Weekly Agenda March 28-April 1

The Things They Carried

Monday & Tuesday
Share content of "rucksack": what will you pack and why?
Dear America Documentary
-record year and new tone conveyed by 'letters'
HW Finish reading Chap 1 of The Things They Carried and 3Qs for Tuesday
Finish documentary
Characterization
-heroism versus cowardice
-evidence
HW Read Chapter 2 and 3Qs for Thursday

WED
SSR
Journal #7


THURS
Geo-Political Packet
Review Chapter 2
-quiz
-class discussion
HW Read Chapter 3 and 3Qs

FRI
Introduce Conversations Assignment
-first round
Review Chapter 3
-AMBIGUITY of war
Add to characterization

Excerpts from Platoon
-answer worksheet

NEXT

• Read and Write 3Qs for Chapters 4-7

• Record important evidence for the following themes:

1. How are women portrayed?
2. How is heroism portrayed? Cowardice?
3. How is war all about perspective?

Weekly Agenda March 21-25

The Things they Carried

Monday & Tuesday
Journal Articles
-2nd draft returned
FINAL draft due Friday
-prepare to Quaker share
Character Squares and Charts due MONDAY
NO HW

Wednesday
SSR
#8


Thursday & Friday
-draft cards
-vocab book marks
In-class writing
-Goodbye Letter
-quaker share excerpts of goodbye letter
Chap 1 Read Aloud
-3Q sheets
HW Finish Chapter 1 and 3qs


Collect "Goodbye Letters"
Times OP.Ed. piece, Things Carried in Iraq War
Discussion Chapter 1: 1-14 3Qs
-characterization
-list of things carried, weight, tangibles and intangibles
Pack Backpack and share
-freewrite on perspective
Review Vocabulary

Weekly Agenda March 15-18

Whale Talk

Tuesday
Review Draft #1 Comments
Practice application of transitional expressions -quiz
Character Chart
HW 3Q Sheets due tomorrow
HW Article Draft #2 due Thursday

Wednesday
SSR
#8

Thursday
EAP Testing

Friday
Character Chart and Squares work -in class
HW Squares and Chart due Monday

Weekly Agenda March 7-11

Whale Talk

Monday & Wednesday
Speed Interviews
Official Journal Assignment

• student examples
• norming on rubric

Research and Interview regarding Topic
HW Finish Reading Whale Talk for Thursday and complete 3Qs per chapter.

NO Journal entry this week, Journals due FRIDAY!! #1-#6 (remember #6 is worth 10pts)

Thursday & Friday
Roughdrafting per Inverted Triangle

• working with transitional expressions
• review signal phrases active verbs
• direct quotations and paraphrasing
• the colon, semi-colon and comma for emphasis
• review appeals: to emotions, logic, ethics

Work with Style Guide

• edit draft
• peer and teacher edits and responses
• what's missing?

Review text: communication styles and methods to avoid and diffuse confrontation
-group work

HW for Next Friday: Final Draft with roughdrafts and rubric attached