April 12-April 16

  • Please go to your Google Classroom to access the materials and submit your assignments.

  • We will have a daily (except Wednesday) Google Meet at the beginning of class. If you cannot attend a Google Meet, please email me (eenns@wcpss.net) before 2:30 PM that day.


Monday, April 12

Learning Goal: Students will cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

  • Warm-up

  • "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

    • Read and annotate

    • Answer the questions

  • “The Choice” by Dorothy Parker

    • Read

    • Answer the questions

Tuesday, April 13

Learning Goal: Students will determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

  • Warm-up

  • “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco

    • Read

    • Respond to questions - short answer and READ strategy

Wednesday, April 14 (asynchronous day - no Google Meet)

Learning Goal: Students will develop comprehension and close reading skills through independent reading.

  • Make up any Q4 missing assignments

AND/OR

  • Sustained silent reading (SSR) - Read a book of your choice

Thursday, April 15

Learning Goal: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

  • Warm-up

  • “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

    • Read and discuss

  • “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost

    • Read and annotate

    • Answer the questions

Friday, April 16

Learning Goal: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

  • Warm-up

  • Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

    • Read and paraphrase

    • Answer the questions