Merry Christmas!

Monday - Review Game for Root Words Quiz
Tuesday - Quiz (study root words and grammar ppt. on Focus)
Wednesday - Friday

• Fill out Feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12DhvG34ZIVUan3EH6GFvKZMNzpkXSpdmDIE4lhSeaJQ/viewform
• Watch American Blackout, a National Geographic presentation (on youtube)
• Reflection: on Focus there is a forum to write an entry.

Block Day 12/12-13 ~ Final Touches

Trade & Grade Packet

• Total score = ?/35

Review Rubric

• Highlight your own score as the essay is right now.

Check another person's essay...

• Does the Hook get your attention? Rate it from 1-5 (weakest to best)
• Is the thesis in parallel structure?
• Do the topic sentences match the topics and order of the reasons in the thesis?
• Does each quote get properly introduced with who is speaking/what is happening?
• Does each paragraph make sense and support the thesis?
• Does the person prove his/her thesis by the end?

Check a second person's essay by reading it backwards. Did you see any.... 

• Fragments or Run-on Sentences?
• Passive Voice Sentences?
• Past tense verbs (when speaking of events in the novel it should be present tense)?
• Non-Parallel structured lists?

Grammar Review (on test)

• Literary Present
• Parallel Structure
• Run-on Sentences
• Active/Passive Voice
• No Personal Pronouns
• No Misused Words

HW: Make any corrections needed. Essays due on Monday 12/16!!!!

Wednesday 12/11 ~ Active Voice

Warm-up: Active/Passive Voice - Ex.2 (worksheet in packet) ~ Rewrite sentences this time please.

Review Writing Goals

• Transfer goal from last analysis
• Note places where you need to make changes for this essay.

Check your essay for...

•  MLA heading
• Title is original, centered, and main words are capitalized (no bold, italics, or underline)
• All paragraphs are indented
• header with last name and page number (beginning on page 2)
• "All quotes are in this format with period after the page number" (125). Except LONG quotes.

Tuesday, 12/10 ~ Finish Essay

Warm-up: Choose one exercise from the Grammar Bytes (chompchomp.com) website to practice. You may practice under any of these sections: Comma Splices, Fragments, Parallel Structure, or Word Choice. 

Today we will finish writing the rough draft of your essay.

• There is a resource on Focus called  Conclusions that may be of help if you get stuck.
• You will need to either type your essay on your i-pad in Pages or bring a printed copy tomorrow.
• Tomorrow we peer edit!

HW: TYPED Rough draft of completed Essay - on i-pad or hard copy (20 pts.).

Warm-up: Practice with Confusing Words at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm.

*West will give credit for 3 TIED paragraphs done on the outline as you do the exercise.

Highlight Example Essay (on Focus) for:

• TIED structure.
• Elements of a Lit.Response Introduction
• Do the Discussion sentences actually adress the topic AND thesis statements?

Write your own Introduction. (see handout in packet and on Focus)
Make sure you include:

• Attention grabber
• Title and author of our novel
• Your CAB thesis

 HW: Write your introduction on the outline (or type if not enough room)

Block Day ~ Run-on's & TIED Paragraphs

Hello!

Get Credit: West checks for SIX quotes as you transfer everything to the outline (on focus or hard copy- your choice.)

Run-on's: Go to Focus and download the document called "Run-on Sentences" please.

*Take notes
*Practice
*Happy Quizze!

Class Work Goal: Use the outline to complete all three body paragraphs using the TIED structure provided. Check your work to make sure that these body paragraphs actually prove the thesis.

Wednesday 12/4 ~ Find Quotes & Start Outline

Warm-up: Topic Sentence Practice

Writer's Tip: The Literary Present ~ Whenever you are writing about a novel or story, you always address the events of the story as if they are in the present tense.

Example: Even though Ralph is the elected leader of the boys, Jack is actually the superior leader because he hunts for food, gives them the feeling of protection, and unites them through hunting and the chant.

Thesis: Check your thesis feedback on Focus. Make any needed changes.


Quotes: Today, work to find at least two quotes to support each paragraph. Don't forget the page numbers!

HW: Transfer Thesis, topic sentences and quotes to the Outline. We will complete all three paragraphs on block day.

Tuesday 12/3 ~ Parallel Structure

PARALLEL STRUCTURE

                    >TO EXPRESS SIMILAR IDEAS IN SIMILAR GRAMMATICAL FORM<

Example:

• Error: Jane is tall, blonde, and with blue eyes. 
• Correct: Jane is tall, blonde, and blue-eyed.

Items in a series:

• Error: He asked me to return his bike and that I should lock it up. 
• Correct:  He asked me to return his bike and to lock it up. OR He asked that I return his bike and that I lock it up.

Comparisons:

•  Error: I like tennis better than to play indoor games. 
•  Correct:  I like tennis better than indoor games.

Practice: Now go to the spectacular resource by Grammarbytes and practice your new skill...here while Mrs. West checks your thesis sentence (20 pts). 

Red/Green Holdup: Use the activity on the back of the Parallel Structure page in your packet. 

Check it - Does your thesis follow parallel structure?  

HW: Upload your perfected Thesis and 3 Topic Sentences to the assignment on Focus called "CAB/Parallel Thesis." 

Monday 12/2 ~ Welcome Back!

How was your break?


Today we begin creating your final grade (25% of your semester grade!).

You will write an essay focusing on several specific skills:

• Essay Organization & Structure (use the CAB & TIED models)
• Active Voice
• Compound/Complex Sentences
• Parallel Structure
• Avoid Common Misused Words (to, two, too) (Their, they're, there)

HW: Choose an essay prompt & Complete your CAB thesis and topic sentences on the prewriting sheet.

Block Day 11/21-22 ~ LotF Test

Take test on Lord of the Flies.
*View white board for password.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Wednesday 11/20 ~ Test Review

Review for Lord of the Flies test.

HW: Study! You will need to know...

• What happens in each chapter.
• Who the characters are.
• What symbolic elements are present in the book.
• How the book can be read as an allegory on several levels.
• About Rousseau's Noble Savage theory.
• What CAB stands for when we talk about a CAB style thesis.
• How to write a CAB style thesis.
• What TIED stands for when we talk about a TIED-style paragraph.

Tuesday 11/18 ~ Allegory Chart

*Continue to decode the three types of allegory present in Lord of the Flies.

HW: Nope. Begin studying for comprehension test on Block Day. 

Monday 11/18 ~ What exactly is Allegory?

Good Morning!

Please go to Focus and down load the "Allegory Chart." We will work through this worksheet together in class.

To listen to both tracks again, click here.

HW: Nope. We will work on this more tomorrow in class.

Block Day 11/14&15 ~ Finish Movie!

*Turn-in your response to yesterday's activity about The British Gentleman (see yesterday's blog).

*Finish Movie

*Last Fishbowl discussion

*CAB Thesis practice - Write a thesis in response to one of the questions on the board.
  (This is your "ticket" to leave).

HW: Nope. Have a good weekend. :)

Wednesday 11/13 ~ The British Gentleman Concept

What does it mean to be a British Gentleman during the early-mid 1900's
*What do you think this person values most?
*What identity traits would he be proud of in himself?





*Rewrite the Gentleman's Code as explained in the article.
 ~You will work with a partner to explain your section in your own, up-to-date wording.
 ~Code Rewrite 10 pts.

*Respond on the back of your worksheet (1/2 page):
  Considering what you now know about the identity of a British Gentleman (which is what these boys were being trained to become), what does the Naval Officer mean when he says the quote below:

 "I should have thought, said the officer as he visualized the search before him, I should have thought that a pack of British boys-you're all British, aren't you? -would have been able to put up a better show than that -I mean-" (290).

Turn-in your Rewritten code (10 pts.) and response (10 pts) tomorrow in class (hard copy only).
HW: Prepare Questions for final Fishbowl.

Tuesday 11/12 ~ Society Life? Yes or No?

*Check your name for missing assignments. All assignments must be caught up by end of the week or no credit.

*Debate: Society Life vs. Life "Off the Grid"
  ~Winner gets E.C.
  ~Be careful not to get foul points

*On the back of your debate chart, give your final opinion on the matter. Which lifestyle is more "noble"?

Turn-in: Your opinion stapled to your Noble Savage Worksheet.

Monday 11/11 ~ Noble Savage Theory

*No Root Words this week

*Noble Savage Worksheet
  ~Pair Share, Quadro Share

*Debate if time: Living in the city vs. living "off the grid"
   ~List 10 benefits
   ~List 5 things required to make that system work
   ~What is the most Christ-centered way to live?

HW: Craft a well-thought out response to question #5 (Due tomorrow, Tuesday in class)

Block Day 11/7&8 ~ Sub Plan :(

Dear Students,

I'm sick now :( Please treat the sub with upmost respect, starting with sitting in the correct seats. See the orange seating chart if in doubt of where that is.

Today, 

*Take Root Word Quiz #5 on Focus (see white board for password).
*After the quiz work on the worksheet called Rousseau's Noble Savage Theory.
  (They are on the old desk under the TV)

*Watch movie: Lord of the Flies. (Can you find the differences from the book?)
  ~Make sure you record the minutes where you left off with the movie.

HW: Nope. Fishbowl discussions will be rescheduled for Monday.

Block Day 11/7&8 ~ RW Quiz #5 & Fishbowl #3

*Take Root Words Quiz #5

*Complete the questionnaire about Rousseau's Noble Savage after the quiz.

*Socratic Fishbowl #3 (Last one!!!)

HW: Nope! But make sure all TIED paragraphs are in. They will not be accepted past midnight on Thursday.

Wednesday 11/6 ~ LOTF Chapter 12

*First 5 minutes - Roots to Words
*Finish Ch.12
HW: Upload paragraphs to "TIED 11 & 12" 25 points.

Next Time, Fishbowl Discussions
Who is leading?
p.2 ~ Group 3
p.3 ~ Group 2
p.4 ~ Group 2
p.6 ~ Group 2
p.7 ~ Group 3  
   
         

Tuesday 11/5 ~ LOTF Ch.12 The End!

*Practice Root Words
*Examine TIED paragraphs
*Review Ch.11
*Start Ch.12 
HW? Nope. We will pick up tomorrow wherever we leave off today. 


Below are two example paragraphs from our last assignment. Check the structure of each paragraph by copying it into Notability and color coding the sentences. Are there any missing elements of the TIED structure? How can the wording be improved to be more academic and concise? 

I think they are guilty of killing Simon because they didn't give him a chance to tell everyone the beastie was not real and it was just a parachuter. The chant is no longer a joke, but a confession. In chapter 9 Simon’s death was a tragedy, but the boys being the cause of his death was even more tragic. In chapter 9, sadly, Simon’s life is taken by the rippling currents of the frosty sea. The chant "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Pg.218) Is the sad chant that didn't give Simon his chance for life. "The parachute took the figure forward, furrowing the lagoon, and bumped it over the reef and out to sea." (Pg.220) Simon spent his last breath trying to make the boys aware of the truth about the beastie. He had no luck. If the boys would have just listened to Simon's cry for silence, they would have found out that the scary beastie, is not anything but a myth.

The power is shifting towards Jack slowly but surely. "They didn’t take the conch.” “I know. They didn’t come for the conch. They came for something else.(242)" The boys realize that Jack will do anything to get power, and he's gunna find a way even if it means murder. "..then he and what seemed like a dozen others were rolling over and over, hitting, biting, scratching. He was torn and jolted, found fingers in his mouth and bit them.(240)" Jack is getting very violent along with his hunters and outer group members. Both piggy and Ralph realize that they are in a dangerous situation, and Ralph is getting scared, giving Jack even more reason to keep fighting for his power.