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No School (Teacher work day) TUESDAY Agenda: Intro to new unit, Middle East map, SS focus Homework: None for LA WEDNESDAY Agenda: Began taking notes on Graphic Terminology PPT (we will finish Transitions tomorrow) Homework: Graphic Terminology Notes will be checked during class Friday for completion. THURSDAY Agenda: Finished Graphic Terminology ppt and notes Homework: Ibn Battuta Comic Strip due Monday - assignment is posted on Teams FRIDAY Agenda: Work time on Ibn Battuta Comic Strip Homework: Ibn Battuta Comic Strip due Monday (Map Quiz also on Monday) |
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20.1: Based on your reading of Chapter 1 "The Veil", make Predictions for Persepolis. Plot – What do you predict will happen in Marji's life and why? Themes – What themes do you predict and why? Agenda: Began reading Persepolis in class If You Were Absent: Stop by the library and ask the librarian to check out Persepolis. Homework: None TUESDAY 20.2: "A long sleep of 2500 Years" Revisit pages 10 and 11. Now that you have more historical context for the long history of Iran, analyze: What does Marji's dad mean by this metaphor? Who was "asleep" and why? What is now changing, and what is motivating that change? Agenda: SS focus; Persepolis Packet passed out Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! WEDNESDAY 20.3: Marji's Point of View -Marji is a young girl during the Revolution, and as a result, her story is told through the eyes of a child. Give three examples with page numbers that reveal that Marji's perspective. Agenda: Received Vocab List 1; SS Focus Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! THURSDAY 20.4: Graphic Weight in Persepolis - What do you think about Satrapi's choice to tell her story in black and white, with no shades of grey or color? How does this affect the art and the effect of the art? Agenda: SS Focus (Late start) Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! FRIDAY 20.5: Socratic Seminar Reflection - How did you do? - What did the spiderweb reveal? What do you need to work on? What did you do well and why? (If absent, you should instead come back to this after our Two Lines practice on Thursday 21.4, and reflect on that.) Agenda: Socratic Seminar practice ("Spiderweb" format) - Excused if absent Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! |
MONDAY
21.1: In "The Sheep," Marji's family is amazed to observe that "the revolution is a leftist revolution [but] the new republic wants to be called Islamic" (Satrapi 62). Based on your understanding of the definitions of "leftist" and what it means to be an "Islamic republic," why is this surprising? What is Uncle Anoosh's explanation of this? Agenda: SS Focus Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! TUESDAY 21.2: Marji's family, both her immediate family and her extended family, is the core of this book. What is her family like? What do they value? Explain how you know. Agenda: Creating Socratic Seminar questions with different "Depths of Knowledge" levels. Homework: Finish your Seminar Questions worksheet (see right/below) by Thursday if you did not finish in class. WEDNESDAY 21.3: Answer one of your own Level 3 questions from yesterday. Level 3 Question: _________________? Agenda: Received Vocab List #2; "Two Lines" practice with Level 1 questions Homework: Finish your Seminar Questions worksheet (see right/below) by Thursday if you did not finish in class. You must have finished reading through Part 4. FRIDAY 21.5: Friday free write! If absent, set a timer and write about anything you want for 8 minutes. Agenda: Reading/packet work time Homework: Refer to the Persepolis Packet for reading schedule and due dates! You should be finished with the text by Monday the 24th. |
MONDAY
21.1: What is "The Key"? Who receives it and why? Who does not receive it, and why not? What does this tell you about Iranian society and/or the Iranian military? Agenda: Discussion/Seminar practice on Parts 5+6; Review requirements for Homework: Socratic Seminar is tomorrow - finish "Socratic Seminar Preparation" worksheet to turn in TUESDAY 22.2: Agenda: Homework: WEDNESDAY 22.3: Agenda: Homework: THURSDAY 22.4: Agenda: Homework: FRIDAY 22.5: Agenda: Homework: |