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!