Thursday, December 19th - Monday, January 6th

 No school - Winter Break!

***Monday, January 6th is a teacher work day

Wednesday, December 18th

5th period final: 8:30 - 10:30

6th period final: 10:50 - 12:50
    ***Finalize and submit poetry out loud one-pager

Tuesday, December 17th

3rd period final: 8:30 - 10:30

4th period final: 10:50 - 12:50

Monday, December 16th

 1st period final: 8:30 - 10:30

2nd period final: 10:50 - 12:50

Friday, December 13th

1. Work on Final - Poetry Out Loud One-Pager
    ***Work on one-pager

Objective: Students will research their poems and complete a one-pager analyzing the work and their understanding of the poem.

Thursday, December 12th

1. ERWC Semester 1 Reflection

2. Work on Final - Poetry Out Loud One-Pager
***Continue to research and begin to outline one-pager

Objective: Students will research their poems and complete a one-pager analyzing the work and their understanding of the poem.

Tuesday, December 10th

1. Introduce Poetry Out Loud - Choosing a Poem
    ***Introduce assignment, look through poems, complete handout

2. Introduce Final - Poetry Out Loud One-Pager
    *** Rubric
    ***Begin to research and respond to questions

Objective: Students will research their poems and complete a one-pager analyzing the work and their understanding of the poem.

Monday, December 9th

1. "On Leaving / On Staying Behind" - Pre-reading and Analysis
    ***Let's analyze the first few lines together
   ***Complete and submit the assignment.

Objective: Students will understand and analyze Diana Garcia's poems.



Friday, December 6th

1. Mrs. MacIntosh - Local Scholarship Presentation (15 minutes)

2. "On Leaving / On Staying Behind" - Pre-reading and Analysis
    ***Complete Pre-reading section

Objective: Students will understand and analyze Diana Garcia's poems.

Thursday, December 5th

1. Return Hamlet essays and update Digital Portfolios
    ***Digital Portfolio Requirements
    ***Update "Where I am..." chart

2. Finish and submit "I Am From" poems/ Finish Judy Baca poem

3. Crowdsourced Poem
    ***Class will create a crowdsourced "I am From" poem

Objective: Students will create a crowdsourced "I am From" poem with their classmates.

Tuesday, December 3rd

1.  “Where I'm From” By George Ella Lyon
    *** Student “I Am From” Poem

Objective: Students will use the structure and themes from the poems we discuss today to write and share their own poems.


Monday, December 2nd

1.  Introduce Job Shadow and Career Research - Senior Project

Objective: Students will job shadow a professional in a career that they are interested in and write a formal response paper.