Monday, September 30, 2019

Daisy and Gatsby Reunite

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

Today's Agenda:
-Close reading of Tom and Myrtle
-Read Ch 5
-Work on Study Questions
-Membean

Homework:
-Finish reading Gatsby ch 5 and complete Study Questions

Friday, September 27, 2019

Human Molars


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

Today's Agenda:
-Turn in Study Questions
-Party scene
-The Great Gatsby Quiz, Ch 1-3
-Read Ch 4
-Work on Study Questions
-Membean


Homework:
-Finish reading Gatsby ch 4 and complete Study Questions

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Gatsby Parties




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 3 of The Great Gatsby
-Work on Study Questions


Homework:
-Finish reading Gatsby ch 3 and complete Study Questions
-Ch. 1-3 Quiz tomorrow

Wednesday, September 25, 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
-Study Questions
-Gatsby

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


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

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Nick Carroway

*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
-Membean


Homework:
-Complete Study Questions for Chapter 1

Monday, September 23, 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. Pick up copies of The Great Gatsby in the Library
3. The Great Gatsby Intro 
4. Begin reading Chapter 1

Homework:
None!

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Finish Conformity Essay

Today I will: 
  • Write my Conformity essay.
Please Take out
-a writing utensil

Today's Agenda:
Conformity essay

Staple materials into two piles:
Plie one:
-Essay Rubric
-Essay

Pile two:
-Prompt
-3 evidence collectors
-Conformity notes

Homework:
-None

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Conformity Essay

Today I will: 
  • Write my Conformity essay.
Please Take out
-Conformity Notes
-Evidence Collectors (3)
-The Crucible
-"Individualism Is an Illusion"

Today's Agenda:
1. Essay formatting
2. Main Claim
3. Write your Conformity essay

PAPER CLIP materials in this order and return them to me:
-Essay
-Prompt
-3 evidence collectors

Homework:
-None

Monday, September 16, 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
-Crucible
-a writing utensil
-packet (if you didn't turn in on Friday)

Today's Agenda:
1. Finish reading The Crucible
2. Individualism is an Illusion (Survey the Text)
3. Individualism as an Illusion Evidence Collector

Homework:
-Complete 4 examples on the evidence collector for "Individualism is an Illusion" in preparation for your essay tomorrow

Friday, September 13, 2019

Proctor's fate

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
-The Crucible
-pencil
-Evidence collectors

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean Quiz
2. Add quiz ES to Evidence Collector
3. Put together packet & turn in
3. Read Act 4
4. Evidence Collector (add three from Act 4)

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collectors 
By Monday, you should have finished both evidence collectors.
-Put together your packet if you didn't turn it in today.

Thursday, September 12, 2019

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
-The Crucible
-pencil
-Evidence Sentence notes and practice ES sentences
-Evidence collector

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Finish Act 3
3. Evidence Collector (add two from Act III)

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collector. 
By tomorrow, you should have finished one evidence collector and have two on the new evidence collector (a total of 8)

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The Trial

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
-The Crucible
-pencil
-Evidence Sentence notes and practice ES sentences
-Evidence collector

Today's Agenda:
1. Read Act 3
2. Evidence Sentence Feedback

3. Evidence Sentence Quiz
4. Work on Evidence Collector (Add one more for a total of 6 on your evidence collector).

Homework:
-Catch up on your evidence collector. By tomorrow, you should have a total of 6

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The town has gone mad

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
-highlighter
-pencil

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean 
2. Evidence Sentence Corrections & revisions
3. Read Act 3
4. Evidence sentence practice
5. Work on Evidence Collector (Add one more for a total of 6 on your evidence collector).

Homework:
-Evidence Sentence quiz tomorrow.
-Catch up on your evidence collector. By tomorrow, you should have a total of 6

Monday, September 9, 2019

Evidence Sentence Practice

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
-Evidence collector
(you should now have 5)

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean 
2. Evidence Sentence Corrections
3. Finish Act 2
4. Evidence sentence practice
5. Read Act 3
6. Work on Evidence Collector (Catch up. You should have 5 on your evidence collector).

Homework:
Evidence Sentence quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 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
-The Crucible
-a writing utensil
-a piece of paper

Today's Agenda:
1. Conformity
2. Begin Evidence Collector
3. Continue Reading Act 2

Homework:
-Add one more evidence sentence to your evidence collector for Act I or 2

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Crucible, Act II

Today I will: 
  • Define conformity and brainstorm positive and negative effects of conforming.
  • Identify ways in which people conform or do not conform in Act I of The Crucible and decide the positive and negative effects of their actions.
  • Read Act 2, readers-theater style.
Please Take out
-Chromebook

Today's Agenda:
1. Membean
2. Finish Reading Act 2
3. Appointment Clock

Homework:
-TBD