Notebook Check 11CP 1.

. 10/11 : Sonnys Blues Discussion Questions: What was important about the narrators mothers last words to him about Sonny? Comment on the following: Sonny was at the piano playing for his life. 2. 10/13 Compare the mention of the Cup of Trembling mentioned at the end of Sonnys Blues to Isaiah 51:17-21 ; what does the cup of trembling represent in the story? 3. 10/13 Notes on how to write an introduction: Step 1 Hook: familiar quotation or phrase; startling fact or statistic; anecdote; rhetorical fragment. Step 2 Background: explain your hook; background info on your topic. Step 3 destabilization introduce argument and story; use transition words. Step 4 Thesis 4. 10/23 Write your definition of the American Dream. How does one achieve the American Dream? Is this dream available to everyone? Who might you argue is excluded? Explain your answers in detail. 5. 10/24 What would you do if you won $1 million? How would you spend your money? 6. Notes on annotations: mark important names, dates, details, facts; agree or disagree; ask clarifying questions; make connections; question the text; make predictions; highlight vocabulary; conclusions about the text 7. 10/27 What does each character want to spend the $10,000 on? (Ruth, Walter, Beneatha, Mama) 8. 10/31 write a scary Halloween story using (7) vocab words: permeates, pretense, assimilation, profound, haphazardly, conspicuous, erratic, tentative, insinuating, mutilated, etc 9. Notes on semicolon use--3 uses of a semicolon: To link closely related sentences; to link closely related sentences with a transitional adverb (therefore, however moreover, etc.) ; to separate items in a series containing commas 10. grammar practice with semicolons 11. 11/4 Grading rubric for seminar discussion participation and norms for behavior 12. 11/17 Dramatic reading grading rubric (prep for Raisin in the Sun performances) 13. 11/21 Notes on conclusions Conclusions should: bring fresh ideas or insights to your paper; reaffirm for your audience why your ideas matter; demonstrate why this issue matters RIGHT NOW; show the real-world application of your argument; make your audience feel something: pride, outrage, guilt, inspirationDO NOT JUST RESTATE YOUR THESIS!!!! 14. 11/28 Journal Entry: why might the author have cut out the scene in Act 2 with Mrs. Johnson? 15. 12/5 When I Was Puerto Rican warm up (break down of each wordwhat might each part of the title reveal about the rest of the text 16. 12/12 Explain how women are depicted in Fighting Naked; why might the author use these descriptions of men/women? How do these descriptions help readers understand Mami and Papis relationship?

17. 12/19 Write about your plans for Winter Break. Where do you plan to celebrate the holidays? Who are you looking forward to seeing? Etc. Notebook Check 9CP 1. 10/11 punctuation warm up (end punctuation) 2. 10/13 how were the songs pleading child and perfectly contented two halves of the same song (short story Two Kinds); how does the Amy Tans explanation of the two songs symbolize the narrators relationship with her mother? 3. Character venn daughter (head, heart, guts, hands, feet, eyes, lips) 4. 10/14 Punctuation warm-up (periods) 5. 10/14 Notes on how to write an essay outline (paragraph by paragraph 5) 6. 10/17 Comma Day 2 Notes Use commas before transitional conjunctions; use commas to introduce dialogue or quoted speech; use commas to separate the year from the rest of a date; use commas to separate a title from a name; use paired commas to separate non-essential or appositive phrases Comma punctuation warm-up List what you know about the Great Depression; list what you know about migrant farm workers 7. 10/18 punctuation warm up (commas) 8. 10/20 punctuation warm-up (commas, continued) How might you feel if you were in Georges shoes? Imagine what it might be like to care for someone like Lenny. 9. 10/21 punctuation warm-up (commas continued) 10. 10/22 venn diagram characters from OM&M: George and Lennie 11. 10/24 HW: while reading, write down the names and information of new characters we are introduced to in OM&M chapter 1 & 2 12. 10/27 Quickwrite: If you were Candy, would you have allowed Carlson to kill your dog? Why or why not? Provide a detailed explanation. 13. 10/28 punctuation warm-up dashes 14. 10/31 Write a paragraph about Halloween using 7 vocabulary words of your choice Notes on character types: Protagonist; antagonist; minor characters; static characters; dynamic characters; foil 15. 11/1 Notes on characters: Slim, Carlson, Curly, Curleys wife, candy, crooks

 Punctuation warm up: paired dashes 16. 11/3 Notes on plot: resolution, foreshadowing, suspense, conflict (internal/external), exposition, rising action, crisis, resolution 17. 11/7 Write about Lennies death; why does George kill Lennie? Was he justified? Why or why not?

18. 11/14 Punctuation warm-up (hyphens) 19. 11/17 Write about a time when you felt like an outcast; what happened? How did it make you feel? 20. 11/20 Descriptions of the characters/chart: Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy 21. 11/28 Write about your Thanksgiving break using the five senses

22. 12/2 Write a paragraph using the following vocabulary words: grudgingly, irksome, malevolently, contrite, coaxed, lament 23. 12/1 What does the death of the pig reveal about Jacks nature? 24. 12/5 Write five sentences using the following words: virtuous, undertone, rational, intently, inscrutable, conveyed 25. 12/7 Write about the dance in Chpt 7; how is this dance different from any other dance done in the book? What does this reveal about the boys? 26. 12/12 journal entry: compare the movie Lord of the Flies to the book; how were they similar? How were they different? Please use complete sentences. 27. 12/13 How does the description of the conch shell change throughout the book? Why are these changes significant? 28. 12/15 write a paragraph summarizing chapter 9 using 7 vocabulary words 29. 12/17 HW: write a paragraph comparing Simons death in the text to the film version. How are they different? How are they similar? 30. 12/19 Write about your plans for winter break? Where do you plan to spend the holidays? Who are you looking forward to spending time with? Etc.