Assignments

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1	2	3	4	5 Song Analysis Project 2:35 PM Edpuzzle - Elizabeth Acevedo Introducing The Poet X 2:35 PM Write-Pair-Share: In the first few pages, we see the way men in the neighborhood talk to Xiomara. Have you experienced this yourself or talked to a person this way, (page 4)? How do you think this feels if you haven’t experienced it yourself? If you have experienced it, how did it make you feel? 2:35 PM	6	7
8	9 Do Now 9/9: “Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting” (41). Paraphrase the above quote. What is the deeper meaning of this quote? Why does this quote matter? 2:35 PM	10	11 Assignment 1--Most Impactful Day 1:20 PM Write-Pair-Share: On pages 46 and 53, more boys talk to Xiomara about her body. She never tells them this is what she wants. What do you think consent is? Is Xiomara allowed to have control over her own body? Explain your answer please. 2:35 PM	12	13 Do Now 9/13: 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? 2:35 PM Poems of Place 2:35 PM	14
15	16	17 Do Now 9/17: Please identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentences. You can simply list the subjects and predicates: The hummingbird buzzed around the classroom during second period last week. The students in period four created goofy team names last week. The sweltering classroom drove period six to the library last week during the intense heat wave. 2:35 PM "Poet X" Reading Quiz (Part 1) 2:35 PM Do Now 9/17: Please identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentences. You can simply list the subjects and predicates: The hummingbird buzzed around the classroom during second period last week. The students in period four created goofy team names last week. The sweltering classroom drove period six to the library last week during the intense heat wave. 2:35 PM	18	19 "Twin" Close Reading 12:55 PM Do Now 9/19: Please rewrite the following sentences as one smooth sentence. Remember, there are multiple options for how to combine each pair. We had pizza together. It was pepperoni. Shirley is the captain of our cheer team. She created many new cheers for us. We had to search for our lost ball. It rolled into the bushes. We made chocolate cake for the class. It melted in the car. My baby sister cries. She does that whenever my mom leaves the house. 2:35 PM	20	21
22	23 Assignment 2-Last Paragraph of Your Biography 12:55 PM Free-Write: Now that you have completed both identity wheels (one for how you view yourself and one for how others view you), think about the disconnect between the two perspectives. In a well-developed paragraph, please write about how the difference between how you view your identity and how other people view your identity. 2:35 PM Do Now 9/23: How was Medusa punished by Athena? Why does Xiomara feel like Medusa’s daughter? Check out the poem “How I Feel about Attention” on page 48 of "The Poet X." Why would the author, Elizabeth Acevedo, choose to include this allusion to Greek mythology? 2:35 PM	24	25 Grammar Quiz #1 2:35 PM	26	27 Do Now 9/27: Write a 3-5 sentence summary of chapter 3 of A Different Mirror that uses the following words: Exploitation Underclass Elite Rebellion 2:35 PM	28
29	30	1 "A Different Mirror" Chapter 6 Reading Quiz 2:35 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? 2:35 PM "A Different Mirror" Chapter 6 Reading Quiz 2:35 PM	2	3 Personal Narrative (ROUGH DRAFT) 12:55 PM 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? 2:35 PM	4	5