Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez ---Puente H English 9 & 10
Tentative Agenda
Monday, April 15
I.
Unit overview (20 min)
II. Organizing reporter’s notebook (15
min)
III. Who is Luis Valdesz (40 min)
a) annotation strategy 10 min
b) read/annotate article 15 min
c) YouTube video 10 min
d) Class debrief 5 min
IV. Portfolio Puente Writing (30 min)
Wednesday, April 17 (30 min)
I.
QuickWrite: Who is Luis Valdez? (10
min)
a) write 7min
b) Pair share x 2 3 min
II.
Zoot Suit Vocabulary (20 min)
Friday, April 19 (61 min)
I.
Introduction to literary terms (15
min)
II.
Gallery Walk (30 min)
a) walk/select visual image
b) QuickWrite: why did you select
this image? What impact did the
image have on you?
c) Pair-share x2
d) Class discussion
III. Historical context (15 min)
a) Explanation of homework
Tuesday, April 23 (48 min)
I.
Historical context (25 min)
a) Groups of 4: share findings 10 min
b) Teacher led presentation 15 min
II. Zoot Suit (20 min)
a) Read setting & Act 1 (pg. 24-26)
b) QuickWrite: A Pachuco, Cholo,
Gagster represents…
Thursday, April 25 (184 mi)
I.
Groups: share HW responses (10
min)
II.
Historical Context: LA Riots (45 min)
a) “The Sleepy Lagoon Murder and
the Zoot Suit Riots”
i.
read/annotate 15 min
ii. 1 ¶ reaction 7 min
iii. Whole class Socratic
Seminar 15 in
III. Zoot Suits (40 min)
a) Class reading: Act 1, Scene 3 &
Act 1, Scene 4 (pgs. 29-37)
b) QuickWrite
c) Pair Share
d) Class discussion/activity
IV. Puente Portfolio (50 min)
a) Autobiographical essays
b) Revising/editing
V.
Poetry Jam (35 min)
a) What is it? 5 min
b) Read “Letter to the playground
bully” 5 min
c) 1 sentence reaction to elbow
partner 3 min
d) What YOUTUBE video (select
powerful lines) 5 min
e) Students share powerful lines 3
min
f)
Students write: using one of the
powerful lines, students write
their own poems
Monday, April 29
I.
Writing groups (poetry Jam) (20 min)
a) Writing groups- students share
their poems with their writing
groups
II. Zoot Suits (65 min)
a) Read Act 1: Scene 5- Scene 6 (pgs.
37-43) 10 min
b) Class discussion 10 min
c) QuickWrite: The purpose of the
media is… OR The American legal
system is… 7 min
d) Pair-share 3 min
e) Read Act 1: Scene 7-Scene 8 (pgs.
43-52) 10 min
f)
Class discussion 10 min
g) QuickWrite: Is one born a leader,
or does one become a leader? 7
min
h) Pair share 3 min
III. Puente Portfolio (25 min)
a) Self Reflection on the reading
Tuesday, May 7 PDD
I.
Rewind your mind / QuickWrite (25
min)
II. Zoot Suit (30 min)
a) Read Act 1, scene 11 (pgs. 57-64)
10 min
b) Class discussion 7 min
c) QuickWrite: Racial intolerance
comes from… 7 min
d) Share x2 …3 min
III. Puente Portfolio (45 min)
a) Writing groups (revision/editing
sessions)
Thursday, May 9---social hall
I.
Puente Portfolio (70 min)
a) Introductory letters
i.
students read sample
papers
ii. group/class discussion:
what are the qualities of a
an introductory letter?
b) Students brainstorm ideas for
their introductory letters
c) 1st draft
II.
Zoot suit (40 min)
a) Analyzing Act 1- groups 20 min
b) Socratic seminar
Monday, May 13
I.
Zoot Suit (pgs. 65-73) (20 min)
a) Share QuickWrites with groups
b) Class discussion
II. Puente Portfolio (60 min)
a) Response to literature Zoot Suits
i.
Identifying the theme
ii.
Thesis statement
iii.
Relevant quotes
III. Zoot Suit (25 min)
a) Read Act 2, Scenes 5 & 5 (Pgs. 7338) 10 min
b) QuickWrite:
Solitude…
OR
Darkness.. 5 min
c) Class discussion 5 min
Spring 2013
Ms. Garcia, Ms. Hartunian
Literary Analysis/Argumentative
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Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez ---Puente H English 9 & 10
Wednesday, May 15
I.
Zoot Suit (60 min)
a) share QuickWrite 10 min
b) Read Act 2, scene 8 & 9 (pg. 8594) 10 min
c) QuickWrite: My culture is… 7 min
d) Pair share 3 min
e) Class discussion/activity 30 min
II. Puente Portfolio (30 min)
III. Poetry Jam “Brown is Beautiful” (30
min)
a) students read the poem 7 min
b) one sentence reaction 3 min
c) YOUTUBE video (selecting
powerful lines) 5 min
d) Using one of the powerful lines,
students write their own poem.
Friday, May 17
I.
Zoot Suit (60 min)
a) analysis of the play –revisiting
literary terms 20 min
b) Play critique 20
c) QuickWrite: Write your own
critique of the play
II.
Poetry Jam (25 min)
a) Students share poems with
writing groups
b) Edit/revise poems
III. Puente Portfolio (25 min)
a) In-class essay 1st draft of literary
analysis for Zoot Suit
Tuesday, May 21 & Thursday May 23rd
I.
Puente Portfolio
a) nuts & bolts
II. Poetry Jam ---selecting a poem
Unit Objectives: After reading the unit calendar, I realized that during this unit I will be
learning to:
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Spring 2013
Ms. Garcia, Ms. Hartunian
Literary Analysis/Argumentative
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Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez ---Puente H English 9 & 10
Monday, April 15
Friday, April 19th
Tuesday, April 23rd
Thursday, April 25th
Monday, April 29th
Thursday, May 9th
Monday, May 13rd
Wednesday, May 15th
Spring 2013
Homework Log
In class you read and watched a mini clip about Luis Valdez, for
homework research three to five additional interesting facts
about his life.
Historical Exploration of the History and Culture of the Zoot Suit
You are going to explore the culture of the Zoot Suiter’s, the history of
the movement, and some of the factors that lead to the Zoot Suit riots in
1940’s Los Angeles. You will also be learning about an infamous trial,
known as The Sleepy Lagoon Trial, upon which Luis Valdez based the
play we are studying. Make sure you have a set of headphones and/or
turn up the sound as you visit this website because there will be swing
music in the air!
Read Act 1, Scene 1: Zoot Suit – Act 1, scene 2: The Mass Arrest (pages
26-29) and write a QuickWrite on one of the following:
---gangs are…
---what is the role of the police in communities of color?
1. Finish writing your poem.
Read Act 1, Scene 9 &10 (pgs.52-57) and write a QuickWrite on ONE of
the following prompts:
---The truth is…
---Loyalty means…
---How I look versus how others see me..
Read Act 2, Scene 1-Scene 3 (pgs. 65-73) and write a QuickWrite on
ONE of the following prompts:
---prison…
---resistance…
---discrimination…
1. Read Act 2 scenes 6 & 7, and write a QuickWrite on ONE of the
following prompts:
--Love is…
--War is…
2. Continue gathers quotes for your literary analysis essay
Finish writing your poem and be ready to share it with your writing
group.
Ms. Garcia, Ms. Hartunian
Literary Analysis/Argumentative
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