At the end of this week, it will already be February!
I'm looking forward to getting back into the Argument Unit and beginning to write and practice in this style. I really believe that being able to craft a good argument based on evidence and examples relevant to an audience will help you beyond English class, no matter what you eventually choose to do. And, of course it will help those that are writing the ACT essay.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapter the Last (page 292 until the end of the book). Review of Argument Unit basics - types of evidence and examples.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn though the end of Chapter 29.
Homework: Please complete the "Huck Finn for and Against" assignment for Thursday/Friday.
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/Tuesday)
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Vocab #14, grammar, and Huckleberry Finn reading through Chapter 29 and Chapter the Last. Intro to Gender unit: ideal man/woman exercise, read "Being a Man," Group activity: building an argument with evidence and examples.
Due: "Huckleberry Finn For and Against "assignment.
Homework: Read "Why Johnny Won't Read," page 6 of the Gender Unit packet.
Complete the questions on the half sheet, (not the questions in the actual packet).
Monday, January 29, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
January 22-26
It's second semester! I'm working on grading Part II of all of the finals and am going as quickly as I can while still giving them all a good read.
Second semester brings the argument unit with students writing arguments and synthesis papers, a gender and a science and nature unit, The Great Gatsby, acting out A Raisin in the Sun, and the final narrative unit where students will write a good draft of their college essay or a research paper exploring a specific job title. It's hard to believe there's about four and a half months until you're all seniors!
Here's what's on the agenda for the short week ahead:
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go to the College and Career Center for a walk-through of Naviance and some general information about the ACT and SAT exams.
Due: Please attempt to log into Naviance. If you can't get in and/or don't have a working account, please e-mail me at mogilefskya@pvpusd.net with your name and preferred e-mail address. (I sent you an e-mail this weekend with this request.)
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 26 (page 180 in the library version).
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over the answers to Part I and II of the final. Receive vocabulary list for next week's quiz, (no quiz this week). Read and act out Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn group activity.
Due: Huckleberry Finn, through the end of Chapter 26.
Homework: Huckleberry Finn, through the end of Chapter 29 for next class.
FRIDAY: No school for students - teacher/staff training day.
Second semester brings the argument unit with students writing arguments and synthesis papers, a gender and a science and nature unit, The Great Gatsby, acting out A Raisin in the Sun, and the final narrative unit where students will write a good draft of their college essay or a research paper exploring a specific job title. It's hard to believe there's about four and a half months until you're all seniors!
Here's what's on the agenda for the short week ahead:
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go to the College and Career Center for a walk-through of Naviance and some general information about the ACT and SAT exams.
Due: Please attempt to log into Naviance. If you can't get in and/or don't have a working account, please e-mail me at mogilefskya@pvpusd.net with your name and preferred e-mail address. (I sent you an e-mail this weekend with this request.)
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 26 (page 180 in the library version).
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over the answers to Part I and II of the final. Receive vocabulary list for next week's quiz, (no quiz this week). Read and act out Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn group activity.
Due: Huckleberry Finn, through the end of Chapter 26.
Homework: Huckleberry Finn, through the end of Chapter 29 for next class.
FRIDAY: No school for students - teacher/staff training day.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Finals Week!
The final for English 3 will include the following parts:
Part I. Contains multiple choice questions covering the information in the study guide
Part II. Students will read and annotate a passage, then create an outline response to a rhetorical analysis prompt, (just like we've done on the two essays this semester, and for other passages for assignments and in class). Note: this is not a full essay.
Here is the schedule:
MONDAY: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, no school.
TUESDAY: All classes, review day. We will play review baseball to practice for the first part of the final.
Homework: For the final, please bring pencils and materials to study or a book to read in case you finish early.
WEDNESDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - First period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Second period final
THURSDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - Fourth period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Third period final
FRIDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - Fifth period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Sixth period final
It's been a great semester. I am truly looking forward to more reading, discussion, debates, and even essays (!) with you during Spring Semester. Thanks for all that you do!
Part I. Contains multiple choice questions covering the information in the study guide
Part II. Students will read and annotate a passage, then create an outline response to a rhetorical analysis prompt, (just like we've done on the two essays this semester, and for other passages for assignments and in class). Note: this is not a full essay.
Here is the schedule:
MONDAY: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, no school.
TUESDAY: All classes, review day. We will play review baseball to practice for the first part of the final.
Homework: For the final, please bring pencils and materials to study or a book to read in case you finish early.
WEDNESDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - First period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Second period final
THURSDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - Fourth period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Third period final
FRIDAY:
8:00- 9:55 - Fifth period final
10:05 - 12:00 - Sixth period final
It's been a great semester. I am truly looking forward to more reading, discussion, debates, and even essays (!) with you during Spring Semester. Thanks for all that you do!
Sunday, January 7, 2018
January 8-12
It's our only full week in January, and the week before finals. Please bring your study guides with you to class and note that the last day to turn in any make-up work is Friday, January 12. Here's what's on the agenda:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech - context, SOAPS. Listen/watch speech and perform rhetorical analysis on speech. Small groups: outline response to rhetorical analysis prompt (just like what will be on the final). Compare outlines as a whole class.
Due: Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 20.
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
WEDNESDAY: Current events day - Journal warm-up.
Due: n/a
Homework: (same as Monday) Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary list #13, grammar, and Huckleberry Finn reading. Contest/activity: fill in rhetorical analysis terms on the Study Guide. Play Vocab Story Rounds with full Study Guide list.
Due: Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
Homework: Go through the Study Guide and fill in the Grammar rules and any empty sections.
Here is a link to the Study Guide with all of the rhetorical analysis definitions filled in. I would suggest you re-copy them into the handout from class.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech - context, SOAPS. Listen/watch speech and perform rhetorical analysis on speech. Small groups: outline response to rhetorical analysis prompt (just like what will be on the final). Compare outlines as a whole class.
Due: Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 20.
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
WEDNESDAY: Current events day - Journal warm-up.
Due: n/a
Homework: (same as Monday) Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary list #13, grammar, and Huckleberry Finn reading. Contest/activity: fill in rhetorical analysis terms on the Study Guide. Play Vocab Story Rounds with full Study Guide list.
Due: Huckleberry Finn Chapters 21-22.
Read through the study guide and fill out the SOAPS and outline sections.
Homework: Go through the Study Guide and fill in the Grammar rules and any empty sections.
Here is a link to the Study Guide with all of the rhetorical analysis definitions filled in. I would suggest you re-copy them into the handout from class.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Happy 2018!
Welcome back! I hope everyone had an enjoyable break and despite all of your activities, had a chance to sleep in many of the mornings. Highlights for me were going to the Nutcracker, going to San Francisco, eating my first Korean BBQ burrito, watching the new season of Black Mirror, catching up on my Atlantic subscription, and of course reading all of your journals. :-)
Here's what's on the agenda for our short week:
MONDAY: New Year's Day! No school, unfortunately.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Overview of the next 5 months in 2018. New Year's/Benjamin Franklin-themed journal warm-up. Receive Vocabulary/Grammar #12. Receive Paper Tigers article and begin reading it in class. Answer discussion questions, discuss in small groups. If time, play Vocab Story Rounds.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Paper Tigers and answering the discussion questions for next class.
Study for quiz.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and Paper Tigers reading assignment. Receive Vocab #13, study guide for final. Share Paper Tigers discussion question responses spiderweb-style. Review Huckleberry Finn and act out Chapter 18.
Due: Finish reading Paper Tigers and answering the discussion questions.
Homework: Read Huck Finn, through the end of Chapter 20.
Here's what's on the agenda for our short week:
MONDAY: New Year's Day! No school, unfortunately.
TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Overview of the next 5 months in 2018. New Year's/Benjamin Franklin-themed journal warm-up. Receive Vocabulary/Grammar #12. Receive Paper Tigers article and begin reading it in class. Answer discussion questions, discuss in small groups. If time, play Vocab Story Rounds.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish reading Paper Tigers and answering the discussion questions for next class.
Study for quiz.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary, grammar, and Paper Tigers reading assignment. Receive Vocab #13, study guide for final. Share Paper Tigers discussion question responses spiderweb-style. Review Huckleberry Finn and act out Chapter 18.
Due: Finish reading Paper Tigers and answering the discussion questions.
Homework: Read Huck Finn, through the end of Chapter 20.
Monday, December 11, 2017
December 11-15
It's the last week of school in 2017! Please note that journals are due at the end of class on Thursday/Friday.
Optional: A couple of students have put together a fund for helping the horses that have been displaced due to the recent fires in Southern California. If you'd like to go to their gofundme page, please click here.
Here's what's on the agenda on our last week before Winter Break:
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect Huckleberry Finn rafts. Notes: definition of claim. Claim vs. fact activity. Read and act out Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 15.
Due: Huckleberry Finn Raft Project
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 17 for Thursday/Friday.
Make sure your journal is ready to turn in by the end of the week, (full pages except where noted).
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints and perform an SAT-style rhetorical analysis as a class. 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/Tuesday)
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz. Read and act out Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 18 in class.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 17.
Journals in the bin by the end of the class period.
Homework: Please read through the end of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 18.
Optional: A couple of students have put together a fund for helping the horses that have been displaced due to the recent fires in Southern California. If you'd like to go to their gofundme page, please click here.
Here's what's on the agenda on our last week before Winter Break:
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect Huckleberry Finn rafts. Notes: definition of claim. Claim vs. fact activity. Read and act out Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 15.
Due: Huckleberry Finn Raft Project
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 17 for Thursday/Friday.
Make sure your journal is ready to turn in by the end of the week, (full pages except where noted).
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints and perform an SAT-style rhetorical analysis as a class. 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/Tuesday)
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz. Read and act out Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 18 in class.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn through the end of Chapter 17.
Journals in the bin by the end of the class period.
Homework: Please read through the end of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 18.
Have a wonderful, well-deserved Winter Break. I look forward to seeing everyone in 2018!
Friday, December 1, 2017
December 6-10
December is here! Two more weeks until the long break. We will continue with Huckleberry Finn, and with our argument unit.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Notes: line graph of possible responses to an argument prompt. Universal outline for argument essays. Read and act out Huck Finn Chapter 9, 10 if time. View "Bike Thief: What Would You Do?" video and discuss.
Due: read Chapters 6-8 of Huckleberry Finn.
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 10-12 for Thursday/Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints and perform an SAT-style rhetorical analysis as a class. 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/Tuesday)
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary #10, grammar, and reading. Read Huckleberry Finn Chapter 13 and 14 in class and act it out. Intro Huck Finn Raft Project, view samples.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 10-12.
Homework: Huck Finn Raft Project for next class.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Notes: line graph of possible responses to an argument prompt. Universal outline for argument essays. Read and act out Huck Finn Chapter 9, 10 if time. View "Bike Thief: What Would You Do?" video and discuss.
Due: read Chapters 6-8 of Huckleberry Finn.
Homework: Please read Huckleberry Finn Chapters 10-12 for Thursday/Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Current event day - read and annotate two opposing viewpoints and perform an SAT-style rhetorical analysis as a class. 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/Tuesday)
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering vocabulary #10, grammar, and reading. Read Huckleberry Finn Chapter 13 and 14 in class and act it out. Intro Huck Finn Raft Project, view samples.
Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 10-12.
Homework: Huck Finn Raft Project for next class.
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