1. Weekly Reminders – Read The Bluest Eye through p. 93 and start the text evidence chart (you should have 5-6 quotes) by tomorrow. Objectives: Add commas ; collaborate and perform with your peers After hearing the intro song, what color (or colors) immediately come to your mind? There are no wrong answers! Copy the sentence and put commas where you think they should go: “The most important thing for actors and not just actors but everybody is to feel loose enough to create what you want to create and be free to try anything.” -Robert DeNiro Bell Ringer: Monday, January 5, 2015

2. Weekly Reminders – Turn in the text evidence organizer you were working on over break before the bell rings! Objectives: Add commas; review key plot details Directions: Finish these sentences and add commas. 1. By the end of 2015, I hope to [list three things using commas in a series]. 2. _____ a good friend of mine…[add commas and finish this sentence.] Bell Ringer: Tuesday, January 6, 2015

3. 1. D 2. G 3. C 4. G 5. B 6. J 7. C 8. G 9. C 10. H 11. A 12. F 13. C 14. F 15. C ACT Practice Passage 3

4. List of Events for “Winter” – Record on your gold summary sheet! The Bluest Eye – Order of Events – With a partner, skim back over “Winter” [which is pages 61-93]. What are the major events?

5. Weekly Reminders – Bell ringers due today! Objectives: Add commas; answer text-dependent questions Directions: Copy these sentences and add commas. 1. Even though it is Friday it feels like a Monday. 2. This weekend I hope to see friends visit with my family and stay warm. Bell Ringer: Friday, January 9, 2015

6. How am I graded on theater integration days with Ms. Bless? What would I like to see in our final performance in May? Black Ensemble Theater – Planning for Monday

7. List of Events for “Winter” – Record on your gold summary sheet! Maureen Peal is introduced – she is a light-skinned black girl and is treated well by her peers. Boys are picking on Pecola, and C and F try to defend her. Then Maureen comes over and the boys disperse. The four girls get into a little fight while walking to get a snack. Henry gives the girls money for ice cream, but they arrive home early and find him with the prostitutes. The Bluest Eye – Order of Events – pp. 61-80

8. List of Events for “Winter” – Record on your gold summary sheet! The author gives a description of a specific type of black woman (example=Geraldine). G. limits the type of other black children her son can play with. Pecola has an altercation with Geraldine’s precious cat when she visits Junior, Geraldine’s son. The Bluest Eye – Order of Events – pp. 81-93