10/29

Warm-up: On the back of your rough draft, answer these questions.
1. What are your concerns about your work on this essay so far? What do you still need to do? What are you still unsure of?
2. What do you feel confident about? What have you done well?
3. How finished is this essay, or how rough is it? How much time have you spent on it so far? How much more time do you need? Explain.


Classwork: Self reflection and peer editing workshop

Homework: Work on draft

10/28

Warm-up: If you were asked to give a speech to teachers, what 5 pieces of advice would you give them?

Classwork: Read "A Talk to Teachers" on LOC pg 123-129 and answer questions 1-12 on pg 129

Homework: Finish Rough Draft

10/27

Warm-up: What are the advantages and/or consequences to naming a valedictorian? Was Talbot objective or not? Explain.

Classwork: discuss Talbot questions

Homework: Work on rough draft

10/26

Warm-up: Reflect on how two pictures of Kosovo refugee camps reveal different messages. Look at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/onassignment/guzy/kosovo/kosovo1.htm in order to find 2 pictures to compare.

Classwork: discuss the Alexie homework questions, write a sample body paragraph for an essay explaining how Alexie uses strategies in order to reveal a message

Homework: Read "Best in Class" by Talbot on LOC pg 113-122, complete questions 1-8 on pg 122

10/25

Warm-up: Write a reflection about why you chose your 3 photos? Which do you think is most visually compelling? Why? What message is the photographer sharing? How? What strategies are used? Are there any ethical issues?

Classwork: Went over E-O test, discussed and handed out photo essay assignment

Homework: Read Alexie on LOC pgs 110-112 and answer questions 1-8 on pg 112-3; Start rough draft of photo essay due Friday

10/22

Warm-up: In a response of at least one page, respond to the following questions about the independent book that you read.
What do you think of the book?  -How would you describe it to someone else? -In what way is this an important book for others to read? - What was the point or points the author was trying to make? How effective or convincing was that argument?  -What did your group NOT discuss that you think should be mentioned? -How did the group discussions enhance your experience with the book?

Classwork: Discussed reactions to books; watched photography documentary

Homework: Bring in 3 news photographs that you could analyze

10/21

Warm-up: Read and annotate the rhetorical strategies of the listed pages, then write a thesis that explains what message is created or tone is revealed.
Three Cups of Tea pg 299-300
Into the Wild pg 180-181
Being a Black Man pg 125-126
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens pg 388-389


Classwork: Independent Reading Essays

Homework: N/A

10/20

Warm-up: Choose any 2 page section from your book. Annotate the rhetorical strategies used in the section. Then write a thesis statement that explains why the author was using those strategies. What tone was created? or What purpose did the writing serve?

Classwork: Book discussions, adding to annotations

Homework: Finalize annotations and prepare for tomorrow's essay

10/19

Warm-up: Review for test

Classwork: Test on rhetorical terms

Homework: Finish book and annotations

10/18

Warm-up: Write an example of the following terms: oxymoron, jargon, inversion, subjunctive mood of a verb, figurative language, hortatory language, hyperbole

Classwork: Review for A-O test; jeopardy game

Homework: Study for tomorrow's A-O test; finish reading by Wednesday

link to the most important document I will ever give you

If you have misplaced the handout I gave you about the appeals (despite my warning to cherish it forever), you should refer to this.


http://docs.google.com/a/pgcps.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cGdjcHMub3JnfGhlbmRyaWNrc2FwbGFuZ3xneDo0ZmM1YWQ0MjExYWMxNDYw&AuthEventSource=SSO

9/14

Warm-up: Nominalize the following words: capable, free, able, brave, careful

Classwork: Independent reading & e-o review (3rd pd only)

Homework: Independent reading & a-o review

9/13

Warm-up: What was the easiest and hardest part of the PSAT? Why?

Classwork:

Pd 2 - PSAT

Pd 3 - College Search

Pd 4 - Announcements; E-O review

Homework: Independent reading, study a-o terms

10/12

Warm-up: Write a reflection about what you learned at the museum (or in class) yesterday. What are your reactions to the topic of photo ethics? The Newseum?

Classwork:

2nd period - Halfway book discussions

3rd&4th period - PSAT prep; halfway book discussions




Homework: Independent reading; study for a-o test on 10/19

10/11

Field Trip or Photo Ethics packet

10/8

Warm-up: The wide variety of spices and condiments used in sausage making including salt and, it depends on the ethnic or regional origin of the recipe, coriander, nutmeg, cloves, garlic, vinegar, mace, pepper, chili peppers, or pistachio nuts.
A.     include salt and, it depends
B.     include salt, depending
C.     includes salt, and it depends
D.     includes salt and, depending
E.     including salt and, depending

Classwork: Sections 2 & 4

Homework: Independent Reading and Study for PSAT

****Remember to prepare for field trip on Monday. Pack a lunch to eat on the bus, or bring some money for the snack shop in the museum. Meet in the lobby at 8:15am on Monday.****

10/7

Warm-up: The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. 
The  largest  European  type of  newt grows to about  seven inches,  while  the largest American type,   the California newt,  it grows  to about six   inches.  No error.

(just rewrite the sentence with the correction)

Classwork: Bloodthirsty of Section 5; independent reading

Homework: Independent Reading    

10/6

Warm-up : Fix the following sentences
1. After he broke his arm, he is home for two weeks.
2. If one is tense, they should try to relax.
3. She likes to ski, plays tennis, and flying hang gliders.
4. Carmen and Sarah want to be a pilot.
5. There is eight people on the shore.
6. Barking loudly, the tree had the dog's leash wrapped around it.
7. Of the sixteen executives, Naomi makes more money.

Classwork: Completed Section 5 of PSAT booklet; Independent reading time

Homework: Independent reading

10/5

Warm-up: Cecily is worried that, with all the recent innovations in computing, her five-year-old laptop and its software will soon be -------.
A.     redundant
B.     obsolete
C.     unnecessary
D.     renewable
E.     Valuable
The store manager was ------- when sales dropped for the third year in a row; that was why she ------- our department for its lack of effort.
A.     indolent . . intimidated
B.     indignant . . upbraided
C.     insolent . . exonerated
D.     indulgent . . castigated
E.     intolerant . . condoned


Classwork : Finished reviewing Section 1, bloodthirstied Section 3

Homework : Work on Independent Reading

Book Groups for Quarter One

Being a Black Man
Dimitri Callwood-Jackson
Jhasmyn Curry
Angel Thompson
Coutney Thomas
Donesha Whitfield
Avery Showell
Natalie Schwartz
John Walker
Osbatu Kamara
Vanessa Agbar
Lionel Taylor
Diamond Sydnor
Reeham Abdedrazzag
Ciara Cione
Imani Adrea
Reginald Green
Manka Tawah
Diamond Womack
Ebony Brown
Chidinma Okafor
Shaviya Dickerson

Into the Wild
Malik Artis
Julie Smock
Sulu Adewole
Adeze Ogbunigwe
Teni Adebayo
Julio Jovel
Andrew Pataky
Sharie Harris
Nikolas Strayhorn
Kacey Talbot
Dylan Wood
Elise Salanguit
Adesola Salisu
Emily Rader
Alyssa Tomchick
William Beal
Chijoke Okonkwo
Alison Maduro
Dom Davis
Amna Geko
Andrew Diehl
Sarah Miller
Archie OBrien
Shannon Eker
Wen Chen
Danielle DiGregory
Leela Dawson
Jeremy Halpert
Melena Murphy
Deanna Hargrave
Joel Vazquez
Devonte Quasie-Woode
Eyek Ntekim
Kenny Wu
Brandon Galvez
Olusegun Awe
Zack Bretscher
Brooke Armstrong

Three Cups of Tea
Loretta Owens
Daniel Seo
Ben Harding
Fiffany Barber-Alexander
Jade Wilkins
Elizabeth Albinson
Whiney Ajiboye
Taylor Ramirez
Bailey Jarmon
Derrick Edwards
Fana Cisse
Romo Oboite
Jayna Desai
Granit Krasniqi
Harrison Waugh
Hannah Gray
Khadijah Lake
Ehab Amir
Becca Brown
Brady Collier
Sara Rogel
Melanie Daley
Whitney Okwuchi

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
Manny Flores
Jahel Turner
Yaje Ngundam

10/4

Warm-up:
Although Rolf is usually quite ________, he was so _______ by the salesman's rude remarks that he insisted on complaining to the manager.
A)tractable...reassured
B) timorous..angered
C)plucky..offended
D)valiant..incensed
E)Diffident..satisified

Mahpiua Luta, better known for being Red Cloud, was chief of the Oglala Siux during the 1860s.
A. for being
B. that he was
C. as being
D. to be
E. as


Classwork:

Book Launch - Reviewed methods of close reading, set halfway point to reach by 10/12
Into the Wild - Chapters 1-10
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens - Finish through "Making the Moves and Movies We Want"
Three Cups of Tea - Chapters 1-13
Being a Black Man - Finish through "Singled Out"

PSAT prep - Complete Section 1, SOAPSTone the longer reading passage, discuss the correct answers to Section 1

Homework: Complete the 2nd reading secton (Section 3), Closely read your independent book

10/1

Warm-up : Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. 
With the 1977 publication of Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison both received popular and critical acclaim.
A.     both received popular and
B.     both received popular and also
C.     received popular, along with
D.     received popular as well as
E.     received both popular and also

Classwork : Went over A-D test, PSAT prep, finished discussing Emerson's tone and how he creates it through diction

Homework : Get Independent Reading selections - Finish E-O glossaries