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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Quarter 1, Week 4 of 9

Attention all students:
This week begins 'Thursday Sesh with Fish' after school on Thursdays, from 2-3 pm.  All are welcome to come and do work or ask for extra help!
Monday, August 26
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: L11-12.6- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
  2. Do Now: Copy the learning objective only and prepare for today's quiz.
  3. Then: Vocabulary Unit 2, Quiz A (after the quiz, copy the 'target practice' and answer the question in your journal)
  4. After: Review the weekly sheet, up-coming due dates, and old grades
  5. Next: Finish Share-outs from Native American Myths (finish answering the question from last class if needed)
  6. Target Practice: How will understanding this new vocabulary aid you in understanding the readings this week?
Homework
  • Complete independent reading by this Friday, August 30 to be eligible for revision
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 27 & 28
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.9- Demonstrate knowledge early American foundational works, including the treatment of similar themes from the time-period.
  2. Do Now: Why do you think early American settlers left their native countries?  Answer in constructed response format.
  3. Then: Creating a timeline of America's history (Identify at least one of each of the following every 50 years from 1700-present day: important people/presidents, writing, wars, socio/political event, and world event/writing.
  4. After: Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence on pp.112-115
  5. Next: Read the excerpt from 'The American Crisis' on pp. 117-119.
  6. Target Practice: After reading both passages, and considering the timeline you began, consider the essential question: What makes American literature American? Are the ideals Jefferson and Paine defend in these writings still important to Americans? Explain.  In your response, correctly use the following key words: patriotism, service, authority, and equality.
Homework
  • Finish the timeline for next class (it will be scored on an Outstanding/Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory scale.  Outstanding will require you to go above and beyond what is listed in the 'then' row above: pictures, explanations, and color are good ideas!  Simply completing the activity will garner you a satisfactory score.  Anything less will be considered unsatisfactory or incomplete based on the level of completeness.)
  • Independent reading is due by 2:15 on Friday if you would like to be eligible for corrections
Thursday and Friday, August 29 & 30
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RL11-12.9- Demonstrate knowledge early American foundational works, including the treatment of similar themes from the time-period.
  2. Do Now: Read/Listen to 'A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg' on p. 502-503.  In your journal, draw the battlefield described.  Then, write your own response to the question: Why did the country become so divided?
  3. Then: Prepare for reading An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by reading the introduction on p. 479
  4. After: Read/Listen to An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge.  While reading/listening, write any/all new vocabulary you find in your journal and define.  When the selection is complete, answer these questions: What does the story suggest about the psychology of a person facing a life or death situation? Can these insights be applied to decisions made in everyday life? How? Why or why not?
  5. Target Practice: How does the contrast between the ordinary settings and the awful events of this story add to its power: Explain. In your response use all of the following 'essential question' words: heighten, conflict, tension, perspective.
Homework
  • Independent reading due by 2:15 on Friday, August 30
  • Study for Vocabulary Unit 2, Quiz B on Tuesday/Wednesday
  • 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. 
  • Down the road: We will begin reading Tim O'Brien's Vietnam War story The Things They Carried next week.  This is the primary text for the unit.  If you would like to check-out a copy, please see your teacher outside of class-time.
Important: Independent reading will be accepted after today, Friday, August 30, until Friday, September 27 @ 2:15 pm.  There will be no more opportunity to make corrections, however.  All submissions must be in hard-copy.  No electronic copies will be accepted.
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Tuesday

Quarter 1, Week 3 of 9

Reminder: As your classroom contract states, NO LATE CLASS OR HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING TODAY.  Major project work will only be accepted up to one day late at a 15% deficit.
Monday, August 19
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 1, Quiz B
  3. After: Preview Junior Vocabulary Unit 2
  4. Then: Edit college essay for content
  5. Next: Begin revising on computers
  6. Target Practice: I can identify the meaning and accurately use words from this week's vocabulary list. +/o/-
Homework
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 & 21
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: W11-12.10- Write routinely for extended periods of time for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
  2. Do Now: (In your journal) Why do you think it is important to write about a single topic over an extended period of time, rather than a group of smaller ones?
  3. After: Finish revising essays and word processing the final draft
  4. Then: Share your essay with a partner in your class and have them leave at least five comments.  Address the comments by revising your essay.
  5. Next: Click here to submit your final draft
  6. Target Practice: My essay is ready to submit to colleges for admission consideration. +/o/-
Homework
  • Continue independent reading (due August 30!)
Thursday and Friday, August 22 & 23
Classwork
  1. Learning Objective: RI 11-12.2- Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.
  2. Do Now: What do you think the college essay that you wrote last class has in-common with the creation myths told by early Native American tribes? Why do we feel the need to record and retell our histories? 
  3. After: Watch "Essential Question Video" and write the essential questions in your journal 
  4. Then: In groups, read one of the following stories: The Earth on Turtle's Back, When Grizzlies Walked Upright, excerpt from The Navajo Origin Legend 
  5. Next: Groups answer the essential questions and the following question with detail and share with the class: What do the qualities these mythmakers see in nature show about the human traits they valued? Make sure to use at least two of the essential question words in your answer: environment, landscape, profound, cultivate. 
  6. Target Practice: Looking at your response from the 'Do Now', has your view changed about the need to record and retell our histories? Why or why not? Use detail from today's lesson to support your answer.
Homework
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