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