Quarter 1, Week 6 of 10 (Mid-quarter Grade Reports)

Tuesday, September 2

Learning Target: W.11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas clearly. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing using a variety of methods. 

Classwork

1. Do Now: Finish Socratic Seminar Reflection (orange sheet from last week)
2. After: Staple 'Multi-Genre Research Project' document on the LEFT PAGE of the notebook. You will look at this for homework, NOT NOW. Staple the 'Quarter 1, Week 6 of 10' document on the LEFT PAGE of the notebook. Read and annotate the document. There is NO RIGHT PAGE entry for today.
3. Then: 10 minute group editing of Personal Essay (click here for the slideshow) and peer scoring.
4. Next: 20 minute Reflection on Personal Essay (Pink Paper section of your Notebook)
5. Time-permitting: Final revisions of Personal Essay

Target Practice: I can edit and and revise a final draft of my personal essay, as well as reflect on the writing process. Fist-5?

Homework

• Make final revisions to the Personal Essay (I will be grading the Final on Wednesday evening)
• Preview Multi-Genre Research Project document for whole-class discussion on Friday
• Complete IR packet p. 4 by Friday @ 2:15

Friday, September 4

Learning Target: RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how they interact over the course of the text.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Title the RIGHT PAGE Unpacking the Multi-Genre Research Project. Write today's date at the top-right corner.  Read and annotate the blue Multi-Genre Research Project document with your table-group.  Write at least three questions that your group has on the RIGHT PAGE. Leave space for answers.
2. After: In table groups, read and annotate p. 301 in the Workbook. In your Notebook, fold the RIGHT PAGE in half to create two columns. Title the chart: Skills and Knowledge needed for Embedded Assessment 2. Below, title the left column Skills and the right column Knowledge. Listen to the whole class discussion to complete the chart.
3. Then: Preview Sample Multi-Genre Research Project (Workbook pp. 308-324)
4. Next: Setup Notebook Check #2: Aug. 18-Sept. 4 (I will be scoring next week)

Target Practice: I understand and can explain how to complete the Multi-Genre Research Project. Fist-5?

Homework

• SOCRATIC SEMINAR about the Multi Genre Research Project on Tuesday! Please make sure the homework is complete.
• On the next left-side page, Create a 3-column chart titled Many Ways of Showing. Each column also has a heading: Chapter, Genre Used, Purpose of Using. Use the middle column to identify AT LEAST 3 different genres used in AT LEAST 5 CHAPTERS of Into the Wild. Use the right column to suggest why YOU THINK Krakauer used these genres instead of just continuing to explain.
• Choose at least six genres that you would be comfortable creating from the list provided in class. Highlight them.
• Complete IR packet p. 4 by Friday @ 2:15

Enrichment:

Enrichment vocabulary is available at your own pace every quarter. You make complete this in stages, or all at once using the following website:

https://www.vocabtest.com/high_school/junior.php

This Quarter's units are: 1-4.

Make sure to enter your full name in the box at the top on the summary page, and my e-mail at the bottom:wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us. 

It's a good idea to e-mail it to yourself as well, just in case there's a problem getting to me.

Quarter 1, Week 5 of 10

Monday, August 24

Learning Target: RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed through revision.

Classwork

1. Do Now: On the next LEFT PAGE of your Notebook, attach 'Quarter 1, Week 5 of 10.' Read and annotate the paper for items that you think are of importance. On the RIGHT PAGE, write today's date at the top-right corner. Title the entry for today Self-Scoring the Personal Essay.
2. After: Fold the RIGHT PAGE in half, then in half again.  Title the columns: Ideas, Structure, Use of Language, and Target Practice. Score your essay in each category, then choose one bullet from each to focus on improving today. Copy that bullet in the column below your score.
3. Then: 20 minute silent writing
4. Next: Read A View from Mt. Ritter on p.293. In different colors, highlight at least five sections that show how the writer felt (response) and what he learned (reflection) from the experience.
5. Time-Permitting: Identify response and reflection in personal essays

Target Practice: I can read a personal essay for response and reflection, and use that understanding to revise my personal essay. Fist-5?

Homework

• Attach Socratic Seminar Participant Packet to the next LEFT PAGE in your Notebook. By next class, develop at least 5 open-ended questions for each column on the question sheet on the following topic: Into the Wild as Narrative About the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Revise personal essay by Friday @ midnight
• Continue reading Into the Wild- packet p. 3 due by Friday @ 2:15

Wednesday, August 26

Learning Target: RI.11-12.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text. SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Title the RIGHT PAGE opposite your seminar participant packet Socratic Seminar Notes on Into the Wild.  Write today's date at the top-right corner.
2. After: Form teams of three and review rules of the seminar (Click here to see full packet)
3. Then: 3 round Socratic Seminar on Into the Wild as Narrative About the Pursuit of Happiness (5-7-5)
4. Next: Reflection

Target Practice: I can participate effectively in a discussion about Into the Wild and how it relates to the pursuit of happiness. Fist-5?

Homework

• Revise personal essay by Friday @ midnight
• Continue reading Into the Wild- packet p. 3 due by Friday @ 2:15

Friday, August 28

Learning Target: W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed through revision.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Begin revising your essay. There is no Notebook entry today.
2. After: Student-Teacher conferences
3. Then: Student-Teacher conferences
4. Next: Student-Teacher conferences

Target Practice: I can revise my personal essay for final assessment by the due-date. Fist-5?

Homework

• Revise personal essay by Friday @ midnight
• Continue reading Into the Wild- packet p. 3 due by Friday @ 2:15

Enrichment:

Enrichment vocabulary is available at your own pace every quarter. You make complete this in stages, or all at once using the following website:

https://www.vocabtest.com/high_school/junior.php

This Quarter's units are: 1-4.

Make sure to enter your full name in the box at the top on the summary page, and my e-mail at the bottom: wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us. 

It's a good idea to e-mail it to yourself as well, just in case there's a problem getting to me.

Quarter 1, Week 4 of 10

No School on Friday in celebration of Statehood Day! 

Remember: 

A typed draft of your Personal Essay in your School Google Account is due by class-time ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24!

Tuesday, August 18

Learning Target: RI.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information. RI.11-12.9 Analyze foundational U.S. texts. W.11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Staple 'Quarter 1, Week 4 of 10' on the next LEFT-SIDE page. Read and annotate dates/activities that you feel are important. Then, title the RIGHT-SIDE page Interpreting Transcendentalist Thought Today.
2. After: Fold your RIGHT SIDE page in half.  Title the left column with Emerson's quote and the right with Marley's quote:

• “...nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” (Self-Reliance. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1840)
• “free yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.” (Redemption Song. Uprising. Bob Marley. 1980)
3. Then: While watching this video about Transcendentalism in popular media think about how they can be applied to your life and write your ideas in the columns.
4. Next: Finish Socratic Seminar (1st round about today's quotes/ 2nd round about drafting the personal essay)

Target Practice: Understanding Transcendentalism can help me write about a significant experience in my personal essay. Fist-5?

Homework

• Create EA 1: Personal Essay on your School Google Drive (see the blue rubric provided earlier for heading information). Arrive to class on Thursday with at least three significant life-experiences to write about.
• Complete a cover for your Notebook (Assigned Monday, August 3)
• Complete the Student Survey at the top of this blog
• Continue Independent Reading- IR Packet p. 2 due by Thursday @ 2:15

Thursday, August 20

Learning Target: W.11-12.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences. W.11-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, and rewriting.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Using a pencil, draw the graphic from Workbook p. 287 on the LEFT SIDE page of your Notebook. Make the bubble at each point as large as possible on the page.  Title the RIGHT SIDE page Drafting the Personal Essay. Write today's date at the top-right of the page.
2. After: TR(3-5 minutes) Use the graphic organizer on the LEFT PAGE to plan your essay.
3. Then: TR(12-15 minutes) Write a draft of your Personal Essay
4. Next: TR (2-5 minutes) Revise the draft to clarify your ideas

Target Practice: I can plan, write, and revise a draft of my personal narrative about a significant life-experience. Fist-5?

Homework

• Complete a draft of EA 1: Personal Narrative- must be shared with me and submitted through this blog before next class meeting on MONDAY
• Continue Independent Reading- IR Packet p. 2 due TODAY by @ 2:15

Quarter 1, Week 3 of 10

Reminder: Please be on-time to class! Tardiness (a.k.a. lateness) will result in detentions starting today!

Monday, August 10

Learning Objective: RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support a claim. RI/.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information to address a question or solve a problem. W.11-12.2 Write informative texts to examine and convey complex ideas. L.11-12.6 Acquire and use accurately new words and phrases.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Staple the 'Quarter 1, Week 2 of 10' sheet over your Personal Credo on the Left Page of your Notebook.  Make sure to mark the paper for important dates and information. On the Right Page, write today's date at the top-right corner.  Title Today's journal: Re-Searching for Meaning.
2. After: On page 265 of your Workbook, work with your group to create a definition of Transcendentalism (write it in the My Notes section). Then, use the excerpt from "Self-Reliance" on pp. 258-9 to answer #2 on p. 265 in your Notebook. (If you've started reading Into the Wild, that is also a good source for answering the questions.)
3. Then: Read In the Depths of Solitude, Remember, and A light Exists in Spring on pp. 266-68 and mark the text for Transcendentalist ideals. (time-permitting: watch/listen to Baz Luhrman's Sunscreen.)
4. Next: Revising the Personal Credo (p. 271 Before Reading #2) and preparing for Socratic Seminar (Staple Soc. Sem. Packet on NEXT Left Page and begin Questions page)

Target Practice: I understand and can use transcendentalist ideas to create and/or revise my personal credo about life. Fist-5?

Homework

• Retitle the 'Question' column headings of Socratic Seminar Packet: Transcendentalism, My Personal Credo, and Ideas for the Personal Essay. Create at least 5 questions for each column for use during Socratic Seminar on Wednesday.
• Revise Personal Credo on the left page of today's journal entry OR create in a Google Doc
• Independent Reading Packet p.1 due by 2:15 on Friday
• Complete Signed Parent form and turn-in by Friday @ 2:15

August 12

Learning Objective: SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of academic discussions. SL.11-12.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks. L.11-12.6 Acquire and use accurately new academic and content specific words and phrases.

Classwork

1. Do Now: On the Right Page opposite your Socratic Seminar Packet, write today's date in the top-right corner. Title today's journal Transcendentalism, My Personal Credo, and Ideas for the Personal Essay. This is where your coach's notes will be written during the Socratic Seminar.
2. After: Personal Goal for the Day (Orange Sheet) and ground rules for seminar
3. Then: 3 Round Socratic Seminar (5 min.-7 min.- 5 min.)
4. Next: Reflecting on the Seminar (Orange Page)

Target Practice: I can participate in a group discussion about personal beliefs and how transcendentalist ideas may or may not be a part of my own. Fist-5?

Homework

• Bring Into the Wild on Friday for in-class reading after the STAR Assessment on Friday
• Independent Reading Packet p.1 due by 2:15 on Friday
• Complete Signed Parent form and turn-in by Friday @ 2:15
• Begin Drafting Personal Essay on Google Docs (Look at your Notebook activities for guidance)

August 14

Learning Goal: Standards covered by the STAR Reading Assessment.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Write today's date at the top-right of the NEXT RIGHT-side page. Title today's notebook entry: Reflecting on the STAR Assessment.
2. After: Complete STAR Assessment (Click here from inside KKHS Network to begin)
3. Then: Fold your notebook page for today in half, then in half again (4 columns). Title the columns: Done Well, Struggled With, Not a Clue, and Target Practice. Write as many items as you can remember in each of the first 3 columns. Copy the Target Practice in the last column, then give yourself a fist-5 score.
4. Next: Independent Reading time (packet page 1 needs to be completed by 2:15 TODAY) OR work on personal essay draft

Target Practice: I understand and can explain what the STAR assessment is all about. Fist-5?

Homework

• Independent Reading Packet p.1 due by 2:15 TODAY!
• Begin Drafting Personal Essay on Google Docs (Look at your Notebook activities for guidance)

Enrichment:

Enrichment vocabulary is available at your own pace every quarter.  You make complete this in stages, or all at once using the following website:

https://www.vocabtest.com/high_school/junior.php

This Quarter's units are: 1-4.

Make sure to enter your full name in the box at the top on the summary page, and my e-mail at the bottom: wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us.  

It's a good idea to e-mail it to yourself as well, just in case there's a problem getting to me.

Quarter 1, Week 2 of 10

Take the documents from the round table on your way in. 

Make sure electronics are off and away in your bag.

Drop your bag in the front of the room before taking your seat in a group of 3 or 4.

Monday, August 3

Learning Objective: RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas. SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions. L.11-12.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words. 

Classwork

1. Do Now: Skip to the second section of your Interactive Notebook. Staple the Week 2 of 10 sheet to the first left-side page. On the right page, write today's date at the top-right corner. Label today's entry: What is the Pursuit of Happiness?
2. After: Fold the page in half, making two columns. Label the LEFT column Happiness IS... Label the right column Happiness is NOT... With your table group, make a list of at least FIVE items in each column. During the whole group share-out after, add at least THREE more items to each column.
3. Then: Review general policies, weekly homework sheet, hall pass, Springboard Workbook, and other classroom business
4. Next:  Interactive Notebook Cover
• fold into 4 quadrants:
• Top-left: personality animal/s (no more than two)
• Top-right: biggest fear (graphic representation)
• Bottom-right: dream for the future
• Bottom-left: personal information (Full Name, Junior, American Lit./Expository Writing I, Period #)

Target Practice: I can collaborate with small and large groups to identify and explain The Pursuit of Happiness. Fist-5?

Homework

• Complete Interactive Notebook cover for Wednesday
• Think about a book or film that makes you think of The Pursuit of Happiness and be prepared to talk/write about it on Wednesday (we may have Socratic Seminar).
• Read and sign the classroom contract/syllabus with your parents or guardians (return by next Friday)

Wednesday, August 5

Learning Objective:  RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas. SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions. L.11-12.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words. 

Classwork

1. Do Now: Attach the directions for EA 1: Personal Essay to the next left-side page in your Interactive Notebook. Write today's date at the top-right of the next page.  Title today's journal: How do I show proficiency on EA 1: Personal Essay?
2. After: With your table group, read and annotate the assigned section of the directions for EA 1: Personal Essay. During the whole group share-out, mark the sheet when you are directed by your classmates.
3. Then: Turn to page 172 in your Springboard Workbook. In your groups annotate/complete all three sections: Making Connections, Essential Questions, Unpacking Embedded Assessment 1.  Prepare to share in a large group/Socratic Seminar.
4. Next:  Fold your Interactive Notebook entry for today into four columns. Label them: Making Connections, Essential Questions, Unpacking EA 1, and Target Practice. Complete the graphic organizer on your own.

Target Practice: I can understand and explain how to complete EA 1: Personal Essay. Fist-5?

Homework

• Read and sign the classroom contract/syllabus with your parents or guardians (return by next Friday)

Friday, August 7 (Library)

Learning Objective: RI.11-12.3 Analyze a complex set of ideas. SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions. L.11-12.4 Determine or clarify the meanings of new words and phrases.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Write today's date in the top-right corner of the next RIGHT page in your Interactive Notebook. Title today's entry: Independent Reading and the KKHS Library. As you listen to Mrs. Arcas, write down at least 3 questions you had answered OR that you'd like to ask.  Leave space for the answers.
2. After: Check-out Into the Wild text and create personalized bags
3. Then: Preview assignment options for independent reading 
4. Next: 30 minute reading block 
5. Time-Permitting: Student Survey (click link at the top of this blog)

Target Practice: I understand and can explain what I need to do for independent reading this quarter. Fist-5?

Homework

• On the next left-side page of your Interactive Notebook, write a poem that expresses your personal credo about life (Title it Personal Credo). We will use it on Monday during class. You may click the link above to get ideas, or click here to watch Baz Luhrman's music video.
• Create EA 1: Personal Essay Google Doc in your school drive (share it with wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us, kherendeen@kkhs.k12.hi.us, and one other student in THIS class)
• Begin reading Into the Wild (first IR check in two weeks- Friday, August 21)
• Read and sign the classroom contract/syllabus with your parents or guardians (return by next Friday)

Enrichment:

Enrichment vocabulary is available at your own pace every quarter.  You make complete this in stages, or all at once using the following website:

https://www.vocabtest.com/high_school/junior.php

This Quarter's units are: 1-4.

Make sure to enter your full name in the box at the top on the summary page, and my e-mail at the bottom: wfisher@kkhs.k12.hi.us.  

It's a good idea to e-mail it to yourself as well, just in case there's a problem getting to me.