Warm-up: What did you do for the holiday? Do you have any plans for the summer?
Classwork: Reading Skits
Homework: finish book by 6/2
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Top Test Prep Tournament
This looks like a good opportunity.
Who: Top Test Prep, a local SAT and ACT prep company, will be holding its 1st annual "Fear No SAT!" tournament, bringing students from the best schools in the DC/MD/VA area to compete for prizes and the crown of Washington DC's top SAT school.
What: Students in 9th-12th grades will compete and have opportunities to take free practice test and win great prizes.
When: The tournament will be held on Saturday, June 18th.
Where: Top Test Prep's local headquarters located at 3615 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington DC 20016.
Why: Top prize - new iPad 2 for top student. Trophy for top school. $500 for the PTA of the school with the most entries.
How: To enter the tournament, parents/students should call Top Test Prep at 202-618-4474. Registration Deadline is June 11th. Website with more info: TopTestPrep.com
Who: Top Test Prep, a local SAT and ACT prep company, will be holding its 1st annual "Fear No SAT!" tournament, bringing students from the best schools in the DC/MD/VA area to compete for prizes and the crown of Washington DC's top SAT school.
What: Students in 9th-12th grades will compete and have opportunities to take free practice test and win great prizes.
When: The tournament will be held on Saturday, June 18th.
Where: Top Test Prep's local headquarters located at 3615 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington DC 20016.
Why: Top prize - new iPad 2 for top student. Trophy for top school. $500 for the PTA of the school with the most entries.
How: To enter the tournament, parents/students should call Top Test Prep at 202-618-4474. Registration Deadline is June 11th. Website with more info: TopTestPrep.com
5/24
Warm-up: How would you describe the style of your novel? How is the style developed?
Classwork: finish checking sample resumes and letters of rec; independent reading time
Homework: Read for Thursday's quiz
Classwork: finish checking sample resumes and letters of rec; independent reading time
Homework: Read for Thursday's quiz
5/23
Warm-up: Which character in your novel is most likeable? Why?
Classwork: Quiz #1; reviewed sample resumes and letters; independent reading time
Homework: Prepare for next quiz *****changed quiz #2 to 5/26 Thursday
Classwork: Quiz #1; reviewed sample resumes and letters; independent reading time
Homework: Prepare for next quiz *****changed quiz #2 to 5/26 Thursday
Friday, May 20, 2011
5/20
Warm-up: Select 2 quotes from the first 3rd of the book and explain why you think that they are important to the novel
Classwork: college prep materials: letters of recommendation and resumes
read independent novels
Homework: Draft of resume and letter of rec; finish 1st 3rd of novel
Classwork: college prep materials: letters of recommendation and resumes
read independent novels
Homework: Draft of resume and letter of rec; finish 1st 3rd of novel
Thursday, May 19, 2011
5/17-19
Warm-up: N/A due to HSA testing and teacher absence
Classwork: Read novels, work on resume and letter of rec
Homework: Finish 1st 3rd of novel by 23rd
Classwork: Read novels, work on resume and letter of rec
Homework: Finish 1st 3rd of novel by 23rd
Monday, May 16, 2011
5/16
Warm-up: If you were writing your resume, what would you list for each of these categories: education, extracurricular activities, awards, work experience, talents/hobbies/skills
Classwork: Discussed resumes, letters of rec, college essays
Homework: Continue reading
Reading Schedule
1st 3rd Due 5/23
2nd 3rd Due 5/27
3rd 3rd Due 6/2
Gatsby - Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Eyes - Chapters 1-6, 7-14, 15-20
Things - pgs 1-85 (through "How To Tell a War Story), pgs 86-161 (through "Notes"), pg 162- the end
Classwork: Discussed resumes, letters of rec, college essays
Homework: Continue reading
Reading Schedule
1st 3rd Due 5/23
2nd 3rd Due 5/27
3rd 3rd Due 6/2
Gatsby - Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Eyes - Chapters 1-6, 7-14, 15-20
Things - pgs 1-85 (through "How To Tell a War Story), pgs 86-161 (through "Notes"), pg 162- the end
5/13
Warm-up: What can we do differently next year to better prepare students for the test?
Classwork: Chose independent reading source (Gatsby, Eyes, or Things); talked about the college application process
Homework: Start reading
Reading Schedule
1st 3rd Due 5/23
2nd 3rd Due 5/27
3rd 3rd Due 6/2
Gatsby - Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Eyes - Chapters 1-6, 7-14, 15-20
Things - pgs 1-85 (through "How To Tell a War Story), pgs 86-161 (through "Notes"), pg 162- the end
Classwork: Chose independent reading source (Gatsby, Eyes, or Things); talked about the college application process
Homework: Start reading
Reading Schedule
1st 3rd Due 5/23
2nd 3rd Due 5/27
3rd 3rd Due 6/2
Gatsby - Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Eyes - Chapters 1-6, 7-14, 15-20
Things - pgs 1-85 (through "How To Tell a War Story), pgs 86-161 (through "Notes"), pg 162- the end
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
5/10
Warm-up: Take and carefully read the hockey passage.
Classwork: Jeopardy review
Homework: Study for the exam
Classwork: Jeopardy review
Homework: Study for the exam
Monday, May 9, 2011
5/9
Warm-up: What questions do you have about the AP test? List at least 2.
Classwork: discuss test, look at practice tests and essays
Homework: Study for test
Classwork: discuss test, look at practice tests and essays
Homework: Study for test
Thursday, May 5, 2011
5/6
Warm-up: Which of your 3 essay outlines is strongest? Why? Weakest? Why?
Classwork: Discuss essay outlines
Homework: Study for AP exams
Classwork: Discuss essay outlines
Homework: Study for AP exams
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
5/4
Warm-up: What key words in the prompt let you know what kind of essay to write? for analysis? for synthesis? for argumentative?
Classwork: Write an outline for each kind of essay.
Homework: Study for AP exam
Classwork: Write an outline for each kind of essay.
Homework: Study for AP exam
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Read More! Watch Less!
We talked about new evidence that unhappy people watch more tv in 3rd period - an off topic discussion to be sure.
Link to information about the study: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1789
Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize
Study: Channeling Unhappiness, In Good and Bad Economic Times
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as "very happy" spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research.
Analyzing 30-years worth of national data from time use studies and a continuing series of social attitude surveys, the Maryland researchers report that spending time watching television may contribute to viewers' happiness in the moment, with less positive effects in the long run.
"TV doesn't really seem to satisfy people over the long haul the way that social involvement or reading a newspaper does," says University of Maryland sociologist John P. Robinson, the study co-author and a pioneer in time use studies. "It's more passive and may provide escape - especially when the news is as depressing as the economy itself. The data suggest to us that the TV habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise."
TV VIEWING DURING A FINANCIAL CRISIS
Based on data from time use surveys, Robinson projects that TV viewing might increase significantly as the economy worsens in the next few months and years.
"Through good and bad economic times, our diary studies, have consistently found that work is the major activity correlate of higher TV viewing hours," Robinson says. "As people have progressively more time on their hands, viewing hours increase."
But Robinson cautions that some of that extra time also might be spent sleeping. "As working and viewing hours increase, so do sleep hours," he says. "Sleep could be the second major beneficiary of job loss or reduced working hours."
STUDY FINDINGS AND DATA
In their new study, Robinson and his co-author, University of Maryland sociologist Steven Martin, set out to learn more about the activities that contributed to happiness in people's lives. They analyzed two sets of data spanning nearly 30 years (1975-2006) gathered from nearly 30,000 adults:
A series of time use studies that asked people to fill out diaries for a 24-hour period and to indicate how pleasurable they found each activity;
General Social Survey attitude studies, which Robinson calls the premier national source for monitoring changes in public attitudes - in-depth surveys that over the years consistently asked subjects how happy they feel, how they spend their time, among a number of other questions.
UNHAPPY PEOPLE VIEW SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
Robinson and Martin found that the two sets of data largely coincided for most activities - with the exception of television.
From the General Social Survey, the researchers found that self-described very happy people were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read more newspapers. By contrast, unhappy people watched significantly more television in their spare time.
According to the study's findings, unhappy people watch an estimated 20 percent more television than very happy people, after taking into account their education, income, age and marital status - as well as other demographic predictors of both viewing and happiness.
UNHAPPY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH TV
Data from time diaries told a somewhat different story. Responding in "real time," much closer to daily events, survey respondents tended to rate television viewing more highly as a daily activity.
"What viewers seem to be saying is that while TV in general is a waste of time and not particularly enjoyable, 'the shows I saw tonight were pretty good,' " Robinson says.
The data also suggested to Robinson and Martin that TV viewing is "easy." Viewers don't have to go anywhere, dress up, find company, plan ahead, expend energy, do any work or spend money in order to view. Combine these advantages with the immediate gratification offered by television, and you can understand why Americans spend more than half their free time as TV viewers, the researchers say.
Unhappy people were also more likely to feel that they have unwanted extra time on their hands (51 percent) compared to very happy people (19 percent) and to feel rushed for time (35 percent vs. 23 percent). Having too much time and no clear way to fill it was the bigger burden of the two.
AN ADDICT'S FIX
Martin likens the short, temporary pleasure of television to addiction: "Addictive activities produce momentary pleasure and long-term misery and regret," he says. "People most vulnerable to addiction tend to be socially or personally disadvantaged. For this kind of person, TV can become a kind of opiate in a way. It's habitual, and tuning in can be an easy way of tuning out."
FULL TEXT OF THE ARTICLE
The full-text article is available to media reporters and editors, on request, as a pdf file. Please e-mail ntickner@umd.edu.
University of Maryland sociological researchers have been leaders is in the fields of individual and family time use as well as family dynamics and demographics.
Link to information about the study: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?ArticleID=1789
Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize
Study: Channeling Unhappiness, In Good and Bad Economic Times
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as "very happy" spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research.
Analyzing 30-years worth of national data from time use studies and a continuing series of social attitude surveys, the Maryland researchers report that spending time watching television may contribute to viewers' happiness in the moment, with less positive effects in the long run.
"TV doesn't really seem to satisfy people over the long haul the way that social involvement or reading a newspaper does," says University of Maryland sociologist John P. Robinson, the study co-author and a pioneer in time use studies. "It's more passive and may provide escape - especially when the news is as depressing as the economy itself. The data suggest to us that the TV habit may offer short-run pleasure at the expense of long-term malaise."
TV VIEWING DURING A FINANCIAL CRISIS
Based on data from time use surveys, Robinson projects that TV viewing might increase significantly as the economy worsens in the next few months and years.
"Through good and bad economic times, our diary studies, have consistently found that work is the major activity correlate of higher TV viewing hours," Robinson says. "As people have progressively more time on their hands, viewing hours increase."
But Robinson cautions that some of that extra time also might be spent sleeping. "As working and viewing hours increase, so do sleep hours," he says. "Sleep could be the second major beneficiary of job loss or reduced working hours."
STUDY FINDINGS AND DATA
In their new study, Robinson and his co-author, University of Maryland sociologist Steven Martin, set out to learn more about the activities that contributed to happiness in people's lives. They analyzed two sets of data spanning nearly 30 years (1975-2006) gathered from nearly 30,000 adults:
A series of time use studies that asked people to fill out diaries for a 24-hour period and to indicate how pleasurable they found each activity;
General Social Survey attitude studies, which Robinson calls the premier national source for monitoring changes in public attitudes - in-depth surveys that over the years consistently asked subjects how happy they feel, how they spend their time, among a number of other questions.
UNHAPPY PEOPLE VIEW SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
Robinson and Martin found that the two sets of data largely coincided for most activities - with the exception of television.
From the General Social Survey, the researchers found that self-described very happy people were more socially active, attended more religious services, voted more and read more newspapers. By contrast, unhappy people watched significantly more television in their spare time.
According to the study's findings, unhappy people watch an estimated 20 percent more television than very happy people, after taking into account their education, income, age and marital status - as well as other demographic predictors of both viewing and happiness.
UNHAPPY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH TV
Data from time diaries told a somewhat different story. Responding in "real time," much closer to daily events, survey respondents tended to rate television viewing more highly as a daily activity.
"What viewers seem to be saying is that while TV in general is a waste of time and not particularly enjoyable, 'the shows I saw tonight were pretty good,' " Robinson says.
The data also suggested to Robinson and Martin that TV viewing is "easy." Viewers don't have to go anywhere, dress up, find company, plan ahead, expend energy, do any work or spend money in order to view. Combine these advantages with the immediate gratification offered by television, and you can understand why Americans spend more than half their free time as TV viewers, the researchers say.
Unhappy people were also more likely to feel that they have unwanted extra time on their hands (51 percent) compared to very happy people (19 percent) and to feel rushed for time (35 percent vs. 23 percent). Having too much time and no clear way to fill it was the bigger burden of the two.
AN ADDICT'S FIX
Martin likens the short, temporary pleasure of television to addiction: "Addictive activities produce momentary pleasure and long-term misery and regret," he says. "People most vulnerable to addiction tend to be socially or personally disadvantaged. For this kind of person, TV can become a kind of opiate in a way. It's habitual, and tuning in can be an easy way of tuning out."
FULL TEXT OF THE ARTICLE
The full-text article is available to media reporters and editors, on request, as a pdf file. Please e-mail ntickner@umd.edu.
University of Maryland sociological researchers have been leaders is in the fields of individual and family time use as well as family dynamics and demographics.
5/3
Warm-up: SOAPSToneR the 4th passage (about women's education) of the practice AP test.
Classwork: Bloodthirsty the rest of the AP test
Homework: Study for AP exams
Classwork: Bloodthirsty the rest of the AP test
Homework: Study for AP exams
5/2
Warm-up: Read the 1st and 2nd sample essays on the Joan of Arc passage and write why the 1st is better.
Classwork: Bloodthirsty AP practice test
Homework: Study for AP exams
Classwork: Bloodthirsty AP practice test
Homework: Study for AP exams
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