Objective: Students
will be able to compete in a Jeopardy game to review the material learned in
English 1 and earn extra credit.
Do-Now: What
did you enjoy most about English class?
What did you enjoy least? What
suggestions do you have for improving next year’s English curriculum?
Today: 1) End of the Year Review Jeopardy! (Extra Credit for correct answers)
End of Year Review 1
End of Year Review 2
2) Brain Teasers CLICK HERE
3) Anagrams: The following are anagrams of the names of famous people (real or fictional.) Decode as many names as you can:
DEMON JABS
FINE IN TORN JEANS
YANKS BRAT
MERRY WARDROBE
HAM DIVED BACK
HE BUGS GORE
CAPE LOAN
CASUAL ANTS
CASUAL CISSY
ONLY I CAN THRILL
SWIM COLONEL
SCOWLER RULES
ERROR ON BIDET
SADLY I WENT
ELITE BRAIN NEST
GETS A BILL
BIG MELONS
I SPIN HARLOT
SO CHECK JAIL MAN
A BAD MAN NO LIES
TRY HERO PART
I RULE STAR JOB
LEAN WAR MISSILE
WEIRDO TOGS
I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Tuesday, June 10
Objective: Students will be able to correctly use pronouns in order to improve their writing. Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: List THREE ways this school could improve in order to help its students succeed.
Today: 1) Quiz on Pronouns
2) Finish watching "180 Days"
3) Continue to work on questions for "180 Days"
Exit Slip: Give your reactions to the ending of "180 Days."
Homework: Questions for "180 Days" Due TOMORROW!!!
Do-Now: List THREE ways this school could improve in order to help its students succeed.
Today: 1) Quiz on Pronouns
2) Finish watching "180 Days"
3) Continue to work on questions for "180 Days"
Exit Slip: Give your reactions to the ending of "180 Days."
Homework: Questions for "180 Days" Due TOMORROW!!!
Friday, June 6, 2014
Monday, June 9
Objective: Students will be able to correctly use pronouns in order to improve their writing. Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: List THREE things you feel this school does effectively to help students achieve.
Today: 1) Pronoun Forms: Practice 5 & 6
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Exit Slip: The documentary “180 Days” gives only a brief picture of what occurred in the lives of students and teachers during the school year. What do you believe made the editor choose to include what he included in the film and omit the rest?
Homework: Pronoun Quiz TOMORROW!!! "180 Days" Questions Due WEDNESDAY!!!
Do-Now: List THREE things you feel this school does effectively to help students achieve.
Today: 1) Pronoun Forms: Practice 5 & 6
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Exit Slip: The documentary “180 Days” gives only a brief picture of what occurred in the lives of students and teachers during the school year. What do you believe made the editor choose to include what he included in the film and omit the rest?
Homework: Pronoun Quiz TOMORROW!!! "180 Days" Questions Due WEDNESDAY!!!
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Friday, June 6
Objective: Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: FREE WRITE (Write 5-7 sentences about anything you want)
Today: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #5
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Homework: All Make-Up Work Due WEDNESDAY!!! Pronoun Quiz TUESDAY!!! Questions for "180 Days" Due WEDNESDAY!!!
Do-Now: FREE WRITE (Write 5-7 sentences about anything you want)
Today: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #5
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Homework: All Make-Up Work Due WEDNESDAY!!! Pronoun Quiz TUESDAY!!! Questions for "180 Days" Due WEDNESDAY!!!
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Thursday, June 5
Objective:
Students will be able to correctly use pronouns in order to improve their writing.
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Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: Practice Vocabulary Quiz #5
Today: 1) Pronoun Forms: Practices 3 & 4
2) Continue watching "180 Days)
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz #5 TOMORROW!!! All Make-Up Work Due MONDAY!!! Quiz on Pronouns TUESDAY!!! Questions for "180 Days" Due WEDNESDAY!!!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Wednesday, June 4
Objective:
Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Students will be able to correctly use pronouns in order to improve their writing.
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Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice #2: resilient, remit, revoke, primeval, subliminal
1) Would you describe a rubber band as resilient? Explain why or why not.
2) When do you usually remit your payment when you dine at a restaurant?
3) What might be a reason for having your driver's license revoked?
4) Other than dinosaurs, name another primeval animal.
5) Would you realize if someone were sending you a subliminal message? Explain why or why not.
HERE are some example of subliminal messages.
Today: 1) Pronoun Forms: Practice 1 and 2
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz on FRIDAY!!! Make-Up Work Due MONDAY!!! Pronoun Quiz TUESDAY!!!
1) Would you describe a rubber band as resilient? Explain why or why not.
2) When do you usually remit your payment when you dine at a restaurant?
3) What might be a reason for having your driver's license revoked?
4) Other than dinosaurs, name another primeval animal.
5) Would you realize if someone were sending you a subliminal message? Explain why or why not.
HERE are some example of subliminal messages.
Today: 1) Pronoun Forms: Practice 1 and 2
2) Continue watching "180 Days"
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz on FRIDAY!!! Make-Up Work Due MONDAY!!! Pronoun Quiz TUESDAY!!!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Tuesday, June 3
Objective:
Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Students will be able
to correctly use pronouns in order to improve their writing.
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Students will be able to evaluate the education system in America in order to determine if it is effective in helping students achieve.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice #1: annihilate expendable depression paradox delirium
1. Describe one theory for how dinosaurs were annihilated.
2. Which of your personal belongings do you feel is the LEAST expendable?
3. Do you believe our country is currently in a depression? Why or why not?
4. Would you call a cat who is afraid of mice, but not afraid of dogs a paradox? Explain.
5. Which famous author was in a state of delirium before he died? (HINT: He may have died from rabies.)
Today: 1) Introduction to "180 Days"
2) Class will begin watching "180 Days"
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz on FRIDAY!!! Discussion Questions for "180 Days" Due MONDAY!!! Pronoun Quiz on TUESDAY!!!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Monday, June 2
Objective: Students will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors and re-write the sentences as parallel.
Do-Now: Prepare for your Parallelism quiz. Make sure you have a pencil (sharpened) or a pen to write with and your desk is cleared off!!!
Today: 1) Quiz on Parallelism (You have 20 minutes to take this quiz! Make sure to follow ALL directions!)
2) Finish reading "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-4.
3) Watch Simpsons version of "A Sound of Thunder."
Exit Slip: What happens to Eckels at the end of the story? What is the cause of this final event? What TWO different meanings does the story's title, "A Sound of Thunder," have?
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz on Friday!!!
Do-Now: Prepare for your Parallelism quiz. Make sure you have a pencil (sharpened) or a pen to write with and your desk is cleared off!!!
Today: 1) Quiz on Parallelism (You have 20 minutes to take this quiz! Make sure to follow ALL directions!)
2) Finish reading "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-4.
3) Watch Simpsons version of "A Sound of Thunder."
Exit Slip: What happens to Eckels at the end of the story? What is the cause of this final event? What TWO different meanings does the story's title, "A Sound of Thunder," have?
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz on Friday!!!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Friday, May 30
Objective: Students will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors and re-write the sentences as parallel.
Do-Now: Parallelism: Test 1 and Test 4 (This is your PRACTICE quiz!!!)
Today: 1) Cause vs. Effect
2) Introduce style: the particular way a writer uses language. Style is created through diction (word choice) and sentence patterns.
3) Read "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-4.
Exit Slip: What happens to Eckels at the end of the story? What is the cause of this final event? What TWO different meanings does the story's title, "A Sound of Thunder," have?
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism on Monday, June 2!!! Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, June 6!!!
Do-Now: Parallelism: Test 1 and Test 4 (This is your PRACTICE quiz!!!)
Today: 1) Cause vs. Effect
2) Introduce style: the particular way a writer uses language. Style is created through diction (word choice) and sentence patterns.
3) Read "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-4.
Exit Slip: What happens to Eckels at the end of the story? What is the cause of this final event? What TWO different meanings does the story's title, "A Sound of Thunder," have?
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism on Monday, June 2!!! Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, June 6!!!
Thursday, May 29
Objective: Students will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors and re-write sentences as parallel. Students will be able to evaluate cause/effect relationships in order to determine how events interconnect with one another.
Do-Now: Parallelism: Test 3
Today: 1) Class will read second article on the MOVE Philadelphia bombing.
2) Cause vs. Effect
3) Evaluating Cause/Effect relationships in the MOVE bombing: What were some of the reasons the bomb was dropped? What effects did the bombing have on the members of MOVE and the surrounding community?
4) Copy New Vocabulary Words: annihilate, expendable, depression, paradox, delirium, resilient, remit, revoke, primeval, subliminal
5) Introduce style: the particular way a writer uses language. Style is created through diction (word choice) and sentence patterns.
6) Class will begin to read "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-2.
Exit Slip: Describe the style of writing the author uses in "A Sound of Thunder."
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism Monday, June 2!!! Vocabulary Quiz Friday, June 6!!!
Do-Now: Parallelism: Test 3
Today: 1) Class will read second article on the MOVE Philadelphia bombing.
2) Cause vs. Effect
3) Evaluating Cause/Effect relationships in the MOVE bombing: What were some of the reasons the bomb was dropped? What effects did the bombing have on the members of MOVE and the surrounding community?
4) Copy New Vocabulary Words: annihilate, expendable, depression, paradox, delirium, resilient, remit, revoke, primeval, subliminal
5) Introduce style: the particular way a writer uses language. Style is created through diction (word choice) and sentence patterns.
6) Class will begin to read "A Sound of Thunder" and complete Yellow Block questions #1-2.
Exit Slip: Describe the style of writing the author uses in "A Sound of Thunder."
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism Monday, June 2!!! Vocabulary Quiz Friday, June 6!!!
Wednesday, May 28
Objective: Students will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors and re-write sentences as parallel. Students will be able to evaluate primary and secondary sources in order to determine the effectiveness of each.
Do-Now: Parallelism Practice 2
Today: 1) Parallelism Practice 3
2) Finish watching "Let the Fire Burn"
Exit Slip: Would you consider "Let the Fire Burn" to be a primary source or a secondary source? Why?
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism MONDAY!!!
Do-Now: Parallelism Practice 2
Today: 1) Parallelism Practice 3
2) Finish watching "Let the Fire Burn"
Exit Slip: Would you consider "Let the Fire Burn" to be a primary source or a secondary source? Why?
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism MONDAY!!!
Monday, May 26, 2014
Tuesday, May 27
Objective: Students
will be able to identify errors in parallelism in order to correct those errors
and re-write sentences as parallel.
Students will be able to evaluate primary and secondary sources in order
to determine the effectiveness of each.
Do-Now: Read over the front page of your Parallelism packet, then complete the "Check Your Understanding" section on the BOTTOM of the next page. Follow ALL directions and TRY YOUR BEST!!!
Today: 1) Introduction to Parallelism
2) Parallelism Practices 1 and 2
3) Primary vs. Secondary Sources
4) Class will read the first article on the 1985 MOVE bombings.
5) Class will begin to watch "Let the Fire Burn"
Exit Slip: Explain the difference between a primary and secondary source. Which type of source is more reliable and why? Explain.
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism on MONDAY.
Do-Now: Read over the front page of your Parallelism packet, then complete the "Check Your Understanding" section on the BOTTOM of the next page. Follow ALL directions and TRY YOUR BEST!!!
Today: 1) Introduction to Parallelism
2) Parallelism Practices 1 and 2
3) Primary vs. Secondary Sources
4) Class will read the first article on the 1985 MOVE bombings.
5) Class will begin to watch "Let the Fire Burn"
Exit Slip: Explain the difference between a primary and secondary source. Which type of source is more reliable and why? Explain.
Homework: Quiz on Parallelism on MONDAY.
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