Daily+Agenda


 * In case you missed class, or want to look ahead...**
 * Daily Agenda:**


 * 1/23:**
 * - Discuss LWG and expectations**
 * - Pre-Assessment (credit for completing)**
 * - PPT on Sierra Leone [[file:LWGPP.pptx]]**
 * - Research Group**
 * - Write a memoir- see last two slides of ppt for details**


 * 1/24**
 * - Show "Sierra Leone Rising"**
 * - QW: How does where you live shape the person you are and ultimately become?**
 * - Watch "About my Book" parts 1 & 2 from LWG website**
 * - Read Ch. 1-3**
 * - Worksheet [[file:1-24worksheet.docx]]**


 * 1/25**
 * - QW: Write about a time you had to make a quick decision. If given more time would you have made the same call, or would you have made a different choice? What was the end result?**
 * - Read Ch. 4-7**
 * - Critical Literary Response Worksheet [[file:1-25worksheet.docx]]**


 * 1/26**
 * - QW: Think of a time that you have experience or witnessed the kindness of a stranger. What did the person do? How did the act of kindness impact your life?**
 * - Read Ch. 8-10**
 * - Group Worksheet [[file:1-26worksheet.docx]]**


 * 1/27**
 * - Watch "To American Readers" from LWG website.**
 * - QW: What is your view on war? Do you feel that wars our country is engaged in are different than the wars the author is talking about?**
 * - GYR paragraph: Are you surprised by Ishmael's actions? How do you think he will perform as a soldier? Use examples from the text to support your stance and prediction.**


 * 1/30 (FINALS, 50 MIN CLASS)**
 * - Brainstorm for Picture Book Project**
 * - Start working on Picture Book assignment <<**- Find three quotes that express Ishmael’s current state of mind. Explain in two sentences for each why these quotes are significant.**
 * 1/31 (FINALS, 100 MIN CLASS)**
 * - QW: Have you ever felt underestimated? Does that make you want to overcompensate to prove that you’re good enough, smart enough, etc? What does this behavior really accomplish?**
 * - Read p. 128-151**

- **QW: How does music connect you with your friends/family/ community/people in your life? What does your taste in music say about you?**
 * 2/1 (FINALS, 100 MIN CLASS)**


 * - Character Analysis [[file:CharacterAnalysis.docx]]**


 * NO SCHOOL 2/2, 2/3**


 * 2/6**
 * - QW: Imagine you are Ishmael. Write 5-7 sentences about you happiness and fears about living this new life in Freetown with your Uncle and cousins.**
 * - Word for Word: Read word for word what you wrote to your shoulder partner. How does reading you writing aloud inform your style of writing. What would you change (or not)? 2 thing.**
 * - Read p. 152-178**
 * - Work on Picture Book**


 * 2/7**
 * -** **QW: Ishmael says in the first line of Ch. 20: “My conception of New York City came from rap music.” Do you find that you stereotype based on media portrayals of certain areas of the country, or the world? Have your stereotypes ever been proven incorrect?**
 * - Read p. 179-200**


 * 2/8**
 * - QW: Ishmael says in the first line of CH. 20: "My conception of New York City came from rap music." Do you find that you stereotype based on media portrayals of certain areas of the country, or the world? Have your stereotypes ever been proven incorrect?**
 * - Read p. 201-218 (40 minutes)**
 * - Review for test**
 * - Finish up Picture Book. Due TODAY <<< SUMMATIVE**


 * 2/9**
 * - TEST on LWG**
 * - Oaks practice test if finished w/ test**


 * 2/10**
 * - Read Harrison Bergeron**
 * - Wksh**