Assignments

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3	4	5 Learning is a life-long process, and some of the most important lessons are taught outside the classroom. Reflect on three lessons you learned over the break and how they impacted (or will impact) your life. 12:25 PM MLA practice: Create an in-text citation and a full citation for the article on p. 396. 12:25 PM	6	7 Explanatory Writing 7 PM	8 How is our relationship with nature today different than or similar to our ancestors' relationship with nature? 12:25 PM "A Literature of Place" Prewriting and Drafting 3:30 PM What has "A Literature of Place" taught you about the way that geography influences writing? Include a golden line or idea that resonated with you. 12:25 PM How do artists, like writers, establish connections to places? Support your response by identifying details from the works of art on pages 473-475 of the myPerspectives textbook. 12:25 PM	9
10 Interpretive Writing: "A Literature of Place" and American Regional Art 7 PM	11	12 Dust Tracks on a Road: Comprehension Check and Analyze the Text 3:30 PM If you were to write an autobiography, what significant events would you write about, and why? 12:25 PM	13	14 Dust Tracks on a Road, and You 7 PM	15 "Chicago" and "Wilderness" Comprehension Check and Short Poem 3:30 PM Poems and Photographs: In your opinion, are poets public figures, or do they lead solitary, reclusive lives? Do they inhabit the world, or do they create their own worlds to live in? Is a poem a shared secret, or a public statement? Explain your answers. 12:25 PM	16
17 Photographic Poem 7 PM	18	19	20 Have you ever experienced a deep longing for someone or something you have lost? Have you ever felt isolated or alienated from others around you? Explain 12:25 PM	21	22 Writing to Compare: Hill, Baca, and Momaday 7 PM	23
24 Unit 4: Independent Learning 7 PM	25	26	27	28 Explanatory essay rough draft 7 PM	29	30
31 Explanatory Essay assignment 7 PM	1	2 What do you know of The Jazz Age? Share everything you know about it. If you can't recall what you learned about it in history class, make an educated guess about what was happening during this period of American history (the 1920s). 12:25 PM	3	4 Character Bio and Drawing 7 PM	5 Gatsby Chapter 1 Questions 3:30 PM	6