FOR FRESHMEN:

Quiz on pgs. 66-85

Watch a YouTube clip for 10 min of Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz

Compare/contrast discussion of two quotes from the memoir

Small group work on examples of the themes in this book

HWK: Finish reading the book. Your planning sheet for the Holocaust Memorial project is due next class.

FOR SOPHOMORES 10C:

Quiz on Red Azalea excerpt

Watch a past student film on this excerpt

A few minutes to get into your film groups

HWK: WORK ON YOU FILMS! DUE JUNE 10

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FOR FRESHMEN:

Discuss Holocaust Museum project and get a planning sheet. Planning sheet due Tues. 6/3 and final project due Fri. 6/6

Finish watching and discussion Life Is Beautiful

HWK: READ PGS. 66-85 OF NIGHT

FOR SOPHOMORES 10C:

Quiz on Red Azalea excerpt

Watch a past student film on this excerpt

A few minutes to get into your film groups

HWK: WORK ON YOU FILMS! DUE JUNE 10

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FOR SOPHOMORES 10C and 10B:

Collect your movie scripts

“Stack Your Values” — activity to discuss the values we’ve seen in the stories/film from China

HWK: READ THE EXCERPT FROM RED AZALEA (PGS. 116-135), LEAVING OUT PAGES 123 WHERE IT STARTS WITH “GRANDMA FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE” ALL THE WAY TO PG. 128. START AGAIN ON 128 WHERE THE READING SAYS, “AUTUMN LEAVES WAS A THIN…”

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FOR FRESHMEN:

Using COWS, respond to one of the prompts on the back of your Swing Kids handout. If you missed class, do this at home. Here’s the guidelines:

You may use “I” but never “you”

3/4 to one page long, double spaced

Header should only have name on left and then double space. No title needed. Don’t use up space writing things like the date and the name of this class.

Remember to include a strong opening sentence and a good “wrap up.”

Director of the film in Thomas Carter

Email me if you have further questions!

HWK: READ CH. 1 OF NIGHT AND ANSWER STUDY QUESTIONS

FOR SOPHOMORES:

Quiz on Prologue & “A Woman Is Nothing” from Bound Feet and Western Dress

Class discussion to finish the partner work you began on Wild Swans

See a student film on “A Woman Is Nothing”

Begin point of view assignment. We’ll finish it in class next week.

HWK: READ “LOTUS PETALS” (IT’S SHORT — ONLY PAGES 88-92) FOR WED. OF NEXT WEEK. WE’LL HAVE TIME TO WORK ON YOUR SCRIPT, WHICH IS ALSO DUE ON WED, DURING CLASS ON MON. 5/19. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU START YOUR SCRIPT THIS WEEKEND AND LEAVE MONDAY IN CLASS FOR POLISHING IT.

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FOR FRESHMEN:

Finish watching and discussing Swing Kids

HWK: BE PREPARED TO DO AN IN-CLASS WRITE ON ONE OF THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR HANDOUT ON THIS FILM.

FOR SOPHOMORES:

Quiz on Prologue & “A Woman Is Nothing” from Bound Feet and Western Dress

Class discussion to finish the partner work you began on Wild Swans

See a student film on “A Woman Is Nothing”

Begin point of view assignment. We’ll finish it in class next week.

HWK: READ “LOTUS PETALS” (IT’S SHORT — ONLY PAGES 88-92) FOR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WE’LL HAVE TIME TO WORK ON YOUR SCRIPT, WHICH IS ALSO DUE ON TUESDAY, DURING CLASS ON MON. 5/19. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU START YOUR SCRIPT THIS WEEKEND AND LEAVE MONDAY IN CLASS FOR POLISHING IT.

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FOR SOPHOMORES:

Get directions and scoring guides for the next two step of your film adaptation — writing the screenplay and creating a storyboard.

Watch clip from North by Northwest and compare the movie to the storyboard

HWK: NO NEW READING, BUT REVIEW THE LAST TWO STORIES WE’VE READ AND BE PREPARED FOR A QUIZ AND CLASS DISCUSSION

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FOR FRESHMEN:

“Berlin Laws” activity to examine the anti-Semitic laws passed in Berlin 1933-1945

Continue watching Swing Kids

HWK: NONE

FOR SOPHOMORES:

Poster pitches! See us on your concept of the movie!

Quiz on Wild Swans Ch. 2

Partner work on discussion questions on the reading

HWK: READ PG. 80-87 OF BOUND FEET AND WESTERN DRESS

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FOR FRESHMEN:

Get back graded No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency essay

Introduction to Holocaust Memorial Project

Begin watching Swing Kids and filling out questions on the movie

HWK NONE.

FOR SOPHOMORES:

Presentation of movie posters!

Quiz on Wild Swans Ch. 2

Get vocab assignment related to Wild Swans

Partner work on questions on this reading

HWK: Read excerpt from Bound Feet and Western Dress pgs .80-92. Choose 10 words from the vocab list and type original sentences using those words in a way that lets me know you know the meaning. For example, if the word were “clever,” you wouldn’t write, “She’s very clever.” Instead, you’d write something like, “She is know for being clever because she figures out the answers to math problems so quickly.”

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All IHS classes canceled this day for staff meetings.

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FOR FRESHMEN:

Make note cards in preparation for your group’s presentation of “The Master Race” posters.

Groups teach their part of the reading to the rest of the class. You were given a group grade for the poster and an individual grade for the strength of your own part of the presentation

Student received a pkt of guiding questions for the movie Swing Kids, which we’ll begin next class

HWK: NONE

FOR SOPHOMORES:

See scoring guide and expectations for your movie poster

Work in groups to flesh out the basis of your film. Take home a piece of poster board for your group’s poster.

HWK: READ WILD SWANS CH. 2 “LOTUS PETALS.” GROUPS SHOULD FINISH “FLESHING OUT” THE BASIS OF THEIR FILM ON THE YELLOW SHEET I PASSED OUT. YELLOW SHEET AND POSTER DUE TUES. REMEMBER THAT ALL IHS CLASSES ARE CANCELED ON FRI. 5/9!

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