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Options for Book Project - Presentation DUE via Flipgrid between April 15th and April 17 - Rubric


Resources for Finding and Choosing Excellent Books:
NEW! NPR's Book Concierge -- Best Books of 2019... etc. 
Top Ten Reads for Teens 2019

Best Fiction for Young Adults
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Outstanding Books for the College Bound
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

​IMPORTANT: As of Monday, March 23rd - essential communications from me will come through Schoology. Use your UCS email to log in and your classes will automatically be there.
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...)

Thursday 3/12/20:
Comparison Essay - typed, printed essay due Monday
How to Write a Comparative Analysis
Wednesday 3/11/20:
Dream Charts Due 
Acts 2 and 3 Questions Due 
In-Class Impromptu Essay
Monday 3/9/20:
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
Thursday 3/5/20:
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
Tuesday 3/3/20:
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
Friday 2/28/20:
Finish Of Mice and Men film
Thursday 2/27/20:
Snow day
Wednesday 2/26/20:
Snow day
Tuesday 2/25/20:
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Monday 2/24/20:
Watch Of Mice and Men film
Friday 2/14/20:
Poster Presentations
Thursday 2/13/20:
Extended Project WORK DAY...
Presentations of posters TOMORROW!
Wednesday 2/12/20:
Project Work Day
Tuesday 2/11/20:
Project Work Day
Monday 2/10/20:
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
Thursday 2/6/20:
GP #25
Character Types Assignment
Wednesday 2/5/20:
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)
Monday 2/3/20:
OMAM Reading Quiz #1
"To a Mouse" by Robert Burns 
Friday 1/31/20:
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)
Wednesday 1/29/20:
​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!
Monday 1/27/20:
Deliberate Sentence Variety Exercise
Highlighted sentences due WEDNESDAY!
Friday 1/24/20:
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
Wednesday 1/22/20:
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
​Friday 1/10 - Tuesday 1/14:
​CSI Exams
Thursday 1/9/20:
Jeopardy Exam Review
The Crucible Sparknotes Quiz
Wednesday 1/8/20:
Presentations
from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Read and answer Questions
Begin exam review (see links above)
Tuesday 1/7/20:
Presentations
Monday 1/6/20:
Book Projects DUE! Presentations
Thursday 12/19/19:
Declaration of Independence - Questions due TODAY
​Parallel Structure Exercise ONE
Wednesday 12/18/19:
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!
Monday 12/16/19:
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
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
Wednesday 12/11/19:
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
Monday 12/9/19:
Self-Reliance p. 245
Aphorism Chart
Notes on Literary and Historical Terms
Friday 12/6/19:
Reading day!
​BOOK PROJECT
Thursday 12/5/19:
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!
Tuesday 12/3/19:
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"
Tuesday 11/26/19:
Grammar Party #11 - Commonly Confused Words
Monday 11/25/19:
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
Thursday 11/21/19:
ComicCon and Superhero Project REFLECTION - Due Today
Reading Day tomorrow - choose a great book!
Wednesday 11/20/19:
CSI ComicCon 2019
Tuesday 11/19/19:
Elevator Pitch and Finishing Touches. 
Dress Rehearsal at 1:30
Monday 11/18/19:
Elevator Pitch and ComicCon Expectations/Responsibilities
Monday 11/11 - Friday 11/15:
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
Thursday 11/7/19:
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
Tuesday 11/5/19:
No School
Monday 11/4/19:
SuperHero ComicCon Project Roll Out!
​Character Profile Ideate
Friday 11/1/19:
Word Generation Exercise
Thursday 10/31/19:
McCarthyism Article
Logical Fallacies
Wednesday 10/30/19:
The Crucible Film
Tuesday 10/29/19:
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Monday 10/28/19:
Power Paragraph DUE
Poster Presentations
The Crucible film
Friday 10/25/19:
The Iron Knee Project 
Individual Portion DUE MONDAY via www.turnitin.com
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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 
Friday 10/18/19:
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!
Wednesday 10/16/19:
Read Act 4
Tuesday 10/15/19:
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
Friday 10/11/19:
Read/Perform Act Three of The Crucible
Thursday 10/10/19:
Half-day no CSI
Wednesday 10/9/19:
Discuss Act Two
ACT TWO CER Questions - DUE FRIDAY
Choose roles for Act THREE
Tuesday 10/8/19:
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
Friday 10/4/19:
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
Wednesday 10/2/19:
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
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
Friday 9/27/19:
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
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
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
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
Friday 9/20/19:
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
Wednesday 9/18/19:
Read from Of Plymouth Plantation pp. 57-59
First Encounters In-class Essay 
Tuesday 9/17/19:
GP #2 Clauses and Sentence Types
Read from La Relacion by Cabeza de Vaca pp. 46-48
Monday 9/16/19:
Notes: Literary Terms
Friday 9/13/19:
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!
Wednesday 9/11/19:
​Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
TED Talk: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Tuesday 9/10/19:
Bag of Miscellany Presentations (continued)
Monday 9/9/19:
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
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!
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. 
Tuesday 9/3/19:
Welcome back
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp (Due Tomorrow! One page minimum)
ComicCon 2019
Introduction PowerPoint
CSI ComicCon Directions
Character Profile (Ideate Document) 
​Origin Story Rubric 

NEW! Origin Story EDIT and REVISION Memo
from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
from Walden by Henry David Thoreau

​BOOK PROJECT Options
​Book Project RUBRIC

Exam Review:
Exam Review Guide
Sentence Type Quiz
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​Parallel Structure Exercise ONE
​Parallel Structure Exercise TWO
Turnitin.com Class Codes:
4th hour: 
Class ID: 22806807
Enrollment Key: CSI10hour4
5th hour: 
Class ID: 22806819
Enrollment Key: CSI10hour5
6th hour: 
Class ID: 22806831
Enrollment Key: CSI10hour6
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