5th quarter plans

-----------------------------------------------------Day 1: Monday, March 3 (absent) A Lesson Before Dying

------------------------------------------------------------Day 2: Tuesday/Wednesday, March 4/5 (testing schedule) journal, SSR, journal check go over Test Prep

Grammar: placement of phrases and clauses Grammar review: double subject (1 ques), subject-verb agreement (5 ques), pronoun antecedents (2 ques), correct pronoun

reference (4 ques), correct comparisons (1 ques), placement of phrases and clauses (2 ques)

------------------------------------Day 3: Thursday, March 6 (40 minutes) SSR, journal check Explain assignment on independent reading books: due March 25Movie Poster (80 pts)You will be responsible for reporting on your independent reading book. The assignment for this book is a movie poster. Your poster must include an illustration that represents the story, a slogan that will make people want to watch (read) your book, and 2 quotes from the book. Other items that may be included are a list of characters and the actors/actresses who you would cast in these roles, and a theme song for the book. Please incorporate all aspects of the project onto a piece of poster board. A one-page write-up explaining your poster and the book must also be included. Good luck and have fun! review for Sula quiz

------------------------------------Day 4: Friday, March 7 (45 min periods) Journal issue new books, except to those who haven’t returned old books Sula quiz (30 pts) (open notes)1. “The conviction of Sula’s evil changed them in accountable yet mysterious ways. Once the source of their personal misfortune

was identified, they had leave to protect and love one another. They began to cherish their husbands and wives, protect their children, repair their homes and in general band together against the devil in their midst.” Use this passage to explain the irony of Sula’s effect on the Bottom.

2. How is Sula’s birthmark similar to a Rorschach blot?3. How does Toni Morrison portray death?

Grammar quiz (45 pts)Correct the following sentences.1. Larry’s pink poodle it wags its pink tail.2. He walk to the market.3. They talks a lot.4. Mark, Mike, and Manuel looks like brothers.5. You and I is one of a kind.6. The babies or Jimmy are making a lot of noise.What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?7. Jackie has green beans. She likes to eat them.8. The car lost its wheel.Correct the following sentences.9. Sidon told Christina that she should be quiet.10. Dan wanted to hang that picture on the wall behind the sofa, but it was too big.11. On this map it shows that Portland is approximately thirty miles northeast of Ogunquit.12. This dog is more shaggier than the other one.13. The shoes at Kenneth Cole are more expensive than that store.14. At age eleven, Erin’s mother went back to college to earn a master’s degree.15. Find a paragraph in a book that contains four conjunctions.

debate explain project sign-up for topics journal on topics meet in groups to divide up responsibilities hand in journals and division of responsibilities

You will be graded on:1. a one-paragraph journal entry on your debate topic (10 pts)2. a one-page opening statement or half-page rebuttals (50 pts)3. at least one interrogation question (5 pts)4. your oral speaking skills (20 pts)

5. your written responses to other groups’ debates (10 pts)Debate format: opening statement, interrogation phase, rebuttalsAfter the debates conclude, you will write a controversial essay based on the debate topic of your choice. After reading Hunger of Memory, you will write a reflection on your debate topic based upon your understanding of Rodriguez’s writings.

debate topics1. Resolved, affirmative action should be a factor in college admissions.2. Resolved, some schools should have bilingual education.3. Resolved, everyone should acquire an education and attempt to rise to a higher social class.4. Resolved, a good person does not keep secrets.5. Resolved, God is dead. (In other words, religion should not play an important part in our lives.)6. Resolved, one should be actively involved with one’s ethnic community.7. Resolved, homosexuals are “America’s last niggers.” (In other words, homosexuals will be the last group in America to attain

equal rights.)8. Resolved, when it comes to equal rights and opportunities in America, social class is more important than race.9. Resolved, reality TV shows and participants in these shows deserve no respect, for they have scorned the sacred distinction

between public and private.

-------------------------------------------------Day 5: Monday, March 10 Journal Test Prep Debate: groups prepare. Ritual

----------------------------------------------------Day 6: Tuesday, March 11 SSR: grammar quiz makeups Vocab: 5 sentences and 3 mnemonic devices (20 pts). Alienation. Diffident (if you feel different, you might be shy). Aloof (a

roof). Due Thursday. trivialize (v, 12): to make or cause to appear insignificant or unimportant gaudy (adj, 13): showy in a tasteless or vulgar way feign (v, 15): to pretend, to give a false appearance of reluctance (n, 17): unwillingness alienation (n, 18): emotional isolation convey (v, 18): to take or carry from one place to another, to transmit, to communicate or make known diffident (adj, 20): shy tact (n, 21): Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act

without offending disclose (v, 27): to expose to view, to uncover, to make known

Debate

------------------------------------------------------------------------Day 7: Thursday, March 13 SSR Share vocab mnemonics Debate

-----------------------------------------------------------------------Day 8: Friday, March 14 (absent) Grammar packet: commas #1 (40 pts)

------------------------------------------------------------------------Day 9: Monday, March 17 Journal Test prep Ritual Hunger of Memory pre-reading

Students jigsaw, presenting articles from the following sites. Each group gets a sheet of chart paper and a marker. Write down (and illustrate) the main points of your segment of the article. www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/6925/hunger.htm http://web.sbu.edu/theology/apczynski/courses/CLAR%20101%20Intellectua…/Rodrigues.ht *http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/meltingpot.htm *www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/melt0407a.htm *www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/meltingpot/maps.htm *www.scottlondon.com/insight/scripts/rodriguez/html

--------------------------------------Day 10: Tuesday, March 18 SSR

Finish Hunger of Memory pre-reading presentations Hunger of Memory

Read first few page together, starting from p.11 dialectical journal on Aria, up to p.28. ask open-ended questions. Must be up to one page. (classwork, 30 pts)

---------------------------------------------------------Day 11: Wednesday, March 19 Journal Controversial issue essay: strategies for structuring a persuasive argument: appeal to emotional, logical, philosophical

foundations Rhetorical question: Is expelling Saddam Hussein really worth hundreds and hundreds of American lives? Philosophical/ethical question: Is war ever justified? Personal anecdote: Consider Joe Ordinary. He has a family of three, etc. (emotional effect) Analogy: Bombing for peace is like smoking for your health. Give an example: Saddam has already destroyed many of his weapons. For example, he destroyed… Compare/contrast: There are plenty of tyrants worse than Saddam Hussein. Consider the dictator of Korea, who… Cause and effect: By bombing Iraq, the US will gain more enemies, thus causing more terrorist attacks. Syllogism: All humans are mortal. I am a human. Therefore, I must be mortal. (logical)

Outline with thesis (classwork, 25 pts) Grammar: comma packet #2?

------------------------------------------------------------Day 12: Thursday, March 20 (absent) Controversial issue essay: the introduction

Hook, define the issue, state thesis, summarize support Controversial issue rough drafts (classwork, 50 pts).

Day 13: Friday, March 21 Journal HW: finish chapter 1 of Hunger of Memory Vocab: 15 pts, vocab sentences due on Tuesday. if you use a vocab word in participation today, you get extra credit.

reticent (adj, 28): inclined to keep one’s thoughts and feelings to oneself, restrained and reserved diminish (v, 32): to make smaller or less, to reduce inclined (adj, 34): sloping, slanting, or leaning; having a preference, disposition, or tendency enliven (v, 36): to make lively or spirited aloof (adj, 36): physically and emotionally distant eccentric (adj, 36): departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern irrelevant (adj, 37): unrelated to the matter being considered

Hunger of Memory discussion, up to p.28, based on dialectical journal Introducing the university (30 pts)

With the UC’s “Introducing the University” brochures, students will use the table of contents to answering the following questions:

Which UC would you prefer to attend? Why? (p.12) What field do you want to major in? Why? (p.54) What is the undergraduate admission policy of the UCs? (p.32)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Day 14: Monday, March 24 Journal Test prep Ritual Hunger of Memory discussion

29: What does pocho mean? 32: intimacy and language 33-34: black English, bilingual education 36-37, 39-40: image of the grandmother

Comma packet #2 Application

p.1&2; optional p.3; fill in p.4; fill in grades (not test scores) p.5; fill in expected grades p.8; choose schools, majors, and at least one scholarship

---------------------------------------------------------Day 15: Tuesday, March 25 SSR Controversial essay revisions: pass out and explain handout:

Explain common errors

Final draft (typed, spell-checked, and grammar-checked) will be due on Friday

Revising your formal essays:1. No contractions (don’t, can’t, it’s, there’s, haven’t, etc)2. No no-no words (very, bad, good, thing, things, really)3. No run-on’s: Look at each comma and ask yourself, “Could I replace that comma with a period?” If the answer is yes, then that

sentence is a run-on. Fix it by changing the comma into a period or a semicolon, or add a FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) after the comma.

4. Do not confuse it/it’s and their/there/they’re5. Do not use “you”6. Whenever you use the pronoun “it”, make sure the pronoun has an antecedent7. Tense must be consistent. Try to use present tense throughout your entire essay.8. Do not say, “I guess,” “I think,” “probably,” or “maybe”. If you are not 100% sure and confident about what you are writing,

THEN DON’T WRITE IT.9. subject-verb agreement

run-on example: Sula wasn’t like any other woman, she stood up for herself.no-no words: This is a big issue. A lot of things can happen to you when you die. (Death can lead to variety of outcomes).transitions

---------------------------------------------------Day 16: Wednesday, March 26 Vocab: 9 sentences, classwork due Wednesday. (20 pts).

accentuate (v, 114): To stress or emphasize; intensify intrigue (n/v, 117): A secret or underhand scheme, a plot; To engage in secret or underhand schemes, To arouse the interest

or curiosity of relent (v, 119): To become more lenient, compassionate, or forgiving anticipate (v, 120): To feel or realize beforehand, to foresee, to look forward to, to expect listless (adj, 125): Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort, lethargic precocious (adj, 127): Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental

aptitude menial (adj, 131): Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile, appropriate for a servant observant (adj, 133): quick to perceive, alert; diligent in observing a law, custom, or duty parody (n/v, 136): A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or

ridicule, Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; to make a parody of Test prep lessons 2 & 3

-----------------------------------------------Day 17: Thursday, March 27 SSR Test prep review Hunger of Memory

Begin “Complexion”. Read p. 113 together. 114; “Mexico’s confused colonial past” 115, 116; different attitudes towards complexion 117; racism 118; “black”ness 119; fear of blue-color work. Hands texture, skin-color – all indications of social class. 121-122; parents’ past Dialectical journal on pp. 123-139. In left column, text excerpt; in right column, a piece of advice you could give Richard

to address his problems. One page, classwork, 30 pts. Photo dictionary Futures

requesting a recommendation: students must write a formal letter to a teacher to ask for a recommendation

----------------------------------------------Day 18: Friday, March 28 Journal Hunger of Memory: discussion based on dialectical journals: 123-139

124, 125; shame over skin color. Who gave him this shame? 128-130; machismo y formal 130; Stanford 133, 134; epiphany about his construction job 134-135; plight of Mexican immigrants

Photo dictionary Test prep lesson 4 Review test preps

------------------------------------------Day 19: Tuesday, April 1 SSR Announce: Grammar and vocab quiz on Friday (50 pts). collect controversial issue final drafts. reading: pp. 143-153 for

Wednesday, 153-162 for Thursday, 162-172 for Friday Vocab: 9 sentences, 20 pts, due Thursday

*juxtaposition (n, 143): positioning close together or side by side (often for comparison) *plausible (adj, 145): seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible unfounded (adj, 147): Not based on fact or sound evidence; groundless impetus (n, 149): An impelling force; an impulse; a stimulus idealism (n, 152): The act or practice of envisioning things in an ideal form, pursuit of one's ideals acknowledge (v, 154): to recognize as being valid, to express thanks or gratitude for diligent (adj, 155): marked by persevering, painstaking effort *alleviate (v, 158): To make (pain, for example) more bearable relish (n/v, 159): an appetite for something, a strong appreciation or liking; to take keen or zestful pleasure in *assertion (n, 159): something declared or stated positively, often with no support or attempt at proof surreptitiously (adv, 165): secretly or stealthily

Comma packet #2 (50 pts) Grammar packet: commas #2. grammar quiz on Friday. (50 pts)

-----------------------------------------------Day 20: Wednesday, April 2 Journal Application: p.16; the personal statement. (show students sample personal statements). do as in-class essay, then students hand

in revisions. show, don’t tell. Mini-quiz Test prep #5

-----------------------------------------------Day 21: Thursday, April 3 SSR Hunger of Memory

143; read 1st 2 paragraphs together 144-145; affirmative action 146-147; Richard’s personal example 149; race vs. class 151; problems w/affirmative action 153; irony of Richard’s position

Grammar: comma lecture and worksheet

--------------------------------------------------------Day 22: Friday, April 4 Journal Grammar quiz Test prep #6 Hunger of Memory

154-155; plight of minorities in college 159-160; cultural pride, education’s costs 161; “They wanted me to teach a ‘minority literature’ course” 162; coconut

------------------------------------------------------------Day 23: Monday, April 7 Journal Hunger of Memory

169-170; jobs 172; conclusion

test prep #7

-------------------------------------------------------------Day 24: Tuesday, April 8 SSR; questions on Chapter 6 of Hunger of Memory (Read pp. 175-182. Complete the questions using full paragraphs. 40 pts)

Hunger of Memory, Chapter 6: Read pp. 175-182. Complete the following questions using full paragraphs. (40 pts)

Part I1. How do Richard’s parents feel about his writing? (5 pts)2. How is writing both an extremely private and public activity? (10 pts)

3. Compare and contrast the way Richard is treated when he is a guest at a friend’s house versus the way Richard’s friends are treated when they visit his house. (10 pts)

Part II4. Write a fictional embarrassing diary entry for either yourself or a friend. (15 pts)

go over grammar quiz Hunger of Memory

chapter 6 test prep #8

------------------------------------------------------------Day 25: Wednesday, April 9 Journal Tuesday’s W/Mory story practice test impromptu debate, extemporaneous speakingwrite names on cards, along w/2 debate topics. Pick cards at random to choose debaters. You may pass by reciting a rhyme that you made up (I must now pass / Because I gotta go to mass. I cannot go now / Because I do not know how). If you pass, your card goes back in the box. If you debate, then your card remains out of the box. Everybody whose name is still in the box must do the HW assignment: What do you think about Mory’s life philosophy? (15 pts)

-----------------------------------------------------------------Day 26: Thursday, April 10 (shorter class) SSR/ discussion ques: read pp. 182-185, 187-188 (25 pts)

Why is Richard’s mother mystified by the idea of psychiatrists? Why are works of literature “often among the most personal statements we hear in our lives?” Why, in your opinion, does Richard entitle the sixth chapter of his book “Mr. Secrets”?

letter story; classwork is metaphor or simile for being in love impromptu debate

-----------------------------------Day 27: Friday, April 11 Journal Hunger of Memory game quiz

trivia blackjackclass must beat dealer (teacher) at least 5 times in order to avoid written quiz. dealer is dealt 2 cards and hits till 17 or highertwo students go up to front of room, each is dealt a card but no one is allowed to see the card. they are each asked a question. the class may help for ten seconds after a question is asked, but after ten seconds, only the respondant may speak. if any other student speaks, the players automatically bust. if the player answer correctly, she is allowed to flip the card over and disclose its value. otherwise, the card stays face down. repeat process w/both players.a third student may then draw a card without looking at the card. teacher asks third student a question, and if answered correctly, student may disclose the card. otherwise, card stays face down. then, the third player decides whether or not to “hit,” adding the value of her card to the previous two cards.this process is repeated until a player decides to “stay”all cards are then flipped over and we see if the students have beat the dealer

trivia blackjack questions:1. Who is the author of Hunger of Memory?2. What does Richard Rodriguez think about bilingual education?3. Which language was Richard’s “intimate” language?4. Which language was Richard’s “public” language?5. How did Richard learn to speak English?6. How did Richard’s parents act in public?7. Why did the sense of intimacy diminish in Richard’s home when his parents started talking to him exclusively in English?8. Richard eventually realizes that intimacy is not necessarily tied to a particular language. What other ways are there of

communicating intimacy?9. What does gringo mean?10. What does pocho mean?11. Why does Richard think that it is important for immigrants to learn English? What does it have to do with public society?12. What aspect of Richard’s appearance made him most self-conscious and insecure?13. Why was Richard ashamed of having dark skin?14. Why did Richard’s father always notice the feel or texture of every hand he shook?15. Why did Richard once put a blade against his flesh?16. One summer, Richard decided to do “real work.” What job did he get?17. At Richard’s construction job, why wouldn’t the contractor confess the wages he paid the Mexican workers?18. Dark skin is a different symbol for different people. What does dark skin mean to Richard’s parents? What does dark skin mean

to the middle class people that Richard normally meets?19. Richard claims that affirmative action helps the wrong people. Why/how?

20. What is ironic about the fact that Richard Rodriguez is a critic of affirmative action?21. According to Richard, what happened to several fellow minority students at Stanford? How does this support his criticism of

affirmative action?22. Why was Richard described as a “coconut”?23. Why did Richard turn down job offers from extremely prestigious universities?24. How does Richard’s mother feel about his writing?25. How is writing both an extremely private and extremely public activity?26. Compare and contrast the way Richard is treated when he is a guest at a friend’s house versus the way Richard’s friends are

treated when they visit his house.27. Why is Richard’s mother mystified by the idea of psychiatrists?28. Why are works of literature “often among the most personal statements we hear in our lives?”

Letter story: assignment: create one metaphor or simile for love. describe it and explain why you chose that particular metaphor or simile to symbolize love.

table graffiti, strength acknowledgements, bullying, cover letter