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Comma Quiz Re-take Opportunity
Wednesday @ 10:45 am or 1:45 pm COMMA EXERCISE #1 COMMA EXERCISE #2 COMMA EXERCISE #3 Click here for comma practice And then click here for MORE practice *******11 Comma Rules******* |
Final exam schedule:
4th hour: Friday, June 7 5th hour: Monday, June 10 6th hour: Tuesday, June 11 |
Thursday 5/30/19:
Comma Quiz
Grammar Practices 31-40 DUE
Presentations
Comma Quiz
Grammar Practices 31-40 DUE
Presentations
Monday 5/20/19:
Revised essays due TODAY before 10:00 PM via turnitin.com
If you have questions, text me via Remind or email me.
Click on and complete the following exercises:
COMMA EXERCISE #1
COMMA EXERCISE #2
COMMA EXERCISE #3
Revised essays due TODAY before 10:00 PM via turnitin.com
If you have questions, text me via Remind or email me.
Click on and complete the following exercises:
COMMA EXERCISE #1
COMMA EXERCISE #2
COMMA EXERCISE #3
Friday 5/3/19:
Continue Character Project Presentations
Continue Character Project Presentations
Thursday 5/2/19:
Begin Character Project Presentations
Begin Character Project Presentations
Wednesday 5/1/19:
Check GP #35
Watch Of Mice and Men
Character Project Presentations begin Tomorrow
Check GP #35
Watch Of Mice and Men
Character Project Presentations begin Tomorrow
Thursday 4/25 - Tuesday 4/30:
Visual Character Analysis Sketch Project
Presentations begin Thursday, May 2nd
GP #35 on Tuesday 4/30
Visual Character Analysis Sketch Project
Presentations begin Thursday, May 2nd
GP #35 on Tuesday 4/30
Wednesday 4/24/19:
Socratic Circle Discussion
Socratic Circle Discussion
Tuesday 4/23/19:
GP #34 - Commas
Essential Questions Assignment, Foreshadowing and Character Analysis - DUE Wednesday
GP #34 - Commas
Essential Questions Assignment, Foreshadowing and Character Analysis - DUE Wednesday
Monday 4/22/19:
Reading Quiz #3
Essential Questions Assignment, Foreshadowing and Character Analysis - DUE Wednesday
Character Types Assignment - Due TODAY
Dream Chart - Due TODAY
Reading Quiz #3
Essential Questions Assignment, Foreshadowing and Character Analysis - DUE Wednesday
Character Types Assignment - Due TODAY
Dream Chart - Due TODAY
Thursday 4/18/19:
Reading Quiz #2
GP #33 - Commas
Reading Quiz #2
GP #33 - Commas
Wednesday 4/17/19:
Character Types Assignment - Due Monday
Dream Chart - Due Monday
Reading QUIZ #2 Tomorrow!
Character Types Assignment - Due Monday
Dream Chart - Due Monday
Reading QUIZ #2 Tomorrow!
Tuesday 4/16/19:
Reading Quiz #1
GP #32 - Commas
Characterization Notes - direct and indirect
Reading Quiz #1
GP #32 - Commas
Characterization Notes - direct and indirect
Monday 4/15/19:
Of Mice and Men Dream Chart
Read "Harlem" by Langston Hughes
Reading QUIZ #1 Tomorrow (pp 1-37)
Of Mice and Men Dream Chart
Read "Harlem" by Langston Hughes
Reading QUIZ #1 Tomorrow (pp 1-37)
Thursday 4/11/19:
Grammar Practice #31 -- Commas
COMMA RULES
Of Mice and Men books
'To a Mouse" by Robert Burns
Grammar Practice #31 -- Commas
COMMA RULES
Of Mice and Men books
'To a Mouse" by Robert Burns
Tuesday 4/9 - Wednesday 4/10:
No CSI
No CSI
Monday 4/8/19:
Read Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
Discuss the Ironic ending and connections to previous stories
Read Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
Discuss the Ironic ending and connections to previous stories
Monday 3/25 -Friday 3/29:
Project Work Days
Trade Show
Final Reflection/peer evaluations
Project Work Days
Trade Show
Final Reflection/peer evaluations
Monday 3/18 - Friday 3/22:
Project Work Days
See above for Elevator Pitch and Marketing Plan Template
Project Work Days
See above for Elevator Pitch and Marketing Plan Template
Friday 3/15/19:
5th and 6th hours:
GP's 21-30 Due
Grammar Quiz #3
4th hour:
Project work time
5th and 6th hours:
GP's 21-30 Due
Grammar Quiz #3
4th hour:
Project work time
Thursday 3/14/19:
GP #30
Marketing Plan Template
GP's 21-30 collected before quiz
Grammar Quiz tomorrow for 5th and 6th hours
GP #30
Marketing Plan Template
GP's 21-30 collected before quiz
Grammar Quiz tomorrow for 5th and 6th hours
Wednesday 3/13/19:
Writing Prompts 10 and 11
Discuss 'The Yellow Wallpaper"
Guided Ideation for Toy Project
Writing Prompts 10 and 11
Discuss 'The Yellow Wallpaper"
Guided Ideation for Toy Project
Tuesday 3/12/19:
GP #29
Discuss 'The Yellow Wallpaper"
GP #29
Discuss 'The Yellow Wallpaper"
Monday 3/11/19:
Read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Reading Questions... to answered as you read
Read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Reading Questions... to answered as you read
Friday 3/8/19:
Check GP #28
Work on Writing Prompt #9
Read!
Check GP #28
Work on Writing Prompt #9
Read!
Thursday 3/7/19:
GP #28 Prepositional Phrases and Sentence Types
Writing Prompt #9: In what way(s) does Flannery O’Connor show moral ambiguity in her short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”?
Moral ambiguity is lack of clarity in ethical decision-making. In other words, moral ambiguity is when you have an issue, situation, or question that has moral or ethical elements, but the morally correct action to take is unclear, either due to conflicting. principles, ethical systems, or situational perspectives.
GP #28 Prepositional Phrases and Sentence Types
Writing Prompt #9: In what way(s) does Flannery O’Connor show moral ambiguity in her short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”?
Moral ambiguity is lack of clarity in ethical decision-making. In other words, moral ambiguity is when you have an issue, situation, or question that has moral or ethical elements, but the morally correct action to take is unclear, either due to conflicting. principles, ethical systems, or situational perspectives.
Wednesday 3/6/19:
Socratic Circle Discussion on "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
Evaluation/Reflection assignment DUE Tomorrow
Socratic Circle Discussion on "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
Evaluation/Reflection assignment DUE Tomorrow
Tuesday 3/5/19:
GP #27 - prepositional phrases and sentence types
Discussion Questions for "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Connor (pp. 940-948)
Socratic Circle Discussion TOMORROW
GP #27 - prepositional phrases and sentence types
Discussion Questions for "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Connor (pp. 940-948)
Socratic Circle Discussion TOMORROW
Monday 3/4/19:
Read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Connor (pp. 940-948)
Discussion Questions
Read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Connor (pp. 940-948)
Discussion Questions
Friday 3/1/19:
Reading Day
Reading Day
Thursday 2/28/19:
GP #26
"A Rose for Emily" analysis discussion
GP #26
"A Rose for Emily" analysis discussion
Wednesday 2/27/19:
Complete the Timeline Assignment with a partner
Writing Prompt #8 - 2 options:
Write a 1st person narrative of Tobe (Emily’s manservant) during a pivotal moment in Emily’s story. (i.e. when he learns of Homer’s death, or when he suspects Emily will kill Homer, or when he opens the front door for the community members and proceeds to walk out the back door… never to be seen again).
-or-
Write a 1st person narrative from Emily’s perspective during a pivotal moment in her story.
Complete the Timeline Assignment with a partner
Writing Prompt #8 - 2 options:
Write a 1st person narrative of Tobe (Emily’s manservant) during a pivotal moment in Emily’s story. (i.e. when he learns of Homer’s death, or when he suspects Emily will kill Homer, or when he opens the front door for the community members and proceeds to walk out the back door… never to be seen again).
-or-
Write a 1st person narrative from Emily’s perspective during a pivotal moment in her story.
Tuesday 2/26/19:
Answer and submit "A Rose for Emily" Making Inferences Questions
GP #25
Complete the Timeline Assignment with a partner
Answer and submit "A Rose for Emily" Making Inferences Questions
GP #25
Complete the Timeline Assignment with a partner
Friday 2/15/19:
Reading Day!
Work on adding to or revising previous writing prompts
Optional Winter Break Writing Prompt:
Write a story about yourself as the friend of somebody famous. This famous person could be from any time in history. Create some kind of conflict that you have to overcome together.
Reading Day!
Work on adding to or revising previous writing prompts
Optional Winter Break Writing Prompt:
Write a story about yourself as the friend of somebody famous. This famous person could be from any time in history. Create some kind of conflict that you have to overcome together.
Thursday 2/14/19:
GP #24 - Parallel Structure
Writing Prompt #7:
Babies typically talk in babbles that adults can't understand. But one day, while at the park, you're sitting on a bench next to two babies. They start their babbling, when all of a sudden you realize you can understand them. Even more, they are plotting a nefarious (evil) plan. Write this scene.(You may write this in a variety of forms: story, screenplay, play, comic book, etc.)
Writer's Chair SHARE opportunity
GP #24 - Parallel Structure
Writing Prompt #7:
Babies typically talk in babbles that adults can't understand. But one day, while at the park, you're sitting on a bench next to two babies. They start their babbling, when all of a sudden you realize you can understand them. Even more, they are plotting a nefarious (evil) plan. Write this scene.(You may write this in a variety of forms: story, screenplay, play, comic book, etc.)
Writer's Chair SHARE opportunity
Wednesday 2/13/19:
GP #23 - Parallel Structure and Sentence Types
Writing Prompt #6:
Create a character that has an unusual phobia. Write a scene that causes that character to face his/her fear.
-And-oR-
Write a 26-word story where every word begins with a different letter of the alphabet (does not have to be in alphabetical order).
Writer's Chair SHARE opportunity
GP #23 - Parallel Structure and Sentence Types
Writing Prompt #6:
Create a character that has an unusual phobia. Write a scene that causes that character to face his/her fear.
-And-oR-
Write a 26-word story where every word begins with a different letter of the alphabet (does not have to be in alphabetical order).
Writer's Chair SHARE opportunity
Tuesday 2/12/19:
Snow day - No School
Snow day - No School
Monday 2/11/19:
Writing Prompt #5:
You're a pizza delivery driver and it's your last stop of the night. The house is on an unlit, unfamiliar street. As you ring the doorbell, you're greeted by an unusual character who invites you in while he gets cash--and abruptly knocks you out cold. When you wake up, you're tied to a chair. Write the story of what happens next.(Your level of engagement and creativity will determine the length)
TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
Writing Prompt #5:
You're a pizza delivery driver and it's your last stop of the night. The house is on an unlit, unfamiliar street. As you ring the doorbell, you're greeted by an unusual character who invites you in while he gets cash--and abruptly knocks you out cold. When you wake up, you're tied to a chair. Write the story of what happens next.(Your level of engagement and creativity will determine the length)
TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
Friday 2/8/19:
Reading Day!
Reading Day!
Thursday 2/7/19:
Dissect a classmate's Sentences using the KEY on the Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment
Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment DUE
GP #22 - idioms and sentence types
Writing Prompt #4:
I wish someone would have told me...
Friday = Reading Day! Bring an excellent book
Monday = Folder Design Project DUE
Dissect a classmate's Sentences using the KEY on the Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment
Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment DUE
GP #22 - idioms and sentence types
Writing Prompt #4:
I wish someone would have told me...
Friday = Reading Day! Bring an excellent book
Monday = Folder Design Project DUE
Wednesday 2/6/19:
Ice-pocalypse - no school
Ice-pocalypse - no school
Tuesday 2/5/19:
GP #21 - commas, semicolons, and sentence types
Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment - DUE Thursday
Writing Prompt #3:
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.
Folder Design Project due no later than Monday, 2/11
GP #21 - commas, semicolons, and sentence types
Deliberate Sentence Variety Assignment - DUE Thursday
Writing Prompt #3:
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.
Folder Design Project due no later than Monday, 2/11
Monday 2/4/19:
Writing folders - choose a color
Writing Prompts:
Writing folders - choose a color
Writing Prompts:
- 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?
- Write a letter to yourself when you were ten-years-old (one-page minimum)
Tuesday 1/22/19:
6th hour Mid-Term Exam
6th hour Mid-Term Exam
Friday 1/18/19:
5th hour Mid-Term Exam
5th hour Mid-Term Exam
Thursday 1/17/19:
4th hour Mid-Term Exam
4th hour Mid-Term Exam
Wednesday 1/16/19:
Jeopardy Exam Review
4th hour Mid-Term Tomorrow
5th hour Mid-Term Friday
6th hour Mid-Term Tuesday
Jeopardy Exam Review
4th hour Mid-Term Tomorrow
5th hour Mid-Term Friday
6th hour Mid-Term Tuesday
Tuesday 1/15/19:
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #4
Exam Review - Apply Terms to The Crucible and "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #4
Exam Review - Apply Terms to The Crucible and "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Monday 1/14/19:
Book Project DUE!
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #3
TEDed Video: McCarthyism Explained
Book Project DUE!
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #3
TEDed Video: McCarthyism Explained
Friday 1/11/19:
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #2
Reading Day!
Book Projects DUE Monday!
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #2
Reading Day!
Book Projects DUE Monday!
Thursday 1/10/19:
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #1
from "Resistance to Civil Government" Assignment DUE
Book Project Due no later than MONDAY
Read!
Grammar Practice: Click HERE for Parallel Structure Practice #1
from "Resistance to Civil Government" Assignment DUE
Book Project Due no later than MONDAY
Read!
Wednesday 1/9/19:
Grammar QUIZ!
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE!
Submit Aphorism Collection Assignment today!
Read from "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau (pp. 269-274)
from "Resistance to Civil Government" reading Assignment
Grammar QUIZ!
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE!
Submit Aphorism Collection Assignment today!
Read from "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau (pp. 269-274)
from "Resistance to Civil Government" reading Assignment
Tuesday 1/8/19:
Grammar Practice #20
Complete Walden Quotes Chart with Thematic Relevance Assignment
Submit Aphorism Collection Assignment today or tomorrow
Grammar Quiz Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Wednesday
Grammar Practice #20
Complete Walden Quotes Chart with Thematic Relevance Assignment
Submit Aphorism Collection Assignment today or tomorrow
Grammar Quiz Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Wednesday
Monday 1/7/19:
Grammar Practice #19.5
Read from Walden by Henry David Thoreau (pp. 254-262)
Walden Quotes Chart with Thematic Relevance Assignment
Grammar Quiz Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Wednesday
Grammar Practice #19.5
Read from Walden by Henry David Thoreau (pp. 254-262)
Walden Quotes Chart with Thematic Relevance Assignment
Grammar Quiz Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Wednesday
Friday 1/4/19:
Check Grammar Practice #19
Update Aphorism Collection Chart
Book projects Due No Later than Monday, January 14th
Reading Day
Check Grammar Practice #19
Update Aphorism Collection Chart
Book projects Due No Later than Monday, January 14th
Reading Day
Thursday 1/3/19:
Grammar Practice #19 - Grammar Quiz Next Week on Wednesday!
Read from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson pp. 240-241 -- update Aphorism Collection
Fill in Aphorism Collection Chart - Due Next Week
Grammar Practice #19 - Grammar Quiz Next Week on Wednesday!
Read from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson pp. 240-241 -- update Aphorism Collection
Fill in Aphorism Collection Chart - Due Next Week
Wednesday 1/2/19:
Read from "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Margin Questions due tomorrow
Aphorism Collection Chart - Due Next Week
Read from "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Margin Questions due tomorrow
Aphorism Collection Chart - Due Next Week
Friday 12/21/18:
Have a restful break!
Have a restful break!
Wednesday 12/19/18:
Declaration of Independence Analysis Assignment -- Due Tomorrow
Sign-up for Book Project -- commit to a book!
Declaration of Independence Analysis Assignment -- Due Tomorrow
Sign-up for Book Project -- commit to a book!
Tuesday 12/18/18:
Grammar Practice #17
Deductive Reasoning
Read "The Declaration of Independence" pp. 141-148
Grammar Practice #17
Deductive Reasoning
Read "The Declaration of Independence" pp. 141-148
Friday 12/14/18:
Focus Group Testing of Junior Cross-Curricular Projects
Book Project Options -- Due January 14th
Book sign-up next week by Wednesday
Focus Group Testing of Junior Cross-Curricular Projects
Book Project Options -- Due January 14th
Book sign-up next week by Wednesday
Thursday 12/13/18:
Grammar Practice #16
Read "The Man of Many Masks" from The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin pp. 177-180
Grammar Practice #16
Read "The Man of Many Masks" from The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin pp. 177-180
Wednesday 12/12/18:
Continue Analyzing Benjamin Franklin's aphorisms. Due today! If you don't finish in class, it's homework
Continue Analyzing Benjamin Franklin's aphorisms. Due today! If you don't finish in class, it's homework
Monday 12/10/18:
Read from "The Autobiography" of Benjamin Franklin pp. 166-170
Read from "The Autobiography" of Benjamin Franklin pp. 166-170
Friday 12/7/18:
Finish Theme Assignment
Reading Day!
Finish Theme Assignment
Reading Day!
Thursday 12/6/18:
Grammar Practice #14: Compound-Complex
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Theme Assignment Due Tomorrow
Reading Friday Tomorrow!
Grammar Practice #14: Compound-Complex
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Theme Assignment Due Tomorrow
Reading Friday Tomorrow!
Wednesday 12/5/18:
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due by the end of Class
"Whatever Wednesday" Reading Day
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due by the end of Class
"Whatever Wednesday" Reading Day
Tuesday 12/4/18:
Grammar Practice #13 - semi-colons in compound sentences
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow by the end of Class
"Whatever Wednesday" Reading Day Tomorrow
Grammar Practice #13 - semi-colons in compound sentences
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow by the end of Class
"Whatever Wednesday" Reading Day Tomorrow
Monday 12/3/18:
Final Reflection - Roller Coaster Project
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp. 290-299
pdf of "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Final Reflection - Roller Coaster Project
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp. 290-299
pdf of "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Friday 11/30/18:
Roller Coaster Project Trade Show!
Roller Coaster Project Trade Show!
Thursday 11/29/18:
Project Work Day
Elevator Pitch Due
Trade Show Tomorrow!
Project Work Day
Elevator Pitch Due
Trade Show Tomorrow!
Wednesday 11/28/18:
Work day... work on elevator pitch, 3d model, images, tri-folds, etc.
Work day... work on elevator pitch, 3d model, images, tri-folds, etc.
Monday 11/26/18:
Project Work Day
Annotated Bibliography DUE
Project Work Day
Annotated Bibliography DUE
Monday 11/19/18:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Thursday 11/15/18:
Project Work Day
Research for PHASE 3 DUE Monday, November 26th:
Annotated Bibliography ELECTRONICS
Annotated Bibliography DIGITAL MEDIA
Project Work Day
Research for PHASE 3 DUE Monday, November 26th:
Annotated Bibliography ELECTRONICS
Annotated Bibliography DIGITAL MEDIA
Wednesday 11/14/18:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Tuesday 11/13/18:
Project Work Day
Shape of Story Poster DUE
Project Work Day
Shape of Story Poster DUE
Monday 11/12/18:
Character Profile DUE
Character Profile DUE
Friday 11/9/18:
Article: "The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I."
Plot Elements Assignment DUE today!
Character Profile DUE MONDAY
Shape of Story Poster/Graph Due Tuesday!
Article: "The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I."
Plot Elements Assignment DUE today!
Character Profile DUE MONDAY
Shape of Story Poster/Graph Due Tuesday!
Thursday 11/8/18:
Kurt Vonnegut's "The Shape of Stories"
Shape of Story ORGANIZER
Roller Coaster Project "roll out"
Kurt Vonnegut's "The Shape of Stories"
Shape of Story ORGANIZER
Roller Coaster Project "roll out"
Wednesday 11/7/18:
GP #12
Plot Elements Assignment DUE FRIDAY
Character Profile Assignment -- DUE MONDAY
GP #12
Plot Elements Assignment DUE FRIDAY
Character Profile Assignment -- DUE MONDAY
Tuesday 11/6/18:
No School -- Read!
No School -- Read!
Monday 11/5/18:
Last official Reading Day for the upcoming project
Work on Plot Elements Assignment
Last official Reading Day for the upcoming project
Work on Plot Elements Assignment
Friday 11/2/18:
Reading Day!
Reading Day!
Wednesday 10/31/18:
Reading Day!
Reading Day!
Tuesday 10/30/18:
GP #11
Continue Notes from Monday
Tomorrow is a reading day!
GP #11
Continue Notes from Monday
Tomorrow is a reading day!
Monday 10/29/18:
Notes: Elements, Style, Techniques of Fiction
Wednesday is a reading day! Secure your book for the project before Wednesday!
Notes: Elements, Style, Techniques of Fiction
Wednesday is a reading day! Secure your book for the project before Wednesday!
Friday 10/26/18:
UofD Presentation
Group Book Selections/Discussions
Grammar Quiz #1
GP's 1-10 DUE
UofD Presentation
Group Book Selections/Discussions
Grammar Quiz #1
GP's 1-10 DUE
Thursday 10/25/18:
Check GP #9
GP #10 - practice quiz
Book Talks
Grammar Quiz tomorrow!
GP's 1-10 due tomorrow!
Check GP #9
GP #10 - practice quiz
Book Talks
Grammar Quiz tomorrow!
GP's 1-10 due tomorrow!
Wednesday 10/24/18:
Continue Presentations
Work on Power Paragraphs
Dependent Clause practice paragraph
Continue Presentations
Work on Power Paragraphs
Dependent Clause practice paragraph
Tuesday 10/23/18:
GP #9 -- Grammar QUIZ Friday -- GP's 1-10 collected on Friday!
Iron Knee Project Presentations
Work on Power Paragraphs
Power Paragraph DUE Tomorrow! See above
GP #9 -- Grammar QUIZ Friday -- GP's 1-10 collected on Friday!
Iron Knee Project Presentations
Work on Power Paragraphs
Power Paragraph DUE Tomorrow! See above
Monday 10/22/18:
Finish The Iron Knee Project
Power Paragraph sample and explanation
Finish The Iron Knee Project
Power Paragraph sample and explanation
Friday 10/19/18:
GP #8
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
GP #8
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
Thursday 10/18/18:
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
Monday 10/15 - Tuesday 10/16:
The Crucible film
The Crucible film
Friday 10/12/18:
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Reading day!
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Reading day!
Thursday 10/11/18:
No CSI
No CSI
Wednesday 10/10/18:
Check GP #6
The Crucible film
Check GP #6
The Crucible film
Tuesday 10/9/18:
GP #6
Work on Vocabulary Sentences - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary Quiz FRIDAY
GP #6
Work on Vocabulary Sentences - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary Quiz FRIDAY
Friday 10/5/18:
Reading Day!
Reading Day!
Thursday 10/4/18:
Vocabulary Quiz - The Crucible Acts 1 and 2
Vocabulary assignment DUE - complex sentences
Reading day tomorrow!
Vocabulary Quiz - The Crucible Acts 1 and 2
Vocabulary assignment DUE - complex sentences
Reading day tomorrow!
Wednesday 10/3/18:
Read/Perform Act Three with assigned reading groups
Vocab quiz and Vocab assignment DUE tomorrow
Read/Perform Act Three with assigned reading groups
Vocab quiz and Vocab assignment DUE tomorrow
Tuesday 10/2/18:
Finish Act Two
Grammar Practice #5
Vocabulary Sentences DUE THURSDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Thursday
Finish Act Two
Grammar Practice #5
Vocabulary Sentences DUE THURSDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Thursday
Monday 10/1/18:
Read/Listen to Act Two of The Crucible
Read/Listen to Act Two of The Crucible
Friday 9/28/18:
Make corrections to Act One Reading Questions
Reading Day!
Make corrections to Act One Reading Questions
Reading Day!
Thursday 9/27/18:
Grammar Practice #4 - Complex Sentences
The Crucible Vocabulary Acts 1 and 2 - practice with complex sentences!
Grammar Practice #4 - Complex Sentences
The Crucible Vocabulary Acts 1 and 2 - practice with complex sentences!
Wednesday 9/26/18:
Act One Reading Questions - use Claim + Evidence + Reasoning answer plan for each question
Act One Reading Questions - use Claim + Evidence + Reasoning answer plan for each question
Tuesday 9/25/18:
Grammar Practice #3: clauses and sentence types
Finish reading The Crucible Act One
Grammar Practice #3: clauses and sentence types
Finish reading The Crucible Act One
Friday 9/21/18:
Sustained-Silent-Reading
Sustained-Silent-Reading
Thursday 9/20/18:
Check Grammar Pre-Test
Grammar Practice #2: Clauses and Sentence Types
Check Grammar Pre-Test
Grammar Practice #2: Clauses and Sentence Types
Wednesday 9/19/18:
TED Talk: Shawn Achor's "The Happy Secret to Better Work"
Reading Day -- "Read-Whatever-Wednesday"
TED Talk: Shawn Achor's "The Happy Secret to Better Work"
Reading Day -- "Read-Whatever-Wednesday"
Tuesday 9/18/18:
Grammar Practice Pre-Test
Continue "The Great Fear" Assignment
Grammar Practice Pre-Test
Continue "The Great Fear" Assignment
Monday 9/17/18:
New books! The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Read "The Great Fear" pp. 199 -221
Answer these questions that accompany the above essay
Questions DUE at the end of class tomorrow
New books! The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Read "The Great Fear" pp. 199 -221
Answer these questions that accompany the above essay
Questions DUE at the end of class tomorrow
Friday 9/14/18:
Reading Day! Your book choice
Reading Day! Your book choice
Thursday 9/13/18:
Grammar Practice #1
Bring a book for our reading day tomorrow! See the resources above for potential book choices
Grammar Practice #1
Bring a book for our reading day tomorrow! See the resources above for potential book choices
Tuesday 9/11/18:
Presentations
Presentations
Monday 9/10/18:
Presentations
Presentations
Friday 9/7/18:
Literary Analysis Assignment for "How it Feels to be Colored Me" excerpt
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 nature, your character.
Prepare a presentation where you explain HOW and WHY each item represents you.
Presentations begin MONDAY
Literary Analysis Assignment for "How it Feels to be Colored Me" excerpt
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 nature, your character.
Prepare a presentation where you explain HOW and WHY each item represents you.
Presentations begin MONDAY
Thursday 9/6/18:
Course Policies with signature sheet - return signature sheet tomorrow
Review Notes on Literary Terms from yesterday
"I Love America" TED Talk by Amer Zahr
Read excerpt from "How it Feels to be Colored Me"
Course Policies with signature sheet - return signature sheet tomorrow
Review Notes on Literary Terms from yesterday
"I Love America" TED Talk by Amer Zahr
Read excerpt from "How it Feels to be Colored Me"
Tuesday 9/4/18:
Welcome Back!
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp due Tomorrow!
Welcome Back!
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp due Tomorrow!
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Book Choices For Your Reading Groups:
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott CSI Toy Story Project:
Project Overview Handout Calendar (updated) Marketing Plan Template - Completed Marketing Plan DUE 3/25 Elevator Pitch Directions and Rubric |
Resources for choosing great reads:
Alex Award Winners - every year... these are usually great reads! Yalsa BOOK FINDER Database Yalsa Teen Book Finder App Book lists of Best Fiction for Young Adults Yalsa - great resource for books! Turnitin.com Class Codes:
4th hour Class ID: 19450796 Enrollment Key: CSI10hour4 5th hour Class ID: 19450810 Enrollment Key: CSI10hour5 6th hour Class ID: 19450815 Enrollment Key: CSI10hour6 |
Research for PHASE 3 DUE Monday, November 26th:
Annotated Bibliography ELECTRONICS Annotated Bibliography DIGITAL MEDIA SAMPLE FORMAT TEMPLATE Citation generator sites: Easybib.com Citationmachine.net |
