It's the last full week of fall semester! This week we'll finish up the vignettes - drafting the last two and editing/revising all six, as well as finishing the independent reading, discussing the end of House on Mango Street and studying for the final.
MONDAY: Discuss The House on Mango Street. Draft final vignettes (your choice of topic). Due: Finished reading House on Mango Street. HW: Finish drafting the last two vignettes. You should have rough drafts of 6 vignettes. Please make sure they are accessible by e-mail or Google docs. (You can e-mail them to yourself if you don't have Google Docs.)
TUESDAY: Descriptive word/figurative language activity. Time on laptops to revise/edit vignettes. HW: Final drafts of vignettes (with formatting and picture) due Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Last independent reading day/work day - independent reading log with 500 pages conferenced due on Monday, December 15. Be sure to conference and log any final reading on this day. HW: Continue to work on your vignettes; make sure they are accessible by e-mail or Google Docs.
THURSDAY: Review of requirements for vignette project. Last day to revise/edit in class on laptops. HW: Finish vignette project for Friday.
FRIDAY: Current event/issue day. Read and annotate article, practice as a whole class writing an outline response, then individually. Receive study guides. DUE: Vignette project. HW: Study for final.
December 15 - 19th
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15: Go through study guide, practice for final. DUE: Independent reading logs with 500 pages logged and conferenced for the semester.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17: 3rd period final is from 8:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
This class has really been a pleasure, I feel extremely fortunate to be your teacher. Enjoy a wonderful winter break, and rest up for next semester! :-)
