Tuesday, October 31 ~ Happy Halloween!

 

Let's take a survey to help Ms. Fenwick's students.

Finish Journal 15: Bedford 21-1 and 21-2

Warm Up: 

Prefix

• port - carry
• post - after

Root 

• tele - far
• grad, gress - step, go

The Power of One

Reminders:

• Roots Quiz - Block
• Grammar Quiz (subject verb agreement) - Block
• Journal Check (J11 - J15) - Block

J11 - Bedford 21 b and c
J12 - Free Write - Doc's Words
J13 - Bedford 21 d through g
J14 - Bedford 21 h and k
J15 - Bedford 21-1 and 21-2 

Monday, October 30 ~

Warm Up:

Prefix

• ped - foot
• peri - around

 Root 

• pedo - child
• phil - love

FYI: Roots Quiz on Block

Grammar - Bedford 21 - SVA

Journal 14 - Bedford 21 h & k - Notes
 
Bedford 21h - Watch out for subject complements! Because the subject complement names or describes the subject, it is sometimes named as the subject.

Example: A major force in our society (is, are) women -- as bread winners, mothers, wives, and CEO's at home.

• cross out prepositions
• "women" is the subject complement further describing "force"
• "force" is the subject
• choose the correct verb
• If you're feeling awkward, make women the subject .......Women are a major force in our society -- as bread winners, mothers, wives, and CEO's at home.

On Your Own:

1. A notebook and a pen (is, are) the required equipment for English II.
2. The iPads (is, are) the necessary device for this assignment. 

  Bedford 21k - Titles of works, company names, words mentioned as words, and gerund phrases are singular.

Example: Secret Civilizations (describe, describes) the culture of the these unknown populations.

• It's a title of a book.
• Singular

Example: Dobler and Sons (specialize, specializes) in produce grown in the Pajaro Valley.

• It's a company name.

Example:  Controlled substances (is, are) a euphemism for illegal drugs.

• Words mentioned as words.

 Example: Meeting colleagues (is, are) annoying, especially at the end of the day.

•  Gerund phrases consist of an -ing word (Meeting colleagues)
•  Singular 

Journal 15 - Bedford 21-1 and 21-2

On Your Own:
Pages 270-271 in Bedford
Exercise 21-1 a-e and 1-5 (Simply list your verb choice)
Exercise 21-2 a-e and 1-5 (Write out the sentences)
* Do not peek in the back for the a-e until you have completed all of them. Then check yourself.
* Have fun!
* Grammar Quiz - SVA - on Block

HOMEWORK: Prepare ahead of time for your quizzes. Hmm! What a concept! 

Have you read through Chapter 9?

Block Day, October 26&27 ~ More SVA!

Warm Up: 

Prefix

• olig - few
• pater - father

Root

• arch - chief, first, rule
• cide, cise - cut down, kill

 

Journal 12 (14 for West) - Doc often speaks words of inspiration into Peekay's young life. In Chapter 8 he mentions that "The smile, madame, is used by humans to hide the truth....." (167). Then on page 171 Doc uses an analogy from nature when talking about the originality of an idea, comparing the process to saplings and vines.
Please take a few meditative moments to write about Doc's meaningful words. Explain meaning. How can they apply to you and your life? 

Grammar - Bedford 21 - Subject Verb Agreement (SVA)

Journal 13 - Bedford 21 d-g
  Take notes and complete all of the "On Your Owns" in your journal.

• Bedford 21d - Subjects joined with or or nor (either....or or neither....nor), make the verb agree with the part of the subject closest to the verb.

Example:  Neither the teacher nor the students (was, were) able to stand the freezing cold room.
Example:  A birth certificate or driver's license (is, are) required.

• Which part of the subject is closest to the verb?
• Which verb choice is correct? 

On Your Own:
1.  Neither the teachers nor Dr. Salerno (buy, buys) soup at the hospital cafeteria.
2.  Either a sense of humor or a boat-load of patience (is, are) what gets me through the day.

• Bedford 21e - Treat most indefinite pronouns as singular.

Hint: Indefinite pronouns appear to be plural, but are in fact singular. (anybody, each, either, everything, neither, no one, nothing, someone) There are more listed on page 264 in Bedford.
Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific person or thing.

Example:  Neither of my two children (know, knows) how to save money.

• Get rid of prepositional phrase.
• Indefinite pronoun? Singular or plural?

On Your Own:
1.  Everyone on the cheer squad (admire, admires) the coach.
2.  Each of the chairs (have, has) been painted.
3.  Everybody who signed up for the SAT on Saturday (was, were) planning an after-party.

• Bedford 21f - Treat collective nouns as singular unless the meaning is clearly plural.

Hint: Collective nouns name a class or a group. (jury, committee, audience, crowd, class, couple, family) They refer to the group as a unit.

Example: The audience (like, likes) the performance.

On Your Own:
1. The board of trustees (meet, meets) in the board room at the end of the month.
2. The class members (is, are) sleeping on the floor.
3. The number of high school drop-outs (is, are) declining.
4. A number of his classmates (is, are) attending his wedding.

• Bedford 21g - The verb agrees with its subject even when the subject follows the verb.

Example:  There (was, were) a fireman and a paramedic at the scene of the car accident.

• Do we have a singular of plural subject?

On Your Own:
1. At the back of the classroom (is, are) a poster and a bulletin board.
2. There (was, were) a plate of spaghetti and a loaf of bread on the counter.

The Power of One - Read on!

HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 9

• West's class: In your journal, record at least two discussion questions and two key quotes from Ch.9.

FYI: Roots and Grammar Quiz on Block next week. 

Tuesday, October 24 ~ Who was on time?

Reminder: PSAT  tomorrow. Click here for the schedule. 

Warm Up:

Prefix

• mortis - death
• nomen - name

Root

• phage - eat
• pop - people

Journal 11 ~ Bedford 21 b & c
Grammar - Bedford 21 - Make subjects and verbs agree (p. 258)

Bedford 21b - Make the verb agree with its subject, not with a word that comes between.
*Hint: rid the sentence of prepositional phrases. (on, in, at, over, under, for, from, and the list goes on)

Example:
The samples on the tray (need, needs) testing.
Take out the prepositional phrase "on the tray" and only look at the subject "samples".
The samples need testing.
*Correct answer is the verb "need".

On your own:

1. High levels of smoke and debris from the fires (cause, causes) respiratory distress for the older population.

2. The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, (have, has) made Jason's old car difficult to sell.

3.  On the tables in Mrs. Witmer's room, (crawl, crawls) the many germs that have escaped in the
hot breath of hardworking students.

Bedford 21c - Treat most subjects joined with and as plural.
*Hint: prepositional phrases have got to go!

Example:
Amber and Allison often (walk, walks) together on campus.
*Correct answer is the verb "walk".

On your own: 

1. Our cat Willow, along with her thirteen kittens, (have, has) attacked our dog Sox.


2. This weekend, a killer whale, as well as a school of flesh eating fish, (is, are) terrorizing the visitors at Manresa Beach.

3. Willow and Sox (play, plays) on the front lawn.

The Power of One
Finish Chapter 8


HOMEWORK:
Nope!
 


 




 

Monday, October 23 ~ Research Paper Due!

Turn in your research paper.

• West class, don't forget to get yours onto http://turnitin.com/ (ID:15996733; PW:mustangs)

Warm Up:

Prefix

•  mittere, mitto - send
•  mono - one, single

Root

•  poly - many
•  poli - city

The Power of One
Read Chapter 8

HOMEWORK
Nope!  

Block Day, October 19 & 20

Roots Quiz Today!

Research:

• Click here for the rubric.
• Click here for an example.
• Peer Review
• Look for fragments
• Look for comma splices
• Punctuation
• Grammar
• Look for grade appropriate vocabulary (No personal pronouns like you, me, we, I, etc..)
• Thesis (Is it CAB style?)
• TIED-IED paragraphs
• Conclusion - Why is this topic important?
• MLA page format
• In text citation - No plagiarism! (speaker is not usually author)
• Work Cited page
• 5 sources
• 3 pages
• Due Monday, October 23

The Power of One

• Read Chapter 8 

Wednesday, October 18 ~

Warm Up:

Prefix

• meter - measure
• micro - small

Suffix

• ure - state of, act, process, rank
• ward - in the direction of
• y - inclined to, tend to  
• Suffix list is officially complete!

 Research 

• Check progress 
• Check CAB style thesis
• Check TIED-IED style body paragraphs
• You will have today for my input
• Block Day be prepared for a peer edit 
• You should have paragraphs 1-3 complete (West class must have a complete rough draft.)
• Work Cited Page 
• In-Text Citation 
• Citing Electronic Sources

FYI:

• Roots QUIZ on Block

• Research paper due Monday, October 23 

Another Writing Tool...

• Journal 12: Please record notes on the TIE Method.
• EQ: How can I incorporate quotes in a fluid way that uses the quote to build momentum rather than in a way that interrupts the text of my essay? 

TIE METHOD = Tag it, Introduce it, or Embed it.
• TAG: Tag the context to the end of the quote.
• Example: "I tell them [other revolutionaries] that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one," said Mandela in an interview on Larry King Live (King).
• Introduce: Introduce the context of the quote to lead into the text.
• Example: When Larry King interviewed Mandela about his past, Mandela explained a tough concept: "I tell them that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one" ("President Nelson Mandela One-on-One").
• Embed: Embed the quote inside of the context sentence.  
• Example: Mandela explained that he tells current revolutionaries "that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one" as advice about how to fight for equal rights (Larry King Live).

• A few things to note: 
• Notice in the Tag section that [the British] was added for clarity. You may add words for clarity within a quote by using the brackets too. 
• Notice that the introduced quote can use a colon because the first sentence before the colon is a complete sentence and introduces the next. 
• Notice that even though the quote is said by Mandela, he is not the source cited. The cited source must always correspond to an entry on the works cited page. 
• Journal 12 for West - Activity...Write a quote down using one of the methods. Then pass it around...only three methods to TIE it up now!

Tuesday, October 17 ~

Warm Up:

Prefix

• macro - large
• mania - obssession

Suffix

• some - like, apt, tending to
• tude - state of, condition of

Root

• alt(us) - high, deep

 Research 

• Check progress 
• Check CAB style thesis
• Check TIED-IED style body paragraphs
• You will have today and tomorrow for my input
• Block Day be prepared for a peer edit

FYI:

• Roots QUIZ on Block

• Research paper due Monday, October 23 

Monday, October 16 ~ Are your parapgraphs TIED up?

Warm Up:

Prefix

• liber - free, book
• locus - place

Suffix

• ous - full of, having
• ship - state of, office, quality

Root

• ag, agi, ig, act - do, move, go

FYI: Roots QUIZ on Block

Witmer's Class - Quiz on Chapter 7
West's Class - First, check your TIED paragraph with a friend. (West will give credit for having all three if they match your thesis reasons.) Then read Ch.7 and write at least two discussion questions. 


Research Paper:

Body Paragraph #1 -

• Topic Sentence
• Intro. to Evidence
• Evidence
• Discussion

Example TIEDIED Paragraph:

Prompt: Why is the concert so important?

The prisoners’ concert is important because it symbolized unity of the tribes. When Courtenay describes the concert, he uses a metaphor of a puzzle being brought together: “all the pieces would be brought together under the magic spell cast by the Tadpole Angel” (319). The spell describes the power of a leader who is viewed as a chosen one. Peekay’s leadership is the key to the unity within the prison. Even Geel Piet acknowledged and nurtured Peekay’s legend as the Tadpole Angel, claiming that he would, “harmonize in my appearance as their leader, uniting all the tribes in the great singing indaba” (321). Calling the song and indaba implied spiritual significance and associated Peekay with the great chief of Dingaan. Truly the concert revealed that the prisoners were unified not just as inmates, but as a single tribe.

HOMEWORK
Roots QUIZ - Block
Research Paper Due: Monday, October 23

Block Day, October 11 & 12 ~ Paragraph Structure

Warm Up:

Prefix

• legis - law
• lexis - word

Suffix

• nomy - law
• oid - resembling

Root

• aster, astr - star

TIED Paragraph Notes & Practice Using one of the topics from your thesis, write your first body paragraph. 

Topic Sentences	T: The topic sentences lets the reader know what your subject is and what you are going to prove.  Never use "I" or talk about the essay/paragraph in this sentence. Always include a key word that correlates to the list in your thesis.
Introduce Evidence	I: After the topic sentence, you should introduce  the context of your evidence (or quote).
Evidence          (this could be a quote           or logical reasoning)	E: In a Literary Response essay this is the quote that demonstrates your point.
Discuss (aka commentary)	D: You must discuss how the evidence is important in proving your assertion from the thesis. Always button up your evidence on the thesis...never let your evidence speak for itself.

To incorporate more evidence, repeat the IED portions...TIEDIED or for a large body paragraph TIEDIEDIED. Extra Discussion sentences are good too.

The Power of One

What happened in Chp. 6?

Resume your groups and begin Chapter 7. Each group needs two discussion questions for Chp. 7.(West Journal 13)

Due date for research paper: Monday, October 23

• A minimum of 5 sources
• A minimum of 3 pages
• MLA
• CAB style thesis
• TIED paragraph structure

HOMEWORK
Work on research paper
Make sure you have read all of Chapter 7 

Tuesday, October 10 ~ Hop back in the CAB!

No school Friday. Wednesday and Thursday are Block Days.

Warm Up:

Prefix

• im, in - not
• inter - between

Suffix

• ment - act of, state of, result
• ness - state of

Root

• aug, auc - increase 

West's Class: Get 'er done...

1.  Have a student nearby read your thesis. Make sure it contains all three parts of CAB.
2. Read Chapter 5 (Write 2 discussion questions as Journal 11b)
3. Research and cite another article for credit on block day.

Witmer's Class:
Research:
Back to CAB thesis from yesterday.

The Power of One
Chapter 5 discussion.
Begin Chapter 6

HOMEWORK:
Finish reading Chapter 6.
Journal Check - J9 and J10

Journal 9

• Research question
• 4 articles with perfect citation  

 Journal 10

• CAB style thesis 

 

Monday, October 9 ~ Call me a CAB please

ROOTS QUIZ!

RESEARCH/ESSAY SKILLS

• Journal 11: Write a CAB style thesis in response to your research question.

Witmer's class please note that this is Journal 10.

EQ: What makes a good thesis?

For starters: Are these Strong Thesis Statements?

1. My essay is about the lesson on greed in Midas. 
2. The myth, Midas, has a great lesson about disaster, greed and people!
3. While greed is universally known to lead to disaster, Midas is one Greek myth that shows the painful effects of greed on the individual, the family, and society. (Note the parallel structure.)

How do you write a STRONG Thesis Statement?
      *In this case, strong means clear and specific.

1st -Figure out the prompt question.
         
2nd - Answer the question.  
  The "Assert" section is the most basic part of your answer.

       Contest
                   Although the Greek heroes were often demigods and quite selfish,
          Assert
                   they do have some major similarities with the typical modern hero
          Because
                    because they share the traits of self-sacrifice, loyalty and courage.

Example: Practice Prompt: What is the best advice for a young teen about fighting?

3rd - Check it.

• Did I take a debatable position? No Summary!!!
• Is my thesis specific enough? Avoid general words. For example, if you contain words like "good" or "successful," then state what makes it good or specifically what the standard for success is.
• Does it pass the "So What?" test? If not, you may need to clarify, connect your ideas to a larger issue, or narrow your topic down somehow. 
• Does my thesis match my body paragraphs? If the topics of your body paragraphs do not match your thesis, then one of them has to change. It is ok to change your thesis. This often happens as your write and think more deeply about a topic. For this reason, many people write the introduction to the essay last. 

For more help, go to this website.
For more practice, go to this website.

West J11 - Write a CAB thesis of your own. 

HOMEWORK

• Find and cite a fourth article and record any quotes that may be of use in your essay. (These would best be kept in a Pages document.)

Witmer's class please note this will be a third article to find and cite. Also, make sure you are caught up on your reading. You should have read through Chapter 5.

Block Day, October 5 & 6 ~

 Click here for the schedule.


 No roots today.
Remember: QUIZ on Monday

Research and Reading:

• Back in your groups
• Finish reading Chapter 4
• As a group, decide on 2 discussion questions for Chp. 4 (West J10)
• Choose a recorder to write down questions
• Recorder will turn in questions with all group members names included 
• Have you finished J9? Research question and one source cited?
• Please find another source and cite. Include this in J9.  

**Do not sit there like a bump on a log!
If Chapter 4 has been read and discussion questions turned in, as well as 2 citations recorded for J9, then begin reading Chapter 5!

HOMEWORK:

• Study your roots for the QUIZ 
• Read Chapter 5 (West J11B - Record 2 discussion questions for Ch.5)
• West students must cite and find a quote in another article relating to their Apartheid research question. 
• Reading QUIZ? Quite possibly.

Wednesday, October 4 ~ All children are flotsam driven by the ebb and flow of adult lives.(53)

R.I.P. Granpa Chook

 Click here for the schedule.


Warm Up:

Prefix

• idios - one's own
• in - in

Suffix

• logy - study, science, theory
• ly - like, manner of

Root

• fin - end, ended, finished

FYI: Roots QUIZ on Monday, October 9

Research:

•  Group up
•  Share your research question with your group
•  Critique each others questions
•  Journal 9 - 

1. List your research question
2. Find one source and correctly cite. Click here for the OWL at Purdue

The Power of One

• As a group, begin reading Chapter 4
• As you're reading, think about possible discussion questions for Chapter 4.  
• Remember: discussion questions are open-ended, and ultimately lead to enriching our understanding and view of the text.

HOMEWORK: 
Nope!   

 

Tuesday, October 3 ~ One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well......(42)

Click here for the schedule. 
 
Warm Up:

Prefix

• idem - the same
• ideo - idea

Suffix

• ize, ise - make
• ive - causing making

Root

• pend, pens, pond - hang, weigh

FYI: Roots QUIZ - Monday, October 9

The Power of One:
Finish Chapter 3 

Research:

•  Group up
•  Share your research question with your group
•  Critique each others questions
•  Journal 9 - 

1. List your research question
2. Find one source and correctly cite. Click here for the OWL at Purdue

  

Monday, October 2 ~ More Troubles for Pisskop

Click here for the schedule. 

 

 Warm Up:

Prefix

• hetero - mixed, unlike
• homo - same, alike

Suffix

• ite - nature of, quality of, mineral product
• ity, ty - state of, quality

Root

• cap, cip, cept - take 

 FYI: Roots QUIZ on Monday, October 9.

The Power of One:

• Begin reading Chapter 3

West class will cite an article in relation to their personal research question, review Ch. 2 and begin Ch. 3. (HW = cite one article in journal.)

Research
1. Research Question - Share your research question with your group

2. Citation Notes ~

• Click here for the OWL at Purdue
• Take Citation Notes from this web page so that you have a short hand method of learning how to cite.
• Let's practice one together...click here. 

Today you will work in teams of 3 to compete for the chance to earn one free homework/journal assignment pass (a 5-10 point value).

How to win...

• Cite your article quickly and correctly (write big!).
• Write it on the board first.
• First team to correctly cite the article wins the round.
• Team who wins the most game points, wins the pass.
• Please help in checking other team citations as we look for winners of each round!