Reminder: check the new class website at tinyurl.com/pbsela10

 

Final deadline for 2.6 Symbol Analysis Essay is today at 11:59 p.m. Handwritten or emailed. 

 

See the ELA 10 Class Website for detailed information and links. 

 

Write 2.5 Narrative Pacing paragraphs in notebooks. See tinyurl.com/pbsela10 for an exemplar and see below for details of the assignment: 

Check the new class website for HW information 

 

 

1. Due Thurs/Fri: On the next page of your notebooks, please write down something you said in the last few days. Please follow this format: "_______________________________," I said. (For example, "Thank you for dinner," I said.)
2. Due Thurs/Fri: If you haven't, please finish #s 3, 4, and 5 (pages 114-115) in your notebooks

Final deadlines: Friday, January 18--last day to turn in 2.2 "Where I'm From" Imagery and Culture Paragraphs

Read "Funny in Farsi" (p. 111-114). See link below for more directions, handouts, and audio for the reading. 

2.2 "Where I'm From" Imagery and Culture Paragraphs due, handwritten. Please use the textbook (pages 107-108) and annotations for evidence. 

 

Unit 1 Embedded Assessment 2—Group Synthesis Essay due at the end of your class period (all classes that day)

 

Handwritten draft of your paragraph for group essay. Here is a copy of Unit 1 from the textbook. 

Comprehension question (1, 2-3, 4, or 6) using "An Indian Father's Plea" (starts on page 89, questions are on page 94)

Claim/counterclaim paragraph using "My Mother Pieced A Quilt" (66-68) and "Everyday Use" (70-77). The textbook is attached.

Writing a claim paragraph supported by evidence in Activity 1.10 (page 4 of packet)

Unit 1 Embedded Assessment 1 Essay on Cultural Identity due in the middle of the class period

 

 

In your notebook, and using the exemplar to guide you:

1. Introduce your central idea about your cultural identity in a paragraph
2. Briefly include your feelings about your cultural identity
3. Then write a body paragraph that includes specific details developing that central idea

1.7 By Any Other Name Comprehension Questions

Portrait or poem due by the end of the day! Please attach the artist's statement along with your work. 

"Two Kinds" Theme Essay due at the end of the day on Google Drive in your English folders. Please use the conflict chart and the template to help you. 

"Two Kind" Reading Comprehension Questions 5-9 due 

"Two Kinds" Reading Comprehension Questions 1 (RL 1.0) and 2-4 (RL 3.0)

Compare/contrast paragraphs due today (08/30 and 08/31). Please use the document you put in your Google folder and put a star on it (at the top by the document title) when you are ready for me to grade it. 

 

Here's the original if you haven't made a copy yet.

 

The comprehension questions clues and sentence starters can be found here: 

 

Text-Dependent Question Clues and Sentence Starters

1. What is the purpose of beginning the selection with the individual’s sense of identity and then moving to shared webs of meaning?
• Reread the introduction to individual identity in the first paragraph.
• Then, reread the introduction to cultural identity in the second paragraph.
• What would have been the effect of the author had introduced the concept of cultural identity first and then moved on to individual identity? Why do you think the author chose to introduce personal identity first?

Sentence starter: The author starts the article with personal identity because _________________________________________________________.

 

2. What is meant by the “invisibility of one’s own culture”? Cite details (give evidence) from the text to support your answer.

• Reread the last paragraph of “Definitions of Culture and Invisibility of One’s Own Culture” (the second section).
• What does the author say about how we see or don’t see our own culture? Find details from the text to support your answer.

Sentence starter: The “invisibility of one’s own culture” means that ___________________________________________________ (don’t forget to include evidence and put quotations around directly quoted text!).

• Reread the first paragraph of the section “Individual Differences within Cultures and the Dynamic Nature of Culture.”
• Who possesses “cultural heritage”?
• Who possesses “cultural inheritance”?

Sentence starter: The author says that “cultural heritage” is _________________________________________________________. In contrast, “cultural inheritance” __________________________________________________.

• Think about the word stereotype in the second sentence.
• Give an example of what you think the word might mean in the text.

Sentence starter: In paragraph 8, stereotype most likely means _________________________________________________________.

• Reread paragraph 8 and look for the words “static” and “dynamic.” Highlight or circle them.
• How can you use the words “static” and “dynamic” to describe everyday events?
• How can you use these words to restate the author’s ideas about cultural identity?

Sentence starter: The author is stating that culture is not ______________________ because _______________________________________________________.
This means that cultural identity can _______________________________________.

6. **Activity done

Sentence starter: Based on what I read, cultural identity can include
_______________________________________________________________________.

9. What are some examples of your culture? Explain how these aspects are dynamic.

Sentence starter: One example of a belief or value in my culture is _______________________________. This kind of belief or value might change over time because ___________________________________. Another example is ________________________________, which might change because __________________.

 

 

THE READING CAN ALSO BE FOUND HERE: