English 3P (Period 1-4, 6) Assignments

Wow! You made it (well, those of you who read this, anyway). 

 

Don't forget to bring your textbook on Monday! I know the books are so incredibly heavy that your wimpy teenage arms can hardly hold them, but you'll be bringing them back for the very last time, so perhaps the expectation of losing that weight for good will help you have the strength to carry such a load. Godspeed! 

 

Monday: - Textbook return and Gatsby Final Test. 

 

Tuesday (periods 1-3, minimum day):  Gatsby visual analysis 

 

Wednesday (periods 4-6, minimum day): Gatsby visual analysis 

 

Thursday: The world is yours! Use it wisely. Remember Gatsby's rules for getting better....be nice to your parents, save a few bucks every week, and read one improving book or magazine per week....Then, you, too, can be great. Just don't try to steal someone's wife and get yourself shot. 

 

The final full week of school is upon us - and we've got a novel to finish! 

 

Here's what's up with what's going down:

 

Monday: Read/take notes on chapter seven.. 

 

Tuesday (Can you believe the district is pulling out teachers during the last week of school? Neither can we, but they are, so you have ANOTHER SUB!):  Quiz on chapters six-seven...begin reading and taking notes on chapter eight.  

 

Wednesday: Read/take notes on chapter eight. 

 

Thursday: 4th quarter ELA Benchmark...Begin chapter nine.

 

Friday: Finish chapter nine. Final test on The Great Gatsby. 

 

I will be available for after school make ups and grade repairs on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All late work must be turned in before Finals begin on June 16. 

 

The link below will help keep your summer from being boring:

 

 

 

Tuesday - Wednesday: Experience the joy that is state-mandated testing. Now on computers!   If/when you finish for the day, please continue reading chapter four of The Great Gatsby. 

 

Thursday - Friday: Read/Analyze Gatsby chapters 4-5. You will be taking notes on Google Docs, and adding to your personal vocab chart. It will be assumed that you have read to the end of chapter 5 by the start of class on Monday, June 2.

If you ever want to read more, or read ahead, here's an online version of the novel:   http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/contents.html

 

 

Another week, another Monday without Mr. C. Take next Monday off in my honor. 

 

By now you should be done reading chapters 1 and 2 of The Great Gatsby. Tom's a real jerk, eh?  So where's this Gatsby guy who lends his name to the book anyway?

 

 

Tuesday - Submit your notes and definitions from Thursday-Monday. Test on chapters 1-2. 

 

Wednesday -  Read chapter 3 (notes on character). Quick grammar review. 

 

Thursday -  Possible make-up test. Finish chapter 3. Read chapter 4. (more notes on character). Quick grammar review. 

 

Friday - Test on chapters 3-4. Grammar test on noredink.com

 

The secret word is disillusionment 

 

If you ever want to read more, or read ahead:   http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fitzgerald/f_scott/gatsby/contents.html

Better late than never...

 

Well, we've finished talking about food, but before we finish everything we should get back to American literature and read one of the most important books in the canon. 

 

If you have seen the Baz Luhrmann directed movie from 2013, please don't be a spoiler. It will not only affect others' enjoyment of this great book, but it will affect your grade. 

 

Wednesday:  Gatsby intro. Read chapter 1.  

 

Thursday-Friday: Finish chapter 1, and read chapter 2.

 

You will be taking the CST test in the gym at various times on Thursday, Friday and Monday.

 

There will be a sub on Monday, May 19. You will be reading chapters 2-3. 

 

There will be a quiz about Chapters 1 and 2 on Tuesday, May 20. 

 

This week we are finishing the "Politics of Food" ERWC unit.  Don't forget to do something nice for your mother this weekend (and every day, really).

 

Monday-Tuesday (SUBSTITUTE on Monday) - Gathering evidence and writing rough draft. 

 

Wednesday - Editing and revising.

 

Thursday-Friday - Final Draft turned in via Google Folders

 

Thank you in advance for your hard work and respect for Monday's substitute, and any other substitutes I may have to call during the week. 

 

This week's extra credit website (the last of the year) is http://www.foodispower.org/

 

Remember to explain the site's main message/lesson in your own words, and then explain how it relates to any of the four articles we read during the "Politics of Food" unit. Email your work to [email protected] 

This week, we will read the final article in "The Politics of Food" ERWC unit. We will see the other side of the argument about industrial food, and you will get to choose between writing about personal dietary goals or public policy goals that reflect your now-informed views on industrial farming and the politics of food. 

 

Monday: Analyzing sentences from three articles. Analyzing stylistic choices of the authors. 

 

Tuesday: SUBSTITUTE - Read and annotate "Big Agriculture Is the Only Option to Stop the World Going Hungry" by Jay Rayner. 

 

Wednesday: Thinking critically about the article - Analyzing ethos, pathos and logos. 

 

Thursday: Essay response introduction. Deconstruct writing prompts, gather evidence. 

 

Friday: Gather evidence for writing and begin first draft. 

 

This week's extra credit opportunity is to look at and describe the mission of the website farmaid.org  Remember that you must explain the mission/purpose of the website, and how it relates to what we've been reading in "The Politics of Food" unit.  Email your work to [email protected] before next Monday, 5/5/14. 

Welcome Back! I hope your spring break was relaxing. These last eight weeks of school are going to fly by, but we've got a lot of work to do and I'm going to expect much from you soon-to-be adults. Let's go! 

 

You may remember we were knee deep in ERWC-land, learning about the food industry (and perhaps wondering where all the poetry and literature went) in a unit titled "The Politics of Food." Well, we've got at least two more weeks of analyzing and responding to arguments about the food industry before we get to read some poetry and then one of the most important novels of the 20th century. 

 

Monday - Review vocabulary, and review main ideas of "The Pleasures of Eating" and "When A Crop Becomes King".  Analyze sentence style from both articles. New vocabulary words. 

 

Tuesday - Vocabulary jigsaw. Read/Annotate "If You Pitch It, They Will Eat It" 

 

Wednesday - CN about arguments (ethos/pathos/logos) in "If You Pitch It, They Will Eat It" 

 

Thursday - Connotations exercise about "If You Pitch It..."  Synthesizing three texts.

 

Friday - Vocab test on Schoology. Finish synthesizing three texts. 

 

 

As always, during this "Politics of Food" ERWC unit, there is an extra credit opportunity. Visit the website below and, in a few paragraphs, explain the main argument/position/mission of the website, and how the information on the website supports or refutes the articles we read during the unit.   This weeks website is  themeatrix.com  

turn in your paragraphs via email [email protected] or old-school paper.  Due by Monday, April 28. 

 

 

dubious  

Welcome to 4th Quarter! The Beginning of the End! Who's hungry for more food industry ERWC articles? 

 

Here's what's happening in English class this week:

 

Monday:  Ted Talk video (a kid echoes what we read in "The Pleasure of Eating" 

                Writing - Your Food Journal and Responsible Eating 

                Vocab for "When A Crop Becomes King"

Tuesday: Vocab - Pre-reading discussion and QW for "When A Crop Becomes King" 

 

Wednesday: SUBSTITUTE - Read/Analyze "When A Crop Becomes King" 

 

Thurs-Fri: SUBSTITUTE - Watch "Food, Inc" and fill out worksheet. 

 

That's right, you're having a sub 3/5 days this week. Start fourth quarter off the right way. 

 

The extra knowledge website of the week is: fixfood.org 

Greetings! It's April (on Tuesday). Don't be a fool. 

 

We're starting another Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC) unit this week. It's called "The Politics of Food" and it includes four articles about how food is made and marketed, and how those factors affect our buying habits and health.   These are the objectives:

 

SWBAT • Identify the main ideas, including the author's main argument/claim within                  a text

              • Evaluate support for major details.

              • Evaluate the rhetorical effectiveness of different articles

              • Incorporate and synthesize material from various articles by quoting and                       paraphrasing appropriately 

              • Revise rhetorically to meet the needs of the audience for their proposal

              • Edit with a focus on improving readability and effectiveness

 

Monday - Start food journal or TV journal. Quickwrite about food and advertising. Discussion about key concepts. 

Tuesday - Vocabulary groups - vocabulary share out. 

Wednesday - Finish vocab. Predicting and asking questions about the article. 

Thursday - Read "The Pleasures of Eating"  Create "Says/Means/Matters" Chart

Friday - Re-read "The Pleasures of Eating" annotation and questions. Check and discuss food journals. 

 

You will not need your textbook during the ERWC unit. 

 

Each week, I'll post a link to a food movement website. These websites are recommended by the author's of the ERWC unit, and are intended to further your understanding of our readings. Here's this week's:

 

Thanks (most of you) for maintaining an academic decorum during my absences. 

 

Here are the questions that we're going to finish up at the beginning of the period tomorrow. 

 

P 341 - Soul Selects...1-7

             If You Were...1-4

P 346 - Tell all............2-6

              Apparently.....1-5

             Success.......1-5

p352 -  Because I......1-8

            I Heard...........1-5

             Much Madness...1-3

 

Happy Friday 

 

Welcome to a couple of weeks of modified schedules and substitute teachers. The CAHSEE changes everyone's schedule for a couple days this week, then I will be gone Thurs-Mon (20-24), at a technology conference. There will also be another sub next Wednesday the 26th. Your patience and maturity are appreciated in advance.

 

Mon: We wind down Walt Whitman with writing (wow, what wonderful alliteration, eh?). You will choose one of the Whitman poems we have read and analyze it for a short paper due either Tuesday or Wednesday.

 

Tues (4,6) - Wed (1-3): In-class writing - Analyzing a Whitman poem.

 

Thurs-Fri (Substitute): Read Emily Dickinson bio (335-336) and take notes. Vocabulary: slant rhyme, metaphysical, personification, irony, paradox

Read/analyze: The Soul Selects Her Own Society (p 337) and If You Were Coming in the Fall (p 338) and answer questions 1-4 and 1-4 on page 341.

 

 

Mon - Read/Analyze the three Emily Dickinson poems beginning on page 342.

 

 

M - Vocab check. Grading says/means/matters chart and worksheet.

 

Walt Whitman Recital Project: Read ten lines of any of the Walt Whitman poems in the textbook. Practice reading so that you perform with expression, gusto, and respect for the natural rhythm of FREE VERSE poetry. Performances will be this Thursday and Friday.

 

T - EAP timed writing assessment (part of the CST). Bring your independent reading book to read after you finish writing. 

 

W - Review Song of Myself, numbers 10 and 33. Test on the poems, the James Franco article, and poetry terms. 

 

Th - Walt Whitman recital project. Read/Analyze A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim by Walt Whitman (p. 322), and the excerpt from "Specimen Days" (p 323)  15 mins - Walt Whitman Recital Project

 

Fr - Walt Whitman recital project. Test on A Sight in Camp... and the Pablo Neruda poem "Plenos Poderes" (p332) 15 mins - Walt Whitman Recital Project

 

 

Welcome to March. Beware the Ides of March (if you're a Roman dictator), and enjoy March Madness (if you're a basketball fan).  

Monday - Whitman bio (pages 307-309). Library (15 mins) - to find/check out a book for ind. reading book report). Why we read Whitman - PPT w CN. Whitman video.

 

Tuesday - Vocabulary - Read/Analyze "I Hear America Singing"  p 311. Modern "I Hear America Singing" - vocabulary p. 313

 

Wednesday - Substitute - Test on "I Hear America Singing" Read/Analyze from "Song of Myself, Numbers 10 and 33". Commas WS. 

 

Thursday - Read/Analyze "Song of Myself Numbers 10 and 33". Finding Meaning graphic organizer. 

 

Friday - Test on "Song of Myself..." Quiz on commas. 

 

Welcome to the last week of February.

 

 

Mon - Finish reading, and analyze character traits and explain the lesson in the allegory "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"  (p 228).

 

Tues - Dr. H test on Schoology  (4th period will be in gym for registration assembly...4th period will take the test on Wednesday)  CIF soccer playoffs after school at Santiago - be there! Go Cavs!

 

Wed - "Fountain of Youth" article analysis with quickwrite.

 

Thurs - Commas review https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/01/

 

Fri - Commas test on NoRedInk.com, and cumulative vocabulary test on Schoology.com

As promised, here are the vocab word that you will be tested on tomorrow.

 

mirth, undermine, proponent, yearn, commend, doctrine, secular, sociology, expedient, alacrity, insurrection, penitent, impetuous, archetype, delusion, venerable, infamous, transient, allegory, metaphor

 

I know metaphor wasn't one of our vocabulary words thus far in second semester, but it's so important, I thought we should review it.

 

Happy studying! Enjoy the rain!

 

 

Tuesday - TEST on "Resistance to Civil Government" and related readings. Review Worksheet - commas.

 

Wednesday - Begin unit on the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."  Read background on p. 236. Start Vocabulary Chart.

 

Thursday-Friday - Read/Analyze the short story "Dr Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

For clarification:

 

 I hope that you brought your textbook on Monday. Please be sure to bring it the rest of the week. 

 

Tuesday - Clarifying "Civil Disobedience" Identifying and explaining paradoxes. Vocabulary charts.

 

Wednesday - SUBSTITUTE - Read/Analyze "On Nonviolent Resistence" by Mohandas Gandhi, and "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (starting on page 223) 

 

Thursday - Test on the week's readings. Grammar review - Using Commas Correctly. 

 

The new independent reading assignment is coming. Stop by the library and choose a book that interests you so you can use this four day weekend wisely. 

 

 

Welcome to second semester. Here is our agenda for the week. Check this site for more attachments, and extra credit opportunities. 

 

Monday - Vocabulary, Chrome Book intro.

 

Tuesday - Sign up for this web page. Quickwrite. Finish vocabulary. Post vocabulary sentences to schoology.com

 

Wednesday - Finish posting on schoology.com. Read/Analyze article with "They Say/I Say" graphic organizer.

 

Thursday - Text-based questions from "The Pursuit of Unhappiness" Vocabulary is due. 

 

Friday - Vocab quiz. Timed writing response to "The Pursuit of Unhappiness"