Assignments

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28	29 Do Now 8/29: How have you experienced stereotyping on the basis of your age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, the way you dress, etc.? What’s an example of a time when you faced this type of stereotype? 10:10 AM	30	31 "Just Walk on By" Reading Quiz 10:10 AM Do Now 8/31: Imagine a response to “Just Walk on By” that takes issue with the tactics Staples employs in order to avoid frightening people with his mere presence. What arguments might someone make against his choice to accommodate the irrational fears of others? On what basis might objections to this practice be raised? 10:10 AM	1	2 Personal Essay Prompt and Brainstorm 10:10 AM Do Now 9/2: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend? 10:10 AM Photo Journal 8:30 AM	3
4	5	6	7 Personal Essay Example (Student) 9:55 AM	8	9 Do Now 9/9: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend? 10:10 AM	10
11	12	13 Personal Essay Rough Draft 8:30 AM Do Now 9/13: Please rewrite the following sentences using imagery: The taste of mac and cheese that I love. The smell of the gel my father puts in his hair. The feeling of my cat’s fur as I pet her. 11 AM	14	15 Self-Editing Checklist for Personal Essay 8:30 AM Do Now 9/15: Please revise the following sentences to add more imagery: I was sitting in front of the TV, my dad was sitting on the couch, and my brother was watching me. We went to a pastry shop filled with smells of coffee, chocolate, and butter, but I wasn’t happy to get my favorite cinnamon pinwheel, instead I was feeling another emotion that I experience often, one that I had wasted my time, squandering my vacation. 10:10 AM	16	17
18	19 Personal Essay (FINAL DRAFT) 8:30 AM Do Now 9/19: What do you like best about this piece of writing? If you had a chance to revise, what would you decide to focus on? What was easy about this assignment? What was challenging about this assignment? 10:10 AM	20	21 Common Writing Assessment: Fall 2022 10:10 AM	22	23 "A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions 8:30 AM Do Now 9/23: 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 are you looking forward to this weekend? 10:10 AM	24
25	26	27 Do Now 9/27: What are Amir’s religious views? How do these views cause conflict? According to Baba, what is the only sin? What concerns about Amir does Baba express to Rahim Khan? How does Amir feel overhearing this discussion? 11 AM "The Kite Runner" Intro Vocabulary 11 AM "The Kite Runner" Ch.1 Close Reading 11 AM Exit Slip: How does the use of diction create a sense of foreboding? 11 AM	28	29 "The Kite Runner" Reading Quiz (Ch.1-5) 10:10 AM Do Now 9/29: What happens between Assef/Wali/Kamal and Amir/Hassan? What does Assef threaten them? Hassan has plastic surgery to be able to smile “normally” by the following winter. Why does Amir think that is ironic? 10:10 AM	30	1