Friday

Quarter 1, Week 9 of 9

Monday, September 30
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  2. Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language on the rubric criteria to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  3. Next: Presentations
  4. Then: Presentations
  5. After: Presentations
  6. Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1 & 2
Classwork
  • Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  • Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language on the rubric criteria to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  • Next: Presentations
  • Then: Presentations
  • After: Presentations
  • Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
Thursday and Friday, October 3 & 4
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  2. Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language from the rubric 'criteria' column to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  3. Next: Presentations/Questions
  4. Then: Presentations/Questions
  5. After: Presentations/Questions
  6. Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
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Quarter 1, Week 8 of 9

Monday, September 23
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  2. Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language on the rubric criteria to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  3. Next: Presentations
  4. Then: Presentations
  5. After: Presentations
  6. Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
  • (Those who've presented) Begin writing your reflection due to be submitted electronically by Friday, October 4 @ midnight!  Click here to submit.
  • (Those who've not presented) Finish your slideshow.  Use notes from class to improve your presentation.
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24 & 25
Classwork
  • Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  • Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language on the rubric criteria to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  • Next: Presentations
  • Then: Presentations
  • After: Presentations
  • Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
Thursday and Friday, September 26 & 27
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: SL11-12.2- Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media. SL11-12.3- Evaluate speaker's point of view, reasoning and use of evidence and rhetoric. 11-12.4-6- Make strategic use of digital media to present information and findings from research to an audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal techniques. 
  2. Do Now: In your journal, fold the page into three columns.  Title the columns: done well, needs improvement, improve my own.  You will use the language from the rubric 'criteria' column to fill in the first two columns.  The third will be a few words about how you can use information from this presentation to improve your own.
  3. Next: Presentations/Questions
  4. Then: Presentations/Questions
  5. After: Presentations/Questions
  6. Target Practice: (for presenters only) I can gather and present material from my research in a logical manner that the audience can follow. (for everyone) I can listen to a discussion of material and use it to improve my own ideas. +/0/-
Homework
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Saturday

Quarter 1, Week 7 of 9

Monday, September 16
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.3- Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL11-12.4- Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the text.
  2. Do Now: In your journal, choose and copy one of the following prompts to focus on while you read: 
    • Is it acceptable to invent scenes or dialogue when writing a memoir? Why or why not? 
    • Is it all right to add elements of real-life events in fiction writing? If so, must the author let the reader know what is factual, and what is not?
    • Then, fold your journal page in half. While you finish reading 'On the Rainy River' (p. 37-58), make notes in the left column that might help you answer the questions you chose. Write down page numbers, specific words, or your own thoughts about the reading. 
  3. After: (time-permitting) Group share-out of response from last class
  4. Target Practice: In my reading, I can accurately identify and understand figurative language such as imagery, metaphor, and simile. +/0/-
Homework
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 17 & 18
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.3- Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL11-12.4- Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the text.
  2. Do Now: In your journal, copy and respond to the following question: Based on what you have read so far in The Things They Carried, what do you think the chapters 'Enemies' and 'Friends' will be about? Be specific in your response.
  3. After: Setup journals for comparing 'Enemies' and 'Friends' (pp. 59-63) by folding a new page and writing the titles at the tops of each column.
  4. Then: Listen to the two chapters.  While you read, and after, write down how the author describes the characters in each.  What is different?  What is the same?
  5. Next: Focused work-time on the slideshow presentation
  6. Target Practice: I can use new information gained from class to enhance my understanding of the genre of American War Literature and communicate that understanding through my slideshow. +/0/-
Homework
Thursday and Friday, September 19 & 20
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.3- Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story. RL11-12.4- Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the text.
  2. Do Now: Copy and answer the following question in your journal: What does the word 'surreal' mean to you? Would you call this novel surreal, based on what you've read so far? Why or why not?
  3. After: Setup journal for reading 'How to Tell a True War Story' (pp. 64-81). Fold a new page into four columns with the following labels at the top: metaphor, simile, imagery, symbolism.
  4. Then: While you listen, write down examples of each type of figurative language and the page number on which it occurs.
  5. Reminder: Slideshow presentations begin on Monday, September 23
  6. Target Practice: In my reading, I can accurately identify and understand figurative language such as imagery, metaphor, and simile. +/0/-
Homework
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Quarter 1, Week 6 of 9

F-205 will be open every Thursday for study hall from 2-3pm until the week of November 8!  All are welcome and some are required (see mandatory attendance list in F-205)!

Turn-in letter-writing assignment at the beginning of class!

Monday, September 9
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: L11-12.6- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
  2. Do Now: Junior Vocabulary Unit 3, Quiz A
  3. After: MyCollegeOptions Survey (click here for more information)
  4. Then: Review Unit 2, Quiz B
  5. Next: Preview next class on Week 6 Classwork/Homework sheet
  6. Target Practice: I can effectively identify and use the new vocabulary from this week's Vocabulary Unit 3. +/0/-
Homework
  • Come to class prepared to begin creating Literature of War slideshow presentation using Google Drive
  • Independent reading will be accepted until September 27
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 10 & 11
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: L11-12.5- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. RL11-12-6- Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires the ability to distinguish between what is stated and what is meant by the author.
  2. Do Now:  Copy the following questions and answer in a list for each: What were some of the things the soldiers carried to remind them of life outside the war in The Things They Carried? What are two items you would make sure to carry with you into a situation that you might return from?
  3. After: Read Camouflaging the Chimera (p.1350) Think about 'who' the chimera is.  Why would the author use this term?  What does it say about how he we should perceive America's presence in the Vietnam War? (How does literature shape or reflect society?)
  4. Then: Read/listen to the rest of Chapter 1 in The Things They Carried.
  5. Next: (time-permitting) Look at the template for Literature of War slideshow
  6. Target Practice: I can identify and determine meaning when an author uses understatement, sarcasm, or irony. +/0/-
Homework
  • Continue creating your Literature of War slideshow (Remember, you must address the three essential questions: How does literature shape or reflect society? What is the relationship between place and literature? What makes American literature American?)
Thursday and Friday, September 12 & 13
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: W11-12.2- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
  2. Do Now: Look at what you wrote down about the chapter/poem from last class.  In your journal, copy the following prompt, then answer in a short, multi-paragraph essay: Explain what the chapter/poem was about, how the writer's location influenced the writing, how society is affected by the writing or how society is reflected in the writing, and what qualities of American writing this section shows. (You will have an extended amount of time to write for this Do Now.)
    • Group 1- Love (p. 26)
    • Group 2- Spin (p. 30)
    • Group 3- Camouflaging the Chimeria (p. 1449-51)
  1. After: Continue reading The Things They Carried. (silent sustained reading session)
  2. Then: While reading, think about why the author chose to change from 3rd person perspective to 1st. How does this affect your understanding of events?  Does it feel like you are reading a different story?
  3. Next: (time-permitting) continue working on Literature of War slideshow and presentation
  4. Target Practice: I can write essays that inform the audience through thoughtfully introducing a topic, carefully selecting words, and organizing sentences and paragraphs in a logical structure that the reader can follow. +/0/- 
Homework
  • Continue working on Literature of War slideshow
  • Study for Junior Vocabulary Unit 3, Quiz B next class
  • Independent reading will be accepted until September 27 (hard-copy only)
  • On Your Own: Using the internet or other source, find a poem or song written about the experience of war that could be used to enhance your presentation (How does literature shape or reflect society?)
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Monday

Quarter 1, Week 5 of 9

Attention Students and Parents:
Mid-quarter grades will be available shortly.  Please check your Edline account frequently for the most up-to-date information.
Thursday study hall sessions in Mr. Fisher's room, F-205, will continue this Thursday from 2-3pm.  All are welcome! Those who are required to be there, please be prompt. Notifications will be made to parents and administration for students who do not attend.
Presentations are just around the corner!  Please begin preparing your powerpoint now!  A template will be available shortly, but many of you are already familiar with Google Presentations and how they work.  Don't wait!  Presentations begin Monday, September 23!
Monday, September 2 (Holiday, No School for Students)
Classwork
  1. None
Homework
  • None
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 3 & 4
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: W11-12.3- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. W11-12.9- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. RL11-12.3- Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story.
  2. Do Now: Junior Vocabulary Unit 2, Quiz B
  3. After: How might real-life events evolve into a fictional story? Write this question in your journal.  While listening to the audio clip, answer the question as completely as you can.  Give examples from your own life or that you've heard which are better told as stories, rather than 'just the facts.'
  4. Then: Read/Listen to Ernest Hemingway's In Another Country on p. 800 in the textbook. While you listen, write down at least three different situations that seem fictional. Why do you think the author needed to fictionalize this situation from World War I?
  5. Next:  Begin writing a letter home from one of the character's to a loved-one: mother, father, sister, brother, boyfriend, or girlfriend. At least 250 words and must use details learned from the story or from your own knowledge of World War I.
  6. Target Practice: How are the 'Do Now', the story you heard, and the letter you began today all related?  After, predict how you think these activities prepare you for Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
Homework
  • Finish Letters begun in class, due Monday, September 9 (hand-written or print only, no electronic)
    • Basic requirements:
      1. Your name, my name, period, and date at the top-left corner
      2. Centered title: World War I Letter Home
      3. Greeting (Dear Mom, Dearest Sister, Good Afternoon Father, etc)
      4. Minimum 250-word essay written from the perspective of one of the characters in the story or a soldier in another real war-time event during World War I.
      5. Reader must be able to see evidence that you have read and understood information given during class about the use of fiction to tell the stories of real events.
      6. Salutation (Yours Truly, Sincerely, All My Hopes, etc.)
      7. Sign the name of the fictional character
  • Independent reading will be accepted until September 27 (you will not have the opportunity to revise)
  • Enrichment: Read/Listen to 'Recollections of a Private' online or on p. 500-501. Complete the 'timed writing' activity on p.505 in the textbook or online by going to 'Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion', then 'Informational texts: Primary Sources', then 'Test Practice: Primary Sources'. Scroll to the bottom of the page and complete the 'timed writing' activity on paper and turn-in by Friday, September 5.
Thursday and Friday, September 5 & 6
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.3- Analyze the impact of the author's choice regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama. RI.11-12.9- Analyze U.S. documents of historical or literary value.
  2. Do Now: Watch the short video about the things soldiers carried in World War I.  After, write the following question in your journal: What special item(s) do you carry with you at all times?  Why is it meaningful to you? What do you think it reveals about your values?
  3. After: Introduce the Vietnam War (see map here)
  4. Then: Begin Reading Chapter 1 of The Things They Carried (to p. 27)
  5. Next:  (time-permitting) Review information about conscription and reading a collection of short stories
  6. Target Practice: How comfortable would you be talking to people about what you have learned so far in American Literature? +/0/-
Homework:
  • Finish letter for Monday (see directions from last class)
  • Study for Junior Vocabulary Unit 3, Quiz A
  • Independent reading will be accepted until Friday, September 27 (no revision opportunity)
  • Optional: Begin working on your War Literature Presentation
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