9/12 1st Vocab Quiz/Literary Analysis paragraph

Best wishes to all who studied well; best of luck to those who did not for the 1st vocab quiz. Use today's quiz to guide your work for the quiz next week.

For the literary element paragraph, please follow the following guidelines:

1. direct quote from Forgotten Fire 
2. parenthetical citation 
3. mention of book title 
4. mention of author’s name 
5. two sentences of plot context 
6. one sentence of literary element description 
7. one sentence of literary element effect 
8. one sentence of connection between quote and the book’s overall theme/message
9. clear handwriting + skip lines, or double spaced typed

Remember to bring your Forgotten Fire graphic organizer for the test tomorrow!

9/11 Spiraling into Genocide

After watching the PBS documentary "The Armenian Genocide," we traced 3 reasons for the sudden shift from reform under the Young Turks into killings.

Here is the Forgotten Fire literary analysis handout for homework

9/5 We and They: roots of the Armenian Genocide

Guiding Questions:

• Who are the Armenians? 
• What is the Ottoman Empire? 
• What rights did Armenians have in the Ottoman Empire?
• How did the Ottoman government respond to Armenian political demands? 
• What challenges do minorities face when they demand for more rights? 
• How is religion & nationality used to create distinctions of "we" and "they"?

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Sub Plan for 6/25 and 6/26

Good morning/afternoon students,

please enjoy a period to engage in scintillating conversations with each other (at a modest volume), and also please enjoy the use of our classroom checker, chess, and connect 4 games. Play fair, and play hard.

peace,

Mr. Doreian

Ada Grace Doreian!

I am proud to share the news of the happy and healthy arrival of baby Ada Grace Doreian. Mama is doing very well, and we are savoring these first days together. Thank you for your prayers and warm wishes, and I'll see you on Tuesday!

peace, much peace.

Mr. Doreian

btw: sorry we didn't go with any of your name suggestions for baby Ada. Her name is a powerful one, meaning "she who is adorned with God's favor." Ironically, it also means "first daughter" in Ibo.

Final EXAM info

Final Exam Dates
Tuesday, June 18 (Period 5)
Wednesday, June 19 (Periods 3+4)
Thursday, June 20 (Period 1)

200 Multiple Guess questions
50 Things Fall Apart
30 Othello
30 Power Plus Vocab lessons 1-19
20 Literary/Poetry Terms
15 To Kill a Mockingbird
15 Huck Finn/Satire
10 Grammar
10 Antigone
10 Idioms

1 RASH open response on Things Fall Apart
-read p185-196 in preparation