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the amount that is accomplished each day. Please check back daily for any changes**
the amount that is accomplished each day. Please check back daily for any changes**
Tuesday 11th
P. 1/ 2 AUTHOR BIO DUE Memoir Project : Features of a Memoir Please TAKE THIS LANGUAGE SURVEY (IN CLASS) Video we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBnP0DoGjRI Project Time: Period 2 Intro to Vocabulary Unbroken Chapter 1-2 |
Wednesday
P. 1/ 2 BRING AN INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TO CLASS Finish Features of a memoir Unbroken Ch. 3 Project Time: HOUR/HOUR Hyperbole and a Half excerpt - 6 word memoirs |
Thursday 13th
P. 1/ 2 Article on Short Memoirs Memoir Questions Memoir Selections: LOST AND FOUND- a teenager's reflection of her messy room. Ask Me What I’m Doing Tonight!” (video) traces the soul-crushing monotony of performing on the road. “MY DAD TRIED TO KILL ME WITH AN ALLIGATOR”The story about the author’s run-in with an alligator on the Pearl River in Mississippi. The author looks back on a run-in with an alligator and considers his father's tendencies. The Glass Castle- a daughter's reflection on her mother “THERE’S NO RECIPE FOR GROWING UP” Koul talks about trying to learn the secrets of her mother’s Kashmiri cooking after growing up a first-generation American. *Content Warning* Our kind of ridiculous: Blackness as Probable Cause |
Friday 14th
Memoir Questions DUE (If you didn't hand them in yesterday) Reflection Week #2 Begin to draft memoir Project Time: Period 2 Unbroken Ch. 4-5 |