Weekly Agenda 10/5-10/9 & 10/12-10/16

WEEK I
MON
Finish reading "Bicycle" and write 3-level questions
and assign mini-memoir
-define vignette
-your family's journey to California
HW Interview family and people who remember the journey
Final draft due to turnitin.com for credit next Wednesday by 10pm
Register with Turnitin.com before Oct 14th and receive credit by responding to the discussion question.

TUES
Introduce writing style
-free flow association
--practice with room objects
--share out
--expand on ideas
Terms associated with writing
Memoir Terms
Definitions Memoir
-setting
-plot development
-imagery
-conflict
-characterization
-foreshadowing
-flashback
-irony
-symbolism
-review definitions and find examples
HW Read Chapter 3 for Thursday and write 3-level questions

WED (Ms. Stevens is out until next Wed!)
SSR
Journal Entry #
(yes, you may read it for SSR and do your journal entry on it)

THURS
3Q Class Discussion for credit on Chapter 3
Review terms
-in groups create pictorial definitions for each term
Black Power Introduction
-basic overview
HW Read Chapter 4 and Write 3 level Questions for Monday

FRI
Writing terms Quiz
Freewrite: "My Neighborhood"
new vignette draft (see handout)
NO HW
-->however, don't forget that your mini-memoir is due Wednesday

WEEK II
MON
Bio-Poem (see handout)
Write draft in class
3Q Discussion on Chapter 4
HW Chapters 5&6 and 3Qs for Thurs

TUES
Someone Special -Freewrite
Character Chart for Male role models
-use text to find evidence (Friday)

WED
SSR
Journal Entry #7

THURS
Class Discussion 5&6
Collect Mini-Memoir
-quaker share
Memoir Writing Tips
HW Read Chapter 7 and 3Qs for Friday

FRI
Character Chart for Male Role Models
-pair work
No HW