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9/23/19-10/04/19 English 1CP Agendas

10/4/19

Last night was back to school night.

Today is a minimum day.  Today we will do our book project check-in and work on our projects.  A good time to ask for clarification.

10/3/19

You need your textbook for this assessment.

We will use visual notes and our knowledge of the text to demonstrate our understanding of the MGD short story.

It’s an assessment…so I won’t post it here.

10/2/19

Listen and read along to remainder of story.  Visual note it on the board.  Answer the following questions in notebook on page 4:

(1) Fill in the unknown information at the end of the story. What do you believe happened. Minimum five well structured and complex sentences. (HINT: this is creative writing, which means YOU decide what happened)
(2)Was the game fair? Why or why not? Minimum of three sentences.

Get a check mark from me to show how you used your time to your benefit.

10/1/19

Read MDG up to Page 54 in small groups.  Answer two questions in notebook on new page 4 title “MDG Qs.”

  1. What was Rainsford’s first plan during the hunt (after leaving the gates)?
  2. Why didn’t this plan work?

9/30/19

STEAL chart using the student’s favorite villain from television, movie, or book.  Use what you know!

9/27/19

Visual notes and application.  Listen to a portion of MDG and apply the new concept to the short story.

9/26/19

Dates and goals for projects.

9/25/19

Hello everyone!  I am not here!  

Read your own books silently for the first ten minutes of class.  After…

Get out paper for the following work:

On this page (or another that you glue/staple in your notebook) please create a visual of each of the characters,describing what they look like, what their personality is like, and what major things they have said or done.  One example for you character sketches is attached in Google Classroom.

EACH character, after they are identified and THOROUGHLY described, should then be given a theme song.  Choose a theme song (or walk-up song for baseball fans) from your own music tastes or pop culture that you feel fits the character and what they are about.

There are FOUR characters total. You can use your STEAL notes to help create your characters.  I will collect your notebooks first thing Thursday.

Don’t forget to add Theme/Walk Up Song.

9/24/19

Hello my beautiful students!

After your ten minutes of silent reading, please get out your notebooks and textbooks. Based on the reading done yesterday, you should be able to fill in your STEAL charts pretty thoroughly for EVERY INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER.

I expect at least three items per letter in STEAL for every individual character (not total). You may or may not be able to fill out the letter “T” (“thoughts”) for the characters. This would depend on narration style.

 9/23/19

Silent reading.

STEAL charts.

Read through page 44 MDG.

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10/2/19

Go over project options and start working.

10/1/19

Complete MDG in groups.  Answer questions 1, 4, 8 on page 58 of your textbook.  Answer, additionally, “Was the game fair?  Why or why not?”

9/30/19

STEAL chart based on your favorite movie villain

9/27/19

Go over what visual notes are.  Take visual notes for the short story as a listening activity from MDG short story.

9/26/19

Review the reading and give extra time for completing diagrams.  Make sure notebook is complete.

9/25/19

Hello everyone!  I am not here!  

Read your own books silently for the first ten minutes of class.  After…

Get out paper for the following work:

On this page (or another that you glue/staple in your notebook) please create a visual of each of the characters,describing what they look like, what their personality is like, and what major things they have said or done.  One example for you character sketches is attached in Google Classroom.

EACH character, after they are identified and THOROUGHLY described, should then be given a theme song.  Choose a theme song (or walk-up song for baseball fans) from your own music tastes or pop culture that you feel fits the character and what they are about.

There are FOUR characters total. You can use your STEAL notes to help create your characters.  I will collect your notebooks first thing Thursday.

Don’t forget to add Theme/Walk Up Song.

9/24/19

Hello my beautiful students!

After your ten minutes of silent reading, please get out your notebooks and textbooks. Based on the reading done yesterday, you should be able to fill in your STEAL charts pretty thoroughly for EVERY INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER.

I expect at least three items per letter in STEAL for every individual character (not total). You may or may not be able to fill out the letter “T” (“thoughts”) for the characters. This would depend on narration style.

 9/23/19

Dates and goals for projects.

 

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9/26/19-9/27/19

Present witness statements.

Take notes.

Begin alternative timelines.

9/25/19

Wednesday: Please take notes in your notebook on pages 65-73 of the textbook. You may read together, but individual notes are required. I will check these notes and give credit on Thursday. We will begin witness statements on Thursday.

9/23/19-9/24/19

Monday and Tuesday: Please be sure that you are ready to share your witness statement (character) with the whole class. Please include:

(1) Reading of the entire statement assigned to one or more people to read BEFORE you present.

(2) A timeline of what that witness thinks happened.

(3) How that fits or does not fit with the big timeline in the back.

(4) What facts favor prosecution? What facts favor defense?

(5) What questions this new information leaves you with.

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9/20/19

Go over answers from yesterday.

Read first deposition and place on the timeline.

9/19/19

Answer the following questions in your notebook from pages 3-4 book:

  1. What is a criminal case?
  2. What is a burden of proof?
  3. What is the criminal burden of proof?  Elaborate!
  4. What are “aggravating” and “mitigating” circumstances?
  5. What are affirmative defenses?
  6. Why is case law important?

9/16/19-9/18/19

Complete personal timeline.

Create gigantic timeline on the back wall of events as set out in the basic fact pattern.

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9/20/19

Vocabulary Jam

MDG group reading and characterization continues.  Choose one character that particularly fascinated you.  Get a blank sheet of paper and draw the character using the gingerbread format I have shown in class.

9/19/19

Break into groups.  Read pages 40-45 of MDG.  Analyze EACH character you meet by using the acronym STEAL and the corresponding questions.  Do so on a loose leaf piece of paper. One per person.

Characterization questions:

Image result for characterization steal

9/18/19

Review project for Independent Reading. Begin working on part one of the project which is due Friday.  The project is on Google Classroom.

9/16-9/17

Library orientation leading up to checking out your own personal reading book.

 

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9/20

Silent Reading.

9/20/2019 Page ___

Characterization and “The Most Dangerous Game”

Characters Char. Element What we know
Rainsford S

 

T

 

E

 

A

 

L

 

  
Whitney S

 

T

 

E

 

A

 

L

 

  
Ivan S

 

T

 

E

 

A

 

L

 

  
General Zaroff S

 

T

 

E

 

A

 

L

 

  

Read MDG as a class.

9/19/20

Silent reading.

Vocabulary Jam.

Characterization chart and graphic organizer.

9/18/19

Review Novel Project (instructions handed out and posted on Google Classroom).

Silent reading.

Complete vocabulary definitions from the list copied down last week.  Due tomorrow first thing in class.

9/16 and 9/17

Library orientation leading up to checking out an independent reading book.

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9/13/19

Full Case Packet!  A look at the details of the case from the charges.

9/12/19

Page 59 – 62 in the book.  Take notes on hearsay in groups.  Read out loud or silently.

9/11/19

Hearsay – an introduction.  What is evidence?  What are the different typed of evidence?  What is hearsay?

9/10/19

Late start: My Cousin Vinny

9/9/19

Complete Criminal Law Case Brief Questions.

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9/13/19

Library activity and worksheet.

9/12/19

Vocabulary.com interface familiarity with vocabulary from MDG. Define in notebook.  Complete assigned vocabulary.

  1. tangible
  2. indolent
  3. droll
  4. recede
  5. staccato
  6. opaque
  7. palatial
  8. mirage
  9. gargoyle
  10. discern
  11. disarming

 
  1. amenities
  2. ardent
  3. surmount
  4. debacle
  5. security
  6. cunning
  7. attribute
  8. condone
  9. invariably
  10. imprudent

 

 

9/11/19

Speed Dating Socratic Seminar (in notebook).

Padlet exercise to share some answers and familiarize students with this interface.

9/10/19

In notebook:

Most Dangerous Game Anticipation Questions

Directions:

Write down each statement as we go.  Write two sentences or more in response to whether you agree or disagree with each statement.

  1. Hunting is a sport.
  2. Animals have no feelings or emotions.
  3. If faced with a seemingly impossible task, you should never try to accomplish it.
  4. Hunting is unfair.
  5. People who tend to do well under pressure, often succeed at their tasks.
  6. Physical strength is more important than intelligence.
  7. Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.
  8. Murder is wrong no matter what the circumstances may be.
  9. Your first impression of a person is always right.

9/9/19

Peer edit short stories that were completed in class Friday or over the weekend using peer editing worksheet.  Edit and return tomorrow.  Staple in this order, front to back: Final Copy, Rough Draft, Peer Editing Worksheet.

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9/13/19

Library videos and introduction tasks and worksheet.

9/12/19

Speed Dating Socratic Seminar.

Write down vocabulary words in notebook.

Pg. 2 MDG Vocabulary

  1. tangible
  2. indolent
  3. droll
  4. recede
  5. staccato
  6. opaque
  7. palatial
  8. mirage
  9. gargoyle
  10. discern
  11. disarming

 
  1. amenities
  2. ardent
  3. surmount
  4. debacle
  5. security
  6. cunning
  7. attribute
  8. condone
  9. invariably
  10. imprudent

 

9/11/19

Most Dangerous Game Anticipation Questions

Directions:
Write down each statement as we go. Write two sentences or more in response to whether you agree or disagree with each statement.

1. Hunting is a sport.
2. Animals have no feelings or emotions.
3. If faced with a seemingly impossible task, you should never try to accomplish it.
4. Hunting is unfair.
5. People who tend to do well under pressure, often succeed at their tasks.
6. Physical strength is more important than intelligence.
7. Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.
8. Murder is wrong no matter what the circumstances may be.
9. Your first impression of a person is always right.

9/10/19

Complete all slide show presentations for front loading exercise.

9/9/19

Per 1: Assembly

All other classes: 37 Did Nothing As A Woman Was Murdered activity

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Criminal Law Agenda 9/3/-9/6

Read and learn about Al Capone.  Discuss the weight of law and what that actually means.

Review court house roles.  Show how they are used in mock trial.

Review criminal trial structure.

Expose students to time sheet and have them staple it in their notebook.

Get books from library.

Go over case brief.

  1. In three or less sentences summarize the case.
  2. What is the prosecution’s/victim’s (government’s) main argument that the defendant is guilty?
  3. What is the defendant’s/alleged murderer’s argument that he is innocent?
  4. What facts do you believe? Why?
  5. What facts DON’T you believe? Why?