk about the different Chinese dialects: Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu. What are the differences? What are the similarities? What might make it difficult for a speaker of one of these dialects to become fluent in English?)

5) Feng Shui and Confucius (You do both. What is feng shui and what about the cultural significance? Give a brief history of the life of Confucius)

6) Yin Yang (cultural significance, origins, importance in Ancient China, importance in modern China)

7) Chinese Family Relationships (What is the Chinese kinship system? What are cultural expectations for the mother/daughter relationship? What are cultural expectations for spouses?):

You need to read the first story "The Joy Luck Club" by Jing-Mei Woo and
do a guided journal on the reading. For those of you absent on Friday who did not
receive the journal assignment, please write a personal reaction to the assigned reading
by writing 150 words. Please include one direct quotation and explain it. You can admit your confusion during any part of the reading, expand on the author's ideas, and attempt to
discover your own ides. Please complete this in a journal.

Have a good weekend, get some rest and enjoy the sunshine if it stays ;)

Monday, Aprill 22nd

Class:

Began literature circles round 4, period 1 will finish BTBF and LOP for Wednesday, period 2 will finish TCP and BTBF for Wednesday

Be sure to pick up the essay "Mother Tongue"  by Amy Tan and answer the questions for Wednesday's class as well as read the free write and prepare a response to the article. Look up any unknown words for upcoming class discussion.

Good luck testing tomorrow!

Weekend of 11-14th

Over the weekend, you must be working on your IOP proposals and literature circles round 3. The IOP proposal is due on Tuesday, April 16th on turnitin.com

Period 1: class ID-6117786 password 5651162
Period 2: class ID-6117823 password 5651172

Be sure to email me anything you would like me to consider for your proposal over the weekend or on Monday.

Those of you who were absent on Thursday, be sure to make up the grammar quiz from class by Monday!


-Coulson