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Date | Assignment | Tue, Jan 5
| Research the 1920’s using the following cites: http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm Assignment: You will have 1 day to complete this—due Thursday (I'll move the deadline at the end of the hour, if needed. For now, work diligently to get this done in class a little for homework.) You will need: - 2 interesting facts from EACH category (major world events, economics of the time, sports, art/literature, life (jobs, fashion, cost of living, quirky facts, etc.)
- A Bibliography and a Works Cited for the cites we used…we will do this in-class on Wed.
- 5 photos that capture the 1920’s (from the cited listed)---keep track of the photo names and the cites used for EACH photo.
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| Work day to complete the above 3 steps. | Thu, Jan 7
| After finding an article in the Subscription Site: American Decades, you needed to find an article on the Ku Klux Klan to use for your own summary/response. HW: 0 | Fri, Jan 8
| HW: finish the 2-paragraph, typed, double-spaced Summary/Response writing. You should use my example for formating as well as to be reminded about the Rule of 3 and the 3-point to adding textual evidence. In the Summary paragraph, you should use at least 3 pieces of textual evidence (quotes and/or paraphrase BUT BOTH WITH THE CITATION). This is due 1st part of class on Monday. | | | | Mon, Jan 11
| Today we are starting RESEARCH for our position paper. Click here to open the Word document due at the end of the hour. Once you have it open, click SAVE AS and title it: Starting Research. | Tue, Jan 12
| Begin to read and annotate the 1920's articles. HW: 0 | Wed, Jan 13
| Continuing to read and annotate the background articles for the 1920's. Decode the article in 1920's slang. HW: 0 | Thu, Jan 14
| Mr. Murphy came to our class to discuss topic possibilities, search terms, and subscription sites. HW: 0 | Fri, Jan 15
| Click here for Today's in-class assignment. Due at the end of the hour. HW: 0 | | | | Mon, Jan 18
| No School | Tue, Jan 19
| For Mrs. Ferrill's class: Romeo and Juliet dance music…heavy downbeat: Fast Baroque music: fast “Modern” music For Mrs. Davis' class, we are finishing our articles about the 1920's: annotating and then rewriting the 1920's slang into modern language. | Wed, Jan 20
| Today we are learning how to use Noodle Tools to create citations, and to take notes that are linked to the source. | Thu, Jan 21
| Mr. Murphy is in class again, helping us create citations. | Fri, Jan 22
| Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Davis will help you as you fix your citations. Start taking notes if you have 5 citations and have perfect citations. | | | | Mon, Jan 25
| Today we are going over the Position Paper requirements. Notice how 1/2 the points come from fulfilling the process points. This could be a HEFTY A, so stay on top of work in class and use class time wisely. Write your 3 thesis statements (2 thesis that SUPPORT your claim, 1 antithesis that OPPOSES your claim). Working on notes. | Tue, Jan 26
| Working on completing your notes in class. Check off #'s 1-6 by the end of class Wed. | Wed, Jan 27
| Last work day in class for notes. | Thu, Jan 28 | | Fri, Jan 29
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| Last work day on position paper. I will meet with each student to see where you are in the process. Turn in your green sheets for points. | | | | Mon, Feb 8
| Position paper 2nd draft due on Tuesday. Make sure you have completed your Writing Lab assignment before turning in a new draft. | Tue, Feb 9 | Start Witness today; assigning roles, looking at time period, etc. Read Act 1; start notes on Word document. Quotes-->inferences, questions, observations, connections. | Wed, Feb 10
| Read Act 1; add to notes. | Thu, Feb 11
| Read Act 1; add to notes | Fri, Feb 12
| Read Act 1; add to notes | | | | Mon, Feb 15 | No School | Tue, Feb 16 | In class--> finish the Act 1 notes and start the blog over Act 1. Write in a thoughtful, thorough manner, including 3 pieces of textual evidence. | Wed, Feb 17 | In class--> look at the blogs we completed in class yesterday, and for homework. Agree with one student's comment and why. Challenge another student's comment and offer suggestions, wonderings, etc. Respond to the 2 additional posts. | Thu, Feb 18 | In class--> read Act 2 from start to finish, without discussing. Then, start the notes. | Fri, Feb 19 | In class--> typed up notes over Act 2; we will finish these in class on Monday. | | | | Mon, Feb 22 | Today, we are going to practice a Poetry Explication. Here is the Poetry Explication Assignment. This will be due at the end of the Witness unit--> Monday, Mar. 1st! (the annotated monologue you typed and the typed, double-spaced paragraph explaining what your observations reveal). | Tue, Feb 23 | Read and take notes over Act 1. | Wed, Feb 24 | Finish notes over Act 1 and start notes over Act 2. | Thu, Feb 25 | Finish Act 2 notes. | Fri, Feb 26 | Read Act 3 and add 5 quotes/inferences over the whole act. Finish the book together as a class. | | | | Mon, Mar 1
| Complete the Witness study guide. Due at the end of the hour. | Tue, Mar 2
| Witness Test Open and click SAVE AS YourName Witness Test Here's Bailey's notes. | Wed, Mar 3
| Finish your tests today! When completed, please visit the following pages in review for the grammar questions on CSAP. Record your scores for Sentence Parts Quiz 1, Sentence Parts Quiz 2, Identifying Simple and Compound Subjects, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Subject-Verb Agreement. *** THESE ARE FOR POINTS AND NEED TO BE DONE FOR HOMEWORK IF NOT DONE IN CLASS. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/bodyparts_quiz1.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/bodyparts_quiz2.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/subjector.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/adjectives_quiz.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/adverbs_quiz.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz1.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm | Thu, Mar 4
| I certainly hope you all are good for the sub today. My expectation is that you finish the quizzes above and go to this site: http://www.englishgrammarconnection.com/lessonstart.php to work through more grammar quizzes. According to the scores yesterday, many of us need MUCH practice with grammar! Once you are on the site, click the 1st drop down menu that says: Select a Subject. Choose Grammar. Then, pick Intermediate or Advanced and go through the quiz. Then, change the Subject to Writing Mechanics and again Intermediate or Advanced. Good luck and do try you absolute best on the CSAP Monday. CSAP matters as it keeps our school rated excellent which helps you when you apply for college. Have a good weekend! ~ Mrs. Davis
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| No School | | | | Mon, Mar 8 | No Engl. 9 class | Tue, Mar 9
| No Engl. 9 class | Wed, Mar 10 | We're starting Romeo and Juliet! We will begin with some pre-reading activities related to thematic topics of the play, our thoughts about societal behavior and love, background on Shakespeare and the time period. Click here for a SURVEY about SOCIAL OFFENSES. Click here for the Survey about Love, Part 1. Click here for the Survey about Love, Part 2. We will begin our research for becoming an Expert on one "matter" of the Middle Ages. Your project is due TUESDAY, MARCH 16th with NO EXCEPTIONS. Have a friend or parent drop it off that day as you will have 2 days to research, the weekend and Monday night to work on this. Each person needs to have a separate topic, unless you are working in pairs. IF YOU WORK IN PAIRS, you need to have your project SHOW THAT IT WAS TWICE the work, TWICE spectacular. Please use these sites to start your research: http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/ http://www.teacheroz.com/Middle_Ages.htm http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/ http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm http://www.godecookery.com/begrec/begrec.htm http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM http://www.medieval-weddings.net/index.htm | Thu, Mar 11 | Today we are watching the A&E Biography of William Shakespeare. Open the Shakespeare Biography Quiz, click File and Save As. | Fri, Mar 12 | HW: work on Middle Ages project: 5 facts, Bibliography, and model---due Tuesday. | | | | Mon, Mar 15 | HW: work on Middle Ages project: 5 facts, Bibliography, and model--due Tuesday. If you are absent, have a parent, a friend, etc. bring your project in, otherwise you will lose 50%. Important that we all have this in class as it's the only day for presentations. | Tue, Mar 16 | | Wed, Mar 17 | | Thu, Mar 18 | | Fri, Mar 19
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