Mexican American Literature: 5.18-5.22 Weekly Updates

Weekly Objective: After analyzing SYMBOLISM of the “pachuco” in Luis Valdez’s play Zoot Suit students will be able to identify themes about identity conveyed by internal and external conflicts of the play’s plot.

Monday:  Guest Speaker, Gustavo Arellano, Editor of OC Weekly

Tuesday: Guest Speaker, Sara Guerrero, Creative Director of Breath of Fire Latina Theater and Conservatory Teacher at South Coast Repertory Theater, Last year Sara served as project director for  “Dialogue/Dialogos SCR,” a two-year effort with playwright José Cruz González which built a play around stories shared by regular people in the Latino community of Santa Ana.

Wednesday: Work on Birth of the MexicanAmerican Portfolios for Birth of the Mexican American

Thursday: Work on Birth of the MexicanAmerican Portfolios for Birth of the Mexican American

Friday: Digital Portfolios & Notebooks DUE

English 3P Honors: 5.18-5.22 Weekly Updates

Announcements: CAASP Testing Monday-Thursday Notebooks Due Friday, Finish “Death of A Salesman” Reading Check on Friday!

Monday: CAASP Testing Day 1

HOMEWORK: Read Death of a Salesman and answer “Understanding the Surface Story” Questions of the Penguin Reading Guide for Act 1-2 and Requiem.  We will discuss the play on Friday.

Tuesday: CAASP Testing Day 2

Wednesday: CAASP Performance Activity

Thursday: CAASP Performance Test

Friday: “I Have A Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Notebooks Due Today!

UPCOMING:

5.25 Memorial Day

6.11 Last Benchmark

6.12 Last Notebook Due

6.17-18 Finals

English 3P Weekly Updates: 5.18-5.22

Announcements: CAASP Testing Monday-Thursday Notebooks Due Friday

Monday: CAASP Testing Day 1

Tuesday: CAASP Testing Day 2

Wednesday: CAASP Performance Activity

Thursday: CAASP Performance Test

Friday: “I Have A Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Notebooks Due Today!

UPCOMING:

5.25 Memorial Day

6.11 Last Benchmark

6.12 Last Notebook Due

6.17-18 Finals