DECEMBER 1st - DECEMBER 5th
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR 9TH GRADE ADVISORY

Monday, December 1st:
Finish up your poem based on “My Father After Work”. Write your own three stanza poem about someone in your family and for each stanza draw and color a symbol for that moment.
Share.
Tuesday, December 2nd:
Shortened day!
DAYBREAK: pages 160 - 161: excerpt from ALWAYS RUNNING. Write your impressions of Luis and Rano. Why do they behave the way they do? How would the story be different if told from Rano’s perspective?
Wednesday, December 3rd:
DAYBREAK: pages 162 - 163; excerpt from ALWAYS RUNNING. Write down the words or phrases that show Luis is sympathetic towards Rano.
Thursday, December 4th:
DAYBREAK; pages 164 - 166; excerpt from ALWAYS RUNNING. Read the poem and do a thought cluster of your impression of Rano. How does your impression of Rano change since reading the poem?
Friday, December 5th:
DAYBREAK: pages 167 - 168; excerpt from ALWAYS RUNNING. Work on the 
“Comparing the Genres” graph comparing the impression of Rano in the prose with the impression of Rano in the poem. Write your own poem about Rano based on your impression of him in the prose piece on pages 162 - 163.