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  Novel: Things Fall Apart - Ch 2 Vocabulary & Study Questions - Due: 9/3
  
  Due Sep 3, 2021 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Monday 1/31/22 LATE! Essay Analysis - "Marriage is a Private Affair" LATE
  
  Due Feb 4, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
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  Friday, 2/11/22 - the Genre of Tragedy: Using an online dictionary or resource, look up and record the meaning of these words - Agon, Apostrophe, Catastrophe, Catharsis, Chorus, Hamartia, Hubris and Peripeteia. Write sentences for each word. See ass
  
  Due Feb 17, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
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  Reading of novel: 'When Things Fall Apart' Ch. 1 & 2
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  Monday: Lesson 1.2 What Makes a Compelling Argument: CLASS DISCUSSION. Students begin exploring the concept of a rhetorical situation and learn how CLAIMS, EVIDENCE, REASONING and PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS work together to make a convincing case.
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  Tuesday - Thursday: NWEA MAP Testing/Read CH 2 & 3 in Things Fall Apart Novel
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  Friday: MAP Assessments continuation. /Novel classroom discussions: Ch. 2 & 3
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  Monday - Tuesday: Lesson 1.3 Analyzing the Elements of Argument in a Cartoon. Students will closely observe and analyze telling visual and textual details. Analyze a rhetorical situation. Write a brief analysis.
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  Wednesday - Thursday: Lesson 1.4 - Laying the Foundation for the text: 'Reality is Broken' - Students will read a text and mine for evidence; Identify claims, evidence, reasoning, and rhetorical moves in a written argument. Students will work collaborati
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  Friday: Things Fall Apart - Ch. 1 & 2 Vocabulary Quiz in Class - Ch. 2 & 3 Text Discussions
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  Tuesday 9/7 & Wednesday 9/8 Lesson 1.4 Excerpt from 'Reality Is Broken' by Jane MCGonigal - Students will Read and Annotate Paragraphs 1 - 14 of the Argument.
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  Tuesday & Wednesday - NOVEL: "When Things Fall Apart" Read Chapters 3, 4, & 5 - Plan for class discussions on Thursday, 9/9.
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  Thursday - Lesson 1.5 Tracing Rhetorical Moves in Reality Is Broken (paragraph 22): In this lesson, students will read individually and work in collaborative groups to analyze an argument; determine how a narrative can strengthen an argument and present
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  Friday - Lesson 1.6 Writing a Brief Analysis of a Rhetorical Move: Students will identify a rhetorical move; analyze its effect and write a well-structured analytical paragraph.
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  Monday 9/13 - Students will continue with Descriptive Outlining collaborative groups presentations. Students will review how to generate a topic sentence; incorporate evidence and closing sentences.
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  Tuesday, 9/14 - Students will collaboratively write a brief analysis of a rhetorical analysis using their descriptive outlines. GRADED
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  Wednesday 9/15 - Thursday 9/16 - ACCESS & REFLECT LEARNING CYCLE 1 - Students will work independently to identify and analyze a rhetorical move in a brief excerpt from "Confessions of a 30-Year-Old-Gamer" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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  Friday, 9/17/21 Class review and discussions of "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 3, 4 & 5 - Vocabulary & Questions. CHAPTERS 1 - 5 TEST ON FRIDAY 9/24/21
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  Monday 9/20 - Review of Elements of Rhetorical Situations, Moves and Analysis in an Argument. - MLK "I Have A Dream" Speech
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  Wednesday 9/22 - Thursday 9/23 - Students will read and analyze: Claims, Reasoning and Evidence in Julie Muncy's stance in a nuanced argument. Use context clues to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning words and participate in academic conversations
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  Friday, 9/24 - "Things Fall Apart" NOVEL TEST - Chapters 1-5
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  Tuesday 9/21 - Learning Cycle 2 - Lesson 1.7 - Mastering & Mapping Multiple Meaning Words - Groups of students will collaborative on word exploration and multiple meaning words.
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  Thursday 10/21 - NOVEL "Things Fall Apart" Chapters 1 - 7 Quiz. Strategic Reading: Meet Okwonko's Circke
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  HOSA STUDENTS - Sign on and Access Tom Sawyer's Reader's Theatre Script in Student Readers on collegeboard.com. Go to Pre-AP Classroom, Find and click on Unit 2 Student Readers, Scroll down to Table of Contents and select T.S. Reader's Theatre Script pag
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  Thursday 11/18 - Students will continue to write and structure the paragraph wi REVIEW: Novel vocabulary words and discussion questions for test.
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  STUDY GUIDE Novel Chapters 8 - 14 - Vocabulary Words & Understanding Literature Questions & Answers
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  For Absent Students: Please complete the Listed Assignments - Unpacking The Prompt, Writing Prompt Checklist and Questions
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  Write Paragraph describing one of Walter Lee's Persuasive Moves and how it relates to Hansberry Characterization of him. Include a topic sentence, textual evidence, explanation of how the move plays out and a sentence relating to Hansberry characterizat
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  Tuesday 2/1/22 - Lesson 2.10 - TO KILL OR NOT TO KILL - Establishing the Context of Macbeth. by providing students with a short, written and video summary of the first six scenes. Students will underline and annotate significant events in shaping Macbe
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  Monday 1/31/22 - Lesson 2.9 Continuation - Write Paragraph describing one of Walter Lee's Persuasive Moves and how it relates to Hansberry Characterization. Include topic sentence, textual evidence, & explanations of the persuasive moves.
  
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  Wednesday, 2/16/22 - LITERARY TERMS ANALYSIS: Students will write, define, and provide examples of the following Literary Terms: Alliteration, Allusion, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Assonance, Consonance, Details, Diction, Figures of Speech, Foreshadowing
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  NOTE: PERFORMANCE TASK COPY - Writing a Literary Analysis Essay - "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker - Copy Only! DUE: TUESDAY 2/22/22 SUBMIT ON COLLEGE BOARD
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  Monday 2/28/22 PERSUASION IN LITERATURE STUDY GUIDE
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  Wednesday 3/9/22 Students will share prompt paragraphs with class including notes obtained from peers. Adapt questions on board as a guide to lead discussions. Synthesize notes to complete and submit paragraphs for a group participation grade.s.
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  Friday 3/25/22 - GALLERY WALK - Students circulated around the room in a gallery walk, taking notes of each of the six visual representation of each paragraph. Take notes of titles and dominant text elements or features emphasized in the visual repr
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  Thursday 3/31/22 - Students will submit Paragraph of Shift Analysis. STEM DAY : ACTIVITIES - Students will engage in STEM ACTIVITIES: CHROMATOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE - in the classroom during normal class periods.
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  Tuesday 4/19/22 - NWEA MAP Testing Continues
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  Wednesday 4/20/22 - Poem: "Janet Waking" by John Crowe Ransom & Poetry Analysis Test Study Notes
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  Friday 4/22/22 - STUDY GUIDES: Elements of Poetry Notes & Poetry Analysis Notes - POETRY TEST on Tuesday 4/26/22
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  IMPORTANT!!! FINAL EXAM PRESENTATIONS: INSTRUCTIONS AND GRADING RUBRIC - Found Poem - "ODE TO ARJ" - Submission
  
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  Wednesday 5/4/22 - Submittal of FOUND ODES: Poems of Praise, Celebration, Awe, Dedication, and Wonder.
  
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  Due May 4, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  ANALYZING A SHIFT in "JOYAS VOLADORAS" Assignment. Analytical Writing Assignment (Open Assignment for full instructions: Elements to include.)
  
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  Due Mar 30, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  DEADLINE: SYNTHESIS ARGUMENT FINAL PRODUCT - Submit: 1. Original Response to Prompt, 2. Peers' Notes and 3. FINAL REVISED SYNTHESIS ARGUMENT.
  
  Closed
  
  Due Mar 16, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Monday, 3/14/22 LEARN @ HOME. Students will finalize and submit: Synthesis Argument Writing Task (two - to three paragraphs) TOPIC: Schools' Restriction on Students Freedom to express themselves through Clothing. DUE TODAY!
  
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  Due Mar 14, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Wednesday 3/9/22 - DUE: LATE COMPARISON & CONTRAST ESSAY - Walter Lee and Lady Macbeth
  
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  Due Mar 9, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Tuesday, 2/15 COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY - Students will craft an essay comparing and contrasting Walter Lee's and Lady Macbeth's exploitative ways used to elicit support from their spouses for their own ambitious means. Include rhetorical verbs and word
  
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  Due Mar 1, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  DEADLINE FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY "Marriage Is A Private Affair"
  
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  Due Jan 28, 2022 at 11:59pm
  
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  DUE - LATE ANALYTICAL ESSAY by Sherrie Turkle
  
  Closed
  
  Due Dec 13, 2021 at 8am
  
  100 Points Possible
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  DUE Friday 12/10 - Write a final paragraph to add to Achebe's story, "Marriage is a Private Affair". The paragraph should capture your predictions of the next chapter of Okeke's life based on clues in the story. BE CREATIVE!
  
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  Due Dec 9, 2021 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  ESSAY ANALYSIS FINAL PAPER - "There Will Never be An Age Of Artificial Intimacy" by Sherry Turkle
  
  Closed
  
  Due Nov 19, 2021 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Wednesday 11/17 - Students will relate persuasion to characterization in writing. Write a paragraph to describe one of Tom's persuasive moves and how it relates to Twain's characterization of him. Include a topic sentence that announces the move; textua
  
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  Due Nov 17, 2021 at 5pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  ASSIGNMENT for Tuesday 11/2 - Creative Writing Activity - Applies to Chapter 13 of Novel by Chinua Achebe
  
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  Due Nov 5, 2021 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible
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  Ch. 1 'Things Fall Apart' Vocabulary & Study Questions
  
  Due Aug 30, 2021 at 11:59pm
  
  100 Points Possible

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