Planning your week:
Mon. 10/4 - Have all of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart read; Meet in the lab 9129 to work on Ibo Cultural Presentation/Annotated Bibliography (day 2)
Tues. 10/5 and Wed. 10/6 - Ibo Cultural Presentations!
Tues. 10/5 – Second IR book check
Wed. 10/5 - Ibo Annotated Bibliography due to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Mon. 10/11 - Bring your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club
Thurs. 11/18 - Second IR book project due
Link’s to This Week’s Resources:
Things Fall Apart - novel PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
SpringBoard TFA Unit PDF
Monday, October 4
Learning Goal: Predict, question, and research how colonization might affect an aspect of the Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. a. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work [e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare]”).
Agenda:
Opener
Tuesday, October 5
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings with the class.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9–10 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.) ELAGSE9-10SL2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Agenda:
Opener:
Wednesday, October 6
Learning Goal(s): Submit your annotated bibliography and present your research findings with the class.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9–10 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.) ELAGSE9-10SL2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Agenda:
Thursday, October 7
Learning Goal(s): Plan and write a literary analytical essay about Things Fall Apart in which you examine a character’s response to the cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
Opener
Friday, October 8
Learning Goal(s): Plan and write a literary analytical essay about Things Fall Apart in which you examine a character’s response to the cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
Opener
Mon. 10/4 - Have all of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart read; Meet in the lab 9129 to work on Ibo Cultural Presentation/Annotated Bibliography (day 2)
Tues. 10/5 and Wed. 10/6 - Ibo Cultural Presentations!
Tues. 10/5 – Second IR book check
Wed. 10/5 - Ibo Annotated Bibliography due to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m.
Upcoming Due Dates:
Mon. 10/11 - Bring your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club
Thurs. 11/18 - Second IR book project due
Link’s to This Week’s Resources:
Things Fall Apart - novel PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
SpringBoard TFA Unit PDF
Monday, October 4
Learning Goal: Predict, question, and research how colonization might affect an aspect of the Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. a. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work [e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare]”).
Agenda:
Opener
- Review plan to have a successful lab day!
- Meet in the computer lab 9129 to work on your Ibo Cultural Presentation/Annotated Bibliography.
- We begin the presentations TOMORROW!
- Cultural Presentations - TOMORROW and Wednesday
- Next IR book is due TOMORROW
- Annotated Bibliography due Wed. 10/6 by 11:59 pm to Turnitin.com
- Your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club is due Mon., October 11
Tuesday, October 5
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings with the class.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9–10 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.) ELAGSE9-10SL2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Agenda:
Opener:
- As people are presenting, you will be taking notes on the cultural collision they teach you about on this handout. Your notes will be turned in!
- Cultural Presentations Day 1
- Answer any questions on today’s content.
- Prepare for remaining presentations tomorrow!
- Annotated Bibliography due TOMORROW by 11:59 pm to Turnitin.com
- Your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club is due Mon., October 11
Wednesday, October 6
Learning Goal(s): Submit your annotated bibliography and present your research findings with the class.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9–10 Language standards 1 and 3 for specific expectations.) ELAGSE9-10SL2: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Agenda:
- In your textbook, read the “About the Author” section on page 121.
- Read the “As You Read” section on page 121 for what to do as you read the short story “Marriage is a Private Affair” (in three parts) on pages 121-131.
- As you read, answer questions 1-19 about the story and complete the chart on page 128.
- Pull out the pages with the questions and hand them in to the 2nd period basket.
- If you have time remaining in class, you may read in your Independent Reading text.
- Annotated Bibliography due TONIGHT by 11:59 pm to Turnitin.com
- Your own copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club is due Mon., October 11
Thursday, October 7
Learning Goal(s): Plan and write a literary analytical essay about Things Fall Apart in which you examine a character’s response to the cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
Opener
- Your teacher will explain the timed literary analysis for Things Fall Apart - this is a timed, two day, in-class essay. You WILL NOT take this home!
- Take the first 45 minutes of class to prepare a writing plan.
- Then, using the novel, your research, and your notes from the culture presentations, craft an essay in which you analyze how the cultural collision in the novel changes a character’s sense of identity, and explain how his or her response shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
- Discuss plan for completing the essay in class tomorrow
- Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class Monday, Oct. 11
- Continue reading IR book - due Thurs. Nov. 18
Friday, October 8
Learning Goal(s): Plan and write a literary analytical essay about Things Fall Apart in which you examine a character’s response to the cultural collision caused by the introduction of Western ideas into Ibo culture.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic. c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic. e. Establish and maintain an appropriate style and objective tone. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Agenda:
Opener
- Reminder: you have today to finish your essay
- Using the novel, your research, and your notes from the culture presentations, craft an essay in which you analyze how the cultural collision in the novel changes a character’s sense of identity, and explain how his or her response shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
- When you’re finished with your essay, begin reading The Joy Luck Club and/or continue reading your independent reading book.
- Acquire a copy of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club before class Monday, Oct. 11
- Continue reading IR book - due Thurs. Nov. 18
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