Week of 3/7

A four day week is upon us.  :)

Periods 1, 2, & 6:

• Vocabulary Unit 8 Practice (Vocab Unit 8 Quiz on Thursday)
• The House on Mango Street Study Questions
• Resume Draft Two
• HOMEWORK on 3/7: Answer two questions for pp. 49-55 & read "The First Job" (pp. 53-55)
• 1. Why does the author juxtapose the talk about hips (and the girls' emerging sexuality) with the jumprope songs?  What effect does this have?
• 2. What does Esperanza mean when she says, "She [Nenny] is in a world we don't belong to anymore"?
• HOMEWORK on 3/8: Finish "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark" Journal - Write about a time when you've experienced a role reversal, VOCAB QUIZ on THURSDAY 
• HOMEWORK on 3/9-3/10: Study for Unit 8 Vocab Quiz on Thursday, Revised Resume #2 due on Monday, 3/14 (with graded resume #1 attached)

Periods 4A & 4B:

• "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - DO YOU DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?
• Research Paper Book Check and Reading Time
• HOMEWORK: Prufrock Analysis Sheet (Do not answer the Diagnosis questions at end)
• Link to poem - http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enam312/prufrock.html
• HOMEWORK on 3/9-3/10: Research Paper Book Reading - Make sure you are taking every opportunity to read.  Your second RP checkpoint will be on Wednesday/Thursday, 3/16-3/17 (You are not expected to be finished with your book by now, but you are expected to have read a good portion of the book)