Homework: For tomorrow, read BBF chapter 3, Sunil, 31-49: Continue to annotate for the following:

• Chicago & American Connections (C&A): In what ways is Mumbai like Chicago, like America?  How is it different?
• Moral Depravity (D): How is this a story of moral depravity?

• Human Spirit (S): How is this a story of human strength, spirit and perseverance against great odds?
• Power (P): How is this a story of how power really works?  Consider the influence of the following on power and opportunity: money, connections, skin color/race/ethnicity/religious prejudices, police and political corruption, pollution, unbridled/unregulated capitalism) (5-10 mintues)

Second half of class: Share with the class

Page, paragraph, partial quote	Articulately explain the connection (use analytical verbs and comparison/contrast words, where appropriate)
Chapter 1 (any two connections) 1) 2)
Chapter 2 (connections from each of the four annotation categories* - Chicago/American connection, Moral Depravity, Human Spirit/Strength/Perseverance, and Power Dynamics) 1) 2) 3) 4)

Learning Target: I can work with a classmate to annotate for characters and setting in Behind The Beautiful Forevers.
Wesley April 7, 2017 Period 7 lesson plan
4AP English Language and Composition

1)    Count students off randomly (numbering students one to ten – or around that, depending on the number in class today), so that they end up randomly paired with someone (some groups might have three members).
2)   Each student in the pair (or trio) should share two of the more powerful connections they made (based on annotation suggestions given yesterday – see list below). 

Chicago & American Connections (C&A): In what ways is Mumbai like Chicago, like America?  How is it different?

Moral Depravity (D): How is this a story of moral depravity?

Human Spirit (S): How is this a story of human strength, spirit and perseverance against great odds?

Power (P): How is this a story of how power really works?  Consider the influence of the following on power and opportunity: money, connections, skin color/race/ethnicity/religious prejudices, police and political corruption, pollution, unbridled/unregulated capitalism) (5-10 mintues)

Second half of class: Share with the class

Page, paragraph, partial quote	Articulately explain the connection (use analytical verbs and comparison/contrast words, where appropriate)
Chapter 1 (any two connections) 1) 2)
Chapter 2 (connections from each of the four annotation categories* - Chicago/American connection, Moral Depravity, Human Spirit/Strength/Perseverance, and Power Dynamics) 1) 2) 3) 4)

Homework: None

Learning Target: I can work with a classmate to annotate for characters and setting in Behind The Beautiful Forevers.

Wesley April 6, 2017 Period 7 lesson plan

4AP English Language and Composition

1)    Count students off randomly (numbering students one to ten – or around that, depending on the number in class today), so that they end up randomly paired with someone (some groups might have three members).

2)    They should take out the Caste Is Not Past and read aloud (and in its entirety) the summary they wrote (of the article).  Please remind to read  annunciate clearly and read loud enough for their partner to hear them; also please remind the listener to listen attentively.  Then, switch roles. (5-10 minutes)

3)    Next, In addition to sharing their thoughts on the Cast Is Not Past, each student in the pair (or trio) should share two of the more powerful connections they made (based on annotation suggestions given yesterday – see list below). 

Chicago Connections (C&A): In what ways is Mumbai like Chicago, like America?  How is it different?

Depravity (D): How is this a story of human depravity?

Human Spirit (S): How is this a story of human strength & spirit?

Power (P): How is this a story of how power really works?  Consider the influence of the following on power and opportunity: money, connections, skin color/race/ethnicity/religious prejudices, police and political corruption, pollution, unbridled/unregulated capitalism) (5-10 mintues)

4)    After sharing their summaries and connections, they should choose and discuss what they feel are three of the most important paragraphs from the article (one from the first 1/3^rd of the article, another from the 2/3^rd of the article, and the last from the 3/3^rd of the article). After discussing with one another what is significant about each of those paragraphs, in the margins next to each paragraph write a brief explanation of their significance. (5-10 minutes)

5)    Now, have the groups mix, pairing them in the following way:

1-6

2-7

3-8

4-9

5-10

The groups should alternate reading and explaining the significance of each of their chosen paragraphs.  They should read each of the chosen paragraphs aloud and then articulately explain why they chose each as a significant paragraph. (5-10 mins)

Second half of class: Reading time

Read chapter 2, Asha, paying close attention to the roles that caste and religion and corruption play in Asha’s life. Continue to annotate for the following:

In addition to sharing your thoughts on the Cast Is Not Past, each student in the pair (or trio) should share two of the connections they made (based on annotation suggestions below) 

Chicago Connections (C&A): In what ways is Mumbai like Chicago, like America?  How is it different?

Depravity (D): How is this a story of human depravity?

Human Spirit (S): How is this a story of human strength & spirit?

Power (P): How is this a story of how power really works?  Consider the influence of the following on power and opportunity: money, connections, skin color/race/ethnicity/religious prejudices, police and political corruption, pollution, unbridled/unregulated capitalism)

Homework:

Finish reading and annotating Chapter 2: Asha and The Caste is Not Past and write a full summary for The Caste is Not Past: Annawadi.  Write discussion QUESTIONS in the margin!

Learning Target: I can work with a classmate to annotate for characters and setting in Behind The Beautiful Forevers.

BBF Annotation Guide

In addition to your other annotations  

(character traits, relationships, events, questions, vocab) track the following ideas mentally - and with annotations - as you read...

Chicago Connections (C&A): In what ways is Mumbai like Chicago, like America?  How is it different?

Depravity (D): How is this a story of human depravity?

Human Spirit (S): How is this a story of human strength & spirit?

Power (P): How is this a story of how power really works?  Consider the influence of the 

following on power and opportunity: money, connections, skin color/race/ethnicity/religious prejudices, police and political corruption, pollution, unbridled/unregulated capitalism)

Activity 1:  Three column journal. List of characters/relationship to other characters/key characteristics/details

Annotations 2: What is the setting? Time, place, physical and cultural characteristics. 

Watch a portion of These Birds Walk

Homework: 
Read and annotate Chapter 1 and The Caste is Not Past and write a full summary for The Caste is Not Past: Annawadi.  Write discussion QUESTIONS in the margin!

Learning Target: I can watch a documentary on a culture and experiences very different from my own in preparation for reading Behind The Beautiful Forevers.

Quickwrite 1:  What do you know about India and Pakistan?

Quickwrite 2: What do you think the phrase Behind the Beautiful Forevers could mean?  There are no right or wrong answers.

Watch a portion of These Birds Walk

While watching the movie, take notes on the lives of the characters and consider what you might do in their situation.

Also, pay attention to the rhetorical strategies employed by the filmmakers.  How do they present their subject? What is their point of view?
How do they highlight and emphasize certain content in order to achieve a certain purpose/argument?

Brownstock

AP prep unit Ralph Ellison 2010

Tenessee

Tenessee by Arrested Development (1992)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiozvT2gbTMAhUEmoMKHTWmAUQQyCkIIDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6VCdJyOAQYM&usg=AFQjCNG5NQE_q9UJafJX241ZhjNvUxgUCQ&sig2=1kDm6_uAUUvnePZ3_K67qg

Write an essay in which you explain how Arrested Development uses language and images to convey moods and messages in Tennessee.

Lord I've really been real stressed

Down and out, losing ground

Although I am Black and proud

Problems got me pessimistic

Brothers and sisters keep messin up

Why does it have to be so damn tough

I don't know where I can go

To let these ghosts out of my skull

My grandma's passed, my brother's gone

I never at once felt so alone

I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel

Not just my spare tire (home)

But Lord I ask you (home)

To be my guiding force and truth (home)

For some strange reason it had to be (home)

He guided me to Tennessee (home)

Take me to another place

Take me to another land

Make me forget all that hurts me

Let me understand your plan

Lord it's obvious we got a relationship

Talking to each other every night and day

Although you're superior over me

We talk to each other in a friendship way

Then outta nowhere you tell me to break

Outta the country and into more country

Past Dyersburg into Ripley

Where the ghost of childhood haunts me

Walk the roads my forefathers walked

Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from

Ask those trees for all their wisdom

They tell me my ears are so young (home)

Go back to from whence you came (home)

My family tree my family name (home)

For some strange reason it had to be (home)

He guided me to Tennessee (home)

[Interlude: Aerle Taree]

Eshe, she went down to Holly Springs

Rasadon and Baba, they went down to Peachtree

Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes, a game of horseshoes

Now I see the importance of history

Why my people be in the mess that they be

Many journeys to freedom made in vain

By brothers on the corner playing ghetto games

I ask you Lord why you enlightened me

Without the enlightment of all my folks

He said cause I set myself on a quest for truth

And he was there to quench my thirst

But I am still thirsty

The Lord allowed me to drink some more

He said what I am searching for are

The answers to all which are in front of me

The ultimate truth started to get blurry

For some strange reason it had to be

It was all a dream about Tennessee

Headliner, I won the game of horseshoes

Now you owe me a watermelon

Let's go climb trees and skip over rocks

Do like they do below the border

Speech's hair

Don't it look like the roots of the tree that the ancestors were hung from

But that's okay, get it cause he's down to Earth

Explain the complexity of the tree motif in the video and the lyrics.