Quarter 4, Week 8 Agenda

Note: All of class time this week will be spent on the joint World Cultures/World Literature final project.

Monday, 5.23
Introduce project. Begin brainstorming and formulating ideas.

Tuesday, 5.24
Preflection sheet due. Begin creating story.

Wednesday, 5.25 & Thursday, 5.26
Creating your story.

Friday, 5.27
A complete draft of your story is due.

Thursday, 6.2 & Friday, 6.3
Presentations. Reflections due.

Quarter 4, Week 7 Agenda

Monday
In Class: Close passage analysis.
Homework: JP pp. 102-121.

Day 2
In Class: Visiting the chief.
Homework: JP pp. 122-142.

Thursday
In Class: "Signatures washing away."
Homework: JP pp. 143-160

Friday
In Class: Interpreting--and embracing--ambiguity.
Homework: July's People close annotation and thesis statement.

Contextualizing "July's People"

Learn more about:

• South African Apartheid
• Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience

Quarter 4, Week 6 Agenda

Monday
In Class: Orienting ourselves in July's People.
Homework: JP pp. 15-33.

Day 2
In Class: Passage work on objects, possession, perspective, and context.
Homework: JP pp. 34-56.

Thursday
In Class: Possessions and perspective, continued.
Homework: JP pp. 57-80.

Friday
In Class:
Homework: JP pp. 81-101.

Quarter 4, Week 5 Agenda

Monday
In Class: Reading day.
Homework: Period 4: Finish In the Pond. Period 5: ITP thesis statement and supporting quotations.

Day 2
In Class: Closing discussion on ITP and go over essay assignment.
Homework: ITP thesis statement and supporting quotations.

Day 3
In Class: Writing Workshop.
Homework: ITP essay, due via Turn It In before class meets on Friday.

Friday:
In Class: Begin July's People.
Homework: July's People, pp. 1-14.

The Use of Metaphors

In a New York Times Opinion piece, Poetry for Everyday Life, columnist David Brooks writes that metaphors are central to our thought life, and thus are worth a closer look.

Anna in the Tropics Resources

• reviews of the play
  
• a radio segment on lectors: "El Lector, He Who Reads"
• about the playwright: "A Little Bit of Magic: The World of Nilo Cruz"
• interview with Nilo Cruz
  

Quarter 4, Week 1 Agenda

Monday
In Class: Begin Anna in the Tropics.
Homework: Read Anna Act 1, Scenes 1-4 (pp. 9-35) and "The Alphabet of Smoke" (pp. 85-89) for Friday.

Tuesday
In Class: Ninth grade field trip American As Curry Pie. See post titled "Field Trip Reminder" below.
Homework: Living in Two Worlds, due Thursday.

Wednesday
Work day.

Thursday:
In Class: Discuss Tuesday's play.
Homework: Same as Monday. Anna Act 1, Scenes 1-3 (pp. 9-35).

Friday
In Class: Inhabiting a character.
Homework: Anna Act 1, Scene 4 - Act 2, Scene 1 (pp. 35-62).