Wrap-up

Agenda:

• Discussion of journal questions from last class
• Comma practice (576-579), exercises 5 and A

Homework:

• Finish comma exercise
• Study commas

Wang Lung's End

Agenda:

• Finish 4-square presentations
• Journals:
• In a paragraph explain how or to what extent Wang Lung is a static or a dynamic character.  Be sure to consider the 4-square posters.
• Look back at the "About the Good Earth" reading.  Answer one of the following: Does Buck illustrate a universal farmer? (last paragraph of the reading)  -or- Discuss briefly the extent to which the story is historically accurate.
• What do you make of the ending of the novel?  Why?  Will the family be ruined by leaving the land as the old man warns earlier in the text.

Homework:

• Review commas for Friday
• Complete any journal questions that you did not in class

Complete 4 Square

Agenda:

• Complete group work
• Share out

Homework:

• Study comma information reviewed in class exercises

4 Square Round 2

Agenda:

• Exercise 4 for commas (essential/non-essential clauses)
• Review grade sheets
• Begin 4 Square for second half of reading

Homework:

• Complete enough of your square to present in class tomorrow

Review

Agenda:

• Comma practice
• Review parallelism
• Qigong

Homework:

• Review commas for next week
• Extra Credit due no later than April 1st

Lit Study: Parallel Structure

Agenda:

• Discussion of parallel structure
• http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-parallelism-in-literature-definition-examples.html
• Application to The Good Earth  (worksheet)

Homework:

• Finish worksheet from class
• Finish reading the novel + reading questions

Chinese Beauty Standards

Agenda:

• Comma Exercise 3 (coordinating conjunctions)
• Discussion of beauty standards in the text
• What were Chinese beauty standards at the time of The Good Earth?
• What are Chinese beauty standards now?
• http://www.nowvideo.sx/video/9f61bd34536ef

Homework:

• Read chapters 30 + 31
• Review commas for next week

Chinese Health and Beauty

Agenda:

• Comma exercise 2 and readings
• Discussion of cultural standards
• Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/26/photoshop-around-the-world_n_5534062.html
• What are the beauty standards that we can infer from the text? (Of late 19th, early 20th century China)?

Homework:

• Read 28 + 29

Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions

Agenda:

• Finish station presentations
• Discussion of first half of the book and Wang Lung's changes
• Coordinating Conjunctions handout

Homework:

• Nothing additional for tonight
• Extra assignments/extra credit essay due before 4/1 (late submissions cannot be accepted in this case)

Link for Friday: Diamantes

Diamante:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

Practice creating one for yourself.

Then, refresh the page and complete one for a character from The Good Earth.  Your beginning word should be the name of the character, and your ending word should be another word or name that could fit that character  (or an antonym, but you need to follow the directions).

Your poem should reflect how Buck characterizes that character.  You need to print at the end, put your name on it.

Commas

Agenda:

• Comma diagnostic test
• Presentations from four-square group #2

Homework:

• Found poems due tomorrow
• Reading 22-23 due tomorrow with questions
• Reading 24-27 due Monday with Questions

Wrapping up Relationships with the Land

Agenda:

• Check-in Quiz
• Finish group work

Homework:

• Read 20 + 21 w/ reading questions
• Complete found poems for Friday

Wang Lung's Relationship to the Land

Agenda:

• 4 Square Activity Explanation
• Classwork time

Homework:

• Read chapters 18 + 19
• Found poems due Friday

Found Poem Workshop II

Agenda:

• Complete found poem lists, narrow down
• Final poem
• 25-50 words/phrases (not complete sentences)
• You may add any punctuation that you like
• You only may add two words of your own to help flow
• This will be graded according to the rubric you received

Homework:

• Read 16 + 17 w/ questions for tomorrow
• Found Poems (final version) due 3/18

Found Poetry

Agenda:

• Review of questions/hand in
• What is a found poem?
• Working on found poems from China articles

Homework:

• Read 9 +10 with questions for tomorrow
• Read 11-15 with questions

The Chinese New Year

Agenda:

• Finish debate
• Review reading questions
• NEWSELA article on Chinese New Year

Homework:

• Read ch 7-8 and answer questions

True Love Debate

Agenda:

• Add evidence to sheets from ch 2 + 3
• Come up with rebuttal questions
• Start debate

Homework:

• Read 4-6 and answer reading questions
• Chinese dictionary sentences due Monday

Wang Lung's Wedding Day

Agenda:

• Copy terms from Chinese dictionary
• In groups, find support for whether Wang Lung's marriage will last 
• You need specific evidence from the text

Homework:

• Read chapters 2 + 3, answer reading questions
• Be prepared to add details to your group's side of the argument tomorrow based on this reading

The Good Earth Audiobook

Audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIVKJ29ujk

Full Audiobook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIVKJ29ujk&list=PL568NNogAdlKi3860kSE-SDfnVwSgy5ny&spfreload=10

An Intro to Eastern Thinking: Arranged Marriages

Agenda:

• Viewing--arranged marriages today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlIBiSoz6rQ
• Discussion: Pros/Cons list
• Read aloud ch 1

Homework:

• Finish chapter 1 and the reading questions for tomorrow

Chinese Term Encyclopedia Entries

Agenda:

• Portfolio Review
• Goals worksheet
• Chinese Encyclopedia Work

Homework:

• Complete your entry according to the directions in Google Docs
• Please keep in mind that progress reports close at the end of this week