Assignments

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25	26 Assignment 1-Most Impactful Day 8:30 AM Complex Sentence Notes 8:30 AM	27	28 Do Now 9/28: Please rewrite the following sentences as one smooth sentence. Remember, there are multiple options for how to combine each pair. We had pizza together. It was pepperoni. Shirley is the captain of our cheer team. She created many new cheers for us. We had to search for our lost ball. It rolled into the bushes. We made chocolate cake for the class. It melted in the car. My baby sister cries. She does that whenever my mom leaves the house. 11 AM Grammar Quiz #2 11 AM	29	30 "This I Believe" 5 Skill Reading Response Worksheet 10:10 AM Do Now 9/30: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What would you like the class to STOP doing? What would you like the class to START doing? What would you like the class to SUSTAIN? 10:10 AM	1
2	3	4	5 Homework: Read pages 128-178 of "The Poet X" and answer the questions listed in the instructions. 8:30 AM Do Now 10/5: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: How has Xiomara’s relationship with Aman grown? Why is Xiomara questioning her religious upbringing? On page 172, Xiomara talks about her friendship with Caridad. Reread the page. Do you agree with her ideas? Explain your answer. 10:10 AM	6	7 Do Now 10/7: What are some of your strengths as a writer? What are some areas of your writing that you would like to improve? What’s one goal you can create for our next writing assignment? 10:10 AM	8
9	10	11 "This I Believe" Essay (ROUGH DRAFT) 9:45 AM Do Now 10/11: "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect" (Anais Nin). 1. Paraphrase this quote. 2. What does this quote mean? 3. Why does this quote matter? 11 AM	12	13 "This I Believe" Essay (FINAL DRAFT) 10:30 AM	14	15
16	17 "The Poet X" Reading Journal (Part Two) 10:30 AM "The Poet X" Part 2 Reading Quiz 10:10 AM Do Now 10/17: Bucket list: List of things you want to do before you die (kick the bucket). What are at least FIVE things that would go on your own personal “bucket list”? 10:10 AM	18	19 Assignment 2-Last Paragraph of Your Biography 8:30 AM "Two Kinds" By Amy Tan 10:10 AM Exit Slip 10/19: Compare and contrast “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. What is similar about the two mother/daughter relationships? What is different about them? What do these texts suggest about the nature of parent/child relationships? 10:10 AM	20	21 Do Now 10/21: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What’s ONE thing you’re looking forward to this weekend? 10:10 AM Reading Journal Part 3 10:10 AM	22
23	24	25 Do Now 10/25: What is one person/place/thing that motivates you? Why does that person/place/thing motivate you? How could that person/place/thing motivate others? 11 AM	26	27 Do Now 10/27: Do first impressions matter? Why or why not? When is a time that you made a good first impression on someone? How did that feel? When is a time that you made a bad first impression on someone? How did that feel? 10:10 AM	28	29
30	31 Do Now 10/31: What would you do if you won the lottery? In general, is winning the lottery good or bad? Why? 10:10 AM	1	2	3	4	5