October
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Essential Questions: How can I become an effective communicator? How do our differences make us similar? How can I productively create positive change?
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Standards:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Reading: Analyze and evaluate an author's claim and delineate and evaluate an argument.
Writing:Analyze an author's purpose and the use of rhetorical deviced in a seminal U.S. document.
Listening: It's all about the listening! and audio!
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5 Week 8 I. Warm Up A. Go to Pinnacle Gradebook and find your grades. If the grade is blank, I have not gotten to grade that particular assignment (there are many students), so make sure that you completed it. If the grade is Zero, and you are failing my class, please complete the work and let me know via Canvas Inbox what assignments you have completed. B. Read the Narratives in Pinnacle, read the information in www.reyegeng.org (Links to an external site.). C. In Canvas, go through every Rolling Agenda, every Assignment, every Discussion. Follow the Modules from Week 1, and make sure that you completed all of the work.
II. Individual Work A. Catch up with anything that you have not turned in. B. If you are failing English I, turn in work that you have not submitted and is a Zero (if I have already graded it). If it is blank and you completed it, I will get to grade it as soon as I can. If it was a Zero, let me know that you did the work by emailing me on Canvas Inbox. C. If you are not failing, anything that has not been graded, make sure that you submitted it.
III. Homework A. Go to Commonlit.org (Period 5 Classcode is N6WV6E) (Period 7 Class Code is 6YBWYK ) and complete the Reading Diagnostic Assessment, this is not for a grade but you must complete it so that you can be moving on to better levels. B. Make sure that you completed the Level Up Tutorials (See the Rolling Agendas from previous weeks). Also, complete the Interactive Lessons in this page. C. Make sure you went over the Argumentative exercises from last week. D. Be prepared to write on Wednesday
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6 I. Warm Up A. Go to Collections,page 47,"I Have a Dream" speech and review again. Remember that you have tools there: audio, movie clips, footnotes, and marginal notes, use them.
II. Individual Work A. Access the file that is attached in the next page and download it as a pdf file. Open it with Adobe Acrobat to be able to fill it in. Submit it in the assignment. B. You can also submit it as a Word document. C. Due Wednesday, October 7th. (6th Period)
Due Friday, October 8th (Periods 2,3, and 4)
III. Homework A. Anything not completed in class is homework.
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7 Writing Workshop Argumentative Essay See Canvas for additional information. "I Have a Dream" 2nd reading.
(I will fix this shortly....I am grading).
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8 No School-Teacher Planning
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9 I. Warm Up A. Locate handout-Argumentative Writing Lecture Notes 1 Download to fill in or print to complete-This is Class Participation Grade. 2. Use this presentation: https://prezi. com/4_rii2rzdcfb/argumentative-writing/?present=1 3. Prepare for Writing Workshop
II. Whole Class A. Writing Workshop
III. Individual Student A. Using this handout and notes document as a guide, mark up first essay (Polly Pupil) to find:
1. Claim 2. Reasons 3. Transitions 4. Evidence 5. Counterclaim
B. Remember to use either pdfescape.com, or save in your computer as pdf to be able to open with Adobe Acrobat in order to mark up the paper.
IV. Homework A.Do the same activity from class with the second essay (Paul Pupil). How to download, save, and upload a document to be able to mark it (See Canvas for video)
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12 Week 9 Period 5 (50-minute class) and 7 Agenda (90-minute class): I. Warm-Up A. Locate handout Argumentative Lecture Notesv 1. Download to fill in or print to complete-This is Class Participation Grade. 2. Prepare for Writing Workshop
II. Whole Class A. Writing Workshop 1.Prezi Presentation(unable to conclude presentation with pd. 5)
III. Individual Student A. Using this handout 1. Claim 2. Reasons 3. Transitions 4. Evidence 5. Counterclaim
B. Remember to use either pdfescape.com, or save in your computer as pdf to be able to open with Adobe Acrobat in order to mark up the paper.
IV. Homework A.Do the same activity from class with the second essay (Paul Pupil).
Period 6: (To avoid using more space, please see October 13 Agenda)
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13 Back to School for those who choose :-( It is a full day.
I. Warm-Up A. Locate "I Have a Dream," reading worksheet for 1st Reading B. Locate "I Have a Dream," reading worksheet for 2nd Reading C. Locate Polly Pupil and Paul Pupil essays
1. Sorry, I know that there are many documents at once. We will go over each at a time for this class. If you can open two tabs, one for the meeting and one for the handouts, that will help.
II. Whole Class A. Second Hour Only--->Return to Campus B. Discuss the worksheets for "I Have a Dream."
1. This is why we study "I Have a Dream"; today in the media:
a. Racism Today b. Racism in Belgium c. Chadwick Boseman 42:
III. Individual Student A. Respond to 3rd reading of "I Have a Dream" Preview the document (October 20) B. Mark the Paul Pupil essay to check in class. Make sure you clearly have marked the Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Transitions, and Counterclaim.
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14 Early Release October 12 and 13 and continue on October 14 with Period 6.
I. Warm-Up A. Locate "I Have a Dream," reading worksheet for 1st Reading B. Locate "I Have a Dream," reading worksheet for 2nd Reading C. Locate Polly Pupil and Paul Pupil essays 1. Sorry, I know that there are many documents at once. We will go over each at a time for this class. If you can open two tabs, one for the meeting and one for the handouts, that will help. II. Whole Class A. Second Hour Only--->Return to Campus B. Discuss the reading 1. This is why we study "I Have a Dream"; today is media: a. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/us/gisele-barreto-fetterman-racist- pennsylvania-trnd/index.html b. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/world/europe/belgium -racism-sanda-dia.html c. Chadwick Boseman 42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8e5hJtwqA II. Individual Student A. Mark the Paul Pupil essay to check in class. Make sure you clearly have marked the Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Transitions, and Counterclaim. B. Respond to 3rd reading of "I Have a Dream" Preview the document(due October 20).
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15 End of Quarter
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16 Early Release
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19 Week 10- No School Employee Planning
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Beginning of Quarter 2
I. Warm-Up A. Prompt #6-Chains In Teams Assignments respond to the following quote: "Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains." -Jean Jacques Rosseau
What do you think about this quote? Is it true for you? How so? If not, why not? How can you relate this quote to the ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? or the situation in our country, or elsewhere? You do not need to respond to these questions, but you do need at least two paragraphs that address the quote. Also, make sure that you look at the punctuation, what does the pause mean?
II. Individual Work A. Upload the completed "I Have a Dream" worksheet, if it is ready, into the assignment. Make sure that it is correct. B. Under The Writing Unit in Modules, locate resources to write the Second Draft of your Argumentative Essay. If you missed the first draft, that is okay, just write this draft like it should be perfect. Follow all of the instructions that I have given to you. 1. Visit www.reyeseng.org/WritingRules 2. Following the Writing Process, begin writing the second draft of the MLK Argumentative Essay. III. Homework A. Anything not completed in class continues to be your homework, due dates are in Pinnacle (you must not miss that date). If you have a learning plan-you know who you are-you should follow it, but do not use it as a crutch. B. Level-Up Tutorials: 1. Spelling Words Often Confused 2. Evaluating Credibility 3. Logical Fallacies
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Beginning of Quarter 2
I. Warm-Up A. Prompt #6-Chains In Teams Assignments respond to the following quote: "Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains." -Jean Jacques Rosseau
What do you think about this quote? Is it true for you? How so? If not, why not? How can you relate this quote to the ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? or the situation in our country, or elsewhere? You do not need to respond to these questions, but you do need at least two paragraphs that address the quote. Also, make sure that you look at the punctuation, what does the pause mean?
II. Individual Work A. Upload the completed "I Have a Dream" worksheet, if it is ready, into the assignment. Make sure that it is correct. B. Under The Writing Unit in Modules, locate resources to write the Second Draft of your Argumentative Essay. If you missed the first draft, that is okay, just write this draft like it should be perfect. Follow all of the instructions that I have given to you. 1. Visit www.reyeseng.org/WritingRules 2. Following the Writing Process, begin writing the second draft of the MLK Argumentative Essay. III. Homework A. Anything not completed in class continues to be your homework, due dates are in Pinnacle (you must not miss that date). If you have a learning plan-you know who you are-you should follow it, but do not use it as a crutch. B. Level-Up Tutorials: 1. Spelling Words Often Confused 2. Evaluating Credibility 3. Logical Fallacies
Periods 5 and 7 Only: Due date for the above are Friday for "I Have a Dream" and Tuesday for the essay and tutorials, just as long as this is your own work. Accommodations have been made and time has been evened out for all learners. I cannot give more time to these assignments because I need to plan with sequencing.
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I. Warm-Up A. Period 2 Terms Practice : Live Quiz Period 3 Terms Practice: Live Quiz Period 4 Terms Practice: Live Quiz Period 6 Terms Practice: Live Quiz
B. Prompt #7 A Word of Advice Please respond to the prompt in Teams Assignment. C. Please register with Naviance and Collegeboard, these will be your accounts until you graduate high school (SUPER important!).
Naviance Khan Academy Collegeboard II. Whole Class A. Terms to Own Preview the documentand review. B. Grammar Review 1.Run-On Sentences 2.Fragments 3.Subject-Verb Agreement
III. Individual Work
A. Essay Writing 1. Continue writing the Freedom Argumentative EssayPreview the document
IV. Homework A. Continue the agenda and anything not completed in class. B. Writing Review-Level Up Tutorials: 1. Spelling Words Often Confused 2. Evaluating Credibility 3. Logical Fallacies
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I. Warm-Up A.Log on to Teams and open the browser with at least four tabs for: 1. Begin planning your essay- Freedom EssayPreview the document 2. an MS Windows page (to prewrite using cluster, brainstorm, outline, mind-mapping, or the BEST tool for you). 3. for handouts 4. use tutorials, textbooks pages R16-R21, etc. 5. Interactive Writing lessons
Note: no outside resources, only what is given to you. B. Locate 3rd Reading of "I Have a Dream." C. Your Marked Paul Pupil essay
II. Whole Class A. Review handouts and material B. Discuss Paul Pupil CREC III. Individual Work
A. Practice: https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-12/identify-thesis-statements B. Continue 3rd Reading of "I Have a Dream" Preview the document C. Begin the pre-writing for a second draft of the essay: 1. Use any resource to begin your prewriting: a. ArgumentativeEssayOutline.pdfPreview the document b. mindmapping c Prewriting d Better Transitions.docxPreview the document e How to write a better essay
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Week 11 26 I. Warm Up A. Preview Punctuation Formulas slideshow. Preview the document(We will go over these sentence patterns frequently; use them in your writing).
II. Individual Work A. Reading- Commonlit.org-I suggest you read it while listening to one of the youtube videos (do not watch the film yet).
1. Respond to "A Tell-Tale Heart. "Remember to read the biography as well. Respond to the multiple choice questions and short response question after reading.
Period 2 commonlit.org Period 3 commonlit.org Period4 commonlit.org
a. a new adaptation>> A Tell-Tale Heart
b. an animated adaptation>> B. Language 1. Level Up Tutorials:
a. Pronouns b. Sentence Fragments and Run-ons c. Parts of a Sentence:Subjects and Predicates d. Honors-Commas
III. Homework
A. The Freedom Essay is due on Wednesday B. Anything not completed in class C. Prompts 1-7 are due on Thursday, please see your Teams Assignment page.
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27 I. Warm Up A. Preview Punctuation Formulas slideshow. Preview the document(We will go over these sentence patterns frequently; use them in your writing).
II. Individual Work A. Reading- Commonlit.org-I suggest you read it while listening to one of the youtube videos (do not watch the film yet).
1. Respond to "A Tell-Tale Heart. "Remember to read the biography as well. Respond to the multiple choice questions and short response question after reading.
Period 5 commonlit.org Period 6 commonlit.org Period 7commonlit.org
a. a new adaptation>> A Tell-Tale Heart
b. an animated adaptation>> B. Language 1. Level Up Tutorials:
a. Pronouns b. Sentence Fragments and Run- ons c. Parts of a Sentence:Subjects and Predicates d. Honors-Commas
III. Homework
A. The Freedom Essay is due on Wednesday B. Anything not completed in class C. Prompts 1-7 are due on Thursday, please see your Teams Assignment page.
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28 I. Warm-Up
A. View the following pre-reading presentation: Red Masque Preview the document in Canvas
II. Reading A. Read "The Masque of -Period 2 "The Masque of the Red Death" -Period 3 "The Masque of the Red Death" -Period 4 "The Masque of the Red Death" -Period 6 "The Masque of the Red Death" III. Language A. Terms to OwnPreview the document-Review the list of words and definitions (soon the Vocabulary practice will be complete). IV. Homework: None
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29. I. Warm-Up A. Preview Punctuation Formulas slideshow. Preview the document (We will go over these sentence patterns frequently; use them in your writing).
II. Class Work A. Commonlit.org- You should have an account as I had asked you a while ago to register. Here are the codes to register with my account at Commonlit.org :
Period 5-"The Raven"
Period 7- "The Raven
See Canvas: Here is a very good audio of the poem: "The Raven " which you can listen to as you read the poem.
Here is a funny version- The Simpson's "The Raven"
B. Language 1. Level Up Tutorials:
III. Homework A. Your Prompts 1-7 are due
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30. I. Warm-Up (Manage your own time today).
A. Go to Teams Assignments to respond to Prompt#8 Likes/Dislikes 1. I suggest that you create a table with two columns (see example). 2. Remember, ALWAYS use Times New Roman, size 12 font to type your work in this class.
II. Language Work A. Go to NoRedInk.com, work for 15 minutes on Mastery Skills (watch your time and use it wisely). B. Go to Khanacademy.com (Links to an external site.) and work on Grammar for 25 minutes (again, watch your time). I do not follow Khan Academy but I assign it for your own edification. C. Practice for Terms to OwnPreview the document at Vocabulary.com for about 20 min.:
-Period 2 -http://vocab.com/join/4DXS5N7
- Period 3 -http://vocab.com/join/3TPYNK0
-Period 4-http://vocab.com/join/2YY9YRX
-Period 6-http://vocab.com/join/FWFPT2
III. Reading
A. Next, spend 20 min on Quill.org, by following your period:
- Period 2 quill.org/join/bank-country
- Period 3 quill.org/join/factor-soup
- Period 4 quill.org/join/grain-jump
- Period 6 quill.org/join/expert-menu
Complete the following activity: https://www.quill.org/?referral_code=cel-reyes-2436715
IV. Homework A. None-You get a break from homework. I know you have been working hard if you have been following my instructions AND, I APPRECIATE THAT. Have fun this weekend, be safe, stay safe.
B. Make sure you have completed ALL of the Tutorials that were assigned from Level Up Tutorials.
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