Daily Agendas and Assignments for English 2
Current Units of Study:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
One Chunk Writing
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Explain what you
think is worse, physical or mental pain.
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Physical pain
such as being punched
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Mental pain such
as being teased
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Today:
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Prewriting
Strategy #5
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Columns
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Practice the 5
Prewriting Strategies we have learned
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Column
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Bubble
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Spider
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Line Cluster
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Outline
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Today:
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What is a
close-ended question?
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What are
close-ended questions used for?
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What is an
open-ended question?
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What are
open-ended questions used for?
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How do we write
open-ended questions?
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Writing
open-ended questions for Kindred discussion.
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HW:
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Read Kindred
p. 43-80 for block day discussion
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Write 3
open-ended questions for our discussion
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Bring SSR book
for block day
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Bell: please be
seated and reading your SSR book
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Today:
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SSR
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Proper Heading
(MLA)
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Take notes,
required on all assignments handed in
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Hand back work
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Kindred Quiz 1
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Writing Terms Vocab Quiz
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Prewriting
Strategies Practice
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Class Discussion,
Kindred p. 43-80
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HW:
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Read Kindred
p. 80-91
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Quiz Friday over Kindred
p. 43-91
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Quiz over Kindred
p. 43-91
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Describe how you
would spend your days.
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Today:
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What is theme?
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Create a list of
themes in Kindred
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Finding quotes as
example of theme.
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Use 1 of the
prewriting strategies we have practiced
1.
Bubble, Spider,
Line, Outline, Column
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Create a
prewriting for 2 themes of Kindred
1.
For example:
1.
Theme will be
your #1
2.
The 2 themes you
choose will be you #2’s
3.
3 quotes you find
will be your #3’s
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Today:
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African-American
Writers
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Langston Hughes
and W.E.B. DuBois
1.
Read their
writings on page 196-199
2.
Answer questions
1-4 on page 200
1.
5-7 sentences
each
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HW due Wednesday:
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Read Kindred
to page 120 for discussion
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Bring 3
Discussion (Open-ended) questions
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Bring SSR book
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Today:
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Using evidence to
support your answer
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During class
discussions
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Scoring points
during class discussion
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HW:
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Quiz Friday, Kindred
pages 92-131
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Today:
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Kindred Quiz #3
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In your own
words, explain what has happened.
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Today:
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In groups of 2-3,
read the Reading Guide p.
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Answer the
following questions:
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Explain why first
person slave narratives should have ceased to be written.
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Explain why
Butler chooses to have Dana lose her arm.
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Explain how Dana’s
arm is a “birthmark.”
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Explain why
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HW:
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DUE WED
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Hand in portfolio
of Bells and Class Work
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Explain why the following seems to be:
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Ask a man to sit
on a hot stove for an minute and it will seem like a hour. Ask the same man to
let a beautiful woman sit on his lap for an hour and it will seem like a
minute.
-Albert
Einstein
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Today:
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What is
relativity?
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The Theory of
Relativity
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Speed of light
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On the train versus
off the train
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Slower clocks
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Time travel
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Why Dana’s clock
is slower.
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HW:
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For Wednesday
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Bells and Class
Work
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Read Kindred p.
131-165
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3 Discussion
Questions
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For Thursday
(Block)
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SSR Book
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Kindred Quiz #4
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Today:
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SSR
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Discussion
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Is there anything
to clarify?
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Class discussion.
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Kindred Quiz #4
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Describe life on
the plantation.
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Quotations
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Use of Brackets
1.
[ ]
2.
To change the
original words
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Use Ellipse
1.
…
2.
Omit words
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Use Parentheses (
)
1.
Give credit
2.
Author’s Last
Name Page Number
3.
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Examples of
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Groups of 2-3
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6 examples of
plantation life
1.
Use quotations
and skills we just discussed
2.
For each quote
explain, in your own words, what we learn about plantation life.
1.
Use “This shows
that…”
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Today:
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Examples of Trust
in Kindred
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Groups of 2-3
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6 examples of
trust
1.
Use quotations
and skills we learned yesterday
2.
For each quote
explain, in your own words, what we learn about plantation life.
1.
Use “This shows
that…
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Reminders:
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SSR book on Wed
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3 Discussion
Questions
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Read to page 208
for discussion
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SSR
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Discussion
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Quotes for
examples with partners to answer discussion questions
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Reminder:
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Quiz on Friday
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Quiz #5
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Create 3
Discussion Questions for Wednesday’s discussion
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Must be from
Bloom Level 3-5
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Answer questions
in your own words
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5-7 sentences
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Use Quotations
from book
1.
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How to respond to
an article
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Agree or disagree
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Comment on a
specific idea
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Discuss why it is
good or bad
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Write about a
personal experience
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Identify the wrtier’s:
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Purpose
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Opinion
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Thesis and
supporting evidence
1.
Evaluate the
effectiveness of the author’s argument
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Read and respond
to:
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Small Group
Discussions
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Answering 5
questions with supporting evidence from Kindred
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Kindred Quiz #6
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Today:
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Defining
Commentary (CM)
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Commentary vs Concrete Detail
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What you feel vs What you see/do
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The Ratio
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1: 2+
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Paragraph Outline
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TS
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CD
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CM
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CM
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CD
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CM
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CM
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CD
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CM
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CM
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CS
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Paragraph
Practice
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Write a paragraph
using the following topic sentence
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The one movie
everyone should see is ______.
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Your paragraph
should follow the format we learned yesterday
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Today:
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Writer’s Notebook
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Ways to start CD
sentences
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Ways to start CM
sentences
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Prewriting to
Paragraphs
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Prewrite and write a complete paragraph using the following
Topic Sentences
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Explain which
prewriting strategy you like to use
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Bubble, Spider,
Line Cluster, Outline, Columns
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Use your favorite
prewriting strategy to prewrite on the following
topic
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My favorite type
of music is _____
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Will be your #1
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Today:
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Review of how
prewriting translates into the essay
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#1 is subject,
topic
1.
will become
thesis sentence
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#2, Topic
Sentences
1.
There are 2 #2’s
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For each #2,
there are 3 #’s
1.
#3’s are CD’s
(Concrete Details, Facts)
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For each #3,
there are 2 CM’s (Commentary, Opinion)
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Kindred Essay
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Do a prewriting
and begin to write your Kindred essay
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Possible Thesis:
1.
Kindred is the best book I have ever read
1.
You may change
thesis however you like
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Completed
prewriting and written paragraphs are DUE FRIDAY
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HW:
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Kindred book to class on Friday for Quiz Grade
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Bring completed
prewriting and essay to class
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Be seated and
reread the Prologue of Kindred
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Today:
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For the 6 CD’s
you used to complete your prewriting, find quotes and page numbers to support
your CD
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Write the page
number and a short quote on your prewriting