Weekly Agenda Oct 25-29

Mon & Tues
Rubric & Symbolism Essay

Wed
SSR

Thurs & Fri
Review for Test
Unit Test

Due Dates

The Color of Water Unit Test: Oct 29th

The Color of Water Symbolism Essay:

• Typed Draft: Thursday, October 28th
• Final Draft into TurnItIn.com on Monday, November 1 by 10pm

Memoir: Friday, Nov 5th

Weekly Agenda Oct 18-22

The Color of Water

MON & TUES

Irony: Verbal Irony vs. Dramatic Irony vs. Situational Irony
Irony Freewrite: Write about irony in your life OR Write about something in an ironic way
Vocab Review

Vocab test
Relating to characters: How are your experiences and thoughts similar to and different from James' experiences and thoughts?
Bio-poem: A poem that can be used in your memoir (this would count as one vignette)
Memoir checklist: Keep this organizer to keep track of your progress

WED
SSR
Journal entries due today: You should have 8 entries

THURS & FRI
Revisit Symbolism Chart
What other symbols have you encountered?
Review how to analyze symbols
Choose a symbol and write another symbolism paragraph (Due tomorrow)

3L Qs
Quaker share: read quotes from chapters 18-21
Review how to develop a thesis and how to write an introduction and conclusion
Assignment: Write an introduction and a conclusion to tie together your two symbolism paragraphs into a formal essay (Due Wednesday, Oct 27)

Weekly Agenda Oct 11

The Color of Water

MON & TUES

Finish Vocabulary Review

Finish "Born Bad"

-highlight writing techniques

"Special Someone" Freewrite

Collect "School" Freewrite

HW Read Chapter 14 & 15 and 3Qs per

WED
SSR
Journal Entry #7
Journals Due Next WED

THURS & FRI
Look at excerpts from McBride and identify writing techniques
-apply his techniques to our freewrites; emphasis on SHOW language
-thoughtshots and babysteps
Review Vocabulary
-funsheet
-individual word check
3Q Discussion
-quotation Quaker Share
DUE FRIDAY: Typed or neatly written Special Someone Freewrite
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Weekly Agenda Oct 4-8

The Color of Water

MON & TUES

Symbol paragraphs

-20 common errors

-identify your errors and correct

See 2 sample paragraphs

-identify basic parts

-note style choices by author

--sentence length, word choice, transitions

Memoir Assignment

-review and ask clarifying questions

-see student examples

DUE OCT 29TH

-freewrite and begin vignettes

-creative writing techniques

HW Read Chapter 9 & 10 and 3Qs per(read chapters 9-12 this week)

Brainstorm ideas for personal vignettes

WED

Collect typed paragraphs
SSR

Journal Entry #6

HW Read Chapter 11 & 12 and 3Qs

THURS & FRI
Course Outline?
-signatures
Review Chapter 10
-identify and mimic writng techniques
-vocabulary
Freewrite
-identify best parts of ours
-expand
Memoir Assignment
-connect to Cisneros example "Bord Bad"
-characterization
-figurative language
-length
Special Someone Freewrite
-now you create imagery

Reading Quiz
3Q discussion
-vocabulary review
Quaker Share Quotations
Character Venn
-choose and record best descriptive language
HW Rewrite two vignettes and type one to turn in for feedback on Monday, worth 10 pts each.
NO Reading unless you need to catch up