Friday 11-20...Monday 11-23...Tuesday 11-24

It is Tuesday and I am back - thanks for the kind messages.

Today in class we will:
Complete WC Unit 12 Quiz

Papers will be passed back

Upfront article Heritage of Hate will be read in class.

If you missed a CROSS COUNTRY CONNECTIONS post you may respond to the REFLECTIONS post by 12-29-15 5 PM for partial credit/make-up credit.

Monday with the sub everyone:
Turned in Vocab Story
Completed and corrected Vocabulary Lesson 9 Synonyms and Lessons 8/9 Antonyms

People were put into groups (using cards) and worked on BNW worksheet (due at end of class)

Friday with the sub:
Completed and corrected Vocabulary Lesson 8 Synonyms
Corrected WC page 530 ex 2 evens
Completed and Corre4cted WC page 536 EX 8 ALL

REMINDER ... assignments before finals

1. Group Project due Uploaded 11-30-15
1. Print and "package" with the rest of your group to turn in 12-1
2. Group Presentation 12-1
3. Grammar Flip Exercises due 12-3
4. Vocab Quiz 7-8 (1-10) on 12-4
5. Parent and Grandparent Narrative Prewrite uploaded 12-4
6. Vocab Quiz 8 (11-20) and 9 on 12-11

Block Day 11-18-19

We went over the final exam study guide in class and discussed the Upfront article prior to the Literature test.

After the test...HW if not done

WC page 530 EX 2 EVENS

Tuesday 11-17

Today BNW Reading Assignment was turned in and we completed and corrected the APPOSITIVES exercises in WC ... odds in ex 5-6-7 pages 521-522.

We discussed Maus: We wrote 6 words stories to capture the essence of the text in 6 words...as Hemingway did in 1920 to win a bet.

Block 6 started to discuss the format of BNW.

Monday 11-16

Today the November News Story was turned in while Vocabulary Lesson 7 Synonyms was completed. We corrected the Vocabulary lesson and discussed upcoming assignments.

We discussed the test format...text to text connection and lit devices. If I give a lit device I will define it for you...you just need to apply it to the text.

Today's Maus discussion: Hyperbole and Litotes...continues tomorrow.

Block Days and Friday

Block Days we played VOCABULARY BINGO for bonus points on the Vocabulary Test then discussed Maus.

We watched a clip of an interview with Art Spiegelman where he discussed the writing process and looked for moments in the text where he "stepped out of the story" and directly communicated with the audience.

Friday:
I was speaking at a conference in Sacramento. The sub administered the Vocabulary Test. After the test Students were to read from the Upfront Magazine.

Due Next Week:
MONDAY: November News Story ... submitted WITH RUBRIC
TUESDAY: Brave New World Reading WS
BLOCK DAY: PART of class will be spent on MAUS/Lottery/Diary/Letter Test ... rest on Grammar

SEMESTER 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE

This is a Start - FINAL REVISIONS will be made no later than Thanksgiving - you can start studying/preparing from this outline:

Multiple Choice: Exam Day 12-15-15
Vocabulary Lessons 7-8-9 (emphasis) with some from 1-6 as well.
WC Units 12, 15, and 20
Read an Upfront article and answer questions based on your active reading of the article.

Essay - on Monday 12-14 
Concepts Addressed:

• Essay Format
• Thesis Statement
• Proving a point with Thorough Concrete Textual Evidence 

Essay topics may include but are not limited to:

• Conflicts
• Characterization
• Literary Devices: Foreshadowing, Setting, Didacticism, Figurative Language, Symbolism, Theme, Meiosis, Flashback, Narrative, Non Sequitur, Catharsis, Understatement, Tone, Mood, and Ethos/Pathos/Logos (The Rhetorical Triangle)

Covers: Tuesdays With Morrie, "The Lottery", "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", The Diary of Petr Ginz, Maus, and Brave New World.

Monday 11-9-15

Today we got new seats and completed and corrected:
WC P. 473-474 EX 58-59 ODDS
WC P. 519-520 EX 1 - 2 all

BLOCK 5 - blog due Thursday

EVERYONE - Vocabulary Test 4-5-6 Friday

Announcement: WC Unit 12 Quiz Tuesday 11-24 - Tuesday of Thanksgiving Week.
Announcement: Grammar Flip Exercises re: PREPOSITIONS due 12-3

REMINDER - Tuesday is TIE DAY - Block Day BLOCKS 2-4-6

Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday

We spent the time in the library Tuesday working on the PERSONAL NARRATIVE - Personal portion. It was uploaded by the end of Tuesday.

Block Day was spent working with our groups on the group presentation. The individual portions of the group presentation will be uploaded by November 30th. A collective project will be turned in according to the rubric directions on 12-1, the day of the oral presentations.

BRAVE NEW WORLD DIGITAL EDITION

Read It Here

Brave New World Audiobook

http://www.openculture.com/2010/05/vintage_radio_huxley_narrates_brave_new_world.html

Monday 11-2-15

No Shave November begins today

Brave New World Books were to be brought to class...check for class participation grade

BLOCK 4 Post is due Thursday - 7 PM

Today papers were passed back and presentations finished

After Presentations...to be continued Friday...Correct WC from last week...discuss Upfront and Maus

HOMEWORK:
Read details of Personal Narrative Assignment and Group Project Assignment...what we will be doing in the library in class the next two class periods.

SUGGESTION: Read 1 chapter of Brave New World each day

Semester 1 EXAM

The final exam ESSAY will be IN CLASS on MONDAY 12-14-15

The final exam (scantron/short answer) will be on Tuesday 12-15 at 8:30 AM

The Study Guide will be posted the week of Thanksgiving

Those students with EXTRA time on file in the Guidance office will meet in my classroom at 7 AM and work till the stopping point at 10 AM.