FIDS #23

Journal
Read the poem “At a Window” by Carl Sandburg. Tell me about the poem. Give specific lines that show the details of what the poet is discussing? What is the major outcome of the poem, the contrast in the second stanza as compared to the first stanza?

Assignment
Make a list of items in a store that represent you, your history, and your interests. Write a short poem of at least 20 lines in which you describe a store that sells these items and explain how the items represent you. Be sure to use concrete and abstract details, onomatopoeia and internal rhymes.

FIDS #22

Journal
What are your thoughts on yesterday's poem? Was it challenging for you to read? Be specific.

Assignment
Reread the poem "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica." And read it one more time. Review your questions from yesterday. Maybe add some more details where you didn't have enough before. Look up any words that you aren't familiar with if you didn't yesterday.

FIDS #21

Journal
If you were to move to a place where you had to learn a new language, what would you miss about your first language? How would you feel in such an experience do you thing? Explain.

Assignment
If you have your textbook, read pages 1356-1359 taking notes on the author Judith, Ortiz Cofer and the important details about concrete language and abstract language. Read the poem "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica." Use the attachments below to respond to the questions that I have included. Also I have included an image of your textbook pages in case you do not have it with you.

FIDS #19

Journal
Watch and read the poem "When Love Arrives" by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. The poem discusses the subject of Love. What, specifically, is the poem saying about Love? Use lines from the poem to illustrate your understanding. What do you think of this poem's subject and the writers' analysis about it?

 

Assignment

Continue reading about Trethewey.

FIDS #18

Journal
Free Write

Assignment
Read the information on author Natasha Trethewey on pages 1376 - 1377 of your textbook and take notes on this attached document. (If you are using the PDF files attached instead of your text, be sure to skip the information on Nikki Giovanni and go straight to page 1376 of the author information on Trethewey. Next, read her poem "Providence" on page 1378 (or the second pdf attachment) and complete the questions attached to where you will take your notes. (5 points for your notes and 20 points for your responses to the questions.) PLEASE private message me or comment if you need help or are confused!

Flexible Fridays - FIDS #9, #10 and #11 are due before midnight today.

FIDS #11

Journal
What do you miss the most right now?

Assignment
In this assignment, you must list your top five people that you want to be quarantined with during this time. This cannot include celebrities or famous people. You MUST explain who and why? What do they bring to you that makes them someone you want to be quarantined with? Be sure you don't just choose fun people. Think of individuals in your life that have skills to help you get through this time. You must have at least five sentences per person explaining why you chose him or her.

FIDS #10

FIDS #9

FIDS #6

 

Journal

Write about a past moment in your life when you felt most free. What was it about that event/time/activity that gave you such a sense of freedom? What were its qualities? What were you free from, and what were you free to do?

 

Literature

You will write your own personal declaration of independence.  Your final copy will be due on Friday, March 27.  Below you will find attached the requirements of this assignment. Today, you will share with me your philosophical foundation portion of the assignment that answers: What gives you the right to declare your independence. I will also include some examples in this attachment fro you to see. You must adhere to the rubric attached to get complete credit on your final Declaration.  You may declare independence from a variety of things in life: school, relationships, stress, illnesses.  Your ideas can be limitless! But make sure that you are declaring independence from something you feel you can write about - something meaningful.

 

TODAY

Personal Declaration - A Philosophical Foundation which answers the question: What gives us the right to declare our independence? Respond to this question in a paragraph on the attachment provided for you please.

No School/No FIDS day

Unit 5 Exam

Journal

The American Revolution lasted a long time and cost thousands of lives. Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter in 1783 that there was never a good war or a bad peace. What does this quote mean to you? Explain your answer fully!

 

Vocabulary

5.5 quiz; Unit 5 Exam on Tuesday, March 17.

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

Journal

Many of our well-known historical figures are considered American heroes. Their mistakes and shortcomings are often glossed over and ignored. Should we be more realistic, honest, and open about the positives and negatives of our historical heroes? Why or why not?

 

Vocabulary

5.5 quiz on Friday; Unit 5 Exam on Tuesday, March 17.

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

Journal

In your opinion, what makes a social media influencer so successful?

 

Vocabulary

5.5 quiz on Friday; Unit 5 Exam on Tuesday, March 17.

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

Journal

What would you do if you could travel into the past?

 

Vocabulary

5.5 sentences due; quiz on Friday; Unit 5 Exam on Tuesday, March 17.

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

~ "Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Journal

Who is your favorite leader in history? Explain why and what they did that inspired you or drew admiration from you?

 

Vocabulary

5.5 Introduction; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday; Unit 5 Exam on Tuesday, March 17.

1. resilient (adj) ability to return to a former state; supple; ability to bounce back
2. scapegoat (n) one who takes the blame for others
3. spurious (adj) false or deceitful
4. tractable (adj) capable of being easily led, taught or controlled; obedient; docile
5. vivacious (adj) full of life, very animated; energetic

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

~ "Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Journal

“Give me Liberty or Give me Death!” Patrick Henry. What does this mean to you?

 

Vocabulary

5.4 quiz 

 

Literature

~Persuasive Rhetoric

Journal

“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.”― Robert A. Heinlein, Revolt in 2100/Methuselah's Children

The power of speech has the ability to change someone’s perspective. Think of a speech you have heard or someone you respect in social media. Did they have the power to influence you?

 

Vocabulary

5.4 quiz Thursday

 

Literature

~ Introduction to Persuasive Rhetoric

Journal

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer." In life and throughout your career, there will be obstacles in which you encounter. Do you feel this quote is applicable in a job and in life? How will you handle adversity or how have you handled adversity?

 

Vocabulary

5.4 sentences due; quiz Thursday

 

Literature

~ Career Cruising

~ 6th period finishing film

Journal

“In another thirty to fifty years, the demand for cheap labor will have produced even more machines over the employment of actual humans. And in that time frame, humans will have lost their voice, their power, all freedoms, and all worth. It is inevitable that machines will one day become the ultimate enemies of mankind. We are not evolving or progressing with our technology, only regressing. Technology is our friend today, but will be our enemy in the future.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Do you believe this to be true of most jobs. What do you think your job will look like in 20 years?

 

Vocabulary

5.4 Introduction; sentences due tomorrow; quiz Thursday

 

Literature

~ Project Assignment

~ Career Cruising in Room 210

Journal

What do you think I could have done differently as a teacher to improve upon teaching this novel? I can learn a lot from you guys and would appreciate the feedback!

 

Vocabulary

5.3 quiz

 

Literature

~ Project Assignment; due on March 2

~ Viewing Guides due

~ Make up Work

Scheduling in Room 210 with Guidance. You must have your scheduling papers with you!

Journal

What do you think about the movie? Do you find it easier and more entertaining than the book, why?

 

Vocabulary

5.3 quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Continue viewing the film.

Journal

Do you prefer to read the book or watch the movie version? Why or why not?
If you like reading the book first, are you always disappointed with how the movie was made, why?

 

Vocabulary

5.3 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Continue viewing the film.

Journal

McMurphy takes the men on a fishing expedition. For many of the men this is their first trip out to the real world. Chief describes how the world has changed and he recounts memories from his childhood. If you were in the same situation as McMurphy and wanted to orchestrate a trip for a group of people, where would you go and why? How would your trip be beneficial for the group.

 

Vocabulary

5.2 quiz 

 

Literature

Discussion and response on OFOCN Chapters 28 - 29 pages 289 - 325

Chapter 28
1. Why does Nurse Ratched keep sending McMurphy back to electroshock therapy?
2. What do the patients start plotting to help McMurphy do?
3. Why are Candy and Sandy drunk when they get to the asylum?
4. What does Harding think McMurphy is too far gone to realize?
5. Who is in McMurphy’s bed with him when he wakes up at 6:30am?

Chapter 29

1. Who is missing during role call?
2. Who does Nurse Ratched threaten to tell about Candy, that makes Billy so upset?
3. Why aren’t the patients afraid of Nurse Ratched when she comes back?
4. What state is McMurphy in when he returns?
5. What does Chief do to McMurphy, and what does he have to do as a result of that?

SCHEDULING IN CLASSROOM

Journal

None

 

Vocabulary

5.1 Quiz on Tuesday, 18 February

 

Literature

Chapter 24 pages 205 – 224
1. What kind of team does McMurphy create?
2. What does McMurphy do when Nurse Ratched refuses to grant him Unaccompanied Leave?
3. What does Nurse Ratched do to try to prevent the fishing trip?
4. What does Chief think about his size?
5. How is Chief going on the fishing trip?

Journal
Bromden’s recollections of his childhood reveal the roots of his particular illness. He thinks, “It wasn’t me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.” The government representatives’ blatant disregard for 10-year-old Bromden resulted in his first dissociative episode. Time stopped, everything became brighter, and he could see the seams at which the strangers were put together, like they were robots. Bromden has been ignored by people in authority-the government, the army, the hospital staff-his whole life, which has caused him to feel smaller and smaller. Tell me about a time where you felt ignored and belittled, where somebody made you feel small.

Vocabulary
~V5.1 Check for period 6; V5.1 Quiz on Tuesday, 18 February for all class periods.
~Unit 4 Exam for Period 5

Literature
Fishbowl Discussion for period 6

Journal

Bromden’s recollections of his childhood reveal the roots of his particular illness. He thinks, “It wasn’t me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.” The government representatives’ blatant disregard for 10-year-old Bromden resulted in his first dissociative episode. Time stopped, everything became brighter, and he could see the seams at which the strangers were put together, like they were robots. Bromden has been ignored by people in authority-the government, the army, the hospital staff-his whole life, which has caused him to feel smaller and smaller. Tell me about a time where you felt ignored and belittled, where somebody made you feel small.

 

Vocabulary

V5.1 Check

Unit 4 Exam tomorrow for Period 5 and TODAY for period 6

 

Literature

Fishbowl Discussion

Journal

Nurse Ratched believes that, sooner or later, the other patients will turn on McMurphy, and her control over the ward will no longer be called into question. What do you predict will happen? Do you think that the other patients will turn on him? Tell me about a time when somebody has turned on you.

 

Vocabulary

~Unit 4 Exam tomorrow for period 6 and Wednesday for period 5

~ Introduction to V5.1

Aggregate (n) sum total, whole amount
Archipelago (n) a group of islands
Boon (n) favorable; a blessing, a benefit
Buffoon (n) a clown, a silly or stupid person
Chicanery (n) unethical methods, trickery

 

Literature

Journal

Why does McMurphy shout, “Alla you! Quit bugging me, goddammit!”? What is upsetting him? Tell me about a time when you wanted somebody to just "quit bugging you."

 

Vocabulary

4.5 Quiz; Unit 4 Exam on Wednesday of next week

 

Literature

OFOCN - Part II Quiz

OFOCN - Fishbowl Discussion

OFOCN - Read and respond in a classroom discussion forum

Chapter 24 pages 205 – 224

1. What kind of team does McMurphy create?
2. What does McMurphy do when Nurse Ratched refuses to grant him Unaccompanied Leave?
3. What does Nurse Ratched do to try to prevent the fishing trip?
4. What does Chief think about his size?
5. How is Chief going on the fishing trip?

Journal

Explain the significance of Bromden’s thought, “But when I saw my papa start getting scared of things, I got scared too." Tell me about a time when an adult that you trusted became scared and you found yourself scared as well. If this has never happened to you, tell me about a time when you were scared.

 

Vocabulary

4.5 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

OFOCN - Read and respond to the following in a classroom discussion forum

Chapter 22

1. Why are all the patients taken for X-Rays?
2. What is next door to the X-Ray room?
3. Why does no one want electroshock therapy, even though it doesn’t hurt?
4. What do most of the guys think would fix the situation at the asylum?
5. How many of the men in the asylum are committed?

Chapter 23

1. What does McMurphy buy at the canteen?
2. What does Nurse Ratched want to punish the patients for?
3. What does Nurse Ratched take away from the men?
4. When the other patients look to McMurphy for a reaction, what does he do?
5. What does McMurphy do when he wants one of his cigarettes?

 

Homework

Be prepared for a quiz on Part II of the novel

Journal

Chief Bromden says, "Nobody complains about the fog. I know why, now: as bad as it is, you can slip back in it and feel safe. That's what McMurphy can't understand, us wanting to be safe." Do you think that it is better to play it safe? Or do you think that it is better to take chances in life? Why or why not? Tell me about a time when you have either played it safe or taken a chance.

 

Vocabulary

4.5 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

OFOCN - Read and respond to the following

Chapter 19

1. What happens to Sefelt while he’s in line for lunch?
2. Why does Frederickson get upset with Big Nurse?
3. What does Chief compare electroshock therapy to?
4. Why doesn’t Sefelt want to take his pills?
5. What does Scanlon say at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 20

1. Who is in control of the ward?
2. How is McMurphy behaving?
3. How are the patients responding to the changes McMurphy made?
4. What time are the patients required to get out of bed?
5. What elements are most important to Nurse Ratched when running the ward?

Chapter 21

1. What does Harding refer to his wife as when he invited McMurphy over to meet her?
2. What does Harding keep doing to his wife while they are talking with McMurphy?
3. How does McMurphy respond when Harding asks for McMurphy’s opinion about his wife beyond her physical appearance?
4. What does McMurphy tell Harding has been happening to him at night?
5. Why is McMurphy unable to pick up the cards?

 

Homework

Read Chapters 22 - 23 pages 188-201

Journal

Who is the main character -Chief Bromden or McMurphy? Defend your answer.

 

Vocabulary

4.5 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

OFOTCN - Read and respond to the following

Chapter 17

1. What job is McMurphy assigned?
2. How does McMurphy feel about the job he’s been given?
3. What do the patients do instead of watching baseball?
4. What does Chief see as McMurphy’s vulnerabilities?
5. What does Chief notice about the fog?

Chapter 18

1. Where are all of the patients taken one Wednesday?
2. What does Murphy find out about the difference between jail and the asylum?
3. How does McMurphy clean the bathroom after their trip on Wednesday?
4. How does Cheswick feel about McMurphy giving in?
5. What does Cheswick do to himself?

Journal

Do you think that school is like a mental institution? What school policy would you want changed because you feel it is outdated? Explain. After five minutes pass have students put their journals away.

 

Vocabulary

4.4 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

* OFOTCN Quiz

* Read/listen to Chapters 12-15. (This will take us to Part 2 of the novel. I am asking you to read pages 126-145.) Chapter 13 and 14 are very short

Journal

WHO IS YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE VILLAIN? WHY? DO THEY RELATE IN ANY WAY TO NURSE RATCHED?

 

Vocabulary

4.4 Vocabulary quiz on Friday

 

Literature

* Quiz covering Chapters – on Thursday 1/30.

* Read Chapters 9-12 in class. There will be no assigned reading today. Before dismissal collect answers to questions that were on the power point presentation. Remind students about their quiz again.

Journal

Do you feel that as a society we treat people better during life or death?

 

Vocabulary

4.4 sentences check; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Continue our reading of Chapters 6-8. Finish reading chapter 8  for homework.

Journal

What do you think so far about the Therapeutic Community theory used in group sessions with the patients? After five minutes pass have students put their journals away.

 

Vocabulary

Introduction to 4.4 vocabulary list; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday

1. Nuance (n) a subtle distinction or difference

2. Partisan (n) one who exhibit extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause

3. Pious (adj) marked by showing zealous devotion to the rites of religion

4. Raucous (adj) loud and boisterous; harsh; disorderly

5. Repugnant (adj) disgusting, offensive.  

 

Literature

* We will break into groups of six and analyze a passage of the novel. A five sentence summary will be written using transition words.
* Class discussion on chapters 9-12.

Journal

What is your impression of the language in the book at this point? In your opinion, does it support a positive or negative view of the characters?

 

Vocabulary

4.3 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Chapters 3-4 of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

* Do the Acutes and Chronics coexist or are they segregated? Why do you think the ward is run this way?
* How is Harding and his wife described by Chief Bromden in the picture by his bedside table?
* What does McMurphy mean when he describes Harding as a “bull goose loony?”
* Why do you think that McMurphy sees through Chief Bromden’s act of playing deaf and dumb?” Remember all of the patients and staff do not know that chief can hear and speak.
* What is Chief’s definition of the “Combine?” (28)

Journal
Describe laughter. Does it have power? Explain.

 

Vocabulary

4.3 word list; sentences due tomorrow;quiz on Friday

1. garner (v) to gather together; to store up

2. heretical (adj) contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards

3. iconoclast (n) one who attacks established beliefs or institutions

4. irreproachable (adj) faultless, not discreditable

5. mercurial (adj) changing unpredictably, fickle

 

Literature
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
~ Begin listening to chapters 1-3 (time dependent) while answering questions in class
~ Read whatever we do not finish in class for tomorrow

Journal
Chief Bromden (Broom) comes off to the ward as deaf and dumb. He pretends that he understands nothing and is therefore treated like he is invisible. Has there ever been a time when you felt invisible or inconsequential, like you did not matter?

Vocabulary
4.2 quiz

Literature
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Journal

How would you feel if you were placed in a mental institution because you were different? Would you accept having to stay or would you make every effort to try and leave?

 

Vocabulary

4.2 quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Journal

Do you feel that it is important to "fit in"? Describe a time in your life where you felt that you tried to "fit in" somewhere or a time when you were rejected trying to "fit in". How did this make you feel?

 

Vocabulary

4.2 sentences due; Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Journal

Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

 

Vocabulary

~ 4.2 Introduction; original and complex sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday

1. congenial (adj) characterized by friendly sociability
2. deft (adj) skillful, adroit
3. dispatch (v) to send away with promptness or speed; speed, quickness
4. embroil (v) to entangle, to throw into confusion or strife
5. expurgate (v) to remove obscene or objectionable material usually before publication

 

Literature

Mrs. Herold will be discussing PSAT results and other information

Journal
Tell me about your dream job. What does it consist of doing? Where is the location? What would your daily responsibilities consist of?

Vocabulary
V4.1 Quiz

Literature
Career Cruising - All students should complete the career cruising tasks that have been assigned so far. These include: Career Project Interview #1, Career Project Interview #2 and Using School Subjects in the Workplace. Assignments should be shared with me via Google Classrooms.

Journal

What is your favorite thing about winter?

 

Vocabulary
4.1 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature
~ Synectics Assignment due by the end of the period.

Journal

What do you like to do on snow days?

 

Vocabulary

Introduction to word-list for 4.1; write original sentences; quiz on Friday

1. affluent (adj) abounding in wealth; prosperous; flowing freely
2. antiquity (n) the quality of being ancient; ancient times
3. blandishment (n) flattery
4. chasten (v) to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior; admonish; chastise; rebuke
5. civility (n) polite and courteous behavior; mannerly behavior

 

Literature

Make-up work completed and synectics assignment on Google Classroom

Journal

Explain what you would do if you got a gift that you did not really like.

 

Vocabulary

3.5  Quiz Friday; Unit 3 exam on Tuesday

 

Literature

~ Teacher/Group meetings
~ Continue working on the rewritten portion and visual for their parodies of "Twas the Night before Christmas."
~ Final copy due Thursday, December 12

Journal
The year is almost over. What are some things that you would love to do before the year ends?

Vocabulary
3.5 sentences due; Quiz Friday; Unit 3 exam on Monday

Literature

~ Teacher/Group meetings
~ Continue working on the rewritten portion and visual for their parodies of "Twas the Night before Christmas."
~ Final copy due Thursday, December 12

Journal
Think about all the things that you have in your house. If you could give away one thing to someone in need, what would it be and why would you give that item?

Vocabulary
3.5 introduction; sentences due tomorrow; quiz will be Friday.
1. slovenly (adj)messy, untidy, careless
2. spiteful (adj) full of malice; malevolent; vengeful
3. tangential (adj) slightly connected, divergent
4. taper (v) to decrease in thickness or width
5. vagrant (n) a wanderer who does not have a home

Literature

~ Teacher/Group meetings

~ Continue working on the rewritten portion and visual for their parodies of "Twas the Night before Christmas."
~ Final copy due Thursday, December 12

 

Journal

What does it mean to have the "holiday spirit"?

 

Vocabulary

V3.4 quiz today

 

Literature

~ Rough Drafts due today; Teacher/Group meetings; Continue working on the rewritten portion and visual for their parodies of "Twas the Night before Christmas."
~ Final copy due Thursday, December 12

Journal
What is the worst gift that you have ever received? Provide details.

Vocabulary
3.4 sentences due; Quiz tomorrow

Literature

~ Rough Drafts due Friday; Teacher/Group meetings; Continue working on the rewritten portion and visual for their parodies of "Twas the Night before Christmas."
~ Final copy due Thursday, December 12

Journal

How do we, as humans, overcome adversity?  What tactics do we use to get through the hard times, difficult situations and general injustice?

 

Vocabulary

V3.1 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

~ RCC pages 197 - end
~ Discussion
~ file:///E:/ATDPTIndian/ATDPTI%20Novel.pdf - online version
~ http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Absolutely.True.Diary/indice.html
(Audio Version)

Journal

“But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams. We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are.” For Arnold, poverty is something that crushes your soul and crushes your dreams. How does poverty impact the ability of people to dream? How can hope get crushed?

 

Vocabulary

2.4 quiz today

 

Literature

~ file:///E:/ATDPTIndian/ATDPTI%20Novel.pdf - online version
~ http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Absolutely.True.Diary/indice.html
(Audio Version)
~ Read pages 44 - 81 and complete reading guide questions for Monday - Chapters  6- Go Means Go; 7- Rowdy Sings the Blues; 8- How to Fight Monsters; 9- Grandmother Gives Me Some Advice; 10- Tears of a Clown; 11- Halloween

Journal

Leslie Marmon Silko states "You don't have anything if you don't have the stories." What do you think she means by this quote? Do you agree or disagree that stories are important to life?

 

Vocabulary

2.3 Introduction and sentences assignment; quiz on Friday

1. fortuitous (adj) something that happens by accident or chance (usually good)
2. guileless (adj) without deceit
3. hackneyed (adj) trite, banal, lacking freshness
4. illustrious (adj) notably outstanding, famous
5. insatiable (adj) incapable of being satisfied

 

Literature
- Discussion on The Way to Rainy Mountain information pp 29 – 31 with guided reading worksheet

- imagery, setting, historical context
- the importance of memory
- main ideas and supporting details
- Complete Literary Focus Worksheet
Assign pages 32 – 38 for homework reading and guided reading sheet

Journal

"Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your grandchildren." What does this quote mean? Explain your thoughts.

 

Vocabulary

2.2 Introduction; Sentences due tomorrow; Quiz on Friday
1. covert (adj) secret, concealed
2. desecrate (v) to violate the sanctity of something, to profane, to adulterate
3. dilatory (adj) delaying, slow
4. esteem (n) estimate of value; approval and respect often blended with fondness
5. expatriate (n) an exile

 

Literature

Intro to Native American Lit
- Collection Diagnostic Test
- PowerPoint/Note Taking
- oral tradition, myths
generalizations, comparisons
- SSR pp 14 – 17 in textbook

Journal

Free write. Write five sentences on anything that you wish to write about, as long as it is school appropriate.

 

Vocabulary

Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

Students will be completing the pre-administration for the PSAT exam, which will be given on October 16 to all students in eleventh grade.

Unit 1 Vocabulary Exam

 

Journal

Why do you think so many banned books have gone on to become curriculum-required reading?

 

Vocabulary

Introduction to 2.1 vocabulary words today; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday; Unit 1 Exam tomorrow

V2.1 Words

1. accord (n) agreement, state of harmony
2. annulment (n) a voiding, invalidation
3. arduous (adj) very difficult to accomplish or to achieve, very demanding
4. astute (adj) shrewd, perspicacious, perceptive
5. carping (v) finding fault

 

Literature

Develop a persuasive business letter addressed to the local school board stating a position as to the banning of the literary selection. Due at the beginning of the period tomorrow
Persuasive Letter to Board Member
- Format – 5
- Voice – 5
- Content – 5
- Sentence Fluency – 5
- Organization – 5
- Conventions – 5
- Word Choice – 5
- Floater – 5

Can murder ever be justified? What’s the difference between murder and mercy-killing? Who decides?

 

1.2 Quiz

 

~ Type or hand write a 250 word different ending for the novella Of Mice and Men. You should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the novella by including dialogue and the characters from the novella. You should use descriptive writing to bring your ideas to life. Collected by the end of the period.

~ Introduction to OMM project, which will be due on September 23

At what point in the novella could the outcome of the plot have turned out differently? Explain with direct support from the novella. 

 

1.2 Quiz tomorrow

 

Type or hand write a 250 word different ending for the novella Of Mice and Men. You should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the novella by including dialogue and the characters from the novella. You should use descriptive writing to bring your ideas to life. Collected by the end of the period.

Journal
Would you break the law to save a loved one?

 

Vocabulary
Week 1.1 Sentences due; Quiz on Friday

Literature

* Chapter 1 OMM Assignment
* In class discussion on Chapter 1

Journal:

What is the  most important relationship in your life?  What makes this relationship important to you?  How would your life be different if the relationship had not occurred and how would you be affected if the relationship ended?  How does the relationship affect your decisions and actions?  Does it interfere with your freedom?

 

Vocabulary:

V1.1 Quiz Friday.  The quiz requires you to spell and define each word correctly.  Furthermore, you must also be able to determine the part of speech for each word. Visit quizlet.com for study help.

1. abstemious (adj) sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate
2. admonish(v) to caution, to advise, or to counsel against something
3. amity (n) friendship
4. bastion (n) a fortification; a stronghold
5. callous (adj) hardened; insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic

 

Literature:

~ Introduction to OMM; Steinbeck Autobiography assignment and Anticipation Guide

~ Read Chapter 1 of OMM and complete questions for tomorrow.

 

Students should respond to the following writing prompt:
Imagine your life is now a book. In no less than 100 words, write the blurb for it. The blurb is what people will read on the back of the book cover. You may also sketch a cover page for extra credit. See attached rubric for details and get notes from classmates on the definition of a blurb and expectations. Your blurb is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday. You will be given time in class to complete this assignment.

Journal

What do you wish you didn’t know?

 

Vocabulary

None

 

Assignment
Students should respond to the following writing prompt:
Imagine your life is now a book. In no less than 100 words, write the blurb for it. The blurb is what people will read on the back of the book cover. You may also sketch a cover page for extra credit. See attached rubric for details and get notes from classmates on the definition of a blurb and expectations. Your blurb is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday. You will be given time in class to complete this assignment.