THURSDAY 4/29 SHELDON IHS

Quiz on the reading and discussion of sections of the novel

Work on rangoli art in class

HWK: FINISH READING THE BOOK. THEMES ASSIGNMENT DUE NEXT CLASS

WED. 4/28 SOUTH IHS

Quiz on the reading and discussion of passages in the novel

Finish group work on the "debating" one of two questions about the novel

Get rangoli art assignment. IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS FRIDAY BECAUSE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY, you should do this assignment and turn in next Tuesday, May 4

HWK: FINISH READING THE NOVEL. THEME WORK DUE NEXT CLASS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE DAY, TURN IT IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE ON THAT ACTIVITY

TUESDAY 4/27 SHELDON IHS

Work on rangoli art

Sat Pavan Khalsa comes in to teach us traditional bhangara dance. IF YOU MISS THIS CLASS, see the posting for yesterday for South and do the same makeup assignment.

HWK:
Read through Chapter 24
Be working on themes, finding 3 examples for each and saying how your example fits with the one of the 6 themes

MONDAY 4/26 SOUTH IHS

Go over the vocab word "syntax." Your vocab test will be Tuesday, May 4

Collect study guides

Groups of four work on a short "debate" about the novel. Each person takes notes to turn in for credit. We just started this and will finish it next class.

Get instructions for a pastiche (imitation) of a poem written in the style of an Indian/Persian poet. Students may either write a poem in one of the styles we looked at and then illustrate the border of the poem in a rangoli-type design OR students may just do a larger rangoli design. We'll be working on these again next class. IN THE P.M. CLASS, we didn't do this activity, as we had a woman who lived in India for 10 years and studied dance there come into the class and teach us bhangara! Other classes will have this opportunity soon. IF YOU MISSED THIS P.M. CLASS, type me a one page, double spaced report on bhangara as a traditional dance form of India, due by Friday 4/30.

HWK: READ THROUGH PAGE 152

FRIDAY 4/23 SHELDON IHS

Discuss the vocab word "syntax." Your vocab test will be on Monday 5/3

Look at effect of present tense when Ruku tells the story of Raja's funeral (page 94)

Traditional poetry and rangoli designs -- look at poems from four Indian/Persian poets and discuss creating an illustrated pastiche of their work

HWK: READ THROUGH PAGE 128

THURSDAY 4/22 SOUTH IHS

Discuss the vocab word "oxymoron"

Collect character grids

Read pg. 105 out loud and discuss the effect of present tense as Ruku remembers her son's funeral

Work with a partner to complete a "conflict" analysis (extra copies of the sheets for these are in the hwk box)

HWK: READ THROUGH PG. 127

WED. 4/21 SHELDON IHS

Remember to be studying the yellow vocab sheet! Today, we went over the word "connotation."

Quiz on the reading

Group sharing of your study questions.

Working with a partner, fill out the "conflict grid." IF YOU MISSED CLASS, get this from the hwk box and turn in finished next class.

HWK: READ CHS 13, 14, 15 AND CONTINUE TO GO OVER YOUR VOCAB WORDS.