Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Week 10, Day 3
Objective: analyze the themes and characteristics of different periods of American drama, analyze the meaning of biblical allusions in words, phrases, passages, and literary works.  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

1. Bell Work: In The Crucible, people were hanged for acts such as witchcraft and lechery (adultery).  How would the present day be different if hanging were still a punishment for such acts?
2. Finish The Crucible, Act II
3. The Crucible, Act II Study Guide (due Monday, November 5)
4. Don't forget to study for your SAT Quiz on Friday
1. Avalos Week 10
2. Words #31-80
3. Quizlet
4. Study Stack

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Week 10, Day 2
Objective: analyze the themes and characteristics of different periods of American drama, analyze the meaning of biblical allusions in words, phrases, passages, and literary works.  

1. Bell Work: It is almost NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month!)  NaNoWriMo is where you are encouraged to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 day.  In other words, write 1,667 words each day of November.  Are you planning to participate?  Why or why not?  If so, what do you think you will write about?
2. November Extra Credit Announcement
3. Read Act II
4. Don't forget to study for your SAT Quiz on Friday
1. Avalos Week 10
2. Words #31-80
3. Quizlet
4. Study Stack

Monday, October 29, 2012

Week 10, Day 1
Objective: Senior year scheduling

1. Bell Work: none
2. Mrs. Monk is here today to talk about your 4-year plan.  You will see your transcript, your schedule, and make out your schedule for next year.  
3. Don't forget to study Avalos Week 10 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Friday, October 26, 2012

Week 9, Day 5
Objective: SAT Words Week 8 Assessment

1. Bell Work: Free Write
2. Avalos Week 9 SAT Quiz
1. http://www.schoolobjects.com/Aware/OnlineTesting?org=GOD-07009259-41D
2. Username: Lunch number
3. Password: wildcat2012
3. Get all the assignments on the board finished.
4. Free Rice or Free Read

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Week 9, Day 4

Objective: Literary analysis of plot, characters, setting of The Crucible

1. Bell Work: Make a few inferences about what you think is going to happen in The Crucible after finishing Act I.  
2. Finish The Crucible, Act I Open-Book Test
1. www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
2. Username: FIRSTNAMELASTNAME
3. Password: ENGMMDDYY (ENG+Birthdate)
3. The Crucible, Act II Literary Terms, p. 1160--add these to your "Literary Terms Document"
1. Conflict
2. External Conflict
3. Internal Conflict
4. Biblical Allusions
5. I will need to see them by Friday, October 26th at 4:00pm (Daily grade)
4. The Crucible, Act II Vocabulary Words, p. 1160--add these to your "Vocabulary for Stories" document
1. Pallor
2. Ameliorate
3. Avidly
4. Base
5. Deference
6. Theology
7. I will need to see them by Friday, October 26th at 4:00pm (Daily grade)
5. Avalos Week 9--Test TOMORROW!!!!!!
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Wednesday, October, 23, 2012

Week 9, Day 3

Objective: Literary analysis of plot, characters, setting of The Crucible

1. Bell Work: Get out your Act I Study Guide--get ready to grade it.  
2. Grade The Crucible, Act I Study Guide
3. Begin The Crucible, Act I Open-Book Test, if you don't finish, we will finish tomorrow.
4. Avalos Week 9--Test Friday
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Week 9, Day 2

1. Field Trip to Hill College
2. Other classes: finish up Act I Study Guide for The Crucible
3. Due tomorrow, no exceptions.  (This is three days later than originally planned.  No excuse for not having it done.)

Monday, October 22, 2012

Week 9, Day 1

Objective: retake SAT quiz, work on Chrome Books to study Week 9 words

1. Bell Work: Get a chrome book and log-on.  Make sure your wi-fi is connected to ArubaGuest.
2. Talk about Act I Study Guide...I completely forgot that The Crucible was not available via the website or CD.  That is my fault.  I apologize for this oversight.  It will be due on Wednesday!!!  
3. Chrome Books
4. Re-take SAT Quiz Week 8
1. http://quizlet.com/15145469/avalos-week-8-flash-cards/
2. Sign-In
3. Also, make sure you are a member of my class (Avalos Honors English III)
4. I will average your two quiz grades together to give you your new Week 8 Quiz grade.  
5. Turn in SAT Quiz Grade here
6. If you are not re-taking your quiz, begin studying your words for this week:
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Friday, October 19, 2012

Week 8, Day 5
Objective: SAT Words Week 8 Assessment, Act I Study Guide

1. Bell Work: Free Write
2. Avalos Week 8 SAT Quiz
3. Show Mrs. Avalos your Vocabulary and Literary Terms for Act I.  
4. Work on The Crucible, Act I Study Guide (due Monday)--you will not have class time to work on it Monday

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Week 8, Day 4
Objective: analyze the themes and characters in different periods of modern American drama, relate the main ideas found in a literary work to primary source documents from its historical and cultural setting, relate the characters and text structure of mythic, traditional, and classical literature to 20th and 21st century American novels, plays, or films, analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on the human condition.

1. Bell Work: Put your cell phone on your desk, upside down. Play on Quizlet or Study Stack to study your vocabulary Week 8 words.  
1. Avalos Week 8 SAT Words--Quiz tomorrow!!
2. Quizlet
3. Study Stack
2. Answer any questions from the reading yesterday.
3. Open your textbook to where we stopped yesterday in The Crucible, Act I. 
4. Continue reading The Crucible, Act I (Act I starts on p. 1129)
5. Work on The Crucible, Act I Study Guide

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Week 8, Day 3
Objective: analyze the themes and characters in different periods of modern American drama, relate the main ideas found in a literary work to primary source documents from its historical and cultural setting, relate the characters and text structure of mythic, traditional, and classical literature to 20th and 21st century American novels, plays, or films, analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on the human condition.

I'm sorry I am not here today.  Sick baby.  :-(
Be good for the sub and enjoy what you read today!  Write down any questions you might have about the play, and I'll explain tomorrow. 

1. Bell Work: Put your cell phone on your desk, upside down. Open your textbook to where we stopped yesterday in The Crucible, Act I. (I have it written down on the yellow "cast of character" sheets where each class stopped...so the sub will tell you where this is.)
2. Continue reading The Crucible, Act I (Act I starts on p. 1129)
3. If you can multi-task, you may also work on your Act I Study Guide, but you need to follow along with the reading, too!
4. Avalos Week 8 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Week 8, Day 2
Objective: analyze the themes and characters in different periods of modern American drama, relate the main ideas found in a literary work to primary source documents from its historical and cultural setting, relate the characters and text structure of mythic, traditional, and classical literature to 20th and 21st century American novels, plays, or films, analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on the human condition.

1. Bell Work: Put your cell phone on your desk, upside down.  Open your textbook to page 1129.
2. Create a new FOLDER/COLLECTION titled The Crucible
3. Save a copy of this Character Map  into your folder titled The Crucible
4. Save a copy of Act I, Study Guide, the due date will be announced when we finish reading Act I.  You may work on this as we read, but will need to keep up and pay attention to what we are reading.
5. Begin reading The Crucible, Act I (p. 1129)
6. Reminders: 
1. PSAT tomorrow!
2. TOMORROW: bring a pencil and calculator.  
3. Report to 1st period.  
4. Then you will be called to the cafeteria to take the PSAT.  
5. Do your best!
7. Avalos Week 8 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Monday, October 15, 2012

Week 8, Day 1

Objective: PSAT demographic information

1. Bell Work: None
2. Today Mrs. Villanueva will be in our class to walk you through filling out the PSAT personal information for Wednesday.  
3. On Wednesday, bring a pencil and calculator.  Report to 1st period.  Then you will be called to the cafeteria to take the PSAT.  
4. Avalos Week 8 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Friday, October 12, 2012

Week 7, Day 5
Objective: analyze the themes and characteristics in different periods of modern American drama

1. Bell Work: Free Write (Remember 40 words!)
2. Study SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Sign in
3. Make sure you have joined my class and work on Week 7 SAT Words
4. Study
5. I'll give you directions for the test.
3. Finish Literary Terms and Vocabulary, show Mrs. Avalos

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Week 7, Day 4
Objective: analyze the themes and characteristics in different periods of modern American drama

1. Bell Work: You are about to read a play in which the entire population of a town splits into two factions—the accusers and the accused—and in which the accused can escape punishment only if they name others guilty of the same crime.  What would you do if you were one of the accused? (Remember 40 words!)
2. Read Culture and History, pg. 1124-1125
3. Characters
4. About Act I, pg. 1126-1129
1. Reading Skill
2. Literary Analysis
3. Reading Check
5. Begin Act I, pg. 1129

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Week 7, Day 3
Objective: analyze the themes and characteristics in different periods of modern American drama

1. Bell Work: 
1. What is the difference between a soliloquy and an aside?
2. What is McCarthyism? (p.1118)
3. Why is The Crucible found in Unit 5 rather than Unit 1?
4. What year did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
5. Who wrote The Crucible?
6. **Remember your bell work should be in complete sentences, have 40 words in it, and have every 10th word underlined.  
2. Arthur Miller--author information
1. Add this document to your Literature Folder.  
1. 6th Period Author Information
2. 8th Period Author Information
3. Vocabulary for The Crucible, Act I
1. p. 1123
2. Predilection
3. Ingratiating
4. Dissembling
5. Calumny
6. Inculcation
7. Propitiation
8. Evade
4. Literary Terms for The Crucible, Act I
1. 23 Drama Terms from pages 1116-1117
2. 6 Lit. Terms from page 1123
1. Plot
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
6. Dramatic Exposition
3. (Yes, you must provide an example for the 6 on page 1123.)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Week 7, Day 2
Objective: literary analysis, defining drama terms, cultural and historical impacts on literature, grade-level vocabulary

1. Bell Work: What do you know about the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s?
2. Week 7 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack
3. Read pages 1116-1117
1. Literary Terms added to your Lit. Terms Document
2. Drama
3. Play
4. Plot
5. Acts
6. Scenes
7. Characters
8. Actors
9. Dialogue
10. Stage Directions
11. Comedy
12. Tragedy
13. Tragic Hero
14. Tragic Flaw
15. History Plays
16. Melodrama
17. Tragicomedy
18. Modern Realistic Drama
19. Political Drama
20. Dramatic Conventions
21. Suspension of Disbelief
22. Soliloquy
23. Aside
24. Passage of Time
4. Arthur Miller-author information

Friday, October 5, 2012

Week 6, Day 5
Objective: SAT Quiz; grade-level vocabulary

1. Bell Work: Free Write
2. Turn in your Bell Work here
3. Take your Week 6 SAT Quiz
1. Your username is your lunch number.
2. Your password is wildcat2012
3. You will have to wait until I start the test, before you may begin
4. When you're done, press "score"
4. Check SKYWARD!  Verify your grades.  If there is a question...let me know.  
5. After your quiz, open up your Literary Terms and Vocabulary for Stories.  You must show both of these to me today, otherwise it will be a zero.  
6. Play Free Rice!  October 3-7 is Free Rice's 5th Birthday!!!!!!
1. Make sure you are logged in and in my group!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Week 6, Day 4
Objective: assessment of "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

1. Bell Work:  Make sure all of your bell work entries have every 10th word underlined.  Also, make sure there are dates for each entry and it has the newest entry at the top of your document.  
2. You Say: I Say Questions
3. One-Paragraph Response
4. Organize any and all of your documents in Google Drive
5. Finish your Vocabulary and Lit. Terms for "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (I must see it by Friday!)
6. Study your Week 6 SAT Words for a quiz on FRIDAY!!!!
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack
7. Play Free Rice!  October 3-7 is Free Rice's 5th Birthday!!!!!!
1. Make sure you are logged in and in my group!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Week 6, Day 3
Objective: assessment of "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

1. Bell Work:  Make sure all of your bell work entries have every 10th word underlined.  Also, make sure there are dates for each entry and it has the newest entry at the top of your document.  
2. Open Book Test for "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
1. 1. Go to pearsonsuccessnet.com
   2. Username:  FIRSTNAMELASTNAME
   3. Password: ENGMMDDYY (ENG+Birthdate)
3. Organize any and all of your documents in Google Drive
4. Finish your Vocabulary and Lit. Terms for "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (I must see it by Friday!)
5. Study your Week 6 SAT Words for a quiz on FRIDAY!!!!
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Week 6, Day 2
Objective: analyze cultural and historical impacts on literature, grade-level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.

1. Bell Work: What two main things did the Puritans write about?  Why?  With the title "To My Dear and Loving Husband" what do you think this poem will be about? 
2. Author Information: Anne Bradstreet (p. 75)
3. Make sure you show me your Vocabulary and Literary Terms for "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Friday.  Otherwise, it will be two zeros.  
4. Read and discuss "To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet
5. Study your Week 6 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack

Monday, October 1, 2012

Week 6, Day 1
Objective: analyze cultural and historical impacts on literature, grade-level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.

1. Bell Work: Imagine that you live in Colonial America.  Write a description of the place where you live and the work you do to help support your family.
2. Week 6 SAT Words
1. Quizlet
2. Study Stack
3. Vocabulary for Stories (p. 74)
1. Quench
2. Recompense
3. Manifold
4. Persevere
4. Literary Analysis Terms (p. 74)
1. Puritan Plain Style
2. Syntax
3. Inversion
5. Author Information: Anne Bradstreet (p. 75)