Week of January 25-29, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021 This much I know: 1. This has been the favorite book of juniors for years. 2. You will not pass the three assessments over the book next week if you don't read it. What is the Reading Level of this book? Suggested Reading Schedule for Of Mice & Men This is an approximately 3 hour read. Read Chapters 1 & 2 for Wednesday Read Chapters 3 & 4 for Thursday Read Chapters 5 & 6 for Monday 2/1 We'll take 3 assessments over the novel, most likely next Tuesday or Wednesday. If you finish the book before others, don't give away the ending, please. You can Listen to Audio HERE Today's Assignment: 1. Finish webquest and put in career folder in your classroom bucket. 2.Pick up reading packet for Of Mice and Men. Answer discussion questions as you finish each chapter! 3. Pick up book. Record name and book #. The best books are those that have highlights and notes already in them! You'll get a guide for highlighting and underlining if you get a newer book so that you can mark important passages for assessments. Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Reading Day to finish Chapter 1 and 2 Answer discussion questions in your packet. View Ch 1 Summary Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Of Mice & Men: View Chapter 1-2 (to 36:00) Go over discussion questions in packet. Thursday, January 28, 2021 Reading Day to finish Chapter 3 & 4 Answer discussion questions in your packet. Friday, January 29, 2021 View Chapter 3-4 (36:00 to 1:19:34) Go over discussion questions in packet. Previous Weeks' Lesssons Week of January 18-22, 2021 Monday, January 18, 2021 No School--Teacher Inservice Tuesday, January 19, 2021 NWEA MAP Testing 8:30-9:50; No SRB Comma Splice Error=using a comma where you need something STRONGER! See Cheat Sheet Fix in 4 ways: create a fanboy, use a semicolon, use a period or use a colon (if it works) comma splices=using a comma between 2 sentences when you need something stronger like a period or semicolon run-ons=2 or 3 complete sentences run together with no punctuation sentence fragments=group of words that CAN'T stand alone as a sentence Here is your Cheat Sheet for definition/clarification 1. View Comma Splices on the ACT 2. View: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 3 .Screenshot include #10! Comma Splices Exercise 1 4. Screenshot include #10 Comma Splices Exercise 2 5. Screenshot of Multiple Choice Quiz #2 see screenshot #3 to right REMEMBER: email me 3 screenshots in ONE email Period 5 and 6: PLEASE go to your sent email and just add THESE screenshots to your last Thursday screenshots! Wednesday, January 20, 2021 NWEA MAP Testing 8:30-9:50; No SRB Still not feeling solid on Run-ons, Fragments, Comma Splices? We do: CS, RO, FRAG practice together You do: Here's more practice before tomorrow's assessments. These are all short! 1. Pick the Run-On Sentences 2. Run-On Sentences 3. Comma Splice or Fine? 4. Comma Splice Quiz 5. Complete Sentence or Fragment #1 6. Complete Sentence or Fragments #2 7. Period 5 and 6 COMPLETE this assessment we missed last Thursday THIS FINAL COMMA ASSESSMENT It took the other students who took it an average of 8 minutes to complete. Thursday, January 21, 2021 NWEA MAP Testing 8:30-9:50; No SRB Grammar Lab Assessment Day Comma splices, Run-ons, Fragments Go to Google Classroom Complete all 4 assessments. I'll record better 2 of 4. Use the Cheat Sheet! Friday, January 22, 2021 Friday Schedule with ER To prepare to begin reading Of Mice and Men, a novel set in the Dirty '30s/Great Depression, View Of Mice and Men Movie Trailer (2:22) View Of Mice and Men Context: The Great Depression (2:23) View Background Video (4:38) This novel asks the question: What would YOU do for a friend? View THIS CLIP (3:00) of the movie to understand the relationship between George the protector and Lennie the man-child--it's MORE than a BROmance! Complete Steinbeck Webquest (click link to print)! **You'll use this activity for an assessment next week. **Use these sites below to complete assignment. Use the Edit, Find command to search the sites Sites for John Steinbeck Side of 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 Sites for Of Mice and Men Side WebQuest: 1. Wikipedia's Of Mice and Men 2.. Banned Books 3. Banned Classic American Novels 5. Meaning of title Week of January 11-15, 2021--Start of 2nd Semester Monday 1/11 There was significant shuffling of sections for 2nd semester. We'll have a seating chart after today. If you know your schedule isn't changing, add yourself to the correct Google Classroom! Where is your career folder? If you have changed classes, move it to the right bucket! If you have the option to LEAVE a class, do that. Otherwise I will delete you from your 1st semester class. MUG: Intro to 14 comma rules in packet shared in class. Packet on left side of top right shelf. Put your name on it. Leave in class folder. You'll need it all week. Tuesday 1/12 9:00 Start Period 3 Seating Period 5 Seating Period 6 Seating ACT Comma Practice: Comma-kazi! Continue with rules packet from yesterday. Wednesday 1/13 Grammar Lab Day: With a CAN DO attitude-- practice with these all of these activities before assessments. My expectation is that you will spend ALL of class today focusing on COMMAS!! Do not leave your seat during class. If you don't finish in class, finish AFTER class before end of day! Practice Commas at Owl Online Writing Lab: For a completion grade, send me Screenshots of scores for SWABIs, FANBOYS, and Interruptors. Send all screenshots in 1 email. See the Show my score! example to the right. To earn credit for each screenshot, you must Include #10 so that I can see that you finished the activity! 2. Screenshot score for Introductory Phrase or Clause 3. Screenshot score for SWABIs for each screenshot, you must Include #10 4. Screenshot score for FANBOYS 5. Screenshot score for Appositives for each screenshot, you must Include #10 6. Screenshot score for Interruptors #7 →→→→→→→→→→→→→ 7. Read these instructions VERY CAREFULLY click on the link labeled Multiple Choice in the menu on the left! Answer the 20 questions. Be careful to click SUBMIT answers and not CLEAR answers. Above your score, you will see a link that says PRINT THIS PAGE. When that opens in Print, Save it as a PDF and attach that WITH YOUR SCREENSHOTS! Tomorrow is comma assessment day. If you are NOT feeling solid on your comma use, PLEASE do the activities below for practice BEFORE the assessments! 8. Practice commas here! 9.Last best practice here! 10. Multiple Choice Quiz #1 Thursday 1/14 Grammar Lab Assessment Day Use your rules packet! Go to Google Classroom to complete 6 comma activities! Friday 1/15 Comma Splice Error=using a comma where you need something STRONGER! Fix in 4 ways: create a fanboy, use a semicolon, use a period or use a colon (if it works) comma splices=using a comma between 2 sentences when you need something stronger like a period or semicolon run-ons=2 or 3 complete sentences run together with no punctuation sentence fragments=group of words that CAN'T stand alone as a sentence Here is your Cheat Sheat for definition/clarification 1. View with earbuds: Comma Splices on the ACT 2. : Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 3. Comma Splices Exercise 1 4. Comma Splices Exercise 2 5, Screenshot and send me the rsults of Multiple Choice Quiz #2 see screenshot #3 to right REMEMBER: email me 3 screenshots in ONE email Still not feeling solid on Run-ons, Fragments, Comma Splices? Here's more practice you could do before tomorrow's assessments: Pick the Run-On Sentences Run-On Sentences Comma Splice or Fine? Comma Splice Quiz Complete Sentence or Fragment #1 Complete Sentence or Fragments #2 Monday 1/18 No School. Teacher Inservice First Semester Below: JOB SHADOW INFO: If you have shadowed, put your Interview Questions in class folder on back shelf If you have shadowed, complete the QuickTopic Job Shadow Reflection If you have shadowed, send an email thank you and CC me and Matt Thompson If you have shadowed, place in your class folder your Fast Shadow Facts with COMPLETE sentences using the bls.gov site. This week I'm accepting shadow pieces only from those students who are still shadowing! Week of January 4-8, 2021 Thursday at 2:00 PM after Period 7 Semester Test is Make up TIME (detention, Wednesday Study Table, missing Semester Tests). If you do not have TIME or TESTS to make up, you are free to leave at 2:00. No missing work will be accepted after this time. Monday 1/4 1. Wrap up job shadow activities (Thank you email, QuickTopic Post, Interview ?s, Fast Shadow Facts) Staple Interview ?s and Fast Shadow Facts together. Be sure name is on it and place in your Class Period folder on back shelf where you pick up worksheets. Please get it in the right folder! EMAIL me and Matt the thank you email. EMAIL to let me know when you post to QuickTopic! 2.Here is Semester Test Review Info. Spend time gathering everything you need for semester test from your folder! Gather all the resources listed on the review page for Open Note semester test Make copies of anything you DON'T have! 3. Updated Resume is part of Semester Exam. Add a statement under EDUCATION section about your virtual job shadow. Under Anticipated graduation and under GPA, on a separate line, write something like this: Virtual Job Shadow with Banker from First Bank and Trust (Fall 2020) Virtual Job Shadow with Physician's Assistant from USD School of Medicine (Fall 2020) Virtual Job Shadow with Welding Instructor from Southeast Tech (Fall 2020) Update any other fall activities, honors, awards from activities, Student of Month, perfect attendance, job changes, etc. Tuesday 1/5 Expectations: Work from Bell to Bell. Remain in your own seat until the END of class!! Study ike your grade depends on it because it does! Can you answer YES to these questions? 1. All of my job shadow pieces are TURNED IN. Put in your Class Period folder on back shelf! 2. All of my notes are organized according to the review sheet. Double check to make sure I didn't take an Honors Review sheet. They aren't the same! 3. My resume is updated and PRINTED. A hard copy of my resume will be stapled to my semester test! Don't forget to add Job Shadow info. See above for example on Monday! If updated Resume is NOT stapled to semester test, you will NOT earn points for it! Print it TODAY and store in folder! Wednesday 1/6 Semester Tests Periods 1-4 Period 3 Exam 12:45 to 2:00 Semester Test Expectations: 1. Cell phone is off and out of sight. If it's out, you'll forfeit your test. 2. USE YOUR NOTES! Everything you need to know is in them! 3. When you finish, STAPLE your RESUME to the top of your test. Stapler on speaker table. No resume, no points. 4. After stapling your resume to your test, slide it under my office door. 5. Unless you shadowed this week, today is the last day to turn in missing shadow pieces. 6. Work QUIETLY and respect your peers' right to focus during the exam. 7. Do not wander or leave table until the bell rings. Thursday 1/7 Semester Tests Periods 5-7; 2:00 pm Study Table for Missing Work & Tests!! Period 5 Exam 8:30-9:45 Period 6 Exam 9:55-11:10 Semester Test Expectations: 1. Cell phone is off and out of sight. If it's out, you'll forfeit your test. 2. USE YOUR NOTES! Everything you need to know is in them! Pick up your shadow pieces out of Period 5 folder on table by the door! 3. When you finish, STAPLE your RESUME to the top of your test. Stapler on speaker table. No resume, no points. 4. After stapling your resume to your test, slide it under my office door. 5. Unless you shadowed this week, today is the last day to turn in missing shadow pieces. 6. Work QUIETLY and respect your peers' right to focus during the exam. 7. Do not wander or leave table until the bell rings. Friday 1/8 1:30 Dismiss on Last Day of Semester The Best of 2020 1. Best of 2020 Google Searches 2. Best of 2020 Netflix 3. Best of 2020 GoPro 4. Best of 2020 IMDB Trending Moments 5. Best of 2020: People Are Awesome 6. Best of 2020 JibJab 7. Best of the Internet 2020 2020 lesson plans Week of January 27-31 Monday 1/27 1. Did you Show me your messy self edit on Friday so I could check signal phrases and in-text citations? 2. After messy self edit was DONE, did you go into Google Doc and make the major changes? 3. Did you print a CLEAN copy or TWO to hand off to peer editors? 4. Did you PEER EDIT for someone.? It makes YOU a better writer to see and read and help others edit their writing! When you are ALL done: Today is the LAST class workday! Paper clip in this order: 1. Final clean copy (1-sided please if you didn't print yet) 2. 2 highlighted articles 3. Peer Edit Checklist and Peer edit draft 4 Messy Self Edit 5. SHARE your doc with me in Google Drive. Call it First Name Last Name Job Shadow. Tuesday 1/28 (9:00 Start) 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 Wednesday 1/29 Subject-Verb Agreement --find packet Together do the 2-sided 4th page of the packet Together do the 3 pages of packet handed out in class (Handbook section) Then practice with these 3. Practice with this SV Agreement Practice Quiz Now use rules packet to 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 #3 (22 pts) Thursday 1/30 Find your SV agreement packet with Cheat Sheet. Go over ACT passage and last pages. Practice with Collective Nouns Practice: Subject Verb Agreement with Collective Nouns Assignment: complete these 2 assignments. (I will record the better 18 point assignment. Use the Cheat Sheet.) 3. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #2 at Quia (18 pts) 4. SUBMIT S-V Agreement Assignment #4 (18 pts) Friday 1/31 Cell phones may not be out or seen during today's assessment. When you finish the assessment, work quietly and don't ask to leave the room. Now that most of the Documented Shadow Essays are turned in, OPEN your paper in Google Drive and use it to complete this Assignment at Quia: 2019-20 Works Cited and In-Text Citations Week of January 21-24, 2020 Tuesday 1/21 If you were absent last Thursday, get SIGNAL PHRASES handout! 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 articles that you have sited in your paper. Pick up Job Shadow Self Edit Activity . PRINT final paper. Corrections must be made on PAPER, NOT online! Wednesday 1/22--ADD ANOTHER appropriate IMAGE to your paper! 1. Open EasyBib Shadow Paper Project that you set up yesterday. You'll have a MINIMUM of 4 sources here. You'll have 5 if you cited 2 different articles in your paper. 2. Export out of EasyBib into Google Docs. Copy and Paste into your shadow paper doc in Google Drive. If you do it correctly, the header will be on the page and Works Cited will be centered at the top. 3. Show Mrs. Renner your printed and HIGHLIGHTED career articles (5 pts. No highlighted article=0 pts, no late pts awarded) 4. Show Mrs. Renner your Works Cited page IN YOUR PRINTED PAPER with a mimimum of 4 sources (interview, business website, bls.gov, career articles). (10 pts. or 0 pts, no late pts awarded) 5. Keep Going on the SELF-EDIT activity on a PAPER copy of your essay! Remember what you are doing with Self-Edit! See this Sample Paper! Here are 3 EXAMPLES of what your edited draft SHOULD look like: Edit #1 Edit #2 Edit #3 6. Have AT LEAST one peer complete this PEER EDIT activity Thursday 1/23--Did you ADD ANOTHER appropriate IMAGE to your paper? Show Mrs. Renner your 2 page Job Shadow paper that shows SOME progress in editing from the SELF-EDIT activity. (5 pts or 0 pts, no late pts awarded) Shadow Paper Editing Day Friday 1/24 Before you leave today 1. Show me your messy self edit so I can check signal phrases and in-text citations. 2. After messy self edit is DONE, go into Google Doc and make the major changes. 3. Print a CLEAN copy or TWO to hand off to peer editors. I have a few extra peer edit sheets. 4. BE a PEER editor for someone. It makes YOU a better writer to see and read and help others edit their writing! Week of January 13-17, 2020 Monday 1/13 (If you did NOT update your resume, you MUST today. It's part of your semester test grade..) 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 Listen to sample papers. Create Works Cited page 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) Tuesday 1/14 (9:00 start & NWEA-MAPP testing) Read sample career articles in magazines 1. Construction Safety Inspector Regan Duvall 2. Country Vet 3. Logger 4. Nurse 5. Elementary Teacher 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 the Google Drive folder I shared with your or an online library database (EBSCO, Pro-Quest, InfoTrac). To search library databases: 1. Go to the West Central Library Research Page 2. Scroll down to EBSCO Megafile 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 Wednesday 1/15 Assignment: 1. Show me your finished job shadow journal or the progress you have made. 2. Find, show me, then print 2 career articles with the quotes/passages from the article you have chosen for support . --BEFORE printing the article, skim/read it to make sure it's a HUMAN interest story ABOUT a person engaged in that career. --Ideally, you should find and print TWO (2) articles so you have more info to choose from. 3. HIGHLIGHT the passages from the article that will support something YOU have written about in your paper. Thursday 1/16 View: How to Make a Quote Flow in an Essay (1:44) View: Choosing & Using Quotations (2:31) View Quotation Sandwich (1:21) Read ICE it What is a SIGNAL phrase and how do I use it? Writing Signal Phrases (3:33) Now Apply It: Read Job Shadow Sample Paper with article added and Works Cited. Friday 1/17--SNOW DAY!! 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 Semester Test Review Info Spend time gathering everything you need for semester test from your folder! Week of January 6-10, 2020 Monday 1/6 Of Mice & Men: Take three 30-pt quizzes (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4, Ch 5-6). Use Character Connection Sheet provided. Open Book for 20 minutes. I will record the better TWO scores out of 3. Tuesday 1/7 Semester Test Review Gather all the resources listed on the review page for Open Note semester test Make copies of anything you DON'T have! See updated Resume examples reflecting job shadow(s) Wednesday 1/8 Semester Test for Periods 1-4 **Note on board: 1. Pen/Pencil and notes packet only on desk. 2. You may write on the test, but record all answers on the answer sheet 3. Hand in both test and answer sheet 4. Don't throw away 5 major movements packet, Gatsby or Of M&M packets. You can recyle the rest of your stack. 5. Finish revising resume. Be sure education section reflects job shadow. 6. Don't ask to leave the room. Hand in Of M&M if you have not already. Thursday 1/9 Semester Tests for Periods 5-7 Semester Test and missing work/missing time after 7th period Friday 1/10 Short classes Semester Celebration 1:30 Dismissal Week of January 2-3, 2020 Thursday 1/2 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck View Chapters 1 & 2 (to 36:46) as time allows If you didn't read over break, YOU STILL HAVE TIME! Don't skip ANY of the activities below. Read background here (reading level grade 4.5) View Of Mice and Men Movie Trailer (2:22) View Of Mice and Men Context: The Great Depression (2:23) View Background Video (4:38) This novel asks the question: What would YOU do for a friend? View THIS CLIP (3:00) of the movie to understand the relationship between George the protector and Lennie the man-child--it's MORE than a BROmance! Go to YouTube and type Of Mice and Men Audio to find recording! Below is an AUDIO BOOK WITH THE WORDS on the screen if that helps. Complete Steinbeck Webquest **Use these sites to complete assignment. Use the Edit, Find command to search the sites. 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 Sites for Of Mice and Men WebQuest: 1. Wikipedia's Of Mice and Men--DON'T Read the Summary or it will spoil the ending for you! 2.. Banned Books 3. Banned Classic American Novels 5. Meaning of title 6. Themes of novel Friday 1/3 To Prepare for Of Mice and Men Quizzes on Monday: 1. Listen CAREFULLY as you View 60secondrecaps (Watch #1, 2, 5, 7, and 8) 2. Go through review packet, especially the Symbols and Themes page, and the last page that ties Chapter 3 and 6 together. 4. 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 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 Week of January 28-Feb 1 Monday 1/28 10:30 start (weather) Here is a Character List for Night JANUARY 27 (yesterday) WAS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO READ BOOKS LIKE NIGHT? READ THIS ARTICLE!! According to Wiesel, "By talking about past events, like the Holocaust, we open a disturbing chapter in human history, but in doing so we spread a message to humanity through the testimony of witnesses that helps to stir people's emotions. This drives them to prevent a recurrence of such devastating occurrences by acting against them. If we forget about abominable events like the Holocaust and write them off as things that could only have occurred in the past, we open ourselves up to the possibility of repeating such unmonitored destructive behavior. Through the retelling of the events of our collective history, we spur indignation, we reduce the number of indifferent bystanders and we make it possible to learn from our mistakes." Background on Night Night (109 pgs.) by Elie Wiesel is a memoir of man’s inhumanity to man during the Holocaust in the 1940s. Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust when 6 million of others did not. You’ll experience his forced deportation at age 12 and his experience at Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi concentration camps where 1.5 million Jews were murdered in the gas chambers. Wiesel was silent for years before he could come to terms with what happened to him and write about it and lecture about it. Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and traveled the world encouraging others not to allow Holocaust-like events like those in Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur to ever occur again. Wiesel twice spoke at Augustana College in recent years. Wiesel says, “Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when dignity is in jeopardy…whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.” Wiesel wrote two more novels, Dawn and The Accident, which are both fictional stories of Holocaust survival. Wiesel died in 2016 at age 87. A Book Trailer Introduction (9:24) Drone over Auschwitz--Spielburg & Schindler's List (2:29) A Tour of Birkenau (9:10) Oprah's Interview with Elie At Auschwitz (2:30) Elie Remembers His Little Sister (3:36) Night book trailer (stop at 1:25) Interview with Elie Wiesel (11:32) Interview with Elie Part 2 (10:59) Auschwitz 70--full version (6:30) Tuesday 1/29 1:30 Dismissal (weather) Subject-Verb Agreement --find and finish packet Then practice with these three 2. Agreement when words separate subject and verb 3. Practice with this SV Agreement Practice Quiz Now use rules packet to 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 #3 (22 pts) Wednesday 1/30 no school (weather) Thursday 1/31 and Friday 2/1 Finish viewing 1:15-2:11 Read 1. Chapter 25 Summary Demonstrates Inhumanity: When the California farmers cannot afford to harvest their crops, they let them go to waste and the smell of rotting fills the countryside. More and more people are being forced into poverty and watch food being wasted while they starve. The produce is kep from the starving migrant families. One of the most important title references is on pg. 477: "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." Chapter 25, pg. 445 2. Read Summary of Chapters 28-30--read pp. 602-603 in Chapter 30, pg. 609, pg. 612, pg. 616 (last 3 paragraphs) through 618--the end of the book. Read about end of book vs. end of movie (last 5 paragraphs) Read about the End of the Book 60 Second Recap on the symbolism of the death of the baby Watch & listen to the lyrics of this 1991 hit by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who died in 2009. Jackson said that "Heal the World" is the song he was most proud to have created. Remember what happens in the final 3 pages of the novel. How does that Michael Jackson song relate to The Grapes of Wrath? What should you MOST REMEMBER about this novel and movie and final controversial chapter? The Grapes of Wrath has inspired many generations of singers and songwriters. One of those was Bruce Springsteen's 1995 hit The Ghost of Tom Joad. Listen to the song How does that Michael Jackson song relate to The Grapes of Wrath? And what about the title and the theme of WRATH? The title? Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. Analysis: The hymn summons God to bring justice to those who have wreaked havoc over the land and over its people. In other words, the hateful ways of the people are so great that only God can bring about vengeance. In the context of this novel, "the grapes of wrath" may be interpreted as the greed, self-interest, and selfish ways of the landowners and of the banks—all of which lead to the suffering of thousands of migrant workers. 60 second recap on the WRATH 60 second recap on Family 60 second recap on Characters 60 second recap on Power Structures I can not/did not show you this:! Thug Notes on GofW And finally, what should you MOST REMEMBER about this novel and movie and final controversial chapter? At the heart of The Grapes of Wrath is the need for community and compassion and love. Take Movie Quiz Part III at Quia =================================================================== Week of January 22-25 Tuesday 1/22 The Grapes of Wrath Read Chapter 12 about Route 66 View: Mother Road: People in Flight Read Chapter 17 about the worlds the migrants set up every night. View: Chapter 17 Project (features an original student song that comes from pg. 272) See Guitar story Wednesday 1/23 Viewing The Grapes of Wrath (View 40:24 to 1:15ish) thru Casey leaving in handcuffs Thursday 1/24 The Grapes of Wrath Quick Movie Review/Summary Here are chapters and page numbers you may need/use for quiz: Chapter 12=Route 66 pg. 160 Chapter 15=Roadside Truckstops pp. 216-220 Chapter 17=Roadside Camps pp 264-267 and 272-273 Assignment: Movie Quiz Part II at Quia Friday 1/25 ACT Prep Course? Accuplacer? February 4 & 5=Mrs. Lupkes 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 Clean out folder We left the Joads in the first Hooverville they encounter in California, with Ma Joad worrying about how she will feed her family AND all of the hungry children there. In the movie, you'll see more scenes that demonstarte how California residents feel about the Okies. Chapter 21= Migrant labor (payment, landownership) The Grapes of Wrath Summary by Schmooop Thug Notes on The Grapes of Wrath “The Grapes of Wrath” remains relevant in the 21st century, indeed becoming an urgent book for today as Steinbeck addresses the universal issues of migrations, being unhomed, the dignity of work, the need for home and family, and an empathetic community. Relevance for Today =================================================================== Week of January 14-18 Monday 1/14 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 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) Other background (#2, 3, 6, 14) at Biography Site 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, might be blocked at school? Use IMDB site--#15 & 16 6. Film vs. Book--back side of scavenger hunt Tuesday 1/15 Introduction to The Grapes of Wrath Finish Scavenger Hunt View: History Brief: The Grapes of Wrath Read Preface to book Read Handout explaining chapters Read Chapter 1 Read Chapter 3 Wednesday 1/16 Steinbeck spends a significant amount of space writing about a persistent turtle that continues trying to cross the road regardless of any obstacles. This turtle symbolizes the tenacity of the Joad family and other families that have lost their farms but continue to search for a way to make ends meet. Like the turtle, these families have set their sights on a goal, and they will not stop regardless of what they face along the way. Turtle Chapter Answers LIsten at 2:15 Movie Packet Begin Viewing Chapters 1-13 through 40:24 Thursday 1/17 Finish Part I of Movie at 40:24 Oppression ends at 37:00 (selling belongings, used car, sorting to leave) Skim book passages from movie (p. 127-8, 151-154, 156) Assignment: Complete Quiz Part I of Movie Friday 1/18 No School Veggie Tales Grapes of Wrath =================================================================== Week of January 7-11 Monday 1/7 Here is Semester Test Review Info Spend time gathering everything you need for semester test from your folder! Listen CAREFULLY as we View 60secondrecaps Today view just: #3: Plot #4 Conflict #6 Themes #9 Setting the Scene #10 Of Mice & Message View 20-25 more minutes of movie You'll take three 30-pt quizzes on Wednesday (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 quizzes 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tuesday 1/8 Here is Semester Test Review Info Spend time gathering everything you need for semester test from your folder! To Prepare for Of Mice and Men Quizzes tomorrow: 1. Listen CAREFULLY as you View 60secondrecaps (Watch #1, 2, 5, 7, and 8) 2. Go through review packet, especially the Symbols and Themes page, and the last page that ties Chapter 3 and 6 together. 3. After you look at all of the characters whose names begin with the letter C, view Thug Notes Summary & Analysis 4. Before tests on Wednesday, 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 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 View more of movie * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Wednesday 1 /9 Here is Semester Test Review Info Spend time gathering everything you need for semester test from your folder! Take three 30-pt quizzes (Ch 1-2, Ch 3-4, Ch 5-6) I will record the better TWO scores out of 3. These will not be online. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thursday 1/10 Semester Test for Periods 1, 2, 3, 4 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Friday 1/11 Semester Test for Periods 5, 6, 7 =================================================================== Week of January 3-4 Thursday 1/3 To prepare to begin reading Of Mice and Men, Read background here (reading level grade 4.5) View Of Mice and Men Movie Trailer (2:22) View Of Mice and Men Context: The Great Depression (2:23) View Background Video (4:38) This novel asks the question: What would YOU do for a friend? View THIS CLIP (3:00) of the movie to understand the relationship between George the protector and Lennie the man-child--it's MORE than a BROmance! Suggested Reading Schedule: Read Chapters 1 & 2 for Friday Read Chapters 3 & 4 for Monday Read Chapters 5 & 6 for Tuesday **If you have time this weekend, read it all! It's a 2 1/2 to 3 hour read. Listen to Audio HERE or HERE on YouTube Below is an AUDIO BOOK WITH THE WORDS on the screen if that helps. Audio of Chapter 1 with words on screen (follow links on the menu on the right to get to next chapters) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Friday 1/4 Complete Steinbeck Webquest Do just the Of Mice and Men Side **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 Suggested Reading Schedule: Read Chapters 1 & 2 for Friday Read Chapters 3 & 4 for Monday Read Chapters 5 & 6 for Tuesday **If you have time this weekend, read it all! It's a 2 1/2 to 3 hour read. Listen HERE on YouTube View Chapters 1 & 2 (to 36:46) of Of Mice & Men. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |