MP2 Due Dates

Due Friday

• Community text hw # 4-6
• Vocabulary quiz #1
• Writing Entries 1-3

Due Monday

• Jot sheet #1

DUE DATES ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

• "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" homework questions are due 10/5/2010 
• Writing Entries 10-12 are due 10/8/2010
• Jot Sheet #3 is due 10/13/2010
• Final Draft of Personal Narrative is due 10/15/2010
• Book Review # 2 is due 10/22/2010

1st draft of Personal Narrative due tomorrow 9/24/10

1st draft of Personal Narrative due tomorrow 9/24/10

• Skip lines
• Only write on one side of your loose-leaf

DUE DATES ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

1. Log & Jot sheet- 10/1
2. Writing Entries 4-6- 9/24
3. Voc quiz #2- 9/24
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian questions -9/28
5. Book Review #1- 10/1

RW notes-9-21

RW


Community text:

“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie



TP: How does our environment and how others treat us affect our self esteem?



Do Now: Sketch a quick stick figure drawing that best represents you and list five words that describe you (include personality traits).



Essential Questions for the unit:

1. How do internal and external expectations manifest themselves in our lives?

2. How can such societal expectations impact our identities?

3. Should a person’s responsibility to their family, tribe, or community take precedence over their individual goals?

4. How does literature help us to understand ourselves and the world around us?





Read “The Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club” aloud in class (p. 1-6)



During read a loud we will be talking back to the text, questioning the text and documenting new ideas and vocabulary.



HW: Read “Why Chicken Means So Much to Me” (p. 7 -14) and answer the following questions in at least one paragraph





1. How does the main character’s environment and how others treat him affect his self esteem?

2. How does your environment and how others treat you affect your self esteem

3. Why does chicken mean so much to the main character?

Notes: 9/16 Writing Workshop

9/16/10

Writing Workshop

Personal Narrative-A story about our lives

Gathering Strategies- Lists that help us come up with ideas

Do Now: Use your notes to answer the following questions:

1.  List 3 ways that we can deepen our understanding of what we read

a.    

b.   

c.    

2.  List a time in your life where you struggled with something?

3.  List a time in your life when you made progress with something you were struggling with?

TP: As writers we look to our own life experiences for writing ideas.

Struggles                                                                   Progress

1.                                                                                                              1.

2.                                                                                                              2.

3.                                                                                                              3.

 Class work

Ø  Turn & talk to your partner and say which idea you want to write about today and why

Ø  Create a time line of the event

Ø  Begin writing the story

Notes: 9/15 Grammar

Grammar




Parts of Speech


Do Now: List the 8 parts of speech (answer in power point presentation)


1. Noun






TP: The work that a word does in a sentence determines what part of speech it is in that sentence.








Notes: Power point presentation: Slides 1-9 (Click on or copy and paste link for notes)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/powerpoint.htm