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9	10	11	12	13	14 Beginning of the Year Survey 8:30 AM Do Now 8/14: Please complete the attached "Tone Sketch" handout. 10:10 AM	15
16	17	18 Do Now 8/18: “Several have defined man as ‘an animal which laughs.’ They might equally as well have defined him as an animal which is laughed at; for if any other animal, or some lifeless object, produces the same effect, it is always because of some resemblance to man, or the stamp he gives it of the use he puts it to” (Henri Bergson in Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic). Does the essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” more effectively present man as a creature “which laughs” or “which is laughed at.” Please make sure to cite an example from the essay in your response. 10:10 AM "Me Talk Pretty One Day" Reading Quiz 10:10 AM	19	20 "Crying in H Mart" Reading Quiz 10:10 AM Excerpt from "Into the Wild" 10:10 AM Do Now 8/20: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: In this excerpt from "Crying in H Mart," Michelle Zauner describes some of the Korean dishes she grew up eating. What are some of the dishes that your family made while you were growing up? Are these dishes important to you and your identity? Will you continue to make these dishes when you’re living on your own? 10:10 AM	21	22
23	24 Personal Essay Prompt and Brainstorm 10:10 AM Do Now 8/24: In Jon Krakauer’s essay, he details his experience with hubris (overconfidence) while climbing “The Thumb.” When is a time when you were hubristic as well? Were you humbled by this experience? What did this experience teach you about your own abilities? 10:10 AM Photo Journal 8:30 AM Personal Essay Example (Student) 10:10 AM	25	26	27	28 Personal Narrative (ROUGH DRAFT) 8:30 AM Do Now 8/28: 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	29
30	31	1 Do Now 9/1: What do you like best about your personal narrative? 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 Personal Essay Self-Editing Checklist 8:30 AM Personal Essay (FINAL DRAFT) 8:30 AM	2	3 Do Now 9/3: In the poem “Gate A-4,” Naomi Shihab Nye states that “Not a single person in that gate…seemed apprehensive about any other person.” Why is it that no one in the airport was apprehensive about the other people? Are people in the world today apprehensive about one another? Why or why not? 10:10 AM "A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions 8:30 AM	4	5

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Beginning of the Year Survey 8:30 AM
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Do Now 8/18: “Several have defined man as ‘an animal which laughs.’ They might equally as well have defined him as an animal which is laughed at; for if any other animal, or some lifeless object, produces the same effect, it is always because of some resemblance to man, or the stamp he gives it of the use he puts it to” (Henri Bergson in Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic). Does the essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” more effectively present man as a creature “which laughs” or “which is laughed at.” Please make sure to cite an example from the essay in your response. 10:10 AM
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