Friday, March 27

Welcome and happy Friday!

It's the last post before Spring Break...not the Spring Break most of us envisioned, but Spring Break nonetheless.

In the spirit of the scheduled minimum day before Spring Break, class work will be shorter, and no online session today. If you're missing any entries, this is a good time to scroll back and get caught up.

FRIDAY CLASS ACTIVITIES 
1. Please respond to the questions in the Discussion tab of Turnitin.com under the post "Journal - Friday, March 27, 2020."

Note: you only need to answer each with a minimum of one complete, well-written sentence each.

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Check out the class website at the end of Spring Break for an itinerary of what's to come.

I hope you all have a restful and fun Spring Break, hopefully happy and healthy, despite the situation. I have some ideas I'll be working on over Spring Break to create engaging and productive sessions for you.

Please send me an e-mail anytime if you have any questions, concerns, or comments.

Love,
Ms. Mogilefsky

An Important Message from the College and Career Center

"Besides the fairly constant COVID-19 updates, there is literally a barrage of updates coming in regarding all things college admissions, extended deadlines, optional ACT/SAT testing, etc. etc..  If you wouldn't mind to share <this new link> so your students and families can either subscribe to get the updates automatically, or simply check the website as they choose: https://bit.ly/2Ul57hQ

There's simply so much that has changed and will continue to change in the days, weeks and moths ahead. I'd like to reassure our students that colleges are adapting and changing as well!  Colleges know that transcripts and activity lists will probably not look the same as in past years... there will be tests that are not taken, chances to improve that will not be an option, and letters of recommendation shortened...Colleges understand the myriad of opportunities our students are privy to within our community...How we all, as Palos Verdes High School, handle our current situation, and how our students cope with this period of global pandemic is what colleges will want to know and understand, as context will certainly be the most important aspect in future college applications.  

So may I ask you to please encourage your students to put aside ACT/SAT prep and rather use this down time to find ways to be the best version of themselves... find ways to serve and help others... within their immediate family or within the community.  Encourage them to rise to the occasion... to be a great big brother or sister and play that board game or help with the math homework; take advantage of the incredible MOOC's <massive open online courses> available from universities like Stanford, MIT, BU, etc. that are free of charge and cover topics from astrophysics to anime. Encourage your students to use the resources that are available to them... even if only to log on to their Student Sign On portal and click on Naviance or even simply check our website to explore info and resources under the CCC tab..."

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And, from me:  one of the many places to search for MOOCs, as well as free books and audiobooks is here: 

http://www.openculture.com/

Also: 
https://openlibrary.org/ 
(I just tried to borrow Stephen King's The Stand, about a deadly virus that sweeps the world, and it works well. You can read the book online for free, or listen to the audio version. By the way, if you like thrillers and can deal with the subject matter, it is a riveting story that has an interesting plot twist and ending.)

Keep abreast of current events, including state and local updates, directly from the source if possible. Here's an update followed by excellent questions from reporters by Governor Newsom that I found by searching YouTube for "Newsom":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QivbmvWAfc8

There are many interesting news points provided, including how to get extensions for home mortgage payments, what's being done to ramp up testing, information about the medical ship that is scheduled to dock at the L.A. port on Friday, Elon Musk's commitment to delivering needed medical equipment, Bloom Energy's initiative to repurpose ventilators, the latest health statistics, and challenging questions from reporters at the end.  

Wednesday, March 25 Class Activities

Hi, there!
I've enjoyed seeing many of you on our Zoom calls. I don't know about you, but the entire situation is still a bit surreal. Most of you seem to be rolling with the punches and adapting pretty well, all things considered. This may be the defining experience of your generation, and it's unlike anything I've experienced before either.

 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 CLASS ACTIVITIES

1.  Please respond to the post in the Discussion tab in Turnitin.com marked "Journal - Wednesday, March 25, 2020"

2. Please continue to work on the outline (and outline only), that responds to the same prompt we've been working on:

The United States Government should immediately enforce a strict, nationwide quarantine as China and Italy have in response to the Covid-19 threat. Please respond to this statement by defending, challenging or qualifying supported by credible evidence and examples to support your position. 

I've got a link to notes that were taken during the Zoom calls this week, here. Use them as a guide, and feel free to reach out with any questions through e-mail at mogilefskya@pvpusd.net. 

Post your outline to Turnitin.com on the Assignments tab.
6th period - due Wednesday, March 25

1st period - due Thursday, March 26
2nd period - due Thursday, March 26

No Zoom calls are scheduled until the first day back after break, but I'm available by e-mail all day with any questions or extra help. 

Monday, March 23 Class Activities

Hello,

I'm looking forward to see you all on the Zoom calls, Monday and Tuesday!

Monday, March 23
6th period - 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Tuesday, March 24
1st period - 9:00 am
2nd period - 10:00 am

https://zoom.us/j/3953234703

Meeting ID: 395 323 4703


CLASS ACTIVITIES FOR MONDAY, MARCH 23: 

1.  Please respond to the Discussion Board prompt on Turnitin.com marked "Journal - Monday, March 23, 2020." We'll share some of these on the call.

2. Read through the document "Finding Credible Sources." As we work together on the prompt

3. Participate in the Zoom call (see times above). Go back and re-read the prompt and your brainstorm responses before the call so they're fresh in your mind. (If you can't participate, I will record a portion of a session covering brainstorming/outlining and post it here for you to watch when you can.)

Here is 6th period's Zoom call. We go through some possibilities with an AGREE stance on the prompt below.


4.  Write an OUTLINE ONLY, with phrases and links, in response to the following prompt:

The United States Government should immediately enforce a strict, nationwide quarantine as China and Italy have in response to the Covid-19 threat. Please respond to this statement by defending, challenging or qualifying supported by credible evidence and examples to support your position.

Upload it to Turnitin.com under the "Assignments" tab by Wednesday, March 25 for 6th period, and Thursday, March 26 for 1st and 2nd period.

Please check back Wednesday morning for the next post.

Here is a document that we worked on during the Zoom calls that has sample outlines in response to the Covid-19 prompt. 

Zoom Meetings - Monday/Tuesday

Welcome back! 

PVHS Admin set up a schedule for Zoom meetings to run on the A/B schedule so that teachers can meet with classes and not overlap. I'd like to set up the following meet-up for Monday (B Day) and Tuesday (A Day):

MONDAY, MARCH 23: 
6th period - 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24
1st period - 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
2nd period - 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Here is the information for logging in:

https://zoom.us/j/3953234703

Meeting ID: 395 323 4703

Purpose: Meetup to check in and see how you're doing, and to talk about the brainstorms for the argument prompt we're working on together.

I'll record the portion of the meeting where we cover the prompt and the brainstorm and post it on the website.  Looking forward to re-connecting with you guys!

Friday, March 20 CLASS ACTIVITIES

It's the end of week one of distance learning for English!

I've really enjoyed reading your thoughtful posts, thank you so much. A few of them need to hit the "one full paragraph" description, so if yours was a little skimpy, feel free to go back in and post again.

I'll post grades from this week after Sunday, as I mentioned previously.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 CLASS ACTIVITIES

1. Interactive Journal
          a. Please log in to Turnitin.com and go to the Discussion tab. (See Monday's post for directions
          if you can't find it. E-mail me if you still can't find it.) Go to "Journal - Friday, March 20, 2020."

          b. You will need to watch Governor Newsom's March 19 news conference about California's response to the Coronavirus threat (his speech/remarks are 20 minutes long followed by 20 minutes of reporter's questions) to answer the first question. 

          c. Please respond with a minimum of one full paragraph (5-7 sentences) to each of the questions.

2. Upload Brainstorm
           a.  Go to the Discussion tab again, and see the post "Brainstorm - Friday, March 20"

           b. Consider the argument prompt you researched from Wednesday's post:


The United States Government should immediately enforce a strict, nationwide quarantine as China and Italy have in response to the Covid-19 threat. Please respond to this statement by defending, challenging or qualifying supported by credible evidence and examples to support your position. 

Take out the evidence and examples you found that defend (agree), challenge (disagree), and/or qualify (agree with conditions, disagree with exceptions). You should have at least 3-4 examples.

Your examples could be from personal experience, secondhand experience, general facts, scientific facts, literary examples, historical examples, current events, and/or pop culture. They can be facts taken from articles from credible sources.

**Remember, your own experiences, or those of your parents/guardians (especially those working in health care), also count. Opinions of world, national, state, and local leaders and experts can also be utilized for this assignment.

           c. Add an entry with at least 2 original examples. (Your post won't get credit if you don't have at least one new source that no one before you has used on the boards, described in your own words.)

Each one should look like this:

AGREE
Italy has introduced a nationwide lockdown, with fines for leaving the house. 62% of their people, according to polls, support this effort and they are committed to flattening the curve and stopping the growth of Covid-19. The Italians have accepted the lockdown with a sense of unity. They found a new national purpose, and hashtags supporting each other have become very popular. (NPR)

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/817021969/italy-remains-under-lockdown-due-to-spread-of-covid-19

DISAGREE
American people have always valued freedom, and quarantines should be guidelines only. Instead of policing our own people, the National Guard should be deployed to make food deliveries and to disinfect high-traffic areas, like the National Guard did in New Rochelle under the orders of New York Governor Cuomo:

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/03/13/national-guard-arrives-to-help-residents-in-new-rochelle-containment-zone

Please post this before Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. if at all possible, so we can reference them and classmates can share and use each other's examples in their own responses.

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COMING SOON!

Next week, we'll work together on a Zoom meeting to see each other again and take some of your examples and create an outline for this prompt, which will be the next assignment. I'll announce the dates and times right here on the website soon.

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OPTIONAL FOR THE BORED AND CURIOUS: 
If we go longer than Spring Break, our class will be reading and discussing books over Zoom. In the meantime, I recommend checking out some of these free online titles:

800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle, and Other Devices

Any of these are challenging and thought-provoking books that are referenced quite a bit. There is a list of free audio books just to the right on the page on the link above if you're sick of screens and just want to sit back and listen.

A quick shout-out to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, the weird science-fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, and anything by Checkov. 

Have a good weekend, and hang in there!

Wednesday, March 18 Class Activities

Welcome back to English class! 

(Insert the chime noise here from memory -- the pleasant chimes, not the times I slammed the chime rod onto the rack with a crazy look on my face.)

Thank you for all of the journal entries on Turnitin.com. I responded to a few of them, and read them all. It's been interesting to hear about your thoughts and experiences. I commented on one of the boards that I am certain this event will be remembered and discussed for years to come.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 CLASS ACTIVITIES

1. Interactive Journal
          a. Please log in to Turnitin.com and go to the Discussion tab. (See Monday's post for directions
          if you can't find it. E-mail me if you still can't find it.)

          b. Go to "Journal - Wednesday, March 18, 2020."

          c. Please respond with a minimum of one full paragraph (5-7 sentences) to each of the
          questions.

2. Reading/Response
           a. Please read the follow-up article to the one posted for Monday:
           The Man With 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them

(Here is a link to the original article on The New York Times website in case you'd like to read the Comments after this article as well.)

          b. Please read this article and note the graphics:
          Why Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Spread Exponentially and How to Flatten the Curve

          c. Go back to the Discussion tab of Turnitin.com. Please respond to the "Reading Response -    
           Wednesday, March 18" post with your own responses to the readings.

3. We're going to work on the following argument prompt, in stages:

The United States Government should immediately enforce a strict, nationwide quarantine as China and Italy have in response to the Covid-19 threat. Please respond to this statement by defending, challenging or qualifying supported by credible evidence and examples to support your position. 

Please spend some time brainstorming evidence and examples that defend (agree), challenge (disagree), and qualify (agree with conditions, disagree with exceptions). Look for credible articles and sources, typically those that have an editorial board reviewing content will be better.  Keep track of your findings on a separate document or on Google Docs. Please have at least 3-4 pieces of evidence ready. (Remember the types of evidence/examples: personal experience, secondhand experience, general facts, scientific facts, literary examples, historical examples, current events, and pop culture.)

Here are a couple of examples, feel free to look for others:

Lockdowns are being imposed around the world. China's example highlights the costs

Italy Remains Under Lockdown Due to Spread of Covid-19 

Florida Beaches Full as Trump Advises Against Groups Larger Than 10

We will work with your examples on Friday and start a group brainstorming session.

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I look forward to seeing your responses on the Discussion Board. I'll post again here on the class website on Friday.


I hope everyone is doing okay. We're all adjusting, so be sure to pace yourself, connect with others, and have some fun this week as well!

Monday, March 16

Happy Monday!

As I mentioned in my long letter, I'll be posting assignments Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. If I MUST go virtual, at least I can construct a block schedule where I get to "see" you three times instead of only two. In these times, we must find the silver linings where we can!

If you have any trouble following along or understanding the assignments, please e-mail me at mogilefskya@pvpusd.net.

MONDAY, MARCH 16 CLASS ACTIVITIES:

1. Interactive Journal
Please log in to Turnitin.com, and  click on this English class.  (If you are new this semester, see the right-hand sidebar of this website for directions for joining and adding this class.)

Find the "Discussion" tab. NOTE: This will NOT be easy! It is a small, weird tab near the top of the screen. Turnitin.com defaults to "Assignments," but you will need to click on "Discussion" to find this assignment.

Finding the Discussion tab after logging into Turnitin.com.

Look for the discussion post, marked "Journal - Monday, March 16." Do not begin another new post, click on this one and reply directly to the post. In there, you will see journal questions for today. Please note that there is no virtual bucket. Your answers can and will be seen by all of the other students in the class, and you may choose to reply/respond to others as you like.

Please respond with a minimum of one paragraph (5-7 sentences is generally a paragraph) to each question. Please try to use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (Write out words like "because," don't type b/c.) 

2. Reading Discussion, Gender Articles:
Please see the Discussion post in the same area as the journal post, marked "Reading Response: March 16 Gender Articles." Please respond to each question with one well-written paragraph and enjoy reading the responses and ideas of others. Feel free to respond to other posts, though it is not required.  


Homework (or, more correctly these days -- work to be done before the next website entry):

Please read the following articles carefully and critically and be ready to discuss with your own opinions on Wednesday's discussion board:


He Has 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

One of Two New Coronavirus Cases Refused to Self-isolate. He's Being Forced.  

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Note about due dates: Because of differences in schedules and family responsibilities, I realize we may not all be online at the same time. All assignments this week will be due by Sunday night, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. To get the most out of the discussions, try to complete the assignments on or near the day they are assigned.

Note about curriculum: Due to the planned discussions and debates for the Gender Unit that I cannot (and will not) let go of, I plan to put that on hold after Monday's online discussion and continue with argument writing. I am putting together a prompt that we will brainstorm, then put into outline format, write a rough draft, and finalize. The topic will be about the current Covid-19 situation.

Just in case we go longer than the planned two weeks, I've already researched some great options for continuing our progress. I'm with this guy:

It might be Hogwarts (the castle, library and/or Potions Classroom), it could be Cersei's view over King's Landing from Game of Thrones Season 7, a landscape from Blade Runner 2049, or just the simple bookstore from You, Season One.

Silver linings, silver linings...

Have a good Monday, and I'll see you on the discussion boards! 

Injecting Excitement into the Covid-days of March

While he'd rather be fighting his way into English class, Dominic is engaged in battle halfway around the world.

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

If you like this one, check out  
*A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo (firsthand account of the Vietnam War)
*Lone Survivor (about a Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan)
*No Easy Day (about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden)

I know this is serious, but...

can we laugh a little?

Still wearing the "teacher cardigan," just like old times.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Already Getting a Little Loopy Without English Class

The proper response to a two-student, two-book selfie? "That's whack."

The Precious Present by Spencer Johnson 
On Top of Your Game by Carrie Cheadle

Friday, March 13

Living up to its dastardly reputation, it's Friday the 13th and school was cancelled. 😭 I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry <choke!>

Check out the reading, below. Annotate your responses right in the packet as you go along. I'll be posting questions based on this reading on Turnitin.com's Discussion Board.

Homework: Please read and annotate your responses to "Being a Boy," (page 24), and "Many Ways to Be a Girl..." (page 30) in the Gender Packet.

Based on your own and your peers' experience, are the findings in these two pieces similar to your own observations? Be ready to answer questions posted on Turnitin.com on Monday morning and respond to classmates. (I'll also post directions so you can find the Discussion Tab in Turnitin.com.)

Online Class - Copy of Letter Sent Via E-mail

Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,

This is Ms. Mogilefsky, the English 3 teacher. Thank you for all of your support during this strange time. Sadly, the class was right in the middle of a unit filled with reading, writing, and interesting debates and discussions. I want to continue making progress, with an understanding that students are adjusting to the change and many have family responsibilities as well.

English Class – Online for the Next Two Weeks

During the two week period leading up to Spring Break, please check the assignments posted on the existing class website at:

http://english3mog.blogspot.com/

I will post there Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings with reading and writing assignments. The class will also be using Turnitin.com (the discussion tab and assignments tab), and Goodreads.com, and students already have logins and have utilized both of these sites. While it will never replace the face-to-face discussions that are so valuable in a classroom, the Turnitin.com discussion tab will allow students to respond to posted discussion questions and view and respond to each other’s posts. Students will have a full week to respond, but I encourage students to keep up as much as possible.

There are many other excellent online learning tools available, but I am reluctant to ask students to learn new software while working from home for a (hopefully) temporary situation. (Yes, I have already had students requesting to debate each other over Zoom or Discord!)

College Prep - Optional

If you (or your student) is planning on applying to colleges later in the year, the PVHS College and Career Center has some optional recommendations for this time period:

1. Check and make sure that your Naviance login and password are working. Naviance has new parameters for passwords, so you may be prompted to update your password when you try to log in. If you have any trouble, please e-mail a request to Ms. Lewis at lewisja@pvpusd.net for a login/password reset.

2. Students can research colleges online via Naviance, BigFuture, Niche or Unigo.  There are also some good virtual campus tour websites such as: youvisit and campustours that, while not perfect, are a very decent alternative to in-person tours for learning more about various colleges:

https://www.youvisit.com/collegesearch/
https://campustours.com/
https://www.niche.com/
https://www.unigo.com/colleges

Note: per Ms. Lewis, some colleges track logins, virtual tours, and time on university websites as “demonstrated interest” which can be a factor in admissions, and others do not. If a student is at all interested in a college, whether or not you get to visit that college in person, it's good to spend some time doing the virtual tours as you’ll learn more about what you might like to do and experience on that campus. This includes what you’d like to take advantage of and what will help you grow and discover the person you are meant to be – whether or not it "counts" as demonstrating interest.

Independent Reading

As I have said a (nauseating?) number of times, free reading about anything you’re interested in is helpful and gratifying in many ways. If that’s not enough incentive, Ms. Lewis of the College and Career Center shared with me that a complaint many college admissions officers have is that when asked what book they are currently reading outside of school, many students say, “None.” It’s good to have a genuine opinion about a book or three.

If you find yourself in the predicament of being stuck home without any new books (!) the L.A. County library has a wonderful online service for checking out e-books that can be read online.

Also, the class is already on Goodreads; feel free to get some book ideas there and comment on anything I’ve read or want to read, my reviews, and your classmates’ reviews.

Send me a selfie as you are reading a book and I may post it on the class website during these two weeks! 

Volunteers

If you’re interested in volunteering to do a taped reading that I could post on the class website, or any other such volunteer work over the break, please e-mail me and let me know.  

Contact   

I will continue to be in contact with you during this distance learning setup. I will be available and answering e-mails up until Spring Break. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns.

All the best,

Ms. Mogilefsky

mogilefskya@pvpusd.net

Update

Hi, there! 

Well, this isn't exactly the day planned on the agenda that was created earlier in the week, but it's not a total surprise. I'm sad that we're right in the middle of a discussion and debate-heavy unit that will be put on hold for the time being, but glad that steps are being taken to "flatten out the curve" of coronavirus cases.

I'll be posting details shortly, but assignments will be geared toward keeping up the reading and writing skills.

March 9 - 13

his week, we will march (March?) forward, continuing with the argument unit and honing close reading skills.We'll write Outline #3 and then the class will select one to type out into a full argument.

MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Evaluate and discuss "ideal man/woman" brainstorms. Group activity finding a variety of evidence and examples using Theroux's argument as a basis. Present evidence to the class as a group.

Due:  (all periods) Finish reading "Being a Man." On a separate piece of paper, write down three examples that agree with author Theroux's main point, and three examples that challenge his main point. Bring these to class with you and be ready to discuss.

(1st and 2nd period) "Why Johnny Won't Read," pages 1-4 in the Gender Packet. Determine what the main argument, or thesis is. What are some additional examples that would defend, challenge, or qualify the main argument? 

Homework: Read "Why Johnny Won't Read." What is the thesis, and what are some examples that would defend and challenge the argument being presented? 

WEDNESDAY (special pre-ACT schedule, shortened classes): Journal warm-up.  Discussion about the complex issue of the gender pay gap and possible underlying reasons, view statistics. Read blog entry from a young professional about what she wishes she'd known about negotiating her salary (beneficial for everyone in class, not just the women). Speaking and listening: small group activity - improve the blogger's suggestions for phrases that could be used during a conversation with a potential employer that are respectful and effective in negotiations of salary, terms, etc. when accepting a position. Whole class discussion/comparison.

Extension: If you have time, click here for a challenging and informative video from the Stanford Business School about negotiation. I learn something new every time I listen to the lecture.

Due: Read "Why Johnny Won't Read."

Homework: Study for the quiz covering Vocab #16.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Vocab #16, grammar, reading. Discuss "Why Johnny Won't Read." On a separate piece of paper, create a short, original outline response to the following prompt: Bauerlain and Stotsky assert that the changes in assigned books for students in grades K-12 have contributed to an alarming decrease in reading for boys. To what extend does the K-12 reading curriculum selection in schools contribute to the widening gender gap between boys and girls when it comes to reading?

Collect "Why Johnny Won't Read" outlines. Read "Just Walk on By" with related whole-class activity.

Due: Study for quiz.

Read "Why Johnny Won't Read."

Homework: Please read and annotate "Being a Boy," and "Many Ways to Be a Girl." Based on your own and your peers' experience, are the findings in these two pieces similar to your own observations? Be ready to answer questions posted on Turnitin.com on Monday morning and respond to classmates.

March 2 - 6

Welcome to March already! This week, we'll go back to the regular routine of a vocabulary/grammar/reading quiz at the end of the week. This week's quiz will cover Vocabulary List #15, the grammar, and the Gatsby Extension Packet reading.

MONDAY (1st and 2nd period): Journal warm-up. Go over rough outlines and revise them. Turn in outline #2 to the Gatsby prompt. Begin Homeless articles/information for current event roundtable-style discussion.

Due: 1st and 2nd period: for Monday, please have a good draft of an original outline and bring it back with you for next class. Use the "Universal Outline" format as a guide, and write original reasons and phrases that answer the prompt in each space in the outline.

Prompt: "The Great Gatsby is relevant to modern times and should be included in the curriculum." Please defend, challenge, or qualify the statement in an argument essay OUTLINE.

Hint: the Gatsby reading and the reading so far in the packet will help with this.

Homework: Please read and annotate pages 10-17 in the Gatsby Extension Packet about homelessness in Los Angeles. Note which comment or comments match your own opinion or make interesting points.


TUESDAY (6th period): Journal warm-up. Go over homeless articles and comments from reading packet. Roundtable discussion about homelessness in Los Angeles.

Due:

1. Please have a good draft of an original outline and bring it back with you for next class. Use the "Universal Outline" format as a guide, and write original reasons and phrases that answer the prompt in each space in the outline.Prompt: "The Great Gatsby is relevant to modern times and should be included in the curriculum." Please defend, challenge, or qualify the statement in an argument essay OUTLINE.
   
   Hint: the Gatsby reading and the reading so far in the packet will help with this.
2. Please read pages 10 - 17 in the Gatsby Extension Pack about Homelessness. We will have a roundtable discussion about the issue on Tuesday. 

Homework: Study for Vocab #15 quiz.

Go through reading packet and make sure you're caught up.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Roundtable discussion about homelessness in Los Angeles.

Due: Please read pages 10-17 in the Gatsby Extension Packet about homelessness in Los Angeles.

Homework: Study for Vocab #15 quiz.

Go through reading packet and make sure you're caught up.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Vocabulary #15, grammar, and Gatsby Extension Reading. Go over Outline #2 if need be. Begin Gender Unit with a whole-class activity.  Read "Being a Man:" what is the thesis/main argument?  If time: 3 more fallacies in argument.

Due: Study for quiz, make sure you've read the Gatsby reading packet.

Homework: Finish reading "Being a Man." On a separate piece of paper, write down three examples that agree with author Theroux's main point, and three examples that challenge his main point. Bring these to class with you and be ready to discuss.