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Monday September 21
Monday September 21
"Bread" and the Power of Imagination
"Bread" and the Power of Imagination
Optional AUDIO of "Bread" here.
Optional AUDIO of "Bread" here.
Homework: If you can, bring a real piece of bread (any kind) with you to our Google MEET tomorrow. I'm serious. Have it in your hand at the start of the meeting. Show us.
Homework: If you can, bring a real piece of bread (any kind) with you to our Google MEET tomorrow. I'm serious. Have it in your hand at the start of the meeting. Show us.
Tuesday September 22
Tuesday September 22
BASE GROUPS: How many settings are listed in "Bread"? What are they all?
BASE GROUPS: How many settings are listed in "Bread"? What are they all?
"Bread" by Margaret Atwood: Analyzing Shifting Contexts
"Bread" by Margaret Atwood: Analyzing Shifting Contexts
Re-skim "Bread" while we're in our meeting.
Re-skim "Bread" while we're in our meeting.
Now that we're imagining bread in different settings, how does that affect the value or importance of bread in each setting. What changes the value of the break throughout the story?
Now that we're imagining bread in different settings, how does that affect the value or importance of bread in each setting. What changes the value of the break throughout the story?
Wednesday September 23
Wednesday September 23
Please join this Vocabulary.com Class (It's linked to our Pre-AP Curriculum): CLICK HERE.
As you join, you should be assigned the PRACTICE and a SPELLING BEE activities. Please do today.
Please join this Vocabulary.com Class (It's linked to our Pre-AP Curriculum): CLICK HERE.
As you join, you should be assigned the PRACTICE and a SPELLING BEE activities. Please do today.
Click for: WEDNESDAY OPTIONAL "Office Hours" MEET.
Click for: WEDNESDAY OPTIONAL "Office Hours" MEET.
Questions? Need help? Tech issues? 12-12:30.
Questions? Need help? Tech issues? 12-12:30.
Join if you wish for as long as you wish - no attendance, no requirements!
Join if you wish for as long as you wish - no attendance, no requirements!
Edward Jones, author of "The First Day"
Thursday September 24
Thursday September 24
- Writing Skills Survey on Google Classroom. due tomorrow.
- Read the first paragraph from "The First Day" and do the opening writing prompt (1.3.A) (YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A COPY)
I'm noticing that many of you are very good writers, and I want to continue assessing that skill before we move on to higher-level assignments.
I'm noticing that many of you are very good writers, and I want to continue assessing that skill before we move on to higher-level assignments.
Friday September 25
Friday September 25
Check-in: AP Classroom and yesterday's links.
Check-in: AP Classroom and yesterday's links.
With "The First Day" open, in your BASE GROUPS, help each other find 4 "this is my mother" quotes. Put the quotes on your 1.3B handout.
With "The First Day" open, in your BASE GROUPS, help each other find 4 "this is my mother" quotes. Put the quotes on your 1.3B handout.
For individual work: Using the textual evidence that you found, complete the 4 sentence starters "The narrator's mother is __________________." THEN, combine all of that to write a complex sentence, taking all of the descriptive words about the mother into account. Google Classroom link.
For individual work: Using the textual evidence that you found, complete the 4 sentence starters "The narrator's mother is __________________." THEN, combine all of that to write a complex sentence, taking all of the descriptive words about the mother into account. Google Classroom link.
Based on the narrator’s comments, she views her mother as _______________, _____________, ____________, and ________________.
BONUS: Is there another side to the narrator’s mother that these quotes and adjectives do not capture?
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