Monday, November 2nd

• George Bernard Shaw dies at 94
• All Soul's Day (Catholicism)

• Making connections 

• SSR Presentations: Other Side of the Sky and Stolen Lives 
• Turn in SSR Essays
• Introduction to Night. Why are we reading a Holocaust memoir in a non-western literature course?
• Connecting our reading of The Power of One to the film version.

• Have Night read by Monday, Nov. 9th. 
• Vocabulary Freebie Week!  Look through the vocabulary section of our binder. You can use or find any three vocabulary words that we've had all quarter. Earn up to three extra credit points by turning in your sentences by FRIDAY.

Tuesday, November 3rd

• Bunka no Hi/Culture Day (Japan)
• Election Day (United States)
• Sandwich Day (United States)

• No School! Teacher Inservice Day

• How we see Africa.  Check out Ory Okolloh's speech. 

• The steps to writing effective research essays: pay attention to diction, citation, and analysis! 

• SSR Presentation: Leaving Mother Lake
• Guest Speaker: Dr. Campbell
• Daily Edit - Focus on Comma Problems
• Reading Night: Making Connections  
• Writing Research Essays: With the return of the SSR essay, let's revisit our writing goals, MLA citation, and writing for research. 

• Night: As you read Elie Wiesel's memoir, find four significant quotations that stand out and complete the "Significant Quotations" page in packet. Finish reading by Monday, 11/9. Post at least two responses to discussions on the Ning by MONDAY, 11/9.
• SSR Essays: Revise your essay based on teacher/student feedback, your prior writing goals, and using your MLA citation guide. Revised essay with Writing Goals page DUE FRIDAY.

Thursday, November 5th

• Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Day (United Kingdom)

• Making connections: How does reading Wiesel's memoir connect to our other readings? What does Night tell us about the human condition?

• Daily Edit - Focus on Comma Problems 
• Binder Check! 
• The poetry of the Holocaust. Why poetry? What is it that poetry can express that a book or an article cannot?
• Gallery walk: responding to some of the themes emerging in our reading. What do you believe?
• Thematic connections: What are the themes that keep coming up in our readings throughout this quarter?

• Night: As you read Elie Wiesel's memoir, find four significant quotations that stand out and complete the "Significant Quotations" page in packet. Finish reading by Monday, 11/9. Post at least two responses to discussions on the Ning by MONDAY, 11/9.
• SSR Essays: Revise your essay based on teacher/student feedback, your prior writing goals, and using your MLA citation guide. Revised essay with Writing Goals page DUE FRIDAY.

Friday, November 6th

• END OF QUARTER 1
• Confucius Birthday (Vietnam)

• What lessons have we learned? 

• Daily Edit - Focus on Comma Problems. ANSWERS TO COMMA EXERCISE! 
• Turn in SSR essay and Writing Goals
• The power of personal narratives: why do memoirs and personal essays speak to us? Examining the stories of the Holocaust. Time to reflect and respond.
• What do you know? KWL chart
• Continued discussion from previous day: How are people dehumanized? Are all humans are capable of such inhumanness? What do you believe about human nature?

• Night: As you read Elie Wiesel's memoir, find four significant quotations that stand out and complete the "Significant Quotations" page in packet. Finish reading by Monday, 11/9. Post at least two responses to discussions on the Ning by MONDAY, 11/9.