EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE.  NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.  SEE ATTACHED.

Literary Terms #5 due.

 

Literary Terms #3 and #4 due.

TEST--THE CRUCIBLE

STUDENT LED CONFERENCE IN G-44 (SENIORS) AND G-43 (JUNIORS) AT LUNCH.  MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADULT OF 25 YRS OR OLDER WITH YOU FOR THE CONFERENCE.

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  READ PAGES 126-131 IN GREEN BOOK. WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH AND GRAMMAR LINK P. 131

PERIODS 5, 6:  TEST REVIEW PART 4

Literary Terms #2 due.

View the DVD The McCarthy Years.

Take 30 Cornell Notes

6 Questions

Summary each page.

#1 LITERARY TERMS #1 DUE

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  In green book, read p. 144-7 and complete the viewing/representing assignment.

PERIODS 5, 6:  Complete the review questions for The Crucible (attached).

FINISH WRITING YOUR ESSAY IN CLASS. TAKE HOME AND TYPE IT AND BRING TO STUDENT-LED CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.  HAVE PARENT SIGN IT THEN GIVE IT TO ME FRIDAY.

Student Led Conference sign up sheet or parental excuse due.

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Watch 1/2 hr of The Great Debaters.  Complete 1 of 2 essays--due tomorrow. (see attached)

Periods 5, 6:  Read to pg. 240 of Act IV of The Crucible.  Answer questions 1-9 (see attached)

Agenda: 

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Lit Circle #1.  Role sheets due upon arrival.  Next Lit Circle Monday October 31.

Periods 5, 6: Quiz on Act III of The Crucible.

Periods 1, 2, 4:  In green book, read pp. 234-6 and complete "Write Problem/Solution Essay" on p. 237.

Periods 5, 6:  Act III:  Complete 5 quotation problems. 

                                   Quiz on Monday

PSAT TESTING FOR ALL 9TH, 10TH, 11TH GRADERS IN ADVISORY

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  BOOKS HANDED OUT AND SIGNED FOR; LIT CIRCLE PREP; FIRST LIT CIRCLE IS NEXT MONDAY.

PERIODS 5, 6:  READ PP. 218 TO END OF ACT III.  ANSWER QUESTIONS (SEE ATTACHED)

PERIODS 1, 2, ,4:  ROLE SHEETS FOR LITERATURE CIRCLE DUE.  LIT CIRCLE DISCUSSION.

PERIODS 5, 6:  READ PAGES 207-217 AND ANSWER QUESTIONS (SEE ATTACHED)

Agenda:  Periods 1, 2, 4:  After meeting in lit circle groups to confirm who is doing which of the 5 or 6 roles, students read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin (can be found at http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBOOKS/StorHour.shtml)  and produce a role sheet for the upcoming lit circle on Monday.

Periods 5, 6:  Quiz on Act 1 and 2 of The Crucible.  Watch the film The Crucible.

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  LIT CIRCLE PREPARATION (SEE ME FOR LIT CIRCLE SHEETS WHEN YOU RETURN FROM ABSENCE)

PERIODS 5, 6:  PASS BACK PAPERS/GET GRADES

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  VIEW WOMEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE DVD AND TAKE 25 CORNELL NOTES WITH 5 QUESTIONS AND SUMMARY.  (IF ABSENT, LOOK ONLINE FOR INFO ON MAMIE EISENHOWER, ABIGAIL ADAMS, NANCY REAGAN, EDITH WILSON, ROSALYNN CARTER, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, HILLARY CLINTON.

PERIODS 5, 6:  INTERIM ASSESSMENTS IN E28

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  HAND OUT PAPERS AND GIVE GRADES

PERIODS 5, 6:  MEET IN E28 FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENTS

LAST DAY TO CLEAR ABSENCES FOR MAKE UP WORK DONE TO COUNT.

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  WATCH BIOGRAPHY.COM BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.  TAKE 30 CORNELL NOTES WITH 8 QUESTIONS AND A SUMMARY ON EACH PAGE.

PERIODS 5, 6:  ACT II OF THE CRUCIBLE--1) THEME IN ACT II AND MAIN IDEA IN ACT II (SEE ATTACHMENTS)

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  ANALYZE JINGLES (CHIQUITA BANANAS, GOOD N PLENTY, COCA COLA (1971), MOUNDS/ALMOND JOY, RICE KRISPIES) USING THE HANDOUT.  FIND 4-5 EXAMPLES FROM EACH JINGLE TO MEET THE CRITERIA ON THE HANDOUT (ATTACHED)

PERIODS 5, 6:  COMPLETE THE READING OF ACT II OF THE CRUCIBLE (PP. 199-205) AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 8-12 ON OVERHEAD (ATTACHED) PLUS QUESTIONS 2, 4, 5, 6 ON P. 206

PERIODS 1, 2, 4:  COMPLETE REVISION OF RESEARCH PAPERS; ANALYZE JINGLES (LOOK UP LYRICS OF "RICE KRISPIES" JINGLE AND USE HANDOUT FROM 10-6 TO FIND 4-5 EXAMPLES FROM JINGLE THAT MEET CRITERIA ON HANDOUT.  WRITE DOWN THE EXAMPLES.

PERIODS 5, 6:  READ PP. 191-199 AND ANSWER QUES 1-7 ON HANDOUT (SEE ATTACHMENT FOR 10-6)

Agenda:  Periods 1, 2, 4:  Complete the Rhetorical Analysis of JFK's Inaugural Address

Periods 5, 6: Read The Crucible and answer the attached kids.

Agenda is:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Work on Rhetorical Analysis of JFK's Inaugural Speech.  If you're absent, pick up the sheet when you return to school.

Periods 5, 6:  The Crucible--Read and complete questions 4-9 on worksheet (see attached).

Agenda is: 

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Complete questions 1-8 on handout analyzing JFK's Inaugural Address

Periods 5, 6:  Those not on the field trip will complete "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" in class--read and answer questions.

PERIODS 1, 2, 4: 1) RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT DUE.  15 PTS EACH SET OF CARDS AND EVIDENCE.

                               2) Read JFK's Inaugural Speech and answer the questions on handout (these will have to be picked up in class).

 

PERIODS 5, 6:  READ PP. 163-169 AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS (ATTACHED).

Agenda for today:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  1) Turn in Slogans assignment. 2)  Finish watching Making the Speech video and taking 40 Cornell notes, with 8 headings or questions, and summary each page. 3)  Read Distinguishing Identification, Appeals to Logic and Appeals to Emotion and answer in full all questions on p. 223.

 

Periods 5, 6:  Watch video The Salem Witch Trials from the History Channel and take 40 Cornell notes, with 8 headings/questions and summary each page.

Today's agenda:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Complete MLA Practice (Per. 1).  Students will read the handout, "34 Ways to Write a Slogan" (it can be found online), then use 8 of the examples to write your own slogans.  Your slogans should reflect your political group/candidate's beliefs.  On your paper, identify the number and example.  Then underneath that, write a new slogan that meets the criteria of the example. 

Example:  1. Ask a Question       Will You Help?

                 5.  Use an emotive call to action       Help us change the world!

Period 5/6:

Homework due: 1) "Examination of Sarah Good" for those who needed extra time.

2) "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"--Complete the Connect to Your LIfe, the Active Reading chart, and the questions on the overhead (see attached)

 

Agenda for today is attached

Eyewitness Report due. Period 5:  1 page typed, double-spaced, #12 font.

Period 6:  1 1/2 pages, typed, double-spaced, #12 font.

 

Today's agenda: 1) Exchange papers and revise according to rubric on p. 120.

Read poem on pp. 140-141 and answer comp check ques, ques 2-6, and complete Literary Analysis.

Agenda for today:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Go to library to do research.

Periods, 5/6:  Eyewitness report due.  Read poem on p. 140-141 and complete Active Reading chart from p. 138, then answer comp check questions, ques 2-6 and literary analysis on p. 142.

 

Parent Letter Tear off due.

Today's agenda is:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Turn in parent letter tearoffs and go to library for instruction.

Periods, 5/6:  Read and take Cornell notes (20 notes, 5 headings, summary each page) on pp. 134-6 in text.  Complete Connect to your Life on p. 138 and read full page.  Read poem on p. 139 and answer Thinking Through the Lit questions.

Today's Agenda:  Periods 1, 2, 4

1)Review Research Assignment (see attached)

2)Review Research Paper Assignment (see attached)

3) Review MLA Heading

4) MLA Practice--"DNA"

Periods 5/6

Read and complete charts on pages 120-123

A minimum 1 typed page eyewitness report is due on Friday.

 

Agenda for today:  All classes:  Pass back papers, hand out folders, and give out 5 week points.

Agenda for today is:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Create 1 Biblio card and 3 different kinds of note cards for the article "De Blasio Offers Plan to Help Immigrants Assimilate"

Periods 5, 6:  P. 98 Comp Check, Questions 2-6 and Second Part of Lit Anal.

Today's agenda is:

Periods 1, 2, 4:  Complete the MLA practice titled "MLA TEST" (it's not a test)

 

Periods 5, 6:  Complete the Connect to Your Life before reading and the Active Reading Chart as you read the memoir "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Elaudah Equiano" (p. 93+).  PERIOD 6 ONLY:  #2 WRITING ASSIGNMENT FROM PAGE 89 DUE.

 

Today's agenda is attached:

IN CLASS INFORMATION FOR TODAY IS ATTACHED:

In class work today:  Read pp. 48-53 in text.  Complete chart on p. 48 and comp check ques, ques. 2, 3, 4, 5, and lit analysis on p. 53.

Attached is the work we completed in class today (Coyote/Fox/Whale) and yesterday (Coyote/Buffalo).