Literature: Summer Reading discussion - Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games, Nikki Giovanni's "Ego Tripping" and Hugh Gallagher's "College Essay"
Writing: Personal poem and literary essay
Vocabulary: utopia, dystopia, entrails, reap, tessera, apothecary, tribute, treason, repentance, sustenance, plait, tenuous, insurmountable, mace, sanctioned, demeanor, decrepit, inexplicable, tureen, cornucopia, swathe, affectations, adversaries, deluge, oblivious
Homework:
- Bring back the white paper part of the syllabus with your and your parent's signature on August 28.
- Bring a small photo of you and colored pencils or markers on August 28. You will use these materials for a shield project due on or before September 5.
- Bring all required materials mentioned in the syllabus by Friday, August 31 or Tuesday, September 4.
- The Hunger Games project is due on September 7. If you submit the project ahead of time, you will earn extra points.
- Review for Hunger Games test on September 10.
- SAT vocabulary notes in Cornell note format are due every Tuesday of every week.
- Review for a quiz or test every Monday or Tuesday (if Monday is a holiday).
Monday - Wednesday
- Fill out enrollment forms and receive class syllabus and letter to parents.
- Work on "The Hidden Truth...or...The Hidden Lie" assignment after reading Nikki Giovanni's poem called "Ego Tripping" and and Hugh Gallagher's "College Essay".
- On Tuesday or Wednesday, write a poem or a paragraph with your hidden truth or lie, and create your own shield of information. Check due date above.
- Receive vocabulary handouts and discuss the SAT format.
- Discuss allusion and the allusion project. Work on a mini-lesson based on the summer novel.
- Analyze symbol, imagery, figurative language, tone and theme (SIFT) in the summer novel. Read and discuss short passages in groups of 5.
Reading schedule: 5th
Period
While reading or re-reading the novel Hunger Games, highlight
passages you would like to share with the class. These could be passages
that are important moments, curious incidents, confusing decisions, hard to
understand, well written, or for some other reason a moment just stands out for
you.
Note: A short reading check
will be given the day after the readings are due. The reading schedule is just
a guide that informs what chapters are going to be discussed. The novel was a
summer reading assignment and you should
have already read all the chapters in the book before coming back to school.
August 30-31 – Part 1, pages 3-130 (reading check– September
5)
September 4-5 – Part 2, pages 133-244 (reading check –
September 6)
September 6-7 – Part 3, pages 247-374 (reading check –
September 7)
