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