Friday, January 29, 2016

Posted on January 29, 2016 by jculver

Parody song you might like about Abigail.

Monty Python Witch Scene

Great review for Act 2

This week we have done the following No Red Ink reviews in class for bellringers: Singular Collective Nouns, principal vs. principle, effect vs. affect, and good vs. well.

We have finished reading Act 2 of The Crucible and we viewed Act 2 from the movie version. Class has also been given classtime to complete Act 2 questions on page 1181 and 1182. Write question and answer. Highlight or underline answers please. Due Monday for silver grade. (30 percent)

UPCOMING TESTS: There will not be an individual test on Act 2. However, when we are done with Act 3, I will combine Act 2 and Act 3 and we will have a test on that. Date will be announced soon.

UPCOMING QUIZ: At some point soon, you will have a pop quiz on what should be in your notebook. Make sure you are up to date. Below you will find the table of contents so far:

  1. Predictogram “Lottery”
  2. Notes–Powerpoint “Lottery”
  3. Pg. 1123 Lit Terms and Vocab Act One The Crucible
  4. Anticipation Guide for The Crucible
  5. Character Analysis Worksheet
  6. Workbook Pg 316
  7. Workbook Page 317/318
  8. Page 1160 Lit Terms and Vocab Act Two The Crucible
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Posted on January 14, 2016 by jculver
  1. Bellringer 7: Page 1271, 4-6 only
  2. First, second and third period need to do the Writer’s Choice grammar review on Subject Verb Agreement that the other classes did on Wednesday
  3. Fifth and 8th will catch up with the other classes with their reading.
  4. If time left, fill in character analysis sheet.  Tuesday, after the 3 day weekend, we will finish Act I and will do the questions that follow. meme
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Posted on January 14, 2016 by jculver
  1. Bellringer 6: Lit book, page 1270-1271, ACT English Practice Test, do 1-3 only
  2. Review bellringer
  3. Review grammar from yesterday for periods 5 and 8.
  4. Review what we read yesterday for periods 1,2,3
  5. Read Act I, discuss

 

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Wed., January 13, 2016

Posted on January 14, 2016 by jculver
  1. Bellringer 5: Page 1269 in lit book, 7-9 ACT Reading Practice
  2. First/Second/Third periods: Read aloud in class–The Crucible, Act I

Fifth/Eighth periods: Writer’s Choice grammar review, pages 601-607 Subject Verb             Agreement. Turn in. Will review tomorrow.

 

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Posted on January 11, 2016 by jculver
  1. 4th Bellringer: Page 1268, 4-6
  2. Review
  3. Anticipation Guide for The Crucible. Goes in notebook as page #4.
  4. Review the vocabulary from page 1123 and the literary analysis terms.
  5. Slideshare (not all, just parts)
  6. Assign roles.
  7. Read as much of Act I as we can today.
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Posted on January 11, 2016 by jculver
  1. 3rd Bellringer: Lit Book, page 1268, ACT Reading Practice, After prompt, only answer 1-3
  2. Review Bellringer
  3. Reading 1118 to 1121: Arthur Miller/McCarthyism in literature book
  4. Answer questions on page 1121, 1-2 for bronze grade
  5. Choose roles for play
  6. Write down vocabulary (in blue) and literary analysis bold words and definitions. Put in your notebook as page 3. Title it ACT ONE: The Crucible

 

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Writing College Application Essays

Posted on January 4, 2016 by jculver

8 Tips

Video 1

Common Questions

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Lesson Plans for January 4–8, 2016

Posted on January 3, 2016 by jculver

***Updated on 1-8-16

Monday, January 4, 2016:

Teacher Workday. No students.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016:

  1.  ACT Prep: Idioms—Page 1266 in lit book
  2. Discuss essential questions for this third 9 weeks.
  3. Have students draw from a box. Find out who “wins” the prize.  Have that person sit in the middle of the classroom and give them a prize.
  4. Do a Predictogram for “The Lottery”
  5. Read/listen to “The Lottery” (I have 20 copies, so students need to look on with a partner. Audio/Text #1   Audio/Text #2

Wednesday, January 6, 2016:

  1. ACT Prep: Lit Book, Pg. 1267: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Sentence Completion
  2. thelotterypptusethisoneplease2016    TAKE NOTES
  3. Discussion/answer the questions as a class  (Standard 15. (RI. 11-12.6)  Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.)  Students will identify the point of view in “The Lottery” and analyze the way in which the work is effective for the reader.
  4. Discuss: Irony/Morality (Standard 10. (RI. 11-12.7) Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matter uncertain.)

Thursday, January 7, 2016

  1. No bellringer. Finish PowerPoint Notes on “The Lottery”
  2. 2 short videos: “The Lottery” and “Discussion: The Lottery”

Friday, January 8, 2016   REPORT CARDS

 

  1. In library learning about new releases and picking out a fun book to read.
  2. Quiz on “The Lottery”
  3. Reading silently. (New books we just checked out)
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Semester Exam Study Guide

Posted on December 8, 2015 by jculver

Please review the following in order to do well on the semester exam:

 

Short Story: Lit book—“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

Nonfiction: Lit book—Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by William Faulkner

Night (Novel)

Short Story: Lit Book—“Dust Tracks on a Road” by Zora Neale Hurston

Nonfiction: Lit book—-“One Day, Now Broken in Two” by Anna Quindlan (The article about 9/11 attacks)

The Great Gatsby (novel)

Nonfiction: Lit Book—Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

Nonfiction: Lit Book—JFK “Inaugural Address”

Online search—Poem “Your World” by Georgia Johnson

Online search: Poem “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay

Short Story: Lit book—“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor

Know these terms and how to use them: connotation, tone, Point of View, inference, semicolon, comma, parallelism, allusion, simile, metaphor, grotesque character, MLA rules

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Night by Elie Wiesel: Reading Schedule

Posted on December 1, 2015 by jculver

Night full text on SlideShare:

Tuesday HW: Read to page 22.

Wednesday: HW: Read to page 40

Thursday: HW: Read to page 65

Friday: HW Read to page 84

Monday, Dec. 7: Read to page 97

Tuesday, Dec. 8: Read to end

Wednesday, Dec. 9: REVIEW NOVEL. Play Kahoot perhaps!

Thursday, Dec. 10: Test on Night GOLD GRADE

Feel free to read ahead if you want to, but we will be reading in class and then you’ll finish for HW.
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