This week in Ms. Alba’s Class 3.4-3.8

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class we will develop our Team Multimedia Presentation and receive critical feedback to ensure that we meet College Board Rubric Requirements.

Monday: 1.) TMP Close Analysis: What do they do? How do they do it? 2.) Team Multimedia Presentation Prep: Alba‘s thinking while you present

Tuesday: 1.) Use IRR Rubric Read Around in Teams 2.) Team Multimedia Presentation Prep: Alba‘s thinking while you present

Wednesday (Late Start): Team Multimedia Presentation Prep: TMP Rubric

Thursday: Use PVLEG to Prepare for Dress Rehearsal #1 H.W. Final Presentations Afterschool on Monday 3/11

Friday: Dress Rehearsal #2 H.W. USE ACOVA to prep Final Presentations Afterschool on Monday 3/11

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week in Mexican American Literature, we will analyze views of identity in Frank Mundo’s “How I Became a Mexican” from the Ban This! Anthology, Rosario Castellano’s “Silence Concerning an Ancient Stone,” and David Botello’s Murals.

Monday: 1. “What does the short story “Senior Picture Day” reveal about the narrator’s identity and her relationship to an “Indian” heritage?” Response 2.) Read “How I Became a Mexican” by Frank Mundo

Tuesday: Summarize “How I Became a Mexican” by Frank Mundo

Wednesday: “Silence Concerning an Ancient Stone” by Rosario Castellanos: Silence Concerning an Ancient Stone Notes

Thursday: “Making Sense of Poetry for Rosario Castellanos’ poem “Silence Concerning and Ancient Stone”: ” One Pager

Friday: Write Ekphrastic Poems inspired by David Botello Murals:

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

This week in English 3P Honors, we will learn the features of Realist art and literature and analyze those features in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Ch. 1-10 of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.

Monday: 1. Introduction to Realism:  What is reality according to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave ?2.) Introduction to RealismVideo Introduction to Realism

Tuesday: 1.) Video Introduction to Realism Introduction to The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Wednesday: Naturalist Features and an Introduction to The Awakening by Kate Chopin Read The Awakening

Thursday: Literary Circles

Friday: Progress Check 5.1 on Monday