AGENDA 9/9

Grammar Practice: Pronoun Case #2

Continue seminars - Acceptance/Belonging, Responsibility, Optimism/Resilience

Complete and turn in Discussion Notes and Discussion Self-Evaluation/Reflection

Period 3 Only: finish vocabulary and grammar on Pronoun Case #1 from last week. Watch Tavis Smiley interview with the Zeitoun family

HW: Catch up on reading as needed - at least 10-15 pages a night if you're behind!

AGENDA 9/7

Finish group assignment from yesterday - generating Levels of Questions for the motifs of Responsibility, and Optimism/Resilience
Stamp and share homework on Acceptance/Belonging with group members
Determine the group's best question (most thought-provoking or likely to inspire discussion)
Chart the group's best question on the appropriate poster paper for each motif

HW: Review/reread Zeitoun in preparation for tomorrow's discussion. If you like, watch this interview conducted by Tavis Smiley for PBS with Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun as a refresher. Please bring your copy of Zeitoun, your discussion notes and self-evaluation/reflection form, and your homework from the last few days for our seminar tomorrow.

NOTE: If you are new to Samohi or did not complete the summer reading, Zeitoun, my expectation is that you will read 10-15 pages or more a night in an attempt to catch up.

AGENDA 9/6

Finish introducing vocabulary
Levels of Questions PPT and review
Group Activity - Generate questions for each motif at each level

PLEASE BRING ZEITOUN AGAIN TOMORROW!

HW: Sign and return syllabus last page
Find and copy down a quotation from Zeitoun that demonstrates the motif of "Belonging" or "Acceptance" (or conversely, NOT belonging or NOT fitting in). Then, generate TWO Level 2 questions and TWO Level 3 questions around the ideas of "Belonging" and "Acceptance" in the text. Check out this sample homework.

AGENDA 9/2

Syllabus Quiz
Grammar Practice: Pronoun Case #1

HW: Zeitoun evidence hunt: Review the book and find one quotation for each motif - 1) Responsibility ; 2) Optimism/Resilience. Then copy down the page number for each quotation and elide the quotation to make it easy to find. You may copy down the entire quotation if you wish. Remember to bring Zeitoun on Tuesday along with your homework. We'll be working in groups.

Example: RESPONSIBILITY - from page 14 "Somewhere along the line...supplies to buy and store."

AGENDA 9/1

Six-Word Memoir Gallery Walk, Voting, and Presentation of Winners

Introduce vocabulary from Zeitoun

Evidence Hunt in Zeitoun - find quotations in groups pertaining to the motifs of responsibility and optimism/resilience

HW: Please bring Zeitoun tomorrow! Syllabus quiz tomorrow.

AGENDA 8/31

Nametags
Introduce vocabulary from Zeitoun
Please bring Zeitoun tomorrow!

HW: Sign and return syllabus last page before 9/7
Six-Word Memoir due tomorrow
Syllabus quiz on Friday!

AGENDA 8/30

WELCOME BACK!!!

Happy First Day of School!

Quickwrite
Welcome and Introduction PowerPoint
Pass out Parent Letter and optional Parent Homework Assignment
Review Syllabus and Study Questions
Introduce Six-Word Memoir Assignment and Pust's Six-Word Memoir Sample

HW: Sign and return last page of course syllabus by Wednesday, 9/7
Six-Word Memoir Assignment due Thursday, 9/1
Quiz over syllabus on Friday, 9/2 (10 questions drawn from the 20 study questions)