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E9 AGENDA 12/10: Mango Street – Women

  1. Read The House on Mango Street to page 91 “A Smart Cookie”
  2. Write a vignette similar to “Bums in the Attic,” where you discuss what your future house might look like.  Use figurative language.

HOMEWORK: Do your homework by hand. Do not type your homework.

  • There are many vignettes on The House on Mango Street about the women in Esperanza’s world: Minerva, Sally, Mamacita, Rafaela, her own mother.  Write a paragraph discussing what life is like for these women in general and how Esperanza views them.  Whom does Esperanza admire?  What do you think is Esperanza’s attitude towards these women?
  • Vocabulary: Choose TEN words from The House on Mango Street, choose one of the exercises in the Binder_Vocabulary section

E11 AGENDA 12/05-07 – The Crucible Movie

  1. Watch The Crucible Movie
  2. Work on The_Crucible_-_Movie_Questions

Homework

E9 AGENDA 12/04: Mango Street – Figurative Language

  1. Share character vignettes
  2. Read The House on Mango Street to page 80 in class
  3. Discuss Figurative Language and Metaphor
  4. Create a brainstorming bubble organizer with possible ideas for metaphors about yourself.

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

  • Write ONE PAGE about yourself in metaphor.  In other words, compare yourself to something whose qualities remind you of who you are deep inside.  Refer to House on Mango Street, page 74, “Four Skinny Trees.”
  • Vocabulary:  Choose TEN words from The House on Mango Street, choose one of the exercises in the Binder_Vocabulary section

E9 AGENDA 12/04: Mango Street – Character Vignettes

  1. Read The House on Mango Street to page 73 in class

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

  • Write at least half a page in the WRITING section of your binder: Write a character vignette about someone that you know.  Describe them in detail, remembering to describe not just looks, but also personality.
  • Vocabulary:  Choose TEN words from The House on Mango Street, choose one of the exercises in the Binder_Vocabulary section

E11 AGENDA 12/04 – The Crucible – The End

  1. Discuss Witch Tests
  2. Read Arthur Miller – The Crucible

Homework

  • In the WRITING section of your binder, summarize each class’s reading AND REACT to it (did you like it?  What will happen next?)- one paragraph
    • 11/15 – Start of Act II
    • 11/16 – Middle of Act II
    • 11/17 – End of Act II
    • 11/21 – Motivations of Tituba, Mary Warren, Abigail, Proctor, Hale
    • 11/22 – Act III to page 85, ONE PAGE
    • 11/27 – End of Act III
    • 11/29 – Start of Act IV
    • 12/01 – Middle of Act IV
    • 12/04 – Finish Anticipation Guide Worksheet, Choose a statement for which your opinions shifted and write about it.  If none of your opinions changed, discuss why.  One paragraph minimum
    • 12/04 – React to the end of the Crucible, one paragraph
  • Work on Crucible worksheets.
  • Vocabulary for the week: Complete The Crucible Vocabulary according to the act we are currently reading.

E11 UNIT 4: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

 Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”

SLIDESHOWS

VIDEOS

McCarthyism

 

COLONIAL AND COLONIAL-RELATED TEXTS

READER’S THEATER SCRIPTS

INTERNET RESOURCES Some of these might require a VPN

  1. Historical background of Colonial America
  2. Salem witch trial tests
  3. Possible Medical Explanations for Salem

WORKSHEETS
Place these worksheets in the NOTES/WORKSHEET section of your binder.

UNIT VOCABULARY 

There are four vocabulary lists for this play, one per act.  Vocabulary for each section is due at the conclustion of each Act.  Place these worksheets in the VOCABULARY section of your binder.

 

E9 UNIT 4: The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street is the story “… of a girl who did not want to belong…”  It is a rare book because it is easily accessible to most readers while dealing with complex issues of identity and coming of age.  Writer Sandra Cisneros uses vignettes to write this semi-autobiographical story of a young, Hispanic girl growing up in Chicago.

THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

SLIDESHOWS

DOCUMENTS

WRITING EXERCISES

INTERNET RESOURCES

VOCABULARY

You will encounter these words during the unit.  Write a definition (in your own words) for each word and use it in a sentence correctly

 

E9 AGENDA 12/01: Mango Street – Growing Up

  1. Read The House on Mango Street to page 57 in class

HOMEWORK:  Do your homework by hand.  Do not type your homework. 

  • Binders are due on Monday, December 4.  Look over the checklist.
  • Read The House on Mango Street to page 67 on your own
  • Write at least half a page in the WRITING section of your binder: Choose one of the vignettes between pages 40-67 to imitate.  This section is all about how hard it can be to grow up.  
  • Vocabulary:  Choose TEN words from The House on Mango Street, choose one of the exercises in the Binder_Vocabulary section

E11 AGENDA 12/01 – The Crucible – Sunrise

  1. Discuss Conversion Disorder and other possible medical causes for the events of 1692 in Salem
  2. Read Arthur Miller – The Crucible
  3. Discuss Witch Tests

Homework.