Week of February 23-27

Monday, February 23:

• Watch Their Eyes Were Watching God movie

Tuesday, February 24:

• Continue watching Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Bring The Catcher in the Rye to class tomorrow

Wednesday, February 25:

• Finish Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Notes:  J.D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye
• Read Ch. 1 together in class

Thursday, February 26:

• Course selection presentation/information

Friday, February 27:

• Reading day (there will be a substitute teacher)
• HW:  Read Ch. 2-4 by Monday

Week of February 9-13

Monday, February 9:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in Ch. 3-4 questions
• Ch. 3-4 Discussion
• Your group will be assigned a page number from either chapter 3 or 4
• Write a 1-2 sentence summary of your page
• Copy a quotation and explain WHY it is important
• Find an unknown word and define it (use context clues or look it up)
• Copy a passage that appears interesting and explain why
• Decide who is going to speak for your group.  Each group will share its findings.
• HW:  Read Ch. 5 by Wednesday
• Ch. 1-5 Quiz on Wednesday!

Tuesday, February 10:

• Warm-Up
• Reading day - Ch. 5 is very long.  Finish the chapter before tomorrow's class period and be ready for discussion.

Wednesday, February 11:

• Warm-Up
• Quiz:  Ch. 1-5
• Ch. 6 Close Reading Activity - Talk to the Text (TttT) as you read and answer the questions on the handout.

Thursday, February 12:

• Discuss Ch. 6 Close Reading Activity
• Chronology Activity
• Each slip of paper represents an event in Their Eyes Were Watching God.  In your groups, put the events together in what you believe to be the correct order of the events for the rest of the novel.  Use your knowledge of Ch. 1-5 to help you with this task.  We will discuss the correct order at the end of the hour.

Friday, February 13:

• TEWWG Figurative language practice + discussion
• Have a great Mid-Winter Break! :)

Week of February 2-6

Monday, February 2:

• SNOW DAY!  Enjoy your day off! :)

Tuesday, February 3:

• SNOW DAY!  Enjoy your day off! :)

Wednesday, February 4:

• Warm-Up
• Finish listening to Ch. 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and complete/discuss the processing sheet
• Begin listening to Ch. 2 and completing Janie's family tree

Thursday, February 5:

• Warm-Up
• Finish listening to Ch. 2 of TEWWG and complete/discuss Janie's family tree
• Finish reading Ch. 2 on your own
• HW:  Read Ch. 3-4 by Monday

Friday, February 6:

• Warm-Up
• TEWWG Metaphor Construction and Practice
• HW:  Ch. 3-4 Processing due Monday