March 24, 2016: Today in Class
B1 10th Lit/Comp
- 5 minutes to study for Analyzing Argument Quiz
- Turn in Analyzing Argument Guided Notes
- Analyzing Argument Quiz (30 mins. max)
- Achieve 3000 “Age of Revolution: Cinco de Mayo: An Important
Day” Article, Activity, and 2-paragraph response to Thought Question—work
timestamped after the end of the period will not be accepted
- Homework: None
B3 American Lit
- Turn in p. 1090 #1-3
- Narrative writing in response to “The Rockpile” by James
Baldwin
- In groups, do p. 1092 “Writing to Sources”—due at end of
class
B4 Creative Writing
- This week: Poetry
- Mentor texts: “Ritual Acts”, “The Way I read a
Letter’s—this—”, “Sonnet 130”, “Her Kind”
- This week’s assignment: Write a 4-poem series: 4 separate
poems that all go together in some way—they could tell a story, be on the same
theme, present the same event from four different perspectives, etc.
- Agenda:
- Thursday: Work session: this week’s assignment due at end of
class
- Friday: Readings of this week’s assignment
