English I Lesson Plans Oct.11 through Nov 1

Weeks 8-10 Lesson Plans

Important Dates
Lit Circles Oct. 15, 22, 29
Poetry Test Oct. 28th Notes
Poetry Project due Nov. 1
Publish Memoirs Nov. 8th and 9th

Due dates will not change

All due dates for all classes with remain the same for all classes.

Honors novel test and lit circles due Friday

Enhanced Vocab sentences due Friday

English I character project due Monday

Honors

Link for our new lit circle page

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Lesson plans Sept 27 through Oct 8

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Ehanced English Webquest on The Friendship

This assignment is worth 50 points

Webquest for the Friendship by Mildred Taylor
Adapted from http://www.tvhs.k12.vt.us/WMHS/Faculty/Kurucz/html/eng9/TKAM/Bird1.htm

Part One
· With your reading partner view the website and complete the questions below
· Visit: http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/girl.html
· Answer these questions and please type your answers
How did the women describe daily life? (home, speech, status)
How do you think their life was different from the lives of black people at the same time?

Part Two
· With your reading partner view the website and complete the questions below
· Visit: http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/mculley.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0730
· Answer these questions and please type your answers
How were the lives of the black women different from the lives of the white women?
How did poverty play a role in their lives?

Part Three
· With your reading partner view the website and complete the questions below
· Visit http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw1/p/jimcrowoverview.htm
· What is a Jim Crow Law?

Part Four
Visit this sites and look at the pictures http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/085_disc.html
Print out your picture and then explain how both a white man living in the South in the 1930's and a white man living in the North in the 2000's would react to that picture -- what might each say or do?

Part Five
Visit this site and read the story
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html

What are some emotions you feel when reading this story?

Jim Crow South

Murder in the South