September Lesson Plans for English 3 Log
**Remember to turn in Job Shadow Application!
**Cell phones in cell motel. You may not leave the room for any reason if cell phone is not checked in.
Friday 9/30 (Blue)
Finish Major Movements in American Literature notes.
CLOSELY View History of American Lit. Part I (5:18) and Part II (7:04)
Now take Major Movements in American Literature Quiz--use your notes
*Today the quiz is set so you will get NO feedback
Previous Days' Lessons:
Thursday 9/29 (White)
MUG: Apostrophes--Go through 3-page worksheet for group practice.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
View: Apostrophe Rules
Now Practice quietly on your own. Focus, concentrate and ask questions if you are confused!
1. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #1
2. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #3
3. Play Beat the Clock
4. Play Who Owns What
5. Click for Catastrophes of Apostrophes--read the red instructions!
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use the Apostrophe Packet..
Now Click here to take the Apostrophes Quiz at Quia for a grade.
Then Click here to take a second Apostrophes Quiz at Quia.
**Both of these quizzes are worth 16 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two.
Last periods' assignments were worth 14 points. I will keep the better of the two scores. Here is one more chance at those 14 points with another assignment. The only reason you SHOULDN'T do this is if you scored a 14 the last time!
Apostrophe Assignment #3
Begin Notes on Major Movements in American Literature
Wednesday 9/28 (Blue)
MUG: Apostrophes--Go through worksheet for group practice.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Now Practice quietly on your own. Focus, concentrate and ask questions if you are confused!
1. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #1
2. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #3
3. Play Beat the Clock
4. Play Who Owns What
5. Click for Catastrophes of Apostrophes--read the red instructions!
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use the Apostrophe Packet..
Now Click here to take the Apostrophes Quiz at Quia for a grade.
Then Click here to take a second Apostrophes Quiz at Quia.
**Both of these quizzes are worth 16 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two.
Last periods' assignments were worth 14 points. I will keep the better of the two scores. Here is one more chance at those 14 points with another assignment. The only reason you SHOULDN'T do this is if you scored a 14 the last time!
Apostrophe Assignment #3
Tuesday 9/27 (White)
Were you absent on Friday for band? If so...
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
MUG: Apostrophes
Pre-test and packet (only White 4 started)
View: ACT Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes Trick
Go through remainder of Apostrophes packet **If you were absent last week, there are more packets on the back counter
Then....
Complete the following activities for more practice. Focus and concentrate. Work quickly and quietly. These will help you with the two assignments you will complete for a grade. If you take this seriously, these activities should take you 15 minutes.
1. Practice with It's and Its--Look at the top of the page to see if you answer the question correctly!
2. Practice with Their, There and They're
3. Try There/Their/They're
4. Apostrophe Practice at GrammarBook.com
5. Multiple Choice Apostrophe Quiz
Spread out so you are not sitting next to anyone please.
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use your Apostrophe Packet.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you talk to ANYONE other than me before everyone is done quizzing, you will forfeit your points for that days' assignment!
Now Click to complete first practice assignment at Quia--use the rules on the apostrophe packet/cheat sheet or link above!
Then Click to complete the second assignment at Quia:
**Both of these assignments are worth 14 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two (or 3 and record the better 2 of 3). I left the answers turned on for these two so you can see what mistakes you might be making.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Assignment: Apostrophes packet for next class
Monday 9/26 (Blue)
MUG: Apostrophes
View: ACT Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes Trick
Go through remainder of Apostrophes packet **If you were absent last week, there are more packets on the back counter
Then....
Complete the following activities for more practice. Focus and concentrate. Work quickly and quietly. These will help you with the two assignments you will complete for a grade. If you take this seriously, these activities should take you 15 minutes.
1. Practice with It's and Its--Look at the top of the page to see if you answer the question correctly!
2. Practice with Their, There and They're
3. Try There/Their/They're
4. Apostrophe Practice at GrammarBook.com
5. Multiple Choice Apostrophe Quiz
Spread out so you are not sitting next to anyone please.
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use your Apostrophe Packet.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you talk to ANYONE other than me before everyone is done quizzing, you will forfeit your points for that days' assignment!
Now Click to complete first practice assignment at Quia--use the rules on the apostrophe packet/cheat sheet or link above!
Then Click to complete the second assignment at Quia:
**Both of these assignments are worth 14 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two (or 3 and record the better 2 of 3). I left the answers turned on for these two so you can see what mistakes you might be making.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Assignment: Apostrophes packet
*Remember Shadow Application is due by Friday!
Friday 9/23 (White)--All band members gone
Discuss interview questions, student and employer evaluations, and job shadow website. Put Student Eval in your career folder for later.
White 2: •Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
White 1 and White 4:
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
Mechanics Usage Grammar (MUG) Assignment:
Our study of MUG this year will be tailored SPECIFICALLY to prepare you for the four big standardized tests you'll take (PSAT, ASVAB, ACT, Dakota Step). The following info comes from an official ACT test prep site:
"In order to do well on the ACT and PSAT English Tests, you need to know the basic rules of grammar. Specifically, you need to know the rules of grammar most often tested by the ACT. These Usage/Mechanics topics are:
Punctuation
Basic Grammar and Usage
Sentence Structure
"The ACT English Test requires that you know the rules for the following types of punctuation:
Commas
Apostrophes
Semicolons
Colons
Parentheses and Dashes
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Not all of these punctuation types are tested on every ACT English Test. However, you can definitely expect to find questions dealing with the first four items of the list on the English Test you take.
Apostrophes are the second most commonly tested punctuation mark on the English Test. Apostrophes primarily indicate possession, but they also take the place of omitted letters in contractions (for example, “was not” becomes “wasn’t” and “it is” becomes “it’s”). You will be tested chiefly on your knowledge of the apostrophe’s possessive function.
**Hover over each activity and click to open the link
Why do we have to study apostrophes?? Can you spot the errors on these real signs and ads?!
Click to see Apostrophe Abuse- AND Apostrophe Catastrophes-keep scrolling down the page to see all the photos!
1. View the Apostrophe PowerPoint (keep clicking to advance it) and Apostrophe Cheat Sheet (click on the first two images under image results!)
2. Click to Review Apostrophe Rules
*Note especially apostrophe use with amounts--one week's time but two hours' time
Measurements of space and time The possessive apostrophe is also used for measurements of time –
a week’s time
two weeks’ time
six months’ jail
twenty years’ service
Also tricky: one child= a child's toy two children=children's toys
As noted above, however, care should be taken not to confuse singular and plural: two week’s time would be illogical.
View: ACT Apostrophes
Assignment: Apostrophes Packet--Finish last 2 pages!
Thursday 9/22 (Blue)
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
Mechanics Usage Grammar (MUG) Assignment:
Our study of MUG this year will be tailored SPECIFICALLY to prepare you for the four big standardized tests you'll take (PSAT, ASVAB, ACT, Dakota Step). The following info comes from an official ACT test prep site:
"In order to do well on the ACT and PSAT English Tests, you need to know the basic rules of grammar. Specifically, you need to know the rules of grammar most often tested by the ACT. These Usage/Mechanics topics are:
Punctuation
Basic Grammar and Usage
Sentence Structure
"The ACT English Test requires that you know the rules for the following types of punctuation:
Commas
Apostrophes
Semicolons
Colons
Parentheses and Dashes
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Not all of these punctuation types are tested on every ACT English Test. However, you can definitely expect to find questions dealing with the first four items of the list on the English Test you take.
Apostrophes are the second most commonly tested punctuation mark on the English Test. Apostrophes primarily indicate possession, but they also take the place of omitted letters in contractions (for example, “was not” becomes “wasn’t” and “it is” becomes “it’s”). You will be tested chiefly on your knowledge of the apostrophe’s possessive function.
**Hover over each activity and click to open the link
Why do we have to study apostrophes?? Can you spot the errors on these real signs and ads?!
Click to see Apostrophe Abuse- AND Apostrophe Catastrophes-keep scrolling down the page to see all the photos!
1. View the Apostrophe PowerPoint (keep clicking to advance it) and Apostrophe Cheat Sheet (click on the first two images under image results!)
2. Click to Review Apostrophe Rules
*Note especially apostrophe use with amounts--one week's time but two hours' time
Measurements of space and time The possessive apostrophe is also used for measurements of time –
a week’s time
two weeks’ time
six months’ jail
twenty years’ service
As noted above, however, care should be taken not to confuse singular and plural: two week’s time would be illogical.
Assignment: Apostrophes Packet--Finish last 2 pages!
Wednesday 9/21 (White)
1:30 dismissal
ACT for all juniors. Will take all of White 1, 2, 3
White 4: Catch up day. Go through checklist of 10 items that must be completed and in folder.
Tuesday 9/20 (Blue)
Finish MLA document, print, and put in career folder.
Get registered at Quia. Test log in.
•REMEMBER: Whenever you take a quiz at Quia, you will access it from Mrs. Renner's website. When you want to check GRADES at Quia, you will log in to Quia.com, enter your user name and password, then go to the link for English 3.
Word of the Day: APTITUDE: a natural or acquired ability or skill
Think about it: Your ATTITUDE and your APTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE!!
•Job Shadow Follow up: Job Shadow Application due this Friday. It must be signed by Mrs. Lupkes, so please stop in to see her!
If you are considering a health care career at a hospital, you must fill out the Avera application also. Attach it to the job shadow application.
•View "What Could I Do with My Life?" Video is about 5 years old, but still highly relevant. Listen for and make note of the 4 Questions/Issues you should ask yourself as you are considering a career. Stop at 18:00. I like this video because what you hear from the people interviewed is much like what you will hear on your job shadow! (Highlights Arts, Architecture, Communications, Law & Public Safety, STEM, and Health Science clusters. Stresses importance of examining Income, Personal Qualities, Interests, Aptitudes & Skills, Education).
•Finally, view What Should I Do with My Life: How to Find your Passion. I apologize for just a couple mildly inappropriate words. Michael Gebben is a young internet phenom who has become a famous motivational speaker. Check him out on Facebook and Twitter. (Stresses the importance of "Going All In!": Try it, do it, learn from it, find something you love to do. Going all in means job shadowing, then a college visit, doing an internship, volunteering or finding a job working in the field you are interested in)
•Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
•Before you leave, make a copy of your resume and put it on top of one of the pockets of your folder. Staple your checklist to it so I can see that you USED the checklist to make sure you included all of the required information!
Monday 9/19 (White)
Finish MLA document, print, and put in career folder.
Get registered at Quia. Test log in.
•REMEMBER: Whenever you take a quiz at Quia, you will access it from Mrs. Renner's website. When you want to check GRADES at Quia, you will log in to Quia.com, enter your user name and password, then go to the link for English 3.
Word of the Day: APTITUDE: a natural or acquired ability or skill
Think about it: Your ATTITUDE and your APTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE!!
•Job Shadow Follow up: Job Shadow Application due this Friday. It must be signed by Mrs. Lupkes, so please stop in to see her!
If you are considering a health care career at a hospital, you must fill out the Avera application also. Attach it to the job shadow application.
•View "What Could I Do with My Life?" Video is about 5 years old, but still highly relevant. Listen for and make note of the 4 Questions/Issues you should ask yourself as you are considering a career. Stop at 18:00. I like this video because what you hear from the people interviewed is much like what you will hear on your job shadow! (Highlights Arts, Architecture, Communications, Law & Public Safety, STEM, and Health Science clusters. Stresses importance of examining Income, Personal Qualities, Interests, Aptitudes & Skills, Education).
•Finally, view What Should I Do with My Life: How to Find your Passion. I apologize for just a couple mildly inappropriate words. Michael Gebben is a young internet phenom who has become a famous motivational speaker. Check him out on Facebook and Twitter. (Stresses the importance of "Going All In!": Try it, do it, learn from it, find something you love to do. Going all in means job shadowing, then a college visit, doing an internship, volunteering or finding a job working in the field you are interested in)
•Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
•Before you leave, make a copy of your resume and put it on top of one of the pockets of your folder. Staple your checklist to it so I can see that you USED the checklist to make sure you included all of the required information!
Friday 9/16 (Blue) Short classes for Homecoming
Finish MLA document
Register at Quia
Thursday 9/15 (White)
Kristy Jackson will be here to introduce Job Shadow Program
Wednesday 9/14 (Blue)
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Resume Peer Edit in group
SD Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity in group
MLA Format Document
Tuesday 9/13 (White)
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Resume Peer Edit in group
SD Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity in group
MLA Format Document
Monday 9/12 (Blue)
Kristy Jackson will be here to introduce Job Shadow Program
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Thursday 9/8 (Blue) and Friday 9/9 (White)
Mrs. Lupkes will be in class (Testing, SDMyLife, SD Educational Opportunities)
Tuesday 9/6 (Blue) and Wednesday 9/7 (White)
Introduce resumes. Fill out this sheet as you watch
1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume?
2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash!
3. Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes
4. Top 5 Resume Tips
5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume--this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery!
6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume
7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly
8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume
9. The New Social Resume
10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-
View LinkedIn Profiles
Go over Resume Packet.
Create an updated resume for job shadow. Complete resume building activity.
**Writing a resume with no work experience? No worries! Look at these sites for advice:
Example 1
Example 2
**See last years' West Central junior examples.
Assignment: Rough Draft of Resume due next Monday (Blue) and Tuesday (White)
No school Friday and Monday
Wednesday 8/31 (Blue) and Thursday 9/1 (White)
*Grab your career folder. Are all of the career interest activities from our last class completed an in the folder?
1. Get SD MyLife cards taped in career folder or planner
2. Homecoming
3. WC Career Curriculum
4. Finish video #4 from Tuesday
5. Continue to prepare for visits from Mrs. Lupkes and Mrs. Jackson. Complete the "Is this the right career for you?" Quiz. Look through the alphabetical list and try the quizzes for a couple of careers that are of interest to you. After answering the questions, read your results, then follow the link to more info about the career.
6. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality quiz based on "Follow Your Inner Heroes to the Work You Love." Select A or B for each question then click submit at the bottom of the page. On the next page provide your first name, email and stage of life to get your results. In-class Assignment: Read your results, then send me the screen shot of your results in an email.
Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page.
7. SDMYLife Activity. Log in to SDMyLife Here. Use your access card.
8. In-class Assignment: Finally, as a wrap up to these surveys and career inventories, go to QuickTopic to post a journal response. Be sure to click on the link for your section. I would suggest copying & pasting the questions into a pages document then pasting your responses into the QuickTopic box. Be sure to type First and Last Name above your post!
Here is a helpful website to match careers to clusters! Use the dropdown box and hit go to search other clusters!
Blue 3 Post Here
White 1: Post QuickTopic Response
White 2: Post QuickTopic Response
White 3: Post QuickTopic Here
White 4: Post QuickTopic Here
Monday 8/29 (Blue) and Tuesday 8/30 (White)
**Essential Questions for today:
A. Why is it so important to study career education?
B. What careers match up with my interests?
1. View Did You Know: Shift Happens
2. View Did you know, in 2028
3. View The Future of Work
4. View Careerealism for Students
5. Pick up all of the activities on the back counter. Start with the "Which Careers Match Your Skills" Education Planner. There are 7 boxes. Put an X in the boxes that apply to you, then circle AT LEAST 2 careers in the list that interest you.
6. Next, do the Career Cluster Interest Inventory (the stapled packet). Summarize on the bottom of pg. 6.
7. Go to the South Dakota Interest Survey and follow the instructions on the handout.
8. Complete the 2-sided SD Career Survey follow up. Be sure to turn it over!
**If there is no SALARY info for your job, try looking HERE
9. Now go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit, look at the results to see if they match your first hand-scored survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top Career Clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. Do any match what you are considering right now?
10. Move on to the sheet labeled Career Interest Worksheet. Go to Your Free Career Test. Click through the 54 questions. You don't have to click right on radio button--just on the response. Please give the questions a little thought in terms of your future. Try NOT to answer "NOT interested" as many times as I did! Once you finish, complete the Career Interest Activity worksheet.
10 Finally, move on to the SDMYLife Activity. Log in to SDMyLife Here. Use your access card. (No cards from the state yet!)
Place EVERYTHING in your career folder and LEAVE IN THIS ROOM!
**Don't worry if you don't get through all of this today!! Finish in SRB! Stay focused!
M&M Activity
Thursday 8/25 (Blue) and Friday 8/26 (White)
Objective: To answer the question: "Why am I here???"
1. Introductory Activity; Outline
2. Remind101 registration, then Cell Motel
3. Read: The Importance of the Junior Year
4. View: Important Reminders for Juniors
5. 2015 ACT scores
6. Complete Student Info Card
7. Career Folders, Supplies, Paper Turn in
8. What to Expect in English 3
9. Class Rights and Responsibilities--
Experiment with Airdrop-add photo (System preferences, Users and Groups, find or take photo, drag to desktop, drag to photobox)
10. Emergency procedures (tornado, fire, intruder)
11. First Day Survey
12. Computer Set Up (Shortcuts or Bookmarks) English folder (Mrs. Renner's page and Quia)
13. Quia registration
15. SDMyLife cards and login (new students will be added to state system this week. Thanks for your patience!) Tape card to your laptop!
16. MLA format if time
**Cell phones in cell motel. You may not leave the room for any reason if cell phone is not checked in.
Friday 9/30 (Blue)
Finish Major Movements in American Literature notes.
CLOSELY View History of American Lit. Part I (5:18) and Part II (7:04)
Now take Major Movements in American Literature Quiz--use your notes
*Today the quiz is set so you will get NO feedback
Previous Days' Lessons:
Thursday 9/29 (White)
MUG: Apostrophes--Go through 3-page worksheet for group practice.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
View: Apostrophe Rules
Now Practice quietly on your own. Focus, concentrate and ask questions if you are confused!
1. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #1
2. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #3
3. Play Beat the Clock
4. Play Who Owns What
5. Click for Catastrophes of Apostrophes--read the red instructions!
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use the Apostrophe Packet..
Now Click here to take the Apostrophes Quiz at Quia for a grade.
Then Click here to take a second Apostrophes Quiz at Quia.
**Both of these quizzes are worth 16 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two.
Last periods' assignments were worth 14 points. I will keep the better of the two scores. Here is one more chance at those 14 points with another assignment. The only reason you SHOULDN'T do this is if you scored a 14 the last time!
Apostrophe Assignment #3
Begin Notes on Major Movements in American Literature
Wednesday 9/28 (Blue)
MUG: Apostrophes--Go through worksheet for group practice.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Now Practice quietly on your own. Focus, concentrate and ask questions if you are confused!
1. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #1
2. Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes #3
3. Play Beat the Clock
4. Play Who Owns What
5. Click for Catastrophes of Apostrophes--read the red instructions!
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use the Apostrophe Packet..
Now Click here to take the Apostrophes Quiz at Quia for a grade.
Then Click here to take a second Apostrophes Quiz at Quia.
**Both of these quizzes are worth 16 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two.
Last periods' assignments were worth 14 points. I will keep the better of the two scores. Here is one more chance at those 14 points with another assignment. The only reason you SHOULDN'T do this is if you scored a 14 the last time!
Apostrophe Assignment #3
Tuesday 9/27 (White)
Were you absent on Friday for band? If so...
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
MUG: Apostrophes
Pre-test and packet (only White 4 started)
View: ACT Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes Trick
Go through remainder of Apostrophes packet **If you were absent last week, there are more packets on the back counter
Then....
Complete the following activities for more practice. Focus and concentrate. Work quickly and quietly. These will help you with the two assignments you will complete for a grade. If you take this seriously, these activities should take you 15 minutes.
1. Practice with It's and Its--Look at the top of the page to see if you answer the question correctly!
2. Practice with Their, There and They're
3. Try There/Their/They're
4. Apostrophe Practice at GrammarBook.com
5. Multiple Choice Apostrophe Quiz
Spread out so you are not sitting next to anyone please.
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use your Apostrophe Packet.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you talk to ANYONE other than me before everyone is done quizzing, you will forfeit your points for that days' assignment!
Now Click to complete first practice assignment at Quia--use the rules on the apostrophe packet/cheat sheet or link above!
Then Click to complete the second assignment at Quia:
**Both of these assignments are worth 14 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two (or 3 and record the better 2 of 3). I left the answers turned on for these two so you can see what mistakes you might be making.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Assignment: Apostrophes packet for next class
Monday 9/26 (Blue)
MUG: Apostrophes
View: ACT Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes
View: Apostrophes Trick
Go through remainder of Apostrophes packet **If you were absent last week, there are more packets on the back counter
Then....
Complete the following activities for more practice. Focus and concentrate. Work quickly and quietly. These will help you with the two assignments you will complete for a grade. If you take this seriously, these activities should take you 15 minutes.
1. Practice with It's and Its--Look at the top of the page to see if you answer the question correctly!
2. Practice with Their, There and They're
3. Try There/Their/They're
4. Apostrophe Practice at GrammarBook.com
5. Multiple Choice Apostrophe Quiz
Spread out so you are not sitting next to anyone please.
For today's two assignments, keep open the Review Apostrophe Rules site. You may also use your Apostrophe Packet.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you talk to ANYONE other than me before everyone is done quizzing, you will forfeit your points for that days' assignment!
Now Click to complete first practice assignment at Quia--use the rules on the apostrophe packet/cheat sheet or link above!
Then Click to complete the second assignment at Quia:
**Both of these assignments are worth 14 points. During the school year, I often give two assignments or quizzes with the same point value and then record the better of the two (or 3 and record the better 2 of 3). I left the answers turned on for these two so you can see what mistakes you might be making.
*Remember: The plurals for numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes!
Example: I am a fan of the 1960s. He grew up in the '80s.
Assignment: Apostrophes packet
*Remember Shadow Application is due by Friday!
Friday 9/23 (White)--All band members gone
Discuss interview questions, student and employer evaluations, and job shadow website. Put Student Eval in your career folder for later.
White 2: •Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
White 1 and White 4:
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
Mechanics Usage Grammar (MUG) Assignment:
Our study of MUG this year will be tailored SPECIFICALLY to prepare you for the four big standardized tests you'll take (PSAT, ASVAB, ACT, Dakota Step). The following info comes from an official ACT test prep site:
"In order to do well on the ACT and PSAT English Tests, you need to know the basic rules of grammar. Specifically, you need to know the rules of grammar most often tested by the ACT. These Usage/Mechanics topics are:
Punctuation
Basic Grammar and Usage
Sentence Structure
"The ACT English Test requires that you know the rules for the following types of punctuation:
Commas
Apostrophes
Semicolons
Colons
Parentheses and Dashes
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Not all of these punctuation types are tested on every ACT English Test. However, you can definitely expect to find questions dealing with the first four items of the list on the English Test you take.
Apostrophes are the second most commonly tested punctuation mark on the English Test. Apostrophes primarily indicate possession, but they also take the place of omitted letters in contractions (for example, “was not” becomes “wasn’t” and “it is” becomes “it’s”). You will be tested chiefly on your knowledge of the apostrophe’s possessive function.
**Hover over each activity and click to open the link
Why do we have to study apostrophes?? Can you spot the errors on these real signs and ads?!
Click to see Apostrophe Abuse- AND Apostrophe Catastrophes-keep scrolling down the page to see all the photos!
1. View the Apostrophe PowerPoint (keep clicking to advance it) and Apostrophe Cheat Sheet (click on the first two images under image results!)
2. Click to Review Apostrophe Rules
*Note especially apostrophe use with amounts--one week's time but two hours' time
Measurements of space and time The possessive apostrophe is also used for measurements of time –
a week’s time
two weeks’ time
six months’ jail
twenty years’ service
Also tricky: one child= a child's toy two children=children's toys
As noted above, however, care should be taken not to confuse singular and plural: two week’s time would be illogical.
View: ACT Apostrophes
Assignment: Apostrophes Packet--Finish last 2 pages!
Thursday 9/22 (Blue)
1. Did you record ACT scores on progress sheet you got yesterday and put in career folder? Did you set a goal score? Have you thought about HOW you might reach that goal score? Go back to MethodTestPrep and SEE which questions you got wrong and WHY!
2. Discuss Interview Questions , Student Evaluation and Employer Evaluation, and job shadow website.
3. Is your resume in your folder?
4. Take the resume quiz. Use your own resume as a resource. Use theResume Packet in your folder. Just don't use each other please! Is your resume in your folder? Have you AND a classmate proofread it using the checklist?
Click to access the Resume Quiz at Quia.
Mechanics Usage Grammar (MUG) Assignment:
Our study of MUG this year will be tailored SPECIFICALLY to prepare you for the four big standardized tests you'll take (PSAT, ASVAB, ACT, Dakota Step). The following info comes from an official ACT test prep site:
"In order to do well on the ACT and PSAT English Tests, you need to know the basic rules of grammar. Specifically, you need to know the rules of grammar most often tested by the ACT. These Usage/Mechanics topics are:
Punctuation
Basic Grammar and Usage
Sentence Structure
"The ACT English Test requires that you know the rules for the following types of punctuation:
Commas
Apostrophes
Semicolons
Colons
Parentheses and Dashes
Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Not all of these punctuation types are tested on every ACT English Test. However, you can definitely expect to find questions dealing with the first four items of the list on the English Test you take.
Apostrophes are the second most commonly tested punctuation mark on the English Test. Apostrophes primarily indicate possession, but they also take the place of omitted letters in contractions (for example, “was not” becomes “wasn’t” and “it is” becomes “it’s”). You will be tested chiefly on your knowledge of the apostrophe’s possessive function.
**Hover over each activity and click to open the link
Why do we have to study apostrophes?? Can you spot the errors on these real signs and ads?!
Click to see Apostrophe Abuse- AND Apostrophe Catastrophes-keep scrolling down the page to see all the photos!
1. View the Apostrophe PowerPoint (keep clicking to advance it) and Apostrophe Cheat Sheet (click on the first two images under image results!)
2. Click to Review Apostrophe Rules
*Note especially apostrophe use with amounts--one week's time but two hours' time
Measurements of space and time The possessive apostrophe is also used for measurements of time –
a week’s time
two weeks’ time
six months’ jail
twenty years’ service
As noted above, however, care should be taken not to confuse singular and plural: two week’s time would be illogical.
Assignment: Apostrophes Packet--Finish last 2 pages!
Wednesday 9/21 (White)
1:30 dismissal
ACT for all juniors. Will take all of White 1, 2, 3
White 4: Catch up day. Go through checklist of 10 items that must be completed and in folder.
Tuesday 9/20 (Blue)
Finish MLA document, print, and put in career folder.
Get registered at Quia. Test log in.
•REMEMBER: Whenever you take a quiz at Quia, you will access it from Mrs. Renner's website. When you want to check GRADES at Quia, you will log in to Quia.com, enter your user name and password, then go to the link for English 3.
Word of the Day: APTITUDE: a natural or acquired ability or skill
Think about it: Your ATTITUDE and your APTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE!!
•Job Shadow Follow up: Job Shadow Application due this Friday. It must be signed by Mrs. Lupkes, so please stop in to see her!
If you are considering a health care career at a hospital, you must fill out the Avera application also. Attach it to the job shadow application.
•View "What Could I Do with My Life?" Video is about 5 years old, but still highly relevant. Listen for and make note of the 4 Questions/Issues you should ask yourself as you are considering a career. Stop at 18:00. I like this video because what you hear from the people interviewed is much like what you will hear on your job shadow! (Highlights Arts, Architecture, Communications, Law & Public Safety, STEM, and Health Science clusters. Stresses importance of examining Income, Personal Qualities, Interests, Aptitudes & Skills, Education).
•Finally, view What Should I Do with My Life: How to Find your Passion. I apologize for just a couple mildly inappropriate words. Michael Gebben is a young internet phenom who has become a famous motivational speaker. Check him out on Facebook and Twitter. (Stresses the importance of "Going All In!": Try it, do it, learn from it, find something you love to do. Going all in means job shadowing, then a college visit, doing an internship, volunteering or finding a job working in the field you are interested in)
•Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
•Before you leave, make a copy of your resume and put it on top of one of the pockets of your folder. Staple your checklist to it so I can see that you USED the checklist to make sure you included all of the required information!
Monday 9/19 (White)
Finish MLA document, print, and put in career folder.
Get registered at Quia. Test log in.
•REMEMBER: Whenever you take a quiz at Quia, you will access it from Mrs. Renner's website. When you want to check GRADES at Quia, you will log in to Quia.com, enter your user name and password, then go to the link for English 3.
Word of the Day: APTITUDE: a natural or acquired ability or skill
Think about it: Your ATTITUDE and your APTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE!!
•Job Shadow Follow up: Job Shadow Application due this Friday. It must be signed by Mrs. Lupkes, so please stop in to see her!
If you are considering a health care career at a hospital, you must fill out the Avera application also. Attach it to the job shadow application.
•View "What Could I Do with My Life?" Video is about 5 years old, but still highly relevant. Listen for and make note of the 4 Questions/Issues you should ask yourself as you are considering a career. Stop at 18:00. I like this video because what you hear from the people interviewed is much like what you will hear on your job shadow! (Highlights Arts, Architecture, Communications, Law & Public Safety, STEM, and Health Science clusters. Stresses importance of examining Income, Personal Qualities, Interests, Aptitudes & Skills, Education).
•Finally, view What Should I Do with My Life: How to Find your Passion. I apologize for just a couple mildly inappropriate words. Michael Gebben is a young internet phenom who has become a famous motivational speaker. Check him out on Facebook and Twitter. (Stresses the importance of "Going All In!": Try it, do it, learn from it, find something you love to do. Going all in means job shadowing, then a college visit, doing an internship, volunteering or finding a job working in the field you are interested in)
•Take the "Things to Know" Quiz at Quia.
•For quizzes in this classroom, you may not sit elbow to elbow with anyone. If you are at a table of three, the middle person must move to the opposite side or to the floor under the chalkboard.
•Before you leave, make a copy of your resume and put it on top of one of the pockets of your folder. Staple your checklist to it so I can see that you USED the checklist to make sure you included all of the required information!
Friday 9/16 (Blue) Short classes for Homecoming
Finish MLA document
Register at Quia
Thursday 9/15 (White)
Kristy Jackson will be here to introduce Job Shadow Program
Wednesday 9/14 (Blue)
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Resume Peer Edit in group
SD Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity in group
MLA Format Document
Tuesday 9/13 (White)
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Resume Peer Edit in group
SD Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity in group
MLA Format Document
Monday 9/12 (Blue)
Kristy Jackson will be here to introduce Job Shadow Program
Are you thinking about a career in the medical field? SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend a state sponsored SD Scrubs Camp on October 7 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Are you thinking about a career in Construction Management, Drafting, Civil Engineering Tech, Land Surveying, Mechanical Engineering Tech?
SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE to attend Let's Build It Technology Camp on Wednesday, September 21 at Southeast! Get an ACTIVITY make up slip that Mrs. Renner will sign for career exploration.
Thursday 9/8 (Blue) and Friday 9/9 (White)
Mrs. Lupkes will be in class (Testing, SDMyLife, SD Educational Opportunities)
Tuesday 9/6 (Blue) and Wednesday 9/7 (White)
Introduce resumes. Fill out this sheet as you watch
1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume?
2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash!
3. Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes
4. Top 5 Resume Tips
5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume--this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery!
6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume
7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly
8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume
9. The New Social Resume
10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-
View LinkedIn Profiles
Go over Resume Packet.
Create an updated resume for job shadow. Complete resume building activity.
**Writing a resume with no work experience? No worries! Look at these sites for advice:
Example 1
Example 2
**See last years' West Central junior examples.
Assignment: Rough Draft of Resume due next Monday (Blue) and Tuesday (White)
No school Friday and Monday
Wednesday 8/31 (Blue) and Thursday 9/1 (White)
*Grab your career folder. Are all of the career interest activities from our last class completed an in the folder?
1. Get SD MyLife cards taped in career folder or planner
2. Homecoming
3. WC Career Curriculum
4. Finish video #4 from Tuesday
5. Continue to prepare for visits from Mrs. Lupkes and Mrs. Jackson. Complete the "Is this the right career for you?" Quiz. Look through the alphabetical list and try the quizzes for a couple of careers that are of interest to you. After answering the questions, read your results, then follow the link to more info about the career.
6. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality quiz based on "Follow Your Inner Heroes to the Work You Love." Select A or B for each question then click submit at the bottom of the page. On the next page provide your first name, email and stage of life to get your results. In-class Assignment: Read your results, then send me the screen shot of your results in an email.
Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page.
7. SDMYLife Activity. Log in to SDMyLife Here. Use your access card.
8. In-class Assignment: Finally, as a wrap up to these surveys and career inventories, go to QuickTopic to post a journal response. Be sure to click on the link for your section. I would suggest copying & pasting the questions into a pages document then pasting your responses into the QuickTopic box. Be sure to type First and Last Name above your post!
Here is a helpful website to match careers to clusters! Use the dropdown box and hit go to search other clusters!
Blue 3 Post Here
White 1: Post QuickTopic Response
White 2: Post QuickTopic Response
White 3: Post QuickTopic Here
White 4: Post QuickTopic Here
Monday 8/29 (Blue) and Tuesday 8/30 (White)
**Essential Questions for today:
A. Why is it so important to study career education?
B. What careers match up with my interests?
1. View Did You Know: Shift Happens
2. View Did you know, in 2028
3. View The Future of Work
4. View Careerealism for Students
5. Pick up all of the activities on the back counter. Start with the "Which Careers Match Your Skills" Education Planner. There are 7 boxes. Put an X in the boxes that apply to you, then circle AT LEAST 2 careers in the list that interest you.
6. Next, do the Career Cluster Interest Inventory (the stapled packet). Summarize on the bottom of pg. 6.
7. Go to the South Dakota Interest Survey and follow the instructions on the handout.
8. Complete the 2-sided SD Career Survey follow up. Be sure to turn it over!
**If there is no SALARY info for your job, try looking HERE
9. Now go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit, look at the results to see if they match your first hand-scored survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top Career Clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. Do any match what you are considering right now?
10. Move on to the sheet labeled Career Interest Worksheet. Go to Your Free Career Test. Click through the 54 questions. You don't have to click right on radio button--just on the response. Please give the questions a little thought in terms of your future. Try NOT to answer "NOT interested" as many times as I did! Once you finish, complete the Career Interest Activity worksheet.
10 Finally, move on to the SDMYLife Activity. Log in to SDMyLife Here. Use your access card. (No cards from the state yet!)
Place EVERYTHING in your career folder and LEAVE IN THIS ROOM!
**Don't worry if you don't get through all of this today!! Finish in SRB! Stay focused!
M&M Activity
Thursday 8/25 (Blue) and Friday 8/26 (White)
Objective: To answer the question: "Why am I here???"
1. Introductory Activity; Outline
2. Remind101 registration, then Cell Motel
3. Read: The Importance of the Junior Year
4. View: Important Reminders for Juniors
5. 2015 ACT scores
6. Complete Student Info Card
7. Career Folders, Supplies, Paper Turn in
8. What to Expect in English 3
9. Class Rights and Responsibilities--
Experiment with Airdrop-add photo (System preferences, Users and Groups, find or take photo, drag to desktop, drag to photobox)
10. Emergency procedures (tornado, fire, intruder)
11. First Day Survey
12. Computer Set Up (Shortcuts or Bookmarks) English folder (Mrs. Renner's page and Quia)
13. Quia registration
15. SDMyLife cards and login (new students will be added to state system this week. Thanks for your patience!) Tape card to your laptop!
16. MLA format if time
