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, writing the Grapes essay, beginning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and enjoying at least one more current events day.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Socratic Seminar covering Grapes Socratic Seminar questions. Receive final essay prompts and go over them.
Due: Socratic Seminar questions.
Homework: Pick an essay prompt and come to class with 3-4 examples/evidence to support your position.
THURSDAY: (Class comp day - slightly shorter period). Journal warm-up. Quiz. Time on laptops to type detailed outlines.
Due: Pick an essay prompt and come to class with 3-4 examples/evidence to support your position.
Homework: Detailed outline of The Grapes of Wrath essay questions due to Turnitin.com by Monday, December 5 before the beginning of class.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Friday, November 18, 2016
November 21 - 23
Welcome to Thanksgiving week! I am thankful to have so many creative, interesting and talented students this year. I've really enjoyed reading your narratives and I'm excited for the rest of the semester.
Here's what's on the agenda for the week:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss the controversial ending of The Grapes of Wrath. Watch the 1940 movie ending and compare and contrast it with the book's ending. Watch a low budget, twenty-minute student version that is true to the book. Work on the first of the Socratic Seminar Questions.
Due: Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath. Be ready to discuss the controversial ending on Monday. Did it match the rest of the book? Was it uplifting, unsettling, or both?
Bring your book to class, please!
Homework: Using your book, please continue to work on the Socratic Seminar questions, due Tuesday, November 29.
WEDNESDAY: (minimum B day) Journal warm-up. Receive vocabulary sheet for next week. Current issue: migrant workers today. Preview essay questions.
Due: n/a
Homework: Please finish the Socratic Seminar questions, due Tuesday, November 29.
Here's what's on the agenda for the week:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Discuss the controversial ending of The Grapes of Wrath. Watch the 1940 movie ending and compare and contrast it with the book's ending. Watch a low budget, twenty-minute student version that is true to the book. Work on the first of the Socratic Seminar Questions.
Due: Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath. Be ready to discuss the controversial ending on Monday. Did it match the rest of the book? Was it uplifting, unsettling, or both?
Bring your book to class, please!
Homework: Using your book, please continue to work on the Socratic Seminar questions, due Tuesday, November 29.
WEDNESDAY: (minimum B day) Journal warm-up. Receive vocabulary sheet for next week. Current issue: migrant workers today. Preview essay questions.
Due: n/a
Homework: Please finish the Socratic Seminar questions, due Tuesday, November 29.
Have a wonderful and well-deserved Thanksgiving Break!
Monday, November 14, 2016
November 14 - November 18
Welcome to the week before Thanksgiving. We will turn in our third of three outlines and finish The Grapes of Wrath this week. It is also "Challenge Week" for juniors Monday through Wednesday, with a lighter class load, per the school. Please be sure to study for the quiz on Thursday covering vocabulary, grammar and Grapes reading.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read Chapter 27: what are the scams that Steinbeck describes that the owners and the pickers try to pull on each other? Vocabulary activity. Character nomination forms. Begin reading Chapter 28 in class.
Due: Tiny Houses/Homelessness outline.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 28. Finish character nomination forms.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocab and reading quiz. Discuss Chapter 28. Character exercise. Collect character nomination forms and vote. Read Chapter 29 in class.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 28.
Homework: Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath. Be ready to discuss the controversial ending on Monday. Did it match the rest of the book? Was it uplifting, unsettling, or both?
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read Chapter 27: what are the scams that Steinbeck describes that the owners and the pickers try to pull on each other? Vocabulary activity. Character nomination forms. Begin reading Chapter 28 in class.
Due: Tiny Houses/Homelessness outline.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 28. Finish character nomination forms.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocab and reading quiz. Discuss Chapter 28. Character exercise. Collect character nomination forms and vote. Read Chapter 29 in class.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 28.
Homework: Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath. Be ready to discuss the controversial ending on Monday. Did it match the rest of the book? Was it uplifting, unsettling, or both?
Monday, November 7, 2016
November 7 - 10
Welcome to the first short week in quite some time! We will meet Tuesday and Thursday, and school will be out on Friday for Veteran's Day. This week, we'll delve even further into The Grapes of Wrath and we'll explore our third current issue that goes with the novel: homelessness in Los Angeles and the Tiny Houses debate from San Pedro.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over Black Lives Matter outlines and turn them in. Discuss Chapter 21 and the first 10 pages of Chapter 22. Read short Chapter 23 out loud in class. Music from The Grapes of Wrath. Summarize Chapter 24. Read selection from Chapter 25. Read and act out key scene from Chapter 26.
Due:
Read Chapter 21 and the first 10 pages of Chapter 22, The Grapes of Wrath. The Joads are about to catch a break.
Finish Black Lives Matter outlines for Tuesday.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 26.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. "Tiny Houses for the Homeless" City Council-style discussion roundtable, argument essay outline.
Due: Chapter 26 of The Grapes of Wrath.
Homework: Finish Tiny Houses outline.
Read Chapter 28 for next Tuesday - there is a lot of action that takes place in this chapter. Be ready to discuss. How do you feel after reading the action scene?
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over Black Lives Matter outlines and turn them in. Discuss Chapter 21 and the first 10 pages of Chapter 22. Read short Chapter 23 out loud in class. Music from The Grapes of Wrath. Summarize Chapter 24. Read selection from Chapter 25. Read and act out key scene from Chapter 26.
Due:
Read Chapter 21 and the first 10 pages of Chapter 22, The Grapes of Wrath. The Joads are about to catch a break.
Finish Black Lives Matter outlines for Tuesday.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 26.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. "Tiny Houses for the Homeless" City Council-style discussion roundtable, argument essay outline.
Due: Chapter 26 of The Grapes of Wrath.
Homework: Finish Tiny Houses outline.
Read Chapter 28 for next Tuesday - there is a lot of action that takes place in this chapter. Be ready to discuss. How do you feel after reading the action scene?
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