Week+of+9.19.2011

__Monday, September 19, 2011__ HW: read “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes, do SOAPStone analysis __Tuesday, September 20, 2011__ HW: Read “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, vocabulary practice sheet. __Wednesday, September 21, 2011__ __Thursday, September 22, 2011__ HW: Quotations from “TTTC” to be analyzed, apply to EQ's. __Friday, September 23, 2011__ HW: finish reading poetry if not finished in class. Be ready to discuss on Monday.
 * Writing: freewrite on EQ
 * Literature: begin documents unit, introduce EQs-
 * //**Why do the people leave the familiar and known for the unfamiliar?**//
 * //**How and why does diving into the unknown change us as individuals?**//
 * Update literary terms list- SOAPStone and DIDLS analysis methods
 * Read Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus.” Do SOAPStone and DIDLS analysis in pairs.
 * Grammar: review on colons and semicolons
 * Other: new vocabulary words introduced, vocabulary sentence usage practice sheet given
 * Literature: go over analysis on Hughes piece as class, update literary terms list, background on Vietnam War, go over character list for “TTTC”
 * Direct characterization
 * Indirect characterization
 * Common themes v. universal themes
 * allusion
 * No class, Flex Day
 * Literature: discussion on “TTTC,” application to EQ, analysis of characters in terms of EQs, theme in “TTTC”
 * Grammar: quiz on semicolons and colon usage; vocabulary usage activity given.
 * Grammar: Go over vocabulary usage activities and previous day’s quiz as class.
 * Literature: analysis of “TTTC” quotations- how do they apply to the EQ’s? Discussion of allusion (Lt. Jimmy Cross). Read myth of “Daedulus and Icarus” along with accompanying poetry.