October 2018
Week 5: Author's Purpose and the Powers of Persuasion on film
Monday Oct 29
Tuesday Oct 30
Wednesday Oct 31
Thursday Nov 1
Friday Nov 2
- Keys to the Keystone: Fact vs. Opinion (pg. 45) and Author's Purpose (pg. 49-52)
- Quick read on author's purpose: NYTimes student editorial, "It's time for teens to vote"
Tuesday Oct 30
- Warm-up: author's purpose.
- You're a 1, 2, or 3. Using the topic of teen voting, write a clear, concise paragraph that:
- 1. attempts to inform your readers about teen voting
- 2. attempts to persuade your readers to vote
- 3. attempts to entertain your readers using the topic of teen voting
- Finish Kamitating "It's time for teens to vote"
- You're a 1, 2, or 3. Using the topic of teen voting, write a clear, concise paragraph that:
- Do you like hot dogs? How do you know your food is safe?
Wednesday Oct 31
- Modern Muckrakers: Watch Food Inc. opening and Chapter 1.
- What's the director's purpose? How does he support it in this film?
Thursday Nov 1
- Food, Inc. assignment continued
Friday Nov 2
- Finish Food, Inc. CR and turn in by Sunday night.
Week 4: Vocab Power
Monday Oct 22
Head to Schoology Vocab folder, then:
Tuesday Oct 23
Head to Schoology Vocab folder, then:
Wednesday Oct 24
HW: Study Island: must reach 75% or better for full credit. Due by Friday night.
Thursday Oct 25
Friday Oct 26
Head to Schoology Vocab folder, then:
- Quizlet intro to Sync vocab lesson 1
- Complete Kami: Sync vocab lesson 1
- After submitting lesson 1, check answers with answer key
- If you have extra time, use the Quizlet "Learn" option to--you guessed it--learn the words!
Tuesday Oct 23
Head to Schoology Vocab folder, then:
- Quizlet intro to Sync vocab lesson 2
- Complete Kami: Sync vocab lesson 2
- After submitting lesson 2, check answers with answer key
- If you have extra time, use the Quizlet "Learn" option to learn the words!
Wednesday Oct 24
- Study Island: Plot
HW: Study Island: must reach 75% or better for full credit. Due by Friday night.
Thursday Oct 25
- Quizlet Live! vocab review (definitions and sentences)
Friday Oct 26
- Test: Sync Vocab Lessons 1 & 2
Week 3: The Ellis Island Project
Monday Oct 15
Tuesday Oct 16
Wednesday Oct 17
Thursday Oct 18
Friday Oct 19
- Descriptive writing mini-lesson
- Revise Entry #3 for descriptive details
Tuesday Oct 16
- Read: Life after Ellis Island
- Write Entry #4
Wednesday Oct 17
- Grammar goofs: run-ons and fragments
- Study Island: sentence structure due by Friday evening 10/19
Thursday Oct 18
- Register for our class in turnitin.com (see updates in Schoology for class ID and enrollment password)
- Review rubric.
- (Conventions) Revise your drafts for run-ons and fragments.
- (Content and Style) Revise your drafts for descriptive details, dialogue, and other story elements.
- (Organization) Revise to add transitions and organize topics or scenes into paragraphs.
- Prepare journals for publishing (for extra credit, add a relevant, appropriate image for each entry)
- in-class office hours
- Submit project to turnitin.com by Sunday evening 10/21
Friday Oct 19
- Career speaker question prep and brainstorming
- Career Cruising login and review results (when did you last complete?)
- in-class office hours (Ellis Island project)
- Study Island: sentence structure due by tonight 10/19
- Submit project to turnitin.com by Sunday evening 10/21
Week 2: The Ellis Island Project
Monday Oct 8
Tuesday Oct 9
Wednesday Oct 10
Thursday Oct 11
Friday Oct 12
- No school
Tuesday Oct 9
- Ellis Island research check-in
- Read about where many immigrants were coming from during 1880-1920 and why they left their home countries
Wednesday Oct 10
- Descriptive writing mini-lesson
- Draft Entry #1: Leaving Home
Thursday Oct 11
- Draft Entry #2: Passage to America
Friday Oct 12
- Draft Entry #3: Arrival at Ellis Island
- entries #1, 2, and 3 due Monday
Week 1: American Dreams
Monday Oct 1
Tuesday Oct 2
Wednesday Sep 26
Thursday Sep 27
Friday Sep 28
- How to APE
- Sync: constructed response to "A Sound of Thunder"
- class/hw: Submit your response on StudySync by tonight
Tuesday Oct 2
- Keys to the Keystone: how to CR
- Sync peer review: CR to "A Sound of Thunder"
Wednesday Sep 26
- The Ellis Island Project:
- overview of the project
- read a journal from previous years
Thursday Sep 27
- The Ellis Island Project (see Schoology for resources)
- Begin research: who immigrated to Ellis Island from 1890-1920, and why did they leave their home countries?
- Use the passenger search to explore your own family history
Friday Sep 28
- The Ellis Island Project
- Welcome to Ellis Island (take the virtual tour and record what you learn).