Week of March 29-April 2
Monday 3/29 FFA Gone Don't leave this Thursday for long break without these 3 activities completed. 1. College Fair Assignment due by Weds/Thurs in G Classroom 2. Quiz over "The Veldt" 3. Quiz over "The Fun They Had" and "Examination Day" Don't leave this Thursday for long break without understanding the Research Process for your Passion Project! We'll talk about that on Thursday! Remember that in addition to a presentation, you will be writing a brief research-based paper about your project that we'll send through Turnitin. For everyone who will be gone Monday: **The story will take 29 min to listen to and the movie is 23 min. Other videos and written activities maybe 30 min, so PLAN for 1.5 hours of homework to prep for quiz on Tuesday. For everyone who WILL be in class Monday, this is more than we can finish in class, so plan ahead! 2. View: "The Veldt" Trailer #1 (1:02) 3. Read "The Veldt" HERE and follow along as you listen: The Veldt (29:00) **Note that I have included #s that correspond with answers to questions in activity #5 below. 4. After reading, view Response to Literature (3:19) 5. Open this 2-page document. Review it AND answer questions on the 2nd page. There will be a video below where we go over the answers to the questions. **Note: You'll find the answers close to the #s I wrote in the text. 6. Now View "The Veldt" movie (23:43) Remember the original title of this story: "The World that the Children Made" and listen for those words as you now... 7. View Veldt anime trailer (3:05) 8. If you feel like you need help with the responses, view Teacher video on responses to questions in #5 activity above. (12:00) Sorry--I didn't want to re-record last year's video, so you'll have to meet my dog before getting to the responses! 9. Before you complete the assessment to demonstrate your understanding, be sure you have completed ALL of the above activities! 10. On Tuesday: Complete Assessment at Quia on"The Veldt" Tuesday 3/30 and Wednesday 3/31 Don't leave this Thursday for long break without these 3 activities completed. 1. College Fair Assignment due by Weds/Thurs in G Classroom 2. Quiz over "The Veldt" 3. Quiz over "The Fun They Had" and "Examination Day" Don't leave this Thursday for long break without understanding the Research Process for your Passion Project! We'll talk about that on Thursday! Remember that in addition to a presentation, you will be writing a brief research-based paper about your project that we'll send through Turnitin. Complete Assessment at Quia on"The Veldt" Total estimated time for completion of activities for this story=approx. 90 minutes or 2 class periods. Now follow these steps in order: 1. View Teacher Introduction to Today's Lesson (9:45) Isaac Asimov’s vision of computerized education in 2157 comes close to today’s reality, in which students can take classes on the Internet. How fitting for what we are experienced here last year and what millions of students across the country are STILL experiencing! 2. Be able to answer this Essential Question: What is the best SYSTEM of education? How does a prediction of the future reflect the circumstances of the present day. How is TRUE learning best accomplished? 3. Read the 1951 short story "The Fun They Had," including the introductory and concluding materials. Follow along as you listen to "The Fun They Had." (5:55) 4. Carefully Read "The Fun they Had" Analysis (2:00) *Note: you picked up a hard copy of this with BLANKS to fill in! You'll find all the answers in this document. Remember that Dystopian fiction is a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where people live dehumanized lives because of deprivation, oppression, or terror 5. Look at another sci fi story on the same theme of education in the future: "Examination Day" was written in 1958 during the Cold War. During this time, Americans became more aware of the nature of totalitarian (communist) governments, where EVERYONE must be equal and treated the same. What kind of government would want to dispose of highly intelligent children? 6. Open THIS Examination Day handout and answer questions (in your head!) as you Read "Examination Day" and also be able to answer the questions on the last page of the story. (15 min) 7. Now View: Examination Day, a dystopian short story brought to life in a Twilight Zone episode. (10:24) 8. Finally, review these answers and this summary(3:00) 9. Before you complete the assessment to demonstrate your understanding, be sure you have completed ALL of the above activities! 9.5 Watch: Inside the Mind of Jaxon Cota, an 11-Year Old Kid Genius After you watch this, think about these questions: How does Jaxon see the world? How do his parents react to his exceptionally high intelligence? What do you think are the advantages and challenges of being a kid genius? Why might a kid like Jaxon be someone a government, like the one in the story, fears? Thursday 4/01 10. Complete Assessment at Quia on "The Fun They Had" & Examination Day 11. Finish College Fair Wrap-up & Reflection in G Classroom Please print HARD copy of activity! Assignment: Fill in the CRAAP worksheet as you listen to research lesson! Work on Passion Project RESEARCH during break if you have time and/or are going to be gone a lot next week. Use the Research pages in your Passion Project Packet to take notes and quotes from your sources! Check back here this weekend AND in Google Classroom for the screencast that will show you how to access AND choose proper sources for research. Friday 4/02 No School Easter Break Monday 4/5 No School Easter Break ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️. ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️. ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Week of March 22-26 Monday 3/22 --FFA Gone Reminder: If you were gone last Thursday, slide your Educational Opportunities Booklet Activity under my door today! Assignment: By Wednesday, email me a 5-sentence plan for your passion project. Answer some of THESE QUESTIONS from last week in your plan. The 1950s in Literature: Intro to Science Fiction 1. Take notes on the 1950s & Sci Fi (hard copy in class) 2. Take notes on Key elements of Science Fiction--Notes for Keynote on SciF (hard copy in class) (I will post copies of these notes after Monday). Tuesday 3/23 Track Gone Continue/Complete Activities above Wednesday 3/24 College Fair Prep Activity College Comparison Activity Email your Passion Project Plan! Thursday 3/24 Email your Passion Project Plan! If you don't have points recorded in IC, you haven't corresponded with me to explain or to revise or to finalize your plan. Hammer out those details before class tomorrow and email me! 1. View: Sci Fi Movies in the 1950s (10:55)-take notes on the 7 elements of the Sci Fi Recipe outlined in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (spot for notes on Sci Fi handout) 2. Science Fiction: It's Out There (8:23)-take notes on the themes mentioned here 3. Analyze this Slate article: "The Purpose of Science Fiction" Complete Activity on this short article (Class copy in room) 6. Read this article "How America's Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future." (Class copy in room) Friday 3/26 Attend South Dakota Virtual College Fair! Follow THIS LINK to return to the site -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week of March 15-19 Monday 3/15 Snow Day! Tuesday 3/16 Please leave your passion packet with me today. You should have stapled last week's 2-sided worksheet to the front of it. All of the boxes on pg. 3 of passion packet should be filled out. I'm hopeful that you have come up with some ideas for a passion project to kick off your journey toward a meaningful scholarship essay! I'll take a look at your packets and ideas the next couple of nights and we'll talk about the Research part on Thursday. WCHS will be virtually attending the South Dakota Spring College Fair on March 31st during our English classes. To attend, we must all register HERE very soon. Mrs. Lupkes will join us in class on that day. HERE is the list of colleges & military branches registered to attend that day. There will be opportunities to live chat. We'll be using THIS SITE as well. Explore Educational Opportunities in South Dakota Booklet You'll need this Council on College Admission in SD Presentation If the link to presentation doesn't work, let me know. I can make a copy and share it with you. Here is this organization's website with direct links to admissions at each school. You'll need to use this Build Dakota Site Here is the Dakota Corps Scholarship Info Wednesday 3/17 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Continue College Fair Prep 1. Slide your passion packet under my door please! 2. Objective: Informational Text Practice with Educational Opportunities in South Dakota Booklet. Use this Build Dakota Site Here is the Dakota Corps Scholarship Info View: Passion Project Ideas Thursday 3/18 Assisgnment: Forward your college fair confirmation email to me! Assignment: Have a plan for a passion project on Monday--at least a sketchy plan! Read below! Reminders: 1. The scholarship-winning essays that we read detailed ALL the things the writers DID to explore their passions--many of them from a young age. Your passion project could/should ultimately be something you TOO could write about to bolster your scholarship essay. 2. This will be an on-going project with a tentative deadline of April 30. 3. What is the passion/hobby/activity/product?Think about your END PRODUCT, which will be something tangible--something we can see or touch or hear or watch. Please DON'T recycle something you have already done. **You'll be taking current photos of your process along the way to include in your presentation. 4. Be able to explain your background or history with your topic. When & how did you first become interested in it? 5. How does/How will this activity/passion/hobby add deeper meaning to your life? 6. What is your "takeaway" message? What do you want everyone to know about your activity/passion/hobby/product? 7. Think about continued engagement. Hopefully this won't be a one-and-done activity. If you need ideas, re-watch the video we watched in class yesterday. View: Passion Project Ideas View ANother Passion Project Ideas Idea: Want to be a teacher? Spend time in a classroom! Teach a song in Spanish. Teach a lesson in origami, help with science experiments in a science classroom. Go read regularly in a classroom, assist in a special ed classroom. Do it for the month of April. Idea: Want to be a sports analyst or broadcaster? Work with baseball and track coach to call the games and meets in April. Idea: Do you make jewelry? Design/sell prom jewelry. Idea: Horses your passion? Adopt a Horse, Create a Riding Business, Host a Day Camp for kids Idea: Is service your passion? Team up with a classmate to organize a drive of some sort. Contact local food pantries or churches to determine a need. Idea: Is music your passion? Learn to play a new instrument, assist with lessons for kids for a month. Ask Mr. Eye or Mrs. Gratz for ideas! Passion Project Research and Brainstorming Friday 3/19 No School-BB Tourney -------------------------------------------------------- Week of March 8-12 Monday 3/8 Introduction to Passion Project and Paper We got through the first TEDx video on top of pg. 3 Take notes on pages 5-6 Tuesday 3/9 Continue Introduction to Passion Project and Paper Video Notes Examine first 2 Passion Essays on Hunting and Mission work on the Rosebud Reservation Wednesday 3/10 1. Teen Using Passion to help seniors 2. Our ESSENTIAL Question is: What should I be doing/planning RIGHT NOW to get ready to write a scholarship essay? Figure out what YOUR Story is going to be and HOW you'll tell it. Then... a. Make a plan to Volunteer REGULARLY--work in a classroom, coach for a kids’ sport season, help in a nursing home or hospital, walk dogs at the Humane Society, film for Trojan Tech Media. DO SOMETHING long-term! b. Work part time jobs. c. Seek out a "spark coach" or mentor who will be able to write you a killer recommendation to match your killer essay! d. Sign up for exploratory summer programs e. Earn a certification (CNA, OSHA, CPR, etc.). f. Get involved in a service project that isn’t just a one-and-done experience. g. Get involved with a church or service organization. h. Design a project and make it happen--like benches along a bike bath or a memorial garden at a church or a garden to raise produce for homeless shelters and The Banquet. i. Attend ANY educational presentation available--in person or virtual lectures Teen Science Cafe For example: Augie's Boe Forum Here's the Link: Augie's Boe Forum j Start a blog or a YouTube channel or an etsy store. k. Make a name for yourself on Twitter in a POSITIVE way. l. Create a portfolio of your work: photography, painting, things you have sewn or created, movies or commercials you have created. l. Join and become an active member of a board or a committee OUTSIDE of school. 3. Yesterday we read about passions for hunting and mission work on the Rosebud Reservation. Today we'll examine several more WC graduate scholarship-winning passion essays. --Passion for flight --Passion for guns --Passion for nature --Passion for construction --Passion for nursing --Passion for music 4. Need MORE Inspiration? Inspiring People who Followed Their Passions Films about Finding and Following Passions Thursday 3/11 As I started thinking about this project a couple of weeks ago, I remembered this poem that ends with these words: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life"? These words conclude a poem by American poet Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 --January 17, 2019), who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild. Read: Mary Oliver Helped Us Stay Amazed Oliver's "The Summer Day" poem inspired this project. Before I share the packet I created to guide this project, let's take a look at a couple of HOW TO videos for passion projects: View: Passion Project Extracurriculars Here are those FREE ONLINE COURSERA classes this student talked about. View Passion Project Ideas View: 5 Types of Passion Projects (watch thru 2:45) Pick up/Go through Passion Packet. Staple the 2-sided worksheet you got on Monday to the top of this packet. Did you answer #1-6 on that activity? Project/Product Examples that required BACKGROUND research and a passion or feeling of purpose in learning and helping. 1. Nearly New Prom Closet Another Prom Closet 2. Guinea Pigs, Llamas, Alpacas--Oh My! 3. Teen Organizes Charity Walk Assignment: Ponder your passions for a few more days. Fill in the 8 boxes of information on the front of the 2nd page of passion packet for Monday. Friday 3/12 No School Previous Weeks' Lessons Below: Week of March 1-5 Monday 3/1 1. Do a Quick Review of Parallel Structure HERE. 2. Do one more Quick Review of Parallel Structure HERE. 3. Now, find cheat sheet if you need it. Also remember the X and Y rule on the chart to the right. 4. Complete 3 Parallel Structure Assessments at Quia. All 25 pts. I'll record the better 2 scores. Take your time, THINK, use your cheat sheet and the chart to the right! Please don't talk or disturb others once you finish! Let others focus! Thanks! 1. Parallel Structure Assignment #1 at Quia 2. Parallel Structure Assignment #2 at Quia 3. Parallel Structure Assignment #3 at Quia Work quietly on something when you finish. Tuesday 3/2 The Last Grammar Lessons of the year!! Self-Guided Grammar Lab 1. MUG: Cheat Sheet: Refer to Words Commonly Confused 2. Pick up Words Commonly Confused Packet 3. Take 10-15 minutes to work through it on your own. Answers are on the back of each page. 4. Now practice and Email 4 SCREENSHOT RESULTS Requested BELOW All of these pairs will be on assessments, so don't skip any of the practice! Notorious Confusables: fewer/less and farther/further Use fewer with countable objects (fewer desks, books, students). Use less with non-countables (you can't add -s to these words) like less salt and less sand and less volume. A. Practice Fewer vs. Less B. Practice Farther or Further #2 Notorious Confusables: its/it's and there/their/they're A. Practice It/It's B. Practice There/Their/They're C. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice Its/It's D. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice there/their/they're Notorious Confusables: Lose vs. Loose A. Practice Lose vs. Loose B. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice Lose vs. Loose #2 Notorious Confusables: accept/except and affect/effect A. Practice Affect/Effect B.Practice Accept/Except C. SCREENSHOT RESULTS AT THE BOTTOM OF Practice here Wednesday 3/3 Notorious Confusables Continued: Last grammar lessons of the year! Notorious Confusables: lie/lay and sit/set (worksheet) Today I will... Yesterday I In the past I have/has/had rest/recline lie down lay down lain down put/place lay the book laid the book laid the book Trick: Ask yourself if the sentence means REST or PUT 1. Practice Lie/Lay 2. More practice with lie/lay 3. More practice with sit/set Notorious Confusables: everyday/every day (worksheet) We use our everyday dishes every day. Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily" or "average." Jogging 3 miles is an everyday occurrence. Every day is a time expression that means "each day." I jog 3 miles every day. 1. click the blue Start button to Practice Here already/all ready 1. Practice here--read the rule at the top 2. Another practice! Notorious Confusables: among/between between=TWO among=more than 2 1. Practice here Notorious Confusables: advise/advice My trick: advise means to give advice. Advise has an "s" that reminds me that advise means to say or give advice. 1. Practice here 2. Advise vs. Advice Thursday 3/4 Assignment: Commonly Confused Words Assignment #1 at Quia Complete: Commonly Confused Words Assignment #2 at Quia Friday 3/5 Unless you are in 2nd semester ACT Prep, you'll never study grammar again in your high school career!!! Sadly, all skills fade without continuous practice. As we wrap up your high school grammar education, let's take a look at what some university systems may require for placement. Across the country, there is an increasing need for remedial work in composition on college campuses. Universities find themselves looking for quick, reliable ways to identify students needing such work for survival in college, and to establish fair, uniform standards for measuring student abilities within a statewide university system in which writing requirements vary from campus to campus. Why does this matter? (Are you thinking about teaching?) 1. Read THIS ARTICLE 2. YIKES! Look at these statistics! So far, South Dakota has used ACT scores and/or Smarter Balanced Scores to determine college readiness in math and English. All tech schools are requiring the Accuplacer exam for placement in math and English. Today we'll take and score 2 sections (Usage and Sentence Construction) of the University of Wisconsin English Placement test. The questions are very MUCH like the ACT--which is 6 weeks away! This assignment will be a completion score. Practice Makes Progress! After we correct, write your name on packet and put on back shelf where you picked up. We will do the reading portion sometime in the next couple of weeks and look at overall score. Last Year's Lesson Plans 2020 The lessons below for this week are Under Construction! DON'T start until Monday! Lessons may not be complete! For that reason, remember to restart computer daily, restart Chrome, refresh! Monday 3/30 and Tuesday 3/31 Total estimated time for completion of activities for this story=approx. 80 minutes 1. Intro Video just below turns on at midnight Sunday Night! It will say PRIVATE VIDEO until that time! View: Teacher Introduction to this week & today's Lesson (12:00) 2. Grab your phone and set up Remind Text Messaging. Click HERE to get directions for step-by-step instructions for signing up! (3:00) 3. Essential Questions for today: •How do we judge if a sacrifice is worthwhile when the outcome is unknown? •What truths can we learn about ourselves in extreme, dangerous, or unusual situations like we're experiencing now? 4. View this SNEAK PREVIEW to set the scene. (1:45) 5.Read "All Summer in a Day" HERE as you 6. LISTEN to "All Summer in a Day" Here (15:03) 7. Now View "All Summer in a Day" (28:15) 8. Listen carefully as you View this QUICK analysis of the story (3:30) 9. Before you open the assessment to demonstrate your understanding, be sure you have completed ALL of the above activities! 10. Complete Assessment at Quia on "All Summer in a Day" Average time in assessment for previous classes was 13:00 Assessment will open at 10:00 am on Monday 3/30 and close at midnight Tuesday 3/31 Jump to the April 2020 Tab! Open on Tuesday! 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 Last week's lessons Week of March 23-27, 2020 Welcome Back!! WE CAN DO THIS!! We will continue with the Science Fiction Unit we introduced when we were last together. Our Science Fiction ELA Unit Objectives include these "I will..." statements:
Here are MY Teacher Notes that we took together last week on all of the characteristics of science-fiction. You'll need these as you analyze the works we'll explore and also for assessments. Sorry about the less than perfect penmanship! Monday 3/23, Tuesday 3/24, and Wednesday 3/25 Total estimated time for completion of all activities for this story=approx. 2hrs 45 min I have included the time needed to complete each activity. You could do a part of this lesson each day or do it all in one chunk! What's important is that you DO complete ALL of the activities! Follow these steps in order: **If any of the YouTube videos don't work, shoot me a text or an email. I may have forgotten to APPROVE some for K12 use! 1. View Teacher Introduction to Today's Lesson (9:00) 2. View: "The Veldt" Trailer #1 (1:02) 3. Read "The Veldt" HERE and follow along as you listen: The Veldt (29:00) **Note that I have included #s that correspond with answers to questions in activity #5 below. 4. After reading, view Response to Literature (3:19) 5. Open this 2-page document. Review it AND answer questions on the 2nd page on a piece of notebook paper. There will be a video below where we go over the answers to the questions. (10-15 min) **Note: You'll find the answers close to the #s I wrote in the text. 6. Now View "The Veldt" movie (23:43)--someone text or call me right away if this doesn't work. There are more online versions out there! (929-6528) Remember the original title of this story: "The World that the Children Made" and listen for those words as you now... 7. View Veldt anime trailer (3:05) 8. View Teacher video on responses to questions in #5 activity above. (12:00) 9. Before you complete the assessment to demonstrate your understanding, be sure you have completed ALL of the above activities! Now Open MY Teacher Notes at the top of the lesson to use to... 10. Complete Assessment at Quia on"The Veldt" Assessment will open at 10:30 am on Monday and close at midnight on Wednesday, March 25. Average time spent in quiz for 320 previous students was 15:00 minutes *Note: To protect the integrity of the assessments in this online environment, there will be no feedback provided, students will see just one question at a time, and there will be just one attempt of each assessment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday 3/26 and Friday 3/27 Total estimated time for completion of activities for this story=approx. 90 minutes or 2 class periods. First, in Complete Sentences, fill out THIS SURVEY Now follow these steps in order: 1. View Teacher Introduction to Today's Lesson (9:45) Isaac Asimov’s vision of computerized education in 2157 comes close to today’s reality, in which students can take classes on the Internet. How fitting for what we are experiencing right now! 2. Be able to answer these Essential Questions: 3. Read the 1951 short story "The Fun They Had," including the introductory and concluding materials. Follow along as you listen to "The Fun They Had." (5:55) 4. Carefully Read "The Fun they Had" Analysis (2:00) Remember that Dystopian fiction is a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where people live dehumanized lives because of deprivation, oppression, or terror 5. Look at another sci fi story on the same theme of education in the future: "Examination Day" was written in 1958 during the Cold War. During this time, Americans became more aware of the nature of totalitarian (communist) governments, where EVERYONE must be equal and treated the same. What kind of government would want to dispose of highly intelligent children? 6. Open THIS Examination Day handout and answer questions (on paper or in your head!) as you Read "Examination Day" and also be able to answer the questions on the last page of the story. (15 min) 7. Now View: Examination Day, a dystopian short story brought to life in a Twilight Zone episode. (10:24) 8. Finally, review these answers and this summary(3:00) 9. Before you complete the assessment to demonstrate your understanding, be sure you have completed ALL of the above activities! HEY! I just added this amazing video on Weds. night! It really relates to "Examination Day!" 9.5 Watch: Inside the Mind of Jaxon Cota, an 11-Year Old Kid Genius After you watch this, think about these questions: How does Jaxon see the world? How do his parents react to his exceptionally high intelligence? What do you think are the advantages and challenges of being a kid genius? Why might a kid like Jaxon be someone a government, like the one in the story, fears? 10. Complete Assessment at Quia on "The Fun They Had" & Examination Day Assessment will open at 10:00 am on Thursday and close at midnight on Friday, March 28. Average time spent in quiz for 320 previous students was 15:00 minutes 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 Previous Weeks' Lessons below: 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 Week of March 16-20 Monday 3/16 No School--Coronavirus. Stay Safe! Practice Social Distancing! Tuesday 3/17 No School--Coronavirus. Stay Safe! Happy St. Patrick's Day! Wednesday 3/18 No School--Coronavirus. Stay Safe! Keep Reading! Thursday 3/19 No School--Spring Break Friday 3/20 No School--Spring Break 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 Week of March 9-13 Monday 3/9 and Tuesday 3/10 The 1950s in Literature: Intro to Science Fiction 1. Take notes on the 1950s & Sci Fi 2. Take notes on Key elements of Science Fiction--Notes for Keynote on SciFi 3. View: Sci Fi Movies in the 1950s (10:55)-take notes on the 7 elements of the Sci Fi Recipe outlined in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. Science Fiction: It's Out There (8:23)-take notes on the themes mentioned here Analyze this Slate article: "The Purpose of Science Fiction" Complete Activity on this short article Read this article "How America's Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future." At your table, discuss 5 key ideas from this article. If time allows: View 1984 Summary See Article on 1984 Wednesday 3/11 View: "The Veldt" Trailer #1 (1:02) and "The Veldt" Trailer #2 (2:30) Follow along HERE as we listen to The Veldt (29:00) (you can also read it here) After reading, view Response to Literature 3:19 View last 5 minutes of movie 5:00 View Veldt anime trailer (3:05) Take Quiz over "The Veldt" School Cancelled for coronavirus Thursday 3/12 and Friday the Thirteenth! In the 1951 short story "The Fun They Had," Isaac Asimov’s vision of computerized education in 2157 comes close to today’s reality, in which students can take classes on the Internet. Essential Questions: What are the benefits and disadvantages of technology in the modern world? What is the best system of education? How does a prediction of the future reflect the circumstances of the present day? "The Fun they Had" Analysis Dystopian fiction: a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where people live dehumanized lives because of deprivation, oppression, or terror View: Examination Day, a dystopian short story brought to life in a Twilight Zone episode "Examination Day" was written in 1958 during the Cold War. During this time, Americans became more aware of the nature of totalitarian (communist) governments, where EVERYONE must be equal and treated the same. What kind of government would want to dispose of highly intelligent children? Take Quiz over "The Fun They Had" & Examination Day 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 🍀 Week of March 2-6 Monday 3/2 MUG: Parallel Structure View: Grammar Lesson: Parallel Structure View: Parallel Structure ala Schmoop Practice first: Assignment: 3 exercises in packet. Back of 1st page, front and back of 2nd page. SEE the Yellow Box on the right! Parallel structure is just like equal equations in math! Parallelism with correlative conjunctions A correlative conjunction is a two-part conjunction. It consists of two words or phrases that are used to join sentence elements of equal value. The most common correlative conjunctions are the following:
Here are some examples of parallelism with these correlative conjunctions.
Tuesday 3/3 MUG: Parallel Structure Go over packet 1. Read this explanation!! 2. Do this Parallel Structure exercise 3. Practice at ChompChomp--scroll down to howling dog to start! MUG: Parallel Structure Complete Parallel Structure Assessments at Quia. All 25 pts. I'll record the better 2 scores. Take your time, think, and use your cheat sheet! 1. Parallel Structure Assignment #1 at Quia 2. Parallel Structure Assignment #2 at Quia 3. Parallel Structure Assignment #3 at Quia ================================================ Wednesday 3/4 The Last Grammar Lessons of the year!! MUG: Refer to Words Commonly Confused Sorry--Just discovered that many of these practice activities no longer provide the answers, so here are those answers. Keep the doc open on the side. Notorious Confusables: its/it's and there/their/they're 1. Practice #1 here and 2. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice #2 Here 3. Practice with there/their/they're Notorious Confusables: Lose vs. Loose 1. Practice #1 here 2. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice Lose vs. Loose #2 Notorious Confusables: accept/except and affect/effect 1. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice here 2. Practice with accept/except 3. Practice with affect/effect 4. Affect/Effect 5. Accept/Except Notorious Confusables: fewer/less and farther/further Use fewer with countable objects (desks, books, students). Use less with non-countables like salt and sand (you can't add -s to these words) 1. Practice with fewer/less 2. Fewer vs. Less 3. Practice with farther/further 4. Farther or Further #2 TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT: 1. Email the 3 SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF #2, #2 and #1 above. 2. Commonly Confused Words Assignment at Quia ================================================= Thursday 3/5 Notorious Confusables Continued: Last grammar lesson of the year! Notorious Confusables: everyday/everyday (worksheet) We use our everyday dishes every day. Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily" or "average." Jogging 3 miles is an everyday occurrence. Every day is a time expression that means "each day." I jog 3 miles every day. 1. click the blue Start button to Practice Here Notorious Confusables: lie/lay and sit/set (worksheet) Today I will.. Yesterday I In the past I have rest/recline lie lay (has, have, had) lain put/place lay laid (has, have, had) laid Trick: Ask yourself if the sentence means REST or PUT 1. Practice Lie/Lay 2. More practice with lie/lay 3. More practice with sit/set already/all ready 1. Practice here--read the rule at the top 2. Another practice! Notorious Confusables: among/between between=TWO among=more than 2 1. Practice here Notorious Confusables: advise/advice My trick: advise means to give advice. Advise has an "s" that reminds me that advise means to say or give advice. 1. Practice here 2. Advise vs. Advice Assignment: Complete: Commonly Confused Words Assignment #2 at Quia =================================== Friday 3/5 Intro to the 1950s--Scavenger Hunt (print if you are absent). You'll get hard copy from the sub. Read the Information under each heading at THIS SITE. Open this 1950s site in another window because you'll keep going back to it to read each section. None of the links in the site work anymore, so use the sites I linked below to answer the question(s) in each section: Korean War US Launches Satellites Polio #1 Polio #2 The Cat in the Hat (Hey! It's Read Across America this week!) GO HERE to find the answer! Tail Fins and Chrome Desegregating Public Schools--Brown vs Board Interactive Map Drive In Movies Drive ins in South Dakota Drive ins in Minnesota Stock Car Racing--Just Google for these answers! Rock 'n Roll Hall of FAme I Love Lucy ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Lesson plans for 2019-2020 below Week of March 25-29 Monday 3/25 View Why I Chose This Topic Examples Complete the Why I Chose This Topic Section in Google Doc Think about sentence variety as you write. Watch overuse of "I" at the beginning of sentences. Vary openers! ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Tuesday 3/26 View What I Already Know Examples Complete the What I Already Know Section in Google Doc Think about sentence variety as you write. Watch overuse of "I" at the beginning of sentences. Vary openers! Register for Post-High Planning on April 10. If you are going to Close-Up, you won't be here! Follow these instructions at this site: Click to Go to Register for Post-High Planning Here Put a ✔️ in the 5th box down--USF, April 10, 12:30 Click Register Now Complete the registration process. Be thorough! Print out the bar code, put in career folder, bring the bar code to the fair. The bar code is the method that the colleges, vo-techs, reps, etc. will use to get your information. If you stop at their booths, they'll scan your card. **You need to SHOW me your printed bar code before putting in folder. On that Weds., you'll retrieve the printed bar code before we leave. ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Wednesday 3/27 View What I Want/Need to Know Examples Complete the What I Want/Need to Know Examples Think about sentence variety as you write. Watch overuse of "I" at the beginning of sentences. Vary openers! *Add ONE topic-related text-wrapped IMAGE to your introduction. ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Thursday 3/28 and Friday 3/29 If you are absent, view the Research Journey Lesson Here (1:55 to 4:27) or HERE Peer Review of 1st three sections. Use revised PEER EDIT CHECKLIST In order to get credit for this Peer edit assignment, your document must be SHARED with AT LEAST one other junior or senior who has used the "Suggesting" function and left visible comments in the document. ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Friday 3/29 There are 2 separate grades in the gradebook for Peer Editing To get full credit for these 2 assignments: 1. Your own Google Doc MUST SHOW the MINIMUM 5 comments/edits required by the Peer Edit Checklist (#5, 6, 8, 9, 10). Make sure your peer editor does his/her job! 2. YOUR OWN NAME must appear in someone ELSE'S document as an editor who has done those 5 things (#5, 6, 8, 9, 10). Make sure YOU do your job! Be prepared to work bell to bell today in class. If your 1st 3 sections aren't complete, that's priority #1. If they ARE complete, volunteer to be an editor for more than one paper. It's a great way to improve your own writing skills! It's also a really good idea to ask MORE THAN 1 person to edit your paper! And PLEASE REMEMBER: Don't RESOLVE the edits in your paper until I have a chance to look at them to give credit to your Peer Editor! It's time to focus! Smarter Balanced Practice Calculators for Smarter Balanced ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Week of March 18-22 Monday 3/18 Notorious Confusables Continued: Last grammar lesson of the year! already/all ready 1. Practice here read the rule at the top 2. Another practice! Notorious Confusables: everyday/everyday (worksheet) We use our everyday dishes every day. Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily" or "average." Jogging 3 miles is an everyday occurrence. Every day is a time expression that means "each day." I jog 3 miles every day. 1. click the blue Start button to Practice Here Notorious Confusables: among/between 1. Practice here Notorious Confusables: advise/advice 1. Practice here 2. Advise vs. Advice Notorious Confusables: lie/lay and sit/set (worksheet) Today I will.. Yesterday I In the past I have rest/recline lie lay (have, has, had) lain put/place lay laid (have, has, had) laid Trick: Ask yourself if the sentence means REST or PUT 1. Practice Lie/Lay 2. More practice with lie/lay 3. More practice with sit/set Now complete Commonly Confused Words Assignment #2 at Quia Tuesday 3/19 Vietnam Vet in the Auditorium--Let your SRB teacher know that your 5th period class is attending this presentation and GO to the auditorium at the start of SRB! Wednesday 3/20 and Thursday 3/21 Get Research folder I-Search Background Review previous topics 1. Explanation of I-Search Paper 2. Review I-Search Structure 3. See Sample 4. See & add to the I-Search Topic Google Doc At this point, your most potent weapon is your own curiosity. Choose something that you have a real interest in; pick a subject you’re hungry to know more about; seek knowledge that will benefit you in some way. As Ken Macrorie (who invented ISearch) puts it, “The I-Search project asks you to scratch a genuine itch until you’ve quieted it.” 5. Complete the Analysis Activity of 3 sample I-Search essays 1. Asthma I-Search Example 2 Ceramics I-Search Example 3. Public Speaking I-Search (hard copy) 6. Take 2 minutes to Find I-Search template in Google Docs. Follow the instructions to get paper set up. Read through each section. Assignment: Fill in I Search Topic Google Doc Write the Why I Chose this Topic, What I Already Know and What I Need to Know sections for Friday. I-Search Background Explanation of I-Search Paper 1. Review I-Search Structure 2. Take 2 minutes to Find I-Search template in Google Docs. Follow the instructions to get paper set up. Read through each section. 3. See & add to the I-Search Topic Google Doc At this point, your most potent weapon is your own curiosity. Choose something that you have a real interest in; pick a subject you’re hungry to know more about; seek knowledge that will benefit you in some way. As Ken Macrorie (who invented ISearch) puts it, “The I-Search project asks you to scratch a genuine itch until you’ve quieted it.” 4. Complete the analysis of 3 sample I-Search essays 1. Asthma I-Search Example 2 Ceramics I-Search Example 3. Public Speaking I-Search (hard copy) Friday 3/22 1. Friday Focus on the Future: Avera Medical Moment 2. Look at Grade Book for Deadlines 3. Take 2 minutes to Find I-Search template in Google Docs. Follow the instructions to get paper set up. Read through each section. SHARE THE DOC WITH Mrs. Renner!! [email protected] 4. Take I-Search Introduction Quiz at Quia 5. Enter Topic Idea in Your Class Topic Google Doc 6. Assignment:: A. Fill in I Search Topic Google Doc B. Write the Why I Chose this Topic section for Monday by end of class. Register for College & Career Fair on Wednesday, April 11. That is a testing day also. We'll test in the morning and go to USF at noon. Follow these instructions at this site: Click to Go to Register for Post-High Planning Here Put a ✔️ in the 5th box down--USF, April 10, 12:30 Click Register Now Complete the registration process. Be thorough! Print out the bar code, put in career folder, bring the bar code to the fair. The bar code is the method that the colleges, vo-techs, reps, etc. will use to get your information. If you stop at their booths, they'll scan your card. **You need to SHOW me your printed bar code before putting in folder. On that Weds., you'll retrieve the printed bar code before we leave. Week of March 11-14 Monday 3/11 MUG: Parallel Structure aka Parallelism or Faulty Parallelism *If you were absent last Thursday, pick up a packet! View: Grammar Lesson: Parallel Structure (view at 2:00) View: Parallel Structure ala Schmoop Correct the 3 10-point exercises on 1st and 3rd sheets of packet and finish the packet. Practice first: 1. Read this explanation!! (especially the white boxes) 2. Do this Parallel Structure exercise 4. Practice at ChompChomp--scroll down to howling dog to start! Assignment: 3 exercises in packet. Back of 1st page, front and back of 2nd page. SEE the Yellow Box on the right! Parallel structure is just like equal equations in math! Parallelism with correlative conjunctions A correlative conjunction is a two-part conjunction. It consists of two words or phrases that are used to join sentence elements of equal value. The most common correlative conjunctions are the following:
Here are some examples of parallelism with these correlative conjunctions.
To take a closer look at not only . . . but (also) in the context of parallelism and sentence balance, consider the following example:The controversy not only damages sales but also shareholder confidence. That is, [subject] not only [verb, noun] but also [noun]. Many readers don’t notice that the correlated sentence parts are mismatched, some notice but don’t care, and others notice and care a little, or care very much. If you want to offset criticism from purists, you could reposition not only from its contentious position before the verb, to immediately before the element it qualifies: The controversy damages not only sales but also shareholder confidence. [subject, verb] not only [noun] but also [noun] or you could repeat the verb or insert another suitable one: The controversy not only damages sales but also damages shareholder confidence. The controversy not only damages sales but also undermines shareholder confidence. [subject] not only [verb, noun] but also [verb, noun] Or you could simply use and: The controversy damages sales and shareholder confidence. . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Tuesday 3/12 MUG: Complete Parallel Structure Assessments at Quia. All 25 pts. I'll record the better 2 scores. Take your time, think, and use your cheat sheet! 1. Parallel Structure Assignment #1 at Quia 2. Parallel Structure Assignment #2 at Quia 3. Parallel Structure Assignment #3 at Quia ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Wednesday 3/13 The Last Grammar Lessons of the year!! MUG: Refer to Words Commonly Confused Sorry--Just discovered that many of these practice activities no longer provide the answers, so here are those answers. Keep the doc open on the side. Notorious Confusables: its/it's and there/their/they're 1. Practice #1 here and 2. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice #2 Here 3. Practice with there/their/they're Notorious Confusables: Lose vs. Loose 1. Practice #1 here 2. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice Lose vs. Loose #2 Notorious Confusables: accept/except and affect/effect 1. SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF Practice here 2. Practice with accept/except 3. Practice with affect/effect 4. Affect/Effect 5. Accept/Except Notorious Confusables: fewer/less and farther/further Use fewer with countable objects (desks, books, students). Use less with non-countables like salt and sand (you can't add -s to these words) 1. Practice with fewer/less 2. Fewer vs. Less 3. Practice with farther/further 4. Farther or Further #2 TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT: 1. Email the 3 SCREENSHOT RESULTS OF #2, #2 and #1 above. 2. Commonly Confused Words Assignment at Quia ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Monday 3/18 (track and FFA!) Notorious Confusables Continued: Last grammar lesson of the year! already/all ready 1. Practice here 2. Another practice! Notorious Confusables: everyday/everyday (worksheet) We use our everyday dishes every day. Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily" or "average." Jogging 3 miles is an everyday occurrence. Every day is a time expression that means "each day." I jog 3 miles every day. 1. click the blue Start button to Practice Here Notorious Confusables: among/between 1. Practice here Notorious Confusables: advise/advice 1. Practice here 2. Advise vs. Advice Notorious Confusables: lie/lay and sit/set Today I will.. Yesterday I In the past I have (has, had) rest/recline lie lay lain put/place lay laid laid Trick: Ask yourself if the sentence means REST or PUT 1. Practice Lie/Lay 2. More practice with lie/lay 3. More practice with sit/set Now complete Commonly Confused Words Assignment #2 at Quia ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Week of March 4-7 Monday 3/4 (2 Hour Late Start) Please do a quick post HERE for Mrs. Lupkes. MUG: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers View Dangling Modifiers View Misplaced and Dangling Modifier A misplaced modifier is one that is in the wrong place within the sentence. It is not close enough to the word it’s supposed to modify, so it causes confusion (and sometimes very funny sentences). Examples: I watched the bulls charge through my binoculars. (Bulls that charge through binoculars would give one quite a headache.) After the kids left their rooms, I cleaned them. (What was cleaned? The kids, or the rooms?) They walked into the tavern and ordered a drink that was dirty and filled with cockroaches. (I wouldn’t drink that if I were you!) Do you see how a misplaced modifier can change the whole meaning of a sentence? They are good for a chuckle—but not for good writing! Dangling=When a sentence begins with a modifying phrase, the intro must be immediately followed by a comma and then the noun it's describing. Though exhausted, it would be another hour before Zoe got to go home. There's nothing obviously wrong with this sentence, but let's think about what it's actually saying. We start with the modifier "though exhausted." That would seem to be describing Zoe, but it's next to "it," so right now, the sentence is actually saying that "it" is exhausted, which makes no sense. We need to reorder the sentence so that the modifier is next to what it's modifying: Though exhausted, Zoe wouldn't get to go home for another hour. Running toward the lake, the trees were swaying in the wind. "The trees" are obviously not running towards the lake; they don't have legs. 2 Fixes: Fix 1: Running toward the lake, I saw the trees swaying in the wind. (move the word being modified directly after the comma) Fix 2: As I ran toward the lake, the trees were swaying in the wind. (add the subject to the introductory phrase or clause) Often SINGLE words are misplaced. The most common are only, just, almost, nearly, scarcely, barely Only Cheryl eats grapes.=Cheryl is the ONLY one who eats them. Cheryl only eats grapes.=This means that Cheryl does only one thing with grapes: She eats them. She doesn’t squish them into wine, she doesn’t throw them at people. She only eats them. Cheryl eats only grapes.=This means that Cheryl eats nothing else but grapes. Hint: When a modifier begins a sentence (followed by comma), the very next thing that comes along HAS to be something that can, in fact, be modified by that phrase or clause or it's dangling. Worksheet packet ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Tuesday 3/5 Remember ACT Prep Class Tonight @ 5:30 MUG: What is the difference between Misplaced and Dangling? Now practice: 1. Exercise 1 2. Practice Quiz: Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers 3. Dangling Modifiers 1 4. Which one is incorrect? 5. Exercise A: Dangling Mods (Smiley face=correct; % is in top left) 6. Grammar Bytes: Fixing Misplaced & Dangling Mods--Read instruction and click Start Here (under Monkey) Assignment: Send me a screenshot at the END of this last practice exercise. It will say Congratulations! You have finished Exercise 4. Exercise 1 Practice Quiz: Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers Exercise 1Dangling Modifiers 1 Exercise A: Dangling Mods Grammar Bytes: Fixing Misplaced & Dangling Mods--Read instruction and click Start Here (under Monkey) ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Wednesday 3/6 MUG and NEWSELA LAB: First, find your Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers packet and complete these 3 activities. I'll record the better 2 of 3 of these. 1. Dangling and Misplaced Modifier Assignment #1 at Quia Then, 2. Complete Dangling and Misplaced Modifier Quiz #2 at Quia and 3. Complete Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers #3 Next, choose TWO of the 5 or 6 new NEWSELA articles to read and respond to. Choose the articles with the March 5 or 6 assiged date. Readers become leaders! ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Thursday 3/7 1. Girls and Boys State with Mrs. Lupkes and Officer Albers View ALB&GS (start at :31) 2. Did you complete 2 Newsela articles yesterday? 3. MUG: Another common ACT error deals with PARALLEL STRUCTURE What is it? Multiple items of similar content in a sentence must be expressed in the same form grammatically. Incorrect parallelism: Mary likes hiking, swimming and to fish. Correct parallelism: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and fishing. or Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to fish. View: Grammar Lesson: Parallel Structure View: Parallel Structure ala Schmoop Practice first: 1. Read this explanation!! 2. Do this Parallel Structure exercise 4. Practice at ChompChomp--scroll down to howling dog to start! SEE the Yellow Box on the right! Parallel structure is just like equal equations in math! Next Week: Register for Post-High Planning Here ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Friday 3/1 MUG: Who/Whom, Whoever/Whomever, Who's/Whose Who's =Who is or Who has Who's in charge?=Who is in charge? Whose=shows possession Whose books are these? ============ Who=he/she Whom=him/her We do: Pretest, View Who/He trick practice packet & Cheat Sheet You practice: 1. Whose vs. Who's 2. Practice with this quiz on Who or Whom 3. Practice Who vs. Whom at ChompChomp 4. Take another quiz on Who or Whom Now Complete: I'll record the better score the Who/Whom/Who's/Whose assignment at Quia (22 points) and the Who/Whom assignment at Quia (22 points) ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Thursday 3/29 1. Read Sample Intros to papers 2.. Peer Review of 1st three sections. Use this Peer Edit Checklist 3. Post to Non-Fiction Book journal 4. Reflect before we get too far into next paper. Read comments carefully, then log in to Turnitin. Hover over the little i to read the instructions. Do a screenshot of that black box with the questions in it. Drag the screenshot into a Google Doc or pages document. Complete the Essay Reflection questions in Google Drive or a new document, then upload as PDF or .doc. 5. Assignment: Edit those first 3 sections, read non-fiction, be ready to start research next week. ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Tuesday 3/27 (Sub is Mr. Deutsch) Mrs. Kistler will do a non-fiction presentation. After her presentation, go to library to pick out book. Our final novel of the year will be a Vietnam-era choice starting the first week of May, so I'd like you to have a non-fiction book to read during April while we are working on research paper. At minimum, we'll do a couple of journal posts and will likely also do a brief book talk later in April. Today's Assignment: 1. In your Google Drive, go back to the document called Spring 2017 I-Search Paper Topics. 2. Scroll down to page 4 of that document. Yesterday, I added more topics & questions from last year. 3. Go to the document called Honors I-Search Topics Google Doc. I made comments on your questions! 4. Finish the first 3 sections of paper for Peer Review on Thursday (Why I Chose Topic, What I Already Know, What I Want to Know). 5. Think about sentence variety as you write. Watch overuse of "I" at the beginning of sentences. Vary openers! 6. Once you finish paper pieces, READ your new book! ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Smarter Balanced Practice Calculators for Smarter Balanced ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Previous Days' Lessons Friday 3/23 1. Review I-Search Structure 2. Take 2 minutes to Find I-Search template in Google Docs. Follow the instructions to get paper set up. Read through each section. 3. See & add to the I-Search Topic Google Doc See Sample #1 below--use red boxes! Break into groups Here are 3 Student Examples of the I-Search Paper you will analyze: 1. Asthma I-Search Example 2 Ceramics I-Search Example 3. Public Speaking I-Search (hard copy!) Use these three essays to complete THIS ACTIVITY (I'll give you a hard copy in class.) FINAL Newselsa Day. Please select three articles from among those toward the top of your list of assigned articles. Answer the 4 questions. Assignment: 1. Add topic to Google Docs for Tuesday 2. Write the 1st three sections of paper (Why I Chose Topic, What I Already Know, What I Want/Need to Know). Wednesday 3/21 Notorious Confusables Continued: Last grammar lesson of the year! already/all ready 1. Practice here 2. Another practice! Notorious Confusables: everyday/everyday (worksheet) We use our everyday dishes every day. Everyday is an adjective meaning "daily" or "average." Jogging 3 miles is an everyday occurrence. Every day is a time expression that means "each day." I jog 3 miles every day. 1. click the blue Start button to Practice Here Notorious Confusables: among/between 1. Practice here Notorious Confusables: advise/advice 1. Practice here 2. Advise vs. Advice Notorious Confusables: lie/lay and sit/set Today I will.. Yesterday I In the past I have (has, had) rest/recline lie lay lain put/place lay laid laid Trick: Ask yourself if the sentence means REST or PUT 1. Practice Lie/Lay 2. More practice with lie/lay 3. More practice with sit/set Now complete Commonly Confused Words Assignment #2 at Quia Monday 3/19 The Last Grammar Lessons of the year!! MUG: Refer to Words Commonly Confused Use this link above! Notorious Confusables: its/it's and there/their/they're 1. Practice #1 here and 2. Practice #2 Here 3. Practice with there/their/they're Notorious Confusables: accept/except and affect/effect 1. Practice here 2. Practice with accept/except 3. Practice with affect/effect 4. Affect/Effect 5. Accept/Except Notorious Confusables: fewer/less and farther/further Use fewer with countable objects (desks, books, students). Use less with non-countables like salt and sand (you can't add -s to these words) 1. Practice with fewer/less 2. Fewer vs. Less 3. Practice with farther/further 4. Farther or Further #2 Please don't sit next to anyone. Now complete Commonly Confused Words Assignment at Quia Then Go to Newsela. Read 2 of the 4 new articles I assigned to your class: 1. On Twitter, Fake News spreads faster than Real News 2. The World's Most Progressive Farm Animal Welfare Law 3. After Parkland, one of the Largest Student Protests in Decades 4. Paralympics in South Korea Assignment: Work Quietly on something AND... Bring Idea(s) for I-Search Paper for Wednesday! If you were gone, read.... I-Search Background Explanation of I-Search Paper ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Wednesday 3/14 Register for College & Career Fair on Wednesday, April 11. That is a testing day also. We'll test in the morning and go to USF at noon. Follow these instructions at this site: Click to Go to College Fair Registration Put a ✔️ in the 5th box down--USF, April 11, 12:30 Click Register Now Complete the registration process. Be thorough! Print out the bar code, put in career folder, bring the bar code to the fair. The bar code is the method that the colleges, vo-techs, reps, etc. will use to get your information. If you stop at their booths, they'll scan your card. **You need to SHOW me your printed bar code before putting in folder. On that Weds., you'll retrieve the printed bar code before we leave. MUG: *Another common ACT error deals with parallel structure. What is it? Multiple items of similar content in a sentence must be expressed in the same form grammatically. Incorrect parallelism: Mary likes hiking, swimming and to fish. Correct parallelism: Mary likes hiking, swimming, and fishing. or Mary likes to hike, to swim, and to fish. Read: Parallel Structure as a Literary Device Practice first: 1. Read this explanation!! 2. Do this Parallel Structure exercise 4. Practice at ChompChomp--scroll down to howling dog to start! SEE the Yellow Box on the right! Parallel structure is just like equal equations in math! Now Complete **remember the tricky not only/but also combo Whatever comes after not only must also come after but also! not only that.....but also that Both 25 pts. I'll record the better score. Parallel Structure Assignment #1 at Quia Parallel Structure Assignment #2 at Quia I-Search Background Explanation of I-Search Paper ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Monday 3/12 MUG: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers View Dangling Modifiers View Misplaced and Dangling Modifier A misplaced modifier is one that is in the wrong place within the sentence. It is not close enough to the word it’s supposed to modify, so it causes confusion (and sometimes very funny sentences). Examples: I watched the bulls charge through my binoculars. (Bulls that charge through binoculars would give one quite a headache.) After the kids left their rooms, I cleaned them. (What was cleaned? The kids, or the rooms?) They walked into the tavern and ordered a drink that was dirty and filled with cockroaches. (I wouldn’t drink that if I were you!) Do you see how a misplaced modifier can change the whole meaning of a sentence? They are good for a chuckle—but not for good writing! Dangling=When a sentence begins with a modifying phrase, the intro must be immediately followed by a comma and then the noun it's describing. Though exhausted, it would be another hour before Zoe got to go home. There's nothing obviously wrong with this sentence, but let's think about what it's actually saying. We start with the modifier "though exhausted." That would seem to be describing Zoe, but it's next to "it," so right now, the sentence is actually saying that "it" is exhausted, which makes no sense. We need to reorder the sentence so that the modifier is next to what it's modifying: Though exhausted, Zoe wouldn't get to go home for another hour. Running toward the lake, the trees were swaying in the wind. "The trees" are obviously not running towards the lake; they don't have legs. 2 Fixes: Fix 1: Running toward the lake, I saw the trees swaying in the wind. (move the word being modified directly after the comma) Fix 2: As I ran toward the lake, the trees were swaying in the wind. (add the subject to the introductory phrase or clause) Often SINGLE words are misplaced. The most common are only, just, almost, nearly, scarcely, barely Only Cheryl eats grapes.=Cheryl is the ONLY one who eats them. Cheryl only eats grapes.=This means that Cheryl only does one thing with grapes: She eats them. She doesn’t squish them into wine, she doesn’t throw them at people. She only eats them. Cheryl eats only grapes.=This means that Cheryl eats nothing else but grapes. Hint: When a modifier begins a sentence (followed by comma), the very next thing that comes along HAS to be something that can, in fact, be modified by that phrase or clause or it's dangling. What is the difference between Misplaced and Dangling? Misplaced Modifiers Exercise 1 Now practice: Dangling Modifiers 1 Which one is incorrect? Exercise A: Dangling Mods Practice Quiz: Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers Exercise 1 Grammar Bytes: Fixing Misplaced & Dangling Mods--Read instruction and click Start Here (under Monkey) Now spread out--sit on opposite sides of table please; I'll record better 2 of 3 of these. Dangling and Misplaced Modifier Assignment #1 at Quia Then, Complete Dangling and Misplaced Modifier Quiz #2 at Quia and Complete Dangling & Misplaced Modifiers #3 Go to Newsela. Read 2 of the 4 new articles I assigned to your class: 1. Sunshine State: Florida & Daylight Saving Time 2. One-Handed Linebacker at NFL combine 3. 1 Million Adelie Penguins discovered 4. Alexa and Voice Shopping ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Wednesday 3/7 (basketball gone) MUG: Who/Whom Whoever/Whomever Who's =Who is or Who has Whose=shows possession Who=he/she Whom=him/her We do: Pretest, practice packet & Cheat Sheet Now You Practice: 1. Whoever/Whomever Quiz #1 2. Take the Who or Whom Quiz 3. Practice with this quiz on Who or Whom 4. Take another quiz on Who or Whom Now Complete: I'll record the better score the Who/Whom/Who's/Whose assignment at Quia (22 points) and the Who/Whom assignment at Quia (22 points) Go to Newsela. Enter class code. I set up a new free account since my last trial ran out. Choose TWO articles to read and answer the Quiz questions. ☘️ ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ . ☘️ Tuesday 3/6=Snow Day! 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→March Madness has begun and will continue through the end of the year! FFA, Track, Golf, Music Contests, the musical, etc., will take LARGE numbers of you out of the classroom several times a week from here to the end of the year.
→That makes it all the more important that you check the homework page EVERY day! Similar to what I did for remote learning last year, I'll put EVERYTHING you need on the homework page. It will be your responsibility to stay on top of work on the days you're gone. →Getting behind at this time of year is easy to do--especially as it gets warmer outside. PLEASE don't let that happen! I'm here every day after school and available Period 1, 2, 4 (when I have Supervised Learning, not ACT), SRB and after school every day.
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