This week in Ms. Alba’s Class 12.17-12.21

AP Seminar: This week we will write our first IRR.

Monday: Part I: Introduction TIMED WRITE, Academic Conversation Templates

Tuesday: IRR Student Samples and Peer Evaluation

Wednesday: Type Part I & Outline Part II and Conclusion

Thursday: Complete Body Paragraphs and Conclusion

Friday: 1. Revise Body Paragraphs and Conclusion 2. Revise Body Paragraphs and Conclusion

Mexican American Literature and Culture (Period 2, 6)

This week’s essential question: How do Mexican American artists/ authors use folk traditions to subvert GENDER and cultural expectations? 

Monday“Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros

Tuesday:  Analytical SummarySOAPS Analysis

Wednesday: The Wisdom of Our Elders by Juana Alicia

Thursday: Create your Own Cuento or The Wisdom of Our Elders Ekphrastic Poem

Friday: Complete 1. Summary 2.) Cuento 3.) Ekphrastic Poem

English 3P Honors (Period 3, 4)

Monday: 1. Features of Romanticism 2.) Can you Define American Romanticism? 3.) Introduction to The Scarlet Letter

H.W. Read Ch. 1-5 of The Scarlet Letter by Friday and Complete Ch.1-5  Summary

Tuesday: 1.  The Scarlet Letter Set up 2. Identify Romantic features in “Thanatopsis” by Willaim Cullen Bryant.

Wednesday: Lines of Communication “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant

Thursday: Transcendentalism Gallery Walk

Friday: Progress Check 3.1 1. Can you define Romanticism II. Can you identify its features in a text? III.  Can you evaluate the qualities that make Hester Prynne an Archetypal Romantic Hero?

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class 12.11-12.14

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week, we will begin focusing research based on TOPICS of interest and discipline lens.  

Monday: Build the context: Your TOPIC in the NEWS.  Find three NEWS ARTICLES from CREDIBLE SOURCES not EDITORIALS or OPINIONS on your TOPIC.

TuesdayI.  ReadingEvaluating Credible Sources Stanford Research 2.) Updated PAT I Question Development Activity

H.W. Build ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FIRST TIMED WRITE: Include 3 NEWS SOURCES & 2 Academic Journals 1  Essay from Reading The World

Wednesday:  1.) Formulating Research Questions 2.) Build an Annotated Bibliography (SOAPS)

Thursday:1.) Revising Research Questions Build Annotated Bibliography 2.) Part I Outline

Friday: Part I: TIMED WRITE

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

Monday: 1.) Bless Me Ultima: Part I

Tuesday: 1.) Bless Me Ultima: Part II

Wednesday: I.  Bless Me Ultima: Part III: Analytical Summary

Thursday: I.  Reading: What is a cuento or a folk taleWhat is its function? Who is LA LLORONA? III.“Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros,

Friday: I.  Post Reading: Analytical SummarySOAPS Analysis, Write your Own Cuento starring La Llorona

English 3P Honors: Period 3 & 4

This week, we will reflect on our learning through Building a Democracy Debate and build our understanding of American Romanticism.  

Monday: District Writing Assesment

Tuesday: Healthy Kids Survey

Wednesday: 1.) Pick up The Scarlet Letter 2. Debate Reflection

Thursday: 1. Watch Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter background videos and write Background Paragraph 2. Read and Ch. 1-5 of The Scarlet Letter by MONDAY 12. 11 and complete Chapter Summary that answers focus question: Who is Hester Prynne? What are her character traits?  How do these chapters reveal the qualities of the ROMANTIC HERO?

Friday: American Romanticism Intro

 

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class 12.3-12.7

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week, we will form teams and build RESEARCH QUESTIONS on TOPICS of interest.  

Monday: 1.) Collect Revisions (revision reflection) 2.) Create E-Link using SUMMARIZING STATEMENT for Three JOURNALISTIC SOURCES about STUFF that matters to you Themes and Perspectives.

Tuesday: 1.) Introduction to SCOUT mentality and research: Why you think you’re right even when you’re wrong by Julia Galef 2.) Team Set Up and Charter

H.W. Research Proposal: How to Write Research Proposal Guide 

Wednesday:  1.) Choose TOPIC after hearing team maters Research Proposal Elevator Pitch. 2.)  Question Development Activity (Handout)

Thursday: Finalize Research Question and Decide on Lenses

FridayI.  ReadingEvaluating Credible Sources Stanford Research

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

Monday: 1.) Corridos as Counternarratives Unit Debrief Poems

Tuesday: 1.) Dialogue Poems Reading 2.) La Llorona Cuento Share0ut

Wednesday: I.  Pre-reading: What is a cuento or a folk taleWhat is its function? Who is LA LLORONA?

Thursday: I.  Reading: “La Llorona“, Spiritual Cleansing: A Mexican Ghost Story“Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros,

Friday: I.  Post Reading: Analytical SummarySOAPS Analysis, Write your Own Cuento starring La Llorona

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

Monday: 1.) Introduction to SCOUT mentality and research: Why you think you’re right even when you’re wrong by Julia Galef 2.) Argument Outline Template your Argument and use A List of Rhetorical Devices to strategize your approach. 3.) Build your Annotated Bibliography

Tuesday: Debate Prep: What Rhetorical Devices will you use?

WednesdayDebate Prep: How to Argue and a list of Logical Fallacies 

Thursday:Debate Prep: Rubric & Reflection

Friday:Debate Prep: Rubric & Reflection TURN IN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY