ENG 2
CLASS SYLLABUS
Monday - Friday, May 11th - 15th
Monday - Owner's Manual for Your Brain: Empathy. Video lecture on journaling & mindfulness practice. We have only one more journal topic after this and then we'll do a final piece of reflective writing (next week).
Tuesday - The Biology of Our Best and Worst Selves - A TED Talk by Robert Sapolsky, LINK HERE. Find a listening guide in Google Classroom.
Monday - Friday, May 4th - 8th
Monday - Posted "Nature - One Minute Writings". Please use the posted document to turn this assignment in.
Wednesday - Owner's Manual for Your Brain: Nature. Video lecture on journaling & mindfulness practice.
Monday - Friday, April 27th - May 1st
Monday - Posted "Virtue of Solitude" article & skills demo.
Wednesday - Owner's Manual for Your Brain:Solitude. Video lecture on journaling & mindfulness practice.
Monday - Friday, April 20th - 24th
Monday - Article & skills demo posted: Technology.
Wednesday - Owner's Manual for Your Brain:Technology. Video lecture on journaling & intro to mindfulness.
Monday - Friday, April 13th - 17th
Monday - Posting article, TED Talk and assignment on STRESS.
Wednesday - Posting video lecture for Owner's Manual for Your Brain Journal: STRESS. Assignment due on Friday, April 17th.
Monday - Friday, April 6th - 10th
Monday & Tuesday - Practice Google Meet session, just to make sure we can all figure it out before it counts. Look for the code in a Google Classroom message.
- Period 2 will meet Monday at 10 am.
- Period 7 will meet Tuesday at noon.
Wednesday through Friday - Contact me if you have any questions. I will be preparing materials for distance learning which begins April 13th.
Meanwhile, please have your Memoir Project complete for Monday, April 13th.
Monday, March 30th - Friday, April 3rd
- Work on the MEMOIR PROJECT. Email me if you have questions!
- Meet up on Zoom on Tuesday, if possible. This is just to touch base and try out this virtual conferencing thing.
- Check your "phbillies.org" account regularly. Practice assignments posted next week.
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.
You will be responsible for writing your Memoir Project. Do this on the Google Classroom document I have posted, or hand-written.
You will be responsible for writing your Memoir Project. Do this on the Google Classroom document I have posted, or hand-written.
Monday - Friday, March 9th - 13th
Monday - Funds of Knowledge: Keeping yourself safe out in the world. "How To" booklets.
Tuesday - Funds of Knowledge: Relationships! We'll look at this article: Relationship Advice and so an activity demonstrating three skills.
Wednesday - Writing from "best lines". Talk about point of view & framing.
Thursday - Memoir Project. Before we get started on the writing, let's do a quick review of common errors: FIX YOUR GRAMMAR.
Friday - Memoir Project.
Monday - Friday, March 2nd - 6th
Monday - Funds of Knowledge: Life on the Job. The Tipping Equation.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Finish the reading and do a skills demo on Google Classroom. This one is a bit challenging, so please take your time to read the whole article with care.
Thursday - Funds of Knowledge: Life & Death.
Monday - Friday, February 24th - 28th
Monday - Finish presentations & be ready to share tomorrow.
Tuesday - Presentations.
Wednesday - More presentations. Soft Skills & Funds of Knowledge.
Friday - Funds of Knowledge: Taking Care of Your Family.
Tuesday - Friday, February 18th - 21st
No school on Monday in observance of Presidents' Day.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - True Grit movie! Please bring your permission slips.
Thursday - Finish the movie.
Friday - True Grit Thematic Presentation. We'll start today & wrap them up on Monday.
Monday - Friday, February 10th - 14th
Monday - Grammar focus & corrections.
Tuesday - Take a look at last week's practice assignment. Skills demo on Part 3 of TRUE GRIT. Close reading, so please bring your books.
Wednesday - More time?
Thursday - Reading day. Please get your movie permission slips in!
Friday - Actual Valentine's Day! Something fun...
Monday - Friday, February 3rd - 7th
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Book notes and assignment on Part 2 of the reading.
Thursday - Illustrations.
Friday - Class stories!
2nd Semester Begins!
Monday - Thursday, January 27th - 30th
Monday - Tomorrow's skills demo on the book will be a one-shot only assignment. No retakes offered. We'll use this day to complete the reading.
Tuesday - Part 1 of TRUE GRIT is due for a skills demo.
Wednesday - More time on that skills demo. When you finish. study for the vocab exam.
Thursday - Last day of the semester. Last chance VOCAB QUIZ on these words: True Grit Vocab Quizlet! 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).
Tuesday - Friday, January 21st - 24th
No school on Monday in honor of MLK Jr.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Sharing stories. Vote on True Grit movie version: the old one or the new one. Check out the book! I will offer you a reading guide that is totally optional. Vocab study. Last chance exam next week!
Thursday - Illustrations about GRIT.
Friday - Take the Penn State survey about grit & write a quick response. Angela Duckworth's TED Talk on Grit and a quick practice assignment in Google Classroom.
Monday - Friday, January 13th - 17th
Monday - Finish up that Writing Dialogue presentation (reported speech). Writing day.
Tuesday - Writing day.
Wednesday - Writing day. Try to wrap it up by the end of class!
Thursday - One more day.
Friday - True Grit Vocab Quizlet.
Tuesday - Friday, January 7th - 10th
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - We'll start back with a pretty cool short story: Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Response & discuss story telling. The Western Genre and Top 10 Westerns. Take excellent notes! We'll be writing a western short story and our next book is TRUE GRIT. I will consider this piece of writing for your Essential Skills graduation requirement.
Thursday - Create character notes & story planning.
Monday - Friday, December 16th - 20th
Monday - Catcher in the Rye/Interview Essay. Focus on outlines.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Catcher in the Rye/Interview Essay workday.
Thursday - Catcher in the Rye/Interview Essay workday. Last day! Please use this Checklist before you turn it in.
Friday - Peer editing.
Monday - Friday, December 9th - 13th
Monday - Interview project: generating questions.
Tuesday - Build surveys today for your interview questions. This is just one way you can conduct your interviews.
Wednesday - Next section of Catcher in the Rye due today for an assignment. Please finish the book for next week.
Thursday - Book notes.
Friday - Essay starts next week, so let's have a quick grammar review.
Monday - Friday, December 2nd - 6th
PLEASE KEEP UP WITH CATCHER IN THE RYE READINGS: THIS WEEK DUE: All the way through CHAPTERS 16-20.
Monday - Presentations begin.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Wrap up presentations. When we finish, we will have an assignment on Chapters 12-20 of Catcher in the Rye.
Thursday - Continue assignment.
Friday - Illustrations.
Monday & Tuesday, November 25th & 26th
Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday - Friday, November 18th - 22nd
Monday - What makes you a grown up? A little piece of writing on the topic. And some notes on the book so far.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Massive skills demo on The Catcher in the Rye, all the way through Chapter 11. No retakes offered on this one.
Tuesday - Friday, November 12th - 15th
Tuesday - Check out our new book; The Catcher in the Rye. Read a little bit together & do some introductory notes.
Wednesday - The Case for Delayed Adulthood reading & discussion.
Thursday - Skills demo on the article.
Friday - Reading day. Due through Chapter 5 today!
Monday - Thursday, November 4th - 7th
Monday - Big Bang Theory active listening scene. Celeste Headlee on How to Have a Good Conversation.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Adverbs & Adjectives...with Dogs. Review this list of listening & conversation skills. Pair up and do an active listening practice. Short write-up at the end. Vocab QUIZLET, if there is time.
Thursday - Short story: The Raft. Working on inference.
Friday - 1st Quarter grading day (no classes)
Monday - Friday, October 28th - November 1st
Monday - Final writing day! Please use the checklist to do a careful editing before you hit "turn in".
Wednesday - Make-up day! Wrap up the essay, if you were absent. Work on yesterday's skills demo. Make any revisions to first quarter work.
Thursday - Halloween! The Great Candy Corn Debate.
Friday - Deadline for revisions & make-up work! That Just by Listening assignment must be done by today. Forbes article on listening skills - small group assignment & 10 Steps activity.
Monday - Friday, October 21st - 25th
Monday - Notes on the end of the book. Moral lense vs. economic lense.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Begin essay. Focus on your outline today.
Thursday/Friday (Half-Day) - Essay work day. You will only have one more class period after today.
Monday - Friday, October 14th - 18th
Monday - Small group assignment: Elements of Structure.
Tuesday - Complete notes & get ready to present.
Wednesday - PSAT/work day. Catcher in the Rye Vocab Quizlet.
Thursday - Present. Please take excellent notes: this is the basis of your essay next week.
Friday - Present.
Monday - Thursday, October 7th - 10th
Monday - Grammar focus: internal punctuation & comma review. Rats' Revenge, Part 1.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - GIANT SKILLS DEMO on Part 3 of the novel (through Page 167).
Thursday - Book notes & review.
Friday - No school for students.
Monday - Friday, September 30th - October 1st
Monday - Context Clues for dealing with tough vocabulary.
Tuesday - Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs. Create a diagram & take some notes. 9 Characteristics of Self-Actualized People.
Wednesday - Practice assignment on The Road, through Page 113.
Thursday - Reflection on Maslow's Heirarchy of needs as it relates to The Road. Go over Wednesday's assignments.
Friday - Vocab Quizlet on The Road.
Monday - Friday, September 23rd - 27th
Monday - Practice assignment: Close Reading of The Road.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - Skills Demo on Part 1 of The Road (Pages 1-50). Please have your reading done!
Thursday - Grammar Focus: Homophones. Notes on the book.
Friday - Vocab Jeopardy!
Monday - Friday, September 16th - 20th
Monday - Quick review of narrative form. Creative writing assignment on Classroom.
Tuesday - Creative writing work day.
Wednesday - The Road vocabulary Quizlet.
Thursday - Check out The Road and do a little reading. Please bring your book every day.
Monday - Friday, September 9th - 13th
Monday - Go over plagiarism awareness & do some paraphrasing practice.
Tuesday/Wednesday (BLOCK) - The Power of Altruism, an article from the New York Times and this practice assignment. Share and then continue here. Our first skills demo is Thursday on this very article!
Thursday - Skills demo on the last section of the article we've been working on.
Friday - Apocalyptica!
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.
