January 2010 Archives

February 1st-5th

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 Monday:

-Maus Papers Due!  No excuses

-Poetry in Action:  Film

Tuesday:

-Mood Activity

-Mood in poetry

Hwk:  Do both "mood" worksheets

Wednesday:

-Poetry Quiz

-Meaning and Poetry

-Hwk:  Meaning and Personification handouts
Thursday:

-Love Poetry:  Listening Activity

-Intro to Pablo Neruda and the Ode

Hwk:  Write your own ode activity

Friday:

-Intro to Poetry

Contemp Poet Project.doc

February 1st-5th

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 Monday:

-Finish watching Act 1 of Othello

-Begin reading Act 2, Scene 1

Tuesday:

-Read Othello Act 2, Scene 2 and 3

Wednesday:

-Othello Vocab Quiz over words 1-35

-Iago's Many Faces: Activity

-Continue With Act 2, Scene 3
Thursday:

-Finish Act 2

Friday:

-Collect Reading Questions for Act 2

-Film:  Act 2 of Othello

 

 

Turnitin.com Instructions:

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Turn it in instructions 1.doc

Turn it in instructions 2.doc

***ALL PAPERS NOT TURNED IN THROUGH TURNITIN.COM WILL LOSE 10 POINTS***

January 25th-29th

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Monday:

-Discuss Chapters 5 and 6 Maus

Homework:  Write a positive or negative book review on Maus

Tuesday:

Collect Homework

Computer Lab to work on papers

 Wednesday:

-Rough Draft of Maus Paper Due

Holocaust Poem Activity

Maus Poems.doc

 Thursday:

Poetry Refresher

  Poetry Review.ppt          

Poetry Review Notes.doc

Friday:

Computer Lab to work on papers

 

 

January 25th-29th

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 Monday:

-FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY: NO EXCUSES

-Distribute Othello books

othello_prereading_questionnaire.doc

Tuesday:

-Intro to Othello: Power Point

Othello PowerPoint.ppt

Othello PowerPoint Guide and Notes.doc

Wednesday:

Othello Reading Questions 

StudyQuestionsforOthello.doc

Read Act 1, Scenes 2 and 3 in class

Thursday:

Read and finish Act 1, Scene 3  of Othello in class

Friday:

Othello Quiz over Act 1

Film:  Act 1 of Othello

 

 

January 19th-22nd

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Monday:

MLK Holiday/No School

Tuesday:

-Rough Draft of Annotations Due

-Peer Review of Annotations

Annotations Peer Review.doc

Wednesday:

-Review the guidelines for the Summative Paper

Thursday:

-Computer Lab

Friday:

-Rough Draft of Summative Paper Due

-Peer Edit of Summative Papers

 

***Final Paper Due on MONDAY***

 

January 19th-22nd

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Monday:

MLK Holiday/No School

Tuesday:

-Review Maus essay assignment

Maus Analysis Essay.doc

character analysis words.doc

Wednesday:

-Finish Maus

-Discuss all chapters

Thursday:

-Class Teams 

-Minor Character group activity

Maus Character Activity.doc

Friday:

-Journals

-Class Teams

-Pre-Writing/Outline Due

-Discussion

 

Research Quiz this Friday... Be sure you know:

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-MLA 2009 Changes

-Credible Sources

-Parenthetically Citing Internet Sources

-How to write Annotations

 

You should use the following to study (all of these have been provided to you in class)

MLA 2009.ppt

Research Paper Anticipation Guide.doc

How to Find a Credible Source.doc

AnnotatedBibExample.pdf

January 11th-15th

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Monday:

-Discuss Ch 1 of Maus

-Collect Ch 1 Questions for a hwk grade

-Begin Reading Ch 2 in class

Tuesday:

-Begin Reading Ch 3

Wednesday:

-Discuss Ch 3

-Quiz over chapters 1-3 of Maus

Thursday:

-Continue Reading Ch 4/Discuss

Friday:

-Read Ch 5 of Maus/Discuss

 

***Keep in mind that Maus questions may be collected at any time***

MLA CITATIONS FOR RESEARCH PAPERS: AN ONLINE GUIDE

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January 11th-15th

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Monday:

-Review MLA Style Citations

-MLA practice

MLA 2009.ppt

Due for a HWK grade:  Film sheet signed by parent or guardian, What Matters pre-writing, Research Paper Contract Signed by Parent or Guardian

Tuesday:

-Computer lab to work on Research Papers

Wednesday:

-Group Practice with MLA citations and annotations

Thursday:

-Top 5 sources due highlighted with MLA citations done

-Peer Review of Sources and MLA format

Friday:

-Quiz

-Computer Lab Day

Research Paper Due Dates and Attatchments

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Checklist/schedule:

¡         Thursday, January 7th- Library

¡         Friday, January 8th-  Contract and What Matters pre-writing due (homework grade)

¡         Tuesday, January 12th- Computer Lab

¡         Thursday, January 14th- Five top sources due, highlighted with MLA citations done (homework grade)

¡         Tuesday- January 19th- Rough Draft of Annotations due/ Peer Edit

¡         Wednesday, January 20th- Computer Lab

¡         Friday, January 22nd- Rough Draft of Summative paper due/Peer Edit

¡         Monday- January 25th- Final Papers Due

 

Annotated Bibliography Final Assignment.doc

Annotated Bib Libary source sheet.doc

MLA 2009.ppt

RESEARCH PAPER CONTRACT.doc

What Matters Brainstorming.doc

How to Find a Credible Source.doc

Entire Full Text of Maus E-Book

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January 5th-8th Welcome Back Seniors!

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Monday:

Teacher Work Day

Tuesday:

-Review Syllabus

World Lit Spring 10 Syllabus.doc

Research Paper Anticipation Guide.doc  

Wednesday:

Review Expectation for Research Papers

Annotated Bibliography Final Assignment.doc

RESEARCH PAPER CONTRACT.doc

Begin Exploring Topics for Research paper:  What Matters  brain storming activity

What Matters Brainstorming.doc

 Thursday:

Library to work on Research Papers

Annotated Bib Libary source sheet.doc

How to Find a Credible Source

How to Find a Credible Source.doc

Friday:

-Review MLA Style Citations

-MLA practice

MLA 2009.ppt

Due for a HWK grade:  Film sheet signed by parent or guardian, What Matters pre-writing, Research Paper Contract Signed by Parent or Guardian

 

 

January 5th-8th Welcome Back Seniors!

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Monday:

Teacher Work Day

Tuesday:

-Review Syllabus

Contemp Spring 2010 Syllabus.doc

Maus Anticipation Guide.doc

 Wednesday:

-Intro to Maus:  PowerPoint

MAUS.PPT

Maus PowerPoint Guide.doc

Thursday:

-Begin Reading Maus in class

-Hand out Maus Questionns

Study Questions for Spiegelmans Maus I.doc

Friday:

-Continue Reading Maus

***Film sheet signed by parent or guardian due

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