Sunday, November 16, 2014

November 17 - 21

Welcome!  This is our last full week before Thanksgiving (!)  We will continue reading The House on Mango Street and will begin writing our own descriptive vignettes.

MONDAY:  Discuss name paragraphs, House on Mango through page 33.  Make imagery wheel.  DUE: Name paragraphs. 

TUESDAY: Read Mango, discuss vignette assignment. HW: Read Mango through page 42 and fill out worksheet for Thursday.

 WEDNESDAY:  Independent reading/House on Mango reading through page 42.  NOTE: you need 500 pages of independent reading read and logged by 12/15. 

THURSDAY: Begin draft of vignette about your current room, the room you plan to have in the future, in the same style as The House on Mango Street using many types of imagery.  DUE: Mango p. 12-42 worksheet.

FRIDAY:  Current events day.  Read and annotate article, discuss/debate, prepare response. HW: Finish drafts of two vignettes -- one about your name and one about your room/personal space.  (A vignette is approximately 3-5 paragraphs, 3-5 sentences each.)

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