ColonistLecture.doc
1/11-15/10
1/11 (Mon) - Semester Exam Review; Outlining/organizing your notes
ALL ABSENT/LATE WORK DUE IN NO LATER THAN TODAY!
1/12 (Tues) - IN LIBRARY - Preliminary Outlining demonstration -
Late work NOT accepted!
1/13 (Wed) - semester exams -
Late work NOT accepted!
1/14 (Thurs) - semester exams -
Late work NOT accepted!
1/15 (Fri) - semester exams -
Late work NOT accepted!
1/4-8/10
1/4 (Mon) - return graded work, 1-week call for all missing homework (no homework/quizzes accepted after 1/11/10!!!!)
1/5 (Tues) - IN LIBRARY - notecards
1/6 (Wed) - Notecard workshop - bring ALL notecards + blank extras; Vocab Unit 8 Due today! (all of it!)
1/7(Thurs) - IN LIBRARY - research
1/8 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 8 Quiz; 100 NOTECARDS DUE TODAY!
12/14-18/09
12/14 (Mon) - viewing youtube.com version of professional actors reading Declaration of Independence; compare with Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments" and "Rights of Women"
12/16 (Wed) - Notecard workshop - practicing in class; intro to Outlining
12/17 (Thurs) - IN LIBRARY - research; Vocab Unit 7 due
12/18 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 7 Quiz - early dismissal! Have a wonderful Christmas break!!
DIGITAL SCHOOL LOCKER: an internet based storage file!
I am testing out a new program available which allows students to save their work to an internet based "locker" which is accessible from any computer with internet access! Often, students save work to their computer drive here at school, but cannot access that from home. Jump drives become lost or damaged. This will allow a safe place to store work, and access it from anywhere!
To access, go to www.digitalschoollockers.com . Your ID# is your firstinitiallastname2011.marian (for example, Nick Adams is nadams2011.marian). It is similar to your network log in, except there is no period between your last name and the graduation year. Your password is your student ID# (just like your network login.) When you work with files, please ALSO save your work to your network drive or jump drive, just as a safe back-up. WE ARE WORKING WITH THIS SYSTEM ON A TRIAL BASIS ONLY AT THIS TIME - so it is very important that you not only have back-up copies of your work elsewhere, but also give me honest feedback about this system!
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/00_Introduction.asp
I found this website in my many searches for new material to bring to the classroom. I found it has really straight-forward steps you can follow, and I used it as the source of many of my "Tip Sheets" that you'll be receiving in class, and are posted here on this website.
12/7-11/09 12/7 (Mon) - Source Cards, Note Cards & Intro to Rhetoric
12/9 (Wed) - DUE: read Patrick Henry 263-267, answer questions 1-7 at the end of the selection
12/10 (Thurs) - IN LIBRARY - have INDEX CARDS with you!
MakingNoteCardsTipSheet.docx
12/11 (Fri) - DUE: read Declaration of Independence excerpt, answer questions at end of selection
11/30-12/4/09
11/30 (Mon) - Act IV Crucible/Crucible Review
12/1 (Tues) - Crucible Exam (use your study guides to prepare!)
12/2 (Wed) - Elements of an Effective Thesis - turning your topic into a working thesis (worksheets available in class to help guide you!)
GUIDEDTHESIS.doc12/3 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 6 Due; Elements of an Effective Thesis/Thesis Conferences (by request)
12/4 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 6 Quiz; Thesis Conferences (by request); Thesis Statements due tonight via wwww.turnitin.com by MIDNIGHT
11/23-27/09
11/23 (Mon) - Vocab Unit 5 Quiz; continue reading Act III/IV
11/24 (Tues) - Act III Study Guide Questions DUE! Reviewing Acts II & III questions
11/25 (Wed) - Crucible Vocab 6 & 7 DUE! Continue reading Act IV
11/26 (Thurs) - Thanksgiving Break!
11/27 (Fri) - Thanksgiving Break!
11/16-20/09
11/16 (Mon) - Handout Research Paper Packet; assign Topic Due Date (Nov 23rd); due Act I all study guide questions
11/17 (Tues) - Crucible vocab 4 & 5 DUE; continue reading Act II
11/18 (Wed) - Act II Study Guide questions DUE; continue reading Act III
11/19 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 5 Quiz (Sadlier/Oxford); continue reading Act III
11/20 (Fri) - 8th Grade Visit Day - No School
11/9 (Mon) - Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/10 (Tues) - Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/11 (Wed) - Reading Act I The Crucible
11/12 (Thurs) - Act I Study Guide Questions DUE; continue reading Crucible in class
11/13 (Fri) - Crucible Vocab (CV) 2 & 3 DUE; continue reading Crucible in class
THE REST OF ACT I STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WILL BE DUE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH! Please be prepared for Quiz #1!!!
11/2-6/09
11/2 (Mon) - complete Salem historical film; begin discussion of modern "witch hunts" - Kearn Country example/McCarthyism
11/3 (Tues) - Kearn County "Witch Hunt" 2009 documentary; DUE - read Arthur Miller's The Crucible "overture" - write a fully developed paragraph describing 2 DIFFERENCES and 2 SIMILARITIES between Arthur Miller's version of history and the lecture/film version. You must fully incorporate 2 direct quotes from Miller's Overture within your paragraphs. 15 pts!!
11/4 (Wed) - Kearn County documentary
11/5 (Thurs) - Kearn County documentary; reading Act I of The Crucible, handed out study guide/vocab sheets
11/6 (Fri) - Crucible Vocab Sheet #1 (CV1) DUE; continue Act I reading
Here are the vocab words that will be on the Quarter One exam:
accost, animadversion, carping, cavort, celerity, concord, congeal, consummate, credence, decry, disarray, emulate, evince, exhume, exigency, feckless, flotsam, gambit, grouse, insatiable, intransigent, invidious, largesse, mordant, murky, myopic, nefarious, overt, pejorative, reconnaisance, recumbant, sacrilege, strategem, substantiate, verbiage
ColonistLecture.doc for those who would like to review your notes against my lecture notes!
10/26-30/09
10/26 (Mon) - continue Salem film
10/28 (Wed) - DUE: study guide, provide vocab words, continue film
10/29 (Thurs) - Quarter Exams
10/30 (Fri) - Quarter Exams
10/19-23/09
10/19 (Mon) - Colonist Lecture: English Revolution (1640s) to pre-Salem (1690's)
10/20 (Tues) - DUE: read both Anne Bradstreet poems, summarize each and complete worksheet handout, continue lecture
10/21 (Wed) - DUE: Examination of Sarah Good, summarize and complete worksheet handout, continue lecture
10/22 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 4 Due; begin film
10/23 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 4 Quiz; continue film
10/12-16/09
10/12 (Mon) - No School - Columbus Day
10/13 (Tues) - No School - Teacher In-service
10/14 (Wed) - PLAN/PSAT testing - 1/2 day - no regular classes
10/15 (Thurs) - Wounded Knee/Little Big Horn slide show
10/16 (Fri) - Wounded Knee/ Little Big Horn slide show
10/5-9/09
10/5 (Mon) - Viewing film "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"
10/6 (Tues) - film reflection due; continue viewing
10/7 (Wed) - DUE: Read "Blue Highways" excerpt in book, summarize excerpt
10/8 (Thurs) - film reflection due
10/9 (Fri) - DUE: Read "My Sojourn..." & summarize story
9/28-10/2/09
9/28 (Mon) - Colonist Lecture (continued) TAKE GOOD NOTES!
9/29 (Tues) - Due Today: read "Of Plymouth Plantation" pp 83-88, due the following in your notebook:
1. Summarize entire selection
2. Paraphrase (using in-text citation) the "First Thanksgiving" passage
3. Complete Lit Analysis chart - incorporating ONE partial direct quote from primary source. (use in-text citation)
9/30 (Wed) - complete Colonist Lecture/slide-show, begin Equaino
10/1 (Thurs) - Due Today: read Equaino's "...Interesting Narrative" pp 93-99: summarize selection and chooes THREE direct quotes that give vivid pictures of conditions/slavery. Incorporate these quotes into your paragraph. (2 paragraphs: 1) summarize entire 2) discuss what you've learned about slave conditions, using direct quotes to support your opinion.) Vocab Unit 3 Due
10/2 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 3 Quiz
9/21-25/09
9/21 (Mon) - Read "Way to Rainy Mountain" DUE today- Summarize & answer related questions (place in notebook)
9/22 (Tues) - Creating Study Guides: Help Yourself! Unit 1 Part 1 Quiz; ACT Book Exercises 1-3 Due TODAY!
9/23 (Wed) - Read "La Relacion" pp 73-78, Summarize and extended response answer to #5 & 6 (p 78) (responses should be 1/2 page each for full credit! DON'T FORGET PAGE #s and Specific Example from text!) Continue Grammar Mini-Lesson (Capitalization wksht - due tomorrow)
9/24 (Thurs) - Unit 1 Literature Quiz: Grammar Worksheet (using punctuation to repair broken sentences...) Due today; Colonization Lecture/slide-show - take GREAT NOTES!
9/25 (Fri) - Grammar Quiz (shortened class period) "Plymouth" postponed until next week!
I hope to have ALL Simpson papers graded ONLINE this week! Please begin checking on 9/25. My comments, rubric, score, etc. will be viewable through turnitin.com! I've taken a LOT of time to respond to your work - so please read my comments!
Up to THREE EXTRA CREDIT POINTS for thoughtful post on English III Discussion Board Posts DUE SUNDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT!
9/14-18/09
9/14 (Mon) - Coyote Stories (Coyote & Buffalo, Fox & Coyote & Whale) & Summarize each in your notebook (2nd & 4/6 DUE today...8th hr, reading in class today - DUE tomorrow)
9/15 (Tues) - Continue/Finish Coyote Trickster discussion/ begin in-class PSAT practice questions
9/16 (Wed) - continue PSAT practice questions; read "Man to Send Rain Clouds," summarize story, write specific examples for ALL three types of conflict (see your notes from mini-lecture!)
9/17 (Thurs) - ACT Reading Pre-Test!!!! Vocab Unit 2 Due
9/18 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 2 QUIZ today!
Up to THREE EXTRA CREDIT POINTS for thoughtful post on English III Discussion Board Posts DUE SUNDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT!
9/7-11/09
9/7 (Mon) - Labor Day
9/8 (Tues) - Simpson Paper due this morning - 8am (through
www.turnitin.com) review Myth lecture
9/9 (Wed) - "World on a Turtle's Back" & worksheet questions due (write answers in notebook); Guidance discussion: college and ACT!!!
9/10 (Thurs) - ACT English Pretest! bring your pencil!
9/11 (Fri) - read all Native American songs & summarize each one in notebook
8/31 - 9/4/09
8/31 (Mon) - LIT Book Cover (5 pts extra credit!) due today; Lecture: Smiley-Face Tricks ; Stonehenge Free-Write
CreationStoryStonehenge.doc
9/1 (Tues) - Viewing Simpson's episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"
- Writing Assignment #1
WritingAssignment1.docdue Tues. 9/8 8am! (through WriteCycle)
9/2 (Wed) - IN LIBRARY - all students should have an email acct and access paperwork! set up WriteCycle/TurnItIn acct
9/3 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 1 due; LECTURE: Native American Myth (with ppt)
CreationMythandFolktale.pptx begin reading "World on a Turtle's Back" in lit book:
9/4 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 1 Quiz, continue reading "Turtle's Back" in class - DON'T FORGET YOUR PAPER IS DUE TUESDAY 9/8 8AM!!!
THREE EXTRA CREDIT POINTS for thoughtful post on English III Discussion Board Posts DUE SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT!
8/24-28/09
8/24 (Mon) - InService
8/25 (Tues) - InService/ 6-7:30pm Mentor WalkThrough
8/26 (Wed) - Freshman Orientation
8/28 (Fri) - Lecture: Effective Note-taking; SLANT exercise; assign 5 ec pts for Mon - cover your LIT book!
cornellnotetaking.pdf