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This semester's essential question:
This semester's essential question:
What is the American Dream?
What is the American Dream?
March 23rd - March 27th
March 23rd - March 27th
What happened last week? Click here to see the weekly workflow archive.
Monday, 3/23: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
Monday, 3/23: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
🔔The SAT is coming! Open the Bluebook app to complete the final update.
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Quiz on: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #3”.
Summative Assessments
🎯Review Summative Assessment Guidelines
🎭Return to the LMC to continue preparation for Summative #2: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project.
Go to the Research Workshop section of Google Classroom to work on Pixels & Prose Research: Justifying Your Critical Lens (Due before the start of class, Tuesday, 3/24).
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Tuesday, 3/24: Lancers Read Day
Tuesday, 3/24: Lancers Read Day
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
Summative Assessments
🎯Review Summative Assessment Guidelines
🎭Return to the LMC to continue preparation for Summative #2: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project:
Learn about Google Video
Begin work on Pixels & Prose Research: Multimedia Sources (Due before the start of class, Friday, 3/24).
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Wednesday, 3/25: SAT Day!
Wednesday, 3/25: SAT Day!
Thursday, 3/26: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
Thursday, 3/26: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
Reading Workshop
🎯Review Reading Workshop Objectives
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
Summative Assessments
🎯Review Summative Assessment Guidelines
🎭Continue preparation for Summative #2: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project:
FINISH work on Pixels & Prose Research: Multimedia Sources (Due before the start of class, Friday, 3/24).
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Friday, 3/27: Poetry Day!
Friday, 3/27: Poetry Day!
Academic Discourse Workshop
🎯 Academic Discourse Workshop Objectives
🏛️Visit the Library of Congress to select a poem to perform for our March Poetry Day.
📗March Poetry Day performances!
🔰 Complete the Poetry Day Reflection/Analysis for March. You can find this assignment in Google Classroom under Academic Discourse. Due: Monday, 3/30.
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
So, wait a minute...do I have homework?
So, wait a minute...do I have homework?
Yes- always! First, use this weekly workflow to keep track of deadlines and manage your time outside of class.
Next, thanks to independent reading, you always have reading to do. How much? Your Weekly Goal for Independent Reading (inside class and outside of class) is 40 minutes (minimum).
Lastly, most weeks we're working on vocabulary development. Use this page as a guide for your ongoing vocabulary work.
What'cha Reading? If you’ve switched your independent reading book or moved on to a new one, click here.
📓Reader's & Writer's Notebook
📓Reader's & Writer's Notebook
Composition Notebook Entries Prior to This Week
📓FRONT HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK: Reader's Responses
Entry #1: Reader's Response to your Independent Reading.
Entry #2: Reader's Response to your Independent Reading.
Entry #3: Reader's Response to your Independent Reading.
📓BACK HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK: Writing Prompts
Entry #1 Response to “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
Prompt: How does this poem connect immigration and the American Dream? (What words or images most clearly express its message?)
Entry #2 Response to “The Problem We All Live With” by Norman Rockwell
Prompt: How does the painting comment on equality, inclusion, or barriers to the American Dream? (Use details from the image to support your
answer.)
Entry #3 Response to “I Have a Dream” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Prompt: How does King include many different people in his vision of the American Dream? (Use details from the speech to support your answer.)
Entry #4 Respond to the prompt connected to the song of your choice.
“This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie
Prompt: What does Guthrie suggest about access to the American Dream? Support your answer with details from the lyrics.
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen
Prompt: How does this song both celebrate and question the American Dream? What details from the chorus/context support your reasoning?
Entry #5: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 1
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act I, sc. i (pp. 23- 53)
PROMPT: How does living in such a tiny, crowded space make Walter and Ruth feel on the inside? How does the "smallness" of the apartment match their "big" frustrations with life?
Entry #6: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 2
Entry #6
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act I, sc. ii ( pp. 54 - 75)
PROMPT: How are Mama’s plans for the $10,000 insurance check different from Walter’s plans and Beneatha’s plans? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
Entry #7: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 3
Entry #7
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc. i and sc. ii ( pp. 76-109)
PROMPT: Why did Mama ultimately give Walter Lee the remaining $6500? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
Entry #8: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 4
Entry #8
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc iii ( pp. 110 - 130)
PROMPT: Which hurts the family more- the "polite" racism of Mr. Lindner, or the betrayal of Walter’s friend Willy Harris? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
Entry #9: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 5
Entry #9
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc iii ( pp. 131 - 151)
PROMPT: Why does Walter Lee decide that his dignity is more important than the money Mr. Lindner offers him? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
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