April 13, 2016: Today in Class
A1 and A3 10th Lit/Comp
- Achieve 3000
- “Robot Nation?” Article, Activity, and Thought Question (2-3
paragraphs)
- “Global Conflicts: Putting an End to Child Labor” Article
and Activity only
- Only work time stamped by the end of class today will be accepted (absent students marked exempt from assignment)
- I counted your SLO as a 100-point summative assessment
rather than 200 points. It’s already in the grade book.
A2 American Lit
- Turn in homework (p. 1113 #1-10)
- Unit 6 Intro: New Voices, New Frontiers (1970-Present)
- Read p. 1276-1281 as class; watch and discuss Essential
Questions Across Time video
- “Onomatopoeia” by William Safire
- Read and discuss p. 1376-1380 and discuss p. 1380 #1-4 as
class
- Begin today, finish for homework: Choose a word or phrase in
English that you find interesting, odd, or funny. Research the history of the
word: its first appearance in the language and changes in its meaning. In an
informative essay, explain your research. Use a mixture of scholarly diction,
familiar diction, and idiomatic expressions. Cite your sources.
