1. August 28, 2017 - English 10 Agenda Goal/ Homework Warm-Up: Journal #2
Pick five of the characters from the book The Sun Is Also a Star. Choose a word to describe each of the characters that you chose and explain how that word describes them.
-Turn in theme work from last class
-Warm-Up
-Quote Game
-Character Analysis Activity
-Character Analysis Discussion
Goal: SWBAT analyze characters and their roles within The Sun Is Also a Star.
HW: Bring book next class/ Finish Analysis (if needed)

2. Quotes Game:
Name the person who said this quote or who is this quote is about. Then, state why this quote is relevant to the text.
“I know the precise moment that Charlie stopped liking me” (12).
“He was excellent. He was transcendent. He belonged on that stage more than he’s ever belonged with us” (217).
“He will hold her and wonder, very briefly, about the future that loving her will cost him” (117).
“And They Lived Happily Ever After” (299).
“She tells the woman about that day in New York- the gray bin, the Nirvana phone case, how she’d seen her every day” (343).

3. Pick three of the following character comparisons to look at in further detail. Your comparisons should list at least five qualities that are similar or different. These comparisons should be explained, but can be in either a bulleted list or in a paragraph. This should be done with your winter partner.
Daniel versus Natasha
Samuel Kingsley versus Dae Hyun Bae
Hannah Winters versus Natasha
Jeremy Fitzgerald versus Daniel
Charlie versus Daniel
Irene versus Natasha

4. August 28, 2017 - English 10- Period 5
Warm-Up: Response
Agenda
Goal/ Homework
Write five things that you want me to know about you in a brief introduction. These things can include:
-your goal in English this year
-your favorite book
-or something else entirely
-Warm-Up
-Introduction
-Quote Game
-Character Analysis (as a class)
Goal: SWBAT analyze characters and their roles within The Sun Is Also a Star.
HW: Bring book next class/ Finish Analysis (if needed)

5. August 28, 2017 - English 9 Agenda Goal/ Homework Warm-Up: Journal #4
Share your creative rules from your Fahrenheit 451 piece with those around you.
-Warm-Up
-Map of LA Riots
-Timeline Review
-Uprising: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots
Goal: SWBAT discuss and analyze the basic timeline and location of the LA Riots.
HW: Bring book next class/ Finish Analysis (if needed)

8. Timeline