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Friday 3/13/20:
See below for documents and assignments to work on during the "hiatus"
Comparison Essay - Due via Turnitin.com before Friday, March 20th at 8:00 PM
-How to Write a Comparative Analysis
-Comparison Essay Checklist
-Essay DISSECTION Exercise
-Transitions
-SAMPLE third body paragraph for Tandem pattern -or- could be *any* body paragraph for Alternating pattern (P.S. This is NOT a perfect sample - usually we would have edited this together in class using the ELMO...)
See below for documents and assignments to work on during the "hiatus"
Comparison Essay - Due via Turnitin.com before Friday, March 20th at 8:00 PM
-How to Write a Comparative Analysis
-Comparison Essay Checklist
-Essay DISSECTION Exercise
-Transitions
-SAMPLE third body paragraph for Tandem pattern -or- could be *any* body paragraph for Alternating pattern (P.S. This is NOT a perfect sample - usually we would have edited this together in class using the ELMO...)
Thursday 3/12/20:
Comparison Essay - typed, printed essay due Monday
How to Write a Comparative Analysis
Comparison Essay - typed, printed essay due Monday
How to Write a Comparative Analysis
Monday 3/9/20:
Read Act 3
Dream Charts Due Wednesday
Acts 2 and 3 Questions Due Wednesday
Read Act 3
Dream Charts Due Wednesday
Acts 2 and 3 Questions Due Wednesday
Friday 3/6/20:
Finish Act Two with Reading Groups - Submit Act Two Reading Questions
Choose Roles for Act Three Class Performance
Finish Act Two with Reading Groups - Submit Act Two Reading Questions
Choose Roles for Act Three Class Performance
Thursday 3/5/20:
Read Act Two with Reading Groups
Acts Two and Three Reading Guide Questions
Read Act Two with Reading Groups
Acts Two and Three Reading Guide Questions
Wednesday 3/4/20:
Finish Act One with Reading Groups
Submit Act One Reading Questions
Finish Act One with Reading Groups
Submit Act One Reading Questions
Tuesday 3/3/20:
Establish Reading Groups - choose roles
Read Act One, Scene One
Act One Reading Questions
Dream Chart - Due Friday
Establish Reading Groups - choose roles
Read Act One, Scene One
Act One Reading Questions
Dream Chart - Due Friday
Monday 3/2/20:
Begin A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Begin A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Friday 2/28/20:
Finish Of Mice and Men film
Finish Of Mice and Men film
Thursday 2/27/20:
Snow day
Snow day
Wednesday 2/26/20:
Snow day
Snow day
Tuesday 2/25/20:
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Monday 2/24/20:
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Friday 2/14/20:
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
Thursday 2/13/20:
Extended Project WORK DAY...
Presentations of posters TOMORROW!
Extended Project WORK DAY...
Presentations of posters TOMORROW!
Wednesday 2/12/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Tuesday 2/11/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Monday 2/10/20:
OMAM Essential Questions Assignment DUE Wednesday
Character Analysis Poster Project DUE Thursday
OMAM Essential Questions Assignment DUE Wednesday
Character Analysis Poster Project DUE Thursday
Friday 2/7/20:
OMAM Reading Quiz #3 (pp.66-107)
Dream Chart DUE
Character Types Assignment DUE
Reading Day
OMAM Reading Quiz #3 (pp.66-107)
Dream Chart DUE
Character Types Assignment DUE
Reading Day
Thursday 2/6/20:
GP #25
Character Types Assignment
GP #25
Character Types Assignment
Wednesday 2/5/20:
OMAM Reading Quiz #2 (pp. 38-65)
Conflict and Effect Assignment
OMAM Reading Quiz #2 (pp. 38-65)
Conflict and Effect Assignment
Tuesday 2/4/20:
GP #24
Dream Chart (Due Friday)
Reading Quiz #2 Tomorrow (pp. 38-65)
GP #24
Dream Chart (Due Friday)
Reading Quiz #2 Tomorrow (pp. 38-65)
Monday 2/3/20:
OMAM Reading Quiz #1
"To a Mouse" by Robert Burns
OMAM Reading Quiz #1
"To a Mouse" by Robert Burns
Friday 1/31/20:
Reading day! OMAM Quiz Monday (pp. 1-37)
Reading day! OMAM Quiz Monday (pp. 1-37)
Thursday 1/30/20:
GP #23 Semicolons
GP #23.5 Semicolons (graded)
Of Mice and Men books -- reading quiz MONDAY (pp. 1-37)
GP #23 Semicolons
GP #23.5 Semicolons (graded)
Of Mice and Men books -- reading quiz MONDAY (pp. 1-37)
Wednesday 1/29/20:
Deliberate Sentence Variety Exercise DUE TODAY!
Sample/Practice ACT Reading passage from Jack London
Deliberate Sentence Variety Exercise DUE TODAY!
Sample/Practice ACT Reading passage from Jack London
Tuesday 1/28/20:
Semicolons and Colons packet - Due by the end of class
Deliberate Sentence Variety Exercise DUE TOMORROW!
Semicolons and Colons packet - Due by the end of class
Deliberate Sentence Variety Exercise DUE TOMORROW!
Friday 1/24/20:
Independent reading!
Independent reading!
Thursday 1/23/20:
GP #22 semi-colons in compound sentences
Exercise 1: Recognizing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Exercise 2: Recognizing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
GP #22 semi-colons in compound sentences
Exercise 1: Recognizing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Exercise 2: Recognizing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Wednesday 1/22/20:
Book talks - "speed dating"
Bring a new book for silent reading on Friday!
Book talks - "speed dating"
Bring a new book for silent reading on Friday!
Tuesday 1/21/20:
Begin 2nd Semester
Read excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" Martin Luther King, Jr pp. 280-282
GP #21 Parallel Stucture
Begin 2nd Semester
Read excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" Martin Luther King, Jr pp. 280-282
GP #21 Parallel Stucture
Friday 1/10 - Tuesday 1/14:
CSI Exams
CSI Exams
Wednesday 1/8/20:
Presentations
from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Read and answer Questions
Begin exam review (see links above)
Presentations
from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Read and answer Questions
Begin exam review (see links above)
Tuesday 1/7/20:
Presentations
Presentations
Monday 1/6/20:
Book Projects DUE! Presentations
Book Projects DUE! Presentations
Wednesday 12/18/19:
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart DUE
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart DUE
Grammar Quiz
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE
Tuesday 12/17/19:
GP #20 Sentence Types Practice Quiz
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart DUE Wednesday
Grammar Quiz Tomorrow!
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Tomorrow!
GP #20 Sentence Types Practice Quiz
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart DUE Wednesday
Grammar Quiz Tomorrow!
Grammar Practices 11-20 due Tomorrow!
Monday 12/16/19:
GP #19 - Sentence Type Practice
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart Due Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE Wednesday!
Grammar Quiz Wednesday!
GP #19 - Sentence Type Practice
Ben Franklin Aphorism Chart Due Wednesday
Grammar Practices 11-20 DUE Wednesday!
Grammar Quiz Wednesday!
Friday 12/13/19:
Reading Day! Book Project RUBRIC
Aphorism Chart Due Today
Walden Thematic Quote Chart - Due Today
from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Reading Day! Book Project RUBRIC
Aphorism Chart Due Today
Walden Thematic Quote Chart - Due Today
from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Thursday 12/12/19:
GP #18 - Sentence Types
Nature Inspires Walden Reading Questions Due TODAY
Aphorism Chart Due Tomorrow
Walden Thematic Quote Chart - Due Tomorrow
GP #18 - Sentence Types
Nature Inspires Walden Reading Questions Due TODAY
Aphorism Chart Due Tomorrow
Walden Thematic Quote Chart - Due Tomorrow
Wednesday 12/11/19:
GP #17 All Sentence Types
Nature Inspires Walden Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow
Read from Walden pp. 254-262
GP #17 All Sentence Types
Nature Inspires Walden Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow
Read from Walden pp. 254-262
Tuesday 12/10/19:
Read from "Nature" pp. 241-242
Aphorism Chart (record 3 aphorisms from "Nature")
GP #16 - Compound-Complex Sentences
Read from "Nature" pp. 241-242
Aphorism Chart (record 3 aphorisms from "Nature")
GP #16 - Compound-Complex Sentences
Thursday 12/5/19:
Grammar Practices 14 and 15 -- Clauses and Sentence Types -- compound and compound-complex
Theme Practice Assignment DUE
Grammar Practices 14 and 15 -- Clauses and Sentence Types -- compound and compound-complex
Theme Practice Assignment DUE
Wednesday 12/4/19:
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Theme Practice Due Tomorrow
Book Project Book Choice by FRIDAY!
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Theme Practice Due Tomorrow
Book Project Book Choice by FRIDAY!
Tuesday 12/3/19:
Grammar Practices 12 and 13... Compound and Compound-Complex Sentences
"The Devil and Tom Walker" questions due today
Grammar Practices 12 and 13... Compound and Compound-Complex Sentences
"The Devil and Tom Walker" questions due today
Monday 12/2/19:
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp. 290-299
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow by the end of Class
pdf of "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp. 290-299
"The Devil and Tom Walker" Reading Questions - Due Tomorrow by the end of Class
pdf of "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Monday 11/25/19:
TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
Excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance
TED Talk: The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers
Excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance
Friday 11/22/19:
Reading Day!
Choose and commit to your book project title by Friday, December 6th
Reading Day!
Choose and commit to your book project title by Friday, December 6th
Thursday 11/21/19:
ComicCon and Superhero Project REFLECTION - Due Today
Reading Day tomorrow - choose a great book!
ComicCon and Superhero Project REFLECTION - Due Today
Reading Day tomorrow - choose a great book!
Wednesday 11/20/19:
CSI ComicCon 2019
CSI ComicCon 2019
Tuesday 11/19/19:
Elevator Pitch and Finishing Touches.
Dress Rehearsal at 1:30
Elevator Pitch and Finishing Touches.
Dress Rehearsal at 1:30
Monday 11/18/19:
Elevator Pitch and ComicCon Expectations/Responsibilities
Elevator Pitch and ComicCon Expectations/Responsibilities
Monday 11/11 - Friday 11/15:
Project Work Days
Origin Story Revisions DUE Thursday and Friday
Project Work Days
Origin Story Revisions DUE Thursday and Friday
Friday 11/8/19:
Project Work Day
Edit/Revision Meetings on Monday and Tuesday next week!
Company MEMO - ATTN: All CREATORS
Project Work Day
Edit/Revision Meetings on Monday and Tuesday next week!
Company MEMO - ATTN: All CREATORS
Thursday 11/7/19:
Project Work Day
Character Profile Due TODAY
Origin Story Due TODAY
Project Work Day
Character Profile Due TODAY
Origin Story Due TODAY
Wednesday 11/6/19:
Project Work Day
Character Profile Due TOMORROW
Origin Story Due TOMORROW
Project Work Day
Character Profile Due TOMORROW
Origin Story Due TOMORROW
Tuesday 11/5/19:
No School
No School
Monday 11/4/19:
SuperHero ComicCon Project Roll Out!
Character Profile Ideate
SuperHero ComicCon Project Roll Out!
Character Profile Ideate
Friday 11/1/19:
Word Generation Exercise
Word Generation Exercise
Thursday 10/31/19:
McCarthyism Article
Logical Fallacies
McCarthyism Article
Logical Fallacies
Wednesday 10/30/19:
The Crucible Film
The Crucible Film
Tuesday 10/29/19:
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Monday 10/28/19:
Power Paragraph DUE
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Power Paragraph DUE
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Friday 10/25/19:
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Thursday 10/24/19:
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Wednesday 10/23/19:
Grammar Quiz
GP's 1-10 DUE
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Tuesday 10/22/19:
GP #10 - Practice QUIZ
Grammar Quiz Tomorrow
GP's 1-10 Due Tomorrow
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Thursday 10/24/19:
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Wednesday 10/23/19:
Grammar Quiz
GP's 1-10 DUE
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Tuesday 10/22/19:
GP #10 - Practice QUIZ
Grammar Quiz Tomorrow
GP's 1-10 Due Tomorrow
The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Monday 10/21/19:
Begin The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Begin The Iron Knee Project
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
Friday 10/18/19:
Vocab Sentences DUE
Vocab Quiz
Act 4 Writing Response -- Check for Understanding -- aka Quiz
Vocab Sentences DUE
Vocab Quiz
Act 4 Writing Response -- Check for Understanding -- aka Quiz
Thursday 10/17/19:
Finish Act 4
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary - complex sentences - DUE TOMORROW!
Vocabulary QUIZ Tomorrow!
Finish Act 4
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary - complex sentences - DUE TOMORROW!
Vocabulary QUIZ Tomorrow!
Wednesday 10/16/19:
Read Act 4
Read Act 4
Tuesday 10/15/19:
GP #8 - Complex Sentences
Act 3 Quiz
Work on Vocabulary Sentences -- Due Friday
GP #8 - Complex Sentences
Act 3 Quiz
Work on Vocabulary Sentences -- Due Friday
Monday 10/14/19:
Finish Act Three
Act THREE Quiz TOMORROW
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary - complex sentences - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Finish Act Three
Act THREE Quiz TOMORROW
Acts 3 and 4 Vocabulary - complex sentences - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Friday 10/11/19:
Read/Perform Act Three of The Crucible
Read/Perform Act Three of The Crucible
Thursday 10/10/19:
Half-day no CSI
Half-day no CSI
Tuesday 10/8/19:
GP #7
"The Salem (and other) Witch Trials" - article and questions
Read ACT TWO (pp. 52-85)
GP #7
"The Salem (and other) Witch Trials" - article and questions
Read ACT TWO (pp. 52-85)
Monday 10/7/19:
Repair damage to Act One Questions
Repair damage to Act One Questions
Friday 10/4/19:
Vocabulary COMPLEX SENTENCES DUE!
Vocabulary QUIZ!
Vocabulary COMPLEX SENTENCES DUE!
Vocabulary QUIZ!
Thursday 10/3/19:
GP #6 Complex Sentences
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
GP #6 Complex Sentences
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Wednesday 10/2/19:
Watch The Crucible film (Act One)
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Watch The Crucible film (Act One)
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Tuesday 10/1/19:
Act ONE Reading Questions DUE
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Act ONE Reading Questions DUE
Write COMPLEX SENTENCES for each Vocabulary Word - DUE FRIDAY
Vocabulary QUIZ Friday
Monday 9/30/19:
Finish The Crucible ACT ONE (pp. 8-51)
With reading groups, answer ACT ONE Questions
Acts ONE and TWO Vocabulary -- Write a COMPLEX SENTENCE with each word
Finish The Crucible ACT ONE (pp. 8-51)
With reading groups, answer ACT ONE Questions
Acts ONE and TWO Vocabulary -- Write a COMPLEX SENTENCE with each word
Friday 9/27/19:
Read The Crucible ACT ONE
Read The Crucible ACT ONE
Thursday 9/26/19:
GP #5 Complex Sentences with Relative Pronouns, Antecedents
Notes: The Crucible character mini-synopsis
Prepare to read ACT ONE - reading groups
GP #5 Complex Sentences with Relative Pronouns, Antecedents
Notes: The Crucible character mini-synopsis
Prepare to read ACT ONE - reading groups
Wednesday 9/25/19:
Read and answer questions for article "The Dancing Plague of 1518"
Read and answer questions for article "Witchcraft in Salem"
Read "How to Spot a Witch" on p. 179 in The Crucible books
Read and answer questions for article "The Dancing Plague of 1518"
Read and answer questions for article "Witchcraft in Salem"
Read "How to Spot a Witch" on p. 179 in The Crucible books
Tuesday 9/24/19:
GP #4 - Complex Sentences - "Special" Subordinating Conjunctions = Relative Pronouns
Check answers for Puritan Laws and Character - keep in the "handouts" sections of your binder
Get The Crucible books
GP #4 - Complex Sentences - "Special" Subordinating Conjunctions = Relative Pronouns
Check answers for Puritan Laws and Character - keep in the "handouts" sections of your binder
Get The Crucible books
Monday 9/23/19:
Reflection #3: Writing is... (1/2 page minimum)
Personal Essay Evaluation - Evaluate your in-class essay from week 2
10-Point Grading Rubric
HW: Puritan Laws and Character
Reflection #3: Writing is... (1/2 page minimum)
Personal Essay Evaluation - Evaluate your in-class essay from week 2
10-Point Grading Rubric
HW: Puritan Laws and Character
Friday 9/20/19:
Reflection #2: Reading is...
Sustained Silent Reading
Reflection #2: Reading is...
Sustained Silent Reading
Thursday 9/19/19:
GP #2 Clauses and Sentence Types
Reflection #1: metacognition - writing about writing - reflect on your experience with yesterday's in-class essay
GP #2 Clauses and Sentence Types
Reflection #1: metacognition - writing about writing - reflect on your experience with yesterday's in-class essay
Tuesday 9/17/19:
GP #2 Clauses and Sentence Types
Read from La Relacion by Cabeza de Vaca pp. 46-48
GP #2 Clauses and Sentence Types
Read from La Relacion by Cabeza de Vaca pp. 46-48
Monday 9/16/19:
Notes: Literary Terms
Notes: Literary Terms
Friday 9/13/19:
GP #1 continued...
Independent Reading Day!
GP #1 continued...
Independent Reading Day!
Thursday 9/12/19:
Grammar Practice #1
Grammar Pre-Test
Book Talks and Resources (see links above)
Bring an amazing book tomorrow!
Grammar Practice #1
Grammar Pre-Test
Book Talks and Resources (see links above)
Bring an amazing book tomorrow!
Wednesday 9/11/19:
Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Tuesday 9/10/19:
Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
Monday 9/9/19:
Bag of Miscellany Presentations
Bag of Miscellany Presentations
Friday 9/6/19:
Literary Analysis Assignment - DUE Today
Bag of Miscellany Presentation DUE MONDAY!
Sustained Silent Reading with a book of your choice
Literary Analysis Assignment - DUE Today
Bag of Miscellany Presentation DUE MONDAY!
Sustained Silent Reading with a book of your choice
Thursday 9/5/19:
Read excerpt from "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston
Literary Analysis Assignment - Due Tomorrow!
Bring an awesome book tomorrow!
Read excerpt from "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston
Literary Analysis Assignment - Due Tomorrow!
Bring an awesome book tomorrow!
Wednesday 9/4/19:
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Course Policies, Procedures - Parent Signature form due by Friday
Guided Writing/Discussion: Hopes, dreams, and/or expectations for CSI culture, pathway class, and English class this year.
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Course Policies, Procedures - Parent Signature form due by Friday
Guided Writing/Discussion: Hopes, dreams, and/or expectations for CSI culture, pathway class, and English class this year.
Tuesday 9/3/19:
Welcome back
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp (Due Tomorrow! One page minimum)
Welcome back
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp (Due Tomorrow! One page minimum)
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