Friday, January 30, 2015

Week 20, Day 5
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Bell Work: Free Write
1. Paragraph format
2. At least 70 words
3. Use at least 2 SAT words from this semester
2. Grade and/or turn in your W20 DRE
3. Persuasive Techniques in Advertising Video (5th and 6th period)
4. Read!!!!
1. Hopefully your non-fiction book
2. If not, read a book.  Borrow one from my shelf if you need to!
5. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Monday
2. SAT Quiz Week 19 Corrections are due Monday at 4:00pm.
3. Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Week 20, Day 4
Objective: determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes; analyze textual context to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; students understand, analyze, make inferences, and draw conclusions about persuasive text and the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding; students are expected to analyze how rhetorical techniques in historically important speeches influence the reader, evoke emotions, and create meaning; evaluate how the author's purpose and stated or perceived audience affect the tone of persuasive texts

1. Bell Work: How do you experience/encounter persuasion on a daily basis?What techniques are used to persuade an audience? 
1. This is to be done in your Google Doc
2. 70 word minimum
3. Use two SAT words from this semester (Week 17-Week 20)
2. Persuasive Techniques in Advertising Video
3. Brainstorm a few advertisements and commercials and the persuasive techniques that they use.  Be prepared to share.
4. Read
5. Reminder: Week 20 DRE due tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Week 20, 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.

1. Bell Work: Define persuasion.  Discuss its role in society and your life.  Then, I want you to start a new paragraph and answer these questions: What are some examples of persuasive texts?  Why do we read persuasive texts?
1. This is to be done in your Google Doc
2. 70 word minimum
3. Use two SAT words from this semester (Week 17-Week 20)
2. Discuss
3. Grade SAT Quiz from yesterday.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Week 20, Day 2
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Bell Work: Study for Week 19 SAT Quiz
2. Week 19 SAT Quiz
3. Week 19 DRE
4. Read--Bring a book to class to read EVERYDAY!  

Monday, January 26, 2015

Week 20, Day 1
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Finish Informational Text Assessment
2. Read
3. Reminders:
1. Bring a book to class to read EVERYDAY!  
2. Corrections for Week 18 SAT Quiz are due TODAY by 4:00pm.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Week 19, Day 5
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Bell Work: Free Write
1. This answer must be in your google doc that you created on Wednesday.
2. Paragraph format
3. At least 70 words
4. Use at least 2 SAT words from this semester
2. Turn in your W19 DRE
3. Read!!!!
1. Hopefully your non-fiction book
2. If not, read a book.  Borrow one from my shelf if you need to!
4. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Monday
2. SAT Quiz Week 18 Corrections are due Monday at 4:00pm.
3. I'm getting grades in!  I am so sorry for the delay.  It will probably be Monday before I get corrections in.  Be sure to look for the note that says, "Corrected." That will let you know if the corrections have been put in or not.  Thank you for your patience!!!!
4. We will finish the Informational Text Assessment on Monday.
5. I NEED volunteers for our debate tournament TOMORROW.  Please sign-up with me if you are interested.  Any time you volunteer can count toward community service hours that you may need (NHS, PALs, etc.)
6. Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Week 19, 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.

1. Bell Work: What are the characteristics of a short story?  What is author's purpose and what changes depending on the author's purpose? (This is what we talked about yesterday.)
1. This is to be done in your Google Doc
2. 70 word minimum
3. Use two SAT words from this semester (Week 17, Week 18, or Week 19)
2. Talk about yesterday's Timed Writing Activity
3. Informational Text Assessment
4. Reminders/Announcements:
1. I NEED volunteers for our debate tournament THIS Saturday.  Please sign-up with me if you are interested.  Any time you volunteer can and will count toward community service hours that you may need.
2. Bring a book to read to class tomorrow!!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Week 19, 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.

1. Bell Work: Edgar Allan Poe is often considered America's first literary critic.  He believed in something called "the single effect."  Using Google, look up "the single effect" and explain what Poe meant by this.  
1. This is to be done in your Google Doc
2. 70 word minimum
3. Use two SAT words from this semester (Week 17, Week 18, or Week 19)
2. Bell Work Discussion
3. Characteristics of a Short Story
4. Single-Effect
5. Author's Purpose
1. Timed Writing Activity
6. Reminders/Announcements:
1. I NEED volunteers for our debate tournament THIS Saturday.  Please sign-up with me if you are interested.  Any time you volunteer can and will count toward community service hours that you may need.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Week 19, Day 2
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Pass back One-Pager Quiz and graded W17 SAT Quiz
2. Grade Week 18 SAT Quiz
3. Grade W17 and W18 DRE
1. Discussion about DREs
2. Lecture/Instruction including
1. Plural v. Possessive Nouns
2. Rules for Possessive Nouns
3. Subject/Verb Agreement
4. Pronoun Agreement
4. Grade and Discuss "The Fall of the House of Usher" Reading Guide
5. Study for Week 19 SAT Quiz
6. Reminders:
1. Bring a book to class to read EVERYDAY!  
2. Grades will be put into SkyWard either today or tomorrow.  Remember, if it does not have a "ZERO," do not worry about it.  It marks it as "missing" when I haven't entered the grade yet.  
3. Corrections for Week 17 SAT Quiz are due Thursday by 4:00pm.

Monday, January 19, 2015

Week 19, Day 1
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; 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. 

1. Bell Work: Study for your SAT Quiz
2. Week 18 SAT Quiz
3. W19 DRE
4. Read
5. Reminders:
1. Bring a book to class to read EVERYDAY!  
2. Corrections for Week 17 SAT Quiz are due Thursday by 4:00pm.