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Friday, Nov 1

10/31/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • Write into the day: What obstacles might prevent you from living a well-lived life?

Agenda
  • Finished reading and annotating "The Yellow Wallpaper"
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Thursday, Oct 31

10/30/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • (~15-20 minutes) Finish "Self Reliance" Analyzing Argument assignment in Google classroom. Be sure to turn in
    • Annotated Copy of "Self-Reliance"
    • Socratic Discussion Notes
    • "Self Reliance" Paragraph Organizer

Agenda
  • Begin reading "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Happy Halloween...
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Wednesday, Oct 30

10/29/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • Nominate royalty for TWIRP if you would like: bit.ly/BSHTWIRP
  • Orange Sheet at the front of the room: Grammar #2: Introductory Commas

Goal
  • Learn rule #2 for commas
  • Practice analysis and evaluation
  • Express complex ideas about texts and about your own thoughts in paragraph form

Assignments
  • Orange Sheet: Grammar #2: Introductory Commas
  • "Self Reliance" Analyzing Argument posted in Google Classroom
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Tuesday, Oct 29

10/28/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • Generate your idea of what a paragraph is.
Goal
  • Understand paragraph structure and organization
  • Practice analysis and evaluation
  • Express complex ideas about texts and about your own thoughts

Assignment
  • "Self Reliance" Analyzing Argument posted in Google Classroom
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Monday, Oct 28

10/27/2019

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Write into the Day: What does it take to be self-reliant in today’s world?

Agenda​
  • Complete the front side of the Socratic Discussion Notes sheet using the What Where Why image below to help us transform our write into the day into a response to the BIG QUESTION: What can we learn from Emerson's essay about being self-reliant in today's world?
  • Held a Socratic Seminar on "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
    • Remember, part of a Socratic Seminar is helping each other understand the text, so if there's a portion of it that confuses you, mark it and bring it up in class.
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Friday, Oct 25

10/23/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"

Agenda
  • Due Monday! Complete ​"Self Reliance" Annotation. (Handed out in class yesterday. Grab a copy from the front of class if you need it)
  • Due Monday! Complete the front side of the Socratic Discussion Notes sheet
    • BIG QUESTION: What can we learn from Emerson's essay about being self-reliant in today's world?
    • Remember, part of a Socratic Seminar is helping each other understand the text, so if there's a portion of it that confuses you, mark it and bring it up in class.

  • If you finish, complete any missing work such as...
    • "The Tide Rises Pre-Test" (Google Classroom)
    • "Those Winter Sundays" (Google Classroom)
    • Or Orange sheet Grammar #1: Independent Clause Commas (in the organizer at the front of class)
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Thursday, Oct 24

10/23/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • Complete Grammar #1: Independent Clause Commas
  • Draw a car! No seriously. Draw a car.
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Assignment
  • ​"Self Reliance" Annotation (physical copy passed out in class)
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Wednesday, Oct 23

10/23/2019

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Do Now
  • Write into the day: How does art affect your life? Is it worth studying even if you're not good at it?
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"

Agenda
  • Review "The Tide Rises Pre-Test"
  • Review and share topic sentences for "Those Winter Sundays"
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Tuesday, Oct 22

10/21/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"

Skill Goals 
  • I can analyze and interpret the impact of word choice on meaning using 
  • I can identify and punctuate independent and dependent clauses as well as simple, complex, and compound sentences.

Assignments are posted in Google Classroom.
  • Word choice assignment: "Those Sunday Mornings" Word Choice Analysis posted in Google Classroom.
  • Grammar assignment: 
    • Review Grammar Notes: Independent/Dependent Clauses notes or watch the video below.
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Extra Credit!
  • ​Finished up or want to boost your grade by showing Mr. Restad you get this idea of tone and word choice? Create a Google Slide show that analyzes the lyrics of one of your favorite songs for tone and word choice connotation.
  • Your slide show needs to include the following:
    • SLIDE 1: An embedded video from Youtube that plays the song (must be school appropriate) or a link to the Genius.com page for that song.
    • SLIDE 2: A sentence using our sentence formula (posted yesterday) for tone interpretation that interprets the tone and meaning of your song of choice
    • SLIDE 3: A slide breaking down one of the lines of your song, showing how that lyric epitomizes the tone of the song.
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Monday, Oct 21

10/17/2019

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Do Now
  • Fill out the "Daily Check in"
  • Sign up for Albert.io (for assignment tomorrow)
    • Period 2: D1T33LH3IWV4
    • Period 3: M06VIKL7IGSH
    • Period 4: SRYYXJKWD7AN
  • Make a word web of at least 8 synonyms for the words "like" or "dislike"

Skill Goal
  • I can analyze and interpret the impact of word choice on meaning.
Daily Agenda
  • Make sure you're all signed up for Albert.io
  • Review "The TIde Rises Pre-Test"
  • Practiced using the following sentence formula on the poem below
    • AUTHOR
    • ADJECTIVE
    • TERM (Tone, word choice)
    • STRONG VERB! (what he or she is doing)
    • FUNCTION (why he or she is doing it)
    • 2 EXAMPLES
  • EXAMPLE SENTENCE USING THE POEM BELOW: The poet Robert Service's reflective and despairing tone portrays his shifting values from a focus on money to an appreciation of nature through his use of phrases like "gold isn't all" and "hurled my youth into a grave."

"Spell of the Yukon" by Robert Service
 I wanted the gold, and I sought it,
    I scrabbled and mucked like a slave.
   Was it famine or scurvy — I fought it;
    I hurled my youth into a grave.
   I wanted the gold, and I got it --
    Came out with a fortune last fall, --
   Yet somehow life's not what I thought it,
    And somehow the gold isn't all.

   No!  There's the land.  (Have you seen it?)
    It's the cussedest land that I know,
   From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it
    To the deep, deathlike valleys below.
   Some say God was tired when He made it;
    Some say it's a fine land to shun;
   Maybe; but there's some as would trade it
    For no land on earth — and I'm one.


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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III
    • 1 Analysis and Evidence
    • 2 Textual Development
    • 3 Grammar and Punctuation
    • 4 Eudaimonia & American Eras
    • 5 Argumentative Writing
  • Journalism
    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
      • Person Profile Article
      • Classroom Spotlight
      • In-Depth Journalism
      • Experiential Journalism
      • Gardiner Special
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      • 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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