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CLASS SYLLABUS
Monday - Friday, May 11th - 15th
Monday - DAY 5: Rhythm & 1st Draft.
Tuesday - DAY 6: 2nd Draft. We are wrapping this up in the next few days! Please make sure you have selected a novel - survey is in Classroom - from the 50's to read during the last few weeks of school.
Monday - Friday, May 4th - 8th
Monday - Posting DAY 3: Abstractions. This one is in simple presentation form.
Wednesday - DAY 4: Inspiration. I will post a list of links to awesome spoken word artists. Steal some ideas! Get inspired!
Also, sometime this week, I will post a survey for you to answer about what book from the 1950's you would like to read. I will give you a few choices, along with their descriptions.
Monday - Friday, April 27th - May 1st
Monday - Posting last lecture on elements of poetry: PERSONA, plus an intro to the poetry project, DAY 1.
Wednesday - DAY 2, IMAGERY.
Monday - Friday, April 20th - 24th
Monday- Posting video lecture on LINE in poetry. "Found Poem" assignment is due on Friday.
Monday - Friday, April 13th - 17th
Monday - Posting Flash Stories Redux. Please do some writing and have it on hand for Wednesday. Meanwhile, I will start grading your Poetry Projects!
Wednesday - Posting Poetry: Rhythm Video Lecture, as well as an assignment on Classroom.
Monday - Friday, April 6th - 10th
Monday - Practice Google Meet session at 11 am, just to make sure we can all figure it out before it counts. Look for the code in a Google Classroom message.
I posted my very first VIDEO LECTURE on Friday April 3rd, so please give me some feedback. You'll need a notebook and your poetry collection. There is also a practice assignment on Classroom. This is a trial run and I would really appreciate your critiques and suggestions. Thanks!
The rest of the week - Wrap up that Poetry of War assignment for April 13th.
Monday, March 30th - Friday, April 3rd
- Work on the Poetry of War assignment, following the guidelines on Classroom. Email me if you have questions!
- Meet up on Zoom on Wednesday, if possible. This is just to touch base and try out this virtual conferencing thing.
- I will send out a pilot video lecture pretty soon. It will be review of the poetry intro we did right before the shut down and will do a little deeper into imagery. There will be an accompanying assignment on Classroom.
- Stay safe & healthy!
Plans for the school shut down...
First of all, please stay healthy and safe. Limiting the disaster ahead depends on us all thinking and acting for the benefit of the community.
I hope you have all taken home your copy of The Poetry of War. Here's a link to the document that I hope explains the assignment. Email me with questions!
I hope you have all taken home your copy of The Poetry of War. Here's a link to the document that I hope explains the assignment. Email me with questions!
Monday - Friday, March 9th - 13th
Monday - Wrap up lesson plans. Presentations start tomorrow.
Tuesday - Presentations. Optional argumentative essay for anybody who needs to pass essential skills.
Wednesday - The Best Years of Our Lives movie time!
Thursday - The Best Years of Our Lives.
Friday - The Best Years of Our Lives. Actually, we shifted gears to do an intro to poetry & I passed out the poetry collection we'll be working with.
Monday - Friday, March 2nd - 6th
Monday - Finish up presentations.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - TED Talk & little skills demo. Issues project group work: TED Talk search.
Thursday - PSA's.
Friday - Here are the groups presenting next week. Fishbowl-style optional. Get started on lesson plans today.
Monday - Friday, February 24th - 28th
Monday - Article from The Guardian: Grapes of Wrath: Now More Relevant Than Ever. Please read this and write a short response on a piece of paper to turn in:
- What is your response to this article?
- How is the novel relevant today?
- What is the biggest theme you see in Grapes of Wrath that you think we still need to talk about today?
Tuesday - The FINAL.
Wednesday - The FINAL.
Thursday - The FINAL.
Friday - The FINAL. Presentations begin today.
Tuesday - Friday, February 18th - 21st
No school on Monday in observance of Presidents' Day.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Article search & little skills demo for Issues Project. Sharing with your group. Book notes on Grapes of Wrath, if there is time.
Thursday - Assignment on Chapters 21-25. We are wrapping up this book NEXT WEEK!
Friday - Wrap up book notes & short personal reflection about a time things kind of slipped through your fingers. Please finish reading the novel for next week.
Monday - Friday, February 10th - 14th
Monday - Issue Project groups & initial writing of position statements.
Tuesday - Actual skills demo on Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 17-20. Please be ready!
Wednesday - Book notes & group discussion.
Thursday - Article analysis, start HERE.
Friday - Actual Valentine's Day! Something fun...
Tuesday - Actual skills demo on Grapes of Wrath, Chapters 17-20. Please be ready!
Wednesday - Book notes & group discussion.
Thursday - Article analysis, start HERE.
Friday - Actual Valentine's Day! Something fun...
Monday - Friday, February 3rd - 7th
Monday - Back to The Grapes of Wrath! Let's start with some character analysis. Please read through Chapter 16 for tomorrow.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Practice assignment on Part 2 of the reading.
Thursday - More time? Discuss.
Friday - Survey for issues assignment. Ethos, pathos, logos. Let's talk about building effective arguments.
2nd Semester Begins!
Monday - Thursday, January 27th - 30th
Monday - Walden reading & skills demo. Vocab Quizlet: Functional Vocabulary.
Tuesday - Walden skills demo! No reading due this week for The Grapes of Wrath, but please keep reading.
Wednesday - Wrap up that Walden skills demo. Study for vocab!
Thursday - Last day of the semester! Last chance VOCAB QUIZ on these words Vocab Quizlet: Functional Vocabulary. If you have already passed a vocab exam this semester, you can try to pass this one for five extra credit points (the only extra credit of the semester).
Next week: Ethos, pathos, logos. Let's talk about building effective arguments.
Next week: Ethos, pathos, logos. Let's talk about building effective arguments.
Tuesday - Friday, January 21st - 24th
No school on Monday for MLK Day.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Assignment on Chapters 1-9 of The Grapes of Wrath. Discussion & book notes.
Thursday - Excerpt from Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
Friday - Illustrations.
Monday - Friday, January 13th - 17th
Monday - Check out The Grapes of Wrath. Take a look at the intro & a few notes about the novel.
Tuesday - Life in a Migrant Laborer's Camp.
Wednesday - Transcendentalism slideshow.
Thursday - Ralph Waldo Emerson: Excerpts from Nature & Self-Reliance.
Friday - Wrap up your assignment from yesterday and/or spend some time reading The Grapes of Wrath. Chapters 1-9 due on Tuesday.
Tuesday - Friday, January 7th - 10th
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Welcome back! We'll start the year by developing some context for our next novel: The Grapes of Wrath. I will have you pair up and do some research on the time period: the 1930's. Be ready to share your findings. Feel free to make a short slide show, if you like.
Thursday - More reporting?
Friday - Read an excerpt of The Jungle in the TEXT BOOK! Discuss author's purpose.
WINTER BREAK!
Monday - Friday, December 16th - 20th
Monday - Gatsby/Sun Also Rises essays!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Gatsby/Sun Also Rises essay workday.
Thursday - Gatsby/Sun Also Rises essay workday. Last day!
Friday - Peer editing.
Monday - Friday, December 9th - 13th
Monday - Article on bullfighting: A Tragedy in Three Acts.
Wednesday - Assignment on Part 3 (end of Book II, Chapter XVIII).
Thursday - Discuss.
Friday - Imagined Conversations.
Monday - Friday, December 2nd - 6th
Monday - Sun Also Rises book notes. Have Book II (VIII-XIII) read for FRIDAY.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Assignment for Book I. We need to finish this up, so there is time to complete our ESSAY before winter break. And here's a Quizlet for Sun Also Rises vocabulary.
Thursday - Reading time.
Friday - Close reading assignment on Book II (VIII-XIII) today.
READING SCHEDULE - SUN ALSO RISES
MONDAY
12/2: Book I (I-VII)
FRIDAY
12/6: Book II (VIII-XIII)
TUESDAY
12/10: Book II (XIV-XVIII)
MONDAY 12/16 : Book III (XIX) – Final
MONDAY 12/16 : Book III (XIX) – Final
Monday & Tuesday, November 25th & 26th
Monday - This article: With Hemingway as a Friend, Who Needs Enemies... Please read for tomorrow. Chapters I-VII due by the time we get back next week (that's Book 1).
Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday - Friday, November 18th - 22nd
Monday - Movie!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Movie!
Thursday - This article: Ever Elusive, Gatsby Evades Hollywood's Grasp and an assignment. Take of revisions, if you have extra time.
Friday - Check out The Sun Also Rises. Modernism Presentation & notes.
SOON! The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock and this article for fun: When T.S. Eliot Invented the Hipster. That epigraph in Italian? It's when Dante the pilgrim talks to Guido Montefelatro about his story - this is Guido's response: If I thought that my reply would be to someone who would ever return to earth, this flame would remain without further movement; but as no one has ever returned alive from this gulf, if what I hear is true, I can answer you with no fear of infamy.
Tuesday - Friday, November 12th - 15th
Wednesday - More time?
Thursday - Various attempts at filming Gastby. We will wait to start the movie next week, when we can be uninterrupted.
- 1926 Silent Film, now lost! Only this trailer remains!
- 1949 Movie, Alan Ladd
- 1974 Movie - Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
- 2000 Made for TV - Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd
Friday - Quizlet for Gatsby. Or illustrations!
Monday - Thursday, November 4th - 7th
Monday - Wrap up Part 1 discussion.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Part 2 skills demo!
Thursday - Quizlet for Gatsby.
Friday - 1st Quarter grading day (no classes)
Monday - Friday, October 28th - November 1st
Monday - The Self-Made Man. You are not reading this whole thing - just three key sections!
Tuesday - More time?
Wednesday - Let's discuss Part 1 of The Great Gatsby.
Thursday - Halloween! Something fun...
Friday - Deadline for revisions & make-up work! Vocab Quizlet for Gatsby.
Monday - Friday, October 21st - 25th
Monday - "People Like Us": A PBS/YouTube series to spark a conversation about class in America. With a partner, watch a few videos, discuss, and write down your observations & questions for a larger class discussion.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Class in America. We should read this: $350,000 a Year, and Just Getting By from The Atlantic. Context for The Great Gatsby - video biography & notes.
Thursday (Half-Day) - Check out our book!
Monday - Friday, October 14th - 18th
Monday - Jazz Essay work day.
Tuesday - Jazz Essay work day.
Wednesday - PSAT
Thursday - Jazz Essay work day.
Friday - Okay, one more day.
Monday - Thursday, October 7th - 10th
Monday - Discuss the end of the novel.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Socratic Seminar.
Thursday - First essay of the school year!
Monday - Friday, September 30th - October 4th
Monday - I realize you all are very far behind, so reading day. Please catch up!
Tuesday - Practice assignment on reading due today (through Page 184).
Wednesday - Jazz Vocab Quizlet.
Thursday - Langston Hughes, quick bio, collection of poetry, Let America Be America Again.
Friday - The family tree. You should probably take a picture.
Monday - Friday, September 23rd - 27th
Monday - Book notes.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - The first REAL skills demo of the year! Be ready because it's a big one.
Thursday - More time?
Friday - Three-panel illustrations.
Monday - Friday, September 16th - 20th
Monday - Wrap up those clips from the documentary. Close reading practice assignment on the first part of the book: HERE.
Tuesday - Reading due and discussion questions.
Wednesday - Thoughts on the African American Novel - an essay by Toni Morrison. And a little practice assignment.
Thursday - Go over Tuesday's assignment on Part 1 & talk about the historical context of Part 2.
Monday - Friday, September 9th - 13th
Monday - Slate Magazine article: The Difference between Refugee and Migrant Matters, and this practice assignment.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Pick up the novel JAZZ by Toni Morrison. Discuss yesterday's assignment and then tackle this article in pairs: The Refugees the World Barely Pays Attention To.
Thursday - Develop some context for the time period in which the novel is set.
Friday - Clip from the documentary by Ken Burns, Jazz.
Wednesday - Friday, September 4th - 6th
Wednesday - Welcome! Look at the class syllabus and go over expectations. Log in to Google Classroom, if we have time.Thursday - Writing diagnostic. This is a chance for me to get a snapshot of your writing skills as they stand today.
Friday - Check out some samples of your writing and talk about what skills we need to address this year.
