Multicultural Literature and Composition
Sept. 12—Oct. 14
CCGPS Standards: RSL 1-6; WS 2a-f, 4, 5; SLS 1a-d; LS 1-5
Essential Questions: What does it mean to be spiritual?
Monday 9/12
Journals 1-10 Collected for Grading
Envelope Activity: “About Russell,” p. 70
HW: Read Chapters 15-17 and write Double-Entry journal #11
Tuesday 9/13
Grammar Review: S-V agreement
Bless Me, Ultima Discussion
HW: Read Chapters 18-19 and write Double-Entry journal #12
Wednesday 9/14
Grammar Review: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Bless Me, Ultima Discussion
HW: Read Chapters 201-21 and write Double-Entry journal #13
Thursday 9/15
Grammar Quiz 1
Bless Me, Ultima Discussion
HW: Read Chapter 22 and write Double-Entry journal #14
Friday 9/16
Review for Bless Me, Ultima Test
HW: Study for Test
Monday 9/19
“Families: Comfort and Conflict” Unit Test (Bless Me, Ultima focus)
Tuesday 9/20
Hawaiian Pidgin and Dialect Samples
“The Lemon Tree Billiards House,” p. 205
Wednesday 9/21
“Coca Cola and Coco Frio,” p. 237
“Notes for a Poem on Being Asian American,” p. 250
Thursday 9/22
“To Each His Song,” p. 261
HW: Study for Vocab. quiz
Friday 9/23
Vocabulary Quiz 3
Intro to The Kite Runner, by Kahled Housseini
HW : Read Chapters 1-3 and Write Journal #15
Monday 9/26
The Kite Runner Discussion
Character Chart
HW : Read Chapters 4-6 and Write Journal #16
Tuesday 9/27
GHSWT
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapter 7 and Write Journal #17
Wednesday 9/28
Intro to Film Vocabulary
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 8-9 and Write Journal #18
Thursday 9/29
Grammar Review: Pronoun Case
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 10-11and Write Journal #19
Friday 9/30
Grammar Review: Parallelism and Verb Tense Consistency
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapter 12and Write Journal #20
Monday 10/3
Journals 11-20 collected for grading
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 13-14 and Write Journal #21
Tuesday 10/4
Vocabulary Review
“I Want to Be Miss America,” p. 90 (in MC lit text)
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 15-16 and Write Journal #22
Wednesday 10/5
The Kite Runner Film
--analysis sheet
HW : Read Chapters 17-19 and Write Journal #23
Thursday 10/6
Review GQ1
Grammar Quiz 2
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 20-21 and Write Journal #24
Friday 10/7
Vocabulary Quiz 4
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapters 22-23 and Write Journal #25
Monday 10/10
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapter 24 and Write Journal #26
Tuesday 10/11
The Kite Runner Discussion
HW : Read Chapter 25 and Write Journal #27
Wednesday 10/12
PSAT Day
Movie Fieldtrip for Seniors
Thursday 10/13
Review for Unit Test
Friday 10/14
Kite Runner Test