Saturday, September 28, 2013

Week 8 ( Two weeks till 10 week grades published)


Week 8 English 10

Day
Class work
Homework
Monday

Printout syllabus before class Monday for 100 pts
Print our Engrade with parent/guardian signature and Contact PHONE NUMBER
100 Pts ☐
Print out Roman Numeral outline from box.com ☐

Download Cesar Chavez Essay Template Box.com 100 Pts due Monday at beginning of class ☐
Points given 7:30-7:45 or at Lunch only!


LACER Tutoring Students
Don’t forget to turn in your signed LACER logs to the inbox to receive your 21st century skills points!


Extension for Final Drafts of Compare 2 Political Speeches Essay submission window will be closed at 8 am Sunday.

Annotate using all criteria from p. 37 and p Cesar Chavez “what the future holds for Farm Workers and Hispanics

Use the internet or your smart phone to look up geography, definitions, biographies of political leaders, laws, changes in demographics
(Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.) 

Review Cesar Chavez Essay Prompt

Unit 4 Vocabulary Exam


Vocabulary Unit 5 Definitions ☐

Draft of Cesar Chavez Essay due Wednesday triple spaced typed ☐


Dialectical Journals on Things Fall Apart will be collected on Friday for Ch.1-6 Things Fall Apart



Tuesday

P 4-7 Shortened Day
Complete Argument Powerpoints☐
Roman Numeral Outlines

Vocabulary Unit 5 Completing the sentence
              

Wednesday

 Roman Numeral Outline
Peer Review Cesar Chavez essay  using common core argument syllabus



Vocabulary Unit 5 Synonyms and Antonyms   

Submit Essay to turnitin.com before class on Thursday☐

Remember to proofread your essay! 

Do not submit without
1.   Reading out loud to catch sentence fragments and run-ons
2.    Running spell and grammar check

3.   Check for plagiarism.

Have you put quotation marks around the work of others?  Have you used Block quotes for quotations >3 lines?
Do you have your Works Cited List in MLA format?
Thursday
Political Cartoons Read P. 61 Answer Questions 1-6 ☐

Find a political cartoon, print out and bring to class ☐

Vocabulary Unit 5 Choosing the Right Word and Vocabulary in Context

Find a political cartoon, print out and bring to class ☐



Friday

Discussion of Things Fall Apart
Dialectical Journals due in class with carefully labeled Table of Contents


Vocabulary Unit 5   Study for Unit 5 Exam Monday Use Quizlet.com

Amnesty Weekend

Due Monday at beginning of class!

Revise an Essay for credit
1.   Submit with essay highlighted on your printed engrade.com
2.   Staple revision to a rough draft and submit essays to appropriate turnitin folder for plagiarism check if you have not already done so!
Proofread! I am using “Carmicle criteria” -3 sloppy errors and I stop reading and you will not receive any credit!
Complete all missing Vocabulary for partial credit


Saturday, September 21, 2013

Speech Databank

Collection of Great Speeches- Click on Link to explore collection.

Rhetoric.org Speechbank

Presentation Rubric Now on Box.com

Download or view Presentation Rubric on your Box.com App

This Common Core Presentation Rubric is the system used for evaluating all of your speeches/ presentations in Project Based Learning (PBL)



Compare Two Political Speeches Essay Template Now on Box.com

Download at Library, LACER, College Center or Learning Center if you want to use for Tuesday Timed Essay Exam

Compare Two Political Speeches Essay Template Now on Box.com

Week 7


Week 7 English 10

Day
Class work
Homework
Monday

Printout syllabus before class Monday for 100 pts
Print our Engrade with parent/guardian signature and Contact PHONE NUMBER
100 Pts

Download Roman Numeral Outline from Box.com  100 points  

Download Compare two Political Speeches Essay template  100 points 



Revised Final Drafts of Sojourner Essays tune before class

Complete Analysis of I’ve Been to the Mountain Top and remarks to the Convocation
Review Speech Rubric
Unit 3 Vocabulary Exam
 

Vocabulary Unit 4  Definitions ☐

Dialectal Journals due on Wednesday for Chapters 1-6 of Chinua Achibe Things Fall Apart  ( Table your Table of Contents carefully) 

Review your Notes for Timed Essay Exam ☐

Tuesday
P 1,2, 3
Timed Evaluation of Speech Essay
Notes and Outline Only (Grades will be based on Common Core 9th/10th grade Argument rubric and the 9 areas of the template on pp. 39 of the blue PML text) 
 

Vocabulary Unit 4  Completing the sentence

Read and Annotate
 What the Future Holds for Farm Workers and Hispanics” by Cesar Chavez pp. 53-59 (Annotation of Blue books will be checked on Wednesday for identification of the parameters listed on p. 39) 

Wednesday
4,6,7
 Discussion and completion of  Evaluation of Speech Template What the Future Holds for Farm Workers and Hispanics” by Cesar Chavez pp. 53-59

Review Roman Numeral Format Outline Instructions  on Box.com


Vocabulary Unit 4 Synonyms and Antonyms   

Outline Evaluation of Cesar Chavez Speech Essay
Use Roman Numeral Format ☐

Tip: You should have ~ 10 paragraphs if you “hot all the beats” of the template and write a strong Introduction!
Thursday
Draft Evaluation of Cesar Chavez Speech Essay 1500 words
( Times New Roman 12- Point Font  Double-spaced for Final Draft Remember to triple space your Rough Draft Rough Draft due to Turnitin.com by Sunday 5 PM THIS WILL BE A LOCK-OUT After 5PM

Vocabulary Unit 4 Choosing the Right Word and Vocabulary in Context

Work on Draft of Cesar Chavez 1500-word Essay
Make sure it is logically organized and coherent

Remember to proofread your essay!  Do not submit without reading out loud to catch sentence fragments and run-ons, running spell and grammar check, and check for plagiarism.
Have you put quotation marks around the work of others? Have you used Block quotes for quotations >3 lines, Do you have your Works Cited List in MLA format?

Friday

P1 and P3 Reading Circles for Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-6
Dialectical Journaling
Vocabulary Unit 4   Study for Unit 3 Exam Monday Use Quizlet.com
Cesar Chavez Essay due by 5 PM on Sunday to turnitin.com (Locked out after 5 ☐

Friday, September 13, 2013

Week 6 English 10


Week 6 English 10

Day
Class work
Homework
Monday

Printout syllabus before class Monday for 100 pts
Print our Engrade with parent/guardian signature and Contact PHONE NUMBER
100 Pts


Revised Final Drafts of Vietnam Essays due in Inbox

Peer Review Sojourner Truth Essay

Unit 2 Vocabulary Exam
 

Submit Sojourner Truth Essay to turnitin.com by 10 PM

P 1 and 3
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Chapters 4-6 pp.25-51

Tuesday
P 1,2, 3
Read Highlight, and Annotate
I’ve been to the Mountaintop by Martin Luther King Jr.  and Bill Clinton’s Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of Christ in God pp. 47-52
Watch Videos of Speeches

Vocabulary Unit 3Definitions

Revise Vietnam Essay Submit to turnitin.com before class on Wednesday

Wednesday
4,6,7
Read Highlight, and Annotate
I’ve been to the Mountaintop by Martin Luther King Jr.  and Bill Clinton’s Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of Christ in God pp. 47-52
Watch Videos of Speeches


Vocabulary Unit 3 Completing the sentence
Thursday
Review Speech Rubric ☐ Complete Analysis of I I‘ve been to the Mountaintop and Remarks to the Convocations in reader’ s writer’s Notebooks ☐
Timed Speech Evaluation Essay Next Week You will need your notes!
Vocabulary Unit 3 Synonyms and Antonyms
Friday
Shortened day
Outline and Write 1st draft of
3 minute speech and submit to turnitin.com

P1 and P3 Reading Circles for Things Fall Apart
Dialectical Journaling
Vocabulary Unit 3 Choosing the Right Word and Vocabulary in Context ☐ ☐
Study for Unit 3 Exam Monday Use Quizlet.com


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Bonus

1. Print out your engrade 
2. Get parent/guardian signature
3. Highlight assignment if you believe grade is incorrect
4. Staple assignment to engrade
5. Turn in correct folder
6. Get 100 points