Assignments

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
29	30	1 "A Different Mirror" Chapter 6 Reading Quiz 12:15 PM Do Now 10/1: What are some things you want the class to STOP doing? What are some things that you want the class to START doing? What are some things that you want the class to SUSTAIN? 12:15 PM "A Different Mirror" Chapter 6 Reading Quiz 12:15 PM	2	3 Personal Narrative (ROUGH DRAFT) 10:30 AM Do Now 10/3: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend? 12:15 PM	4	5
6	7	8 Period 4 Publishing Party 10:30 AM Personal Narrative (FINAL DRAFT) 10:30 AM Do Now 10/8: What do you like best about your personal narrative? If you had the chance to revise again, what would you change about your personal narrative? What did you find easy about this assignment? What was challenging about this assignment? 12:15 PM	9	10 "The Poet X" Evidence Tracker 12:15 PM Do Now 10/10: What is one type of oppression that Xiomara experiences in The Poet X? Your response MUST include a quote from the book AND 2-3 sentences of quote analysis. 12:15 PM	11	12
13	14 Grammar Quiz #2 12:15 PM Do Now 10/14: What part of Xavier’s (Twin’s) identity is revealed through the poems on pages 173-177? Given this detail about Xavier, how does he experience any of the “Four I’s of Oppression” in The Poet X? 12:15 PM Grammar Quiz #2 12:15 PM	15	16 "Assignment 3--Someone Who Is Misunderstood by Society" 11:20 AM Poems of Love 12:40 PM Do Now 10/16: In your own words, what is love? What is the dictionary definition of love? Feel free to use online resources to look up a definition! Does your definition refer to types of love other than romantic love? If not, add on other types. How might this relate to poetry? 12:40 PM	17	18 "The Poet X" Part 2 Reading Quiz 12:15 PM Do Now 10/18: In Poet X, Xiomara feels like she can never make her mother happy. Have you ever felt this way about an adult in your life? Explain how you have felt something similar OR explain why you haven’t felt this way before. 12:15 PM "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan 12:15 PM Exit Slips 10/18: Compare and contrast “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. What do the two pieces have in common? What is different about the two pieces? 12:15 PM	19
20	21	22 Do Now 10/22: What’s one type of oppression that Xiomara faces in the section you read for homework (pages 223-260)? What are ways that Xiomara also resists oppression in the novel? 12:15 PM	23	24 Introduction Paragraph Practice Peardeck 12:15 PM Do Now 10/24: When Xiomara tells Aman they have to stop on page 326, how does she think he will react? How does Aman show Xiomara that he supports her decision? How does this demonstrate that they have a relationship based on mutual respect? 12:15 PM Choose one of the questions below to answer. Keep in mind that your classmates will be able to see your answer! After responding to one of these questions, you will need to respond to at least TWO classmates' responses. These responses can express WHY you agree/disagree with them, or you can respond in some other way that shows you have engaged with their response. 12:15 PM	25	26
27	28 Do Now 10/28: What’s the thesis statement for your essay? What are two topic sentences you could use for your body paragraphs? 12:40 PM Sample Body Paragraph 12:15 PM	29	30 "Conclusion Paragraph Practice" Peardeck 12:40 PM	31	1	2