Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead is holiday celebrated in central and southern Mexico during the chilly days of November 1 & 2. They believe that the gates of heaven are opened at midnight on October 31, and the spirits of all deceased children (angelitos) are allowed to reunite with their families for 24 hours. On November 2, the spirits of the adults come down to enjoy the festivities that are prepared for them.

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Class Agenda:

I have given you access to all of the stories left for this unit. Your job is to choose two and complete the playlist for that reading. We are going to begin a writing assignment and the more you've read, the easier it will be for you to write. 

Homework: 
You are only required to complete two assignments, but you are welcome to read more, even if you don''t do the entire playlist. You need to have your two complete by Friday.

Monday, October 31

Happy Halloween!!!

Today is a short day, so we will get to work right away.

We will go over how to give responses and then you will complete the remainder of the assignment Due Tuesday. Get it done in class so you don't have homework tonight.

Tuesday, October 25

Today the booklegger will be here to talk about books. If there is extra time, you will be able to continue your assignment from yesterday. Your First Read of Anne Frank is due on Wed. (the Google Classroom assignment and the StudySync playlist).

Monday, October 24, 2016

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Agenda:

Today will will begin reading an excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. We will watch an introduction as a class and then you will conduct a first read of the passage. Additionally, you will complete the worksheet available of Google Classroom.

After you've completed the reading and the worksheet, you will watch SyncTV and answer all of the Think questions. Whatever you don't finish in class will be homework. Due Wednesday

Additionally, if you have not finished the "Blood, Toils, Tears, and Sweat" writing assignment or responded to two others, it is not late and you must finish it by tomorrow or you will get no credit.

Wednesday, May 18

We are now in the home stretch.

We are finished with GrammarFlip. 
Your final exam will be on Lessons 32-45 on Tuesday, May 24.

We are now finished with Membean. This next week (May 18-May 24) will be a make-up week. You may use this time to complete any missing weeks.

Tonight, please read chapter two in Call of the Wild and answer the questions on Google Classroom.

Tomorrow we will discuss chapters 1-2 and read chapter 3.

Next week we will read chapters 4-6. Speeches begin on Friday, May 27.

Monday, May 9

This week we are testing. Your Call of the Wild reading assignment is available on Google Classroom.

Your COTW assignment is due on Friday, but don't wait until Thursday night to do it. If you do one assignment per day, you will not have very much to do.

You do have Membean due this week.

No GrammarFlip this week.

Tuesday, May 3

This week:

Monday: 20% Time
Essay drafts are due Tuesday.

Tuesday: Peer Review of Anne Frank essays.
Final Due Friday 5/6
Book Club discussion tomorrow. Complete the discussion guide and print it out for full credit.

Wednesday: Book Club Discussion and Book Trailer
After a brief discussion, you will work in your groups to create a book trailer.

Here is my book trailer playlist both professional and student created.

Thursday: Continue to work on book trailer

Book trailers will be due on Friday, May 20.

Keep in mind, we have testing next week. Plan ahead.

Friday: Moving on the 20% Presentations