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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
Learn about Google Video
Review (and finish, as needed) your research work (see Google Classroom Research Workshop):
Pixels & Prose Research: Justifying Your Critical Lens
Pixels & Prose Research: Multimedia Sources
Use your completed research work to complete the Draft of Performance Script: Pixels and Prose- see Google Classroom. (Due before the start of class on Friday, 3/27.)
🎒 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
🎭Summative #2: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
Review your completed research work:
Pixels & Prose Research: Justifying Your Critical Lens
Pixels & Prose Research: Multimedia Sources
Use your completed research work to complete the Draft of Performance Script: Pixels and Prose- see Google Classroom. (Due before the start of class on Friday, 3/27.)
🎒 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
🎭Summative #2: Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Project
Review your completed research work:
Pixels & Prose Research: Justifying Your Critical Lens
Pixels & Prose Research: Multimedia Sources
Use your completed research work to complete the Draft of Performance Script: Pixels and Prose- see Google Classroom. (Due before the start of class on Friday, 3/27.)
🔰Summative: #1: American Dream Thesis- Based Research Paper.
You have already demonstrated your competency as a Critical and Creative Thinker by completing your initial research and writing. Now, you’ll demonstrate competency as a Self-Directed Learner. I have provided personalized feedback on your "American Dream" papers in Google Classroom. To improve your overall score:
Review your feedback and revise your paper (in-class or outside of class), if desired.
Sign-up for a 1:1 conference with Mrs. Juster to present your revisions, update your score, and receive additional feedback.
Repeat the process, if desired, until the deadline.
Note: Simply resubmitting your document will not result in any changes to your score. You must follow the directions posted here.
Self-Directed Learner DEADLINE: Friday, April 10. After this date, your score will be entered into Aspen. At that time, only scores below 85/B will be eligible for reassessment/revision.
🎒 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
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.
📓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 (artwork of your choice posted here) by Norman Rockwell
Prompt: (Enter prompt related to the artwork of your choice posted here.)
Entry #3 Response to (speech of your choice posted here) by (speaker's name)
Prompt: (Enter prompt related to the speech of your choice 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 A Raisin in the Sun: Part 1 or Death of a Salesman: Part 1
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act I, sc. i (pp. 23- 53)
PROMPT: Describe the "morning ritual" in the Younger household. How do the physical constraints of the apartment (the shared bathroom, the makeshift bed in the living room) mirror the internal frustrations of Walter Lee and Ruth?
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?
Entry #6: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 2 or Death of a Salesman : 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 #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?
Entry #7: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 3 or Death of a Salesman : Part 3.
Entry #7
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc. i & sc. ii (pp. 76-109)
PROMPT: Why did Mama ultimately give Walter Lee the remaining $6500- is it a gesture of trust, or a desperate attempt by Mama to save her son’s soul? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
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?
Entry #8: Prompt Response to A Raisin in the Sun: Part 4 or Death of a Salesman : Part 4.
Entry #8
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc. iiii (pp. 110 - 130 )
PROMPT: Which hurts the Younger family’s spirit 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 #8
Death of a Salesman
Miller
Act II (pp. 69 - 109)
PROMPT: In their final confrontation, Biff shouts, "I am not a leader of men, Willy, and neither are you." Is it an insult, or is Biff trying to set them both free? 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 or Death of a Salesman : Part 5.
Entry #9
A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry
Act II, sc. iiii (pp. 131 - 151 )
PROMPT: In Walter Lee’s final confrontation with Lindner, what does he decide and how does the presence of his son, Travis, influence his decision? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
Entry #9
Death of a Salesman
Miller
Requiem (pp. 110 - 112)
PROMPT: What is a requiem and how is that an appropriate name for this scene? To support your claim, include a passage from this part of the play in your prompt response.
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