Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Week 35, Day 2

Objective: Creating a college leadership and membership resume as well as a professional job resume.  

1. Bell Work: Why is it important to have a resume? Why should you constantly update and change it?
2. Continue working on your Leadership and Membership Resume and Professional Job Resume.  See the blog post from May 13, 2013.   
1. Please collaborate with your peers or ask me for help.
2. Turn resumes in here.
3. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Monday, May 13, 2013

Week 35, Day 1

Objective: Creating a college leadership and membership resume as well as a professional job resume.  

1. Bell Work: Read this brief article
2. Brief Discussion
3. Create a Leadership and Membership Resume
1. Make a copy of this Leadership and Membership Resume
2. Fill it out with YOUR information
3. Keep this document handy and add to it as the years go by
4. Here is an example of a completed Leadership and Membership Resume
4. Create a Professional Job Resume using these documents to guide you
1. Professional Job Resume Assignment
2. Resume Personal Data Sheet
3. Myths and Facts about Resumes
4. Resume Key Words
5. Example 1
6. Example 2
7. Peer Review
5. We will work on these in class on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and they are due Friday, May 17th at 4:00pm.  This really shouldn't take you very long.  I will put a FORM on my blog for you to turn these in to.  
6. Please collaborate with your peers or ask me for help.
7. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Friday, May 9, 2013

Week 34, Day 5Objective:demonstrate familiarity with works by authors of American Literature from the time period 1914-1945, analyze the ambiguities, nuances, complexities within the text and anticipate and respond to readers' questions or contradictory information, reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension, use technology as a tool to accomplish these objectives, read for detail. 

1. SAT Quiz Week 34
2. Bell Work: Free Write
3. Free Read/Free Write

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Week 34, Day 4
Objective:demonstrate familiarity with works by authors of American Literature from the time period 1914-1945, analyze the ambiguities, nuances, complexities within the text and anticipate and respond to readers' questions or contradictory information, reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension, use technology as a tool to accomplish these objectives, read for detail. 

1. Bell Work: "Everyone is a moon that has a dark side." --Mark Twain  What is your "dark side?"  Write about the "me nobody knows."  (We will NOT share!)  OR Write about why you love your mom.  Mother's Day is Sunday, don't forget!!!!
2. End of the Year Survey
1. Please be honest, but not mean!
3. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz TOMORROW!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Week 34, Day 3
Objective:demonstrate familiarity with works by authors of American Literature from the time period 1914-1945, analyze the ambiguities, nuances, complexities within the text and anticipate and respond to readers' questions or contradictory information, reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension, use technology as a tool to accomplish these objectives, read for detail. 

1. No Bell Work
2. Finish watching The Great Gatsby
3. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Friday
2. Letters of Appreciation due TODAY!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Week 34, Day 2
Objective:demonstrate familiarity with works by authors of American Literature from the time period 1914-1945, analyze the ambiguities, nuances, complexities within the text and anticipate and respond to readers' questions or contradictory information, reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension, use technology as a tool to accomplish these objectives, read for detail. 

1. No Bell Work
2. The Great Gatsby Paragraph Test, Part II
1. Due at the end of class today.
3. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Friday
2. "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Essay TODAY!!!!!
3. Letters of Appreciation due Wednesday

Monday, May 6, 2013

Week 34, Day 1
Objective:demonstrate familiarity with works by authors of American Literature from the time period 1914-1945, analyze the ambiguities, nuances, complexities within the text and anticipate and respond to readers' questions or contradictory information, reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension, use technology as a tool to accomplish these objectives, read for detail. 

1. No Bell Work
2. The Great Gatsby Paragraph Test, Part I
1. Due at the end of class today.
3. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Friday
2. "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Essay due tomorrow
3. Letters of Appreciation due Wednesday

Friday, May 3, 2013

Week 33, Day 5
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Free Write
2. SAT Quiz
1. Show me your grade when you are finished.  
2. You shouldn't have to make any changes to the formatting.  
3. Finish watching The Great Gatsby movie
1. Final test over The Great Gatsby, next Monday and Tuesday.
4. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
5. 4 Letters of Appreciation --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
2. Turn them in to me, as you get done.  

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Week 33, Day 4
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Today is "Make Your Dreams Come True" Day.  What are your dreams?  Write about the dreams you have for the future.  Explain how you are going to make them come true.  
2. Pass back graded papers.  Corrections are due by Monday.  
3. Watch The Great Gatsby movie
1. Final Test over The Great Gatsby on Monday!
4. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
5. 4 Letters of Appreciation --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
2. Turn them in to me, as you get done.  
6. SAT Quiz tomorrow!!!!!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Week 33, Day 3
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Why is it important to show our appreciation for those that have made a difference in our lives?  
2. Pass back papers, corrections for Chapter 7-9 are due on Friday.
3. 4 Letters of Appreciation (Handwritten) --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
4. Watch The Great Gatsby movie
5. Reminders:
1. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
2. SAT Quiz on Friday