Monday – 3/3
Week of: Mar. 3-7
Teacher: T. Moser
Team: English II Pre-AP
Objective: Students will be able to annotate a nonfiction essay to better understand a writer’s
purpose and voice in expressing cultural identity through language
Agenda:
 Read and annotate “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin (posted on Edmodo)
 AP Questions
 Review Persuasive Essay prompt: “Most countries have an official language, yet the United States
does not. Write an essay in which you defend or oppose a national proposition to make English
the official language of the United States.”
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: AP Questions due Friday. Persuasive Essay due tomorrow. The Joy Luck Club Quiz –
3/7. Section II of Joy Luck Club study questions due 3/7
Tuesday – 3/4
Objective: Students will be able to write an argumentative essay to the appropriate audience that
includes a clear thesis or position based on logical reasons supported by precise and relevant
evidence, including facts, expert opinions, quotations, and expressions of commonly accepted beliefs
(ELA.10.16A)
Agenda:
 Warm-Up #7 – Analogies
 Persuasive Essay Peer Review (this essay will be taken for a grade)
 SAR 2 – “Notes of a Native Son” and The Joy Luck Club
 Voc. 10 Introduction and Overview
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: Persuasive Essay due today! The Joy Luck Club quiz moved to Friday. AP Questions,
Joy Luck Club study questions, journal reflections due Friday.
Wed/Thur – 3/5-6 (Revised)
Objective: Students will be able to analyze, synthesize and make logical connections between ideas
and details in several texts selected to reflect a range of viewpoints on the same topic and support
those findings with textual evidence (ELA.10.9D)
Agenda:
 Warm-Up #8 – Reading Comprehension passage
 Persuasive Essay Peer Review (this essay will be taken for a grade)
 Write SAR 2 – Prompt: “Describe how the parent/child relationships are similar in both “Notes of
a Native Son” and The Joy Luck Club.
Materials: Handouts, highlighter, post-its, pen, pencil
Homework: Persuasive Essay due today! The Joy Luck Club quiz moved to Friday. AP Questions,
The Joy Luck Club study questions, journal reflections due Friday.
Friday – 3/7
Objective: Students will be able to write an interpretative response to a literary text that extends
beyond a summary and literal analysis (ELA.10.15Ci)
Agenda:
 Warm-Up # 9
 The Joy Luck Club Section II Quiz
 Voc. 10 words for Persuasive Essay #3: attest, differentiate, disparage, esoteric, plethora
 Reflection Journal Writing
 Socratic Circle
Materials: Handouts, The Joy Luck Club Novel
Homework: Persuasive Essay #3 Due on Tuesday – March 11