Welcome back! We started the semester out strong with The Great Gatsby, and turned in the first assignment: one paragraph (four sentences) matching a song of your choice to a Gatsby character in Chapter One.
This week, the first quiz on Thursday/Friday will include reading questions. It is very important that you take the time to do the reading. If that means searching for "Gatsby" and "Chapter 3" on YouTube and listening to someone read the audio version, that's all right, though it's preferable to set aside some time and focus on the book and read it yourself. You're not just getting an understanding of the events of the book, but sentence structure, vocabulary, and building on the ability to focus for periods of time. You'll also then be able to form your own opinions about a famous and frequently-referenced book, rather than just following whatever Sparknotes tells you to think about the book. As a reward for those that do the reading, all of the activities and assignments (including quizzes) that the class does over this unit involve knowledge of the book that will oftentimes be outside of Sparknotes (which I also read). I have seen the Gatsby movies many times and there are differences between the movie versions and the book. Note: if you don't like your score on an activity or assignment this unit, the first question I will ask you if you come to me will be, "Did you read the book?"Please make the time to relax and read each night.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Gatsby party compare/contrast activity. Argument notes. Begin reading Chapter 4 with activity.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby for Thursday/Friday and be ready to discuss.
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. Vocab, grammar, and reading quiz. Argument notes, including outline format. Mini-lesson: introducing and citing quotations. (Click here for the page on Owl Purdue for all of the possible iterations.) Begin reading and acting out Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby.
Due: Read The Great Gatsby up through the end of Chapter 4.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 5 and fill out the Gatsby Character Nomination Form completely for next class.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Sunday, January 19, 2020
January 20 - 24: Spring Semester!
It's Spring Semester! I'm excited to move into our Argument Unit and a novel: The Great Gatsby. We'll read some of it aloud in class, and students can act out the parts (on a volunteer basis).
No quiz this week: our first vocab/grammar/reading quiz will cover the words from Vocabulary #11 at the end of next week.
MONDAY: No school, Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Intro to argument unit and The Great Gatsby. Pick up Gatsby at the library. Begin reading and acting out Chapter One. Gatsby song assignment.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Chapter One. Finish Gatsby song assignment.
THURSDAY: Benjamin Franklin special journal warm-up. Argument unit notes. Gatsby reading and acting out. Share a few Gatsby song assignments.
Due: Gatsby character song assignment.
Homework: Finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 2 and 3. Note what is involved in a lavish Gatsby party as you read Chapter 3 and be ready to share your observations next class.
No quiz this week: our first vocab/grammar/reading quiz will cover the words from Vocabulary #11 at the end of next week.
MONDAY: No school, Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Intro to argument unit and The Great Gatsby. Pick up Gatsby at the library. Begin reading and acting out Chapter One. Gatsby song assignment.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Chapter One. Finish Gatsby song assignment.
THURSDAY: Benjamin Franklin special journal warm-up. Argument unit notes. Gatsby reading and acting out. Share a few Gatsby song assignments.
Due: Gatsby character song assignment.
Homework: Finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 2 and 3. Note what is involved in a lavish Gatsby party as you read Chapter 3 and be ready to share your observations next class.
Sunday, January 12, 2020
January 13 - 17 Finals Week
It's finals week!
As I've talked about in class, the English 3 final will consist of two parts. Part I will be multiple choice questions covering the vocabulary words, grammar, rhetorical analysis terms, and the rest of the contents of the Study Guide. Part II will ask you to read a short passage, then provide an outline response to the prompt, as we've practiced in class several times.
If you turned in late work, please be patient. Although it's just for partial credit, I tend to receive quite a bit of grading from all of my classes around the final due date. Late work will generally be in the Gradebook before your final, in the order received.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up with the Study Guide. SOAPS and analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Go over reading homework.
As I've talked about in class, the English 3 final will consist of two parts. Part I will be multiple choice questions covering the vocabulary words, grammar, rhetorical analysis terms, and the rest of the contents of the Study Guide. Part II will ask you to read a short passage, then provide an outline response to the prompt, as we've practiced in class several times.
If you turned in late work, please be patient. Although it's just for partial credit, I tend to receive quite a bit of grading from all of my classes around the final due date. Late work will generally be in the Gradebook before your final, in the order received.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up with the Study Guide. SOAPS and analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Go over reading homework.
Due: Please
read pages 33-40 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet and annotate. We'll
go through the questions at the end together in class.
Homework: Study the Study Guide and bring it with you to class on Tuesday.
TUESDAY: Zero period final, all-class review day. Journal warm-up. Baseball-style review session.
Due: n/a
Homework: Study the Study Guide.
WEDNESDAY: First period final at 8:00 a.m., second period final at 10:05 a.m.
Due: n/a
Homework: Make sure you have Goodreads reviews for the independent reading book from first semester, as well as a review for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Reviews should be a minimum of three sentences each, with a 1-5 star rating.
FRIDAY: Sixth period final at 10:05 a.m.
Due: n/a
Homework: Make sure you have Goodreads reviews for the independent reading book from first semester, as well as a review for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Reviews should be a minimum of three sentences each, with a 1-5 star rating.
Due: n/a
Homework: Study the Study Guide.
WEDNESDAY: First period final at 8:00 a.m., second period final at 10:05 a.m.
Due: n/a
Homework: Make sure you have Goodreads reviews for the independent reading book from first semester, as well as a review for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Reviews should be a minimum of three sentences each, with a 1-5 star rating.
FRIDAY: Sixth period final at 10:05 a.m.
Due: n/a
Homework: Make sure you have Goodreads reviews for the independent reading book from first semester, as well as a review for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Reviews should be a minimum of three sentences each, with a 1-5 star rating.
Enjoy the three-day MLK holiday!
I look forward to second semester with you.
I look forward to second semester with you.
Friday, January 3, 2020
Happy new year! January 6 - 13 (just before All-review day)
Welcome back and happy new year!
I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Winter Break. I spent time in Los Angeles and read The Righteous Mind, Why Good People are Divided about by Politics and Religion, short stories from the David Foster Wallace Reader, and just started the novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. I watched Star Wars, Marriage Story, The Morning Show, and Parasite. I also read some very interesting Frederick Douglass essays. :-)
Please note that there are no more weekly quizzes until next semester. Also, the last day to turn in make-up work for partial credit is Friday, January 10 at 11:59 p.m. PST. To be fair to all students, I can't make any exceptions to that cut-off time, and I need time to grade everything and post it to Aeries.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Receive the Study Guide. Notes: oxymoron, paradox. Read Death of the Moth from the Rhetorical Analysis Packet. Vocab practice.
Due: n/a
Homework: Using the notes from your English notebook, please fill in blank areas on the Study Guide. You can use the vocabulary sheets from the "Class Handouts" sidebar on this website if you need.
Due: Using
the notes from your English notebook, please fill in blank areas on the
study guide. You can use the vocabulary sheets from the "Class
Handouts" sidebar on this website if you need
Homework: Please read pages 33-40 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet and annotate. We'll go through the questions at the end together in class.
FRIDAY/MONDAY: Journal warm-up with the Study Guide. SOAPS and analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Go over reading homework.
Due: Please
read pages 33-40 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet and annotate. We'll
go through the questions at the end together in class.
Homework: Study the Study Guide and bring it with you to class on Tuesday.
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