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Week 2 10 B

This week and next is reserved for the Interim Assessment.   I will finish the lecture/discussion on Privacy and then students will begin assessment. Please bring Brave New World to class in case exams are not yet delivered!

Daily Diagramming warm-up- Do 5-9  this week.  

Homework: 

1.  Read Brave New World Mini Guide 
2.  Complete Brave New World Vocabulary Handouts and Keep to Reading Schedule
3. There will be comprehension quizzes.

Vocabulary activities will be a xeroxed handout.  Gist questions should be downloaded from the Brave New World Box on the main page of the blog.

You will be reading a book about the future--one author's view of what people and the world may be like in the future. Part of the author's vision is that people will become numb to the ugly realities of life through the use of a drug called "soma" and through other "recreational" drugs.  The novel also poses the questions:

Are all humans guaranteed  certain "inalienable rights'? Who governs the government?  

The class will examine the idea of the " consent of the governed  which refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and legal when derived from the people or society over which that political power is exercised". 

 In relation to this idea from the book, Orwell's Animal Farm,  and  1984 students will have a class project in which they will create and implement a social media campaign on topics that will be announced at a later date.  

Date Assigned	Chapters	Vocabulary Completion Date	Chapter and GIST Question Completion
1/20	1-3	1/22	1/22
1/23	4-6	1/26	1/26
1/27	7-9	1/29	1/29
1/30	10-13	2/2	2/2
2/3	14-15	2/5	2/5
2/6	16-18	2/8	2/6

English 10B Week 1   Rev.1 Subject to Revision

Day	Date	Assignment	√
Monday	1/12	Caesar Gist Packets due
Class work		Overview of Semester Driving Question: Is one right to disobey civil law when one’s conscience dictates?  Texts: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (810L) Animal Farm by Orwell (1170L) begin on Feb 12th Antigone by Sophocles (940L) Dystopian Novels (Depending on Availability):  Lord of the Flies by William Golding (770L), 1984 by Orwell (1090L), Brave New World by Huxley (870L) Numbers in parenthesis indicate Lexile Reading Level Grammar Bytes Exercises And Diagramming Introduction Go to Virtual Literature Interactive poetry tutorial Review of Imagery http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/diction_def.html Close Reading Assignment for P5 Prep for Parenthetical Citations P1
Homework		Review Close Reading Handouts Go to Virtual Literature Interactive poetry tutorial Review Diction, Tone, Word Order (syntax) http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/diction_def.html Write your responses in your e-notebook—Remember to send your notebook before you leave VirtuaLit.   Collate your responses in a Google docs file so that you can print out or send on Thursday. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Tuesday	1/13
Class work		Diagramming Grammar Virtual Literature
Homework		Go to Virtual Literature Interactive poetry tutorial Complete All terms and examples by Thursday 5:30 PM http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/diction_def.html
Wednesday	1/14
Class work		P1 Library Parenthetical Citations P5  Review of Analysis of Argument
Homework		Go to Virtual Literature Interactive poetry tutorial Review All Terms due by 5:30 Thursday http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/diction_def.html
Thursday	1/15	P1 Library P5 Finish Analysis of Argument
Class work		Satire
Homework		Go to Virtual Literature Interactive poetry tutorial Review Symbol and Irony (syntax) http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/diction_def.html Virtual Lit notebook due at beginning of class   tomorrow.
Friday	1/16
Class work		Timed Analysis of a  Poem
Homework		Submit your analysis to turnitin.com by 5: 30 PM Sunday Monday: Begin Argument Assessment Exam

"I will" Task Assessment before all assignments

"I will" Task Assessment before all assignments 

Work with a partner to analyze the task to determine what you will need to do to successfully complete it. Highlight or underline each element or step of the task you need to consider, using a different color for each element. Once you have color coded each element of the task, create an “I will” statement to address what it is you will do to address each element of the prompt.

I will have read ______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________  (yellow)

I will write a/an   ____________________________________________(blue) 

I will address the question (whether one should ______________________________________). 

(pink)

I will argue either for or against X___________________  ________________________(or to what extent we should have that expectation). (red) 

I will use evidence from the following texts  _______________________________________________    to support my argument. (green)

I will address the counterarguments. “Others may think that_____________________________________________________________________________________________(black).

Final Paper Prompt

 10th Grade Final Exam Essay

Please respond to the prompt below. Typed Paper due 5PM Sunday to turnitin.com.   Cal State Rubric for Argument will be used for grading.

VIvek Wadhwa believes that, “the human mind can not keep pace with the advance that computers are enabling”.   Is Wadhwa correct? After reading the Article “Laws and Ethics Can’t Keep Pace with Technology”, write an essay in which you discuss the problem and argue whether Waddhwa is correct or incorrect.  Support your position with at least three pieces of evidence from the text.  Make sure you address the potential counterarguments.  You may also conduct research or use prior knowledge to support your claim.  Provide an MLA format Works Cited List for all texts. Use parenthetical citations for facts and statistics that are not “common knowledge”.

Be Sure To:

·  Clearly and concisely state your argument/thesis

·  Clearly and concisely state at least three reasons with relevant textual evidence, making sure to explain how your evidence supports your claim

·  Include a counterclaim with a rebuttal and supporting textual evidence

·  Use precise language and vocabulary to inform or explain your topic

·  Establish and maintain a formal style

·  Provide a concluding section that follows form and supports your explanation

·       Cite your sources using MLA Format

Work with a partner to analyze the task to determine what you will need to do to successfully complete it. Highlight or underline each element or step of the task you need to consider, using a different color for each element. Once you have color-coded each element of the task, create an “I will” statement to address what it is you will do to address each element of the prompt.

I will have read ______________________________________. (Yellow)
I will write a  ____________________________________________(blue)

I will address the question (whether ____________________________________________________).

(Pink)

I will argue either for or against ___________________________________(or to what extent we should have that expectation). (Red)

I will use evidence from the texts  _______________________________________________ to support my argument. (Green)

I will address the counterarguments. “Others may think that_________________________

___________________________________________________________________(Black).  I will provide _________________________________________________________throughout my paper and a ___________________________________________________list at the end  (Purple).

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Week 17 and Information on Final Exam

10^th Grade Weeks 16

Day	Date	Assignment	√
Monday	12/1
Class work		Revision of Essays Review Requirements and Cal State Rubric Read in Blue PML  The Oral Tradition pp. 80-89 HOUR OF CODE
Homework		Revise your informative essay assessing Achebe’s efforts to use the English language to convey Nigerian culture and values (Paper prompt: Analyze the strategies Achebe uses to convey the clash of cultures)
Tuesday	12/2
Class work		Read Tales of La IIorona pp. 90-94 Answer questions on P. 94
Homework		Revise Essay due by 5:30 PM on Wednesday No Late Work Accepted
Wednesday	12/3
Class work		Read Learning To Read and Write by Frederick Douglass pp.111-122 Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X pp.123-126
Homework		Do Learning to Read and Write and skills pp.127-128 Do on a separate sheet of paper Skills Practice comparison and contrast chart pp.129
Thursday	12/4
Class work		Timed Constructed Response Essay Skip Lines
Homework
Friday	12/5
Class work		Read Superman and me  Blue PML pp. 130-137 Do exercises pp. 138- 140
Homework		Finish Exercises pp. 138-140 Read Theme for English B  Do pp. 145-146 Final exam will cover Achibe, Douglass, Malcolm X and Hughes Essay Topic:  Problem Solution Essay See pp. 96-102 with Works Cited and Parenthetical Citations  Cal State Rubric used for Grading