This week in Ms. Alba’s Class: 4.22-4.26

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week in  Ms. Alba’s Class, AP Seminar Scholars will prepare to deliver Individual Multimedia Presentation and complete last draft of Individual Written Argument by ANALYSING video of the presentation and interviewing peers for IMP Oral Defense Questions.

Monday: IMP Dress Rehearsal (IMP Rubric)

Tuesday: Peer Review for Row 6 & 7 and Sample Oral Defense Questions

Wednesday: Last Peer Review for Row 8 & 9

Thursday: Individual Multimedia Presentation Period 1-6

Friday: IWA Last Draft DUE

Mexican American Literature: Period 2 & 6

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class, Mexican American Literature Scholars will analyze literary form, social function, and political purpose of CORRIDOS as counternarratives.  

Monday: 1.) Turn in Dialogue Poems 2.) Analyze African Proverb 3.) Introduction to Joaquin Murrieta

Tuesday: “The Head of Joaquin Murrieta” by John Valadez

Wednesday: “The Head of Joquin Murrieta” Film Analysis

Thursday: El Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta v. El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez

Friday: Comparative Summary of “El Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta and El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez”

English 3P Honors: Period 3 & 4

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class, English 3P Honors will study features of MODERNISM through Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Projects and Ch. 1-3 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  

Monday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project Check-in

Tuesday: The Great Gatsby a.) Expert Corners b.) Literary Circles c.) Quaker Share (The Great Gatsby Series: Literary Circles)

Wednesday: Progress Check 6.1 a.) Who is F. Scott’s Fitzgerald? What is the context of The Great Gatsby? b.) Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby? What characteristics reveal him to be an ARCHETYPAL UNRELIABLE NARRATOR? c.) How does Fitzgerald build a DISILLUSIONED TONE through the characters and settings in Chapters 1-3?

Thursday: Panel Discussion Preparation

Friday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Projects DUE report on findings in PANELS.

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class: 4.15-4.19

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP Seminar Scholars will use PEER REVIEW PROCESS to revise Performance Task 2: IWA and will practice IMPs by completing a FlipGrid Video and performing a TECH Rehearsal with peers.  

Monday: IWA Peer Revisions: Row 1 & 2 (IWA Peer Review Guide)

Tuesday: 1. IWA Peer Revisions: Row 3 & 4 (IWA Peer Review Guide) 2. FlipGrid Videos

H.W. Dates to remember 4/19 Tech Rehearsal, 4/22 Dress Rehearsal, 4/25 Final IMP, 4/26 IWA

Wednesday: 1. IWA Peer Revisions: Row 5 & 6 (IWA Peer Review Guide)

Thursday: 1. IWA Revisions: Row 7-9 (IWA Peer Review Guide)

Friday: IMP Prep Analyze Anchor Presentations and Rubrics

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week MexAmLit Scholars will build an understanding of the historical context of Mexican American identity by writing EKPHRASTIC POEMS based on John Gasts’s “American Progress”  and Lalo Alcaraz’s “Never Forget.” 

Monday: 1.) The Metanarrative of Manifest Destiny Terms 2.) Ekphrastic Poems

Tuesday: 1.)  Reading:  “The Great Nation of Futurity” by John O’Sullivan“The Power of an Idea” by Miguel Ángel González Quiroga, “Native American Displacement Amid U.S. Expansion” A Conversation With R. David Edmunds from University of Texas at Dallas,

Wednesday:  1. Lalo Alcaraz Background Video ” “Never Forget” by Lalo Alcaraz SOAPS

Thursday: The (Meta/Counter)narrative of Manifest Destiny Dialogue Poems or Black Out Poems

Friday: “The Head of Joaquin Murrieta” by John Valadez

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

This week English 3P Honors Scholars will develop Inquiry Focus for a curation project on the Harlem Renaissance and use e-link to build a digital literature review.

Monday: Question Formulation Technique on The Harlem Renaissance

Tuesday: 1.) Pick up The Great Gatsby 2.) Group Research Plan and Outline

Wednesday: 1.) The Great Gatsby Series: Literary Circles and Study Plan 2.) Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project

H.W. Read & Complete Chapter Summary for The Great Gatsby Chapter 1-3 by Monday: Describe Nick Carraway and identify the features that make him an example of archetypal unreliable narrator.

Thursday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project

Friday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project

This week in Ms. Alba’s Class: 4.8-4.12

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP Seminar Scholars will begin to prepare for Performance Task 2 by evaluating AP Research Practice Presentations and writing the IWA Conclusion and Call to Action.

Monday: AP Research Peer Reviews: Meet in Ms. Galindo’s Room

Tuesday: AP Research Peer Reviews

H.W. IWA (Rubric) Typed Draft #1 Due See Google Classroom for Instructions!

Wednesday (Late Start): IWA Timed Write: Conclusion and Call to Action

Thursday: IWA Peer Review Revision Guide

Friday: IMP Prep Analyze Anchor Presentations and Rubrics

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week MexAmLit Scholars will build an understanding of the historical context of Mexican American identity by analyzing the documentary “Foreigners in Their Own Land” and writing EKPHRASTIC POEMS based on John Gasts’s “American Progress.”  

Monday: “Foreigner in their Own Land” Cornell Notes

Tuesday: 1.) Evaluate Chapter 1 of Portfolio 2.) Finish Cornell Notes on “Foreigners in their Own Land”

Wednesday (Late Start): Finish “Foreigners in their Own Land” 2.) “Definition ” Luis Alberto Urrea: Quick Analysis

Thursday: “Foreigners in their Own Land” Expository Summary

Friday: Black Out Poems based on Metanarrative of Manifest Destiny

English 3P Honors: Period 3 & 4

This week English 3P Honors scholars will learn the definition and historical context of American Modernism, by analyzing poetry and participating in a GALLERY WALK.

Monday: Introduction to Modernism 1.) “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes Quick Analysis 2.) Historical Context of American Modernism

Tuesday: 1.) Historical Context and Features of American Modernism 2.) 3-2-1 Check In

Wednesday: Introduction to The Harlem Renaissance

Thursday:1.) Harlem Renaissance Intro Notes Harlem Renaissance Video 2.)  ReadingHARLEM INTELLECTS Gallery Walk & Dialectical Journal 3.  Post Reading3-2-1 Check In

Friday: Curation Project on the Harlem Renaissance