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Mr. Restad keeps this page up to date
so you can check what we did while you were gone... or asleep.
so you can check what we did while you were gone... or asleep.
B-DAY! Happy homecoming everyone. No homework or assignments.
Have a good weekend. .Make good choices.
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Here is the prompt for the in-class essay on Thursday:
¤What does living a good life mean? How does a person do it in our modern world and what prevents humans today from achieving it? Also, we did a 10 minute reflection and self-assessment over our unit goals. Finished assessment started yesterday.
In-class write moved to tomorrow. Unit 1 Assessment today. If you missed, be sure to see Mr. Restad for a make up before Friday.
Test tomorrow! Review the following:
TEXTS: ¤The Tide Rises ¤Self Reliance ¤Civil Disobedience ¤Those Winter Sunday’s ¤The Yellow Wallpaper READING TERMS: ¤Objective vs. Subjective ¤Connotation vs. Denotation ¤Word Choice ¤Tone ¤Analogy SKILLS: ¤Annotation ¤Objective Summary ¤Analysis Here is the prompt for the in-class essay on Wednesday: ¤What does living a good life mean? How does a person do it in our modern world and what prevents humans today from achieving it? Discussion over "The Yellow Wallpaper" (see Wednesday and Thursday)
If you were gone today or came to class not prepared you need to type, print, and hand in 2 paragraphs in MLA format regarding the following 2 promts:
Finished reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" and finished the "Socratic Seminar Discussion Prep" sheet. See yesterday for links.
Be prepared for a class discussion on Friday. Began reading "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Started filling out the The Yellow Wallpaper Socratic Seminar Discussion Prep using the following two main ideas to guide our preparation for a whole class discussion on this for Friday.
First, for those who were here yesterday for the presentation fill out this google form as an evaluation on your group participation.
Then, catch up day! Mr. Restad passed out lists of all assignments missing or scoring a D or less. Then we just worked to complete as many as we could. Normal class returns tomorrow. PRESENTATION DAY! Thanks to all the group members who worked hard through this project to give great presentations.
If you missed today, to make up for the missing assignment you need to type a 300 word paper which examines the pros and cons of Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" |
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