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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 2nd - March 6th
March 2nd - March 6th
What happened last week? Click here to see the weekly workflow archive.
Monday, 3/2: Death of a Salesman
Monday, 3/2: Death of a Salesman
Reading Workshop
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
🎬View & read Death of a Salesman: Part 2. Look in Google Classroom for assignment details.
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Begin vocabulary development for the spring semester and prepare for the SAT later this month with Vocabulary.com.
💡Explore and study the terms in this list: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #1”. Quiz in class on Monday, 3/9.
Academic Discourse Workshop
🎯 Academic Discourse Workshop Objectives
🔰 Complete the Poetry Day Reflection/Analysis for February. You can find this assignment in Google Classroom under Academic Discourse. Due: TOMORROW!
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Tuesday, 3/3: Death of a Salesman
Tuesday, 3/3: Death of a Salesman
Reading Workshop
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
💬🗨️Formal table-group discussion of Death of a Salesman : Part 2.
📓In the back half of your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook, complete Entry #6: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 2.
Entry #6
Death of a Salesman
Miller
Act I (pp. 20 -51)
PROMPT: In a flashback to when his sons were in high school, Willy gives his sons advice on success. Find a line where Willy equates being "well-liked" with financial success. Compare that line to the way the younger Biff and Happy look at their father in the film. How does their body language show they are "buying into" his delusion?
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Continue exploring and studying the terms in this list: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #1”. Quiz in class on Monday, 3/9.
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Wednesday, 3/4: Death of a Salesman
Wednesday, 3/4: Death of a Salesman
Reading Workshop
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
🎬View & read Death of a Salesman: Part 3. Look in Google Classroom for assignment details.
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Continue exploring and studying the terms in this list: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #1”. Quiz in class on Monday, 3/9.
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Thursday, 3/5: Death of a Salesman
Thursday, 3/5: Death of a Salesman
Reading Workshop
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
💬🗨️Formal table-group discussion of Death of a Salesman : Part 3.
📓In the back half of your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook, complete Entry #7: Prompt Response to Death of a Salesman: Part 3.
Entry #7
Death of a Salesman
Miller
Act II (pp. 52 -69)
PROMPT: During the scene with Howard and the tape recorder, find the line where Howard tells Willy, "Business is business." Analyze why this phrase is so devastating to Willy. Based on the performance, how does the actor playing Howard show a complete lack of empathy for Willy’s "thirty-four years" with the company?
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Continue exploring and studying the terms in this list: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #1”. Quiz in class on Monday, 3/9.
🎒 So, wait a minute...do I have homework? Yes- always! Click here to learn more.
Friday, 3/6: Death of a Salesman
Friday, 3/6: Death of a Salesman
Reading Workshop
📖Continue reading and responding to your independent reading book.
📓In the front half of your Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook, complete Entry #2: Reader's Response to your Independent Reading.
🎬View & read Death of a Salesman: Part 4. Look in Google Classroom for assignment details.
Writing Workshop
🎯Review Writing Workshop Objectives
💡Continue exploring and studying the terms in this list: “The SAT: Language of the Test, List #1”. Quiz in class on Monday, 3/9.
🎒 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
Composition Notebook Entries Prior to This Week
📓FRONT HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK: Reader's Responses
Entry #1: Reader's Response to your Independent Reading.
📓BACK HALF OF YOUR NOTEBOOK: Writing Prompts
Entry #1 Response to (poem of your choice posted here) by (poet's name)
Prompt: (Enter prompt related to the poem of your choice posted here.)
Entry #2 Response to (TWO artworks of your choice posted here) by Norman Rockwell
Prompt: (Enter prompt related to each of the the artworks of you chose from the works posted here.)
Entry #3 Response to each of the speeches posted here by President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Prompt: (Enter prompts related to each of the speeches posted here.)
Entry #4 “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 Death of a Salesman: Part 1
Death of a Salesman
Miller
Act I, sc. i (pp. 1 – 19)
PROMPT: Willy’s opening lines establish his physical and mental state. Find a line in this section of the play where Willy describes his "tiredness." Explain how Dustin Hoffman’s physical movements (his walk, how he carries his sample cases) illustrate that specific line. Does he look like the "great salesman" he claims to be? Why/why not?
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