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Thursday, Sept 30

9/30/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • EVERYONE! (it's good practice and I'll only record your highest score) take the 101D - Academic Verb quiz in G.C.
  • Vote for next week's homecoming theme days, if that's your thing: bit.ly/BSHhomecoming
Learning Target
  • I can analyze a text by Citing Textual Evidence
​​Agenda
  • Ch 8 Interpretive Question: Fitzgerald named the novel The Great Gatsby - do you believe Gatsby is actually great or is he being ironic? 
    Write four sentences: 
    • First sentence provides an inference about if Gatsby was truly great. (think complex and insightful... not just "No. Gatsby wasn't great.")
    • Second sentence is a reference example from the text.
    • Third sentence is a direct quote from the novel that further supports your reference example.
    • Fourth sentence explains how your quote illustrates your points.
  • Read chapter 9 (Chapter 9 audio)
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments
  • Read chapter 9
  • 105 "Is Gatsby great"
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Wednesday, Sept 29

9/29/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice
​Agenda
  • Choose one person's question from the post on Google Classroom "Gatsby Discussion Questions (Ch 6-7)" and respond to it. DO THIS, as I'll probably call a few people out to kick off a class discussion. 
  • Read chapter 8, keep working on journals
  • HEADS UP! We'll do the Academic Verb quiz tomorrow for those who still need to take it.
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Read chapter 8
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Tuesday, Sept 28

9/28/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Nada!
​Agenda
  • Counselor Orientation in the auditorium 
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • If you were gone, check in with your counselor
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Monday, Sept 27

9/27/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Cold recall: Write down everything you can remember about the skills we're working on with the Great Gatsby so far.
​Agenda
  • Finish chapter 7 (Chapter 7 audio)
  • Write an interpretive or discussion questions for tomorrow. Post in G.C.
  • Work on Journals/study for vocab quiz
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Read chapter 7
  • Study for Academic Terms Quiz
    • Adding three new ones! See the full list below
    • Analyze: to break down
      Interpret: to infer, conclude
      Support: to justify
      Describe: to report or illustrate
      Develop: to elaborate 
      Determine: to establish or identify
      Explain: to clarify, discuss
      Summarize: to outline or paraphrase
      Evaluate: to assess, gauge
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Friday, Sept 24

9/24/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice: Chapter 5 and 6
​​Agenda
  • Work on journals (or catch up on any missing assignments) for first 20 minutes of class
  • Begin reading chapter 7
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments
  • Read half of chapter 7 (~p. 135)
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Thursday, Sept 23

9/23/2021

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DO NOW​
  • No check in today! Just watchin that movie!
Agenda
  • Just got right to watching the movie
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Watched the movie through chapter 6
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Wednesday, Sept 22

9/22/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Choose one person's question from the post on Google Classroom "Gatsby Discussion Questions (Ch 1-5)" and respond to it. DO THIS, as I'll probably call a few people out to kick off a class discussion. 
​Agenda
  • Discuss chapter 5
  • Read Chapter 6 (audio)
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Read chapter 6
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Tuesday, Sept 21

9/21/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Make a list of the characteristics you think someone needs to live a "good" life.
Learning Targets​
  • I can break down and examine a text using textual evidence
    • I can create questions to help me analyze a text and discover complexity and insight
    • Extension target: I can understand Aristotelian Virtues and Vices and how they may contribute or detract from one's pursuit of happiness.
Agenda
  • Learn about kinds of Literary Questions 
    • ​Factual – Facts!
      •What color is Gatsby’s car?
    • Interpretive – Supported inferences
      •Why is Tom cheating on Daisy with Myrtle?
      •What kind of person is Gatsby so far?
      •Do you think Daisy would leave Tom?
    • Evaluative – Personal evaluations of situation or point of view
      •Is unfulfillment and recklessness always a product of wealth?
  • ​Catch up on assignments and journals. In addition to  2 vocab words, 2 observations + responses, you'll be adding one Interpretive or Evaluative question for discussion per chapter.

DONE AND ALL CAUGHT UP?
  • Learn about the Aristotelian Virtues and Vices, the "golden mean"
    • See this Virtue and Vice Chart
      • Watch a Crash Course EdPuzzle Video using the links below
        • ​Period 2
        • Period 3
        • Period 5 
      • Question for consideration: How do different characters represent some of the virtues and vices? How might these characteristics help or hinder them in their pursuit of happiness?
    • Heads up! I'll ask you later in the novel to evaluate the characters in this novel using the concept of Aristotelean Virtues and Vices, so see what you can notice over the next few chapters.
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Write one evaluative or interpretive question based on what we've read in the book so far for discussion tomorrow. Post in Google Classroom.
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Monday, Sept 20

9/20/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice: Chapters 3 and 4
  • Make sure you have actually read the Dialectical Journal assignment page (which is also linked on Google Classroom.
Agenda
  • Reviewed and discussed chapters 1-4​
  • Read chapter 5
​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Keep working on those journals, remember
    • 2 Vocab words = YOUR definition + two synonyms.
    • 2 Observations = Explicit evidence (pg. #) AND reflection
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Friday, Sept 17

9/17/2021

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DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • If you STILL didn't do it yesterday: In Google Classroom under the "Intro: Mindsets" category, complete the "Self-Management Review"
Agenda
  • Finished reading chapter 4
  • Watched the first part of the movie

​ Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • Make sure you turn in your dialectical journal for chapters 1-4. 
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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III - Spring Units
    • 1 Academic Skills
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      • Choosing a topic
      • Research Resources
    • 3 ACT Prep
    • 4 I Am Where I Come From
    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
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    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
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      • Classroom Spotlight
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      • Photojournalism
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    • Journalistic Writing Unit
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    • Photography Module
    • Magazine Feature Assignment
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