Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving resting up and having some fun. We have three weeks before the big one...Winter Break! We will be going full steam ahead in our argument unit, learning logical fallacies, finishing the first argument essay, writing the second essay, beginning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and enjoying at least one more current events day.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss progress on the Grapes essay. Notes: types of thesis statements. Focus on conclusions - examples and tips. Read through model essays and critique them.
Intro to Huckleberry Finn. Pick up the book from the library.
Due: Work on The Grapes of Wrath essay.
Homework: Upload full draft of The Grapes of Wrath essay to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, November 29 at 10:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event/issue day. Read and annotate opposing viewpoints, SOAPS. Debate and discuss. Vote. Whole class outline activity - review thesis types, conclusions.
Due: Upload full draft of The Grapes of Wrath essay to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, November 29 at 10:00 p.m.
Homework: Study for quiz. Read Chapters 1-3 of Huckleberry Finn.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocab quiz. View Huck Finn video re: the language of the book. Discuss. Notes: logical fallacies. group exercises covering logical fallacies.
Due: Read Chapters 1-3 of Huckleberry Finn.
Homework: Read Chapters 4-10 of Huckleberry Finn for next class.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016
November 21-23
It's Thanksgiving week...and an appropriate time to thank the honors classes for all of your work so far this semester, and specifically for the excellent Socratic Seminars held on Friday. I really enjoyed listening to the conversations and I liked the way nobody seemed to shy away from the more controversial topics and respectfully disagree with each other. Hopefully that will help make for some good Grapes essays.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Watch the ending from the 1940 version of The Grapes of Wrath movie as well as a low-budget student short of the entire movie that is true to the book version and compare and contrast. Discuss outlines - check your examples and evidence to ensure that the sources cannot be discredited and that each example is distinctive and proves your points. View samples from class. Work time on laptops to begin first draft of Grapes essay.
Due: Detailed, original outline response to one of the essay prompts to Turnitin.com by Monday night, November 21, at 10 p.m.
Homework: Write a draft, revise it, and post the essay to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, November 29, at 10:00 p.m.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Watch the ending from the 1940 version of The Grapes of Wrath movie as well as a low-budget student short of the entire movie that is true to the book version and compare and contrast. Discuss outlines - check your examples and evidence to ensure that the sources cannot be discredited and that each example is distinctive and proves your points. View samples from class. Work time on laptops to begin first draft of Grapes essay.
Due: Detailed, original outline response to one of the essay prompts to Turnitin.com by Monday night, November 21, at 10 p.m.
Homework: Write a draft, revise it, and post the essay to Turnitin.com by Tuesday night, November 29, at 10:00 p.m.
Have a wonderful and well-deserved Thanksgiving break!
Monday, November 14, 2016
November 14-18
So you've finished The Grapes of Wrath. It was meant to be somewhat unsettling, but do you also consider it a happy ending?
This week is Challenge Week at school for juniors, so Monday will be lighter, followed by a quiz and Socratic Seminar on Friday.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss ending of The Grapes of Wrath, final activities for unit. Finish your original responses to the Socratic Seminar sheet. Read independent reading book that will be due at the end of the semester.
Due: Read Chapter 30 of The Grapes of Wrath (finish the book). What did you think about the ending? Did it fit the book? Was it a happy ending?
Read and complete the first 5 Grapes Socratic questions with complete, original answers on a separate sheet of paper for Monday, November 14.
Homework: None today, except to finish the Socratic Seminar sheet with your original answers by Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Turn in Socratic Seminar sheet. Vocab story rounds.
Due: n/a
Homework: Study for quiz.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz. The Grapes of Wrath Socratic Seminar going over the answers to the questions in two discussion circles, participation required.
Due: n/a
Homework: Review Grapes final essay prompt choices. Choose one and then prepare a very detailed, original outline response for Tuesday to Turnitin.com.
Continue with Independent Reading Book. The goal is to be about 2/3 of the way finished by the end of Thanksgiving break.
This week is Challenge Week at school for juniors, so Monday will be lighter, followed by a quiz and Socratic Seminar on Friday.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss ending of The Grapes of Wrath, final activities for unit. Finish your original responses to the Socratic Seminar sheet. Read independent reading book that will be due at the end of the semester.
Due: Read Chapter 30 of The Grapes of Wrath (finish the book). What did you think about the ending? Did it fit the book? Was it a happy ending?
Read and complete the first 5 Grapes Socratic questions with complete, original answers on a separate sheet of paper for Monday, November 14.
Homework: None today, except to finish the Socratic Seminar sheet with your original answers by Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Turn in Socratic Seminar sheet. Vocab story rounds.
Due: n/a
Homework: Study for quiz.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz. The Grapes of Wrath Socratic Seminar going over the answers to the questions in two discussion circles, participation required.
Due: n/a
Homework: Review Grapes final essay prompt choices. Choose one and then prepare a very detailed, original outline response for Tuesday to Turnitin.com.
Continue with Independent Reading Book. The goal is to be about 2/3 of the way finished by the end of Thanksgiving break.
Friday, November 4, 2016
November 7-10
It's a four-day week, followed by Veteran's Day holiday this Friday. We will be finishing The Grapes of Wrath and the third of three outlines that go with the themes of the book. Reminder: no vocab quiz this week.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. "Tiny Houses for the Homeless" City Council-style discussion roundtable, argument essay outline.
Due: Finish Chapter 28, Grapes of Wrath
Homework: Finish the Tiny Houses outline for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Grammar exercise - love letter. Discuss The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 28, read Chapter 29.
Due: Tiny Houses outline.
Homework: Read Chapter 30 of The Grapes of Wrath (finish the book). What did you think about the ending? Did it fit the book? Was it a happy ending?
Read and complete the first 5 Grapes Socratic questions with complete, original answers on a separate sheet of paper for Monday, November 14.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. "Tiny Houses for the Homeless" City Council-style discussion roundtable, argument essay outline.
Due: Finish Chapter 28, Grapes of Wrath
Homework: Finish the Tiny Houses outline for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Grammar exercise - love letter. Discuss The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 28, read Chapter 29.
Due: Tiny Houses outline.
Homework: Read Chapter 30 of The Grapes of Wrath (finish the book). What did you think about the ending? Did it fit the book? Was it a happy ending?
Read and complete the first 5 Grapes Socratic questions with complete, original answers on a separate sheet of paper for Monday, November 14.
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