Monday
• Book group - Check in to make sure you all have a book group, plan reading schedule
• UMMA field trip debrief and Thank You notes
• In-Class reading time
Homework:
• Make sure you've read A Temporary Matter - Review if necessary
Tuesday
•Discuss A Temporary Matter
• In-Class writing. Choose one of the below and write at least 3/4 of a page.
1. Write about someone you miss and why you miss them. What is it like to miss someone?
2. How important is it that you know what's going on in the world? Explain.
3. When have you been among other people, but still alone? How did you deal with your loneliness?
• Share what you are comfortable with a partner.
• A Temporary Matter short writing.
Homework:
• Finish A Temporary Matter short writing for tomorrow.
• Make sure you get your Book Group book!
Wednesday - Snow Day - We will move this to a later date. Go to Thursday!
• Discuss with your partner how each question connects to When Mr. Pirzada came to dine.
• Discuss When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine as a class
• Do Mr. Pirzada study guide in class - in pods
• Begin Study Guide/Reading Interpreter of Maladies in class. Complete Study Guide and reading for tomorrow. Extra credit if you include pictures and definitions for the front of the study guide.
• Interested in the Indian Partition? This is a good (albeit long) article:
• The Great Divide - The violent legacy of Indian Partition. Print and T4 for up to 5 pts extra credit.
• Discuss Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies: A Vacation Scrapbook.
A Pictorial Journey through the Story
Goal: Capture the story using images and text.
• Find a partner.
• Decide whose scrapbook this will be - Google Scrapbook slides or GoogleDoc templates
(Think point of view! Choose Mr. Kapasi, Mrs. Das, Mr. Das, etc.)• Create a Scrapbook in the form of a slideshow.
• Cover all of the items on the “Study Guide” in some way.
• Use language from the story
• Be creative!
• Share with me when you are finished.
• Scrapbook Example: Jimmy and Josh
• Section #1 Reading Quiz (Temporary Matter, Mr. Prizada, and Maladies)
• Begin Study Guide/Reading Real Durwan. Extra credit if you include pictures and definitions for the front of the study guide
If above link is not working, try here
• Homework: Finish Real Durwan Reading and study guide for Friday
Thursday
• Do Mr. Prizada Warm Up Questions
• Read When Mr. Prizada Came to Dine - for tomorrow (or Monday if we have a snow day tomorrow).
Friday
Current Events Around the World
• 1st Hour -
• 2nd Hour -
• 3rd Hour -
• Book Group Discussion Day #1 is Tuesday, February 20th! Be Prepared!
• Book group - Check in to make sure you all have a book group, plan reading schedule
• UMMA field trip debrief and Thank You notes
• In-Class reading time
Homework:
• Make sure you've read A Temporary Matter - Review if necessary
Tuesday
•Discuss A Temporary Matter
• In-Class writing. Choose one of the below and write at least 3/4 of a page.
1. Write about someone you miss and why you miss them. What is it like to miss someone?
2. How important is it that you know what's going on in the world? Explain.
3. When have you been among other people, but still alone? How did you deal with your loneliness?
• Share what you are comfortable with a partner.
• A Temporary Matter short writing.
Homework:
• Finish A Temporary Matter short writing for tomorrow.
• Make sure you get your Book Group book!
Wednesday - Snow Day - We will move this to a later date. Go to Thursday!
• Discuss with your partner how each question connects to When Mr. Pirzada came to dine.
• Discuss When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine as a class
• Do Mr. Pirzada study guide in class - in pods
• Begin Study Guide/Reading Interpreter of Maladies in class. Complete Study Guide and reading for tomorrow. Extra credit if you include pictures and definitions for the front of the study guide.
• Interested in the Indian Partition? This is a good (albeit long) article:
• The Great Divide - The violent legacy of Indian Partition. Print and T4 for up to 5 pts extra credit.
• Discuss Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies: A Vacation Scrapbook.
A Pictorial Journey through the Story
Goal: Capture the story using images and text.
• Find a partner.
• Decide whose scrapbook this will be - Google Scrapbook slides or GoogleDoc templates
(Think point of view! Choose Mr. Kapasi, Mrs. Das, Mr. Das, etc.)• Create a Scrapbook in the form of a slideshow.
• Cover all of the items on the “Study Guide” in some way.
• Use language from the story
• Be creative!
• Share with me when you are finished.
• Scrapbook Example: Jimmy and Josh
• Section #1 Reading Quiz (Temporary Matter, Mr. Prizada, and Maladies)
• Begin Study Guide/Reading Real Durwan. Extra credit if you include pictures and definitions for the front of the study guide
If above link is not working, try here
• Homework: Finish Real Durwan Reading and study guide for Friday
Thursday
• Do Mr. Prizada Warm Up Questions
• Read When Mr. Prizada Came to Dine - for tomorrow (or Monday if we have a snow day tomorrow).
Friday
Current Events Around the World
• 1st Hour -
• 2nd Hour -
• 3rd Hour -
• Book Group Discussion Day #1 is Tuesday, February 20th! Be Prepared!