Saturday, April 12, 2014

Entering the last unit for the year


With one unit to go, we find our journey reaching its natural end.  Seeking to fit all of the pieces together and emerge with something new and fundamental, we find ourselves at a point in which all of our learning has to converge in the study of the Holocaust.

This week, we start the new unit.  We will be working through the factual basis of the Second World War and then focus in on the Holocaust with an arrangement of Holocaust themes through the visual representation of Piet Mondrian.  A letter will be accompanying students next week explaining how this study will commence.

Brief reminders:  Students have their final Close Reading Assignment due on 4.25.  This will be the last out of class assignment for the year.

Below is our work for the week.  It has been an honor and a privilege to guide students thus far and to continue to serve them is an honor I shall always treasure.
All best.
Mr. Kannan

Monday:
Introduce World War II and Holocaust Unit.  Brief overview and then start on notetaking guides.  All four notetaking guides must be done by Wednesday.  Distribute Close Reading Passages and Questions.  Collect enrichment sheets on Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”



Find your 15 minutes and then work on the notetaking guides for Chapter 24, sections 1 and 2.  
All four notetaking guides should be done by Wednesday.  IF students need more time, then they should take it.  By next week, the notetaking guides should be done.  Close Reading Questions on Of Mice and Men are due on Friday. 4.25.  Rough Drafts will not be read after Saturday.
Of Mice and Men starts during lunch on Tuesday.


Tuesday: 
In class work on Sections 3 and 4 of notetaking guides.


Find your 15 minutes and then work on the notetaking guides for Chapter 24, sections 1 and 2.  
All four notetaking guides should be done by Wednesday.  IF students need more time, then they should take it.  By next week, the notetaking guides should be done.
Close Reading Questions on Of Mice and Men are due on Friday. 4.25.  Rough Drafts will not be read after Saturday.


Wednesday:
Introduce Holocaust Unit and discuss Mondrian activity in themes of Holocaust literature.


Find your 15 Minutes and read over the themes in Holocaust literature tonight.  All four notetaking guides should be done by Wednesday.  IF students need more time, then they should take it.  By next week, the notetaking guides should be done.
Close Reading Questions on Of Mice and Men are due on Friday. 4.25.  Rough Drafts will not be read after Saturday.




Thursday and Friday:
Work on Mondrian activity regarding themes of Holocaust literature.


Find your 15 Minutes.  All four notetaking guides should be done by Wednesday.  IF students need more time, then they should take it.  By next week, the notetaking guides should be done.
Close Reading Questions on Of Mice and Men are due on Friday. 4.25.  Rough Drafts will not be read after Saturday.
Email me the following answer for extra credit:  Which Holocaust theme could Mondrian’s work represent?  Go to here for background on Piet Mondrian.


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