Summer School
Day 1—Tuesday, July 30
Day 2—Wednesday, July 31
Day 3—Thursday, June 1
Day 4—Friday, June 2--no internet
Day 5—Monday, June 5
Day 6—Tuesday, June 6
Day 7—Wednesday, June 7
Day 8—Thursday, June 8
- Layout of class
- Explain why teaching this Persepolis
- Background of Islam & Middle East
- Intro to Persepolis
- Read chapters 1-3 (in class)
Day 2—Wednesday, July 31
- Hand stuff back
- Re-do Exit Ticket
- Vocabulary—Latin roots (lesson 1)
- Grammar—Lesson 1
- Register for noredink.com
- Class Code: brief curtain 33
- Subject-Verb Agreement II (part 1 & 2)
- Register for noredink.com
- Read chapters 4-7 (in class)
- Discuss chapters 4-7
Day 3—Thursday, June 1
- Hand stuff back
- Vocabulary—Latin roots (lesson 2)
- Grammar—Quiz 1 = Subject-Verb Agreement II (part 1 & 2)
- Human Rights Action (based on chapter 7)
- Grade Check-in & talk to students individually
- HW: Chapters 8-12 & Exit Ticket
- No internet at RC tomorrow (ideally bring a cellphone to do the vocabulary & grammar)
Day 4—Friday, June 2--no internet
- Hand stuff back
- Vocabulary—Latin roots (assign words) -- Vocabulary Quiz Thursday, June 8
- Grammar—Lesson 2—Plural vs Passive Nouns (part 2)
- Discuss chapters 8-12
- Orientalism Kloze Notes and East/West iconography
- Websites:
- Culture http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/culture/
- Stereotypes http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/types/
- Women http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/women/
- Middle Eastern – Western Stereotypes https://caoshea.wordpress.com/various-topics/middle-eastern-western-stereotypes/
- What people in the Middle East say in private about the Wes http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/05/26/what-people-in-the-middle-east-are-saying-in-private-about-the-west/
- The Real Roots of Sexism in the Middle East (It's Not Islam, Race, or ‘Hate' https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/the-real-roots-of-sexism-in-the-middle-east-its-not-islam-race-or-hate/256362/
- Websites:
- HW: Chapters 13-16 & Exit Ticket (2 parts)
Day 5—Monday, June 5
- Hand stuff back
- Vocabulary—Latin roots -- Vocabulary Quiz Thursday, June 8
- Grammar—Quiz 2—Plural vs Passive Nouns (part 2)
- Discuss chapters 13-16
- Square Peg, Round Hole Activity
- HW: Chapters 17-19 & Exit Ticket
Day 6—Tuesday, June 6
- Hand stuff back
- Vocabulary—Latin roots -- Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday, June 7
- Grammar—Lesson 3—Phrases & Dependent Clauses (part 1 & 2)
- Discuss chapters 17-19
- Assign Essay
- Work on essay
Day 7—Wednesday, June 7
- Hand stuff back
- Vocabulary Quiz
- Grammar—Quiz 3—Phrases & Dependent Clauses (part 1 & 2)
- Work on essay
Day 8—Thursday, June 8
- Essay due at _______
- Watch Persepolis & discussion
- T-Chart—what like and why / what don’t like and why