Monday, January 30
Assignments: On Demand
Tuesday, January 31
Bell Work: Journal: List everything you know about the Holocaust
Assignments: Into to memoir and the Holocaust
Wednesday, February 1
Journal: What surprised you the most in the presentation yesterday?
Assignments: Read Oprah's interview with Elie Wiesel. Annotate it and answer the questions on the last page of the interview. Recieve vocab: Due Friday!
Homework: Questions from Oprah interview
Thursday, February 2
Items Due: Questions from the Oprah interview
Journal: Think of three people in your life who have really impacted you for better or for worse. What did they do thtat was so special? Are there any moments that stand out to you?
Assignments: Read "Fighting Hate, Across Cultures and Generations" and answer questions. Create triptych
Homework: Vocab cards due tomorrow. Finish triptych at home
Firday, February 3
Items Due: Vacab cards Triptych
Journal: What is genocide? why do you think genocide occurs? What are some examples of genocide in the past two centuries?
Assignments: Begin reading Night
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Week of January 23-27
Monday January,23
Assignments: Today is the last day to work in class on your research assignment!
Homework: Bring in your completed research assignment tomorrow for peer review.
Tuesday January,24
Items due: Research assignment
Assignments: Peer review and conferencing
Homework: Research assignment with corrections
Wednesday January, 25
Items due: Research assignment with corrections
Bell Work: Journal: What is your overall impression of Hemingway? Do you like his writing style? Explain why and give specific examples.
Assignments:• Turn in your research assignment
• Laying out an essay with your index cards
Thursday,January 26
Bell Work: Grammar review
Assignments: • Socratic Circle
Homework: Grammar, vocab and The Old Man and the Sea quiz tomorrow
Friday, January 27
Assingnments: • Quiz over affect v. effect, comma splices, there/their/they’re, vocab and The Old Man and the Sea
Assignments: Today is the last day to work in class on your research assignment!
Homework: Bring in your completed research assignment tomorrow for peer review.
Tuesday January,24
Items due: Research assignment
Assignments: Peer review and conferencing
Homework: Research assignment with corrections
Wednesday January, 25
Items due: Research assignment with corrections
Bell Work: Journal: What is your overall impression of Hemingway? Do you like his writing style? Explain why and give specific examples.
Assignments:• Turn in your research assignment
• Laying out an essay with your index cards
Thursday,January 26
Bell Work: Grammar review
Assignments: • Socratic Circle
Homework: Grammar, vocab and The Old Man and the Sea quiz tomorrow
Friday, January 27
Assingnments: • Quiz over affect v. effect, comma splices, there/their/they’re, vocab and The Old Man and the Sea
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Week of January 17-20, 2012
Here is our agenda for the week.
January 17: Reading and working
January 18: Library day for research
January 19: Continue reading and working
January 20: Continue reading and working
If you are doing the AP assignment, here is the agenda.
January 17: Continue reading and working (10 points)
January 18: Thesis statement due at the beginning of class on an index card, Library day for research
January 19: Continue reading and working (40 points)
January 20: 10 index cards due at the beginning of class with MLA citations, summaries, and quotes (these are not necessarily your final sources, but they give me a good idea of where you stand with your paper), Continue reading and working
January 17: Reading and working
January 18: Library day for research
January 19: Continue reading and working
January 20: Continue reading and working
If you are doing the AP assignment, here is the agenda.
January 17: Continue reading and working (10 points)
January 18: Thesis statement due at the beginning of class on an index card, Library day for research
January 19: Continue reading and working (40 points)
January 20: 10 index cards due at the beginning of class with MLA citations, summaries, and quotes (these are not necessarily your final sources, but they give me a good idea of where you stand with your paper), Continue reading and working
Monday, January 9, 2012
Week of January 9-13
Monday, January 9
Items due: Read to p. 60
Journal: After you get your paper back, write a paragraph about reflecting on how you could start discovering what is below the surface of your personal iceberg.Discussion over the reading Read to page 90 Homework:Read to page 90, work on vocabulary cards and Understand...ing Literature packet
Tuesday, January 10
Items due: Read to p. 90
Journal: Agree or disagree with the following statement and explain your opinion: Victory is not a prerequisite for honor.Their, there and they’re lesson Finish the book
Homework: Finish the book (if needed), vocabulary cards due tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 11
Items due: Vocabulary cards, Book finished
Journal: Write a reflection from the perspective of the old man (Santiago) or the boy (Manolin) after the old man returned from his journey.Go over vocab cards Introduction to literary criticism with 1952 Time article Introduction to 5-part thesis statement (if time permits) Homework: Understanding Literature packet
Thursday, January 12
Bell work: Read “A Clean, Well-lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway. When you are finished, write four questions about the piece that could be used in a Socratic Circle discussion (one for each level).Discussion over the piece and themes from Hemingway’s works Intro to 5-part thesis statement (if we didn’t get to it Wednesday) Practice writing the thesis statement in groups Homework: Understanding Literature packet due tomorrow!
Friday, January 13
Items due: Understanding Literature packetGrammar review (affect v. effect, comma splices, there, their and they’re)Receive research assignment Begin working on research assignment.
Items due: Read to p. 60
Journal: After you get your paper back, write a paragraph about reflecting on how you could start discovering what is below the surface of your personal iceberg.Discussion over the reading Read to page 90 Homework:Read to page 90, work on vocabulary cards and Understand...ing Literature packet
Tuesday, January 10
Items due: Read to p. 90
Journal: Agree or disagree with the following statement and explain your opinion: Victory is not a prerequisite for honor.Their, there and they’re lesson Finish the book
Homework: Finish the book (if needed), vocabulary cards due tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 11
Items due: Vocabulary cards, Book finished
Journal: Write a reflection from the perspective of the old man (Santiago) or the boy (Manolin) after the old man returned from his journey.Go over vocab cards Introduction to literary criticism with 1952 Time article Introduction to 5-part thesis statement (if time permits) Homework: Understanding Literature packet
Thursday, January 12
Bell work: Read “A Clean, Well-lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway. When you are finished, write four questions about the piece that could be used in a Socratic Circle discussion (one for each level).Discussion over the piece and themes from Hemingway’s works Intro to 5-part thesis statement (if we didn’t get to it Wednesday) Practice writing the thesis statement in groups Homework: Understanding Literature packet due tomorrow!
Friday, January 13
Items due: Understanding Literature packetGrammar review (affect v. effect, comma splices, there, their and they’re)Receive research assignment Begin working on research assignment.
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