Quarter 3 Memoir Unit

English 1
Ms. Dawson
2/1
Journal- Favorite
Childhood Memory
Intro to Memoir
Identity Map Activity
HW: Identity Map
Written Reflection

2/8
The Danger of the
Single Story by
Chimamanda Ngozi
Adiche

2/2
JournalEmbarrassing
Moment

2/3
Finding Meaning in
Minutiae: Power
by Kanye West
Analysis

2/4
Day 3 for X Band

A Picture Worth
1000 Words Activity

Book Club #1

2/9
Journal- The Story
Behind Your Name

2/10
Journal- Langston
Hughes Dreams

2/11

Untitled by
Jonathan Rodriguez

Brown Girl
Dreaming
Excerpts
and Analysis

Fish Cheeks by
Amy Tan
Book Club Selection

Book Club #2
2/15
PRESIDENTS DAY

2/16
Somewhere in
America Spoken
Word Analysis and
Student Led
Discussion

2/22
Journal- Reflection
on La Bestia

2/23
Introduce B
ook Club
Final Project

Hija de Las
Americas
by
Aurora Levins
Morales Poem
Analysis

Book Club #5

Book Club Experience

Survey

Field Trip to National

Museum of American
Jewish History

2/17
The Lunch Date
Adam Davidson
Short Film Analysis

2/18
How It Feels to be
Colored Me Zora
Neale Hurston

Stereotype Threat
Essays
and Jigsaw
Reading Activity

Glenn Ligons Four

Etchings Untitled

Book Club #3

2/5
Day 4 for X Band

2/12
Day 4 for X Band

2/19
Day 4 for X Band

I Feel Most
______When Journal
Response
Book Club #4

2/24
Isolated Activity for
Just A Band

2/25
Forced Assimilation
Essays

Journal- Conflicts
and Characters in
Memoir Novels

Sarah Palin Speak

American CNN
Interview

Characterization
Activity

Genos Steaks
Controversy News
Interview
Book Club #6

2/26
STAFF ONLY PD
DAY

2/29
Stories We Tell
Ourselves by
Dalton Conley

3/1
Discussion of Book
Club Final Project

3/2
Desirees Baby by
Kate Chopin

Rachel Dolezal

Sample Trailer
Analysis

Discussion of Race
as a Social
Construct

The Octoroon Girl

Painting by
Archibald Motley Jr.

Book Club #7

History of One Drop

Rule

Book Club #8

3/8

3/9

3/10

3/7
WILMA

Journal- 6 Word
Memoir

Work on BC Projects

Writing WorkshopIndelible Moments

Activity

3/14
Starting the
Memoir, Plot
Structure, and Plot
Techniques

3/15
Imagery/Developin
g
Characters/Writers
Voice

3/21
Video Presentations
(Book Club Final
Project)

3/22 - 3/25

3/28
WILMA

4/4
WILMA

3/3
Work on Script Due
March 8th

Intro to vignette

A House on Mango
Street
Excerpts and
Analysis

3/4
Day 4 for X Band

3/11
Work on BC
Projects

Intro to
Memoir
Vignette Final Project
3/16
Style Techniques/
Figurative
Language

3/17
WILMA

3/18
Day 4 for X Band
Memoir Proposal
Due @ 10PM

3/29
First draft due -Peer Review (2
students + 1
teacher)

3/30
Peer Review
Cont./Work Period

3/31
WILMA

4/1
Day 4 for X Band
Final Draft of
Memoir Vignette
Due by 10pm

4/5
WILMA

4/6
Memoir Share
Memoir Reflection

4/7
AN OCTOROON

4/8
Memoir Share
Memoir Reflection

SPRING BREAK