2. Study vocab
3. Vocab quiz
4. Finish viewing OM&M
5. Work on OM&M packet (due Monday for a TEST grade)
1. Warm-up: Was George justified in killing Lennie? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your response
2. Study vocab 3. Vocab quiz 4. Finish viewing OM&M 5. Work on OM&M packet (due Monday for a TEST grade)
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1. Poetry analysis (write answers on your warm-up paper)
2. Review vocab 3. Finish OM&M 4. Work on OM&M packet (due Monday) 5. Study for vocab quiz! *turn in parallelism homework
1. ACT writing practice: passage III, questions 30-44 2. Recap/review 3. Finish reading chapter 5 OM&M 1. Warm-up: Pre-viewing Question: 1) How do the media and entertainment industries shape cultural norms and standards and—in particular—our concept of beauty? Watch How to Get Away with Murder Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSl-SPyHtg Preview post-viewing Questions: 2) What does Viola Davis’s daughter mean when she requests, “Can you put me in the story?” 3) What does Davis mean when she says, “it starts from the top up”? 4) Why does Davis thank the writers, producers, and casting director for “thinking that a sexualized, messy, mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old dark-skinned African American woman who looks like me”? View Viola Davis SAG Awards Acceptance Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TIi3OPKU5w and answer questions
1. Parallelism
2. Parallelism in the 2015 "State of the Union" Address (due Wednesday) 3. New vocab. Quizlet link: http://quizlet.com/67995068/of-mice-and-men-chapter-5-and-6-flash-cards/ 4. Recap/review 5. View film 6. Read ch. 4 1. Warm-up: read article and write a claim statement stating your position and two specific examples to support your claim
article link: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2338543-serena-williams-and-eugenie-bouchard-question-australian-open-twirl-request?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial Prompt: Was the Australian Open "Twirl" request sexist? 2. Turn in warm-ups 3. Review vocab 4. Vocab quiz 5. Finish chapter 3 6. Work on character chart and analysis questions for chapter 3 1. Turn in "I Have a Dream" questions
2. Tone and mood handout 3. Tone and mood analysis questions for Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" and Archibald MacLeish's "The End of the World" 4. Poetry Mad Libs 5. Review vocab 6. Continue reading OM&M ch. 3 1. Warm-up: ACT writing practices. Passage #2 16-29
2. MLK Jr. questions due tomorrow 3. View film 4. Read chapter 3 5. Homework: finish MLK Jr. questions 1. Warm-up: answer the following questions on your warm-up sheet:
1) Is racism still an issue in American today? Why or why not? 2) What, to the Black American, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? 2. Read and discuss "What, to the Black American, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?" Article link: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/what-to-the-black-american-is-martin-luther-king-jr-day/?ref=opinion&_r=0 3. MLK Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech terms and questions. Complete for homework. Due Thursday 4. Introduce new vocab. Quizlet link: http://quizlet.com/_ku33h 5. Recap/review OM&M 6. View beginning of film 1. Warm up: argumentative writing
What is your position on the death penalty? Write a claim statement expressing your opinion and give two specific examples you would use to support your position should you develop your claim into an essay 2. Finish reading chapter 2 3. Vocab quiz review 4. Vocab quiz 5. Literary terms quiz 6. Work on OM&M packet |
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