Comparing Styles

Agenda:

• Review hw
• Reading from Albom excerpt
• Style chart

Homework:

• Complete style chart
• Begin vignette revisions

Style Continued

Agenda:

• Review style notes
• Review homework sheet
• Close reading for components of style

Homework:

• Final vignettes due 10/10
• Vocab printed for tomorrow (sheet from vocabulary.com)
• Finish worksheet from class for tomorrow

Style

Agenda:

• Style notes
• Sentence type worksheet
• Style practice worksheet

Homework:

• Finish practice worksheet for Thursday
• Final vignettes due 10/10
• Vocab list completion (print out) due 9/30/Friday

Vignette Revisions

Agenda:

• Vignette final checklist
• Sample critique
• Revision time

Homework:

• Final revision due 10/10

The Sally Chapters and Characterization

Agenda:

• Characterization Review
• Inner Square/Outer Square: 
• How is Sally characterized?  What seems important?
• What role does Sally play in the novel?  Why are these things about her important?  Please connect to parts of the story like: larger themes, social commentary, and perhaps, how this affects Esperanza.
• Ticket out: Why does Sally matter in The House on Mango Street?

Homework:

• Complete exit ticket if you did not in class
• Make sure you actually have completed the text

Social Commentary Extended

Agenda:

• Announcements about resubmissions
• Review of Geraldo
• Political Cartoon Close Reading

Homework:

• Finish text
• Resubmissions of Esperanza journal due 10/7
• Make sure you finish the vocab for HoM by 9/30

Digital Books and Vignette Workshop

Agenda:

• Announcements
• E-Book discussion w/ Mrs. Tilden
• Vignette Workshop

Homework:

• Complete vignette draft for tomorrow
• "Geraldo" worksheet will be checked tomorrow

Social Commentary Continued

Agenda:

• Update proficiency chart
• Social commentary extended definition
• How is the WWYD clip social commentary
• Worksheet: Look at "Geraldo No Last Name" and complete the worksheet, including what stereotypes the section deals with and what the social commentary seems to be

Homework:

• Finish "Geraldo" worksheet

Social Commentary

Agenda:

• Social Commentary journal (ppt)
• Social Commentary Notes
• WWYD Viewing + handout
• Think, Pair, Share

Homework:

• Read through p. 85 and answer journal on classroom

Vignette Workshop

Agenda:

• Vignette Directions
• Practice writing vignettes (see handout)

Homework:

• Make sure that you have read through p. 71
• Drafts of vignettes due Wednesday

Review and Finish Jigsaw

Agenda:

• Check-in quiz
• Finish jigsaw
• Home handout

Homework:

• Make sure you have read unto page 71
• Complete handout from class on home.  In part b, instead of re-writing, go through and make a list of what a home is to you. You should have at least three characteristics.

Bildungsroman

Agenda:

• Wrap-up journal: Will Esperanza be a traditional Mexican-American woman in the future?  Explain using textual evidence.
• Bildungsroman jigsaw w/ graphic organizer

Homework:

• Read through p. 71 
• Continue to think about how Esperanza is growing up, particularly in the "Earl of Tennessee" section and the "Edna" section.

STAR Assessment

Agenda:

• STAR Test
• Vocab Practice (Mastery of list is due 9/30)
• Agree/disagree lines

Homework:

• Make sure you have read pp. 33-58, which was assigned for today's class
• Answer the journal prompt, and upload your response to classroom

Societal Roles

Agenda:

• Journal: What are your roles?  Fixed or chosen?
• Viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oay9VxFVFmE
• Agree/Disagree lines including questions on Marin and Alicia (to be continued)

Homework:

• Read pp. 33-58
• Answer the journal on classroom

Loose Ends

Agenda:

• Group share of section
• Discussion of Cathy and characterization in vignettes

Homework:

• Read through and including p. 32 and fill in the associated chart on roles of women

Characterizing Meaning

Agenda:

• Review
• Notes on characterization
• Finding Meaning
• What is your section about?  Its purpose?
• What do we learn about the characters?
• What is a thematic statement for your section?

Homework:

• Read 12-22 and complete the chart

Style and Vignettes

Agenda:

• Review theme
• What is style?
• What is a vignette?  What are components of a vignette?
• Close reading of "Home"

Homework:

• Read through "My Name" and complete notes on how each section is a vignette.  Upload this information to the classroom assignment.

Themes

Agenda:

• Announcements
• Review theme
• Rules for writing thematic statements

Homework:

• Write a guess for a thematic statement based on the quotes that you were given on the class handout.

Intro Wrap-Up

Agenda:

• What makes a good English goal?
• Writing English goals
• Pre-reading strategies
• Cisneros' background
• What does this suggest that the text might be about?

Homework:

• Make sure that you have all of your supplies for Tuesday

What are English Proficiencies?

Agenda:

• Review Questions
• Go over standards
• Paper portfolios + Habits of Work chart
• Digital Portfolios

Homework:

• Make sure you have supplies for class