Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Week 31, Day 2
Objective: Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.  Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts.  Evaluate how messages presented in media reflect social and cultural views in different ways from traditional texts; evaluate the interactions of different techniques used in multi-layered media; evaluate the objectivity of coverage of the same event in various types of media; evaluate changes in formality and tone across various media for different audiences and purposes. 

1. Bell Work: None
2. Class Discussion: Boston Marathon Tragedy of yesterday
3. Read Paradox Essay from Columbine, discuss and analyze the paradoxes listed
4. Discuss Columbine tragedy
5. Columbine video
6. Read "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" by Rachel Scott

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Week 30, Day 4
Objective: 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: Turn in your Bell Work Spiral and get ready for your quiz.
2. Read Chapter 6 and work on the Chapter 6 "Quiz" as we read.  Use this to guide you.  This will be due on Tuesday.  
3. Reminders:
1. All corrections are due today at 4:00pm.  
2. Have a GREAT weekend!  Be safe!
3. No SAT Quiz this week.  We will probably start these back up next week.
4. No school on Friday or Monday.  

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Week 30, Day 3
Objective: 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: Turn in your Bell Work Spiral and get ready for your quiz.
2. Chapter 5 Quiz
3. Begin reading Chapter 6 and work on the Chapter 6 "Quiz" as you read.  It will be due on Tuesday.  
4. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week.  We will probably start these back up next week.
2. No school on Friday or Monday.  

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Week 30, Day 2
Objective: 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: open your book to Chapter 5
2. Begin reading Chapter 5
1. Quiz tomorrow.
3. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week.  We will probably start these back up next week.
2. No school on Friday or Monday.  

Monday, April 8, 2013

Week 30, Day 1
Objective: 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: clear your desk of everything and get ready for your The Great Gatsby quiz.
2. Talk about One Day Without Shoes
1. If you're interested you can watch these two YouTube videos:
1. 2012 Promo
2. 2013 Promo
3. Begin reading Chapter 5
1. We will read as a class tomorrow.  Quiz will be on Wednesday.
4. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week.  We will probably start these back up next week.
2. No school on Friday or Monday.  

Friday, April 5, 2013

Week 29, Day 5
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: Free Write...
2. Poll
3. Read Chapter 4, on your own.  Take notes.  
1. Quiz will be Monday.  
4. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week.  
2. Bucket List is due TODAY!
3. Bell Work will be due next week.  

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Week 29, 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: How has your opinion of The Great Gatsby changed since the beginning of the book?  Explain.
2. Chapter 3 Quiz
3. Begin reading Chapter 4, on your own.  Take notes.  
1. Quiz will be Monday.  
4. Reminders:
1. Turn in all corrections today by 4:00pm.  
2. No SAT Quiz this week.  
3. Bucket List is due on TOMORROW.
4. Bell Work will be due next week.  

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Week 29, 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. Bell Work: pass papers back 
2. Corrections
1. SAT Quiz #27
1. On a separate sheet of notebook paper, write the word you missed and the definition three times. 
2. Due tomorrow.
3. You can get half of the remaining available points.
2. Gatsby Quizzes
1. On a separate sheet of notebook paper, write the question, the answer, and the page number.  
2. Due tomorrow.
3. You can get half of the remaining available points.
3. Watch Chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby
1. Quiz on Thursday over Chapter 3
4. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week
2. Bucket List is due on Friday

Tuesday, April 3, 2013

Week 29, 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. Bell Work: none
2. Read Chapter 3 aloud of The Great Gatsby
1. Discuss
2. Quiz on Thursday over Chapter 3
3. Reminders:
1. No SAT Quiz this week
2. Bucket List is due on Friday

Monday, April 1, 2013

Week 29, Day 1
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas derived from Latin and Greek roots; Analyze the internal and external development of characters through a range of literary devices; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Make complex inferences about textual evidence to support understanding, Draw and support complex inferences from text.

1. Get out a blue or black pen and your notes.  Get ready for your Chapter 2 quiz.  
2. Bell Work: On a separate sheet of notebook paper, create a "bucket list" for yourself that includes at least 25 items.  This will be due on Friday.  
3. Begin reading Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
1. Take notes
4. Announcements:
1. Happy April Fool's Day!
2. No SAT Quiz this week.
3. EOC Field Test tomorrow.  Sorry!