Friday, January 23, 2015

Week of January 26-30

Monday, January 26:
  • Turn in TKAM vs. The Help Compare/Contrast Essay
  • Book room "field trip" - return To Kill a Mockingbird and pick up Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby
  • Binder clean out
  • New homework and bathroom passes
Tuesday, January 27:
  • Warm-Up
  • Read "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" aloud as a class (p. 860 in the literature book) for the first half of the reading
  • Finishing reading the second half of the essay in groups. Work on questions #5, 6, and 7 on p. 865.
Wednesday, January 28:
  • Warm-Up
  • Notes: Harlem Renaissance
  • Read the three Langston Hughes poems on the handout.  Analyze the poems for tone and theme.
Thursday, January 29:
  • Warm-Up
  • Zora Neale Hurston background - Talk to the Text and summary activity
  • Bring Their Eyes Were Watching God to class tomorrow
Friday, January 30:
  • Finish Langston Hughes poem activity and work on question #8 on p. 865 in the literature book (comparing Hurston's essay to Hughes's poems)
  • Turn in questions, #5, 6, 7, and 8
  • Discuss Hughes's poems
  • Begin reading/listening to Ch. 1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God - complete the processing sheet as you read/listen

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