Integrated Lit. 2009-2010: Trimester II
Week 1
Monday 11.30
No School
Tuesday 12.1
Wednesday 12.2 Agenda
Thursday 12.3 Agenda
Friday 12.4 Agenda
- Study for Vocabulary 2.1 Quiz on Tuesday 12/15
- See homework in Agenda Power Point, slide 2
Week 2
Monday 12.7
No School
Tuesday 12.8
Wednesday 12.9
Thursday 12.10
Friday 12.11
Week 3
Monday 12.14
No School
Tuesday 12.15
Wednesday 12.16
- Pop Quiz!/ Library: Memoirs of Geisha
Thursday 12.17
Friday 12.18
- Making Oragami
Christmas Break
December 21 – January 4 — No School
Week 4
Monday 1.4
No School
Tuesday 1.5
Silent Reading/ Map of Japan assignment
Wednesday 1.6
Thursday 1.7
Memoirs Reading Quiz #1/ Silent Reading
Friday 1.8
Homework: Read Memoirs of a Geisha to p. 322 by Thursday 1/14
Homework: "Good Cook" Essay Paragraph.
Take notes on Introduction to Japan Slide Show, save in week 4 file.
Week 5
Monday 1.11
No School
Tuesday 1.12
12 Cultural Things: see agenda/
Wednesday 1.13
Themes of Memoirs/ Reading and taking notes to: Introduction: Japan and History
Thursday 1.14
Essay Paragraph Homework Due/ Generating page notes from "Introduction: Japan and History"/ Watching Documentary: "Japan, Memoirs of an Empire (The Silent World)"
Friday 1.15
Reading Assignment: Read to the end of the book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Thursday 1/21
Finish worklinks by week 6, finish 12 Cultural Things.
Week 6
Monday 1.18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No School
Tuesday 1.19
In-Class Writing Exam on Notes from Introduction to Japan
Wednesday 1.20
Taking Notes on Thesis/ "Give One, Get One" -12 Cultural Things
Thursday 1.21
Get Brown Worksheets for Thematic Essay on Memoirs...
Friday 1.22
Mr. Akiyama's sample introduction (in shared files.)/ Kanji painting
Week 7
Monday 1.25
Professional Development — No School
Tuesday 1.26
Memoirs of a Geisha final Reading Quiz 2. Quia URL: http://www.quia.com/quiz/2139793.html
Need Brown Worksheets and Novels all week!
Wednesday 1.27
Brown Worksheets are Due Friday!
Thesis Review today! Everyone needs to get one quote for their brown worksheets today.
Thursday 1.28
Working on Brown Worksheets today!
Friday 1.29
Memoirs Thematic Essay Assignment (see file and due dates.)
Continue Working on Brown Worksheets today.
Week 8
Monday 2.1
No School
Tuesday 2.2
see Akiyama's Essay in progress!
Wednesday 2.3
Read: "The Secret to Success" by Surowecki, New Yorker, 2008
Get ready for an In -Class Writing exam on this article for Friday 2.5
Thursday 2.4
Rough Draft due today.
Friday 2.5
Students take an in-class writing exam!
Week 9
Monday 2.8
Professional Development — No School
Tuesday 2.9
Turn in Brown Worksheets today to the box
Wednesday 2.10
Taking notes on Japan's History
And use the notes today for assignment due Tuesday 2/16: Japan Questions
Timeline and Notes are due Tuesday as well!
Thursday 2.11
Watching Documentary: "Frontline: The Tank Man"
Friday 2.12
Final Drafts due today: Thematic Essay, Memoirs of a Geisha
See Questions for Japan Lecture and one question for "The Tank Man"
Week 10
Monday 2.15
President's Day — No School
Tuesday 2.16
Pop Quiz: "Frontline: The Tank Man" URL: http://www.quia.com/quiz/2174260.html
Due today: Japan notes, timeline/ Japan Questions- Tank Man Question.
Reading National Geographic mini-artlicles and answering questions. Nat_Geographic_Questions
Introduction to China: Various Articles from National Geographic Website
Wednesday 2.17
More National Geographic Website- finish questions.
Thursday 2.18
Exploring China from the Inside, an interactive website by PBS. http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/
Read, and answer questions from the document: ChinaFrom the Inside Workpage
Friday 2.19
Tuesday's Homework: Reading Online Article: Top Ten china Myths of 2009.
and Summarizing each paragraph of the article. See instructions: HW_ChinaMyths
Last day to work on National Geo Questions, and China From Inside Workpage.
Week 11
Monday 2.22
No School
Tuesday 2.23
China Myths Homework due today!
Wednesday 2.24
Thursday 2.25
Be prepared for a formal class discussion, "Socratic Seminar" tomorrow! The issue will be the 1994
caning incident involving Michael P. Fay. http://www.corpun.com/sgju9403.htm (If you click on the link, you will read a series of articles on the subject!)
Friday 2.26
Week 12
Monday 3.1
No School
Tuesday 3.2
Review of Socratic Seminar/ Writing Marks/ China Maps (see Intructions)
Wednesday 3.3
Asia Project will be introdcued today. The project is due in one week!
Thursday 3.4
If anyone wants to get started on weekend homework, and begin watching "Power and the People" the URL is
http://www.documentary-log.com/d255-china-from-the-inside/
Friday 3.5
Check for your homework over the weekend. Watch the documentary: http://www.documentary-log.com/d255-china-from-the-inside/ and generate a page of good notes.
Week 13
Monday 3.8
Professional Development — No School
Tuesday 3.9
This is the FINAL WEEK OF TRIMESTER II! Pay attention to the review for the final. Use time wisely to work on Asia Projects. China Final EXAM Review.
Wednesday 3.10
Thursday 3.11
Friday 3.12
China Final is today. Quia Quiz If finished early, Do Week 13 Journal!
End of trimester!