Ms. Alba's Class

Purpose: The Great Gatsby Final Essay will be evidence of your ability to use FEEDBACK to revise and refine your writing.  Use the resources below to revise your original timed write and show growth. Your essay MUST BE 800-1000 words TYPED in MLA FORMAT.  Use all previous work and the following resources as support.  

1. The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Prompts and Single Point Rubric
2. Archetypes in Literature (PDF): Video
3. ESSAY FINAL DRAFT CHECKLIST
4. Sample Literary Analysis Essay synthesis
5. How to format essay in MLA Format on Google Docs
6. Literary Analysis Thesis Guide: Video
7. Powerful Verbs for Essays
8. The Ten Commandments of Literary Quotation

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP Seminar students will be using Q.U.E.S.T. to propose end of the year banquet and to reflect on this year’s learning.  

Monday (SBAC Testing BLOCK 1, 3, 5): Banquet Plans and Proposals

Tuesday: (SBAC Testing BLOCK 2,4, 6): No class

Wednesday: (SBAC Testing BLOCK 1,3, 5): Banquet Plans and Twilight Zone Analysis

Thursday: (SBAC Testing BLOCK 2,4, 6): No class

Friday: Q.U.E.S.T. Reflection Final Project

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week, Mexican American Literature and Culture Scholars will write a paragraph that explains the basic elements of the folk tale of La Llorona and will use these to analyze how Mexican American writers and artists use it as an archetype.  

Monday (SBAC Testing BLOCK 1, 3, 5): No Class

Tuesday (SBAC testing BLOCK 2, 4, 6): 1.  La Llorona Background Paragraph 2. “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros

Wednesday(SBAC Testing BLOCK 1, 3, 5): No Class

Thursday (SBAC Testing Block 2, 4, 6): La Llorona in Children’s Books by Mexican American writers.

Friday: Introduction to Rudolfo Anaya and Screening of Bless Me Ultima

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

This week in class, English 3P Honors will be completing SBAC Testing.  At h0me they will be working on their literary analysis of The Great Gatsby.

 

AP Seminar

Monday: Beneath the Curve: Day 1

Tuesday: Beneath the Curve: Day 2

Wednesday: IMP Reflection and Project Self Assessment

Thursday: IMP Reflection and Project Self Assessment

Friday: Team Building

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

Monday: Birth of the Mexican American: Portfolio Chapter 2 Day 1

Tuesday: Birth of the Mexican American: Portfolio Chapter 2 Share Out

Wednesday: 1.) Llorona Cuento Share0ut

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

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

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

Monday: The Great Gatsby Ch. 7-9 Progress Check 6.3

Tuesday: The Great Gatsby Film Adaptation Comparison

Wednesday: 1.Progress Check 6.2 Progress Check Revision 2. The Great Gatsby Literary Analysis Essay Prep (Rubric)

Thursday: Introduction to American Theater Day 1

Friday: 1. Introduction to Fences: Background on August Wilson Video and Author Background Circle Map and Paragraph Frame 2. Thinking like a Semiotician: Foretelling the future by recognizing Fences by August Wilson as Symbols of abstract ideas.

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP Seminar Scholars will submit portfolios to the AP College Board, and prepare for End of Course Exam by completing and revising practice end of course exams.

Monday: Upload IWA to College Board Digital Portfolio

Tuesday: After reading and annotating “34 problems with Standardized Tests” by Valerie Strauss, students will identify the TOPIC, PURPOSE, and LINE of REASONING by completing TPCCC Says Means Matters template.

Wednesday: After discussing the LINE OF REASONING in Lines of Communication Exercise, students will use TIEAC to Evaluate the effectiveness of the evidence the author uses to support the claims made in the argument.

Thursday: After reviewing previous year’s EOC Section II Free Response Questions, AP Seminar scholars will review sample source material to build and organize an effective argument.

Friday: After reviewing ANT-TIEAC-RARR, students will complete a practice TIMED WRITE to prepare for AP Seminar End of Course Exam on May 7, 2019.

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week, Mexican American Literature Scholars will compare ARCHETYPE patterns in El Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta and El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez after completing a close reading of the ballads and historical source materials.

Monday: After defining Guyatri Spivak’s postcolonial theory on the SUBALTERN, students will apply this term to analyze the song titled, “El Corrido” by Los Tigres del Norte using a QUICK ANALYSIS sentence frame and GIVE ONE GET ONE discussion.

Tuesday: After a JIGSAW reading, Jess Canales’ essay “The Origins of Joaquin Murrieta,” students will be able to identify the socio-historical origins of Joaquin Murrieta in a QUAKER SHARE.

Wednesday: After reading a summary of Carl Jung’s views of archetypes, students will identify character ARCHETYPE and JOURNEY using textual evidence from Jess Canales’s essay “The Origins of Joaquin Murrieta,”

Thursday: After completing a QUICK SEARCH on Americo Paredes’ life and completing a Author Background Circle Map and Paragraph Frame on findings, students will share findings and write a BACKGROUND PARAGRAPH on the scholar and his influence on the field of Mexican American Studies.

Friday: After reading “El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez,” students will compare the text to “El Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta” and begin to analyze the film adaptation titled The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez written by Victor Villasenor.

English 3P Honors: Period 3 & 4

This week, English 3P Honors will present their understanding of MODERNISM through presentations on the Harlem Renaissance and analysis of Ch. 1-6 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  

Monday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project Panel Presentations Day 1

Tuesday: Harlem Renaissance Inquiry Project Panel Presentation Day 2

Wednesday: The Great Gatsby Literary Circles on Chapter 4-6

Thursday: Progress Check Revision for PC 6.1

Friday: Socratic Seminar Ch. 1-6

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.

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

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.)  Reading: HARLEM INTELLECTS Gallery Walk & Dialectical Journal 3.  Post Reading: 3-2-1 Check In

Friday: Curation Project on the Harlem Renaissance

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AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP SEMINAR SCHOLARS will write the paragraphs that INTRODUCE your ARGUMENT and LENSES through which you will be investigating the problem you are addressing.  

MONDAY: IWA Introduction Timed Write

TUESDAY: IWA Introduction TIMED WRITE REVISIONS

H.W. Type Revisions continue adding to your Annotated Bibliography as NEEDED

WEDNESDAY: IWA LENSES Timed Write

THURSDAY: IWA Lenses REVISIONS

FRIDAY: IWA Roundtables

H.W. OVER THE BREAK WORK ON SOLUTIONS PARAGRAPHS (See Google Classroom for Writing Guide).

Mexican American Literature and Culture: Period 2 & 6

This week Mexican American Literature and Culture Scholars will complete IDENTITY CHAPTER of their class portfolio.

MONDAY: Type 1.) Dedication 2.) Table of Contents 3.) Chapter 1 Inspiration Quote 4.) Chapter 1 Introduction 5.) Poem #1

H.W. Attend one of the CESAR CHAVEZ WEEK EVENTS!  Take a photo that represents where you come from or what makes you, you.  This can be at school, your home, or in your community.  Think creatively and remember to be intentional throughout the process.  Due WEDNESDAY in Google Class!

TUESDAY: Choose an ANALYTICAL SUMMARY or RESPONSE from your NOTEBOOK and add that to your Portfolio.

WEDNESDAY: Finish Up Portfolio: Chapter 1

THURSDAY: Identity Symposium

FRIDAY: “Foreigners in their own land”

English 3P Honors: Period 3 & 4

MONDAY: The Awakening Progress Check 5.3 Peer Revisions

H.W. Finish The Awakening! Prepare for Unit Final

TUESDAY: The Awakening Expert Corners

WEDNESDAY: Literary Circles

THURSDAY: Socratic Chairs

FRIDAY: Unit Final Timed Write

AP Seminar: Period 1

This week AP Seminar Scholars will write an annotated bibliography that includes a minimum of TWO AP Seminar Stimulus TEXTS and FOUR JOURNALISTIC SOURCES to formulate focus on TOPIC and develop a well-designed RESEARCH QUESTION.

MONDAY: 1. Q.U.E.S.T. Launch: Turn in Research Question Draft 2. IRR Final Read Around

TUESDAY: 1. IRR Final Read Around Part II 2.  Problem Definition: Performance Task 2 Problem Definition Template and Q.U.E.S.T.ion development.

WEDNESDAY (LATE START): IWA Process Reflection Part I Process Launch 2. Question Feedback:

A.) Focus—Specific variable/component of the phenomena (What SPECIFIC problem?) to be explored or measured?

B.) Scope— a specified time, place, population, genre (Who, Where, When?)

C.) Value— significance of your study (So what? who would want to know? why?)

D.) Feasibility— is your research do-able with the resources/time you have? (2,000 words= 7-8 pages)

E.) Language and Style: Grammatically Correct, Clearly Written, and Easy to understand?

THURSDAY: Build Annotated Bibliography DUE 3/25  (2 Stimulus Packet Sources, 3 NEWS Sources, 3 Online Magazine Sources, 4 Academic Journals)

FRIDAY:Build Annotated Bibliography DUE 3/25  (2 Stimulus Packet Sources, 3 NEWS Sources, 3 Online Magazine Sources, 4 Academic Journals)

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week Mexican American Lit Scholars will write Ekphrastic Poems inspired by David Botello’s murals and Magnetic Poems inspired by Frank Mundo’s narrative.  

MONDAY: “Dream of Flight” by David Botello Analysis and Ekphrastic Poem

TUESDAY: Edit and Publish Ekphrastic Poems

WEDNESDAY (LATE START): Magnetic/ Black Out poems

THURSDAY: 1. Unit Reflection 2. Portfolio Build Up

FRIDAY: Portfolio Production

English 3P Honors: Period 3, 4

This week English 3P Honors will COMPARE FEATURES of PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and “Story of an Hour.”

MONDAY: The Awakening Ch. I-XXII & The Lowest Animal Socratic Seminar

TUESDAY: Quarter 3 Benchmark

WEDNESDAY (LATE START): Introduction to Psychological Realism in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin: Video Analysis

H.W. Read & Write Chapter Summary Ch. XXII-XXIII of The Awakening by Kate Chopin by Friday, March 22.

THURSDAY: Literary Circles

FRIDAY: Progress Check 5.3

 

AP Seminar: Period 1

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

Monday: 1.) How to turn NERVES into ANXIETY 2.) Team Multimedia Presentation Prep: Alba‘s thinking while you present

PRESENTATIONS AFTER SCHOOL TODAY!  

Tuesday: 1.) Final IRR Rubric Read Around in Teams

Wednesday: Team Multimedia Presentation Reflection: TMP Rubric

Read PART 2 Stimulus Packet 2019 : Select TWO texts that sparked your interest and use Summary Template and prepare discuss on Friday’s Socratic Seminar

Thursday: IWA & IMP Outline: See pp. 1-4 of PART 2 Stimulus Packet 2019

Friday: Socratic Seminar: IWA Process Launch

Mexican American Literature: Period 2, 6

This week in Mexican American Literature, we will use 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. “Silence Concerning an Ancient Stone” Image Analysis Slide Show

Tuesday: “Inocente” Film Screening: How does Inocente use art and creativity to build her sense of IDENTITY?

Wednesday: David Botello Mural Analysis & Ekphrastic Poems

Thursday: How I Became a Mexican: Black Out Poems

Friday: Write Ekphrastic Poems inspired by David Botello Murals