Ana McDonald's Academic English II
San Marcos High School
Language Arts Classroom Building, Room 214


Fourth Quarter
March 21 - May26, 2004, 2004

Reading is Understanding
Writing is Making Other People Understand

During this Quarter, we'll explore issues of Justice & Injustice and the Clash of Cultures.

Calendar

Fourth Quarter, First Week (4.1) Mar. 21 - 23 The Michael Fay Case, p. 277 - 283
Women in Bangladesh, p. 284 - 290
MAJOR GRADE - Green: p. 283, Purple p. 284 #3
March 24 - Parent-Community Day
March 25 - 28 - Easter Vacation
Fourth Quarter, Second Week (4.2) Mar. 29 - Apr 1

Activity: "Universal Justice/Kohlberg" p. 293-297

Class Jigsaw: Which Stage of Moral Development did Michael Fay, p. 278, exhibit? What about the author of "Flogging Michael Fay" p. 279? Which stage did the article "Singapore says Michael Fay..." (p. 281) represent? What about Peyara Begum, her husband, Moti Master, the members of the shaleesh, and Anwar Ali (p. 286 - 290)? Find quotations from the texts to support your opinion. (These are last week's readings.)

Fourth Quarter, Third Week (4.3) Apr 4 - 8 Complete posters that analyze a character's Level of Moral Development.
Silent Socratic Seminar. You should ask and answer questions.
Begin WebQuest analyzing The Scottsboro Boys' Trials
Fourth Quarter, Fourth Week (4.4) Apr 11 - 15 Continue WebQuest
Activity: "Persuasion Techniques: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos," p. 364.
Activity: "Embedded Assessment Two: Writing A Court Decision" beginning with "Before You Exchange Papers," p. 393. This is a MAJOR GRADE!
April 15 - Ms. McDonald is in training (again!).
Fourth Quarter, Fifth Week (4.5) Apr 18 - 22

April 19 - Math TAKS
April 21 - Social Studies TAKS
April 22 - Science TAKS

Fourth Quarter, Sixth Week (4.6) Apr 25 - 28

Review Unit 6: Culture Clash, p. 401 & Genre Scavenger Hunt p. 404
Northern Ireland Nonfiction (provided)
Northern Ireland Poetry p. 416 - 419
April 29 - No School!

Fourth Quarter, Seventh Week (4.7) May 2 - 6 Northern Ireland Prose & Song Lyrics p. 420 -424
Northern Ireland Street Murals p. 427-428
May 4, 5, 6: Library & Internet Reserach on Culture Clash of Choice p. 429 - 436 - We'll be on the white computers and completing these handouts: Teaching a Conflict #1: Basic Info, #2: History, and #3: Expression.
Fourth Quarter, Eighth Week (4.8) May 9 - 13 Prepare Conflict Presentations
Fourth Quarter, Ninth Week (4.9) May 16 - 20 Monday: Benchmark (Visual Analysis, Revising & Editing)

Conflict Presentations

Fourth Quarter, Tenth Week (4.10) May 23 - 26 Final Exams

This calendar is subject to change without notice.

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Click Level 5.

Click Unit 5, Justice & Injustice.

Choose the Student Activity specified on the calendar. You may print readings and activities to complete them at home, if you need to.