WARNING: This is a tentative calendar for the week. I post this to provide my students with an opportunity to preview the week and to help them plan accordingly. Sometimes things go exactly as planned and it is amazing. Sometimes they don’t because we might finish an objective faster than anticipated. Sometimes what I believed would take ten minutes at the beginning of class ends up taking an entire class. Sometimes there are some mornings when I get ideas and decide to change EVERYTHING because something else seems better. Anyways, you get the picture: TENTATIVE. As my grandmother used to say, “we make plans and the universe laughs”.
TUESDAY 9.2: 2014.15 Orientation
Unit Goal: N/A
Objective: By the end of the period SWBAT describe and follow classroom guidelines and procedures and will understand grading scales and procedures.
Handouts: Orientation Prezi, Mexican American LiteratureSyllabus
WEDNESDAY 9.3: LITERACY STORIES
Unit Goal: By the end of the INTRODUCTORY UNIT, students will be able to define Mexican American literature and evaluate the value of ethnic studies courses by completing a 1-3 paragraph reflective essay.
Objective: By completing the LITERACY NARRATIVE SURVEY, students will be able to investigate the effect of language on sense of identity and belonging.
Handouts: Literacy Narrative Questionnaire
Homework: USE LITERACY NARRATIVE SURVEY TO INTERVIEW AN IMPORTANT ELDER
THURSDAY 9.4: THE DANGERS OF A SINGLE STORY
Unit Goal: By the end of the INTRODUCTORY UNIT, students will be able to define Mexican American literature and evaluate the value of ethnic studies courses by completing a 1-3 paragraph reflective essay.
Objective: By completing CORNELL NOTES on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED TALK “The Dangers of a Single Story,” students will be able to summarize and react to her central claims.
Handouts: “The Dangers of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Analytical Summary
Homework: USE LITERACY NARRATIVE SURVEY TO INTERVIEW AN IMPORTANT ELDER DUE FRIDAY
FRIDAY 9.5:WHY ETHNIC STUDIES?
Unit Goal: By the end of the INTRODUCTORY UNIT, students will be able to define Mexican American literature and evaluate the value of ethnic studies courses by completing a 1-3 paragraph reflective essay.
Objective: By completing ANNOTATING the article titled, “Why Ethnic Studies are Good for California, and America” students will be able to summarize and react to the author’s central claims.
Handouts: “Why Ethnic Studies are Good for California, and America” by Noah Remnick, Analytical Summary
Homework: USE LITERACY NARRATIVE SURVEY TO INTERVIEW AN IMPORTANT ELDER DUE FRIDAY