Assignments

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27	28	29 Monday, August 28 7 AM	30 Tuesday, August 29 7 AM CommonLit: Sympathy 11:59 PM	31 Wednesday, August 30 7 AM	1 Thursday, August 31 7 AM	2
3 Friday, September 1 11:59 PM While reading Chapters 1-2 (Bad Boy), identify the major conflicts that the narrator has faced which have helped form his identity (Clearly explain at least 2-3 conflicts). What character traits are revealed through his behavior? Support your response with textual evidence (quotes from the text). Please make sure you lead into and cite quotes correctly. Example: The narrator claims that "the Green Star was cold and flat" (Bender 219). 11:59 PM	4	5	6 CommonLit: The Gift of The Magi 11:59 PM Tuesday, September 5 7 AM	7 Wednesday, September 6 7 AM	8 Thursday, September 7 7 AM Friday, September 8 11:59 PM	9
10 Walter Dean Myers was raised in Harlem and attended primary/elementary school in the 1940s. What are some specific events that happen to him at school? How was his experience similar to and different from yours. Support your response with examples from the text. (Use quotes from chapters 1-6 to support your claim) 11:59 PM	11	12 Monday, September 11 7 AM	13 Tuesday, September 12 7 AM	14 Wednesday, September 13 7 AM	15 Thursday, September 14 11:59 PM CommonLit: Still I Rise 11:59 PM	16
17 In chapters 7-9 of Bad Boy, Walter explains that he, along with the others in his SP class, had "intellectual gifts to spend as he chose" (Myers 106). What "gifts" did he feel that he had and how could he "spend" them? Also, if he was so intelligent, why was he always getting into trouble and what did he do? (Give at least 2-3 examples). 11:59 PM Friday, September 15 11:59 PM	18	19 Monday, September 18 7 AM	20 Tuesday, September 19 7 AM	21 Wednesday, September 20 7 AM	22 Thursday, September 21 7 PM Friday, September 22 11:59 PM	23
24	25	26 Monday, September 25 7 AM CommonLit: Excerpt from "The Odyssey": The Sirens 11:59 PM	27 Wednesday, September 27 11:59 PM Herbert Dean, Walter's father, told him, "If you want anything out of life, you have to get it for yourself" (Myers 119). What does he mean by that? In chapters 10-12, how was Walter's father a good role model and what (specifically) did he teach Walter? Now that Walter is 15 years old, what is he doing to show that he is maturing and becoming an adult? 11:59 PM Tuesday, September 26 7 AM	28	29 Friday, September 29 11:59 PM Thursday, September 28 7 AM	30