Week of January 29-Feb 2
Wednesday 1/31 The Grapes of Wrath Discuss Turtle Chapter Worksheet responses--sub has them! Chapter 1-4 Kahoot--I'll leave instructions for sub so you can play! Click to Take Quiz Chapters 1-4 over The Grapes of Wrath-you MAY use your book, just not each other! Assignment: Finish Scavenger Hunt. Read Chapters 5-8 pp. 42-119. See calendar! Friday 2/2: One Act Play Contest Reading Day Monday 1/29 Log in and upload paper at TurnitIn. See February calendar Intro to The Grapes of Wrath 1. The Grapes of Wrath Trailer 2. View Critics Video Read The Big Read Pamphlet Preview the Preface/Intro in The Grapes of Wrath book. Complete Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath Scavenger Hunt **In case of snow or absence, here are the two pages! Page 1 Page 2 Sites for The Grapes of Wrath Scavenger Hunt: (The little blue book I gave you will help with a lot of these!) 1. Wiki on The Grapes of Wrath Book--(use for #7-8-9) 2. Wiki on The Grapes of Wrath Film 3. The Big Idea behind The Grapes of Wrath (Original title) 3. NPR Articles on Grapes of Wrath 4. Books sold 5. The Movie--sorry, blocked at school Use IMDB site--#15 & 16 6. Film vs. Book--back side of scavenger hunt Assignment: Read Chapters 1-4 (pp. 1-42) for quiz Complete turtle chapter worksheet in packet as you read Previous Days' Assignments: Week of January 22-26 Thursday 1/25 MUG: Subject-Verb Agreement last page of practice packet 1. Agreement with Trick Singulars 2. Agreement when words separate subject and verb 3. Practice with this SV Agreement Practice Quiz 3. Submit S-V Agreement Assignment #3 (22 pts) 4. Submit S-V Agreement Assignment #4 (18 pts) **Show me messy self-edit with 2 ICE and Works Cited for points. After you show me self-edit and have errors corrected on your draft, print new copy for peer editor. You will turn in messy self-edit, peer edit draft and checklist, and career article(s) Log in to Turnitin and submit your paper. .......................................................................... Tuesday 1/23 Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Packet-Pre-test Click here for a review of ALL the rules! Rules: 1. Whenever each, either, neither, ones (someone, anyone), bodies (somebody, nobody" is the subject, the verb MUST be singular. (Also add Every and Many a or Many an Each of the girls is carrying a backpack. Every girl and boy carries... Many a girl carries a 2. Whenever "both, few, several, many" is subject, the verb must be plural Both of the girls are carrying a backpack. 3. If "some, all, any, none, most" is the subject, look inside the phrase to determine if the verb is singular or plural. Some of the cake is gone. Some of the cookies are gone. 4. Singular subjects joined by "or" take singular verb. Jason, Jen or Pat does the dishes every night. 5. Compound subjects joined by "and" take plural verbs. Jason, Jen and Pat are coming for dinner. View ACT review videos: 1. ACT English Tips: SV Agreement 2. Tricky scenarios on the ACT with SV agreement Complete these assignments. (I will keep the better 18 point and the better 22 point assignment. Use the Cheat Sheet and your worksheets!) 1. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #1 at Quia (22 pts) 2. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #2 at Quia (18 pts) **Show me messy self-edit for points. After you show me self-edit and have errors corrected on your draft, print new copy for peer editor. Here is the Peer Edit sheet. See both sides! Before you leave: Go to SDMyLife, Click on Assessments Link across the top and Complete the Matchmaker. .......................................................................... Week of January 16-19 Wednesday 1/17 Anonymous round-robin reading of timed writings from last Friday MUG: Hyphens, Dashes & Ellipsis .......................................................................... Friday 1/19 MUG: Hyphens, Dashes & Ellipsis 1. Practice Hyphens & Dashes at Khan Academy 2. Practice using the hyphen 3. Take this quiz about 2-word hyphens 4. Take this practice quiz about hyphens with re- words (again, sometimes necessary for clarity!) 5. Take this 8th grade Ellipsis Quiz at IXL Take Quiz over Hyphens, Dashes and Ellipsis at Quia (use your packet!) Put on PATIENCE. Research takes TIME and TENACITY. Find job shadow "human interest" article (NOT web page but an article from a magazine or newspaper or newsletter, etc.) in either Google Drive folder I shared with your or an online library database (EBSCO, Pro-Quest, InfoTrac). To search library databases: 1. Go to Siouxlandlib.org databases 2. Scroll down to EBSCO Megafile, Log in with library card number 3. In the search bar, type in "A Day in the Life of a (name your job) 4. Under Limit Your Results, click Full Text and Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals 5. Click Search 6. Carefully Read the description of the article because the TITLE might not tell what it's about! 7. To open and read it, click on the PDF Full Text icon on the left side of the page 8. BEFORE printing the article, skim/read it to make sure it's a HUMAN interest story ABOUT a person engaged in that career. 9. Ideally, you should find and print TWO (2) articles so you have more info to choose from. 10. Two important tips: First, click the Save to Google Drive icon in upper left. 11. From EBSCO, you can cite DIRECTLY to EasyBib! How? A. Log in to EasyBib in another browser B. Click the Export link on right hand side C. Choose Direct Export to EasyBib (2nd from bottom) and Click Save D. Once EasyBib opens, Under Import the Following Citations, click Import and follow the steps Read/Review Job Shadow Sample Paper with article added and Works Cited. But first, read the article that is cited in this paper! View: How to Make a Quote Flow in an Essay View: Choosing & Using Quotations View Quotation Sandwich Read ICE it What is a SIGNAL phrase and how do I use it? Follow these steps: 1. Add the info from your article(s) Remember the Quote Sandwich: Introduce (According to John Smith, a pediatrician at Dallas Children's Hospital,....or Mechanic Dean Smith in an article in Motortrends Magazine argues that...) Cite/Insert the quote Explain it or connect it. 2. Add the article(s) to your EasyBib Job Shadow Journal Project for a total or 4 or 5 sources! 3. Print a hard copy of your paper including Works Cited (Export using Red Button, Print as Word, Copy & Paste) 4. SELF-EDIT BY HAND. Make changes on the draft. If you highlight or circle, attempt to revise! This should take you quite some time!!! Instead of: Eight moms were in labor and delivery. Use: Eight moms prepared to give birth. Here is another copy of the Job Shadow Self Edit Activity . DON'T THROW MESSY DRAFT! YOU will turn it in! 5. When you are satisfied that you have corrected EVERYTHING in your self-edit, fix & print a clean copy for peer edit. 6. Be ready to peer edit on Tuesday 7. Final draft with Works Cited due next Thursday. We will be uploading papers to Turnitin. Spend time reviewing peer edits of your essay Week of January 8-12 Friday 1/12 40 minute timed writing. Put on PATIENCE. Research takes TIME and TENACITY. Find job shadow "human interest" article (NOT web page but an article from a magazine or newspaper or newsletter, etc.) in either Google Drive folder I shared with your or an online library database (EBSCO, Pro-Quest, InfoTrac). To search library databases: 1. Go to Siouxlandlib.org databases 2. Scroll down to EBSCO Megafile, Log in with library card number 3. In the search bar, type in "A Day in the Life of a (name your job) 4. Under Limit Your Results, click Full Text and Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals 5. Click Search 6. Carefully Read the description of the article because the TITLE might not tell what it's about! 7. To open and read it, click on the PDF Full Text icon on the left side of the page 8. BEFORE printing the article, skim/read it to make sure it's a HUMAN interest story ABOUT a person engaged in that career. 9. Ideally, you should find and print TWO (2) articles so you have more info to choose from. 10. Two important tips: First, click the Save to Google Drive icon in upper left. 11. From EBSCO, you can cite DIRECTLY to EasyBib! How? A. Log in to EasyBib in another browser B. Click the Export link on right hand side C. Choose Direct Export to EasyBib (2nd from bottom) and Click Save D. Once EasyBib opens, Under Import the Following Citations, click Import and follow the steps Read Job Shadow Sample Paper with article added and Works Cited. View: How to Make a Quote Flow in an Essay View: Choosing & Using Quotations View Quotation Sandwich Read ICE it What is a SIGNAL phrase and how do I use it? Assignment: Find, print and show me 2 PRINTED career articles with the quotes/passages from the article you have chosen for support HIGHLIGHTED. .......................................................................... Wednesday 1/10 Semester Exam Continue OfM&M movie Assignment: Finish Job Shadow Paper so we're ready to add info from trade journal. .......................................................................... Monday 1/8 Semester Test Info View first 20 or so minutes of Of Mice and Men (Stop at 21:00) Take Of M&M Quizzes .......................................................................... Week of January 3-5, 2018 Thursday, January 4 Happy New Year! Check Infinite Campus for missing job shadow pieces! Complete them TODAY! Merry Christmas to West Central...it's a Christmas Miracle! We FINALLY have a tool that levels the playing field--one that schools around us have used for years and years. 1. What is it? Turnitin! 2. Setting up your account 3. How does it work? Create accounts at Turnitin.com Step 1: Registration 1. To register and create a user profile, I will provide you with a class ID and enrollment key. 2. Go to the top of the page at turnitin.com. 3. Click the Create Account link on the homepage, which will open the Create a User Profile page. 4. Click the Student link and fill in the required information in the new user profile form. (Class ID & Enrollment Key) 5. Once you have created your profile, click the I Agree button to successfully log into Turnitin. The first 2 assignments we'll send through Turnitin are your Gatsby essay (yes, we'll have you type it) and your job shadow journal. It will be a good introduction to Turnitin to see an ORIGINAL paper where you cite just one or two quotes from a book and then a personal narrative where you will also cite information from trade journal/article related to your shadow. -------------------------- And speaking of job shadow paper... Job Shadow Journal paper set up in Pages document (header, 4 line info block, Title) Type the first paragraph, which should include the who, what, where, when details of your shadow View sample Create Works Cited page Log in to EasyBib. Create New Project called Job Shadow Journal. Together, we'll... 1. Add Interview (click All 59 Options) to add the person you interviewed 2. Add Your Shadow's Business Website (find it and copy the link, add publication date, website title, etc.) 3. Add the bls.gov article you accessed (go to bls.gov and type your job title in search bar) 4. We will also add the career journal article that you will find by accessing library databases. Here is the Job Shadow Self Edit Activity . Here is the Rubric for the Job Shadow Journal (it will be updated to reflect 4 sources on Works Cited) Of Mice & Men First Impressions? Listen CAREFULLY as we View 60secondrecaps (10 minutes) There is one good reason for reading Steinbeck's short novel Of Mice and Men--it is a very good book. There is one good reason for teaching it--it is a TEACHABLE good book: simple and clear, yet profound and beautiful. This short book is easy in the "accessible" sense. But it is NOT easy in the moral sense: it raises large issues of the sort raised in and by the greatest and often more difficult literature. Read: Best Critical Analysis out there Go through review packet, especially back of pg. 1 on title, the Symbols and Themes page, and the last page that ties Chapter 3 and 6 together. As we look at all of the characters whose names begin with the letter C, view Thug Notes Summary & Analysis Distribute Analysis Questions & Responses View Chapters 1 & 2 (to 36:46) if time allows You'll take three 30-pt quizzes on Monday (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4, Ch 5-6) I will record the better TWO scores out of 30. These will not be online. You'll get all three tests and like the Gatsby test, you'll be allowed to use the book for 10 minutes. You will also be allowed to use the 2-sided color sheet that shows character connections. Before tests on Monday, do review for Of Mice and Men Summary Quiz Ch 1 Summary Quiz Ch 2 Summary Quiz Ch 3 Summary Quiz Ch 4 Summary Quiz Ch 5-6 Try this for more practice and review: 1. Gradesaver Of M&M Quiz Click here for another quick summary for each chapter. Use the Next button to advance to next chapter. Assignment: 1. Study for the THREE quizzes over Of Mice and Men! No---skip this until Grapes of Wrath 2. Complete just the Of Mice & Men side of the Steinbeck Webquest.. I'll give you a copy or you can save document to your laptop and type responses on it. PUT YOUR NAME ON THE WEBQUEST!! **Use these sites to complete assignment. Use the Edit, Find command to search the sites Sites for Of Mice and Men WebQuest: 1. Wikipedia's Of Mice and Men 2.. Banned Books 3. Banned Classic American Novels 4. Why is the book banned? 5. Meaning of title 6. Themes of novel Sites for John Steinbeck WebQuest: 1. Steinbeck's California Connection 2. Steinbeck Timeline 3. Find A Grave 4. Wiki on Steinbeck 5. Steinbeck's Friends 6. Sorry Charley 7. Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech--click Read the acceptance speech |