April 30 - May 4

What do we live for? 
What impacts our lives? 
What’s important in our lives?

What do we cherish?
Friday
1. Present your Adobe spark assignment.
2. Copy the Quote in the calendar at the beginning of this week. What thoughts are you pondering about memoirs at the beginning of this week?
3. Read your narrative essays (see below).
4. KAHOOT?

Thursday
1. Indian Horse - film

Wednesday
1. Read at least 2 more narrative essays of your choice. Show your understanding of them in your W2 Evidence of Learning by dealing with the narrative essay questions we have been using.
READ at least 2 narrative essays from the list below. 
Provide evidence of learning details about both narrative essays (ie. answer the questions *** we have used for the first 3 essays). 

“Growing Up Native” http://mslock.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/3/9/59397655/growingupnative.pdf 

“Mama, the dentist, and me” http://millersmuses.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/9/8/5098280/momma_the_dentist_and_me._for_copies.pdf 

How it Feels to be Colored Me by Zora Neal Hurston 

“Thank you for not killing my son” http://rautieng2d.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/5/5/10557255/thanksfornotkillingmyson.pdf 

Transforming Urban Injustice into Beauty and Empowerment by Majora Carter http://dreamofanation.org/img/Majora-Carter.pdf 

A Conscientious Young Man With The State Department  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/24/dave-eggers-short-story-original-state-department 

War and Ending It by Michael T. McPhearson   http://dreamofanation.org/img/Veterans-for-Peace.pdf 

Helping Others: Finding the Will and the Way by Sejal Hathi  - http://dreamofanation.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/13/Sejal-Hathi.pdf 

"I Love Smoking"   in OneNote/Content library /inquiry 3

"The Nearest Exit May be Behind You"   in OneNote/content library/inquiry 3 

  *** THE QUESTIONS
-What is personal experience the author is writing about? What details does the author give about their personal experience? 

-What is the context (personal, social, cultural) for the essay? 

-What is the perspective/pov? What values are presented? 

-Identify the social issue the author tackles in their work: what facts does the author give about the social issue? 

-How does this personal experience connect with the larger social issue the author addresses? 

-How does the connection between personal experience and facts make the reader connect and care about the social issue discussed? 

-What are the various methods (techniques such as satire, irony, tone, pov) these authors use in their narrative essays. What are their effects on the text or the reader? 




Tuesday
1. "Dumb Kids Class" - narrative essay use the "read and cross teach" strategy.
2. Identify non-fiction terms and devices

Monday
1. Complete the "Walk about review" (rename this page: W2 Learning Evidence) for "Walk to Morning". Speak to a different classmate for each question and record their answer AND their name.
2. Debrief the questions for "Walk to Morning"
3. "Dumb kids class" essay. Before reading: your worst elementary school story...


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