Week at a glance Jan 17 - 24, 2011

Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes the use of figurative language (11.1.K3), uses information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions (11.1.4.K5), compares/contrasts themes in texts (11.1.4.K7b), compares/contrasts author's use of literary devices (11.1.4.K7k), uses paraphrasing and organizational skills to summarize underlying meaning of the text (11.1.4.K9e), analyzes and evaluates how an author's style work together to achieve purpose: irony, symbolism, tone, mood, imagery, allusion (11.1.4.K11c, d, e, f, h, and j), and analyzes contextual aspects of setting: historical, social, cultural (11.2.1.K2).

This week we'll continue on with our American Poetry unit and finally wrap up our Definition Essay unit. It may be a bit bumpy at first as it turns out I do indeed have Jury Duty on Tuesday. Jury duty will unfortunately postpone our 2nd semester root words for one more week. I will hopefully be back in class for the rest of the week as we continue to analyze the unique qualities of American Poetry.

• Mon: No school - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  
• Tues: American Poetry - The Search for Identity. Study guide due by the end of the hour.
  
• Wed: American Poetry - The Great American Melting Pot? Study guide due by the end of the hour.
  
• Thurs: American Poetry - American Dreams - readings and discussion. Pass back Definition Essay rough drafts and discussion issues to revise.
  
• Fri: Definition Essay - Meet in the computer lab. Typed rough draft due by the end of the hour.