Daily Agendas English I H
8/21 Wednesday
1. Introductions
2. Seating charts
3. Web page address and google classroom codes
4. Parent signature letter
Homework:
a. return parent letter signature
b. class expectations quiz moved to Monday
c. Pamphlet project due next class
d. Quiz on summer reading (classic)--easy if you read it ;)
8/23 Friday Block
1. Pamphlet project due
2. Parent signature due
3. Class expectations quiz (moved to Monday)
4. Seating chart formalized--include name of your summer reading classic
5. Plagiarism: video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1pq8sb-eo
6. Plagiarism packet--finish for homework and post to GC .
Cut and paste the document into a google doc so you can type on it;
put your responses in a different color font, no yellow or pink
7. Quiz on Classic summer work
8. Table discussions on summer reading
Homework:
a. quote sheets due in hard copy--remove any explanatory material from your quote list--you may have only the quotes
to use on the essay
b. finish plagiarism packet and post to GC by midnight tonight
c. class expectations quiz moved to Monday--know late work policies and attendance policies
8/26 Monday Traditional
1. Themes vs. Thematic Thesis statements, Character development, and Conflict essay statements.
2. One paragraph essay format
3. Create an outline for your essay...you will not be able to use it when writing, but knowing ahead what
your main proof ideas will be will help your get the writing done in the required time frame.
4. class expectations quiz on late work and attendance policies
Homework:
a. Summer reading essay is coming up--second block this week--be thinking about a potential thesis for each category
(character development, thematic, conflict) that you can prove in three steps.
b. Bring with you to class the information needed for a works cited entry for your classic novel
if you read a book you held in your hand, you'll need: author's full name, title of the book, city of publication,
publisher name, date of publication.
if you read it online, you'll need: author's full name, title of the book, web site address (url) and the date you
accessed it.
if you read it as an e-book, you'll need: author's full name, title of the book, publisher's name, date of publication,
and name of specific reader or device (such as Kindle or Nook).
c. Bring your summer reading quote sheets with you
(finalized copy free of commentary due second block this week).
8/28 Wednesday Block
1. MLA formatting https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
2. Create (in hard copy) your works cited page for your essay (if you read it online, see "a page on a web site";
if you read it from an e-book, see "an e book"; if you read it in a book help in your hand, see "basic format for a book"
and save for later
3. Rubric for your essay--review
4. Planning your essay
(thematic essay)..
post outline with thesis,
and claims and quotes
without integration;
but not add your analysis
and concluding thoughts...post to the new completed essay outline in GC
5. Quote integration:
Homework:
a. Bring lined paper for your essay--you'll only be able to write on one side.
b. Quote sheet due---this may only have 15 one sentence quotes per topic (15 one sentence quotes for character,
15 one sentence quotes for theme, and 15 one sentence quotes for one type of conflict). No explanatory reminders
allowed.
c. bring your works cited page printed to attach to your handwritten essay.
8/30 Friday Block
1. Write your thematic essay--must be readable--double spaced, MLA style,use one side of paper,
pen only (no pencil) and attach to the back: works cited, quote sheet.
2. Using this link, read the Prologue and the entire first act of Romeo and Juliet in modern English first, and then
in Shakespeare's language. Be ready to discuss next class.
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. Finish reading the prologue and act 1 scenes 1-5 of Romeo and Juliet. Read the modern version first,
then read Shakespeare's version and compare as you go.
weekly announcements:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.p
9/4 Wednesday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet introduction:
2. Act 1 quote support--for each prompt, cut and paste a quote that proves/answers the prompt,
then post to GC.
3. Choose a DEI (diversity/equity/inclusion) nonfiction book from the media center...
show teacher before you begin--must be pre-approved as grade level appropriate.
Due to show teacher Monday.
4. Begin vocabulary study--be able to spell, define, and use in a sentence the week 1 words--
cumulative quizzes begin Monday (each week quizzed on two new words and any two old words.
From this page, hover over English IH and click on vocabulary---words begin with "alliteration" to
"figurative language."
Homework:
a. Read Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet in modern English, then read it in Shakespeare's language
know background in power point and be familiar with what happens in play, who says and does what,
and be ready to identify who said important quotes and what they mean.
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
expect short quiz on Acts 1-2 first block next week
b. study vocabulary, first week's batch, quiz Monday
c. Choose a grade level appropriate DEI nonfiction book from media center and bring to class for approval Monday
9/6 Friday Block
1. Type up your essay, MLA stye, and submit to google classroom during this period.
Hand your handwritten copy back in.
2. Begin work on the Romeo and Juliet quote guide for Act 2
(these quotes will feature heavily on the exam)
3. Read through the answer key for the Act 1 quote guide
(these quotes will feature heavily on the exam)
Homework:
a. if you don't finish Act 2 quotes, it's not homework--we'll finish Monday
b. study for vocab quiz
c. have your ORB to show me Monday
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g2fbd68b18ed_4_0
9/9 Monday Traditional
1. vocab quiz
2. ORB approval
3. Finish Romeo and Juliet Act 2 guide and post to GC
4. Read Act 3 https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. Finish above work (post At 2 and read Act 3)
b. Act 2-3 quiz next class
c. For those working on summer work, be aware work is due end of this month, 9/27
9/11 Wednesday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet Act 2-3 quiz
2. Romeo and Juliet film
3. Romeo and Juliet Act 3 quote guide--complete for homework
Homework:
a. Finish Romeo and Juliet Act 3 guide
b. vocabulary study
9/13 Friday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet film
2. Read through the answer key to the Romeo and Juliet quote guide Acts 2-3
3. Watch the Dire Straits music video of Romeo and Juliet:
4. Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. Finish reading Romeo and Juliet Act 4
b. Study for vocab quiz batches 1-2 Monday
c. be reading your ORB
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
9/17 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-2 quiz
2. Answer the quote guide for Romeo and Juliet Act 4:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. Finish above work and post to GC by midnight Tuesday night 9/17
b. begin study of vocab # 3
9/18 Wednesday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet film
2. Read Romeo and Juliet act 5 https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
3. Read answer key for Act 4
4. Answer the Act 5 quote guide and post to GC
Homework:
a. Finish Act 5 quotes and post to GC by midnight
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E120wmsAdmmtmg0TOWYlW19nQuqMPPo3SNyBgwPT1-8/edit?usp=sharing
9/20 Friday Block
1. Crash Course # 1 Romeo and Juliet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kz-C7GryY
Crash Course # 2 Romeo and Juliet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J4hoAatGRQ
take notes and post to GC
2. Thug notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qgVmsV3hM
take notes and post to GC
3. Dr. Aidan's Romeo and Juliet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lPUtwhKTJE&list=PLA78A2-yUO6_6I5nuqEqWQ7Pc329LkXD2
begin taking notes---save and we'll finish notes next week
Homework:
a. Essay rewrites--due 9/29 to new assignment on GC "Second Attempt Essay Redos"
b. vocab 1-3 quiz
c. review answer key for Act 5 quote guide:
d. be studying Romeo and Juliet
for exam end of next week
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.p
9/23 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Dr. Aidan notes--take and post to GC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj0LpiU-dVQ&list=PLA78A2-yUO6_6I5nuqEqWQ7Pc329LkXD2&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFtIrnNsSI&list=PLA78A2-yUO6_6I5nuqEqWQ7Pc329LkXD2&index=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F3KEq8XhuE&list=PLA78A2-yUO6_6I5nuqEqWQ7Pc329LkXD2&index=8
3. Make a copy of each of the 5 act quote answer keys and put into one google doc;
bring to next class to use to add notes
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 4
b. bring R and J document (see # 3 above) to class for lecture notes
c. bring student ID to check out next book
d. be working on your ORB book:
write a fictional interview, in which you create an interviewer and interviewees; format like a play script, and make sure your questions and answers cover all the main material in your book. Depth and thoughtfulness matter.
Remember that though you are writing fiction (made up interviews) you need to reveal the facts you learned from the book you read. You can use direct quotes for your answers if you cite author and page number, but quotes
from the book are not necessary.
e.g.
John Doe, interviewer: What did you learn from your research?
Casey Smith, interviewee: Through reading Roland Fryer, I learned that though blacks aren't killed by police more often than whites, they are subjected to more violence when being arrested.
Due end of November
Romeo and Juliet exam first block next week
9/25 Wednesday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet review--exam first block day next week
2. Check out A Sun is Not a Star and read pages 1-33
Homework:
a. study vocab 4--quiz Monday on 1-4
b. read A Sun is not a Star p. 1-33
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p
9/27 Friday Block
1. Study Sync Benchmark 1
from your district email, click on the square box of 9 dots in the upper left to get a drop down box
in the drop down box, click on McGraw Hill
click on study sync
click on launch study sync
click on benchmark 1 (if there are more then one benchmark 1s, it doesn't matter--choose either and take it
make sure to finish submitting when done
2. Read the article at the following site:
https://famoussteve.medium.com/life-whats-fate-got-to-do-with-it-b175f780cd82
Now write a thoughtful, 1-2 page double spaced response, giving your thoughts on fate and how
it does or does not apply to your life...be detailed and specific and provide evidence from your
life/news to support your thinking. Give it a title and an MLA heading...see MLA sample paper--post to GC
Homework:
a. study vocab 1-4 for quiz Monday
b. Study Romeo and Juliet for exam first block next week
c. if you didn't get the new book until today, catch up on the reading (p. 1-33)
d. finish the Fate response above and post to GC by midnight Saturday
e. Finish the benchmark by midnight Friday if you didn't finish in class
9/30 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-4 quiz
2. Read pages 34-81 (since your pages may be slightly different than mine, read THROUGH the "Daniel" chapter that begins "Area Boy Attempts to Use Science to Get the Girl"
Homework
a. finish reading above
b. begin study of vocab batch 5
c. bring The Sun is Also a Star to class every day
d. Romeo and Juliet exam tomorrow---study quote guides and Dr. Aidan's theme videos (fate, hate, death, and love)
10/2 Wednesday Block
1. Romeo and Juliet Exam
2. Read The Sun is also a Star, pages 82-105 (THROUGH "Love, a Chemical History")
Homework:
a. vocab 1-5 quiz Monday
b. finish reading above
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
10/7 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Watch the video clip Big Bang Theory "Penny and Sheldon's Love Experiment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Z0rnx9-NQ
3. Now in your table groups, go around the table with each question and answer
only the first set of questions from the document to the right:
Homework:
a. Go to the "references" section of the web page and read the document on Essay Hooks (how to write them)
b. Read in The Sun is also a Star pages 106-131(Through "Hair: an African American History")
c. Exam on the Academic Vocabulary batches 1-5 Monday next week
Summer reading classic book quiz makeups second block this week
You will NEED a lap top for class on Wednesday for the CAASPP...don't forget to bring it and have it charged
10/9 Wednesday Block
1. Standardized testing
2. read the article at the following link, take a few notes and
post to GC: https://www.edi.nih.gov/the-EDI-pulse-blog/black-hair-and-unjust-society
3. Read SAS pages 132-161 (THROUGH "The Waitress")
Homework:
a. finish The Sun is also a Star reading above
b. finish assignment on "Black Hair and an Unjust Society" and submit by tomorrow midnight
c. watch election video sent to your district email t prepare to vote tomorrow
*summer classic reading quiz makeups next class
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
10/11 Friday Block
1. PSAT check
2. Make ups for summer reading classic quiz
3. Study sync "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" - read, do the think responses and the writing prompt---use integrated quote
support for all.
4. Study sync: "In Between Cultures: a Granddaughter's Advantage"
5. SAS reading: 162-201 (THROUGH "Fate: a History")
Homework:
a. finish above work
b. finish reading
c. vocab final (matching only) Monday
10/14 Monday Traditional
1. Academic Vocab final--matching
2. Read The Sun is also a Star p.162-201
Homework:
a. finish above reading
10/16 Wednesday Block
1. "Hair Love" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28
2. Go to the link and read the poem "To Those of My Sisters Who Kept their Naturals" by
Gwendolyn Brooks.
https://endarkenment.com/hair/poetry/brooks.htm
Definitions you may need:
rouch or rouche: (ruːʃ ) noun. a strip of pleated or frilled lawn, lace, etc, used to
decorate blouses, dresses, etc, or worn around the neck like a small ruff as in the 16th century.
Collins English Dictionary.
seal: a piece of wax, lead, or other material with an individual design stamped into it, attached to a
document to show that it has come from the person who claims to have issued it.
Oxford Languages.
Blondine: noun, a bleach for the hair, or a person who bleached their hair.
Merriam-Webster.
Hot Comb: noun, a tool used for straightening black hair, brought to the US from France by black hair care entrepreneur
and first black woman millionaire Madame CJ Walker.
Visuals you may find helpful:
Photo link to Marilyn Monroe:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/marilyn-monroe-hairstyles-vintage-style-hair--549017010815631796/
Photo link of Farrah Fawcett
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/farrah-fawcett-hairstyle-photos_n_3491827
Now in your table groups, discuss the following questions, going around the table for each question
so everyone's ideas are shared. (This is part of your listening and speaking grade--conversation is
required ;)
a. if you were to choose a single word that conveys the most meaning for you in the poem, what is it and why
does it stand out for you?
b. What do you think is the purpose of the multiple back and forth ideas in the poem, e.g. erect and bent, stern and kind,
withhold and extend, loud and soft, old and young?
c. in the line "But oh the rough dark Other music!" why do you think the word "other" is capitalized, and what
do you think is its meaning?
d. What do you think is the meaning of the line "The natural Respect of Self and Seal!"
3. "Where are You From" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAv5ttax2I
4. Now go to Study Sync and complete all parts of the assignment for "Where are You From?"
(district email, 9 dot square, McGraw Hill, launch Study Sync, click on assignment).
Read prompts carefully and use integrated quote support for any questions that ask for
textual evidence.
5. Read in The Sun is Also a Star pages 202-217 (THROUGH "Natasha Kingsley, a Daughter's History")
Homework:
a. finish the above
* Everyone will need a College Board Account for the PSAT on Wednesday. If you've taken/are taking an AP class,
you should already have one, but make sure you have an account before this coming Wednesday.
Go to https://www.collegeboard.org
It's recommended that you use a private email rather than a school email, since this account will follow you through
your high school career, but if you change schools or move, you wont be able to continue to use current school
email.
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g2fbd68b18ed_4_0
10/18 Friday Block
1 Study Sync: "Fate Slew Him" -- complete the work, use one piece of integrated quote support
per "Think" question when asked for evidence, follow word count for writing assignment.
2. Study Sync "Luck is not Chance"
3. Read in The Sun is also a Star pages 218-248 (Through "Daniel")
Homework:
a. finish above
10/21 Monday Block
1. PSAT video prep
2. Study Sync "A Raisin in the Sun" SS TV
3. Study Sync "A Raisin in the Sun"Think" responses
4. Read in SAS --finish the novel
5. SAS film
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Essay prep--come up with a thematic thesis sentence for SAS and post to GC.
Remember a thematic thesis sentence needs the title, type of work (novel), and author's full name,
as well as a message of the book stated without mention of character names or events--see
thematic thesis statements review on "References" section of class web page
College essay writing workshop Thursday:
10/25 Friday Block
1. SAS film
2. SAS--on a new document, give your thesis, and underneath the thesis your three claims, each in it's own
sentence, numbered 1 for thesis, 2 for claim 1, 3 for claim 2, and 4 for claim 3, double spaced.
3. Now find three quotes, one to back each claim, and underneath the claim it goes with, write the one sentence
quote, not integrated--just the one sentence quote (and not 2-3 sentences...one sentence)
post to GC
Homework:
a. vocab 1 quiz
b. finish above
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g2fbd68b18ed_4_0
10/28 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1 quiz
2. SAS film
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 2
*bring print out of your thesis, 3 claims and 3 quotes next class
10/30 Wednesday Block
1. Essay on SAS
Homework:
a. vocab 1-2 quiz next week
b. read in The Odyssey "The Voyage" and "The Cyclops" (through page 750)
quiz next class
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.p
11/4 Monday Traditional
1. caaspp
2. vocab 1-2 quiz
3. Read pages 752-766 in The Odyssey:
Homework:
a. finish above
b. study vocab 1-3
11/6 Wednesday Block
1. Watch the Odyssey videos below and take some notes on each and post to GC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9FQxcCAZ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVo225pUaSA
2. Now watch the film version of the Odyssey (watch until time stamp 1: 01, where Odysseus is going to
find Circe): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_l12WM_KM&t=3646s
3. Read further in the Odyssey, pages 766-775
Homework:
a. finish above
b. read through the question and response about Circe:
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
11/8 Friday Block
1. Study Sync: Black Ships Before Troy
2. Study Sync: Literary History: the Epic and the Epic Hero
3. Read in Odyssey through page 782
Homework:
a. vocab 1-3 quiz
11/13 Wednesday Block
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Odyssey film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_l12WM_KM&t=3646s
3. Finish reading the Odyssey (783-791):
Homework:
a. study vocab 4--1-4 quiz next week
b. Odyssey exam coming soon...study
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p
11/15 Friday Block
1. Odyssey Film
2. Study Sync: No Man's Land: One Man's Odyssey Through the Odyssey
3. John Green Odyssey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4jk5kavy4&t=617s
Homework:
a. vocab quiz 1-4
b. read through the Odyssey themes: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/themes/
c. be finishing your ORB
11/18 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-4 quiz
2. Watch the following videos, take notes from each, and post notes to GC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-AoKE42rw
(know the big basics--titan's vs. gods, special attention to anything related to the Iliad/Odyssey--Athena,
Troy, etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNCQ9w59I7M
(know gods/demigods/heroes; special attention to anything related to the Iliad/Odyssey--Athena,
Troy, etc., what the pantheon tells us about the Greeks)
Homework:
a. finish above
b. begin study of vocab 5
c. work on ORB due before winter break---see details in the document to right
11/20 Wednesday Block
1. Odyssey film
2. for the following videos, take notes and post to GC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4w_yNlE1g
The 12 Olympian Gods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-wZOZyTrs
Where did they Go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7F16sC860s
Greek Gods Family Tree
Homework:
a. finish above
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g2fbd68b18ed_4_0
11/22 Friday Block
1. Open the doc to the right, read instructions, and begin work; post what you have to GC at end of class period
2. Now read Tennyson's poem about Odysseus, "Ulysses": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses
and write a longish paragraph telling how:
a. how Ulysses/Odysseus sees himself as a hero
b. how the poet sees a less-than-heroic version of the character---
use quote support from the poem to back your ideas
Homework:
a. none
12/2 Monday Traditional
1. Read about the Trojan war--the precursor to the Odyssey, and take some notes for yourself, particularly about
any characters you meet in the Odyssey and the basic reason for the war that takes Odysseus so far from home:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/myth-trojan-war
2. Read through these examples pf personal narratives to see what they are like
Narrative writing--read these examples:
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-consider-yourself-a-disabled-person
Homework
a. study for vocab 1-5 second block this week
b. be studying Odyssey material for exam
c. be working on ORB
12/4 Wednesday Block
1. CAASPP
2. Read through these links to see how to effectively write different aspects of a personal narrative essay:
Show vs. Tell: https://jerryjenkins.com/show-dont-tell/
Character Development: https://writers.com/character-development-definition
Dialogue writing: https://www.thenovelry.com/blog/writing-dialogue
3. Now, watch this video, and write down the 8 points you'll need for your story arc, and write (handwritten
on a paper you can hand in to me next period) your story arc--the blueprint you'll use to tell your story)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HEqI3pJIM
(one sentence for each of the 8 points, no more)
Homework:
a. finish above--story arc due next class--in essay category
b. vocab quiz next class (1-5)
c. be working on ORB
d. study for Odyssey Exam for finals before winter break
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/myth-trojan-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4w_yNlE1g
The 12 Olympian Gods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-wZOZyTrs
Where did they Go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7F16sC860s
Greek Gods Family Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-AoKE42rw
(know the big basics--titan's vs. gods, special attention to anything related to the Iliad/Odyssey--Athena,
Troy, etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNCQ9w59I7M
(know gods/demigods/heroes; special attention to anything related to the Iliad/Odyssey--Athena,
Troy, etc., what the pantheon tells us about the Greeks)
Study Sync: No Man's Land: One Man's Odyssey Through the Odyssey
Black Ships Before Troy
Epic Heroes
John Green Odyssey video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4jk5kavy4&t=617s
Film version of Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_l12WM_KM&t=3646s
Odyssey text:
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
12/6 Friday Block
1. vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Type your narrative and submit to GC (you will have one class day to add bells and whistles, but a complete draft
must be submitted by end of class today.
Homework:
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study
b. ORB--due before winter break
c. study vocab 6, quiz Monday
12/9 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. Read through each section, and consider where in your narrative you will add such details/refinements
(don't forget the items from agenda date 12/4 as well)
setting: https://www.meetmotif.com/blog/setting-of-a-story
figurative language: https://frictionlit.org/mastering-figurative-language-a-guide-to-metaphors-similes-and-analogies/?srsltid=AfmBOoqQof8VQum6xwrrcLOZXptI3ROo3rprxw1fhoAtJXPNNIRnuTIh
character development (different than 12/4): https://jerryjenkins.com/character-development/
showing vs. telling (different into than 12/4): https://frictionlit.org/show-and-tell-why-you-should-show-not-tell/
3. Now read about how to punctuate dialogue
(note: on their rule # 3..it says you do not have to start a paragraph with a direct quote---ignore this one item.
It makes it very difficult to choose paragraph breaks correctly when you are first learning dialogue, so start
with training wheels: for now, ALWAYS start with the dialogue of a new speaker.)
https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/how-to-write-dialogue/dialogue-rules-punctuation/
Homework.
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study
b. ORB--due before winter break
c. study vocab 7, quiz 1-7 Monday
*you'll be adding your bells and whistles to narrative first block this week...be thinking about where you will
add refinements to your narrative
Don't forget tutoring center at lunch H207 if you need essay help, study help, etc.!
12/11 Wednesday Block
1. Essay revision--make it your best ;)
1000 min--1200 max word count
Homework:
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study
b. ORB--due before winter break
c. study vocab 7, quiz 1-7 Monday
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g2fbd68b18ed_4_0
12/13 Friday Block
1. Choose a partner or group of 3--(four is too large a group)
2. Trade narratives with your partner
3. Then read your partner's narrative, and type up the following feedback for them
(and post your feedback to GC as well)
cut and paste these questions into a doc and answer each one:
a. did you like the story? why or why not?
b. what do YOU think is the life lesson?
c. Are their character's well-developed (i.e. can you see clear differences in the personalities of the various
characters...and for this question, tell them where in the story you saw the different personalities...did you
see it in certain lines of dialogue? or were a character's reactions described in away that conveys personality?
d. was the dialogue used to do more than just add dialogue or just move the story forward...did you
get hints about character's personalities through seeing what they said?
e. did they show or tell the life lesson (if they explain it anywhere, especially at the end, they are telling
instead of showing?
f. if they show the life lesson, is the life lesson clear enough? If not, what could they SHOW to make it clearer?
g. Is there a new paragraph indent every time a new speaker of dialogue says something?
h. are there at least two places in story where there is some figurative language, and are those examples fresh
and original or are they cliches you've heard before?
i. Is there a place n the story where they describe a setting in such a way that it conveys the appropriate
mood for that place in the story?
4. When finished, use the remaining time to revise/refine your story
*you may keep your story arc at this point
Homework:
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study
b. ORB--due before winter break
c. study vocab 7, quiz 1-7 Monday
Note* at this point, feel free to work on essay as needed---you'll have part of period Monday, and all period first block;
due end of first block
12/16 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-7 quiz
2. Exam tips---things you should be sure to know
why was Greece at war with Troy
who's who (what are they known for, which side of the war are they on if applicable:
Paris, Menelaus, Helen, Apollo, Achilles, Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Athena,
Zeus, Poseidon, Polyphemus, Circe, Calypso, Hermes, Tiresias, Scylla, Charybdis, Artemis
what are "jimson weed" and "snowdrop" and how do these plants relate to the Odyssey?
how does Odysseus defeat Cyclops?
what does Odysseus do to screw up his victory over Cyclops?
what is the cost to Odysseus for defeating Cyclops?
What are Circe and Calypso known for?
what happens with the Trojan horse?
why did most of the Greeks never make it home from the war (not just Odysseus and his men)?
what happens in the Isle of the Lotus Eaters?
what happens in the encounter with the Sirens?
what advice does Tiresias give Odysseus?
what happens between Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope when Odysseus returns home?
what language was the Odyssey written in (hint: may be a trick question--think ;)
what is a Rhapsode?
what is Xenia?
what other epic is the Odyssey a sequel to?
major themes n Odyssey
how/why did the Greek Pantheon deities disappear?
3. Revise/refine essay
Homework:
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study and today's date for tips
b. ORB--due this Friday
ORB example and details:
Fictional interview on non-fiction topic. Remember that though you are writing fiction
(made up interviews) you need to reveal the facts you learned from the book you read.
You can use direct quotes for your answers if you cite author and page number, but quotes from the
book are not necessary.
Start with an MLA citation for the book you chose at top of the page.
Underneath that, write your interview/s (if your book had multiple subjects, you can choose perhaps
the most important 3-4 for a group interview)
Single space individual speakers words, double space between them, and double space your heading
and the MLA citation for the book.
Cite the information from book you use in the interviewee's words, whether quoted or paraphrased
e.g. (Rainford 42).
Should be approximately 1000 words total, and should cover the important points of your outside reading book
e.g.:
Kendi, Ibram and Keisha Blain. Four Hundred Souls: a Community History of African America, 1619-2019.
New York, One World, 2021.
John Doe, interviewer: What did you learn from your research?
Casey Smith, interviewee: Through reading Roland Fryer, I learned that though blacks aren't killed by police more often than whites, they are subjected to more violence when being arrested (Kendi and Blain 142).
Looking for last minute help/advice on your final essay? See the English Honor Society tutoring day:
12/18 Wednesday Block
1. Essay revisions--final essay due midnight tonight
2. ORB - check details and formatting; due Friday
3. Study for Odyssey final exam next class
Homework:
a. study for Odyssey Exam--see agenda date 12/4 for detailed list for final study and 12/16 date for detailed tips
b. ORB--due this Friday--see 12/16 for details
c. Essay due midnight tonight
*want last minute advice on your narrative? see English honors essay tutoring today:
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
12/20 Friday Block
1. Odyssey Exam
Homework:
a. ORB due midnight tonight
Have a nice winter break!
1/6 Monday Traditional
1. Study Sync Benchmark 2
Homework:
a. check out from the library before next class: The Life of Frederick Douglass: a Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey
from Bondage to Freedom.
b. finish study sync Benchmark 2
c. vocab 8 quiz next Monday
* Due to the school closure dates, if you haven't taken the Odyssey final, it will be first block this coming week; if you need to make up the last caaspp, first block class as well.
1/13 Monday Traditional
1. Watch Digital Literacy videos # 0 - # 1
Digital Literacy # 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4aNmdL3Hr0&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU
Digital Literacy # 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLlv2o6UfTU&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=2
Now study the notes on these videos to the right, and complete the exercise and post to GC
Homework:
a. check out and bring to next class The Life of Frederick Douglass: a Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey
from Bondage to Freedom.
b. Finish above work
*vocab quiz on 1-8 second block this week
*final exam make ups or redos first block this week
Please help your fellow AP Research students and complete the survey at the link: https://forms.gle/MMQY6LyBBzCYQDhS6
1/15 Wednesday Block
1. exam makeups
2. Digital Literacy video # 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZsaA0w_0z0&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=3
3. now with table mates, evaluate the claims in the meme and write findings on a document:
-
The Truth about Breonna Taylor
--she wasn’t an EMT, she was terminated in 2017
--she was knee-deep in criminal/drug dealing activities w/her ex boyfriend
--she was on jailhouse recordings running drugs for her ex boyfriend
--she was under surveillance for months running drugs
--she was on the warrant as was her car & her apartment
--the officers did in fact knock and announce despite obtaining a “no-knock” exception
on the warrant
--Breonnas [sic] boyfriend fired at officers striking an officer—officers fired back and
Breonna took the shots. She was NOT asleep in her bed
@thecorinnetatum
4. Now compare what you found with the information in the article to the right---for any item in
the meme that the information your team found was different from the article, make a note of
that on your original document and post to GC.
5. Read in your lit book (Life of Frederick Douglass) chapter 1 (p. 5-15) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What was Douglass' relationship to his mother?
b. Who raised him?
c. Moving to "the Big House" brought both goo and bad changes--what were they?
d. Why does Douglass think his grandmother didn't explain why he was there or say goodbye to him?
e. Who does Douglass suspect is his father?
f. What is the difference between a slave and an indentured servant? (for this one, see:
g. What was "Bacon's Rebellion" (if you need some additional input, see https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html
h. In what ways was Bacon's rebellion both a "win" and a "loss" for racial togetherness?
i. What was the negative outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?
j. Which group in Pennsylvania passed a law against slavery in 1688 in what is known as the Germantown Protest?
k. The Quakers were a Christian sect who came to believe slavery was wrong--read the article linked here
and explain WHY/what grounds the Quakers passed this new law? https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/journey-emancipation-germantown-protest-1688
l. What did the "Negro Act" of 1740 do?
m. Which best selling book offered a scathing indictment against slavery and changed the racist thinking of many?
n. The above mentioned book (in m.) though a powerful antislavery force at the time, has since been criticized by many
in the black community for it's portrayal of the character "Uncle Tom" -- why? See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom
o. When did President Lincoln declare all slaves "forever free":
p. What is the 13th Amendment?
Homework:
a. finish all above work
b. study vocab--1-8 quiz Wednesday next week
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.p
1/17 Friday Block
1. Digital Literacy # 3 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoQG6Tin-1E&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=4
2. Read through the video notes and complete the companion assignment and post to GC
3. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 2 (p. 16-31) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. Where and in what circumstances did Douglass sleep in the Big House?
b. How does Aunt Katy punish Douglass?
c. Who unexpectedly shows up to come to Douglass' defense?
d. How many miles did the person in question "c" have to walk in one day (total to and from) to visit Douglass?
e. What does this visit do for Douglass' spirit and sense of self-worth?
f. What does Douglass say is one of the greatest evils of slavery, and how does this directly impact
Douglass and his family (see p. 20)
g. Who helps Douglass when he's badly injured, and what is this persona's relationship to Douglass?
h. Who is Daniel Llloyd, and why does Douglass spend so much time with him?
i. How does Douglass learn the speaking skills of diction and articulation even though Blacks were
forbidden an education?
j. What does Douglass say is the foundation of slavery? (p. 24)
k. When Douglass is awakened by screaming, what is the cause, who is involved, and what was the reason for the
punishment?
l. For what reason could a white owner kill a black slave legally?
m. What family event introduces Douglass to the concepts of freedom and escape?
n. Where does Captain Anthony send Douglass?
o. Who are Douglass' new masters, and what is Douglass' job for them?
p. What changes occur in Douglass' life under this new ownership?
q. Where is Douglass sent when Captain Anthony dies?
r. Who becomes Douglass' new legal owner, and where does she send him?
Homework:
a. Study for vocab 1-8 quiz first block next week.
b. Study digital literacy material for exam second week of new semester.
c. Finish all above work
survey: https://forms.gle/AcKiR3qzuhhAAqoW8
1/23 Wednesday Block
1. vocab 1-8 quiz
2. Digital Literacy # 4 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93pM-b97HI&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=5
3. Read the notes and complete the companion work for dig lit # 4:
Post to GC.
4. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 3 (p. 32-52 ) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What is one of the most effective methods of keeping a slave "in their place"?
b. What did Miss Sophia read to Douglass and her son Tommy?
c. Why does Miss Sophia agree to teach Douglass to read when she shouldn't according to slave masters?
d. When Douglass master scolds Sophia for teaching Douglass to read, the master inadvertently gives Douglass
the key to his eventual freedom...what is it? (p.36)
e. What does Douglass do with his money to make himself "unfit to be a slave"?
f. What is life like for Douglass when he is transferred back to Thomas Auld?
g. What is Douglass referring to when he says "Not all who read learn, not all who learn understand, and not
all who understand care"? Explain.
h. Why is the black Sunday School shut down?
i. What is Covey--the man to whom Auld sends Douglass for a year, known for?
j. When Douglass hides in the woods, what does Sandy Jenkins give him to protect him from beatings?
k. Another slave (Bill) is asked to help Covey and his cousin in a fight with Douglass--what is Bill's response?
l. What is the end result of the fight (how does Covey's treatment of Douglass change)?
Homework:
a. finish above
b. study vocab 9: 1-9 quiz first block next week
c. Study digital literacy material for exam second week of new semester.
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
1/24 Friday Block
1. Digital Literacy # 5 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih4dY9i9JKE&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=6&t=5s
2. Complete the companion assignment for Digital Literacy # 5
and post to GC:
3. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 4 (p. 53-73 ) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What kind of master is the man Douglass was rented out to after his time with Covey, and what was his name?
b. What three things does Douglass plan to teach his students in Sunday School?
c. What two questions does Douglass ask his fellow slaves (p. 55)?
d. What was Douglass' to provide for their escape plan? (p. 57)
e. What do Douglass and his friends feel the day they planned to escape? (p. 58)
f. In what way did their feelings turn out to be prophetic?
g. What do the slavers plan to find as evidence of the escape attempt?
h. What does Henry Harris defiance enable Douglass to do?
i. Who is the last to be freed from prison?
j. What does master Thomas offer Douglass, and what does Douglass think of the offer?
k. What sort of job is Douglass apprenticed to?
l. How is he treated by the white apprentices?
m. Did Master Hugh try to stop what was happening to Douglass at the ship yard, and was he successful?
n. Why does Douglass refuse to marry when he finds a free black woman he wants to build a family with?
o. Where does Douglass end up a free man?
Homework:
a. finish above
b. study vocab 9: 1-9 quiz first day next week
c. Study digital literacy material for exam second week of new semester.
Please help our AP Research students and take the survey on birth order and success:
https://forms.gle/MdEQArZZXqFRusAcA.
1/28 Tuesday Traditional
1. vocab 1-9 quiz
2. Digital Literacy Video # 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxhbOvR2TGk&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=7
3. Now read Digital Literacy # 6 notes and complete the companion assignment and post to GC:
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Study digital literacy material for exam second week of new semester.
1/30 Finals Schedule
1. Digital Literacy # 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7uvqb8fcdA&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w00W_UPLhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUFiwga860
2. Digital Literacy # 7 companion work:
3. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 5 (p. 74-99 ) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What are the two groups of people William Dixon warns Douglass about, and for what reasons?
b. Where does Douglass sleep for the first night?
c. What are the "new masters deep within" Douglass that he refuses to bow to...explain (p. 76)
d. Who does Douglass reach out to for help?
e. What two organizations does David Ruggles belong to?
f. After Douglass marries, where is it suggested he go to for a job in a safer location?
g. What is the primary business in New Bedford? (p. 80)
h. Which prominent members of New Bedford black community take in Douglass and his wife?
i. Where does Douglass' new name (Douglass) given to him by Nathan Johnson, come from originally?
j. Why is Douglass unable to find the skilled work that would pay better?
k. What new developments happen in the Douglass' lives? (p. 84) -- list both the financial./work developments
and the family developments:
l. What was The Liberator?
m. In addition to the evils of slavery, what did Douglass speak out against?
n. Who invites Douglass to an antislavery convention in Nantucket?
o. At the convention, what is Douglass able to share that helped the audience see more clearly how important
abolitionism was? (look at the audience in the picture on p. 90--what do you notice?)
p. What new position does Douglass take that takes him away from his family to some degree?
q. What famous quote of Edmund Burke's does Douglass use to encourage his fellow abolitionist after
Douglass was beaten again? (p. 95)
r. What decision does Douglass make that puts him in even greater danger?
s. Where does Douglass decide to go for his and his family's safety?
t. Explain the importance of photography to Douglass:
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Study digital literacy material for exam second week of new semester.
2/3 Monday Traditional
1. Digital Literacy # 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiND50qfCek&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=9
2. Read through Digital Literacy # 8 notes and complete companion assignment
and post to GC:
3. Frederick Douglass video: Amend: The Fight for America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4TUQ4THIE
Homework:
a. Finish the above Digital Literacy work--be studying dig lit material for coming exam
2/5 Wednesday Block
1. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 6 (p.100-103 ) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. How is Douglass received differently in England, Ireland, and Scotland than in the US?
b. What do Ellen and Anna Richardson come up with the enable Douglass to safely return home to the
US to continue the fight for freedom?
2. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 7 (p. 104-127 ) then answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What new endeavor does Douglass decide upon?
b. Why is Douglass newspaper named The North Star?
(see: https://www.loc.gov/collections/frederick-douglass-newspapers/about-this-collection/
c. Who is the white abolitionist that wants to meet Douglass?
d. What new idea does this man suggest for furthering the cause of abolitionism?
e. What convention is Douglass invited to?
f. What does this convention cause Douglass to begin speaking out for?
g. What was the Missouri Compromise?
h. What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
i. Where do northern blacks begin to flee to?
j. How do Douglass and Garrison see the Constitution differently?
k. What was a “stationmaster”?
l. What famous underground railroad figure does Douglass meet? (p. 114)
m. Why does John Brown’s activism divide abolitionists?
n. What happens at Harper’s Ferry, and how does this impact Douglass?
o. What happens to John Brown?
p. What happens to Douglass’ daughter Annie while he’s out of the country?
q. What was the Three-Fifth’s Compromise?
r. What was the Emancipation Proclamation, and when was its instituted?
3. Frederick Douglass video: Amend: The Fight for America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4TUQ4THIE
watch only until time stamp 20:45 and take notes--save to add to later
Homework:
a. finish above
b. be studying dig lit material for coming exam
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_21
2/7 Friday Block
1. Counseling visits for next year's planning
2. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass chapter 8 (p. 128-155 ) then answer these questions--save your work
today and we'll finish on Monday in class:
a. Why does Douglass come to see Lincoln as the candidate to support despite Lincoln’s ambivalence?
b. What event started the war between the Union and the Secessionists?
c. What does Douglass mean by the following: “They fight with the soft white hand, while they keep
their black iron hand chained behind their back.” (P. 130)
d. What was Lincolns original thinking about what to do with the slaves if they were freed? (p. 131)
e. What does Lincoln ultimately do about the slaves?
f. To support the war efforts, what does Lincoln eventually decide about using black soldiers?
g. How does Douglass help recruit blacks for the war? (p. 133)
h. Who are the first two blacks to enlist in the state of New York?
i. How were the black soldiers treated by the Union?
j. What happened to black soldiers taken prisoner by the Confederacy?
k. What is Edward’s Stanton’s response to Douglass’ complaints about treatment of the black soldiers?
l. How long does Douglass have to wait for an audience with Lincoln?
m. What is the one thing Douglass asked for Lincoln agreed to? (p. 140)
n. How did Douglass feel about how he’d been treated by Lincoln? (p. 141)
o. What paperwork is Douglass given, and what paperwork fails to materialize?
p. What two ideas does Douglass say drives the South in the war?
q. Who requests Douglass come to visit?
r. What is Lincoln’s concern for the future given he expects to lose the election? (p. 146)
s. What does Lincoln ask Douglass to put in writing for him?
t. Whose tactics were included in these plans? (p. 148)
u. What two events turned the tide of the war and the election without more black troops? (p. 149)
v. What happens when Douglass attempts to attend Lincoln’s inaugural reception? (p. 152-153)
w. What event prevented Lincoln and Douglass from working further together?
x. What gift does Mary Todd Lincoln send Douglass and why?
Homework
a. no homework this weekend--save your in class work and we'll finish Monday
2/10 Monday Traditional
1. Begin study of semester 2 vocabulary; cumulative quizzes weekly; you'll spell, define, and use words in a
sentence; this week's words begin with "favorable" from week 1 semester 2.
2. Finish chapter 8 work on The Life of Frederick Douglass and post to GC (questions on 2/7 agenda date).
3. Digital Literacy # 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tw44SkkXQg
4. Read through Digital Literacy Video # 9 notes and complete the companion assignment
and post to GC:
Homework:
a. Finish above work
c. study digital literacy notes for coming exam
2/12 Wednesday Block
1. Digital Literacy # 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YKW6fhlss
2. Read through the notes and complete the companion assignment for Digital Literacy # 10
and post to GC--study for exam second block next week
3. Read in The Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 9 through Epilogue (p. 156-73 ) then answer these questions
and post to GC-
Chapter 9
a. Why is Douglass faced with sadness (other than over Lincoln’s death)?
b. What about the new president (Andrew Johnson) gives Douglass purpose again?
c. Who does Douglass include in his list of those considered less than human? (p. 159)
d. Which two freedom movements were tied together according to Douglass? (p. 159)
e. What drove a rift between Douglass and the prominent women in the women’s suffrage movement? (p. 159)
f. When Douglass visits Auld, what does Auld tell him about his father? (hint—look at the picture of
the two men holding hands) (p. 164)
g. What new loss does Douglass face?
Epilogue
a. What social norm does Douglass defy toward the end of his life? (p. 169)
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. Study for exam on Life of Frederick Douglass second block next week--multiple choice based on
questions and answers
c. Be studying digital literacy material for exam week after next
* if you took the academic vocab exam for the first time this week and earned a D-F, you can retake for a higher grade
lunches either Tuesday or Wednesday this coming week
2/14 Friday Block
1. Read the story, come up with a thematic thesis (a hidden message) and 3 claims that will
help prove the thesis is in the story---the 3 claims can either each prove the thesis by itself,
or the claims can work in 3 steps to prove the thesis. Post ideas to GC--check
tomorrow for comments as to whether your thesis and claims will work--adjust
and email me if needed (you cant gather quotes until your thesis and claims are approved)
Here's a llnk to audio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nz1v4e5dh5NjxMOSrpswl
2. You will need 9 total quotes (one sentence of quote for each, not two sentences or paragraphs)
for this paper...find 3 quotes per claim and post to GC.
3. Look at the outline format for a 5 paragraph paper:
Homework:
a. vocab quiz next class
b. Life of Frederick Douglass exam next class---you were sent tips in email
c. study for digital literacy exam week after next
2/19 Wednesday Block
1. Frederick Douglass Exam
2. Study Sync: "I Am Scout" (if for some reason you don't have access, send me an email and go on to next
assignment for now). If new to class:
Go to your district email
Click on 9 dot square upper right
Click on McGraw-Hill
Click on Launch study sync/open study sync (make sure to click on all the tabs for the assignment...think, write, etc.)
3. Now on your essay outline, plug in short, simple sentences to complete the outline of the intro and body paragraphs
only, NOT the conclusion...the goal is NOT to write it yet---this is an outline only, and if it is complex and or has
sophisticated vocabulary you'll have to redo it.
Post the completed outline to the new assignment on GC.
Homework:
a. vocab quiz next class
b begin study of vocab week 2
c. digital literacy exam next week
d. submit new outline to GC by midnight Thursday
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_21
2/21 Friday Block
1. Step Performance in PAEC--leave backpacks and phones in class
2. Vocab 1 quiz
Homework:
a. vocab 1-2 quiz Monday
2/24 Monday Traditional
one-on-one counseling sessions today
1. Vocab 1-2 quiz
2. Read chapters 1-2 of To Kill a Mockingbird (books available in library for you to check out, but in meantime
use this): https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
3. For TKAM (To Kill a Mockingbird) you'll be doing lit circles with your table mates (some new seats are assigned)
each day, you'll be assigned a new part from the sheets at the link below...however we'll only be using some of these
tasks--ONLY these: https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
Questioner/Discussion Director
Literary Luminary
Researcher
Connector
(if your group has only 3 members, leave out the connector's role and do the first three only)
Each day, you'll cut and paste the assigned sheet into a google doc, fill it out, submit to GC and email a link to table
mates. These will be graded...if you want a good grade, do a good job ;)
Each day, you'll go around the table and present what you have.
Each day, your team will vote on the most important/interesting thing discovered, and that person will share that
information with the whole class.
Once you have your assigned table mates, decide between you who will cover each for chapters 1-2;
have chapters 1-2 ready for class tomorrow.
Homework:
a. Finish TKAM ch 1-2 assignments
b. begin study of vocab 3
c. print out your essay outline and bring to class for use in writing the paper Wednesday--no print out, you'll have to write without an outline.
d. Digital Literacy Exam second block this week.
2/26 Wednesday Block
1. Essay writing
2. Lit Circles--each person share around the table, discussion leader make sure everyone participates,
post your doc to GC and share link with table mates, assign next 2 chapters student roles (3-4)
https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
Homework:
a. digital literacy exam next class
b. study vocab 1-3
c. read TKAM ch. 3-4 and complete assigned lit circle role sheet
https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?usp=sharing
2/27 Friday Block
1. Digital Literacy Exam
2. Lit Circles--ch. 3-4
each person share around the table, discussion leader make sure everyone participates,
post your doc to GC ; we'll assign the next two chapters and do the lit circles next week since the exam took so long
https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
Homework:
a. vocab 1-3 quiz Monday
b. finish above work
Exam redos: If you earned a D-F on Frederick Douglass or Digital Lit p.1, you can retry to bring score up:
Douglass on Tuesday support (score of 50 or less can retry to bring to 51)
Digital Lit on Wednesday support (p. 1 score of 55 or less can retry to bring to 56;
p. 2 score of 11 or less can retry to bring to 12)
3/3 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Lit Circles TKAM ch. 3-4 team review
3. Assign next roles for chapters 5-6 TKAM due next class
4. Essay writing
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 4
b. see exam redo options agenda date 2/27 if needed
c. finish above work
Exam redos: If you earned a D-F on Frederick Douglass or Digital Lit p.1, you can retry to bring score up:
Douglass on Tuesday support (score of 50 or less can retry to bring to 51)
Digital Lit on Wednesday support (p. 1 score of 55 or less can retry to bring to 56;
p. 2 score of 5 or less can retry to bring to 10)
3/5 Wednesday Block
1. Lit Circles TKAM ch. 5-6--post work to GC--we'll review with tablemates next class...no new assignments today
2. Finish essay draft, type up and submit to GC
Text: https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Lit circle sheets: https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
Homework:
a. finish above work
b. be studying vocab 1-4
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_21
Note digital lit p. 2 makeups lunch Wednesday only, can bring up to 10 of 15 if you earned a 5
3/7 Friday Block
1. Review quote integration:
a. power point:
b. video Quote integration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl2oDtVY69U
(stop at time stamp 5:12 since we only want to use method 1)
c. video Quote Integration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Wxs2u8yjk
(make sure to NOT use more than one sentence of quote, unlike the above video's suggestion)
2. TKAM 5-6 tablemate review and share--assign new roles for ch. 7-8 and work on these
3. Fix any quote integration issues, and check your MLA formatting (heading, pagination, citations,), get rid
of ANY first/second person usage (I, me, my, you, your, we, our, etc.) whether in quotes or not.
and create a works cited page....here's the information you'll need---but i;ts your job to go to
owl purdue MLA and find out how to create the works cited for a short story from a magazine:
story title" "Valedictorian"
author: N.K. Jemisin
published in Lightspeed Magazine
date: December 2014, issue number 55
see: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_periodicals.html and scroll to "article in a magazine"
Homework
a. finish above--have any quote integration issues fixed by Friday night (tonight)--then do not
add any work to the essay Saturday---you can resume work on it Sunday
b. study vocab 1-4 quiz Monday
c. Do tonight and email me--caaspp secure browser installation:
Go to lvusd.orgClick on "for students"Click on "CA Secure Browser Installation Guide"- follow the directionsYour laptop (whether it's the school's or your personal one) MUST HAVE the secure browser downloaded. We will be doing state testing soon and you have to have that browser. If you are unable to download it, for whatever reason, contact me and go to the media center to ask for help.
3/10 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab quiz
2. caaspp download completion
3. TKAM lit circles 7-8 due to GC, discuss with tablemates and assign next role for lit circles 9-10
Text: https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Lit circle sheets: https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
4. work on essay revisions--final essay with works cited page due Friday
Homework:
a. work on essay revisions--final due Friday with works cited page
3/12 Wednesday Block
1. Essay MLA review and first/second person
2. Lit Circles ch. 9-10--review work, share with class, and assign roles for 11-12
Text: https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Lit circle sheets: https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
3. Work on reading 11-12 and completing your lit circle role sheet
Homework:
a. Completed draft of essay with works cited page due Friday to GC
b. Lit circle work due next class
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_0
3/14 Friday Block
1. Lit Circles meet, share, post role sheets for 11-12 to GC and assign new roles for ch. 13-14
Text: https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Lit circle sheets: https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
2. Read ch. 13-14 and work on role sheets
3. Revise essay--final draft due tonight with works cited page
Homework:
a. vocab 1-5 quiz next class
b. finish above
c. choose a fictional ORB from the DEI section of our library or a diversity/equity/inclusion themed
fictional work from elsewhere--do NOT purchase a book without clearing it with me first...
email me your choice or bring it and show me next week, and begin reading (you will not
be allowed to choose a book below your reading level or a book that is a core selection
for any grade level in LVUSD, so you need to get choice approved before reading).
d. Final essay draft due midnight tonight, one grade reduction for each day late.
3/17 Monday Block--Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!
1. Vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Lit Circles ch. 13-14 due--review with tablemates, post to GC, and assign roles for ch. 15-16
3. TKAM film
Homework:
a. study vocab 1-6
b. finish above work
3/18 Wednesday Block
1. Lit Circles 15-16 due-review with tablemates, share with class, and post to GC. Assign chapters
17-18 and 19-20.
2. TKAM Film
3. Find a fictional DEI work that you will read to write your final essay on and get it approved
(ask before making a purchase) get approved by end of next week---if you don't get approval,
you may find your final essay downgraded quite a bit...make sure you have what's required ;)
4. Essay research assignment--an argumentative paper on wolf reintroduction--find two sources
from JSTOR (Calabasas, Coyotes), create MLA citations for each source and take notes on
each source, writing down any quotes you may find helpful. Due Midnight Friday to GC.
For MLA citations for your journal articles, see the link and scroll down to "article in an online database"
Homework:
a. Finish above work (plan to post both 17-18 and 19-20 Monday)
b. vocab 1-6 quiz Monday
c. fictional DEI ORB due for approval next week
Meet in H209 for rest of semester
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_14
3/24 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. TKAM--post 17-18 and 19-20 role sheets to GC and review with tablemates; assign 21-22
Text:
https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XODFEs8Gspk
Chapter Summaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2kkEmg9tk&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BQgJalCAcWhmLgLtO-1GqQp
Lit circle sheets:
https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
Homework:
a. Finish above (21-22 role sheets due next class)
b. get ORB approved this week
choose a fictional ORB from the DEI section of our library or a diversity/equity/inclusion themed
fictional work from elsewhere--do NOT purchase a book without clearing it with me first...
email me your choice or bring it and show me next week, and begin reading (you will not
be allowed to choose a book below your reading level or a book that is a core selection
for any grade level in LVUSD, so you need to get choice approved before reading).
c. begin study of vocab 7
3/26 Wednesday Block
1. TKAM ch. 21-22--review with tablemates and post to GC, assign 23-24
2. Find two more JSTOR sources on wolf-reintroduction (make sure this time you find
material from both sides...if you have two sources against, find two in favor, and vice versa)
Create MLA citations, summarize, and give a few quotes from each source, and post to GC.
JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/
log in: Calabasas, Coyotes (case sensitive)
Owl Purdue MLA:
For MLA citations for your journal articles, see the link and scroll down to "article in an online database"
3. Read TKAM 23-24 and complete your assigned role sheet
Text:
https://www.raio.org/TKMFullText.pdf
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XODFEs8Gspk
Chapter Summaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2kkEmg9tk&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BQgJalCAcWhmLgLtO-1GqQp
Lit circle sheets:
https://www.ipadlitcircles.com/uploads/1/0/6/6/10664962/lit_circles.role_sheets.pdf
4. TKAM film
Homework:
a. finish above
b. get ORB approved this week
choose a fictional ORB from the DEI section of our library or a diversity/equity/inclusion themed
fictional work from elsewhere--do NOT purchase a book without clearing it with me first...
email me your choice or bring it and show me next week, and begin reading (you will not
be allowed to choose a book below your reading level or a book that is a core selection
for any grade level in LVUSD, so you need to get choice approved before reading).
weekly announcements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_21
3/28 Friday Block
1. TKAM Lit circles--review 23-24 role sheets with teammates and post to GC--do not assign further role
sheets...finish reading TKAM during caaspp testing next week
2. Now it's time to find a few news sources...locate one conservative source (anti-reintroduction)
and one liberal source (pro-reintroduction); for each source, create an MLA style citation,
underneath include a summary of the article and underneath that a quote or two. Post to GC.
to determine which news sources are conservative/liberal, see the media chart:
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
to see how to create a citation for a new source, see:
scroll down to "article in a newspaper" follow the instructions, but at end of citation give
url and Accessed date.
3. TKAM film
Homework:
a. finish above
b. vocab 1-7 quiz Monday
c. bring laptops with secure browsers installed and plug in headphones if you have them all next week for caaspp testing
d. finish reading TKAM by end of next week
e. ORB selection due today///email me your choice or show me in class
3/31 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-7 quiz
2. Plan an outline for your argumentative paper on wolf re-introduction by
filling in the outline posted here--post what you get done in class today to GC
Homework:
a. Finish reading TKAM
b. begin study of vocab 8
c. Bring device with secure browser and plug in headphones if you have them all week for the caaspp
4/2 Wednesday Block
1. caaspp
Homework:
a. finish reading TKAM
WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kZQYQr0JoIWeKNpVnHi70VKJVhlaPKdLpYw0TRMxY9k/edit#slide=id.g327f5755e8a_0_21