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12/19-12/21 English 1 & 9RCP Agendas

12/19/17 Sneeze

Pick one thing in your life that isn’t going the way you want it to go.  Is it a relationship with a family member?  A grade in a class?  A friendship?  What is it?  Write about what is going wrong.  Next tell me three ways to improve the situation.  What could you do to make things better for yourself?

12/20 Sneeze

Describe the worst gift in the world, as discussed in the English 2 Sneeze.

Hero’s Journey

https://prezi.com/k6bxm9naoxbb/the-heros-journey/

followed by:

Turn the prezi and the video into a clock using the following idea:

Teaching the Hero's Journey in the Secondary ELA classroom.

Finally, read “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and apply to the Hero’s Journey clock diagram.

PDF of short story found here:

http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/english%20department%20lvillage/rt/Short%20Stories/Thank%20You,%20Ma’am.pdf

Biography of Langston Hughes:

https://www.biography.com/video/langston-hughes-mini-biography-2174109638

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12/19-12/20 English 2 Agenda

Textual Evidence!  The hunt for evidence and analysis continues!

12/19/17 Sneeze

Pick one thing in your life that isn’t going the way you want it to go.  Is it a relationship with a family member?  A grade in a class?  A friendship?  What is it?  Write about what is going wrong.  Next tell me three ways to improve the situation.  What could you do to make things better for yourself?

Textual Evidence article and analysis: textual evidence

12/20 Sneeze

Describe the worst gift you have every received or the worst gift you could possibly give, that would beat the “My First Firestarter Kit” for ages 2 and up.  Write 4-6 sentences.  Share as a class.

Textual Evidence:  Follow these instructions with this video:

  1. 3 min: Show an excerpt of Colbert video (minute markers 1:50–2:27*), ask students to notice how he leads into a quote, how much of the quote he uses, and then how he continues after the quote.

    discuss what they find

  2. 10 min: Short Text Evidence Presentation
    1. when to quote
    2. common errors in quoting
    3. ”quote sandwich”–show a second excerpt from Colbert video (minute markers 2:27–4:00), have them talk about what parts were “part of the sandwich”
    4. show examples of good intro and supporting sentences (and explain why they are absolutely necessary–stress that if they take anything away, this should be it)—possibly excerpts from newspapers, etc.
  3. 10 min: Writing activity. Have each student pick a quote from their essays, and use it properly in the sandwich as an exit ticket for class participation points.
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12/11 Drama Agenda

http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/7-ways-writing-a-screenplay-is-different-than-writing-a-novel

 

Read the above article to answer the following questions, and turn in on Google Classroom:

Before I Read:

  1. Based on the title, I thought the piece of writing was about….
  2. Some things I already know about this topic are….
  3. My purpose for reading this article was….
  4. After I skimmed the article, some strategies I decided to use when I read it were….

While I Read:

  1. The unfamiliar words/terms I encountered are listed below along with what I think each word meant in the article.
  2. The main idea(s) of the article are listed below.
  3. Vital details and facts I found to support these main ideas were….
  4. Opinions that were used in the article included….
  5. Ways that facts and opinions were used to support an idea or argument were….
  6. Inferences made in the article included….
  7. The tone of this piece of writing suggested….

After I Read:

  1. I had the following thoughts/reflections about the piece of writing….
  2. I could summarize this piece of writing by saying….
  3. The questions I had about this topic after reading this piece of writing were….
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12/11 English 1 Agenda

Today we responded to the sneeze:

Please write about your last week’s experience with the natural disasters.  How did it affect you?  Friends?  Family? If you had no connection to the fire, tell me why that is, and what you did with your week.
After, we completed all but two BURP presentations.