5/6
I am at a funeral today. Substitute will have an assignment for you while you watch Dead Poets Society.
DUE: HOMEWORK: None. 5/8
Finish watching Dead Poets Society. Discussion. Turn in worksheet.
Intro new unit and assignments. Assignment sheet for mini research essay. Assignment sheet for presentations on Key Terms. Group sign-up. DUE: HOMEWORK: None. 5/10
Use Haiku Deck on the iPads to create your Key Terms presentation. Read ScienceDaily's article on expecting the unexpected. Annotate articles using a T-Chart for evidence for/against being able to prepare for the future.
DUE: HOMEWORK: Read and fill out the T-Chart for both articles. 5/20
Presenters: Media Literacy & Intolerance and Fear--take notes. Integrating quotations workshop. Peer review for quotations.
DUE: 1st completed rough draft of essay. HOMEWORK: Revise 1st draft. 5/22
Organization workshop. Peer review of rough draft--looking for organizational clarity. Improving transitions and diversity in your writing workshop--twenty-buck words! DUE: Revised essay.
HOMEWORK: Revise essay. 5/24
Presenters: Ethics, Censorship, Dystopia, Utopia, and Stereotype--take notes. Prep and begin Into the Woods!
DUE: Final revision of essay! HOMEWORK: Final revision of essay due today! Notes from presentations due next week after the quiz. |
Expecting the Unexpected!
What role does fate play in our lives?
Nature vs. Nurture How do we prepare for an unpredictable future? How does the environment (and other people's decisions) affect my decisions? 5/14
First presenters: Alliteration and Magical Realism. Take notes on hand out for notes. Finish preparing presentations. Choose your claim for the essay. Outline your essay, choose the 2 quotes you will use from the articles we read.
DUE: First presenters. 2nd article annotated. HOMEWORK: Finish outline for essay. Bring it to class on Thurs. 5/16
Presenters: Fig. Language, Foreshadowing, and Fate--take notes. Workshop on intro paragraphs. Write first paragraph of essay using template.
DUE: All presentations submitted to Canvas tonight before midnight. HOMEWORK: Write rough draft of essay. Bring typed copy to class on Monday. 5/27--Memorial Day
5/29
Quiz today on key terms from presentations. Into the Woods!
DUE: Quiz on Key Terms today! HOMEWORK: None. 5/31
Into the Woods! Finish worksheet. Kick App assembly during 2nd period!
DUE: Nothing. HOMEWORK: Into the Woods work. 6/4
Finish Into the Woods! Discussion. Turn in Into the Woods work. Teacher evaluation. Writing haiku outside :)
6/6-Graduation
Last minute grade checks. Bring a book to class day.
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