Thursday, February 28, 2019

Tom and Myrtle's affair


Today I will: 
  • Make inferences about characters and events in The Great Gatsby by answering Gatsby Study Questions.
Please Take out
-Chromebook

Today's Agenda:
-Membean
-Read Ch 2 of The Great Gatsby
-Complete this assignment
-Study Questions


Homework:
-Finish reading Gatsby ch 2 and complete Study Questions

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Nick's perspective

*Nick Carroway
https://seatheworldpositively.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/1801695.jpg

Today I will: 
  • Make inferences about characters and events in The Great Gatsby by answering Gatsby Study Questions.
Please Take out
-writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
-Finish reading Ch 1 and discuss The Great Gatsby
-Begin map of the setting
-Study Questions


Homework:
-Finish reading Gatsby ch 1 and complete Study Questions

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The Great Gatsby!

Today I will: 
  • Learn about The Great Gatsby and the 1920's by taking notes from a teacher lecture.
Please Take out
-Chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Finish The Great Gatsby Intro 
3. Pick up copies of The Great Gatsby in the Library
4. Begin reading Chapter 1

Homework:
None!

Monday, February 25, 2019

Wrapping up The Crucible and moving on to The Great Gatsby

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Today I will: 
  • Watch The Crucible and compare to the movie.
  • Learn about The Great Gatsby and the 1920's by taking notes from a teacher lecture.
Please Take out
-Chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Finish watching The Crucible or finish writing essay (late)
3. Begin The Great Gatsby Intro 

Homework:
None!

Friday, February 22, 2019

Peer Editing

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Today I will: 
  • Use the online program "membean" to engage in personalized learning through vocabulary study.
  • Peer edit my conformity essay



Please Take out
-A Chromebook, log into membean





SIT WITH A GROUP THAT APPLIES 
TO YOUR ESSAY STATUS
FINISHED (ready to edit)

SO CLOSE... (I need about 5-10 minutes more and then I'll be ready to edit)

JUST STARTING (I was absent yesterday or I only have the intro done so I need to focus)

HELP! (I'm stuck and I really need Mrs. Serban to help me move forward)


Today's Agenda:
1. Membean 
2. Add four of your membean words to your essay and highlight them. 
3. Essay Peer Editing 
4. Work on essay revisions

Homework:
FINAL DRAFT of essay due before class on Monday, 2/25 to Turnitin.com and Google Classroom

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Conformity Essay

Today I will: 
  • Type your Conformity essay and turn in your draft to turnitin.com

Please Take out

-chromebook
-Conformity Notes
-Evidence Collectors
-The Crucible
-"Individualism Is an Illusion"
-Essay Format

Today's Agenda:
1. Essay formatting
2. Main Claim
3. Type your Conformity essay
4. Turn in a draft to turnitin.com

Homework:
-Finish typing your essay and be prepared for peer editing tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Individualism is an Illusion

Today I will: 
  • Use the online program "membean" to engage in personalized learning through vocabulary study.
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in "The Crucible" and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
  • Survey a text with a focus on the title, length, structure, bibliographic information, proper nouns, beginning and ending paragraphs, in order to make predictions about the text.
Please Take out
-highlighters
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
1. Individualism is an Illusion (Survey the Text)
2. Individualism as an Illusion Evidence Collector
3. Introduce Conformity Essay (Classroom)

Homework:
-Complete the evidence collector for "Individualism is an Illusion"

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Leave me my name!

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Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Finish reading Act 4
3. Add two evidence sentences to your evidence collector from Act 4
4. Paragraph format

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collector. You should have 10 pieces of evidence now.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Why do you come here, yellow bird?

Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. No Membean today
2. Finish reading Act 3
3. ES Quiz results
4. Add two evidence sentences to your evidence collector from Act 3
5. Begin Act 4

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collector. You should have 8 pieces of evidence now.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

The Crucible, Act 3

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Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Evidence Sentence Review (quiz results)
3. Continue reading Act 3
4. Individual ES Quiz

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collector. You should have 6 pieces of evidence now.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The bird! The bird!

Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1.  Continue Reading Act 3
2.  Evidence Sentence Quiz/Reteach
3. Work on Evidence Collector
(add one more for Act 3, for a total of 7)

Homework:
-Catch up on your Google  
 Classroom Assignments
-Catch up on your evidence collector. You should have 6 pieces of evidence now.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Conformity Evidence Sentences


Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
https://www.publicpressure.org/wp-content/uploads
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Please Take out
-chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean 
2. Evidence Sentence Corrections (Google Classroom)
3. Work on Evidence Collector (add three more)
4. Continue reading Act 3


Homework:
Evidence Sentence quiz tomorrow.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Evidence Sentences

Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-chromebook
AFTER MEMBEAN TAKE OUT
-A pencil
-Conformity notes/brainstorm
-Evidence Collector
-Appointment clock
-The Crucible

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean (quiz re-take for some)
2. Evidence Sentences (Google Classroom)
3. Continue Reading Act 3
4. Work on Evidence Collector (add two more)

Homework:
None

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Who Conforms? Begin Act 3...


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Today I will: 
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in The Crucible and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-A pencil
-Conformity notes/brainstorm
-Evidence Collector
-Appointment clock
-The Crucible


Today's Agenda:
1. Work on Evidence Collector
2. Begin Reading Act 3


Homework:
None

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

It's only a poppet...

A Poppet
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Today I will: 
  • Finish Act 2, readers-theater style.
  • Define Conformity and brainstorm ways in which characters conform in Act 1 and 2 of "The Crucible."
  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in "The Crucible" and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-A chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean Practice or Quiz
2. Turn in Work packets
3. Finish Reading Act 2
4. Conformity - begin evidence collector
B4 Appointment clock?


Homework:
None

Monday, February 4, 2019

Who Conforms in The Crucible?

Today I will: 
  • Read Act 2, readers-theater style.
  • Review the parts of an evidence sentence and practice writing some evidence sentences.
  • Define Conformity and brainstorm ways in which characters conform in Act 1 and 2 of "The Crucible."
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  • Find two pieces of evidence of a character who has chosen to conform or not to conform in "The Crucible" and write the evidence in the form of evidence sentences on an evidence collector.
Please Take out
-A chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean / Return Work
2. Put together work packet
3. Conformity
4. Begin Evidence Collector
5. Continue Reading Act 2
B4 - Appointment Clock

Homework:
-Study on Membean if you plan to retake the quiz
-Put together work packet - due tomorrow

Friday, February 1, 2019

The Crucible Act 2, continued

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Today I will: 
  • Read Act 2, readers-theater style.
  • Set up appointment clock so I can quickly meet with different partners for assignments.
Please Take out
-A chromebook
-Turn your desk to face away from the center of the room

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean Quiz
(transformer mode)
2. Appointment Clock
3. Continue Reading Act 2

Homework:
Enjoy your weekend!