9/6 A-9/7 B English III

Finish W2-Vocab 1-Foldable-submit to basket


R1-"Coming Into the Country"

Take out the piece of paper you already folded in half vertically and labelled one side positives and the other side negatives.

Make sure you have it labelled appropriately.

Now read "Coming Into the Country" by Gish Jen pg 10-13 Holt. As you read, document the positives and negatives the author mentions coming into America for the first time as an immigrant. One side should outweigh the other.

Then, at the end of the narrative essay, answer questions 1-4 in complete sentences on the same paper. Turn in. (5th block-due to issues with schedule, complete only chart and first question.)
If you don't finish R1 Coming Into the Country in Class, finish it at home at the Holt book site. My.hrw.com Login: tparker806 Password: braves Click on oarnge book and type in pg 10.

RA TA TA- Prayer for Owen Meany. (Didn't get to finish 5th block)

Teacher models how to do reading entries which are 80 percent of grade.
R2-R4 Visualizing Assigned-Due 9/14 A Wed 9/15 B Thurs

Guidelines for Reading Entries:
-They are 80 percent of your grade, so do them on time.
-Always 3 entries turned in for each independent reading assignment
-Each entry must indicate you've read 10 pages. So since you have to turn in 3 entries, you will be reading a total of 30 pages.
-Each entry must have 5 reading notes based on the strategy we are working with. Each set of notes should go with the 10 pages you are currently reading. This means since you have 3 entries, you will have a total of 15 notes.
-There are always 4 columns: pg, quote, strategy, extra.
-You will use the extra column at least once during the 3 entries.
-Use key words which indicates the strategy you are using or points off. For visualizing, this might be I visualize, I see, I hear, I smell, I feel, I taste

R#2-Visualizing
Author:John Irving Title: A Prayer for Owen Meany (Put the title and author on first entry of the three)

Pg/ Quote /Visualizing / Extra
2/"who was so small" /I see a boy that looks like a doll /sight
2/ "little he weighed"/ I feel him light like a feather/ feeling
2/ "gray powder" /I see him covered in soot /
2-3/ "reflected skin"/I see him as a pearl / simile
3 / "chunk of granite"/I feel a rock at my throat /sight/feeling
PG 1 to 10
The narrator introduces us to Owen Meany, a small character with some type of affliction.

R#3-Visualizing (Don't need to put title and author again, unless switching books)
This entry would have to start notes at pg 11 to keep with the 10 pgs per entry rule.

9/6 A-9/7 B Mass Media/Yearbook

Finish Commercial Critique/Turn in


Yearbook Critique
On a piece of paper list the following:
-Theme of last yearbook
-How is it used throughout the book visually and verbally (should be a long list)
-5 Likes and reasons you like
-2 things you would change,don't like or want to add
-submit to basket


Group Evaluation
Write everyone who was in your commercial group and explain everything they did to help make your commercial. Be as specific as possible. To be continued next class.