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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
Resume Template
​Resume Building Tips

Thursday 5/30/19:
Comma Quiz
Grammar Practices 31-40 DUE
Presentations
Thursday 5/23/19:
Theme Synthesis Presentation Rubric 
Presentations begin Wednesday, May 29th!
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
Friday 5/3/19:
Continue Character Project Presentations
Thursday 5/2/19:
​Begin Character Project Presentations
Wednesday 5/1/19:
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
Wednesday 4/24/19:
Socratic Circle Discussion
Tuesday 4/23/19:
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
Thursday 4/18/19:
Reading Quiz #2
GP #33 - Commas
Wednesday 4/17/19:
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
Monday 4/15/19:
Of Mice and Men Dream Chart
Read "Harlem" by Langston Hughes 
​Reading QUIZ #1 Tomorrow (pp 1-37)
Friday 4/12/19:
Begin reading Of Mice and Men
Literary Analysis NOTES: Of Mice and Men
Thursday 4/11/19:
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
Monday 4/8/19:
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
Monday 3/18 - Friday 3/22:
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
Thursday 3/14/19:
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
Tuesday 3/12/19:
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
Friday 3/8/19:
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.
Wednesday 3/6/19:
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
Monday 3/4/19:
Read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Connor (pp. 940-948)
Discussion Questions
Friday 3/1/19:
Reading Day
Thursday 2/28/19:
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. 
Tuesday 2/26/19:
Answer and submit "A Rose for Emily" Making Inferences Questions
GP #25
Complete the Timeline Assignment with a partner
Monday 2/25/19:
Read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" pp. 878-884
Making Inferences Assignment
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.    
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
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
Tuesday 2/12/19:
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
Friday 2/8/19:
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 
Wednesday 2/6/19:
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
Monday 2/4/19:
Writing folders - choose a color
Writing Prompts:
  1. 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?
  2. Write a letter to yourself when you were ten-years-old (one-page minimum)
Folder Design Project - Due no later than MONDAY, 2/11
Tuesday 1/22/19:
6th hour Mid-Term Exam
Friday 1/18/19:
5th hour Mid-Term Exam
Thursday 1/17/19:
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
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"
Monday 1/14/19:
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!
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!
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
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
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
Friday 1/4/19:
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
Wednesday 1/2/19:
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!
Thursday 12/20/18:
​Grammar Practice #18
​Declaration of Independence Analysis Assignment -- DUE
Wednesday 12/19/18:
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
Monday 12/17/18:
​Book Project Options -- Due January 14th
Word Generation Exercise
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
Thursday 12/13/18:
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
Tuesday 12/11/18:
Grammar Practice #15
Analyzing Benjamin Franklin's Aphorisms from p. 172
Monday 12/10/18:
Read from "The Autobiography" of Benjamin Franklin pp. 166-170
Friday 12/7/18:
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!
Wednesday 12/5/18:
​"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
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"
Friday 11/30/18:
Roller Coaster Project Trade Show!
Thursday 11/29/18:
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. 
Tuesday 11/27/18:
The Art of the Elevator Pitch
TYPED Elevator Pitch DUE THURSDAY
Monday 11/26/18:
Project Work Day
Annotated Bibliography DUE
Tuesday 11/20/18:
Project Work Day
Annotated bibliography SAMPLE FORMAT TEMPLATE
Monday 11/19/18:
Project Work Day
Friday 11/16/18:
Project Work Day
Mid-way Reflection DUE TODAY
Thursday 11/15/18:
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
Tuesday 11/13/18:
Project Work Day
Shape of Story Poster DUE
Monday 11/12/18:
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!
Thursday 11/8/18:
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​
Tuesday 11/6/18:
No School -- Read!
Monday 11/5/18:
Last official Reading Day for the upcoming project
Work on Plot Elements Assignment
Friday 11/2/18:
Reading Day!
Thursday 11/1/18:
Plot Elements Assignment Due NEXT FRIDAY
Reading Day!
Wednesday 10/31/18:
Reading Day! 
Tuesday 10/30/18:
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!
Friday 10/26/18:
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!
Wednesday 10/24/18:
​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
Monday 10/22/18:
Finish The Iron Knee Project
Power Paragraph sample and explanation
Friday 10/19/18:
GP #8
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
Thursday 10/18/18:
Project work day -- The Iron Knee Project
Wednesday 10/17/18:
Finish The Crucible film
GP #7
Begin The Iron Knee Project 
Monday 10/15 - Tuesday 10/16:
The Crucible film
Friday 10/12/18:
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Reading day!
Thursday 10/11/18:
No CSI
Wednesday 10/10/18:
Check GP #6
The Crucible film 
Tuesday 10/9/18:
GP #6
Work on Vocabulary Sentences - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary Quiz FRIDAY
Monday 10/8/18:
Read Act 4 with Reading Groups
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary with Complex Sentence Practice 
Friday 10/5/18:
Reading Day!
Thursday 10/4/18:
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
Tuesday 10/2/18:
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
Friday 9/28/18:
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!
Wednesday 9/26/18:
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
Monday 9/24/18:
Notes: The Crucible Character Synopsis
Read Act One   
Friday 9/21/18:
Sustained-Silent-Reading
Thursday 9/20/18:
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"
Tuesday 9/18/18:
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
Friday 9/14/18:
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
Wednesday 9/12/18:
Presentations
TED Talk: The Danger of a Single Story
Tuesday 9/11/18:
Presentations
Monday 9/10/18:
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
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"
Wednesday 9/5/18:
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Notes: Literary Terms 
Tuesday 9/4/18:
Welcome Back!
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp due Tomorrow!
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
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