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Final Exam Schedule
| Monday, December 15, 2014 | ||
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| First Period Final | ||
| Break | ||
| Second | ||
| Third | ||
| Fourth | ||
| Lunch | ||
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| Sixth | ||
| Seventh | ||
| Buses leave at 3:30 | ||
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday follow this schedule:
| Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | ||
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| Second | ||
| Break | ||
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| Buses leave at 11:55 | ||
Tuesday: Periods 2 & 3
Wednesday: Periods 4 & 5
Thursday: Periods 6 & 7
Friday: No School! Merry Christmas!!!!
Monday and Tuesday, December 8&9 ~Presentations are coming!
Good Morning!EQ1: Are your Parts 1, 2 & 3 Questions together in Google Drive?
EQ2: Have you decided or even started on your project yet?
Sign up for due dates if time.
View an example presentation.
EQ2: Have you decided or even started on your project yet?
Please take the survey to rate our class:
Discuss rubric and create your own (see Google Drive). Click here to view an example.Sign up for due dates if time.
View an example presentation.
Block Day, December 4 & 5 ~ And the final is in!
EQ: Which project option will you choose to do about the novel? Click here or look in Google Drive for your options.
*Project presentations will be due next week, starting on Tuesday. Due dates will be assigned on Monday.
100 MOUNTAINS ~ HW
- Finish the book and questions. Wahoo!
- WEST - Please place finished questions into Google Drive by Midnight on Sunday (Dec.7).
- BRIDGETTE - Please place finished questions in Google D. by Midnight on Monday, (Dec. 8)
Wednesday, December 3 ~ What is Paradox?
ROOTS
*Quick review.
100 Mountains ~ New Lit Term: Paradox
*Please take notes and answer the question below on the last page of your Part 3 Questions.
PARADOX (also called oxymoron): Using contradiction in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level. Common paradoxes seem to reveal a deeper truth through their contradictions. G.K. Chesterton was a master of paradox. He called it: “truth standing on its head to gain attention.”
Reading: Pages 196-224 and Part 3 Questions #14-19.
*Quick review.
100 Mountains ~ New Lit Term: Paradox
*Please take notes and answer the question below on the last page of your Part 3 Questions.
- "without laws, we can have no freedom."
- Shakespeare's Julius Caesar also makes use of a famous paradox: "Cowards die many times before their deaths" (2.2.32).
- “Less is more.” It means that the most effective writing is clear and focused; everything extraneous is avoided.
- “The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.”
- Another example is Christ’s paradox: “For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it” (Lk. 9:24).
- About Darwinism, Chesterton commented: "It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything."
Reading: Pages 196-224 and Part 3 Questions #14-19.
ROOTS Review
100 MOUNTAINS
Part 3 Questions - Introductory Activities
Agree/Disagree
WHO SAID IT?
Adelina, Diana, Don Ernesto, Doña Matilde, Lupe, Juana
100 MOUNTAINS
Part 3 Questions - Introductory Activities
Agree/Disagree
- Hiring a good coyote is the only means to safely cross the border without documents into the U.S. from Mexico.
- It is easier to forgive others than to forgive yourself.
- For the most part, people are good Samaritans who chose to help another before helping themselves.
- Justice can only be served when the perpetrator has been punished.
- The truth is always the strongest argument.
WHO SAID IT?
Adelina, Diana, Don Ernesto, Doña Matilde, Lupe, Juana
- What do you know about pain? You don’t know what it’s like to be responsible for a child’s death. You don’t know what it’s like for me when night comes, when my body yearns for rest and my guilty conscience can’t let it sleep.
- One day he’ll change. He’ll be like he used to be when we first met. I know he loves me. And I know one day he’ll change.
- My husband is in El Otro Lado. Soon he will come back. He told me so. Soon we will be together.
- He brought a white rosary made with heart-shaped beads.
- You know exactly what I mean. I know who you are. You’ve been gone for years, and now you've come back to try to take my son away from me.
- Love is hard to find. You must not let it go. Don’t waste your youth searching for a ghost.
HOMEWORK
- Read pages 166-195 and do questions 5-13.
Monday, December 1~ Welcome Back!
ROOTS
Review
- paleo - old
- pan - all
- pater, part - father
Review
- Papers returned (West only).
- We've read roughly 155 pages of 250 (need to read 100 pages this week)
- We've learned many prefixes and roots that will be on the final.
- We've learned about making grammatically correct sentences as well as confused words (to/two/too, their/they're/there, and who/whom) which will be on the final.
- We will finish the book this week and work on a project.
- Your final will consist of an average between your project grade and your final test.
- Your final test will have questions of word parts, grammar and comprehension questions about the book.
- Work with friends around you to create a Dual Timeline. Make sure your timeline only includes what you know up until Don Elias's death. These two timelines should be included on the last page of your Part 2 Questions. Make sure your final document includes these timelines and is turned into Google Drive tonight.
- Part 3 Questions 1-4 (my pages 155-166). Don't worry about the intro activity questions, just do the reading questions.
Block Day, November 20-21 ~ Happy Thanksgiving!
WARM-UP
- Think of one person you are thankful for. Write that person an old fashioned thank you letter, telling the person why you thought of him/her when your cheesy English teacher gave you this assignment. Deliver it this week.
- Congratulations! We have finished with the roots section!
- Review and take a quiz.
- Read and do questions as far as we can in class.
Wednesday, November 19 ~ 100 Mountains Part 2
Note: Mrs. West is out sick. Please make sure you complete all reading from today before Block Day..... Your first 100 Mountains/roots quiz is coming!
ROOTS
100 MOUNTAINS
ROOTS
- Study! Let's limit this quiz to roots & book questions only eh? (know the roots between gest and pac).
100 MOUNTAINS
- Make sure your Part 1 Questions are in Google Drive in the folder you've shared with me.
- Get the Part 2 Questions from Google Drive in the folder I've shared with you.
- Today's Reading & Questions: Pages 63-94 (See Part 2 Q's to help you guage the pages).
- Read and do questions 1-18.
Tuesday, November 18: What recurring symbols could be functioning as a literary motif?
ROOTS
EQ: What's up with the MOON imagery?
"Meanwhile, she looked out the taxicab window at the moon that followed her all the way from L.A. to Tijuana to now, through the dark streets of Mexico City. The ever-changing moon, her only companion, she knew well after many years" (22).
"The moon that night was a crescent moon. By then Adelina already knew the moon had eight phases. Eight ways she presented herself to the world" (23).
"It has two faces. She only shows one face to the world. Even though it changes shape constantly, it's always the same face we see. But her second face, her second face remains hidden in darkness. That's the face no one can see. People call it the dark side of the moon. Two identities. Two sides of a coin. Now isn't that interesting?" (24- Carlos is talking to Juana).
Literary Motif: an image, sound, action or other figure that has a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of message/theme of the work. It often acts as a signal in the book.
Do you think the moon is a Literary Motif?
*What does it symbolize?
*What is it telling the reader about the message or theme of the novel?
Any other possible Literary Motifs?
100 MOUNTAINS
*If your pages are different...page 48 is a Juana chapter that starts with, "Whenever Juana and Ama..."
*There are a total of four chapters between pages 48-64 in my book.
- oper - work
- ortho - straight, correct
- pac - peace
- More on Who, Whom. Heads up...this will be on the final.
- Here's a presentation on who and whom you might want to check out Who or whom? Help!
EQ: What's up with the MOON imagery?
"Meanwhile, she looked out the taxicab window at the moon that followed her all the way from L.A. to Tijuana to now, through the dark streets of Mexico City. The ever-changing moon, her only companion, she knew well after many years" (22).
"The moon that night was a crescent moon. By then Adelina already knew the moon had eight phases. Eight ways she presented herself to the world" (23).
"It has two faces. She only shows one face to the world. Even though it changes shape constantly, it's always the same face we see. But her second face, her second face remains hidden in darkness. That's the face no one can see. People call it the dark side of the moon. Two identities. Two sides of a coin. Now isn't that interesting?" (24- Carlos is talking to Juana).
Literary Motif: an image, sound, action or other figure that has a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of message/theme of the work. It often acts as a signal in the book.
Do you think the moon is a Literary Motif?
*What does it symbolize?
*What is it telling the reader about the message or theme of the novel?
Any other possible Literary Motifs?
100 MOUNTAINS
- Go over questions and read more.
*If your pages are different...page 48 is a Juana chapter that starts with, "Whenever Juana and Ama..."
*There are a total of four chapters between pages 48-64 in my book.
Monday, November 17 ~ Which response to literature option did you choose?
ROOTS
GRAMMAR
100 Mountains
Juana Chapter starts with "Apa bought a chicken at a downtown rotisserie..."
Adelina Chapter starts with "Adelina? Is that you?"
Bridgette: For the paperback book, pages 30-47. Adelina Chapter starts with
"Don Ernesto decided....."
HW: West: Read and finish question numbers 23-31.
Bridgette: Read and finish questions 12-31
- oligo - few, little
- omni - all, every
- onym - name
GRAMMAR
- Do you know your Who's and Whom's?
100 Mountains
- Share out of Journal 6 (Response to Lit.)
- Read and do questions for the next two chapters:
Juana Chapter starts with "Apa bought a chicken at a downtown rotisserie..."
Adelina Chapter starts with "Adelina? Is that you?"
Bridgette: For the paperback book, pages 30-47. Adelina Chapter starts with
"Don Ernesto decided....."
HW: West: Read and finish question numbers 23-31.
Bridgette: Read and finish questions 12-31
Block Day, November 13 & 14 ~ Who is Reyna Grande?
EQ
- Who is Reyna Grande?
- Click here to view a quick clip.
ROOTS
- Quiz
AWC
- Turn in printed copy of AWC + Rubric.
- Upload final copy to Turnitin.com under the assignment called "AWC."
- Go to Google Drive and get the document called "100 Mtns. - Part 1 Questions" and move it into Notability.
- Start Part 1 Questions and read as far as we can in class.
- Please read 15 more pages from wherever we left off in class and do Journal 6.
- Use this Response to Literature guide by choosing one of the five prompts. Write your response as Journal 6. This document is also found in your Google Drive.
Wednesday, November 12 ~ Have your checked your AWC for alphabetical order?
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*Is the annotation proofread and free of run-on sentences?
HW: Bring Final Draft printed with rubric stapled to the back to turn in! Turn in your AWC to turnitin.com by midnight tomorrow.
- nov - new
- nox, noc - night
- numer - number
- Click here to view the AWC Rubric or get it from Google Drive or Focus.
- Round 1: Check your own paper for formatting (headers, titles, margins, drop indents, alphabetized)
- Round 2: Trade ipads with a partner & check formatting for citations. Fill out rubric
- Round 3: Trade with a new person and check formatting for annotation.
*Is the annotation proofread and free of run-on sentences?
HW: Bring Final Draft printed with rubric stapled to the back to turn in! Turn in your AWC to turnitin.com by midnight tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 11 ~ Is your AWC Rough Draft ready for tomorrow?
ROOTS
- neur - nerve
- nom - law
- nomen, nomin - name
- Go over page format notes (see the last page of your AWC notes that we worked on last week).
- Set up your page and check the format.
- Today, you will cite and annotate 3 more sources (or catch up to 10 sources if you were behind).
- PRINTED rough drafts due tomorrow.
- Read as far as we can in class.
Monday, November 10 ~ How will you pace your research to get ten sources done by Wednesday?
ROOTS
West's Class:
Want to see how you will be graded? AWC Rubric
HW: Complete 3 more articles, making a total of 7 cited, annotated sources. Type these into Pages or Word (Google Docs work great here).
- morph - form
- nat, nasc - to be from, to spring from
- neo - new
- Use this day to find, cite and annotate articles. You must complete at least 5 AWC entries (5 articles) by tomorrow.
West's Class:
- How did it go with the AWC? Have a partner check your format while West takes credit for 4 citations.
- Tonight's goal: Complete AWC entries for at least 3 more articles.
- In-class: begin reading Across a Hundred Mountains.
Want to see how you will be graded? AWC Rubric
HW: Complete 3 more articles, making a total of 7 cited, annotated sources. Type these into Pages or Word (Google Docs work great here).
Block Day, November 6-7 ~ Citation Races--Practice!
ROOTS QUIZ
GRAMMAR
IMMIGRATION RESEARCH
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...
HW: Find and cite at least 4 articles to answer your key question (You will need to show your four bibliographic citations on Monday. Annotations can be done later).
*Annotated Works Cited will be due on Wednesday next week (November 12)
Bridgette's Class
HW: Period 2 ONLY: Research Question along with (5) citations on iPad. No late work! There will be no exceptions.
Periods 3, 4 and 5 - No Homework! Enjoy the weekend!
GRAMMAR
- EQ: Do you know your TO, TOO, and TWO?
IMMIGRATION RESEARCH
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 correctly (write big!).
- Write it on the board or stand and display first.
- Each round is worth 3 game points.
- 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!
HW: Find and cite at least 4 articles to answer your key question (You will need to show your four bibliographic citations on Monday. Annotations can be done later).
*Annotated Works Cited will be due on Wednesday next week (November 12)
Bridgette's Class
HW: Period 2 ONLY: Research Question along with (5) citations on iPad. No late work! There will be no exceptions.
Periods 3, 4 and 5 - No Homework! Enjoy the weekend!
Wedesday, November 5 ~ EQ: How do I cite an article?
ROOTS
WARM-UP
What key research question would you like to focus on for your AWC?
IMMIGRATION
Review:
1. What does AWC stand for? What goes into an ANNOTATION?
2. How do I write a CITATION?
Example Citation:
Foley, Jonathan A., Chad Monferda, Navin Ramankutty, and David
Zaks. "Our Share in the Planetary Pie." Mongabay.com. 31 July
2007. 28 March 2008 <http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0725-
pnas.html>.
HW: Decide on a final research question and post it on Focus under the assignment called, "My Research Question" (10 pts.). Study for Roots Quiz #2. Bring your Across a Hundred Mountains book!
- mit, miss - send
- mob, mot, mov - move
- mon - warn, remind
WARM-UP
What key research question would you like to focus on for your AWC?
- What makes a good research question?
- Post-it note share out to follow.
IMMIGRATION
Review:
1. What does AWC stand for? What goes into an ANNOTATION?
2. How do I write a CITATION?
- Click here for your notes or get them from focus/drive: "AWC Notes Guide."
- Using the citation below, take a guess at the blanks on the citation notes.
- Now go back to the blog from block day. Cite both articles correctly (10 pts. in class check).
Example Citation:
Foley, Jonathan A., Chad Monferda, Navin Ramankutty, and David
Zaks. "Our Share in the Planetary Pie." Mongabay.com. 31 July
2007. 28 March 2008 <http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0725-
pnas.html>.
HW: Decide on a final research question and post it on Focus under the assignment called, "My Research Question" (10 pts.). Study for Roots Quiz #2. Bring your Across a Hundred Mountains book!
Tuesday, November 4 ~ AWC Preview
ROOTS
IMMIGRATION
EQ: What is an Annotated Works Cited assignment?
Click here for notes, or get them from Google Drive.
What is an Annotated Works Cited or Annotated Bibliography? An annotated works cited or bibliography is a essentially a listing of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 100 - 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, aka the annotation.
What is an annotation? The purpose of the annotation paragraph is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited -- in short -- you are asked to comment on and/or explain why each source cited is useful.
Let's begin by writing an annotation for a couple of interesting articles about the actual travel process. These articles might fit this research question: What are the risks of crossing the border with a coyote?
People Smugglers, Inc. (TIME Magazine)
'Coyotes': Criminals or Heroes? (USA Today)
HW: Finish Journal 5 (2 paragraphs)
JOURNAL 5
For each article, summarize the main points. Each summary must include one quote and a conclusion sentence that explains how the article is significant in answering this key question. Be prepared to turn this in digitally on Monday.
- meter - measure
- micro - small
- migra - wander
IMMIGRATION
EQ: What is an Annotated Works Cited assignment?
Click here for notes, or get them from Google Drive.
What is an Annotated Works Cited or Annotated Bibliography? An annotated works cited or bibliography is a essentially a listing of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 100 - 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, aka the annotation.
What is an annotation? The purpose of the annotation paragraph is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited -- in short -- you are asked to comment on and/or explain why each source cited is useful.
- WHO -- Who wrote it and why does this person have authority on the topic?
- WHAT -- What did it say? Summarize & comment on the article; compare or contrast this work with another you have cited -- does it agree or disagree?
- WHY -- Explain why you think this article is a good addition to your research. Also, comment on the intended audience -- who was the intended audience and most importantly why was it written.
Let's begin by writing an annotation for a couple of interesting articles about the actual travel process. These articles might fit this research question: What are the risks of crossing the border with a coyote?
People Smugglers, Inc. (TIME Magazine)
'Coyotes': Criminals or Heroes? (USA Today)
HW: Finish Journal 5 (2 paragraphs)
JOURNAL 5
For each article, summarize the main points. Each summary must include one quote and a conclusion sentence that explains how the article is significant in answering this key question. Be prepared to turn this in digitally on Monday.
Monday, November 3 ~ Know the last 100 years of the story!
Bridgette's class only: Journals 1-4 are due today.
EQ: What will your research question be?
EQ: What will your research question be?
- Quizzes back...Yikes! Another quiz on block day. STUDY!
- medi - half, middle, between
- mega - great
- mem - remember
NOTES
- Click here for lecture notes. You should draw images or add small notes to help you remember information for a quiz later this week.
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| Line to apply for the Bracero Program |
ACTIVITY
HW: Brainstorm at least 3 questions you would like to research on this topic to help you learn more about the last 14 years of immigration. AND Please title your document as Immigration Journals 1-4 and save them in your Google Drive for grading by 8 a.m. Tuesday 11/4. No late work will be accepted!
- Fill out the Push/Pull Factor Chart on the Vocabulary document from block day.
HW: Brainstorm at least 3 questions you would like to research on this topic to help you learn more about the last 14 years of immigration. AND Please title your document as Immigration Journals 1-4 and save them in your Google Drive for grading by 8 a.m. Tuesday 11/4. No late work will be accepted!
Block Day, October 30-31 Happy Halloween!
EQ: Do you know your there, their, they're words?
West only...roots quiz!
ROOTS
IMMIGRATION
If you finish early, consider that you get to choose your own research question. What would you like to explore?
HW: Finish webquest
Bridgette's class only: Journals 1-4 are due Monday, November 3
West only...roots quiz!
ROOTS
- mand - to command
- mar, mari, mer - sea, pool
- matri - mother
- Today we will work through some practice with their/there/they're confused words.
IMMIGRATION
- Carousel Vocabulary - Use the definitions hung around the room to get some basic vocabulary before we continue to discuss the history of immigration in the U.S. Click here to get the vocabulary list.
- Today we finish the webquest on immigration.
If you finish early, consider that you get to choose your own research question. What would you like to explore?
HW: Finish webquest
Bridgette's class only: Journals 1-4 are due Monday, November 3
Wednesday, October 29 ~ Immigration Webquest
Roots
* macr-, macer - lean
* magn - great
* man - hand
* mania - madness
EQ: What does it take to become a U.S. citizen?
Today you will explore more sides of the Immigration debate by working through a webquest.
Each page of the webquest has at least one question. Keep track of these in your Immigration Debate Notes under Journal 4.
Click here to get started.
HW: Nope, we will finish this on Block Day, but you could study roots....hint, hint. :)
* macr-, macer - lean
* magn - great
* man - hand
* mania - madness
EQ: What does it take to become a U.S. citizen?
Today you will explore more sides of the Immigration debate by working through a webquest.
Each page of the webquest has at least one question. Keep track of these in your Immigration Debate Notes under Journal 4.
Click here to get started.
HW: Nope, we will finish this on Block Day, but you could study roots....hint, hint. :)
Tuesday, October 28 ~ Obama on Immigration
BRIDGETTE'S CLASS - SURPRISE!!! Pop Quiz - Roots
EQ: What is the current situation with Immigration Reform in the U.S.?
Go over Journal 2.
June 30, 2014 ~ Obama (15:26)
Common Sense Reform Bill is on hold because of disagreement in government.
Journal 3: Obama on Immigration
EQ: What is the current situation with Immigration Reform in the U.S.?
Go over Journal 2.
June 30, 2014 ~ Obama (15:26)
Common Sense Reform Bill is on hold because of disagreement in government.
Journal 3: Obama on Immigration
- How is the current system broken?
- What problems are occurring because of it?
- Why is Congress stuck?
- How does Obama say we could fix it?
- What do you think could help the situation?
- What are three questions you still have?
Monday, October 27 ~ Background Info on Immigration
Today we begin learning the background information for our new book, Across a Hundred Mountains.
*During this unit, you will need to keep notes in one document, eventually to be turned in and used in future assignments. Make that note right now in Notability and call it "The Immigration Debate." Start these notes with a these Journal questions below.
Journal ONE
EQ-A: What do you already know about the issue of Mexican-American Immigration?
EQ-B: Is the U.S. responsible to help people in need from other countries?
Continue your journal as you view a quick intro video from the BBC.
Now finish your journal by recording your score to this quiz to see how much you really know about the issue (Don't worry, it's not for a grade, just to open our eyes about the complexity of the issue).
HW: Journal 2 & Buy book (Across a Hundred Mountains ISBN 978-0-7432-6958-2)
Journal 2: Talk to your parents or any other adult about immigration. Record their thoughts on the issue.
*During this unit, you will need to keep notes in one document, eventually to be turned in and used in future assignments. Make that note right now in Notability and call it "The Immigration Debate." Start these notes with a these Journal questions below.
Journal ONE
EQ-A: What do you already know about the issue of Mexican-American Immigration?
EQ-B: Is the U.S. responsible to help people in need from other countries?
Continue your journal as you view a quick intro video from the BBC.
Now finish your journal by recording your score to this quiz to see how much you really know about the issue (Don't worry, it's not for a grade, just to open our eyes about the complexity of the issue).
HW: Journal 2 & Buy book (Across a Hundred Mountains ISBN 978-0-7432-6958-2)
Journal 2: Talk to your parents or any other adult about immigration. Record their thoughts on the issue.
Block Day, October 23-24
Bridgette's Class:
West's Class: Finish projects and watch whatever we can of the movie.
The End of The Hobbit!
West's Class: Finish projects and watch whatever we can of the movie.
The End of The Hobbit!
Block Day, Oct. 23 & 24
Bridgette's Class:
It wouldn't be right to let Halloween go by without a little Edgar Allan Poe. The Masque of the Red Death is sure to creep you out.
Before we read:
EQ: What is allegory?
The rich and powerful might build walls around their sprawling estates to block out the upsetting parts of life. What realities of life must people face no matter who they are?
What is the Black Death?
Who was Poe? What other works from Poe have you read?
Sit back, follow along and be prepared to explain Poe's intended effect in this story.
The Masque of the Red Death
It wouldn't be right to let Halloween go by without a little Edgar Allan Poe. The Masque of the Red Death is sure to creep you out.
Before we read:EQ: What is allegory?
The rich and powerful might build walls around their sprawling estates to block out the upsetting parts of life. What realities of life must people face no matter who they are?
What is the Black Death?
Who was Poe? What other works from Poe have you read?
Sit back, follow along and be prepared to explain Poe's intended effect in this story.
The Masque of the Red Death
Wednesday, October 22
First, please take this survey. The results are completely anonymous.
West: Begin Presentations
Bridgette: Finish Presentations
West: Begin Presentations
Bridgette: Finish Presentations
Projects Due today.....
Projects are on for Ms. Bridgette!
For Mrs. West.....Oh NO! My whole family is sick and me too. I'm so sorry, but I will not be there today. Projects will have to wait until tomorrow.
For now, enjoy the movie with your food. Have the sub sign a list confirming what everyone brought for e.c. Perhaps one of your students can create that list? If you finish the first movie, feel free to check and see if Ms. Bridgette is finished with the second or start it on Youtube.
Sub, you will have to restart my computer in order to get past my locked password, but the DVD is in the player on the side of my monitor. Use the VLC media player to play the movie.
Projects are now due tomorrow.
Students, please make sure you clean up after yourself five minutes before the period ends. Who will be the timekeeper?
Thank you for making this a good day for our substitute,
Mrs. West
For Mrs. West.....Oh NO! My whole family is sick and me too. I'm so sorry, but I will not be there today. Projects will have to wait until tomorrow.
For now, enjoy the movie with your food. Have the sub sign a list confirming what everyone brought for e.c. Perhaps one of your students can create that list? If you finish the first movie, feel free to check and see if Ms. Bridgette is finished with the second or start it on Youtube.
Sub, you will have to restart my computer in order to get past my locked password, but the DVD is in the player on the side of my monitor. Use the VLC media player to play the movie.
Projects are now due tomorrow.
Students, please make sure you clean up after yourself five minutes before the period ends. Who will be the timekeeper?
Thank you for making this a good day for our substitute,
Mrs. West
Monday, October 20 ~ Hobbit project due tomrrow!
DUE Today!
Tomorrow: We feast over projects and music. Make sure your rubric is on Google Drive.
- Hard Copy: Your old essay stapled below the Self/Peer Editing Sheets (20pts).
- Digital: Submit your typed essay to Turnitin.com and Google Drive (10pts).
- Please put a note on both items: NO CHANGE or REGRADE (10% optional pts).
Tomorrow: We feast over projects and music. Make sure your rubric is on Google Drive.
- E.C. for food!
Block Day, October 16-17
ROOTS:
RUBRICS DUE!
Please have these in your Google drive folder by midnight tonight!
GROUP ACTIVITY:
- loc, loco - place
- log, logo, ology - word, study, speech
- loqu, locut - talk, speak
- luc, lum, lus, lun - light
RUBRICS DUE!
Please have these in your Google drive folder by midnight tonight!
GROUP ACTIVITY:
- Get into groups with other people who have chose the same project as you.
- Go around the group and describe your ideas for your project so far. Discuss ways that each person enrich their projects.
- Compare your rubrics and alter them with new ideas you've found.
- NOTE: Consider the bar you are setting for yourself. Your earned grade may not match your rubric if the bar you set is much lower than that of your classmates or what I know you are capable of, so make sure that you bring a legit project on Tuesday!
- When you get your essay back, please read over the feedback and familiarize yourself with the piece again.
- Then complete the first six sections of the Peer Edit Sheet on your own.
- Lastly, trade essays with a peer and complete the last section of overall feedback for your partner.
Wednesday, October 15 ~ PSATs today!
ROOTS:
~Continue your notes from before. These roots will add up to a cumulative test.
Due tomorrow: a completed rubric, tailored for your project.
~Continue your notes from before. These roots will add up to a cumulative test.
- leg - law
- levi - light
- liber, liver - free
- liter - letters
Due tomorrow: a completed rubric, tailored for your project.
Tuesday, October 14 ~ Make a Rubric!
NOTE: Today is extended chapel. Click here for the schedule.
Open
*Check on Google Drive to find the "Hobbit Rubric" file. Use this format to create a tailored rubric for your own project.
PSAT tomorrow!
*Click here for the Schedule.
*Your day starts in your advisory class for testing from 8:10-11:25, followed by 20 minute classes.
*Remember that the National Merit Scholarship Foundation will have access to these scores.
*Booklets back. Practice!
Movie
Open
*Check on Google Drive to find the "Hobbit Rubric" file. Use this format to create a tailored rubric for your own project.
PSAT tomorrow!
*Click here for the Schedule.
*Your day starts in your advisory class for testing from 8:10-11:25, followed by 20 minute classes.
*Remember that the National Merit Scholarship Foundation will have access to these scores.
*Booklets back. Practice!
Movie
Welcome to Second Quarter!
A new quarter means a fresh start with grades!
Your first two grades this quarter will be earned this week. Let's start off well!
West Class: Claim your projects today! They are due on Block Day!
Bridgette Class: You will claim your projects tomorrow!
Continue watching the movie.
Your first two grades this quarter will be earned this week. Let's start off well!
- Hobbit Journals 10-17: Please put these into Google drive under this same title. I will grade them during first period tomorrow.
- Hobbit Project: This week will be spent working on the project and enjoying the movie. We will have a hobbit party on Block Day to celebrate the end of our Fantasy unit! Click on the link below to view the project options.
West Class: Claim your projects today! They are due on Block Day!
Bridgette Class: You will claim your projects tomorrow!
Continue watching the movie.
Block Days~ October 8-9 End of Quarter 1!
In-Class Essay: The Hobbit
Have a great three-day weekend! No HW!
- 40 minutes. You may use one pre-made note card.
- Please underline your thesis and topic sentences that match the "because" section.
Have a great three-day weekend! No HW!
Tuesday, October 7 ~ In-Class essay tomorrow!
EQ: Which prompt from yesterday's blog will you write about tomorrow?
HINT: You may prepare one notecard for tomorrow's in-class essay. I would recommend that your notecard include a CAB thesis and SIX quotes to use in your TIED paragraphs. You will have 40 minutes.
Warm-up: How can you fix this CAB thesis to be in parallel structure?
Although the dwarves did not trust him at first, Bilbo does earn their trust and respect when he saves them from spiders, the dwarves get broken out of the Elven prison and he finds the boat.
Last Fishbowl! (Group 3 leads, but jump in if you still need credit!)
HW: Prepare your notecard for Block Day essay.
NOTE: Journals 10-17 Due Monday (West only)
HINT: You may prepare one notecard for tomorrow's in-class essay. I would recommend that your notecard include a CAB thesis and SIX quotes to use in your TIED paragraphs. You will have 40 minutes.
Warm-up: How can you fix this CAB thesis to be in parallel structure?
Although the dwarves did not trust him at first, Bilbo does earn their trust and respect when he saves them from spiders, the dwarves get broken out of the Elven prison and he finds the boat.
Last Fishbowl! (Group 3 leads, but jump in if you still need credit!)
HW: Prepare your notecard for Block Day essay.
NOTE: Journals 10-17 Due Monday (West only)
Monday, October 6 ~ Ch. 18-19
Are these Strong Thesis Statements?
- The novel, The Hobbit, has a great lesson.
- My essay is about the lesson on greed in The Hobbit.
- Even though the dwarves have a lot to fight for, they become corruptly motivated by greed when confronted by the other people groups who want part of the hoard.
1st -Figure out the question.
*Ex. How has Bilbo grown into a leader?
2nd - Answer the question.
*One possible format to use is the CAB thesis:
Contest
Although Bilbo began as a meek creature of comforts,
Assert
it is evident that he has grown in courage and skill
Because
because he has rescued the dwarves several times, asserted himself to Thorin, and even confronted Smaug.
3rd - Check it.
- Did I answer the question meaningfully? That means that the reader cannot ask "So what?" or "How?" or "Why?" If s/he can, then you need to clarify, connect your ideas to a larger issue, or narrow your topic down somehow.
- Did I take a debatable position? If your thesis simply states obvious facts, there is a very good chance you are simply providing summary rather than proving something or explaining something in a new way. You must choose a direction to work toward.
- 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 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.
Practice: Apply the CAB thesis to ONE of these prompts:
- In the end, what did the hobbit gain from the adventure? How has this adventure changed who Bilbo is?
- In the end, Gandalf makes the comment: "You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit?" (305). Do you agree with Bilbo or with Gandalf? If "mere luck" is not responsible for Bilbo's success, what is?
- Bilbo and his companions have built a level of trust through the challenges they've encountered. What is Tolkien saying about TRUST in this novel?
- Many of the characters changed in the novel due to greed. What is Tolkien saying about GREED in this novel?
Friday, October 3 ~ Chapters 15-17
Socratic Fish Bowl: Group 2
HW: Read Chapters 15-17 & do Journal 17
BRIDGETTE'S CLASS ONLY - Journals are due Monday, Oct. 6 - Check Focus for details.
Journal 17: Choose one and write a TIED-IED paragraph.
A. What is noble about Bilbo's actions with the Arkenstone? (Consider: Why does he do it? Would any other character in the story be capable of this? What does it say about Bilbo's ethics? Why does he return to the mountain? Would you have done the same?)
B. Trace Thorin's moral degeneration. (Consider: What causes him to change? In what ways does he end up being similar to Smaug? Why do you think he is corrupted so easily?)
HW: Read Chapters 15-17 & do Journal 17
BRIDGETTE'S CLASS ONLY - Journals are due Monday, Oct. 6 - Check Focus for details.
Journal 17: Choose one and write a TIED-IED paragraph.
A. What is noble about Bilbo's actions with the Arkenstone? (Consider: Why does he do it? Would any other character in the story be capable of this? What does it say about Bilbo's ethics? Why does he return to the mountain? Would you have done the same?)
B. Trace Thorin's moral degeneration. (Consider: What causes him to change? In what ways does he end up being similar to Smaug? Why do you think he is corrupted so easily?)
Thursday, October 2 ~ Chs.13 & 14
Discuss Journal 14: What is an Arkenstone?
Journal 15: Personal Writing Goals
*Fishbowl Tomorrow! Group 2 is leading. Prepare your questions and quotes!
Journal 15: Personal Writing Goals
- Today you will receive your Mythology Essays Back.
- Looking at the SAT rubric (in Google Drive) with your essay feedback, what are three areas you could improve in? Write three goals as Journal 15.
*Fishbowl Tomorrow! Group 2 is leading. Prepare your questions and quotes!
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