AGENDA 1/13-14 - Jungle Books Exam: TODAY! - New Year's Tradition: 1/13-14 - JB Tree Map: Due today III. The Jungle Books - Exam: Study Hall - Tree Map IV. Working Session/QOTD - Tree Maps - Vocabulary - Poetry QOTD: "We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Jungle Books Final Exam (Chapters 1-7 & Rudyard Kipling Biography) - Tree Map: New Year's Tradition (Homework Policy) - Tree Map: Jungle Books Character (LAST DAY 1/15) - Cornell Summary: History of New Year (due at the end of the period) AGENDA 1/15-16 - Fully enforcing syllabus & due dates: No EXCEPTIONS! - JB Character Tree Map: TODAY (1/15) III. Martin Luther King Jr. - "Our Friend Martin" - 50 Points: Due at the end of the period - Cornell: Martin Luther King Jr. -All information (Synthesize) -Summary Included **J.B. Exam Make Up ONLY on 1/21 at 11:10am: Must be here before 11:10 and absent must be excused!! QOTD: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -Martin Luther King Jr. - Movie Presentation with Worksheet Assignment - Begin Cornell Notes for MLK Jr. (click on picture for link)
AGENDA 1/15-25 -MLK Jr. Cornell due today! - H.W. Bring Dictionary NEXT CLASS -Bulldog Pride III. Review: The Art of Rhetoric -Cornell Notes - Practice, Practice, Practice! :) IV. WWW 11-15: Study Guide V. Poetry Review: Day *Bring DICTIONARY next class! QOTD: "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends." -Martin Luther King Jr. - Cornell Notes: The Art of Rhetoric (PowerPoint Presentation) - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet (due next class time) AGENDA 1/26-27 - Bulldog Pride: 2/12 - Continue to bring dictionary III. February: Black History Month - Introduction IV. Martin Luther King Jr. - The Art of Rhetoric - "Our Friend Martin" - "I Have a Dream" Activity QOTD: "The time is always right to do something right." -Martin Luther King Jr. Today's Task Movie Presentation: Worksheet due at the end of the film Passed back work to students AGENDA 1/28-29 - Bulldog Pride: 2/12 - Continue to bring dictionary: 2/01-02 III. February: Black History Month - Introduction: Due at the end of the period IV. Martin Luther King Jr. - The Art of Rhetoric: Cornelle due by 2:15 (Pass/Fail) - "Our Friend Martin": Discussion - "I Have a Dream" Activity QOTD: "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." -Martin Luther King Jr. Today's Task Movie Presentation: Worksheet due today Class Discussion on the "Our Friend Martin" worksheet Returned more work back to students AGENDA 2/01-02 - Bulldog Pride: 2/12 - Continue: 2/01-02 - Reminder: E121 Procedures III. Black History Month - MLKS Jr.: "I Have a Dream" - Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Vocabulary V. Counseling Presentation QOTD: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'what are you doing for others'? - Martin Luther King Jr. : -Vocabulary: Students were given a vocabulary worksheet (Classwork: Students will make an educated guess of the definition based on context clues) -HOMEWORK: Students will define the following words in the dictionary and highlight the particular words in the speech handout.
AGENDA 2/3-4 - Bulldog Pride: 2/12 (Last Day) - HW: Bring Color Utensils & Dictionary III. Black History Month - MLK Jr.: Dissecting the Dream IV. February: I Love Poetry - Ensure you have literary terms completed by next class. V. 3rd Quarter Reading Project - RAT 2016 QOTD: "You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day." -Marian Wright Edelman Today's Task - "Dissecting the Dream" Assignment (Presentation was given about what is expected for the activity AGENDA 2/5-9 - Bulldog Pride: by 2/12 - RAT 2016: Form by 2/11 - HW: Bring Dictionary (2/10-11) III. Black History Month - dissecting the Dream & Rhetoric Class Discussion (by 2:15pm) IV. I Love Poetry - Introduction/Review - Creative Writing *Have you Poetry assignments be next class for a grade* AGENDA 2/10-11 - Bulldog Pride: by 2/12 -RAT 2016: Form by 2/11 -Poetry Assignments: TODAY!! :D III. The Art of Rhetoric - Rhetoric #1 - Tree Map: Ethos, Pathos, Logos IV. I Love Poetry - "Why I Love You" - Creative Writing - Poetry Review V. RAT 2016 VI. Cyberbully PSA QOTD: "It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.:" -Booker T. Washington - Persuasive Assignment: Topic: "Why I am an ideal boyfriend/girlfriend. Worksheet and class discussion - Slam Poem: "Why I Love You": Identify at least 20 devices and 1 paragraph summary and theme of the poem. - Assignments due today: Agenda Signature, Acrostic & Bio poem worksheet, Bio Poem, Persuasive Speech worksheet -Watched the cyberbully PSA Project from 12/2015 -Distributed RAT cards for reading hours QOTD: "Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first." -Pearl Baily -Introduction to Poetry: Class Activity & "Without Love" - Creative Writing Worksheets (Acrostics & Bio Poem) - Began collecting Read-A-Thon Parent Permission forms (last day for a grade is 2/11)
AGENDA 2/12-15 - Bulldog Pride: by 2/12 - Vocabulary 2/16-17: Bring Dictionary - Review/discussion - Creative Writing #2 IV. Cyberbullying PSA QOTD: You can always dream, and your dreams will come true; but you have to make them come true." -Michael Jackson - Class Discussion on Poetry Review 1 & 2 -Creative Writing: Concrete Poem (see above pictures for examples - Finished watching the cyberbully PSA commercials AGENDA 2/18-19/2016 - RAT Project: Due 3/01 - "50 First Dates": 50 pts. * Due at the end of the period. -Bio Poem: Henry Roth or Lucy Whitmore * Due today: Colored & Decorated IV. Vocabulary - WWW #16: Due today - Review: Analogies Practice QOTD: "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't life." -Will Smith - Finished movie presentation: class period dedicated to work on their worksheet. Due at the end of the period. -Corrected analogies 10 minutes before the end of the period AGENDA 2/16-17 - RAT Porject: Due 3/01 - Concrete Poem: Due TODAY III. I LOVE Poetry - Valentines Activity (50 pts) * Bio Poem IV. Vocabulary - Analogies Practice - WWW #16 (Cornell w/o Summary) L: Word & POS R: Definition: Definition QOTD: "I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go- If you really want to go." -Langston Hughes - Began movie presentation (worksheet given) -Class time given for Weekly Word Wonderland #16 -Analogy Review Worksheet AGENDA 2/24-25 - Read-A-Thon: Due 03/01 - Poetry Circle - Creative Writing #4 IV. The Art of Rhetoric - Complete notes & Paragraph by 2/26-29 V. Vocabulary - analogies: due at the end of the period QOTD: "ability may get you to the top, but it takes CHARACTER to keep you there." -Stevie Wonder - Poetry Circle: shared their poems in class (B-day only) - Worked on Color Poem & 5 Senses Poem (One of the 5 Senses poem's topic must be about GUAM) - Analogies #4 worksheet due at the end of the period.
AGENDA 2/22-23 - Read-A-Thon: due 3/01 - Creative Writing #3 IV. The Art of Rhetoric - Cornell: MLA format & Documentation V. Vocabulary - analogies: :) QOTD: "Everything negative- pressure, challenges, [etc.]- is all an opportunity for me to rise." -Kobe Bryant 1. Analogies :) 2. Cornell: MLA Citation & Documentation Guide. TODAY is the only day I am allowing to take notes. 3. Creative Writing #3: 5w and Cinquain Poem. DUE next class time (P/F). AGENDA 3/01-02 III. The Art of Rhetoric IV. Celebration -Black History Month & Women's HERstory Month V. I Love Poetry - Creative Writing #5 due today (at the end of the period) QOTD: "IF we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die." -Maya Angelou -Due Today: Creature Alliteration Poem (final draft) - MLA Citation practice -Movie Presentation (1st half of the movie) AGENDA 2/26-29 -RAT 2016: Due 3/01-02 III. The Art of Rhetoric - Cornell w/o summary - MLA Practice IV. I Love Poetry - Creative Writing #5 - Poetry Circle* V. Vocabulary - Review: Analogies QOTD: "But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way." -Tina Turner - Due Today: Color Poem & 5 Senses Poem - Presentation: MLA Citation - Creative Writing #5: due next class time (p/f) -MLA Citation Practice: due next class time -MLA handout distributed to certain students AGENDA 3/03-04 - 3/07: No Classes - 3/11 Bulldog Pride due!! III. Women's HERstory Month - "Hairspray" Worksheet: due today - HW: Bring Coloring utensils (SRC will be closed) IV. The Art of Rhetoric - MLA Citation: TODAY!! - More Practice: Due today!! QOTD: "Many recieve advice; only the wise profit from it." -Harper Lee - Finished movie presentation: worksheet due at the end of the period. Class time was given to complete assignment. - MLA Citation worksheet due (extension was given) - HOMEWORK: Bring coloring utensils next class time, for an assignment.
AGENDA 03/08-09 - 3/11 Bulldog Pride due III. Women's HERstory Month - Influential Women (due at the end of the period) IV. Biography: William Shakespeare - Cornell without summary - Refer to Weebly website: due 3/10-11 QOTD: "Learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's happened has taught me compassion." -Ellen DeGeneres - Class period dedicated to Circle Map for a particular woman that was randomly chosen (Miss Balajadia will assign). Due at the end of the period. -If completed before the end of the of class, students can begin homework assignment for "William Shakespeare Biography" Grade Breakdown 20 pts.: 10 Biographic Information (MLA Parenthetical) 10pts.: F.O.R. (MLA Works Cited) 5pts.: 2 "Quotes from her" 15pts.: Bold Outline & 90% decorated AGENDA 3/10-11 -3/11: Bulldog Pride due! - 3/14-15: BRING DICTIONARY! III. Julius Caesar - Biography: William Shakespeare - History of Julius - Historical Research IV. Vocabulary - Analogies Practice #5 QOTD: "It's not the absence of fear. It's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith." -Emma Watson -HW: Biography of William Shakespeare (due today) -Watched documentary of JULIUS CAESAR. Worksheet due today. -Julius Caesar Pre-reading activity (part I: due today) AGENDA 3/14-15 - HW: Continue to bring dictionary - 4th Quarter Extra Credit: Senior Production Movie Review (Weebly) III. Julius Caesar - Discussion: Our Values & Beliefs - Review: Julius Caesar The Feast of Luprical IV. WWW 17-20 (Cornell w/o summary) QOTD: "It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far mire than our abilities." -JK Rowling : - Julius Caesar: Anticipation Activity (Values & Beliefs) - Review: Went over the answers to Julius Caesar documentary questions.