1. HOMEWORK Each Week USE YOUR GLENCO TEXT! (Assigned on Monday DUE on Thursday of the same week)  Bio – 3 Facts  Preview – 3 facts  Vocabulary & Literary Elements  Describe the characters and the setting  Constructed Response Essay  NEED HELP – Come by Wed. For help:  7:30 - 8: 25 AM  3:35 – 4:30 PM

2. Unit One – North America MonTuesWedThursFri Labor Day 19 25 1 8 15 22 1/2 day Q1.1 Q1.2 TEST 1.1 Q1.3 Q1.4 TEST 1.2 LAB F237 Port 1.1 LAB F237 Port 1.2 LAB F237 Assignment LAB F237 Port 1.3 LAB F237 Port 1.4 LAB F237 1 Portfolio DUE HW 1.1 HW 1.2 HW 1.3 HW 1.5 HW 1.4 HW 1.6 Grammar Unit 1

3. North America 1.1– Short Story Twain The Californian's Tale Page 17 1.2- Essay/Memoir Sandra Cisneros Straw into Gold Page 382 1.3 - Drama Josephina Niggli The Ring of General Macias Page 846 1.4- Poetry (Choose One Poet) Jimmy Santiago Baca I am Offering this Poem Page 554 N. Scott Momaday The Print of the Paw and To An Aged Bear Page 510 Robert Frost – After Apple Picking and Fire and Ice Page 599 Emily Dickinson – After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes ; Heart! We Will Forget Him! Page 534 Rita Dove The Parlor Page 568 Langston Hughes – Dream Boogie and Motto Page 618 1.5- Letter Wynton Marsalis Playing Jazz Page 627

4. Homework 1.1 Biography : (20 pts) Read the Bio on page 17. On a sheet of paper, reduce each paragraph to one sentence which states the main idea of that paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS; this is VERY IMPORTANT WORK. Vocabulary : (20 pts) Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 18 Pages 17 - 25 1.Predecessor 2.Solace 3.Sedate 4.Imploring 5.Boding 6.Foreshadowing Mark Twain Read Carefully : … The Californian's Tale by Twain Pages 19-25 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting (20 pts) Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters. (At least 4 sentences) (40 pts)

5. Homework 1.2 Biography: Read the Bio on page 382– Reduce each paragraph to one summary sentence. Vocabulary : Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 383 Pages 382 - 387 1.Intuitively 2.Taboo 3.Thesis Sandra Cisneros Read Carefully : … Straw into Gold by Cisneros Pages 384 - 387 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how Cisneros uses metaphor to make her point. (At least 6 sentences)

6. Homework 1.3 Biography : …the Bio on page 846– Write a summary sentence for each paragraph. Vocabulary Copy and define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 847: Pages 846-865 1.Regally 2.Ostentatiously 3.Notorious 4.Repressed 5.impertinent 6.Characterization Josephina Niggli _________Read Carefully : … The Ring of General Macias by Niggli Pages 848 - 865 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response: In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters. (At least 7 sentences)

7. Homework 1.4 Biography and Preview: CHOOSE ONE POET Read the bio and write a summary sentence for each paragraph. Vocabulary : Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page ____ 1.… Read Carefully :Poems ______________ by_______Pages _______ Summary : Summarize the poem Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how a literary element is used in the poem. (At least 7 sentences)

8. Homework 1.5 Biography and Preview: Read Playing Jazz on page 627 - 630– List 3 Facts about the writer and 3 facts about his subject, Jazz Vocabulary : Copy and Define the vocabulary- copy all of the meanings of the Word below – go online or use a dictionary. Underline the definition that corresponds to how the word is used in this letter. Pages 627 -630 1.Swing Wynton Marsalis Reread Carefully : … Playing Jazz by Marsalis Pages 627 - 630 Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about Marsalis. (At least 7 sentences)