Quarter 2, Week 3 of 10

Mayoral Debate on Tuesday! See Google Classroom for an enrichment opportunity!
Romeo and Juliet premiere's Friday! Click here for the play review form!

Monday, October 29
 or 
Tuesday, October 30

Due Today: none

Learning Target: SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL.11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media. W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Preview the entire blog post for this week. Title the NEXT LEFT page of your INB Quarter 2, Week 3 of 10. In a format that works best for you, take notes on:
• today's focus, short-term activities, long-term activities, due dates
• AT THE BOTTOM of the next RIGHT PAGE copy the target practice for today
2. After: Review the slideshow format for your EA 1 topic. There is a sample on Google Classroom. Here are the minimum requirements (also on Google Classroom):
• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: overview of lesson
• Slides 3-5: specific information about your topic
• Slide 6: connection to Arthur Miller's The Crucible
• Slide 7-?: Works Cited with MLA citations
3. Then: Annotate the yellow EA 1 rubric you received earlier in the quarter
4. Next: Organize INB- make sure ALL pages we've used from the workbook are attached to LEFT pages and your reflections or summaries are written on the right for each day.

Target Practice: I understand and can continue updating the visual aid (slideshow) for my group's lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• Work with your group to continue adding/updating the annotated bibliography and slideshow for EA 1. A final version of the slideshow is due by Friday @ midnight on Google Classroom.
• Choose or change an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom by Friday @ midnight.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Tuesday, October 30 (Mayoral Debate)
 or 
Wednesday, October 31

Due Today: slideshow created with at least 7 slides

Learning Target: SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL.11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media. SL.11-12.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Do's and Don'ts of presenting and How to introduce the next presenter videos (feel free to laugh). Take notes on the next LEFT page of your INB.
2. After: 2 minute speech practice...with your group!
3. Then: How do I make a note-taking guide?
• Click here to see a whole bunch of images
• You can make an early slide with questions to answer (limit to 3-5 questions)
• You can create a puzzle, chart, wordfind, or other worksheet
• Any other ideas?
4. Next: Revision time for slides and note-taking guide

Target Practice: I understand and can continue updating the visual aid (slideshow) for my group's lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• Work with your group to continue adding/updating the annotated bibliography and slideshow for EA 1. A final version of the slideshow is due by Friday @ midnight on Google Classroom.
• Choose or change an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom by Friday @ midnight.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Thursday, November 1

 or 

Friday, November 2 (Romeo and Juliet)

Due Today: EA 1 Slideshow and note-taking strategy

Learning Target: SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL.11-12.5 Make strategic use of digital media. SL.11-12.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Why are images so important on a slide presentation? Take notes on the next LEFT page of your INB.
2. After: 2-minute group presentation. Practice handing-off the talking!
3. Then: Group work-time for slides, note-taking guide, speaking practice
4. Next: Review expectations and schedule for presentations
• Can go over 6 minute mark; but, no longer than 10. Cannot be under 4 minutes.
• MUST use multimedia element like music, video (up to 1 minute), poster, costume, or some other way of engaging your audience.
• MUST have a note-taking guide (see options from last class)
• NO pre-set list. You will be called at random. So, be prepared on November 5/6. If you are not, a grade level is marked-off each time your group is called and is not prepared.

Target Practice: My group is ready to teach our mini-lesson to the class. Fist-5?

Homework

• Practice speaking as a group and working with the slides. If you need me to make copies of your note-taking guide, I need to know 24 hours in-advance to print your material.
• Continue updating the slideshow for EA 1. A final version of the slideshow is due by Friday, Nov 2 @ midnight on Google Classroom.
• Choose or change an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom by Friday, Nov 2 @ midnight.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Looking Ahead...Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible? 
Click here to have an electronic copy of the book to read anytime.

Quarter 2, Week 2 of 10

Turn-in your copy of Into the Wild! Yes. It is a grade. You may also still submit your foldable for credit by 10/26.
If you fail to return your copy of the book, it will also appear as an obligation on your KKHS account, which means no Prom, commencement, MIL card, and whole bunch of other bad!
INB Check #3 can still be marked outside of class until 10/26!

Monday, October 22
 or 
Tuesday, October 23

Due Today: At least two sources on group annotated bibliography for EA 1

Learning Target: W.11-12.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively. W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products. SL.11-12.1.B Work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions and decision-making, set clear goals and deadlines, and establish individual roles as needed.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Preview the entire blog post for this week. Title the NEXT LEFT page of your INB Quarter 2, Week 2 of 10. In a format that works best for you, take notes on:
• today's focus, short-term activities, long-term activities, due dates
• AT THE BOTTOM of the next RIGHT PAGE copy the target practice for today
2. After: Use the KKHS Library link at the top of this blog to find Opposing Viewpoints. With your group, search Opposing Viewpoints to find AT LEAST ONE SOURCE that will help you teach the class about your topic. Create an entry for each source on your group annotated bibliography.
3. Then: Create the slideshow for your EA 1 topic. There is a sample on Google Classroom. Here are the minimum requirements (also on Google Classroom):
• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: overview of lesson
• Slides 3-5: specific information about your topic
• Slide 6: connection to Arthur Miller's The Crucible
• Slide 7-?: Works Cited with MLA citations
4. Next: Who were the Puritans? Read/Listen to Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God on WB p. 110. Answer questions 1-3 on WB pp. 110-111 by marking the text a different way for each question. Answer question 4 by writing in the space provided.

Target Practice: I understand and can continue adding to my group annotated bibliography for my topic. I understand and can continue updating the visual aid (slideshow) for my group's lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• Work with your group to continue adding/updating the annotated bibliography and slideshow for EA 1. Your group needs at least 4 sources on the annotated bibliography by midnight on Friday, October 26.
• Choose an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Tuesday, October 23
 or 
Wednesday, October 24

Due Today: at least three sources on annotated bibliography for EA 1

Learning Target: RI.11-12.2Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text. RI.11-12.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective. 

Classwork

1. Do Now: 15 minutes to use The Crucible: Everbind Anthologies as a source on your group annotated bibliography for EA 1. You may copy the following format for the MLA citation:
• Author Last Name, Author First Name. "specific title from the book". Carol Gladstone, Ed. The Crucible: Everbind Anthologies. Marco Book Company; Lodi, NJ 2004. page #s. Print.
2. After: Selected reading from WB pp. 112-119 in EA 1 topic groups. Annotate to be able to complete the boxes from the Working from the Text activity on WB p. 121.
3. Then: Share answers with another group to complete THE FIRST 3 ROWS of boxes from the Working from the Text activity on WB p. 121.
4. Next: Detach the pages from your Springboard WB that were completed today and attach them to the next LEFT PAGE(s) of your INB. DON'T FORGET TO WRITE a summary or reflection of what you learned on the RIGHT PAGE.

Target Practice: I understand and can continue adding to my group annotated bibliography for my topic. I understand and can continue updating the visual aid (slideshow) for my group's lesson. Fist-5?

Homework

• Work with your group to continue adding/updating the annotated bibliography and slideshow for EA 1. Your group needs at least 4 sources on the annotated bibliography by midnight on Friday, October 26.
• Choose an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom by Friday @ midnight.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Thursday, October 25

 or 

Friday, October 26

Due Today: at least four sources on annotated bibliography for EA 1

Learning Target: CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence from the text. CCRA.R.7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats.

Classwork

1. Do Now: 15 minutes to use one of the following three methods to add a source to your annotated bibliography:
• Opposing Viewpoints (click the KKHS Library link at the top of this blog)
• MLA Citation Format provided in the search engine
• Springboard Workbook (any Unit 2 source...list on WB pp. 106-107)
• MLA Citation Format:
• Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Source Title." Ed. Colleen Ancrile, et. al. Springboard English Language Arts, Grade ll. The College Board; USA, 2018. page #s. Print.
• The Crucible: Everbind Anthologies (any source...list on Table of Contents)
• MLA Citation Format:
• Author Last Name, Author First Name. "specific title from the book". Carol Gladstone, Ed. The Crucible: Everbind Anthologies. Marco Book Company; Lodi, NJ 2004. page #s. Print.
2. After: Verbal check for understanding of expectations on annotated bibliography:
• Do you understand that...
• there is only one annotated bibliography for the whole group?
• the names of each group member must be in the document title and in the header of each page?
• at least four entries are needed for proficiency (B)?
• each entry must by 100% complete for proficiency (B)?
• earning an A means that you have done MORE than the expectations given here?
3. Then: The power of images and their impact on an audience
• Image #1- The Bride and Groom
• Image #2- Evidence at Trial
• Image #3- Unmarried Man
• Image #4- The Bully Pulpit
• Image #5- Salem Witch Trials
• Image #6- The Power of Persuasion
4. Next: Search for images that might be useful on your slideshow. Make sure that the images are listed on your Works Cited slide(s) with links to the original source. You can list them simply as Image #1, Image #2, Image #3 etc... Try using the crop, outline, and other image functions in Google Slides to make the images fit thematically onto each slide.

Target Practice: I can work with my group to include at least four sources on our EA 1 annotated bibliography by the due date. I can work with my group to update our EA 1 visual aid to include effective images that help communicate information to the audience. Fist-5?

Homework

• Work with your group to continue adding/updating the annotated bibliography and slideshow for EA 1. Your group needs at least 4 sources on the annotated bibliography by midnight on Friday.
• Choose an independent learning option from the list in the Classwork section of Google Classroom by Friday @ midnight.
• Continue updating your INB Vocabulary list. at least 35 complete entries are due by the end of the quarter.

Looking Ahead...Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible?

Quarter 2, Week 1 of 10

Turn-in your green permission form for Into the Wild by lunchtime on Tuesday!
If at least 75% of the Junior Class has not turned-in permission forms by then, the film will be canceled!

Monday, October 15
 or 
Tuesday, October 16

Due Today: Into the Wild film permission form

Learning Target: RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text...analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. RL.11-12.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature.

Classwork

1. Do Now: Go to Section 2 of your INB. Label the divider Quarter 2. Fold the page down the middle and label the left side Important Dates. Label the right side Major Activities. You will add to this throughout the quarter.
2. After: Preview the entire blog post for this week. Title the NEXT LEFT page of your INB Quarter 2, Week 1 of 10. In a format that works best for you, take notes on:
• today's focus, short-term activities, long-term activities, due dates
• AT THE BOTTOM of the next RIGHT PAGE copy the target practice for today
3. Then: Turn to Springboard WB p. 321. Complete the second and third bullets of the Setting a Purpose for Reading activity by yourself. Then, complete the following with your group:
• Second Read questions 1 and 2 on p. 322
• Read "Remember" on pp. 322-3 or "A Light Exists in Spring" on p.324 and mark for new words. Write a note on the side stating what you think the overall tone of the poem is.
• What do these poems have in-common with Into the Wild or Chris McCandless?
• Remove the pages you used from the workbook and attach them to the next left page of your INB. On the right page, summarize what you learned today. Remember that this should be in paragraph form.
4. Next: Reminder: Turn-in your green permission form for watching Into the Wild by lunchtime tomorrow. It needs your parents' AND your periods 4, 5, and 6 teachers' signatures. If at least 75% of the class has not submitted a form by then, the film will be canceled.

Target Practice: I can make thematic and tonal connections between Emily Dickinson's poetry, Tupac Shakur's poetry, and the events in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. Fist-5?

Homework

• Signed film permisson form by lunchtime on Tuesday. Check your KKHS Gmail if you lost the original and need to print another one.
• Finish the Into the Wild foldable and bring it to class on Thursday/Friday with your copy of the book.
• Setup INB Check #3 on the yellow sheet for grading during class on Thursday/Friday

  From	To	# of Entries	Assignment Name	Score	Peer Initial
  9/17 or 18	10/15 or 16	enter the total # of left/right entries	INB Check #3	leave blank	done by a class mate

Wednesday, October 17
Unless you hear a cancellation announcement at the end of the day on Tuesday, report to the Performing Arts Center at the 7:44 bell on Wednesday. You will be here for Periods 4, 5, and 6. 

If you did not submit a permission form, go to your normal 4, 5, and 6 Periods.

All students will report to their normal 7th Period.

Thursday, October 18

 or 

Friday, October 19

Due Today: INB Check #3, Into the Wild foldable and book

Learning Target:  SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions...with diverse partners... topics, texts, and issues...expressing their own clearly and persuasively. RI.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text...

Classwork

1. Do Now: Read and annotate the EA 1 instruction sheet. attach it to the next left page of your INB. You will choose your group for the project, along with your topic by the end of the class today. Presearch all of the topics so you can choose wisely!
2. During: INB Check #3, turn-in foldable and copy of Into the Wild
3. Then: Choose group, topic, and continue presearching your topic! Presearching is learning what you can about a topic before keeping track on an annotated bibliography. Any source may be used to find out basic information before keeping track. 
4. Next: Search tool review. Only certain search engines will be available for this project. Once you start keeping track on an annotated bibliography, only sources from these search engines will be accepted:
• EBSCO (KKHS Library Website)
• Opposing Viewpoints (KKHS Library Website)
• History.com
• The Crucible Everbind Anthology (Print, in-class research only)

Target Practice: I understand and can explain what is expected of me for EA 1, the historical multimedia presentation. Fist-5?

Homework

• Begin keeping track of sources for EA 1 on the document provided in Google Classroom. Make sure that anything you create for this project is shared with ALL of the group members. There will be at least three items each group needs to make:
• Annotated Bibliography
• Slideshow (Google Slides, Prezi, or some other method)
• Note-taking Guide for the audience
• Think about what you would like to do for independent learning. Khan Academy will still be an option, along with reading a book and completing the log or creative activity. You will be choosing next week.

Looking Ahead... The power of persuasion! Jonathan Edwards, the New England Primer, and the Trial of Martha Carrier!

End Quarter 1

Check Infinite Campus over the break for your final Quarter 1 grade. Contact me through your KKHS Gmail account if you feel there is an error.

Remember that American Literature is a 1-semester course. Quarter 1 is half of your grade. Quarter 2 will be the other half.