1. Reminders (8/17/17)
Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz – no notes, m.c. 30 questions – tomorrow, 8/18
Unit 1 Cultural Conversations test – TUESDAY, 8/22
M.C.
Written portion (2 parts)
Things Fall Apart – Did you already read it? Or are you reading it?
COMPLETED BY Wednesday, 8/23
Need a copy of The Tragedy of Othello (No Fear copy is OK) by Monday, 8/28

2. SAT Practice
Handout (2 sides)

3. Multiculturalism Explained in One Word: HAPA (p. 53)
1st Read: Read and annotate:
marking where she identifies/explains her cultural identity
Identify the thesis or central idea (highlight it)
Mark well-chosen, relevant details that support the thesis you just highlighted
2nd Read – Read and respond to the text-dependent questions (#1-5)
Complete the SOAPSTone chart (#6) on page 55

4. Synthesis
Establish your position, write your thesis, choose your texts
What can you say about each text and what IT says about how culture informs one’s perspective.
Divide the essay (organize by claim or text)
Essay can be most effectively organized by theme, point, similarity, or aspect of the topic
It can also be organized by text; however, difficult to truly synthesis this way.

5. Texts: Where Worlds Collide & My Mother Pieced Quilts
#1s: Where Worlds Collide (p. 63)
#2s: My Mother Pieced Quilts (p. 72)
As you read and annotate, focus on marking the following:
allusions
details that suggest the perspective of the new arrivals.
Answer Qs 1-3 end of text)
Write a statement identifying the author’s purpose for writing this essay.
The author’s purpose is to…
Read and annotate the poem using the SIFT approach:
Symbolism/Imagery/Figurative Language/Tone & Theme
Compare the poem to “Legal Alien”
Conflict
Voice
Cultural identity
Write a statement demonstrating your understanding of the two different poems
“My Mother Pieced Quilts” and “Legal Alien” are similar in that both…but…while…

6. Finish discussing “My Mother Pieced Quilts”

7. Mini-Socratic Seminars
Group 1 – Woman with Kite