MONDAY 2-6-17

Today we will start class by completing and correcting Vocabulary Lesson 11 ANTONYMS

We will complete and activity re: close looking/close reading/historical accuracy

We will discuss Short Stories...FOCUS on TONE and MOOD (last week's focus was primarily on Characterization with some tone/mood discussion)

2-3-17

Completed and Corrected Vocabulary Lesson 10 ANTONYMS

Returned Intersession Assignments to students who did not get them back block days

Completed discussion of "Geraldo No Last Name"
Characterization...direct and indirect
Tone...Mood...Shifts
Annotation HINTS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION WAS: Why do we get to know others?

Finished with a Close Looking/Close Reading Activity

DAY TWO Block Days ...2-1-17 and 2-2-17

Today we heard about Campus Ministry Travel Trips as INTERSESSION OPPORTUNITIES
We discussed where to find the Curriculum Guide on the SAHS Homepage

We did a BINDER MOVE:
Recycled Vocab Quizzes

Filed the following in our portfolio:

1. INDEX
2. THREE Vocabulary Stories
3. St. Vincent de Paul (if it applies)
4. Where I am From Poem
5. CATE Papers
6. Library Contest Papers

Completed and Corrected Vocab 11 SYNONYMS

Discussed Short Stories ... started with Geraldo No Last Name

If time, What's Going On In This Picture?

Semester 2 Begins...1-31-17

We began by collecting Intersession Assignments and discussing assignments listed on the board and posted on Canvas (Vocabulary, Grammar Flip, Macbeth, Outside Reading)

We completed and corrected VOCABULARY LESSON 10 SYNONYMS

We did an opening "introduction" activity

Friday 12-9-16...BNW DIscussion

BLOCK 6 had one final presentation

Papers were passed back in most blocks

Reminders about finals/rooms...will post on MONDAY for TUESDAY and also post on DOOR of classroom

REMINDER...DOWNLOAD INTERSESSION ASSIGNMENT

BNW Discussion:

• Huxley's mastery ... innuendos about many cultures through history (Greece/India/USA/Germany discussed/reviewed today)
• p. 70 .... Words are like X-Rays.... Power of books/words ... restriction of books/changing history (connect with Nazi Party in WWII)
• John the Savage and Bernard...neither have real friends nor fit in
• John and Bernard not being true friends to one another
• John standing up for what he believes in ... no matter what others think/Bernard as well
• Connecting John/Bernard/Helmholtz with other characters (TEXT-TO-TEXT)
• Foreshadowing John's Suicide...page 136 .... then last page of book

Block Days

Block Days we completed presentations and discussed BNW

Topics:
Role of SOMA to level emotions
How and Why the World State tried to create STABILITY
The "person" who feels vs the "person" who behaves/feels like a robot
Desire to fit in
Role of community
Importance of relationships
Role of Science

Friday 12-2 and Monday 12-5 and Tuesday 12-6

Friday 12-2 We continued with presentations
Block 4 completed presentations and began to delve into the RATIONALE behind how the World State was made...looking first at page 223 ... population based on ICEBERG.

Monday 12-5
All blocks began where Block 4 was on Friday and also looked deeper at what MOND's plan was to create the "utopia"
Page 220 includes a passage discussing what was eliminated from the world...lists items that cause man vs self and man vs man conflicts...to create STABILITY
Students added to the list while I did a binder check
Presentations continued

Tuesday 12-6 RETREAT

UPCOMING:

• BLOCK DAYS...complete presentations, complete discussion from Monday, and transfer some papers to CLASS PORTFOLIOS
• FRIDAY: BNW DISCUSSION, Intersession Assignment Discussion, and paper return
• Monday Part 1 of Final In Class
• Tuesday Final Exam

Block Days

Class Presentations on Block Day ... what is not done on Block Day will be completed Friday

Tuesday 11-28-16

Today papers were returned and the Character Analysis was turned in. Students had time to work on presentations due next class period.

Grammar Flip Due Wednesday

Binder Organized Monday 12-5-16...all papers in the correct place

Tuesday 11-22

Mass and Turkey Trot

Papers will be passed back
Final Exam Study guide posted under "FINAL EXAM" in CANVAS

In class we will work on CHARACTER ANALYSIS ... due Tuesday 11-29

REMINDERS:
Group Project work day in class 11-29
Group Project Presentations 11-30
Last Grammar Flip for Semester 1 is due 11-30
St. Vincent de Paul essay continues to be due on Mondays (Tuesday next week)

INTERSESSION WORK will be posted and discussed the week before final exams

Monday 11-21

Today we completed and corrected WC page 756 EX 22
The Library Paper rubric was collected

Tomorrow-time to work on character analysis

FRIDAY 11-18-16

Vocabulary Quiz

After Quiz Read Upfront from BLOCK DAY

REMINDER: Paper Final Draft Uploaded by 8 PM Sunday night...rubric/drafts/peer edits to class on Monday

THURSDAY BLOCK DAY 11-17

BLOCKS 1-3-5:

Completed and Corrected Vocabulary Book Pages 117-120

 

READ/REVIEW BLUE RULES WRITERS CHOICE 733-748

COMPLETE and CORRECT EX 15 page 748 and EX 2-3-4 pages 774-775

READ UPFRONT ARTICLE “Will a Robot Take Your Job” AND “Are We Heading Toward a New Cold War”

WEDNESDAY BLOCK DAY

Today in class we completed and corrected Vocabulary Lesson 8 (ODDS) Choosing the Right Words and Completing the Sentences

We Started a Writers Choice Section on COMMAS, COLONS, and SEMICOLONS
We read the "blue rules" on pages 733-743 and completed and corrected the following:
735 EX 4 #1-3-5
736 EX 5 #1-3-5
740 EX 9 #1-2-3
742 EX 10# 7-8-9
743 EX 11 # 1-3-5

We started reading UPFRONT: "Will a Robot Take Your Job"

Monday 11-14 and Tuesday 11-15

Today BNW was turned in and we completed and corrected Vocabulary Lesson 7 Completing The Sentences - ODDS

Then we started to discuss BNW:
Science Fiction
Motto ... community....identity...stability
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What happens if SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY rules and PEOPLE forget about MORALS/ETHICS?

TUESDAY 11-15
Group Project in Library

BLOCK DAY 11-9 and 11-10

Today in class we completed and corrected VOCABULARY LESSON 9 Completing the Sentences - EVNS

We discussed:
MAUS ... how this book could be categorized (and defined categories)
Memoir/Biography/Historical Fiction
We discussed difference between a GRAPHIC NOVEL and a COMIC BOOK

"The Lottery"
Tradition - why
Who wanted tradition changed and why
Tessie Hutchinson
Procedures and Supplies for the actual lottery to be administered
Publication of the story (original)

Tuesday 11-8

Today we completed and corrected VOCABULARY LESSON 8 Completing the Sentences (evens)
Papers were returned

We discussed "The Lottery"

• Words used to indicate setting and historical era
• Words used to indicate professions of townspeople
• Equipment used in lottery (listed all blocks)
• Procedures of the lottery - block 1
• Tradition ... those for and those against

Monday 11-7

Today we had a peer editing workshop for the Library Contest Paper.

I will read intro / thesis for papers that earned 70% or less on paper one. If you wish me to read yours, or read an intermediate draft, come by during tutoring time.

Final draft uploaded Sunday 11-20 8 PM ... bring rubric, draft, and peer editing papers (from today) back on Monday 11-21.

November 3 and 4

November 3rd we will be in the library to start our group project (group mates = table mates).

We will continue in the library Tuesday 11-15 and have an additional in-class work day Tuesday 11-29. Projects are due 11-30.

Friday 11-4 we will have our grammar quiz #2.

Active Read "The Lottery" by Tuesday 11-8

REMINDER...Library Contest Draft is due UPLOADED to TURNITIN.COM via CANVAS by Sunday 11-6 at 8 PM. Rough draft + Rubric must be printed and brought to class for peer review day on Monday 11-7-16.

November 1, 2016

REMEMBER CLUB DAY IS WED. during homeroom
REMEMBER NO SHAVE NOVEMBER begins11-2-16

BLOCKS 1-3-4-5-6
In class we completed and corrected
VOCABULARY LESSON 7 Choosing the Right Words - EVENS
WC page 637 EX 6 ALL and 651 EX 4 ALL
Papers were passed back

We discussed MAUS - how the book is also Artie's story...and watched a video of Artie Speaking

Wall Street Journal article read...search for thesis, supporting evidence, and attention grabber

REMINDER...Thursday is a MONDAY schedule...Blocks 1-2-3-4-5-6