1. Agenda 8/24-25/17 1)Warm-Up: Read “Nicola Yoon Talks…” Article
2)Discuss the Nicola Yoon Article
3)Finish Theme Work From Tuesday/Wednesday
4)Discuss Themes and Examples
5)Quotes Game
6)Character Comparison Analysis
7)Discuss Character Comparison Analysis
HW: Finish Your Character Comparison (if not done)/ Bring book on Monday, 8/27/17
Goal: Analyze and discuss the themes and characters of The Sun Is Also a Star.

2. -Immigration/ American Dream
Themes:
-Love
-Immigration/ American Dream
-Assimilation
-Faith
- Fate vs. Free Will
Assignment: With your summer partner, find at least one textual example of each of these themes. You should cite a quote that shows each theme and explain why you chose it.

3. Quotes Game:
Name the person who said this quote or who is this quote is about. Then, state why this quote is relevant to the text.
“I know the precise moment that Charlie stopped liking me” (12).
“He was excellent. He was transcendent. He belonged on that stage more than he’s ever belonged with us” (217).
“He will hold her and wonder, very briefly, about the future that loving her will cost him” (117).
“And They Lived Happily Ever After” (299).
“She tells the woman about that day in New York- the gray bin, the Nirvana phone case, how she’d seen her every day” (343).

4. Pick three of the following character comparisons to look at in further detail. Your comparisons should list at least five qualities that are similar or different. These comparisons should be explained, but can be in either a bulleted list or in a paragraph. This should be done with your winter partner.
Daniel versus Natasha
Samuel Kingston versus Dae Hyun Bae
Hannah Winters versus Natasha
Jeremy Fitzgerald versus Daniel
Charlie versus Daniel
Irene versus Natasha

5. Agenda 8/24/17 1)Warm-Up: Journal #3 2)Discussion of Journal #3
3) Analyze main characters of Fahrenheit 451
4)Censorship Creative Writing/ Rubric
HW: Finish Creative Writing (if necessary)& Bring Twilight, Los Angeles 1992
Goal: SWBAT analyze and describe the characters and forms of censorship in Fahrenheit 451 through discussion and creative writing.
Journal #3: Ray Bradbury once said: “I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.” Respond in at least five sentences about the quote and how it relates to Fahrenheit 451. Do you agree with the quote? What does this say about Bradbury?

6. Describe the Fahrenheit 451 Main Characters in one word
-Guy Montag
-Mildred Montag
-Beatty
-Clarisse McClellan
-Mrs. Clara Phelps
-Mrs. Ann Bowles
-Faber
-Granger

7. Censorship Assignment:
Congrats! You have been Chosen as the head of the government! Now you have the chance to write the rules of your society. What laws would you implement? What would you censor and why? Write at least 10 rules and explain them in detail in a brief piece. Furthermore, explain whether or not you saw these rules in the text.

8. Sample MLA Format

9. Agenda 8/24/17
-Warm-Up: Catching Up on the Facts
-Transgender Bathrooms and Politics in the US
-Steve Bannon: Facts and Station
Goal: Analyze and discuss hot topics such as Transgender Bathrooms and Steve Bannon.