Schedule
Anything that looks like this might be on a test.
Anything that looks like this needs to be on your portfolio page.
Anything that looks like this needs to be read.
Your textbook indicators:
- If no indicator = Collections
- CR = Close Reader
- PA = Performance Assessment
COLLECTION 1
Friday, Aug. 31, A class will read A Quilt of a Country in class and start working on next week's activities. We will also work on setting up portfolios.
Week 2: Week of 03-Sep-2018
- Read A Quilt of a Country, pp 3-6
- Analyzing the Text, p 8 and Critical Vocabulary p 9. We'll review this next week if necessary.
- Performance Task, p 8, due Friday. Shoot for 250 words and 2-3 paragraphs.
Week 3: Week of 10-Sep-2018
- Analyzing the Text, p 8 and Critical Vocabulary p 9.
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 1, pp 4-8. Due the 2nd class of the week.
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 2, pp 10-20. Due next Thursday, Sep 20, by the end of the school day.
- IRP and SRI
Week 4: Week of 17-Sep-2018
- All grades for weeks 2-3 will be entered during our first class!
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 2, pp 10-20. The essay (see p 19) needs to be turned in either printed or via your portfolio. Due Thursday.
- Read Once Upon a Time, pp 11-16
- Analyzing the Text, p 18, and Critical Vocabulary, p 19
- Performance Task, p 18. This does not have to be performed. Your fairy tale can be in one of the following forms: 1) infographic, 2) digital graphic novel, 3) hand drawn graphic novel either on poster board or craft paper. This activity has been changed to extra credit. You can only complete it once you have completed everything else for week 5. Not accepted after week 5.
Week 5: Week of 24-Sep-2018
- Performance Task, p 18 due end of the week. This activity has been changed to extra credit. You can only complete it once you have completed everything else for week 5. Not accepted after week 5.
- Read Rituals of Memory, pp 21-24
- Analyzing the Text, p 25, and all of page 26
- Prepare for Collection 1 test
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 3, pp 21-30: OUTLINE. You need to complete an outline as a separate document. Your outline can be in the form of a traditional outline (see Outline Template) or a mindmap. An easy, free mindmap app is Coggle - https://coggle.it/.
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 3, pp 21-30: ESSAY. Due next week, but don't put it off!
Week 6: Week of 01-Oct-2018
- Complete PA Unit 1 Step 3, pp 21-30: ESSAY
- Work on Multimedia Activity
- Don't forget to read! (IRP)
Week 7: Week of 08-Oct-2018
- Collection 1 test the last class of the week
- Multimedia activity due
Week 8: Week of 15-Oct-2018
- Read The March on Washington, pp 47-51.
- Analyze Author's Use of Rhetoric p. 52, Analyze the Text p 53, and all of p. 54
- Read from Nobody Turn Me Around: A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington, pp 55-68
- Analyze Ideas and Events p 69, Critical Vocabulary p 70, and Analyze Text and Media p 72.
- Performance Task p 72. Be sure to use 1st person!
Week 9: Week of 22-Oct-2018
- Read Cairo: My City, Our Revolution pp 73-76
- Analyzing the Test p 78, Critical Vocabulary p 79
- Read from Reading Lolita in Tehran pp 81-83
- Read from Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return p 84
- Analyzing the Text p 86, and all of p 87
- Performance Task p 86, but complete this task for the reading Cairo: My City, Our Revolution
- Language and Style: Rhetorical Questions - complete the Practice and Apply section
Week 10: Week of 29-Oct-2018 (Quarter 1 Ends Nov 1)
- Read The Censors pp 89-92
- Analyzing the Text p 94, all of p 95
- Start work on COLLECTION 2 PERFORMANCE TASK pp 97-100
Week 11: Week of 05-Nov-2018
- Complete COLLECTION 2 PERFORMANCE TASK
The remainder of the schedule will be completed around week 6 of the semester.
Week 12: Week of 12-Nov-2018
Week 13: Week of 19-Nov-2018 (Nov 22-3 are Holidays)
Week 14: Week of 26-Nov-2018
Week 15: Week of 03-Dec-2018
Week 16: Week of 10-Dec-2018 (Dec 17 - Jan 2 are Holidays)
Week 17: Week of 02-Jan-2019 (2nd is a Wednesday)
Week 18: Week of 07-Jan-2019
Week 19: Week of 14-Jan-2019
Week 20: Week of 21-Jan-2019