Interesting Reads:
• The Green Book - Read HERE
Monday
• Welcome new students!
• Pick-up Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri from book depository.
• Jhumpa Lahiri introductory PowerPoint.
• At Home With Jhumpa Lahiri - YouTude interview - Extra credit if you watch in and write 1/2 page about Lahiri and her writing.
Homework:
• Lahiri PreReading - Read Liking American, but Longing for India and fill out PreReading sheet!
Tuesday
• Power Outages - Personal Experience & Effects
• List 3 times you remember when you didn’t have power/the power went out
• What’s different when you don’t have power? Freewrite/list and discuss
• Check out: When the Lights Went Out
Upshot from the book based on customer reviews:
• People meet the neighbors they would never talk to except for their basic everyday greeting, for an information source, for supplies, and to discuss how spacey the phenomenon of intense silence is. People often make friends for life from these contacts.
• An expanded personal meaning attached to the rare times that I completely remove myself from using electricity, leading to a greater appreciation for silence.
• My favorite passage, which discusses the romantic shadows cast by candlelight vs. electrical light, which tends to drown out the personality of the shadows of objects.
• Read A Temporary Matter -
• A Temporary Matter study questions
Wednesday
• Discuss A Temporary Matter
• Homework: Read Mr. Prizada for Monday. We will do Mr. Prizada study guide on Monday!
Thursday
• Bring in Book Pitch book for Today - Bring in the book/picture and be ready to convince the class they should read it. Make sure it's a book you haven't read and is to your ability level.
Book Group Choices - Each class has narrowed the list to the following choices. Make sure you discuss your choice with your parents.
1st Hour
Winter Girls
Everything I Never Told You
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner)
Meddling Kids
One of Us is Lying
Boy 21
Monster
The Whore of Akron
2nd Hour
DaVinci Code
War Cross
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
Mein Kampf
Salt to the Sea
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Colour of Magic
3rd Hour
Harry Potter 1
The Heart Goes Last
The Town
Ready Player One
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
The Hate U Give
And Then There Were None
The God Dillusion
All the Light We Cannot See
If you were absent Thursday, we can get you in a group when you return. First Discussion Day is 2/12! Get your books and start reading ASAP!
Friday
• Current Events Around the World
• 1st hour - Brennan - He is going to do a practice speech to solicit our feedback.
• 2nd hour - Senior class meeting. Meet in C331 for attendance and then we will go to auditorium together.
• 3rd hour - We will reschedule
• Field Trip to UMMA - Travel Groups
Homework:
• Homework: Read Mr. Prizada for Monday
Below is last year. Do not pay attention!!
• Check out: When the Lights Went Out
Upshot from the book based on customer reviews:
• People meet the neighbors they would never talk to except for their basic everyday greeting, for an information source, for supplies, and to discuss how spacey the phenomenon of intense silence is. People often make friends for life from these contacts.
• An expanded personal meaning attached to the rare times that I completely remove myself from using electricity, leading to a greater appreciation for silence.
• My favorite passage, which discusses the romantic shadows cast by candlelight vs. electrical light, which tends to drown out the personality of the shadows of objects.
Concrete & Psychological Effects In Ghana
• Introduce Jhumpa Lahiri
• Begin Reading “A Temporary Matter” with Pioneer Notes handout
Homework: Finish “A Temporary Matter” for tomorrow. Complete Pioneer Note Sheet along with the story.
Thursday
• Summary and Q & A on “A Temporary Matter” (Small Group Discussion)
• Turn in PioneerNote Sheet (from last night).
• Focus on Lahiri's technique, structure and style
• Robert Frost “Home Burial” – annotate & connect
The poem presents a few moments of charged dialogue in a strained relationship between a rural husband and wife who have lost a child. The woman is distraught after catching sight of the child’s grave through the window—and more so when her husband doesn’t immediately recognize the cause of her distress. She tries to leave the house; he importunes her to stay, for once, and share her grief with him—to give him a chance. He doesn’t understand what it is he does that offends her or why she should grieve outwardly so long. She resents him deeply for his composure, what she sees as his hard-heartedness. She vents some of her anger and frustration, and he receives it, but the distance between them remains. She opens the door to leave, as he calls after her.
Homework: None
Friday
• 2nd Hour: Senior Class Meeting
• 3rd Hour - Read WMPCTD with Pioneer notes handout
• 4th Hour: Read WMPCTD with Pioneer notes handout
HW: Choose a book to pitch on Monday!! The book should be one you've not read, is about 250 pages long, and is to your reading ability! Book pitch will take place Monday (15 points)! To receive full credit bring the book are a picture of the book or some artifact that suggests you've made a thoughtful choice of what book to bring!
• The Green Book - Read HERE
Monday
• Welcome new students!
• Pick-up Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri from book depository.
• Jhumpa Lahiri introductory PowerPoint.
• At Home With Jhumpa Lahiri - YouTude interview - Extra credit if you watch in and write 1/2 page about Lahiri and her writing.
Homework:
• Lahiri PreReading - Read Liking American, but Longing for India and fill out PreReading sheet!
Tuesday
• Power Outages - Personal Experience & Effects
• List 3 times you remember when you didn’t have power/the power went out
• What’s different when you don’t have power? Freewrite/list and discuss
• Check out: When the Lights Went Out
Upshot from the book based on customer reviews:
• People meet the neighbors they would never talk to except for their basic everyday greeting, for an information source, for supplies, and to discuss how spacey the phenomenon of intense silence is. People often make friends for life from these contacts.
• An expanded personal meaning attached to the rare times that I completely remove myself from using electricity, leading to a greater appreciation for silence.
• My favorite passage, which discusses the romantic shadows cast by candlelight vs. electrical light, which tends to drown out the personality of the shadows of objects.
• Read A Temporary Matter -
• A Temporary Matter study questions
Wednesday
• Discuss A Temporary Matter
• Homework: Read Mr. Prizada for Monday. We will do Mr. Prizada study guide on Monday!
Thursday
• Bring in Book Pitch book for Today - Bring in the book/picture and be ready to convince the class they should read it. Make sure it's a book you haven't read and is to your ability level.
Book Group Choices - Each class has narrowed the list to the following choices. Make sure you discuss your choice with your parents.
1st Hour
Winter Girls
Everything I Never Told You
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner)
Meddling Kids
One of Us is Lying
Boy 21
Monster
The Whore of Akron
2nd Hour
DaVinci Code
War Cross
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
Mein Kampf
Salt to the Sea
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Colour of Magic
3rd Hour
Harry Potter 1
The Heart Goes Last
The Town
Ready Player One
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
The Hate U Give
And Then There Were None
The God Dillusion
All the Light We Cannot See
If you were absent Thursday, we can get you in a group when you return. First Discussion Day is 2/12! Get your books and start reading ASAP!
Friday
• Current Events Around the World
• 1st hour - Brennan - He is going to do a practice speech to solicit our feedback.
• 2nd hour - Senior class meeting. Meet in C331 for attendance and then we will go to auditorium together.
• 3rd hour - We will reschedule
• Field Trip to UMMA - Travel Groups
Homework:
• Homework: Read Mr. Prizada for Monday
Below is last year. Do not pay attention!!
• Check out: When the Lights Went Out
Upshot from the book based on customer reviews:
• People meet the neighbors they would never talk to except for their basic everyday greeting, for an information source, for supplies, and to discuss how spacey the phenomenon of intense silence is. People often make friends for life from these contacts.
• An expanded personal meaning attached to the rare times that I completely remove myself from using electricity, leading to a greater appreciation for silence.
• My favorite passage, which discusses the romantic shadows cast by candlelight vs. electrical light, which tends to drown out the personality of the shadows of objects.
Concrete & Psychological Effects In Ghana
• Introduce Jhumpa Lahiri
• Begin Reading “A Temporary Matter” with Pioneer Notes handout
Homework: Finish “A Temporary Matter” for tomorrow. Complete Pioneer Note Sheet along with the story.
Thursday
• Summary and Q & A on “A Temporary Matter” (Small Group Discussion)
• Turn in PioneerNote Sheet (from last night).
• Focus on Lahiri's technique, structure and style
• Robert Frost “Home Burial” – annotate & connect
The poem presents a few moments of charged dialogue in a strained relationship between a rural husband and wife who have lost a child. The woman is distraught after catching sight of the child’s grave through the window—and more so when her husband doesn’t immediately recognize the cause of her distress. She tries to leave the house; he importunes her to stay, for once, and share her grief with him—to give him a chance. He doesn’t understand what it is he does that offends her or why she should grieve outwardly so long. She resents him deeply for his composure, what she sees as his hard-heartedness. She vents some of her anger and frustration, and he receives it, but the distance between them remains. She opens the door to leave, as he calls after her.
Homework: None
Friday
• 2nd Hour: Senior Class Meeting
• 3rd Hour - Read WMPCTD with Pioneer notes handout
• 4th Hour: Read WMPCTD with Pioneer notes handout
HW: Choose a book to pitch on Monday!! The book should be one you've not read, is about 250 pages long, and is to your reading ability! Book pitch will take place Monday (15 points)! To receive full credit bring the book are a picture of the book or some artifact that suggests you've made a thoughtful choice of what book to bring!