December 17 - 21

It's the last week before a well-deserved break! We'll add some more argument notes this week, enjoy a current event day, and finish The Grapes of Wrath with a Socratic Seminar.



MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Film versions of The Grapes of Wrath for 4th and 6th. Socratic Seminar Discussion. Notes: next 3 fallacies, group work.

Due: Please complete the Grapes Socratic Seminar Questions and bring them with you to class. Please bring your Grapes of Wrath book to class.

Homework:For Thursday/Friday, please read pages 34 - 45 in the Expansion Pack. These articles each attempt to persuade others in the area of healthcare and what should/should not be provided. Please feel free to look up additional, credible sources if you wish.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day covering the Textalyzer - read, annotate, and evaluate two opposing viewpoints. Discuss and debate, vote.

Due: n/a

Homework: same as Monday's homework for Friday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Four corner healthcare debate. 

Due: Please read pages 34 - 45 in the Expansion Pack. These articles each attempt to persuade others in the area of healthcare and what should/should not be provided. Please feel free to look up additional, credible sources if you wish.

Homework: None. 

Have a wonderful Winter Break!
Have fun and relax with family and friends.
I look forward to seeing you in 2019!

December 10 - 14

Hello, English 3! Reminder: no vocab quiz this week. Here's what's on the agenda:


MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Begin reading The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 30 (the last chapter).  Intro to fallacies: notes. Fallacies group exercises.

Due: Please read Chapter 28 and 29 of Grapes.

Homework: Please finish Grapes, Chapter 30 (the book) and review it for Thursday/Friday's test.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints. Discuss and debate, vote. Outline the majority opinion in a synthesis/ACT-style outline response based on the discussion

Due: N/A

Homework: (Same as Monday.)

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Grapes of Wrath final multiple choice test - 30 questions. View various film adaptations - the official movie, student versions.  

Due: Finish reading Grapes of Wrath. 

Homework: Please complete the Grapes Socratic Seminar questions and bring your book for next class to turn in. 

December 3 - 7

It's December! Here's what's on the agenda for the week:

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over the essay results of the final version of the Florence Kelley rhetorical analysis prompt. (As always, if you received less than a 90 and would like to redo it, you can submit the revision to the optional link on Turnitin.com before 12/31/18.) Read and annotate articles for and against the universal basic income proposal. Discuss in groups - compare evidence and examples. Create argument outline. If time, read and act out scene from Grapes, Chapter 26.

Due: 4th and 6th periods only: please finish the rest of Grapes, Chapter 26. 

1st and 3rd periods only: please read Grapes, Chapter 26, pages 478-514. 

Homework:
1st and 3rd periods - For Thursday, please bring the final outline for the universal basic income prompt (Should a universal basic income be implemented in the United States?). Study for the vocab quiz covering Vocab #11, grammar, and reading. Have journals ready to turn in at the end of class on Thursday, December 6.

4th and 6th periods - For Friday, finish reading Grapes, Chapter 26, and bring the final outline for the universal basic income prompt (Should a universal basic income be implemented in the United States?) Study for the vocab quiz covering Vocab #11, grammar, and reading. Have journals ready to turn in at the end of class on Friday, December 7.

WEDNESDAY: 4th and 6th only (Ms. M. out for a pre-scheduled English Department day-long meeting.) Journal warm-up. Quiet work time to complete assignments from Monday that are due on Friday.

Due: n/a

Homework: For Friday, finish reading Grapes, Chapter 26, and bring the final outline for the universal basic income prompt (Should a universal basic income be implemented in the United States?) Study for the vocab quiz covering Vocab #11, grammar, and reading. Have journals ready to turn in at the end of class on Friday, December 7.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Vocab #11, grammar, Grapes reading through the end of 26. Read Chapter 27: find the scams. Go over outlines. Read and act out beginning of Grapes, Chapter 28. Collect journals in classroom bin.

Due: Grapes, Chapter 26.

Final outline for the universal basic income prompt (Should a universal basic income be implemented in the United States?)

Journals in bin at the end of class. 

Homework:  Finish Chapter 28 and 29 of The Grapes of Wrath. Be ready to discuss these chapters.