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Multi-Genre Research Project -- Due Monday, June 4th
Project Explanation and Requirements
Brief List of Genres

Proposal for Research
Basic Organizational Structure

Reflection/End Notes
NEW!!! Works Cited Format
New!!! Quick Rules for Works Cited Page
Exam Review!
UCS Exam Review Guide
Comma Practice Exercises
Fragments and Run-ons Practice Exercises
​Resources for choosing great reads:
Alex Award Winners - these are usually                                                great reads!
Yalsa Teen Book Finder App
Book lists of Best Fiction for Young Adults
Yalsa - great resource for books!
Monday 4/30/18:
Of Mice and Men Visual Character Analysis Sketch
Presentations Wednesday!
Thursday 4/19/18:
Grammar Party - Commonly Confused Words
Reading Quiz #2 (pp. 38-65) TOMORROW
Wednesday 4/18/18
Reading Quiz #1
OMAM Dream Chart -- Due Monday!
Tuesday 4/17/18:
Read pp. 1-37 -- Reading Quiz Tomorrow!
Monday 4/16/18:
Click here for A Photo Essay on The Great Depression
Scroll through the pictures AND READ the captions to develop an overview of The Great Depression
Write a response to the following prompt (150 words minimum):
                   -In your own words, describe the effect that the Great Depression had on the common people of America. Refer specifically to
                     at least TWO of the photographs in your response. 
 Submit it to the inbox.
Of Mice and Men Reading Quiz on pp. 1-37 Wednesday!
Monday - Friday 4/9 - 4/13/18:
Watch A Raisin in the Sun film
Dream Chart - Due Friday
Wednesday 3/28/18:
Comma Quiz
Vocab Practice for Act Two, Scenes 2 and 3
Comma quiz retake during your regular class period available tomorrow AND Monday after spring break
​EXTRA COMMA PRACTICE
MORE EXTRA COMMA PRACTICE
Tuesday 3/20/18:
GP #9 -- Comma quiz next week on Tuesday
Check vocab from yesterday
Watch King in Chicago Documentary for A Raisin in the Sun context
Monday 3/19/18:
Peer Evaluation / Final Project Reflection
Give out Raisin in the Sun books
Vocabulary Practice: Act One, Scene One (Due Tomorrow)
Friday 3/16/18:
Trade Show!
Thursday 3/15/18:
Project Work Day
Elevator Pitch DUE
Wednesday 3/14/18:
Project Reflection - due today
Work on Elevator Pitch - Due Tomorrow before the end of the school day
Elevator Pitch must be TYPED. At the top, include your name, team #, novel title and author
Tuesday 3/13/18:
GP #8 - Comma practice - write sentences about how your group has integrated the novel in your ride. 
Elevator Pitch Rubric
Monday 3/12/18:
Project Work Day
Phase Three Checkpoint
Friday 3/9/18:
Project Work Day
​Phase Two Checkpoint
Thursday 3/8/18:
Project Work Day
Wednesday 3/7/18:
Project Work Day
Tuesday 3/6/18:
Project Work Day - Phase One Checkpoint Today 
Annotated Bibliography Entries DUE
Monday 3/5/18:
Project Work Day - Phase One Checkpoint on Tuesday
Friday 3/2/18:
Work on research related to Pathway expectations
Work on Annotated Bibliography Entry - Due next week Tuesday
Thursday 3/1/18:
Complete the Shape of Story Project
Grammar Practice #7
Annotated Bibliography format - entries due with Phase One on Tuesday, March 6th
Wednesday 2/28/18:
Work on Shape of Story Project 
Tuesday 2/27/18:
Plot Elements Assignment Due Today
Kurt Vonnegut's "The Shapes of Stories"
​The Shape of Story Project Due Thursday
Monday 2/26/18:
Plot: The Six Basic Elements
Plot Elements Assignment - Due Tomorrow!
Friday 2/16/18:
Reading Day!
Your books for the cross-curricular project must be finished by Monday when we return from break!
Bring your books on Monday
Thursday 2/15/18:
Grammar Practice #6
Writing Prompt #10 - In a list, compile the soundtrack of your day (so far). Basically, create a playlist that tracks your day (so far) from the moment you got out of bed this morning. Then... below your list, use techniques of effective elaboration for each of your song choices. (HINT: personal anecdotes will likely be your best elaboration technique). 
Wednesday 2/14/18:
Reading Day!
Tuesday 2/13/18:
Grammar Practice #5
Elaboration Exercise
TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
Click here for more comma practice - grammar practice continued. 
Tomorrow is a READING DAY! Bring your book!
Monday 2/12/18:
Writing Prompt #8: After years of unhappiness, you've finally had enough and have decided to quit; but we're not talking about your job or your life.  Write a letter of resignation to someone or something other than your employer.  For example, your old backpack, your social media presence, your school, your favorite pair of shoes, your favorite band, your favorite sports team, your friendship, whatever. Just be sure to keep it school-appropriate.
Writing Prompt #9: Now that you’ve resigned, write a letter of application to someone or something that you’d like to be involved with.  For example, a new sports team, a new band, a new pair of shoes, a new school, a new relationship, a new mind-set, a new routine, etc.  
Thursday 2/8/18:
​Grammar Practice #4: Commas Exercise 2
Writing Prompt #7: Money can get you... (finish the thought. elaborate and explain)
Wednesday 2/7/18:
Writing Prompt #6: Persuasive Writing
​Directions: Choose one of the following topics. Choose a position and write a persuasive essay. Your target is five-paragraphs (not all of you will reach the target - remember, this is practice). Your thesis statement (your clearly stated position) should be the last sentence of your introduction. Consider beginning a counter-argument paragraph with the subordinating conjunction “although.” Your essay must be legible, and it must be submitted at the end of class. 
The Topics:
  1. Should social media sites/apps be regulated by the government?
  2. Do professional athletes deserve to be paid millions of dollars?
  3. Should there be mandatory testing for high school graduation?
Tuesday 2/6/18:
​Grammar Practice #3: Comma Exercise 1
Monday 2/5/18:
Make book choices!
Folders DUE - Visual Personality Collage Project
Writing Prompt #5: You find a devious genie in the strangest place. He/she is more than willing to grant you three wishes. But there's a catch... each wish has a consequence. For example, if you ask for great wealth and riches, someone has die for you to get their money. What are your wishes and why? (Consider the consequences)
TED Talk: The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage
Friday 2/2/18:
GP #2 -- commas
Independent Reading time to explore the book options
Book Talks: The Old Man and the Sea and Ready Player One
Thursday 2/1/18:
Writing Prompt #4: Write a letter to yourself when you were ten years old.
Correct Grammar Practice #1
Book Talks: Arena and Every Heart a Doorway
Wednesday 1/31/18:
Writing prompt #3: I wish someone had told me...
Visual Personality Collage Project for writing folder - DUE MONDAY
Book Talks: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Book Store
Tuesday 1/30/18:
Grammar Practice #1 -- commas
10 Comma Rules
Writing Prompt #2: If you could invite any three people to dinner (dead or alive, famous, fictional, etc.), who would they be, why would you invite them, and what would be the topic of conversation?
Book Talks: Beggars in Spain and Cat's Cradle
Monday 1/29/18:
Guest speaker from Intrepid Designs
Writing Prompt #1: ​Opportunities come and go. Write about an opportunity that you made the most of in your life -- or -- write about an opportunity that you regret not taking advantage of in your life.
Friday 1/12/18:
(Early dismissal - no 6th hour... only 10 minutes of 5th hour....)
Check GP #18
Synechdoche - a part that represents the whole
Find and highlight ONE aphorism in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" that represents his overall message
Mid-Term Exam Review Guide
Grammar Quiz on Wednesday next week!
Thursday 1/11/18:
GP #18
Read and respond in the margins to Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
Wednesday 1/10/18:
​Read Mark Twain's "The Lowest Animal" p. 646
​Grammar Practice - Parallel Structure Exercise 2 (see also exercise 1 from Monday)
Tuesday 1/9/18:
Check GP #16
Discuss Parallel Structure exercise from yesterday
GP #17
Begin reading Mark Twain's "The Lowest Animal" p. 646
Monday 1/8/18:
Grammar Practice - Parallel Structure Exercise 1
Finish Analysis Assignment on the "Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention"
Thursday 1/4/18:
GP #16 - Practice with all Sentence Types
Finish Declaration of Independence Analysis Assignment
Read Abigail Adams's letter to her husband, John on p. 157
Analysis Assignment: "Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention"
Wednesday 1/3/18:
Notes: Deductive Reasoning
Read "The Declaration of Independence" pp. 141-148
Answer these Analysis Questions for Study and Discussion - Due tomorrow
Wednesday 12/6/17:
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp. 291-299
Open-book Multiple Choice Check for Understanding
Tuesday 12/5/17:
Full work day - Off the Grid Project
Monday 12/4/17:
"Someone called the devil in that forest..."
"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving pp. 291-299
Archetype
The "deal with the devil" archetype... in music 
Friday 12/1/17:
Full work day - Off the Grid Project
Thursday  11/30/17:
Grammar Practice #14
Annotated Bibliography DUE
The Art of the Elevator Pitch 
Wednesday 11/29/17:
​​Full work day - Off the Grid Project
Tuesday 11/28/17:
Grammar Practice #13
Grammar Practice #14
Annotated Bibliography due Thursday!
Monday 11/27/17:
​Full work day - Off the Grid Project
Tuesday 11/21/17:
Full work day - Off the Grid Project
Monday 11/20/17:
Annotated Bibliography Assignment:
One citation and annotation per group member
Credible sources ONLY
Beneficial sources ONLY
Monday 11/13-Friday 11/17:
Annotated Bibliography Intro Questions
Source Credibility Assignment
Grammar practices 11 and 12
Wednesday 11/8/17:
Off the Grid Project Work Day
Empathy Research - English grade
Define statement - English grade
Alternative Energy Research - English grade
Tuesday 11/7/17:
No School
Monday 11/6/17:
Grammar Practices collected
Watch The Crucible film
Roll out of cross-curricular project -- Off the Grid
Friday 11/3/17:
Grammar Quiz
Reading 
End of 1st quarter
Thursday 11/2/17:
Check GP's 9 and 10
Grammar Quiz Friday!
More verb and subject identification practice added to the "Links" page above
Finish Presentations
Tuesday 10/31 and Wednesday 11/1:
Grammar Practices 9 and 10 - Grammar Quiz postponed till Friday
The Iron Knee Project 
Begin Presentations
Monday 10/30/17:
Grammar Practice #8
Grammar Quiz on THURSDAY! Complex Sentences
Continue The Iron Knee Project - Presentations of Posters on Wednesday!
Friday 10/27/17:
The Iron Knee Project
​Due Tuesday
Thursday 10/26/17:
Notes: Dramatic, Verbal, and Situational Irony
The Iron Knee Project
Wednesday 10/25/17:
In class brain exercise... "Word Generation Exercise"
The Iron Knee Project begins TOMORROW
Tuesday 10/24/17:
Act 4 QUIZ! -- this must be made up during this week if absent
Complete Grammar Practice (Party) #7
Monday 10/23/17:
Read/Watch Act 4 -- Act 4 begins at approximately 42:30
Act 4 Quiz tomorrow!
Friday 10/20/17:
Finish Act Three class performance
Acts 3 and 4 vocabulary practice with Complex Sentences DUE today - no penalty if you submit on Monday
Thursday 10/19/17:
Act Three class performance
Wednesday 10/18/17:
​​Complete Act Two Reading Questions with CER response strategy
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary with Complex Sentence Practice - Due by Friday
Choose roles for Act Three class performance
Tuesday 10/17/17:
Grammar Practice #7
​Act Two Reading Questions with CER response strategy
Monday 10/16/17:
​In reading groups, read and "perform" Act Two of The Crucible 
Begin answering Act Two Reading Questions with CER response strategy
Friday 10/13/17:
Read Act Two with reading groups 
Thursday 10/12/17:
1/2 day - no CSI
Wednesday 10/11/17:
Finish Grammar Practice #6
Complete Act One Reading Questions 
​Begin reading Act Two
Tuesday 10/10/17:
Grammar Practice #6
​Answer Act One Reading Questions with CER response strategy
Monday 10/9/17:
Answer Act One Reading Questions with CER response strategy 
Friday 10/6/17:
​In reading groups, read and "perform" Act One of The Crucible 
Begin answering Act One Reading Questions with CER response strategy 
Thursday 10/5/17:
In reading groups, read and "perform" Act One of The Crucible 
Wednesday 10/4/17:
Vocabulary assignment due by tomorrow
The Crucible Character Synopsis
Form reading groups - choose roles
Tuesday 10/3/17:
Acts 1 and 2 Vocabulary - write a COMPLEX sentence for each word
Vocab Quiz next week
Monday 10/2/17:
Bring The Crucible books every day to class!
Begin reading from Act ONE
*6th hr started Acts 1 and 2 vocabulary
Friday 9/29/17:
Sustained Silent Reading
TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor
Thursday 9/28/17:
Grammar practice #5
TED Talk: 5 Ways to Listen Better by Julian Treasure
Apply SOAPSTone strategy and examine Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Wednesday 9/27/17:
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" -- write a constructed response - POWER Paragraph - using the SOAPStone strategy. 
Paragraphs DUE tomorrow (aka Homework!)
Tuesday 9/26/17:
Grammar Pre-Test on recognizing Subjects, Verbs, Clauses, and Sentence Types
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards -Interactive reader - Due tomorrow!
Monday 9/25/17:
​Read "The Dying Girl Who No One Helped" by Loudon Wainwright
Content Questions
Analysis Question
CER = Claim + Evidence + Reasoning
Friday 9/22/17:
Sustained silent reading
Thursday 9/21/17:
​Watch the film Good Night, and Good Luck
Wednesday 9/20/17:
Notes : McCarthy, Murrow, Miller
"The Great Fear" questions DUE
Watch the film Good Night, and Good Luck
Tuesday 9/19/17:
Grammar Practice #4
Read "The Great Fear" by J. Ronald Oakley
Respond to the questions (linked yesterday) with complete thoughts. For each, cite the page number(s) where you found the answer. 
Monday 9/18/17:
Students received their copies of the The Crucible by Arthur Miller!
Read: "How to Spot Witch" p. 179
Read: "The Great Fear" p. 199 - answer question #1 on this assignment
Friday 9/15/17:
Sustained silent reading with a book of your choice
Thursday 9/14/17:
Grammar Practice #3
"Speed dating" book discussion
Bring a book for sustained silent reading tomorrow!
Wednesday 9/13/17:
Bag of Miscellany presentations Day 3
See above for field trip info
Tuesday 9/12/17:
Grammar Practice #2
Bag of Miscellany presentations Day 2
Monday 9/11/17:
In writing, explain the significance of your bag and each of the items in it. 
Begin Bag of Miscellany presentations
Public Speaking Tips from abcnews.com
Friday 9/8/17:
Read How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston - provide a symbolic "back story" for three of the "priceless and worthless"                items she describes in the third paragraph. 
Bag of Miscellany Presentation - Choose or Design a bag that represents the external YOU. 
      Fill your bag with at least FIVE items that symbolically represent the internal YOU - your personality, your character. 
      Prepare a presentation where you explain HOW and WHY each item represents you. 
      Presentations may begin MONDAY
Thursday 9/7/17:
Grammar Practice #1
Signature sheet DUE
Excerpt from "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston
HW: define Allusion and Metaphor
Wednesday 9/6/17:
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Course Policies, Procedures and the Whatnots... Parent signature DUE tomorrow
"Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"
Tuesday 9/5/17:
Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year!
Mr. Feldkamp's letter to students - your response is due tomorrow!
Book Choices for Upcoming Cross-Curricular Project:
Arena by Holly Jennings
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
CSI LAND Project CALENDAR
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