2. Complete discussion questions
3. Self-Practice: Favorite Places
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Here you'll find daily lesson plans, homework, and other resources for 9th grade English.
1. Read aloud of "All the Places to Love" by Patricia MacLachlan and "When I Was Young in the Mountains" by Cynthia Rylant 2. Complete discussion questions 3. Self-Practice: Favorite Places
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1. "Make Me Worry You're Not O.K." by Susan Shapiro
2. Memoir/Personal Essay Advice Share 3. "The Things I've Lost" by Brian Arundel Homework: 1. Finish "The Things I've Lost" and apply Shapiro's advice to piece 1. Six Word Memoir -- Universal Truths
2. Original Six Word Memoirs -- Write three 3. Memoir Share 4. "How to Write a Memoir" Finish - add to advice chart 1. Review "Oranges" questions
2. "How to Write a Memoir" paragraphs 38-41 3. Apply advice to "Oranges" 4. "Six Word Memoirs" - Read all, choose three to summarize and connect to advice. Determine author's purpose for each. 5. Write your own Six Word Memoir 1. "How to Write a Memoir" Paragraphs 9-13 advice - Update chart 2. "Oranges" by Gary Soto (see file below)
1. Review text-dependent questions for "Eleven"
2. Read and annotate paragraphs 9-13 of "How to Write a Memoir" 3. Update Memoir Advice chart 1. Research Paper Presentations
2. Text-dependent questions for "Eleven" Homework: 1. Finish answering text-dependent questions for "Eleven" 1. Text-dependent questions for "Eleven"
1. "How to Write a Memoir" paragraphs 7 - 8 advice
2. "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros 3. Voice in "Eleven" 1. Read "My Mom Couldn't Cook" by Tom Junod from "My mother" to "My mother was a good mother."
2. Choose a family member you want to share with the world. 3. Decide why you want to share this person with others. Is he/she someone you look up to, despise, find hilarious, find confusing, think is going to change the world? 4. Think of an anecdote that involves this person. Write it down with as much detail as you can. 5. Based on the scene you’ve written, is there a universal human experience you can connect to? |