It’s Homecoming Week!
Planning your week: Tues. 10/12 - Bring JLC to class Wednes. 10/13 - Read Chapter 1 “The Joy Luck Club” by class time Thurs. 10/14 - Read Chapter 2 “Scar” by class time Fri. 10/15 - Read Chapter 3 “The Red Candle” by class time Upcoming Due Dates: Mon. 10/18 - Read Chapter 4 “The Moon Lady” by class time Tues. 10/19 - Read your family’s Part 2 and 3 chapters by class time Wednes. 10/20 - Read your family’s Part 4 chapter by class time Thurs. 10/21 and Fri. 10/22 - Family Chapter presentations Links to This Week’s Resources: The Joy Luck Club Unit Packet Monday, October 11 - 20s/30s attire Learning Goal(s): Apply an understanding of postcolonial analysis to a film; compose a constructed response. Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic). Agenda: Opener
Tuesday, October 12 - 40s/50s attire Learning Goal(s): Analyze for symbolism; consider how authors create mood through the use of imagery and setting through an analysis of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature Agenda: Opener
Wednesday, October 13 - 60s/70s attire (PSAT DAY!) Bell Schedule: Advisement and Testing 8:20 – 12:25 3rd Period 12:29 – 2:21 A 12:29 – 12:54 B 12:58 – 1:23 C 1:27 – 1:52 D 1:56 – 2:21 4th Period 2:27 – 3:30 Learning Goal(s): Examine Tan’s use of juxtaposition and connect to author’s purpose. Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone.) ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. Agenda: Opener
Thursday, October 14 - 80s/90s attire Learning Goal(s): Analyze a chapter for symbolism and contribute to a classroom discussion. Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature Agenda: Opener
Friday, October 15 - Class Colors (Sophomores are green!) Learning Goal(s): Consider global perspectives on a social issue; consider how an author creates character and cultural perspective. Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Agenda: Opener
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