Week 2 11B

Week 2 11B	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Review Reading A Visual text * The Unread City Texts 1-4 Discussion of Visual texts 1-3 Text 4 Pre Reading Standard W2.1 Using the writing strategies of grades eleven and twelve outlined in Writing Standard 1.0, students: 2.1 Write fictional, autobiographical, or biographical narratives: a. Narrate a sequence of events and communicate their significance to the audience. b. Locate scenes and incidents in specific places. c. Describe with concrete sensory details the sights, sounds, and smells of a scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of the characters; use interior monologue to depict the characters’ feelings. d. Pace the presentation of actions to accommodate temporal, spatial, and dramatic mood changes. e. Make effective use of descriptions of appearance, images, shifting perspectives, and sensory details.	Read Texts 1-4 for the Unit The Unread City * Read text 4 Going up in LA by Reuben Martinez for the GIST Complete Vocabulary Self- Assessment Chart
Tuesday	Examing a Writer’s language * Diction Tone Word Choice Level of Formality Connotation Letter of Intent Model *	Reread Going up in LA by Reuben Martinez and take 2 pages of Cornell Style Notes  *
Wednesday	Quick write on a one place in Los Angeles you go to eat. Use sensory details *	First reading of Coming Home to Van Nuys and Vocabulary self-assessment Chart* Vocabulary Exam on Thursday *
Thursday	Vocabulary Exam* Reread Coming Home to Van Nuys *	Complete Loaded Words (words with strong emotional connotation) table *
Friday	Junior Project Assignment: Conduct enough research to complete Ten Index Cards with Key Facts, Data, and Statistics on your Junior project *	Revised Letter of Intent and 10 Index cards are due Monday. Submit the revised Letter to Turnitin.com and bring your Index cards be ready to present to class*