Assignments

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31	1 02.01.21 Unit 3 Day 1 Brown Girl Dreaming 11:59 PM 02.01.21 Warm up: analyze the quote. How does it make you fee? Why? “The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.” Jacqueline Woodson 11:59 PM 02.01.21 11:59 PM	2 02.02.21 Warm up : Do you know how to write a summary? What should be included? What should never be included? 11:59 PM 02.02.21 Brown Girl Dreaming Unit 3 Day 2 11:59 PM	3 02.03.21 Exit Slip 11:59 PM 02.03.21 Vocabulary HW 11:59 PM 02.03.21 Unit 3 Brown Girl Dreaming Assignment 3 11:59 PM 02.03.21 Warm up: How did the author feel about Daisy Hampton? Cite evidence to support your claim. 11:59 PM	4 02.04.21 Vocabulary Packet Unit 3 11:59 PM 02.04.21 Warm up: Who were the freedom riders? What was their role during Civil Rights Movement? 11:59 PM	5 02.25.21 Vocabulary Review 11:59 PM 02.05.21 Friday Refresh R.L.8.1 11:59 PM 02.05.21 Warm up 11:59 PM	6
7	8 What does this suggest about the time of Jacqueline’s birth? [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM What impact do you think growing up in your neighborhood had on you as a person? Why? Sentence Starter: I think it impacted me because... 11:59 PM 02.08.21 Exit Slip 11:59 PM Based on the video what is one way you think a setting might impact the main character of a story? 11:59 PM 02.08.21 Chapter 1 Brown Girl Dreaming 11:59 PM	9 02.09.21 11:59 PM 02.09.21 Lesson 4 Unit 3 11:59 PM 02.09.21 HW: What is theme of the assigned poem? How do you know? 11:59 PM	10 02.10.21 2-point Short Response 11:59 PM 02.10.21 Brown Girl Dreaming 11:59 PM 02.10.21 Warm up: What is the theme of "second daughter’s second day on earth"? 11:59 PM	11 02.11.21 Warm up: Who do the “ghosts” refer to in the poem “The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House”? [RL.8.4] 11:59 PM How do the poems “It’ll be Scary Sometimes” and “Football Dreams” develop similar ideas about Jacqueline’s family? [RL.8.3] A.They suggest that Jacqueline’s father was devoted to his own family. B.They suggest that Jacqueline’s family was admired in their community. C.They illustrate a history of hard work and achievement in Jacqueline’s family. D.They illustrate a history of Jacqueline’s family supporting each other through hard times. 11:59 PM 02.11.21 Snapshot 11:59 PM Winter Break Project Week of 02.08.21 11:59 PM	12	13
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21	22 02.22.21 Warm up: How has your family impacted who you are today? 11:59 PM In “gunnar’s children,” what does Jacqueline’s grandfather mean when he tells his grandchildren to “just keep remembering” that “y’all are Gunnar’s children”? (51) [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM Brown Girl Dreaming Ch. 3 02.22.21 11:59 PM What does this suggest about how the Woodson children might feel in the presence of their grandparents? [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM 02.22.21 Exit Slip: Woodson chose to place the poem “end of the day” immediately following “gunnar’s children.” How does the placement of these poems show the difference between how Gunnar Irby was treated at work and how he was treated in Nicholtown? [RL.8.5] 11:59 PM	23 02.23.21 Ch. 3 Brown Girl Dreaming 11:59 PM 02.23.21 Chapter 3 Classwork 11:59 PM	24 02.23.21 Warm up: Based on the video, what was "The Great Migration?" 11:59 PM 02.24.21 Brown Girl Dreaming Chapter 4 11:59 PM 02.24.21 Written Response 11:59 PM	25 02.25.21 Chapter 3 Written response 11:59 PM 02.25.21 11:59 PM	26 02.26.21 Vocabulary Quiz 1-Weekend Homework 11:59 PM 02.26.21 Snapshot Assessment 11:59 PM	27
28 02.26.21 Final Submission of Writing Assignments 11:59 PM	1 What was the Harlem Renaissance? 11:59 PM 03.01.21 How does the setting of "Brown Girl Dreaming" impact the plot? 11:59 PM 03.01.21 Monday Madness R.I.8.1 11:59 PM	2 03.02.21 11:59 PM 03.02.01 Chapter 5 11:59 PM 03.02.21 Warm up: What is one major difference between a simile and a metaphor? Provide your own example of each. 11:59 PM CommonLit: The Harlem Renaissance 2:59 AM	3 03.03.21 Classwork Ch. 5 11:59 PM 03.03.21 HW 11:59 PM In “the other infinity,” Jacqueline explains that her grandmother’s faith promises “eternity” — or endless life after death — to those who do God’s work well (130). In “sometimes, no words are needed,” as Jacqueline sits with her grandfather, she feels “the silent promise / that the world as we know it / will always be there” (131). Which promise does Jacqueline seem to find more comfort in? [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM 03.03.21 Warm up: if you had to move to a new city, how would you deal with having to make new friends? 11:59 PM 03.03.21 Classwork 11:59 PM Exit Slip: Reread the final stanza of the poem “the letter.” What does Dell’s gesture suggest about how she and her siblings feel in response to their mother’s letter? [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM	4 03.04.21 Chapter 5 Classwork 11:59 PM 03.04.21 Chapter 5 Review 11:59 PM Exit Slip: Why do you believe assessments are important? Explain using full sentences. 11:59 PM	5 03.05.21 Snapshot Assessment 11:59 PM 03.04.21 Chapter 6 "Brown Girl Dreaming" Classwork Extension/Homework 11:59 PM 03.05.21 Exit Slip: In “on paper,” what does Jacqueline believe after writing her name for the first time? [RL.8.3] 11:59 PM	6