Today in Class: November 30, 2015

A1 and A3

• Achieve 3000 articles: "Families to Learn About Loved Ones" and "Global Conflicts: Teens Save a Hero's Story"
• Homework: Finish articles, if needed

A2

• Historical Background: Civil War Era
• Essential Questions Across Time video
• Read and discuss as class: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 
• Frederick Douglass background information
• Began reading from My Bondage and My Freedom as class

Today in Class: November 20, 2015

B1

• Create an 8-panel comic strip retelling a fairy tale in which the villain is actually the hero; your comic strip needs color illustrations and dialogue

B3

• Time to work on USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch: due 11/30, project grade

B4

•  Readings
• Time to work on USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch: due 11/30

November 18 and 19, 2015

November 18, 2015

A1 and A3: Complete this week's two Ancient Greece and Rome articles on Achieve 3000. Your response to the Thought Question only needs to be 1-2 paragraphs long. You don't have to do the activities that come after the Thought Question.

A2: Work on USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch


November 19, 2015

B1: Complete this week's two Ancient Greece and Rome articles on Achieve 3000. Your response to the Thought Question only needs to be 1-2 paragraphs long. You don't have to do the activities that come after the Thought Question.

B3: Finish Tuesday's assignment (read p. 362-371, do p. 372 #1-4 and read p. 376-389, do p. 390 #1-4), then work on USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch

B4: Finish this week's writing assignment and decide what you will read tomorrow.

Today in Class: November 17, 2015

B1

• Turn in Lit Circle Essays
• 2 rhetorical precis and APA newspaper article citations using The Wall Street Journal
• Homework: None

B3

• Intro to Transcendentalism with guest teacher, Mrs. Rowe
• We will continue our work with Transcendentalism Thursday
• Homework: USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30, project grade

 B4

• Why do we go to school?
• Mentor text: "The Sanctuary of School" Barry
• Imagine the most important part of school (in your opinion) is on the chopping block due to budget cuts. Write a 500-word defense of why the most important part of school should not be eliminated (or should be added).
• Homework: USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch due 11/30

Today in Class: November 16, 2015

A1 and A3

• Turned in Lit Circle Essays
• Rhetorical Precis and APA newspaper article citation with 2 articles from The Wall Street Journal (turned in)
• Homework:
• Finish Achieve 3000 Level Set, if needed

A2

• Review of Transcendentalism
• On-demand editorial-style article on the role of the individual in today's society
• Background information on Edgar Allan Poe 
• Read and discussed "The Raven"
• Homework:
• USA Test Prep due 11/30, project grade

Today in Class: November 13, 2015

A1 and A3

• Turned in Literature Circle Packets
• Achieve 3000 Level Set + "Ancient Greece and Rome: When Rome When to Britain" + "Ancient Greece and Rome: Old City Comes to Life"
• Homework:
• Finish Achieve 3000 Level Set if you did not finish in class today
• Lit Circle Essay due Monday

A2

• Finished Write Score assessment
• Worked on USA Test Prep
• Homework:
• USA Test Prep R.L.A.B. due 11/30, project grade

Attention 10th Grade Parents:

While progress reports were given out today, today was also the due date for Literature Circle Packets, an assignment given a month ago that students were given class time to work on every day.

Many students either did not submit this assignment or it was only partially completed, resulting in a failing grade. Because it is a summative grade (test/project), it dramatically affected a few students' grades. Please check Infinite Campus as I put these grades in today to see your child's updated grade.

The second part of this project, Literature Circle Essay, is due Monday (A) and Tuesday (B), and is also a summative grade.

Students have had a month for both assignments and have received class time and countless reminders of due dates.

Today in Class: November 12, 2015

B1

• Last Lit Circle meeting
• Turned in Lit Circle packets
• Achieve 3000 Level Set/2 articles about Ancient Greece and Rome: First 5 tabs of assignment
• Homework:
• Lit Circle Essay due Tuesday 11/17

 B3

• Write Score
• USA Test Prep
• Homework:
• USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30, project grade

 B4

• Write 750 words on the topic of your choice, in the genre of your choice--post to blog
• Leave 2 warm feedback comments on 3 classmates' blogs
• If you finish early, work on USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch, due 11/30
• Homework:
• USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch, due 11/30

Today in Class: November 11, 2015

A1 and A3

• Work period for Lit Circle Packets 
• Lit Circle Packets due this Friday, 11/13
• Lit Circle Essays due Monday, 11/16

A2

• Thoreau
• In groups: read p. 376-389, do p. 390 #1-4
• Early finishers work on USA Test Prep: Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30, project grade

Today in Class: November 10, 2015

B1

•  Lit Circles
• Rhetorical precis example with class
• Rhetorical precis in groups, submitted via One Drive
• HW:
• Lit Circle packets due 11/12
• Lit Circle essays due 11/17

B3

• Write Score
• HW:
• USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30 (project grade)

B4

• This week: What's on your mind?
• Write 750 words on the topic of your choice, in the genre of your choice--post to blog
• Leave 2 warm feedback comments on 3 classmates' blogs
• If you finish early, work on USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch, due 11/30

Today in Class: November 9, 2015

A1 and A3

• Timed synthesis essay: In what ways can lost civilizations communicate to the future? Use cited (quotations or paraphrases with page #s) textual evidence from "By the Waters of Babylon" and "There Will Come Soft Rains" as your primary support.
• HW: Prep for Lit Circles; USA Test Prep RL Assignment Batch due 11/30

A2

• Write Score 
• HW: USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30, project grade

Today in Class: November 6, 2015

B1

• Lit Circles
• USA Test Prep/Achieve 3000
• HW: 
• Lit Circle packets due 11/12; 
• USA Test Prep RL Assignment Batch due 11/30; 
• 1 Achieve 3000 article needs to be completed by midnight tonight

B3

•  Finish synthesis essay final drafts
• Work on USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch, due 11/30, project grade
• HW:
•  Work on USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch, due 11/30, project grade

B4

• Readings of "A Story Only I Can Tell..."
• HW:
• Work on USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch, due 11/30, project grade

Today in Class: November 5, 2015

B1

• Timed synthesis essay: Expository/synthesis writing: In what ways can lost civilizations communicate to the future? Use cited (quotations or paraphrases with page #s) textual evidence from “By the Waters of Babylon” and “There Will Come Soft Rains” as your primary support.
• Early finishers: Work on USA Test Prep or Achieve 3000, depending on your assignment
• HW: 
• Prep for tomorrow's Lit Circle meetings
• USA Test Prep RL Assignment Batch due 11/30
• This week's Achieve 3000 article due tomorrow

B3

• How to upload and share files on OneDrive
• How to create files on OneDrive
• Yes Ma'am strategy for body paragraphs with cited textual evidence
• Begin work on final draft of on-demand synthesis essay
• HW:
• USA Test Prep Reading Literary Assignment Batch due 11/30: project grade

 B4

• 500 words: What's a story that only you can tell? Post to your blog.
• We'll read these in class Friday. 
• When you're done, work on USA Test Prep Creative Writing Assignment Batch: due 11/30, project grade

Today in Class: November 4, 2015

A1 and A3

• Yes Ma'am strategy for body paragraphs with cited textual evidence 
• Begin outlining your essay using the  Yes Ma'am strategy for your body paragraphs; we'll write the full essay in class Monday with a timer
• Achieve 3000 students: Complete Level Set and "School on Snowy Days" assignment (complete by 11/6)
• USA Test Prep students: Work on "RL Assignment Batch" (complete by 11/30)
• HW: Prep for Lit Circles; Achieve 3000/USA Test Prep assignment above

A2

• Introduction to Transcendentalism (read and discuss 360-1 as class)
• Standards RL1-10
• If USA Test Prep is working, work on "Reading Literary Assignment Batch" (due 11/30, summative grade)
• Transcendentalism and Ralph Waldo Emerson, standards RI1-10
• If USA Test Prep is not working, independently read p. 362-371, do p. 372 #1-4, and turn in to basket
• HW: Do whichever of the above you did not get to today; USA Test Prep assignment batch due 11/30, summative grade

November 3, 2015 In Class

B1

• p. 510 graphic organizer as prewriting and evidence-gathering tool for "There Will Come Soft Rains"/"By the Waters of Babylon" synthesis essay
• Yes Ma'am strategy for body paragraphs with cited textual evidence 
• Begin outlining your essay using the  Yes Ma'am strategy for your body paragraphs; we'll write the full essay in class Thursday with a timer
• Achieve 3000 students: Complete Level Set and "School on Snowy Days" assignment (complete by 11/6)
• USA Test Prep students: Work on "RL Assignment Batch" (complete by 11/30)
• HW: Prep for Lit Circles; Achieve 3000/USA Test Prep assignment above

B3

• On-demand synthesis essay response to "The Minister's Black Veil" and "The Devil and Tom Walker": turn in before leaving class today
• Turn in final draft of Tom Walker Modernization before leaving class today
• HW: Work on USA Test Prep "Reading Literary Assignment Batch": Due 11/30, summative grade

B4

• What's a story that only you can tell?
• TED Talk: "The danger of a single story"
• Assignment: 500 words on "a story only you can tell"
• Post to blog
• We'll read these in class Friday 
• Work on USA Test Prep "Creative Writing Assignment Batch": Due 11/30, project grade
• HW: Work on USA Test Prep assignment batch, due 11/30

Today in Class: November 2, 2015

A1 and A3 10th Lit/Comp

• Lit Circle Meeting 7
• Review of "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "By the Waters of Babylon"
• Discussion of prompt:
• Expository/synthesis writing: In what ways can lost civilizations communicate to the future? Use cited (quotations or paraphrases with page #s) textual evidence from “By the Waters of Babylon” and “There Will Come Soft Rains” as your primary support.
• Create chart like p. 510 for gathering evidence for essay 
• Homework:
• Prep for Lit Circles
• Finish p. 510 chart if needed
• Bring fully charged laptop to class Wednesday

A2 American Lit

•  Notes on Yes Ma'am writing strategy
• Write and submit final draft of Friday's on-demand synthesis essay, editing body paragraphs to follow Yes Ma'am format: due at end of class
• Homework:
• Bring fully charged laptop to class Wednesday
• Work on "Reading Literary Assignment Batch" on USA Test Prep; due 11/30, summative grade