Monday:
Kite Runner Character sketch (if you are absent, be sure to turn this in for a classwork/homework grade)
Kite Runner Character Sketch.doc
Hwk: Rd Ch 20
Tuesday:
Discuss Chps 17-20
Wednesday:
-Atonement and Forgiveness
-Begin reading chapter 22
Hwk: Rd Ch 22
Thursday:
-Ch 20-22 Quiz
-Looking at chapter 22, choose two quotes, 1 event, and 1 theme to discuss with the class.
Hwk: Rd ch 23
Friday:
-Mystery Authors Presentation in Library
-Journal
Monday:
-Discuss readings assigned during the weekend
Test study Outline
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
TTTC Test Review
Essay Note card
Vocabulary Game
Thursday:
TTTC Test (if you are absent, you will need to make this up as soon as you return)
Friday:
-Go to Library to work on Group Projects
We will have a brief review in class on Wednesday, September 30th. The study outline is below:
Monday:
-Class Discussion:
Students will each be assigned a person who blamed them self for Kiowa's death and free write on why they were responsible. We will discuss what they wrote down and whether or not anyone was really to blame.
Hwk: Read "The Ghosts of Soldiers" by Wednesday
Tuesday:
(No School)
Wednesday:
-Discuss readings from last week
-Reading Time ("The Ghosts of Soldiers")
*Be sure to do questions
Thursday:
-Check Questions
-Discuss "The Ghosts of Soldiers"
Hwk: "Night Life" and "The Lives of Dead" (due next Monday)
***TTTC Test next Thursday****
Friday:
-Introduce Group Project
THINGS CARRIED FINAL PROJECT.doc
-Students will go the library to work on projects
Monday:
-Quiz over chapters 10-14 (Counts as 2 Quiz Grades)
-Women and the Taliban
-Team Vocabulary
Hwk: Rd chapter 15
Tuesday:
-No School
Wednesday:
Pair Activity: Letter between two characters
Thursday:
-Kite Runner Analysis: Group Discussion
Kite Runner Group Analysis Questions.doc
Friday:
Kite Runner group discussion presentations
HERE ARE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THUS FAR:
Monday:
-Check "Sweetheart" Questions
-Discuss Women in the Vietnam War
-Female Stereotypes on TTTC
-Discuss "Sweetheart"
Hwk: Read 117-130 (Stockings, Church, Man I killed)
Tuesday:
-Sacred Symbols in
-Class Discussion on readings
Hwk: Read "Ambush","Style"
Wednesday:
-TTTC Character Sketch
The Things They Carried Character Sketch.doc
Thursday:
-Review Character Sketches
-Discuss "Ambush", "Style", and "Speaking of Courage"
Hwk: Read "Notes"
Friday:
-Quiz over all readings this week
-Discuss "Notes"
Hwk: "In the Field", "Good Form", and "Field Trip" (162-188)
Tuesday:
-Quiz over chapters 3-7 of The Kite Runner (If you are absent see me ASAP to make-up!)
-Class Discussion over chapters/ Class Competition
-Hwk: Read chapter 8 (by Thursday)
Wednesday:
-Defending Amir (Group Activity)
Thursday:
-College Application Essay Due
-Finish discussing chapter 7
-Begin defending Amir
Hwk: Read chapter 9
Friday:
-Journals What do you stand for?
-Vocab Game
-Discuss Chapter 8, 9
Hwk: Read Chapter 10
Tuesday:
-Quiz over pgs 1-66 of The Things They Carried (If you are absent see me ASAP to make-up!)
-Class Discussion over chapters/ Class Competition
-Hwk: Read "How to tell a True War Story" (by Thursday)
Wednesday:
-Webquest/scavenger hunt on the Veitnam war
Thethingstheycarried webquest.doc
Thursday:
-"The Things They Carried" team game
-Discuss "War Story"
-College Application Essay Due
Hwk: Read "The Dentist"
Friday:
-Journals - What do you carry?
-Based on the style of dialogue and realism in "The Things They Carry", write your own 1 page chapter for the story.
Hwk: Read "Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong"
Below is a letter containing info on the H1N1 virus. A paper copy was distributed to all students:
