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Flocab test Friday (Section 3 ONly)...please return FLOCAB CD's

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Today on 12/8:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Worked on chps. 11-13 (handout) which is due tomorrow.
**Collecting journals tomorrow and am collecting work having to do with Into the Wild (all chapters stamped but not graded so far, AND "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau.)
 
***FLOCAB test tomorrow - part 3
 
 
HW = Missing person poster due tomorrow.  So is chp. 11-13.  You must finish the book by MONDAY!!!!    If you want to rewrite your nature writing piece, do so by Monday.  It is not mandatory to rewrite.  ALSO.....there is an extra credit Portfolio Assignment being given out tomorrow.    ALSO, you will be taking your final in here on WEDNESDAY!!!

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Today on 12/9:
 
1)  Posters turned in!  Gallery walk.
2) Into the Wild chps. 1-13 worksheets turned in all together.
3)  Turned in Civil Disobedience work.
4) Flocab Test.
 
HW = FINISH BOOK!  Complete last worksheet for Into the Wild (Chp. 14-16)...Your final will be on Wednesday.    We will have a party on Thursday....what are you bringing????
 
 

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Today on 12/7:
 
1)  Groups completed and presented Thoreau & McCandless looking at their similar philosophies.
 
2)  HW stamped (again not collected...I will do so really soon!)
3)  Fun Quiz to see how much of a transcendentalist you are.
4)
 
 
HW = Handout:  Chps. 10/11 (smaller than usual); KEEP READING!!!  Handout:  Missing Person Poster (this poster is due Fri). 

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Today on 12/6;
 
1)  Flocab practice
2)  Discussed HW chps. 4-7
3)  Groups:  Read Civil Disobedience by Throrau and look for similarities with McCandless so far....groups will share out Wed.
 
HW = Complete 8-10 questions and KEEP READING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Today on 12/5:
 
1)  Flocab Practice + Journal Response
2) SSR 25 Min.
3)  Chps. 4-7 Into the Wild
 
HW = Study Flocab; READ!  Complete chps. 4-7 handout (You should be done with chp 11!!)

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Today on 12/2:
 
1)  Flocab Sentences
2)  SSR (25 minutes)
3)  Discussion of chps. 1-3 and notes (aka homework) stamped
 
HW = READ!!!!!!!!!!  Be done with chp. 11 if you can swing it!!  :)

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Today on 12/1:

Collected Nature writing today.
1)  FLOCAB - next 5 sentences
2)  SSR
3) Into the Wild:  Pictures of Alaska and the bus...
4) Worked on chps. 1-3 of book (handouts) 
 
HW = Read chps. 4-7 (in next two days!)  Complete handouts chps. 1-3 (including a new one that I handed out in class) to be turned in Friday.

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Today on 11/18:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Turned in:  Gatsby Book, Study Questions
3)  Handout completed for Gatsby (see folder) (turned in during class)
4)  Test on chps. 6-9 and that's it for the Great Gatsby
 
HW = Read INto the Wild; complete writing assignment for the "Thoreau Field Trip" which is due Dec. 1.   This is either a 3-4 paragraph essay on what you saw/heard OR a 25 line poem that does not need to rhyme.
 
 

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Nature writing due.

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Today on 11/30:
 
1)  SSR
2) Finished "Self-Reliance" presentations
3)  Began Into the Wild (handouts given in class)
 
HW = READ!!! You should be done with chps. 4&5 in a perfect world :0 
Complete your nature writing assignment which is due tomorrow (typed)

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Today on 11/29:
 
1)  Journal:  Flocab words (first 5 of section 3 in 5 sent.)
2)  Self-Reliance Groups:  Finished up info and began presenting.
 
HW = Keep reading Into the Wild (chps. 3 & 4); Nature writing due Thursday

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Today on 11/28:
 
1)  Journal:  Thanksgiving
2)  Flocab Practice (learn last section of words (part 3).  Test late next week.
3) Introduction to aphorisms.  (Read B. Franklin).  Start "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.  (Groups started to complete work).
 
HW = Read Into the Wild - Chps. 1-2!  Work on nature writing which is due Thursday.

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Today on 11/17:
 
1)  Thoreau Field Trip
 
HW = Mini "Different Drummer" poster & READ!!! (Into the Wild)

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Today on 11/14:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Test:  Verbs (linking, auxiliary & action)
3)  Test:  Chps. 1-5 of The Great Gatsby
 
HW = Complete Gatsby by THURSDAY!!!!  We're moving on tomorrow and starting a new unit.
 
 

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Today on 11/15:
 
1)  SSR
2)  New books distributed for last part of the mester.
3)  Intro. to transcendentalism:  Handouts in folder  (2)
 
HW = Finish Gatsby by Thursday; begin reading Into the Wild.  Different Drummer posters due on Friday.

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Today on 11/16:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Journal
3)  "Walden" by Thoreau (see handout folder)
 
HW = FINISH Gatsby...read Into the Wild...work on different drummer poster (due Friday).

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Today on 11/10:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Extra Credit Report given.
3)  Time spent working on chp. 1 of The Great Gatsby & study questions & setting of novel.
 
Next week we go back to normal with our writing....
 
HW = Read chp. 5 of The Great Gatsby;  Test on Monday (Verbs:  Linking/Aux./Action)
 
 

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Today on 11/9:
 
1)  Journal:  When one comes by wealth illegally, he or she is very likely to pay for it in the end.  Do you agree or disagree? Why?
 
2)  EC report on Fitzgerald (Pfrida)
 
3)  SSR
 
4)  Great Gatsby Lesson:  POV, began chp. 1 worksheet in class.  We will finish this in class tomorrow in addition to working on the setting. 
 
HW = Read chp. 4 & 5 by MONDAY!  Continue with study questions. 

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Today on 11/8:
 
1)  Progress reports collected.
2)  SSR - 20 min. (The Great Gatsby)
3)  Racial Profiling Timed Essay
 
HW = Read chp. 3 of the Great Gatsby (don't forget to do study questions and peruse them BEFORE you read.
 
Bring racial profiling packet & journal to class tomorrow.

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Today on 11/7:
 
1)  Progress reports turned in (can still turn in Tues.)
2)  30 Minute essays - peer edited
3)  Response in journal to 20/30 minute essay process/self reflection
4)  Study Guide:  The Great Gatsby
 
HW = Bring Racial Profiling packet and articles to class (timed essay is FOR SURE) Tuesday.  Reminder:  You must be citing 3 sources....look for evidence.
 
HW= READ The Great Gatsby Chps. 1-2 by Tuesday. ( Be sure to peruse the study guide before reading the chapters) 

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Today on 11/4:
 
1)  Progress Reports passed out.  Return by Tues. signed.
2)  Mini discussion on racial profiling & prom article.
3)  30 minute essay practice (done in class).
4)  The Great Gatsby (new book) passed out at end of class.
 
HW = Start reading The Great Gatsby; Flocab Test on Monday; Grammar Test on Tuesday (bring all racial pro. articles for either Monday/Tuesday 45 min. essay)
 
 

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Today on 11/2:
 
1)  HW Stamped.
2)  Flocab Practice
3)  Discussion of "Everything isn't racial profiling"
4) Auxiliary Verb grammar practice
5)  FATT Introduction/Handout
 
HW = Read & annotate (only left and right side, mini summary) of "Separate Proms - and Racism - Linger in Parts of the South"
 
 

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Today on 11/3:
 
HW Stamped.
Flocab Practice.
FATT Lesson continued....practice using these techniques
Essay:  20 minute practice essay (done in class)
 
HW = Bring in racial profiling packet, gather all of the articles together.  Be ready for an in-class essay.  (Flocab test postponed until Monday).

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Today on 11/1:
 
1)  Finished movie.
2)  Turned in in-class quiz.
3)  Read "Attention Shoppers"
4)  Read/annotate "Everything isn't Racial Profiling"
 
**Be sure to answer #5 (pg. 562 in bullet/outline form; questions on meaning and questions on strategy.  THAT's it!   
 
HW = Finish #4 (due tomorrow)

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Today on 10/31:
 
1)  Grade Check
2) Almost finished movie.
 
 
HW = None (It's Halloween!!)

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Today on 10/27:
 
1)  Journal:  Discuss the ethical arguments of Khan's article in a short response.
2)  Class discussion on "Close Encounters..."
3)  PAPA Square for Khan's article (stamped in class)
 
HW = Study first section of Flocabulary for quiz tomorrow!

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Today on 10/28:
 
1)  Flocabulary Quiz - Part I
2)  Began watching a movie on racial profiling.
 
HW = Study section 2 of  Flocab words to prepare for quiz on Thursday or Fri.

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Today on 10/26:

SAT Writing / Flocab Writing due today (15 words in a short story, etc.)

1) Journal check - Please see me to receive points.
2) Racial Profiling Article "Close Encounters with U.S. Immigration"
You are to read/annotate (based on mini sheet - Guide to Reading Non-Fiction), locate Ethos/Pathos/Logos and answer questions for each section with "Question for..." (Threre are 3 sections that start with "Questions...."

HW = Complete questions and be prepared for a discussion in class tomorrow.

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Today on 10/25:

1) HW Collected: "I Know Holden" and "Catcher" puzzle.
2) Flocab Practice
3) EAP Essay on The Catcher in the Rye (in class/timed)

HW = Complete SAT/Flocab creative writing due Wed.

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Today on 10/24:
 
1)  Mini Discussion on Ethos/Pathos/Logos of Rac. Profiling Pkt.
2)  Final discussion of THe Catcher in the Rye - Notes in Journal
3)  Midterm:  11th Grade
4)  Puzzle Handout
 
HW = Complete puzzle, write up (typing not necessary) of 3 stanzas for "I Know Holden" (due Tuesday).  Continue working on SAT writing.
 
 

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Today on 10/21:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Completed Act. 12 - Racial Profiliing (Act #12) (all questions/answers in journal).  Stamped in class.
 
HW = Complete Study Questions for Catcher.  (Due Monday).  Continue working on SAT Writing (due Wed.)

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Today on 10/19:

1) SSR
2) Finished up Catcher Q's (journal stamped)
3) Grammar Time: Verbs (Action vs. Linking)


***If you left class early, we did not get to the assignment I told you to do. Sorry.

HW = Finish Catcher; Complete Study Q's for Catcher, work on SAT Writing for Flocabulary (Friday)

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Today on 10/20:
 
1)  SSR
2)  Earthquake Drill - Most of the period
 
HW = Finish reading Catcher in the Rye...work on SAT writing...finish up study questions for The Catcher in the Rye

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Today on 10/18:
 
1)  Journal:  What do you think about students who fail in school?
 
2)  Flocab - New Chapter (SAT Words)
 
3)  SAT Writing Assignment explained...15 words in a short story...
 
4)  Watched our class trial (very funny!)
 
5)  Groups:  Catcher in the Rye Character Sketches....Q&A chps. 8-14
 
HW = Finish Catcher by Friday!!!  Work on SAT writing assignment which is due next Wed. (10/26)
 
 

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Today on 10/17:
 
1)  Racial Profiling Module/Pkt.  (we completed several more activites...we're done with act. #11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8
 
HW = Be done with chp. 18 of Catcher by tomorrow.

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Today on 10/14:
 
1)  Catcher in the Rye Quiz & Sent. Frag/Run-On quiz
2)  Notes:  Beginning Racial Profiling Packet...packet, journal work and act 4 in packet.
 
HW = Read Catcher (chps. 15-18 by Tuesday) and due MONDAY,  What's your verdict?  (Filipino vs. the Drunkard) - remember to bring in 2 quotes and you can use (Saroyan) in your writing to reference source.  DON'T forget the Works Cited Page.

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Today on 10/12:
 
PSAT Testing....very light agenda
 
Worked on evidence for The Filipino and the Drunkard
 
HW = Catcher in the Rye

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Today on 10/13:
 
Trial performed and videotaped in class.
 
HW = Finish chp. 14 of Catcher (quiz tomorrow) and quiz on sentence fragments/run-ons tomorrow too.

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Today on 10/11:
 
1.Journal:  Discrimination
2.  Grammar Time:  Run-Ons and Fragments (turned in sheet)
3.  The Filipino and the Drunkard ....organized facts into sections
 
HW = Read Catcher chp by Friday; complete study questions
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Today on 10/10:
 
1)  Course Syllabus
2)  Notes:  Catcher
3)  Journal:  See a friend for topic
4) Read "The Filipino and the Drunkard"
 
HW = Read chps. 8-14 by this Friday and be sure to complete study questions