THURS. 4/30 SOUTH IHS

Go over more of the vocab for test next class. We discussed irony, protagonist, plot, tone, syntax, and prose.

Dance bhangara with Sat Pavan Khalsa! If you missed this class, please research bhangar on the web and type me a one-page, double space explanation of the origins and current use of bhangara. Look up a photo on google images and include a picture on a second page. This will replace the class participation points you missed today.

HMWK:
Be ready for the vocab test and a passage analysis writing

WED. 4/29 CHS IHS (LATE START)
Collect theme homework and, class time permitting, go over

Quiz on the reading

Discuss the vocab and get ready for vocab test + passage analysis next class. Words we reviewed: irony (see today's photo!), plot, prose, protagonist, tone, syntax


HMWK:
Be ready for vocab test and passagae analysis

MONDAY 4/27 CHS IHS AND TUESDAY 4/28 SOUTH IHS

Go over vocab -- metaphor, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification -- in preparation for upcoming vocab test (Friday 5/1 at CHS and Monday 5/4 at South IHS). Knowing these words will also help you on the passage analysis we'll be working on in class on those same days.

Quiz on reading

CHS PM -- Dance bhangara with Sat Pavan Khalsa. Other classes, your turn is coming!

CHS AM -- Work on "Name that Chapter." If you missed this class, get the assignment from the homework box

SOUTH -- Read pg. 115 and discuss idea of others' cultural values or philosophies that we have a hard time understanding

HMWK:
Finish reading the book
Theme work that you've been doing is due next class
If rangoli art wasn't finished in class, please finish it for homework

THURS 4/23 CHS IHS AND FRI. 4/24 SOUTH IHS

We're done with the OAKS state writing assessment! If you missed this, you MUST make it up! See me or another sophomore teacher at lunch or during projects to get your writing.

Quiz on reading

Go over more vocab terms -- motif and narrative. The vocab test will be Fri. 5/1 for CHS and Mon. 5/4 for SO

Discuss the reading. Notice particularly the difference points of view that Kenny and Ruku have towards life.

Work on rangoli art

HMWK:
Read pgs. 128-159
Theme work will be due Wed. 4/29 at CHS and Thurs. 4/30 at South

MONDAY 4/20 SOUTH IHS AND TUESDAY 4/21 CHS IHS

Continue with state-required OAKS writing test.

HMWK:
Due Thursday for CHS and Friday for South: Read pgs. 97-128 of "Nectar in a Sieve"
Be working on your "theme" assignment that we started in class before OAKS began

WED. 4/15 CHS IHS AND THURS. 4/16 SOUTH IHS

Begin state-required OAKS writing test.

HMWK:
None, 'cause we'll be continuing the required testing next class.

TUES. 4/14 SOUTH IHS

Quiz on the reading

Work with partners to give examples of denouement, diction, and figurative language

Email from EIHS grad living in India

Work on rangoli Indian art

HMWK:
None because we start state-mandated OAKS writing tests next class

MONDAY 4/13 CHS IHS

Get feedback on improving interview stories

Email from EIHS grad living in India

Quiz on the reading

Work on rangoli art, used in Divali celebrations to welcom Lakshmi, goddess of wealth

HMWK:
None because we start state-mandated OAKS testing next class

THURS. 4/9 SOUTH IHS

Get back interview stories and receive class feedback on what was done well/how to improve them

PM1 class had quiz on the reading

Work on vocab words with a partner-- alliteration, atmostphere, and connotation. See me or email me for how to make this up.

With a partner also, fill out character sheet. See homework box for extra copies if you missed this.

PM2 class began individual work on a think/write/share paragraph.

HMWK:
Read Chs 12, 13, 14, 15
Continue theme work begun last class

WED. 4/8 CHS IHS (late start)

PM class had a quiz on Chs 7-11

Practice vocab words -- denouement, diction, and figurative language. If you missed class, get a sheet out of the homework box to do this.

Discuss events from the novel

HMWK:
Read Chs 8, 9, 10. 11. 12
TYPE your think/write/share paragraph from last class. Be sure to double space!

TUES. 4/7 SOUTH IHS

Receive new vocab list of literary terms

AM and PM2 classes have quiz on the reading

Discuss events in the novel and role of the narrator

Begin work on themes of the novel. If you missed this class, here's the assignment: Take out the notes you have from last class on 6 themes. List each one, skipping about 12-14 lines between each listing (you can write on the back of your paper). For each theme, find 3 events from the novel (eventually using the whole novel, not just one section or chapter). Write the event in your own words and include how it ties to the theme. Don't copy directly from the book; no need to use quotes, but do write in complete sentences. You won't turn this in until we finish the novel, but it's good to be working on it as you read rather than saving it all to be done in one night.
Here's an example: Under the theme of "Effect of modernization and change" you could write "When the tannery moves into the village, we see the effect of modernization when young men get jobs and bring more money to their families, though prices and pollution are also increasing."

HMWK:
Read Chs 7, 8, 9,10, 11

MONDAY 4/6 CHS IHS

Work on first three words on vocab list -- alliteration, atmosphere, and connotation

Partner work on grid of characters from "Nectar in a Sieve"

Discuss events in Chapters 4-6

Think/write/share paragraph

HMWK:
Read Chs 7,8,9,10,11 (they're really short!)

FRIDAY 4/3 SOUTH IHS

No classes today because it's Career Day at SEHS. As assigned last class, read Chs. 1-6 for Tuesday (our next alpha day) and finish the pink study guide to hand in on Tuesday.

THURSDAY 4/2 CHS IHS

Look at your cartoon stories -- They're great!

Quiz on Chs 1-3 of "Nectar in a Sieve"

Receive glossary of literary terms with 20 words underlined. These will be our vocabulary for the month of April.

Theme work. List the 6 themes you wrote down last class on 2 or 3 pieces of lined paper, skipping 10-12 lines between each theme. Using your book, go back over the first 3 chapters you've just read and write down events that relate to any of the 6 themes. Use complete sentences. You probably won't find events for all 6 themes in these first chapters. By the time you finish reading the novel, each theme should have 3 events that relate to it written on your paper, and I'll collect these when we finish our reading.

HMWK:
Read Chs 4, 5, 6
Continue theme work