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​so you can check what we did while you were gone... or asleep.

Monday, May 1

4/28/2023

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Reading Day! YAAAY!
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Friday, April 28

4/28/2023

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Remember, today is the last day to turn in your Reserach paper without being assigned lunch detention until it's done. May 19th is the absolute last day to turn in any missing or redone work.

DO NOW:
  • Friday Growth Practice - Week 13
  • daily check-in
LEARNING GOALS
  • Plan a narrative using a plot diagram
AGENDA
  • Read three student narrative examples and consider the following questions.
    • What does the author use as an intro/exposition
      What’s the rising action (what is building)?
      What’s the climax?
      What message is the author trying to convey to their reader?
      Find one use of sensory or descriptive imagery. 
  • Select narrative topic and begin planning out structure to narrative using the plot diagram graphic organizer (handed out in class)
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Thursday, April 27

4/27/2023

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I'm out for a committee meeting at the Lincoln Center today. Be good for the sub and have a great Thursday.

DO NOW:
  • Daily Check-in
LEARNING GOALS
  • Identify and address a social, cultural, historical, or personal background of a narrator
AGENDA
  • finish their assignment #5.1 in Google Classroom 
  • Discuss with your book groups and set a reading schedule for their chosen novel for the next 4 weeks.
  • After figuring out your reading goals, begin reading your novels
    • If you were gone yesterday, your groupmates should be able to bring them up to speed with roles in reading their chosen novel. I’ve also placed your books in the bins at the front of the class, if they had selected one.
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Wednesday, April 26

4/26/2023

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DO NOW:
  • Daily Check-in
  • If you didn't fill this out, do it today. ​Lit Circles Book Survey
LEARNING GOALS
  • Identify and address a social, cultural, historical, or personal background of a narrator
  • Connect that background to writing choices (voice, tone, style, plot, setting)
  • Identify the effect or impact of those choices on a passage or text
AGENDA
  • Finish “Little Woman from Lame Deer” in I Am Where I Come From (p. 117) As you read, take notes on the following:
    • Observe what you find interesting or confusing
    • Look for theme/point of story
    • Look for elements of style (word choice, plot, voice, mood, figurative language, imagery)
  • Finish on 5.1 in Google Classroom.
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Tuesday, April 25

4/25/2023

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DO NOW:
  • Daily Check-in
  • ​Lit Circles Book Survey
LEARNING GOALS
  • Identify and address a social, cultural, historical, or personal background of a narrator
  • Connect that background to writing choices (voice, tone, style, plot, setting)
  • Identify the effect or impact of those choices on a passage or text
AGENDA
  • Read “Little Woman from Lame Deer” in I Am Where I Come From (p. 117) As you read, take notes on the following:
    • Observe what you find interesting or confusing
    • Look for theme/point of story
    • Look for elements of style (word choice, plot, voice, mood, figurative language, imagery)
  • Work on 5.1 in Google Classroom.
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Monday, April 24

4/24/2023

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DO NOW:
  • daily check-in
  • Review "Spitwads"
LEARNING GOALS
  • Identify and address a social, cultural, historical, or personal background of a narrator
  • Connect that background to writing choices (voice, tone, style, plot, setting)
  • Identify the effect or impact of a passage or text
  • Analyze the effectiveness of those choices.

AGENDA
  • Finish discussing Spitwads. Groupwrite a paragraph.
    • Identify and address a social, cultural, historical, or personal background of a narrator.
    • Connect that background to writing choices (voice, tone, style, plot, setting)
    • Identify the effect or impact of a passage or text
    • Analyze the effectiveness of those choices.
  • Discuss books for literary circles.
  • Look at Narrative Project in Google Classroom.
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Friday, April 21

4/21/2023

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DO NOW:
  • ​​daily check-in
  • Week 12 - Friday Growth Practice

UNIT 5: NARRATIVE  LEARNING GOALS
  • ​Analyze how style and content contribute to the effectiveness of the text.

AGENDA
  • Discuss Art, style, and effectiveness (slides)
  • Read and discuss "Spitwads"
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Thursday, April 20

4/20/2023

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DO NOW​
  • ​Daily Check-in​
  • Cold Recall - On your own, take 4-5 minutes to try and remember our words of the day so far and thier definitions. 
LEARNING GOAL
  • Write Conclusion
​AGENDA​
  • Complete this reserach project reflection. If you are done, do one of the following:
    1. Study vocabulary words for tomorrow
    2. Read a book
    3. Work on homework for other classes
    4. check out these potential books to read for our last unit on narratives. You will be choosing one to read in the final month of school. They are sitting on the front table for you to check out.
    • Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
    • A River Runs Through It - Norman McClean
    • Into Thin Air - John Krakauer
    • Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
    • Truth and Bright Water - Thomas King
    • The Things They Carried - Tim O’brien
    • The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
    • In Cold Blood* - Truman Capote
    • There There* - Tommy Orange
    • *​In Cold Blood and There There both require parental approval to read due to graphic content.
  • If you aren't done with your reserach project, continue working. Be sure to turn it in on Google Classroom AND Turnitin.com
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Wednesday, April 19

4/18/2023

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DO NOW​​
  • Daily Check-in​
LEARNING GOAL
  • Works Cited
​AGENDA​
  • Finish and turn in your research project on turnitin.com AND Google Classroom. See login details on the assignmennt 4.8.
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Tuesday, April 18

4/17/2023

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WORD OF THE DAY!
shambolic: (adj) chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged
The contractor's shambolic accounting led to an audit this tax season.

DO NOW​​
  • Daily Check-in​
LEARNING GOAL
  • Works Cited
​AGENDA​
  • Research paper! That's all! Two days left.
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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III
    • 1 Evidence and Analysis
    • 2 Textual Development
    • 3 Language and Meaning
    • 4 Grammar and Punctuation
    • 5 Argumentative Writing
  • Journalism
    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
      • Person Profile Article
      • Classroom Spotlight
      • In-Depth Journalism
      • Experiential Journalism
      • Gardiner Special
    • Yearbook >
      • YOURbook
      • Weekly Photo Hunt
      • Photojournalism
      • Magazine Cover
      • Yearbook Open Disclosure
      • Reflective Writing
    • Journalistic Writing Unit
    • Design Module
    • Writing Module
    • Photography Module
    • Magazine Feature Assignment
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