American Experience

Weekly Workflow

This semester's essential question:

What is the American Dream?

June 16th - June 17th

What happened last week? Click here to see the weekly workflow archive.

Monday, 6/16: Semester-End Assessment

“E” per. Semester-End Assessment Block: 7:20 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

“F” per. Semester-End Assessment Block: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

SEA Make-Up/Remediation Block: 12:15 p.m. -2:15 p.m. See Mrs. Juster for the sign-up sheet.

REMINDER:

📙Don’t forget to return your literature textbooks on or before your SEA.

📘Don’t forget to bring your copy of The Great Gatsby to your SEA. You’ll be handing it in at the end of your SEA block.

Tuesday, 6/17: Semester-End Assessment

“G” per. Semester-End Assessment Block: 7:20 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

“H” per. Semester-End Assessment Block: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

SEA Make-Up/Remediation Block: 12:15 p.m. -2:15 p.m. See Mrs. Juster for the sign-up sheet.

REMINDER:

📙Don’t forget to return your literature textbooks on or before your SEA.

📘Don’t forget to bring your copy of The Great Gatsby to your SEA. You’ll be handing it in at the end of your SEA block.

📓Composition Notebook Entries

📓FRONT SECTION OF COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK: Whole-Class Texts

Entry #1: Reader's Response to “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin ( p. 642).
Entry #2: Reader's Response. Connect MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech to one of Langston Hughes' poems: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Hughes (p. 926), "Harlem: A Dream Deferred", and “I, Too" by Hughes (p. 928)
Entry #3: Reader's Response to 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (Chapter 1: pp. 1 - 10).
Entry #4: Reader's Response to 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (Chapters 2- 4: pp. 11 - 43).
Entry #5: Reader's Response to 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (Chapters 5- 8: pp. 44 - 78).
Entry #6: Reader's Response to 42: The Jackie Robinson Story (Chapters 9- 11: pp. 79 - 116).
Entry #7: Reader's Response to 42: The Jackie Robinson Story ( Chapters 12 - 15: pp. 117 - 151).
Entry #8 : Reader's Response to The Great Gatsby ( Chapters 1 & 2)
Entry #9: Reader's Response to The Great Gatsby ( Chapter 3) (see Google Classroom for prompts).
Entry #10: Reader's Response to The Great Gatsby ( Chapters 4 & 5).

📓BACK SECTION OF COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK: Independent Reading

Entry #1 : Reader's Response to Independent Reading book.
Entry #2 : Reader's Response to Independent Reading book.
Entry #3 : Reader's Response to Independent Reading book.
Entry #4 : Reader's Response to Independent Reading book.
Entry #5 : Reader's Response to Independent Reading book.

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 something to read!

Weekly Goal for Independent Reading: 40 minutes (minimum)

If you’ve switched your independent reading book or moved on to a new one, click here to fill out the “What’cha Reading?” form.