Week 22, Day 5
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Grade your Week 22 DRE
- Free Rice
- Enjoy your long weekend!!!!
Week 22, Day 4
Objective: Enjoy a break.
- Enjoy your FREE DAY! You earned it.
- Please be good for the sub.
- No illegal activities and Mrs. Fisher has me on speed dial...don't make her use it!
- Tweet me if you have any questions @AvalosEnglish
Week 22, Day 3
Objective: Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension. Using technology as a tool for classroom discussion.
- Open up textbook to page 570
- Read from "Life on the Mississippi: The Boys' Ambition" by Mark Twain
- Read from "How to Tell a Story: An Essay by Mark Twain"
- Vocab. and Literary Terms due by Friday
- Work on Vocab. and Literary Terms from "Life on the Mississippi" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain Vocab. and Literary Terms (p.569)
- Lit. Terms
- Humor
- Rhetorical Techniques
- Incongruity
- Overstatement
- Vocabulary
- Transient
- Prodigious
- Eminence
- Garrulous
- Conjectured
- Monotonous
- Interminable
Week 22, Day 2
Objective: Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension. Using technology as a tool for classroom discussion.
- Bell Work: Fill out this form to turn in your My Ethics, My Codes of Life Essay
- EVERYONE must fill out this form. Even if you don't have your essay done. There is a spot for you to provide me with an excuse (that I probably won't accept...just saying.)
- Open up textbook to page 470
- Read from "Life on the Mississippi: The Boys' Ambition" by Mark Twain
- Read from "How to Tell a Story: An Essay by Mark Twain"
- Work on Vocab. and Literary Terms from "Life on the Mississippi" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain Vocab. and Literary Terms (p.569)
- Lit. Terms
- Humor
- Rhetorical Techniques
- Incongruity
- Overstatement
- Vocabulary
- Transient
- Prodigious
- Eminence
- Garrulous
- Conjectured
- Monotonous
- Interminable
- I'm sorry I'm out today. Reese is sick and I am not willing to risk getting on the roads with her.
- Reminders:
- Wednesday at NOON is the deadline for "Pennies for Patients/Owen" because I won't be here on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday.
Week 22, Day 1
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Week 21 SAT Quiz
- Work on Week 22 DRE
- from "Life on the Mississippi" and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain Vocab. and Literary Terms (p.569)
- Lit. Terms
- Humor
- Rhetorical Techniques
- Incongruity
- Overstatement
- Vocabulary
- Transient
- Prodigious
- Eminence
- Garrulous
- Conjectured
- Monotonous
- Interminable
- Reminders:
- Ethics essay DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!!
- Wednesday at NOON is the deadline for "Pennies for Patients/Owen" because I won't be here on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday.
Week 21, Day 5
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Grade your Week 21 DRE
- Free Rice contest
- Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" due on Tuesday, February 11, 2014
- SAT Quiz on Monday, February 10, 2014
Week 21, Day 4
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Proofread your "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" rough draft using Grammarly.com and a peer to edit.
- "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Assignment
- Use Rachel's Essay as a guide
Week 21, Day 3
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Work on your "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" rough draft
- Due tomorrow for a daily grade
- "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Assignment
- Use Rachel's Essay as a guide
Week 21, Day 2
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Brainstorm ethics/morals
- "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Discussion
- "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Assignment
- Begin brainstorming/pre-writing for your essay
- Use Rachel's Essay as a guide
Week 21, Day 1
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Week 20 SAT Quiz
- Week 21 DRE
- "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Discussion
- Brainstorm 10-20 ethics/morals to bring to class tomorrow.
