Term 3
March 10, 2020 (T)
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March 5, 2020 (TH)
March 3, 2020 (T)
March 2, 2020 (M)
February 27, 2020 (TH)
February 25, 2020 (T)
February 21, 2020 (F)
February 19, 2020 (W)
- DEL - Salt to the Sea (in binder)
- Scribbles - listen to music and let the music inspire your writing
- ASSESSMENT: Collaborate with your group about your research topics (in binder)
- Find 3 new quotes from each person that interests you or could contribute to your own research
- Come up with 10 questions as a group that you could ask the people from the Equal Justice Initiative
- If absent, you will need to find a group of peers your can collaborate with and work together during.
March 3, 2020 (T)
- Scribbles - using this link as examples, write your own recipe for something in your life.
- EX: recipe for happiness, recipe for procrastinating, recipe for a fun Friday, etc.
- A1: watch memory videos (come to class to see)
- A2/A3: Read 12 Angry Men until they begin discussing the knife wound
March 2, 2020 (M)
- DEL - Dear Martin (in binder)
- Scribbles - write a story where each sentence begins with an Infinitive phrase and connects to the previous sentence. Talk to a friend and then me with questions.
- EX: To build a house, the pigs need straw. To find straw, the pigs need to go to the store. To go to the store, the pigs need a car. To have a car, the pigs need to steal one.
- A1 - begin collaborating with information found from research. Write down 3 quotes from other research from peers and 10 questions as a group that we could ask the EJI.
February 27, 2020 (TH)
- DEL - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine (in binder)
- Fill out the ACT bubble sheet to prepare
- A1: find and annotate new articles and old research articles
- A2, A3: Watch memory clips and connect to research and 12 Angry Men then continue reading play (come watch in the classroom)
February 25, 2020 (T)
- DEL - Speak (in binder)
- ASSESSMENT: Book Report Essay (in binder)
February 21, 2020 (F)
- DEL - A Night Divided (in binder)
- Scribbles - think of a place where you feel very safe or happy or brings back good memories and draw that. Then label parts of the drawing that highlight why this place has so many good memories for you.
- Go to the lab to begin researching a topic on the Justice System. Handouts and assignment sheet in binder
February 19, 2020 (W)
- DEL - "Just Mercy Review" (in binder)
- Read
- Read an excerpt from Just Mercy that introduces us to Walter McMillan (in binder)
- Watch segments of 60 minutes to see the true story of Bryan Stevenson and Walter McMillan (shown below). You can stop watching after the second news story (the other one has another language.)
- Prepare for research by looking at how Bryan Stevenson (man that the film Just Mercy was based off of) has found flaws in the justice system in his Ted Talk. Explore more examples of justice and injustice. (shown below)
- Based on examples he brings up, pick a topic that interests you about the justice system to research in the future. We will share this research with representatives from the Equal Justice Initiative which Bryan Stevenson founded.
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February 14, 2020 (F)
- DEL - Cadbury Chocolates (in binder)
- Read
- "Mother, Mother" with annotations and fill out grammar scavenger hunt
February 12, 2020 (W)
- DEL - Banana Slicer Review (in binder)
- Read
- Evaluate Infographic and answer questions from slides (infographic in binder)
- Practice Assessment: Collaborate together on your individual infographics.
- On a notecard, answer the following questions:
- How did the authors use the written word to convey information? What type of writing was it? What did they choose to include? If you removed the text, what would make the infographic lacking?
- Using the rubric (available under the rubrics tab), score yourself on "Come to Collaboration Motivated and Prepared."
- How does coming prepared or unprepared help/hinder collaboration? Why is this an important element to collaborating?
February 10, 2020 (M)
- DEL - 12 Angry Men (in binder)
- Scribbles (attached powerpoint as prompts)
- Read story of Trina and talk about justice in this story (in binder)
- A1 and A2: Keep reading 12 Angry Men to where another juror changes their mind (pg. 36 in our books) and add to your notes. A3: read to where they begin discussing the El Train on pg. 32.
February 6, 2020 (TH)
- DEL - "The History Teacher" (in binder)
- Read
- Watch 3 commercials to explore three methods of arguments
- Logos --> using logic
- Ethos --> using authority figures and credible sources
- Pathos --> using emotion
- See how Pres. Obama uses all three in one of his speeches
- Read 12 Angry Men until the end of Act 1
February 4, 2020 (T)
- DEL - Stress relief (in binder)
- Read
- Annotate Graphic Essay (in binder)
- Grammar Scavenger Hunt (in binder)
January 31, 2020 (F)
- DEL - Political Cartoon (in binder)
- Every Brilliant Thing discussion - get notes from a peer
- Tangled Ball of Emotions (in binder)
January 29, 2020 (W)
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January 27, 2020 (M)
January 23, 2020 (TH)
January 21, 2020 (T)
January 16, 2020 (TH)
January 14, 2020 (T)
January 10, 2020 (F)
January 8, 2020 (W)
January 6, 2020 (M)
- DEL - Harvard Housing Contract (in binder)
- Scribbles - #languagematters
- Look at the attached google slides. Based on that quote and the chart of stigmatizing phrases and safer phrases, what thoughts and ideas do you have? What questions? Why is one better than the other?
- Finish filling out 12 Jurors Information and start Act 1 of 12 Angry Men (through about page 14)
January 23, 2020 (TH)
- DEL - Macbeth (in binder)
- Read
- ASSESSMENT: Collaboration (rubric self evaluation in binder)
January 21, 2020 (T)
- DEL - 12 Angry Men (in binder)
- Mock Trial where jury decides guilty or not guilty
- Makeup work will be notes from a friend on what happened and yellow papers with vocab words (in binder)
January 16, 2020 (TH)
- DEL - Susan B Anthony Opening Statement (in binder)
- Scribble - Write from the perspective of an animal that is judging humans
- EX: a cat watching a girl get ready in the morning thinks that burning her hair and painting her face is weird
- Pick a jury (in binder)
- What patterns did we see? What made us uncomfortable?
- Prepare for our own mock trial
January 14, 2020 (T)
- Time with counselors (see your counselor for missed information)
- Mr. Clark: A-E
- Ms. Sloat: F-Le
- Ms. Stocking: Li-Ri
- Ms. Morrell: Ro-Z
January 10, 2020 (F)
- DEL - Opening Speech for the Prosecution in the Case... (in binder)
- Read
- Anticipation Guide - agree or disagree (in binder)
- Learn about how juries work
- Get notes from classmate
- Pick your own jury based on crime (in binder)
January 8, 2020 (W)
- DEL - Harry Potter (in binder)
- Scribbles - write about a time in your life where you made a mistake that worked out or that at least left you with a funny story to tell in the future
- Library - Get a book to read for this term that's 250 pages.
January 6, 2020 (M)
- DEL - Johnnie Cochran closing remarks (in binder)
- Scribbles - write about your past year, your future year, OR about your Christmas break
- Speed dating
- Spend 3 minutes with a variety of books to see which ones stand out that you might be interested in
- Answer the following ten questions:
- Name:
- My favorite subject in school is__________
- I’m the kind of reader who____________
- The last book I read that I loved was___________
- The last book I read that I hated was__________
- I read books that ______________ has suggested
- When I want to sit down and be comfortable with a book, I go to __________________
- My dream date with a book would involve__________________
- I’m looking for ____________________ in a book
- In order to enjoy my book, I need__________________
Term 2
December 17 and 19 (T/TH)
- ASSESSMENT: Using Canvas, learn about arguments and write an argument (in binder -- no longer available on Canvas)
December 11, 2019 (W)
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December 9, 2019 (M)
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December 5, 2019 (TH)
December 3, 2019 (T)
November 22, 2019 (F)
November 20, 2019 (W)
November 18, 2019 (M)
- Scribble - A Monstrous Misunderstanding
- Write about a time when you were misunderstood (people thought you were spoiled and you're not, people thought you were a know-it-all and you're not, etc.) OR a time you misunderstood someone else.
- Allusions and Canvas practice
- Go to Canvas and do Allusions quiz
- Read Act 4
December 3, 2019 (T)
- DEL - The Astonishing Color of After (in binder)
- ASSESSMENT: Act 3 - find the climax and argue why it's the best one
- Book Report interview
- If you were absent, you MUST write a paragraph on the theme of your book to turn in by Monday, December 9
November 22, 2019 (F)
- DEL - The Crucible (in binder)
- Scribbles - Scouts and Soldiers in our lives
- ASSESSMENT: Act 2 Assessment
November 20, 2019 (W)
- DEL- The Crucible (in binder)
- Read
- Finish Act 2 of Crucible and fill out Study Guide
- Watch film
November 18, 2019 (M)
- DEL - "Marie Yovanovitch 'Devastated'..." (in binder)
- Scribbles - think about a quality that you always beat yourself up over and that you are very critical of. Now imagine that you're the nicest, most compassionate person in the whole world. Write a letter to yourself from that perspective of the compassionate and loyal friend.
- EX: Bob tells himself, "I suck at math. I'm the worst. Even when I try my hardest it's never good enough. I'll never be able to do it. Even when I try to do homework, I can't focus and so then I don't try even when I should." So he would write in his Scribbles: Dear Bob, give yourself a break. You have a lot to worry about and you work really hard. Not everyone can be perfect in everything. Struggling shows that you're working hard. etc.
- Discuss three types of irony in these three videos:
- Situational Irony
- Verbal Irony
- Dramatic Irony
- Watch Act 2 and fill out study guide while looking for examples of Irony
- Write about who is behaving like a scout vs soldier and what the consequences are.
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November 14, 2019 (TH)
- DEL - Appositives (in binder)
- Read
- Fill out Study Guide
- ASSESSMENT: Write about the structure choices of Act 1 (in binder)
- Watch clips of the film
November 12, 2019 (T)
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November 8, 2019 (F)
- DEL - "Welcome to Your Crisis" (in binder)
- Read
- Plot and how it works
- Continue Crucible
November 6, 2019 (W)
- DEL - "Dia de los Muertos" (in binder)
- Scribbles - use the prompt to write a story
- Begin The Crucible and read through the first half of Act 1. Take notes on reading guide (in binder).
- Find class witches and discuss how the Salem Trials could have occurred
November 4, 2019 (M)
October 31, 2019 (TH)
October 29, 2019 (T)
October 25, 2019 (F)
October 23, 2019 (W)
- DEL - "OK Boomer" (in binder)
- Read
- Finish "Witches: A Century of Murder" available on Netflix
- Pick a topic that has opposing views that you're passionate about
- Write your opinion and why you're right
October 31, 2019 (TH)
- DEL - Historical Ghosts (in binder)
- Scribbles - write from the perspective of a piece of candy on Halloween night
- Watch "Witches: A Century of Murder" from Netflix and answer class questions
October 29, 2019 (T)
- DEL - political cartoon (in binder)
- Finish "Young Goodman Brown"
- Take Pre-assessment (in binder)
- Read
October 25, 2019 (F)
- DEL - political cartoon (in binder)
- Scribble - using this prompt, write a story.
- "Young Goodman Brown"
- Continue reading and annotating
October 23, 2019 (W)
- DEL - political cartoon (in binder)
- Visit the library to find a book for term 2
- Book must be 300 pages (roughly 40 pages a week)
- Read and understand "Young Goodman Brown"
Term 1
October 16, 2019 (W)
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October 14, 2019 (M)
October 9, 2019 (TH)
October 7, 2019 (T)
October 4, 2019 (F)
October 2, 2019 (W)
- DEL - Jane's letter to John (in binder)
- Finish Of Mice and Men
- Why that end?
- Respond to Steinbeck's journal entry: “In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social change, writing punishing injustice, writing in celebration of heroism, but always that base theme. Try to understand each other.”
As the author of Of Mice and Men, how do you think this excerpt from Steinbeck’s journal reflects on the story? - A2/A3: Review AAAWWUBBIS words (in binder)
October 9, 2019 (TH)
- DEL - Of Mice and Men (in binder)
- Scribbles - take some time to just journal about your own life
- Indirect and Direct Characterization (in binder)
- Get notes from a peer
- Of Mice and Men
October 7, 2019 (T)
- ASSESSMENT: Book Reports --> interview with Mrs. Jones
- If you were absent, you will need to write a short essay on the themes you found in your book.
- ASSESSMENT: Complete "Scribbles" project (in binder)
- Pick a scribble, revise, edit, rewrite
October 4, 2019 (F)
- DEL - Of Mice and Men (in binder)
- Read
- ASSESSMENT: Watch more of the film and read before answering the Of Mice and Men commentary prompt
- Prompt available at this link
October 2, 2019 (W)
- DEL - Gary Provost (in binder)
- Finish 10 symbols in 10 pages from last class
- Watch Of Mice and Men film to prepare for commentary assessment
- Prompt available at this link - pick only one to consider and we will write next time
September 26, 2019 (TH)
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September 24, 2019 (T)
September 20, 2019 (F)
September 18, 2019 (W)
September 16, 2019 (M)
September 12, 2019 (TH)
- DEL - "Breakfast" (in binder)
- Scribbles - watch video and listen to the lyrics
- Use this video to inspire your writing. Ideas: What does this make you think about? What are the emotions? Write a story based on this, etc.
- What does this image tell you?
- Anticipation Guide (in binder)
- Watch videos exploring special needs and what that might have looked like during The Great Depression
September 20, 2019 (F)
- DEL - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (in binder)
- Read
- Finish preparing answers to our assigned questions from last time
- Teach the class
- ASSESSMENT: Write three thesis statements based off of "The Masque of the Red Death" and then star which one you think is best. Refer to your rubric to help guide your writing.
September 18, 2019 (W)
- DEL - Sentence Splices (in binder)
- Scribbles - write a letter to your future selves
- What is a thesis and what does it do? (in binder)
- Get notes from a peer.
- Answer specific questions on "Masque of Red Death" and teach them to the class (in binder)
September 16, 2019 (M)
- DEL - IT Chapter 2 (in binder)
- Read
- Finish presenting drawings of the Abbey's rooms
- What is literally happening in the text? (get notes from a friend)
September 12, 2019 (TH)
- DEL - "The Masque of Red Death" (in binder)
- Scribbles - list games you played as a child. Think about what life lessons those games taught you outside of just skills (reading, writing, colors, matching, running, etc.) Discuss those life lessons.
- Ex: Tag taught a student that we're always racing against each other to be the best and to avoid being the target or to show weakness. The fastest wins, etc.
- Continue reading "The Masque of Red Death" with our "Say Something" activity from Tuesday.
- Using colored paper, draw out the floor plan of what that colored room looks like according to Poe.
September 10, 2019 (T)
- DEL - "The Masque of Red Death" (in binder)
- Read
- Review "Hills Like White Elephants" and how you can pick apart difficult texts
- Discuss the Iceberg Principle
- Read "The Masque of Red Death" and do the "Say Something" activity with a partner (in binder)
- write after each paragraph something based off of the "say something" prompts to help with comprehension
September 5, 2019 (F)
September 3, 2019 (W)
August 30, 2019 (F)
- DEL - "Taylor Swift's Landlord" (in binder)
- Scribbles - 6 word memoirs (examples in binder)
- "Hills Like White Elephants" (in binder)
- Highlight in one color when the girl is talking and in another color when the boy is talking
- Determine what they conversation is about and what their relationship looks like.
- What is the operation that's mentioned?
- Why are they talking about elephants?
- What is the significance of the location?
September 3, 2019 (W)
- DEL - "The Hills of Kilimanjaro" (in binder)
- Read
- Rubric Creation (ask a peer to get notes and information from them)
August 30, 2019 (F)
- DEL - "Did I Miss Anything" (in binder)
- Scribble - what three items would someone use to "summon" you and why.
- Simplified Ex:
- Oreos --> they're my guilty pleasure
- Disneyland tickets --> I would spend every weekend there if I could
- Book gift card --> books are life.
- Simplified Ex:
- Finish writing "Paths of Hate" essay
- A1: Rank sentences on the 4-point scale and then create a rubric from that.
August 28, 2019 (W)
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August 26, 2019 (M)
- DEL - "Hills Like White Elephants" (in binder)
- Library orientation
- Check out a book
- Read
August 22, 2019 (TH)
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August 20, 2018 (T)
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