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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 28 (Thur) & June 1 (Mon)

Daily Agenda - May 26  (Tue)
1. Reading & Research for Quarter #4 Performance Assessment
2. Begin My So Called Enemy Lesson

Homework
1. Complete My So Called Enemy Assignment
2. Complete Semi-colon/Colon/Sentence Structure Final Review Exercises

Daily Agenda - June 1 (Mon)
Quarter #4 Performance Assessment

Homework
1. Review/Correct the Language Practice Exercises using the answer key to help prepare for the final: Language Final Review Exercises ANSWER KEY.

2. Review the key terms and concepts to study for the final.  You can ignore the Classical Roots words and the Elements of Satire terms.  For the Elements of Satire, review notes distributed in class.  Terms & Concepts Final Review

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework: May 26 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Collect Quixote Final Drafts / Revise Night Essays
2. Close Reading: "What, of The Goldfish,  Would You Wish."
3. Complete Critical Reading Questions

Homework
"Goldfish" Vocabulary Exercises

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 21 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. "The Wife's Story" - Reading Closely
2. Writing Workshop: Improving Counter-arguments and Refutation Statements

Homework
Prepare Final Draft - Theme Essay Revision #3 (Follow instructions on the assignment sheet.)

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - 5/19 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Evaluating Statistics Mini-lesson
2. Editing Theme Essays

Homework
Finish editing. Upload revision #2 online.  Bring in edited copy/completed editing sheet.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 15 (Fri)

Daily Agenda 
1. Quixote Competency/Quiz Corrections
2. Research - Social Issues PROs/CONs

Homework
Theme Essay Revisions

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 13 (Wed)

Daily Agenda
1. Satire Formative Assessment
2. Social Issues - Topic Survey

Homework
Social Issues Article Analysis

Monday, May 11, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 11 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Quixote Literature Competency / Quiz
2. Continue / Finish Theme Essays

Homework
Rough Draft due online before next class

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 7 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary, Unit #5 Quiz
2. Finish Initial Outline / Begin Drafting Quixote Theme Essay

Homework
Rough Draft due online before Wednesday, May 13

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 5 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Close Reading: Satire & Parody in Don Quixote, Chapter VII excerpt
2. Begin Initial Outline for Theme Response

Homework
Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, May 1, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - May 1 (Fri)

Daily Agenda 
1. Quixote Theme Circle Map (Period 3)
2. Reading Critically - Parody in Don Quixote (Periods 3,5)
3. Classical Roots, Unit #5 Practice Quiz (Period 5)

Homework
Quixote Theme Prewriting. (One page. Upload to turnitin.com.)

 

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - April 29 (Wed)

Daily Agenda
1. Practice Sentence Structure Quiz
2. Finish Don Quixote film

Homework
E-mail Assignment

Daily Agenda & Homework: April 27 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Subordinate clauses exercise
2. Elements of Satire Review
3. Continue Don Quixote

Homework
Greek and Roman Roots Exercise, pg. 65

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework: April 23 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Independent Clause Review Exercise
2. Continue Quixote film

Homework
Greek/Latin Roots, Practice Exercise, pg. 64

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - April 21 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Review Elements of Satire
2. Satire Stations Activity
3. Continue Don Quixote film

Homework
Classical Roots Unit #5 Exercise (pg. 63)

Monday, April 13, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - April 13 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Sentence Structure Review Exercises
2. Writing Workshop: Writing Complex Theme Statements & Establishing Purposeful Organization

Homework
Finish revised thesis and topic sentences in outline. Upload to turnitin.com.

Friday, March 27, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - March 27 (Fri)

Daily Agenda
1. Review Phrase/Clause/Sentence Grammar terms
2. Critical Reading: Evaluating an Author's Claim - Read articles and identify the claims.

Homework
Write summaries of claims for the two articles read in class. Upload to turnitin.com.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - March 5 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Review Semicolon/Colon Competency #2
2. Phrase/Clause Poster Prep

Homework
Read Night, chapters 7-9.  Complete study guide questions.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework: March 3 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Semicolon/Colon Competency #2
2. Finish Oprah: Auschwitz: Death Camp special
3. Phat! Phrase/Clause Research Activity

Homework
1. Read Ch. 6.
2. Continue study guide questions.

Monday, February 23, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - February 23 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Review Semi-colon /Colon Exercises
2. Begin reading Night, chapters #2-3.
3. Begin Video, Oprah: Auschwitz Death Camp with Elie Weisel

Homework
1. Finish chapters 2-3.
2. Complete study guide questions.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Daily Agenda & Homework - February 19 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
Semi-colon Review Exercises # 25, #25 Modified,and #26, Writing & Grammar Text

Homework
1. Colon Exs. 12-13/Semi-colon Ex. 11, Language Exercises Packet
2. Finish Night Study Guide Questions, Chapter One