Friday, January 25, 2013

Week 20, Day 5

Objective: SAT Words Week 20 Assessment; 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. 

1. Bell Work: Free Write...at least 60 words.  Underline every 10th word, please.
2. Take Week 20 SAT Quiz
1. Quizlet
2. Click on Avalos Week 20
3. Click "test"
4. Uncheck "Written and True False"
5. Change it to 30 questions
6. Click Reconfigure
7. DO NOT CHEAT!  IF YOU CHEAT, IT WILL BE A ZERO AND A WRITE-UP!  Just be honest!  Really!  Your conscience will thank you.
3. Raise your hand and show me your grade.  
4. Then show me your Lit. Terms and Vocabulary for "from Walden" and "from Civil Disobedience."  You will NOT have time to work on it today in class.  
5. I sent you an invitation yesterday for piazza.com.  Check your google mail.  Activate your account.  
6. I'd like to start using this for class discussions.  Play around with it and get familiar.  There is also an iPhone app., not sure if there is one for Android or any of the other phones, but you might check it out.  Remember to write your username and password in your username/password google doc.  I will have no way to retrieve this information for you.  
7. Then you may read SILENTLY or play FREE RICE.  You may NOT work on work from another class.  Sorry!  
8. Have a GREAT weekend!  Be safe!