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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.
Monday 3/9 ----> Friday 3/13:
Research your topic. Find, Review, and Evaluate a variety of sources
Research your topic. Find, Review, and Evaluate a variety of sources
Friday 3/6/20:
Checkpoint #1: Thesis Statement DUE.
TED Talk by Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator
Checkpoint #1: Thesis Statement DUE.
TED Talk by Tim Urban: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator
Thursday 3/5/20:
Thesis Statements! See links above
Thesis Statements! See links above
Wednesday 3/4/20:
Read and analyze three poems:
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
Read and analyze three poems:
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
Tuesday 3/3/20:
"The Sun" Poem Analysis Assignment DUE
Research Paper Assignment (see link above)
Caption This! Activity
"The Sun" Poem Analysis Assignment DUE
Research Paper Assignment (see link above)
Caption This! Activity
Monday 3/2/20:
Read "On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Listen to Poetry Unbound Podcast: "A Poem about What Grounds You"
Read "The Sun" by Mary Oliver
Poem Analysis Assignment on "The Sun" by Mary Oliver
Read "On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Listen to Poetry Unbound Podcast: "A Poem about What Grounds You"
Read "The Sun" by Mary Oliver
Poem Analysis Assignment on "The Sun" by Mary Oliver
Friday 2/28/20:
Research Proposals DUE
"He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" -William Butler Yeats
Research Proposals DUE
"He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" -William Butler Yeats
Thursday 2/27/20:
Snow day
Snow day
Wednesday 2/26/20:
Snow day
Snow day
Tuesday 2/25/20:
Notes: Poetry Terms
"What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade" by Brad Aaron Modlin
Listen: Poetry Unbound podcast - "A Poem for What You Learn Alone" from 1/27/20
Notes: Poetry Terms
"What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade" by Brad Aaron Modlin
Listen: Poetry Unbound podcast - "A Poem for What You Learn Alone" from 1/27/20
Monday 2/24/20:
Research Proposal DUE THURSDAY
TED Talk: "How to Motivate People to do Good for Others"
Research Proposal DUE THURSDAY
TED Talk: "How to Motivate People to do Good for Others"
Friday 2/14/20:
Final Reflection
Capstone Research Proposal Due Thursday, February 27th
Research Paper Assignment with Time-Line
Final Reflection
Capstone Research Proposal Due Thursday, February 27th
Research Paper Assignment with Time-Line
Thursday 2/13/20:
Final Runs!
Final Runs!
Wednesday 2/12/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Tuesday 2/11/20:
Project Work Day
2nd Trial Run
Reflection #4
Project Work Day
2nd Trial Run
Reflection #4
Monday 2/10/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Friday 2/7/20:
Project Work Day
First Trial Run
Reflection #3
Project Work Day
First Trial Run
Reflection #3
Thursday 2/6/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Wednesday 2/5/20:
Project Work Day
Reflection #2
Project Work Day
Reflection #2
Tuesday 2/4/20:
Project Work Day
Project Work Day
Monday 2/3/20:
Project Work Day
Reflection #1
Project Work Day
Reflection #1
Friday 1/31/20:
ARTICLE: Cutting Through the Complexity: A Roadmap for Effective Collaboration
Video: The 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration
TED Talk, by Jim Tamm: Cultivating Collaboration: Don't Be So Defensive!
ARTICLE: Cutting Through the Complexity: A Roadmap for Effective Collaboration
Video: The 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration
TED Talk, by Jim Tamm: Cultivating Collaboration: Don't Be So Defensive!
Thursday 1/30/20:
Midnight in Paris Golden Age Fallacy Theme "Power Paragraph"
Parallel Structure Practice
Project Planning Time
Midnight in Paris Golden Age Fallacy Theme "Power Paragraph"
Parallel Structure Practice
Project Planning Time
Wednesday 1/29/20:
Finish Midnight in Paris
Cube "build day"
Finish Midnight in Paris
Cube "build day"
Tuesday 1/28/20:
Watch Midnight in Paris
Project Planning Time
Watch Midnight in Paris
Project Planning Time
Monday 1/27/20:
Research Assignment DUE
Watch Midnight in Paris
Project Roll-Out
Research Assignment DUE
Watch Midnight in Paris
Project Roll-Out
Friday 1/24/20:
Complete the Who Was? Research Assignment - Due MONDAY
Complete the Who Was? Research Assignment - Due MONDAY
Thursday 1/23/20:
Read the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Answer Reading/Analysis Questions
Read the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Answer Reading/Analysis Questions
Wednesday 1/22/20:
Brainstorm cross-curricular project theme ideas
A Portrait of the Artist Questions with small group discussion
Brainstorm cross-curricular project theme ideas
A Portrait of the Artist Questions with small group discussion
Wednesday 1/15 - Friday 1/17:
No CSI
Home School Exams
No CSI
Home School Exams
Friday 1/10 - Tuesday 1/14:
Exams
Exams
Thursday 1/9/20:
Exam Review/Prep
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise FOUR
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise FOUR
1984 Test Your Knowledge Quiz from The Guardian
1984 Review Test from Sparknotes
Antigone Review Quiz from Sparknotes
Exam Review/Prep
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise FOUR
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise FOUR
1984 Test Your Knowledge Quiz from The Guardian
1984 Review Test from Sparknotes
Antigone Review Quiz from Sparknotes
Wednesday 1/8/20:
Begin exam review
Begin exam review
Tuesday 1/7/20:
Animal Farm Film
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise THREE
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise THREE
Animal Farm Film
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise THREE
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise THREE
Monday 1/6/20:
Animal Farm Film
Animal Farm Film
Thursday 12/19/19:
Animal Farm Allegory Notes (PowerPoint)
Allegory, Fable, Satire in Animal Farm NOTES
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise TWO
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise TWO
Animal Farm Allegory Notes (PowerPoint)
Allegory, Fable, Satire in Animal Farm NOTES
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise TWO
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise TWO
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Wednesday 12/18/19:
Continue pRojEcT Presentations Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise ONE Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Exercise ONE |
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Tuesday 12/17/19:
The pRojEcT is DUE Presentations |
Wednesday 12/11/19:
NPR: There's a New Kind of Inequality
Vox: Why Every Website Wants You To Accept Its Cookies
NPR: There's a New Kind of Inequality
Vox: Why Every Website Wants You To Accept Its Cookies
Tuesday 12/10/19:
Theme statements due
Power Paragraphs due via turnitin.com by Thursday evening
Theme statements due
Power Paragraphs due via turnitin.com by Thursday evening
Monday 12/9/19:
Amazon Privacy Notice
Theme Statements Due by TOMORROW
"How Liars Create the Illusion of Truth"
Amazon Privacy Notice
Theme Statements Due by TOMORROW
"How Liars Create the Illusion of Truth"
Thursday 12/5/19:
1984 Part Three Questions DUE
Socratic Circle
Evaluation/Reflection Due Tomorrow
1984 Part Three Questions DUE
Socratic Circle
Evaluation/Reflection Due Tomorrow
Wednesday 12/4/19:
Read
Read
Tuesday 12/3/19:
Sesame Credit
The Lottery (short film 1969)
The Late Show - China's Social Credit System
Vice News - China's Social Credit System
NBC News - Social Scoring
Time - How China is using "Social Credit Scores"
Fast Company - Silicon Valley's Building a Social Credit System
Wired - How the West got China's Social Credit System Wrong
Sesame Credit
The Lottery (short film 1969)
The Late Show - China's Social Credit System
Vice News - China's Social Credit System
NBC News - Social Scoring
Time - How China is using "Social Credit Scores"
Fast Company - Silicon Valley's Building a Social Credit System
Wired - How the West got China's Social Credit System Wrong
Monday 12/2/19:
Meow Meow Beans episode of Community
Part THREE Reading Questions (pp. 225-298)
Orwellian Definition
Socratic Circle Thursday!
Meow Meow Beans episode of Community
Part THREE Reading Questions (pp. 225-298)
Orwellian Definition
Socratic Circle Thursday!
Tuesday 11/26/19:
The Week: Against the Smart Home (opinion)
Brainpickings: Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means
1984 Reading QUIZ Parts 1 and 2
Part THREE Reading Questions (pp. 225-298)
The Week: Against the Smart Home (opinion)
Brainpickings: Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means
1984 Reading QUIZ Parts 1 and 2
Part THREE Reading Questions (pp. 225-298)
Monday 11/25/19:
NY Times: How the Collapse of Local News is Causing a National Crisis
Part Two Questions due tomorrow
Reading Quiz Tomorrow
NY Times: How the Collapse of Local News is Causing a National Crisis
Part Two Questions due tomorrow
Reading Quiz Tomorrow
Friday 11/22/19:
TED talk: Small Rockets by Peter Beck
The Atlantic: The Dark Psychology of Social Networks: Why it feels like everything is going haywire
The Washington Post: Uber Plans to Start Audio-Recording Rides for Safety
Brainpickings.org: Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself by Maria Popova
TED talk: Small Rockets by Peter Beck
The Atlantic: The Dark Psychology of Social Networks: Why it feels like everything is going haywire
The Washington Post: Uber Plans to Start Audio-Recording Rides for Safety
Brainpickings.org: Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself by Maria Popova
Thursday 11/21/19:
1984 Part One Socratic Circle
Part One Reading Questions DUE
Part TWO Reading Questions - Due Tuesday
1984 Part One Socratic Circle
Part One Reading Questions DUE
Part TWO Reading Questions - Due Tuesday
Wednesday 11/20/19:
Propaganda
The Ministry of Truth and the Internet
Reading part one
Socratic Circle TOMORROW
Part One Reading Questions DUE TOMORROW
Propaganda
The Ministry of Truth and the Internet
Reading part one
Socratic Circle TOMORROW
Part One Reading Questions DUE TOMORROW
Tuesday 11/19/19:
1984 part one reading day (with hot chocolate)
1984 part one reading day (with hot chocolate)
Monday 11/18/19:
1984 Part One Reading Questions
TEDed Video: How to Recognize a Dystopia
TED Talk: Zeynap Tufekci -- "We're building a dystopia just to get people to click on ads"
1984 Part One Reading Questions
TEDed Video: How to Recognize a Dystopia
TED Talk: Zeynap Tufekci -- "We're building a dystopia just to get people to click on ads"
Thursday 11/14/19:
Read Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
Omelas Says, Means, Suggests Chart
Read Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"
Omelas Says, Means, Suggests Chart
Tuesday 11/12/19:
No School. Snow Day
No School. Snow Day
Thursday 11/7/19:
3rd grade Carnival Game Surveys
Read Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
Theme Assignment and Says, Means, Suggests Chart
3rd grade Carnival Game Surveys
Read Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
Theme Assignment and Says, Means, Suggests Chart
Wednesday 11/6/19:
TEDxDetroit
Live stream at www.tedxdetroit.com
TEDxDetroit
Live stream at www.tedxdetroit.com
Monday 11/4/19:
3rd grade Carnival Game Surveys
Watch The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
3rd grade Carnival Game Surveys
Watch The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Monday 10/14/19 - Friday 10/18/19:
Project Work Days - see above for details about the English portion
Project Work Days - see above for details about the English portion
Friday 10/11/19:
Carnival Game Project "Roll Out" - see above
Carnival Game Project "Roll Out" - see above
Thursday 10/10/19:
Lawrence Lessig's TED talk on Money and Politics
Lawrence Lessig's TED talk on Money and Politics
Wednesday 10/9/19:
"On Tragedy" from Aristotle's Poetics
Close reading exercise from Antigone -- corruptive influence of Money?
"On Tragedy" from Aristotle's Poetics
Close reading exercise from Antigone -- corruptive influence of Money?
Tuesday 10/8/19:
Character PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Character PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday 10/2/19 - Monday 10/7/19:
Visual Character Analysis Sketch PROJECT
Visual Character Analysis Sketch PROJECT
Tuesday 10/1/19:
Antigone Socratic Circle
SC Evaluation/Reflection DUE Tomorrow
Antigone Socratic Circle
SC Evaluation/Reflection DUE Tomorrow
Friday 9/27/19:
Antigone Discussion Questions -- Due by Tuesday
Antigone Socratic Circle next week Tuesday
Antigone Discussion Questions -- Due by Tuesday
Antigone Socratic Circle next week Tuesday
Thursday 9/26/19:
Finish reading Antigone
Antigone Discussion Questions -- Due by Tuesday
Socratic Circle Tuesday next week
Read: "You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader" by Mark Sanborn
Finish reading Antigone
Antigone Discussion Questions -- Due by Tuesday
Socratic Circle Tuesday next week
Read: "You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader" by Mark Sanborn
Wednesday 9/25/19:
Read Antigone
Read Antigone
Tuesday 9/24/19:
List and discuss Creon's leadership traits from Oedipus the King
Introduction and back story to Antigone
List and discuss Creon's leadership traits from Oedipus the King
Introduction and back story to Antigone
Monday 9/23/19:
TEDed Video on Kurt Vonnegut
Personal Essay Evaluation - Evaluate your in-class essay from week 2
10-Point Grading Rubric
TEDed Video on Kurt Vonnegut
Personal Essay Evaluation - Evaluate your in-class essay from week 2
10-Point Grading Rubric
Friday 9/20/19:
SC Evaluation/Reflection DUE TODAY
Crash Course: Oedipus the King
TED Talk by Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
SC Evaluation/Reflection DUE TODAY
Crash Course: Oedipus the King
TED Talk by Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret to Better Work
Thursday 9/19/19:
Socratic Circle discussion
Evaluation/Reflection DUE TOMORROW
Socratic Circle discussion
Evaluation/Reflection DUE TOMORROW
Wednesday 9/18/19:
Oedipus the King Discussion Questions DUE TOMORROW
Socratic Circle TOMORROW
Oedipus the King Discussion Questions DUE TOMORROW
Socratic Circle TOMORROW
Tuesday 9/17/19:
CSI Counselor Mrs. Struck class visit -- college applications/transcripts/common app/naviance
CSI Counselor Mrs. Struck class visit -- college applications/transcripts/common app/naviance
Friday 9/13/19:
Continue reading Oedipus the King
Continue reading Oedipus the King
Thursday 9/12/19:
Oedipus the King
Choose roles. Read!
Oedipus the King
Choose roles. Read!
Wednesday 9/11/19:
Share original riddles
The story of Oedipus... building background
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Share original riddles
The story of Oedipus... building background
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Tuesday 9/10/19:
Riddle me this...
"The Microsoft Riddle"
Riddle assignment: craft an original riddle to share with the class tomorrow
Riddle me this...
"The Microsoft Riddle"
Riddle assignment: craft an original riddle to share with the class tomorrow
Friday 9/6/19:
College Essay Analysis Assignment DUE
TEDxDetroit
TED Talk: "I Love America" by Amer Zahr
College Essay Analysis Assignment DUE
TEDxDetroit
TED Talk: "I Love America" by Amer Zahr
Thursday 9/5/19:
The College Essay -Tips from the Princeton Review
Essay Writing Tips from the University of Michigan
"The Naked Truth" Collection of College Essays Compiled by the Chicago Tribune
College Essay Analysis Assignment
The College Essay -Tips from the Princeton Review
Essay Writing Tips from the University of Michigan
"The Naked Truth" Collection of College Essays Compiled by the Chicago Tribune
College Essay Analysis Assignment
Wednesday 9/4/19:
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Guided Writing/Discussion: Hopes, dreams, and/or expectations for CSI culture, pathway class, and English class this year.
Letter to Mr. Feldkamp DUE
Guided Writing/Discussion: Hopes, dreams, and/or expectations for CSI culture, pathway class, and English class this year.
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Tuesday 9/3/19:
Welcome back Letter to Mr. Feldkamp (Due Tomorrow! One page minimum) CSI Carnival Games Project:
English Portion MLA Formatted Research Paper SAMPLE RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH: Age Determination Guidelines from the CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Toy Age Labeling Article from the Journal of Pediatrics Works Cited |
Turnitin.com Class Codes:
1st hour: Class ID: 22749530 Enrollment Key: CSIperiod1 2nd hour: Class ID: 22749575 Enrollment Key: CSIperiod2 3rd hour: Class ID: 22749631 Enrollment Key: CSIperiod3 |
