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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.

Monday, Oct 31

10/31/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Meh, enjoy Halloween. Maybe identify some main ideas. 

Agenda​
  • Read a sweet, spooky story
Picture

Friday, Oct 28

10/28/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Respond to the following prompt in your notebook: identify the many problems Rev. Parris faces and evaluate which one he is most concerned about?
    ​
Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify and track theme developments

Agenda​
  • Friday Paragraph (google Classroom)
  • Pass out grade checks
    • If you want to raise your score in any skill, you need to look over your unit exam and the evaluation rubric at the top. Then, tell me what you could do or what you need to change/add to improve your responses to get to the next level of proficiency.
  • Finish reading Act 2 (through line 180) (Text and Audio Files: pdf file, Act 2 Audio)
    • Take notes on
    • Plot summary
    • Characters
    • Conflicts
    • Theme development 

Thursday, Oct 27

10/27/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Check out the Unit 2: Textual Development Overview (also posted in Google Classroom)
Today’s learning goals:​
  • analyze how specific characters, ideas, or events interact over the course of the text​
Agenda​
  • (~15 minutes) Brainstorm potential themes and identify evidence to support it (Crucible Theme Tracker)
  • Begin reading Act 2 (through line 180) (Text and Audio Files: pdf file, Act 2 Audio)
    • Take notes on
    • Plot summary
    • Characters
    • Conflicts
    • Theme development 
  • If you need to turn in your Great Gatsby Book. Here are the folks I still have some checked out to.
    • Jack S.
      Owen T.
      Lacie A
      Gabe O
      Owen B
      Anna H
      Celia J

Wednesday, Oct 26

10/26/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Conflict Identification (in Google Classroom)

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify structural elements in Act 1 of the Crucible
  • analyze how specific characters, ideas, or events interact over the course of the text
​
Agenda​
  • Partner Discuss Act 1 Notes (passed out in class).
  • Begin ​Theme Tracker (in Google Classroom)
    • NOTES ON THEME
    • Theme is:
      • the central, underlying, and controlling idea or insight of a work of literature.
      • the idea the writer wishes to convey about the subject—the writer’s view of the world or a revelation about human nature.
    • Theme is NOT:
      • expressed in a single word
      • the purpose of a work
      • the conflict 
      STEPS TO IDENTIFY THEME
    • 1.Summarize plot, conflict, climax, and resolution
      2.Identify “subject” of work (what is this play about?)
      3.Identify insight or truth that was learned
       How did the protagonist change?
       What lesson did the protagonist learn?
      4.State how plot presents the primary insight or truth. (requires evaluation of what is MOST important)
  • If you need to turn in your Great Gatsby Book. Here are the folks I still have some checked out to.
    • Jack S.
      Owen T.
      Lacie A
      Gabe O
      Owen B.
      Anna H
      Celia J

Tuesday, Oct 25

10/25/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify structural elements in Act 1 of the Crucible
​
Agenda​
  • Partner Discuss Act 1 Notes (passed out in class).
  • Finish reading Act 1
    • Text and Audio Files
    • pdf file
    • Act 1 Audio ​
  • If you need to turn in your Great Gatsby Book. Here are the folks I still have some checked out to.
    • Jack S.
      Owen T.
      Lacie A
      Gabe O
      Owen B.
      Anna H
      Skylar H
      Celia J

Monday, Oct 24

10/24/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Act 1 Retrieval Practice

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify structural elements in Act 1 of the Crucible
​
Agenda​
  • Partner Discuss Act 1 Notes (passed out in class).
  • Begin reading Act 1 in class (through line 159)
    • Text and Audio Files
    • pdf file
    • Act 1 Audio ​

Wednesday, Oct 19

10/19/2022

 
I'm gone again today for a district curriculum meeting at the Lincoln Center. Be well. Do good work. Be respectful for the sub. Have a great long weekend. I look forward to seeing you on Monday.

DO NOW (15 minutes)
​
  • Daily Check-in
  • The Crucible Background Check (in Google Classroom)

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify structural elements in Act 1 of the Crucible
​
Agenda​
  • Watch Act 1 of the Crucible
    • Act 1 movie (Password to access movie link is mrrestad)
  • After watching the first act of the film, take at least 5 minutes to try and fill out as much of the Act 1 Notes (passed out in class) as you can.

Tuesday, Oct 18

10/18/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify structural elements in Act 1 of the Crucible

Agenda​
  • The Dot Game
  • Finish The Crucible Background Jigsaw (Expert Groups and Presentations)

Monday, Oct 17

10/17/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • ​Take the How "Puritan are you" quiz.
  • Daily Check-in

Today’s learning goals:​
  • I can explain the events and causes of the Salem Witch Trials.
  • ​I can explain the Red Scare and McCarthyism.
  • I can evaluate  the rise and impact McCarthyism had on American society and politics.

Agenda​
  • Review Unit 1 Exam
    • If you want to retake the exam, you need to complete the Unit 1 Reflection in Google Classroom. Then, look at your responses and scores from the Unit 1 exam and explain what you would do improve your responses. 
    • If you want to improve any skill assessments from unit 1, check in with Mr. Restad 
  • The Crucible Background Jigsaw
    • If you were absent today. Look at Topics A and B in the jigsaw activity linked above.

Friday, Oct 14

10/14/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify theme
  • Connect story elements to overall meaning

Agenda​
  • Friday Paragraph (google Classroom)
  • Discuss and complete Unit 2 "Half-Hanged Mary" Pre-Assessment
  • Pre-unit self assessment
  • If time allows, start The Crucible Background Jigsaw
Picture

Thursday, Oct 13

10/13/2022

 
Hey folks.
I'm unexpectedly gone again today. My apologies. My 3 year old is sick and I need to stay home to take care of her. Yes, my 3 year old takes precedent over you all, but I do still hope you all have a great and productive day, even in my absence. Be well. Do good work. Be kind and respectful for the sub. I look forward to seeing you all on Friday.

DO NOW
​
  • Daily Check-in

Today’s learning goals:​
  • Identify theme
  • Connect story elements to overall meaning.

Agenda​
  • Watch this video explanation of the assignment (also linked in Google Classroom)
  • Complete Assignment Unit 2 "Half-Hanged Mary" Pre-Assessment
    • ​​Write down any questions or points of confusion about the poem or assignment to ask on Friday.
  • If you finish with that, you could complete the Gatsby Vocab using the e-book if you haven't, do your unit 1 reflection, or study those Gatsby Vocab words to retake the Vocab test. (Remember, you have to have your Book Vocab done AND SHOW me you've studied to retake the test.)

Wednesday, Oct 12

10/12/2022

 
​DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in​

Unit Learning Goal: I can analyze and support how structural choices contribute to overall meaning.

Today’s learning goals:
  • Annotate a text
  • Summarize plot
  • Identify theme

​Agenda
  • Unit 1 Vocab Quiz (in Google Classroom)
    • If you finish this and are waiting, make sure you complete the Unit 1 Reflection in Google classroom
  • If your name is on the list below, you are to head into the computer room and finish up the Unit 1 exam and Unit 1 reflection (both in Google Classroom):
    • Period 2: Sophia, Solana, Corven, Alley
    • Period 4: Lacie, Caine, Maria, Lamani, Mary, Daylyn, Shakira, Avery, Jalen, Kendal, Landon, Jack, Presley
    • Period 5: Cece, Celia, Gabe, Marcus, Alessandra, Izzy, Elijah
  • Half-Hanged Mary annotation and discussion (passed out in class)
    • If time allows identify the following in this Google Form
    • Plot
    • Character
    • Setting
    • Theme
    • Conflict
Picture

Tuesday, Oct 11

10/11/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in

Agenda
  • Finish exam if needed. When you're done, read your Question 3 paragraph to Mr. Restad.
  • Unit 1 Reflection (posted in Google Classroom)
  • Study for vocabulary quiz
    • Vocabulary terms:
      • Homogeneity
      • Fractiousness
      • Bungalow
      • Ectoplasm
      • Croon
      • Juxtaposition
      • Dilatory
      • Ghastly
  • Study ideas
    • Flashcards
    • Cold Recall
    • Partner Quizzing
    • Onesheet
    • Quizlet (Compliments of Sam D.)

Monday, Oct 10

10/10/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Vocabulary practice test (see below)

Agenda
  • Unit 1 Exam (posted in Google Classroom)
  • Vocabulary terms:
    • Homogeneity
    • Fractiousness
    • Bungalow
    • Ectoplasm
    • Dilatory
    • Juxtaposition
    • Ghastly
    • Croon

Friday, Oct 7

10/7/2022

 
DO NOW​
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice: Unit Review
  • Vocab Bracket Round of 8

​Daily Learning Objectives
  • I can recognize the complexity of ideas in my analysis of a text and support it with strong, explicit evidence and inferences based on the text.

Agenda
  • Friday Paragraphs (week 5)
  • Find evidence to support an analysis of the our the following prompt. We'll be responding to this prompt as our end of unit exam on Monday:
  • Discuss central ideas/themes of the text and gather ideas/evidence for the exam on Monday.
​
Potential Themes
  • ​Living to fulfill a "single dream"
  • The people who surround you
  • Obsession
  • Inaction or indecision
  • Taking the "easy way out" and/or avoiding challenges
  • Not having purpose in your life
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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III - Spring Units
    • 1 Academic Skills
    • 2 Research Projects >
      • Choosing a topic
      • Research Resources
    • 3 ACT Prep
    • 4 I Am Where I Come From
    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
  • Journalism
    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
      • Person Profile Article
      • Classroom Spotlight
      • In-Depth Journalism
      • Event Journalism
      • Gardiner Special
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      • Weekly Photo Hunt
      • Photojournalism
      • Magazine Cover
      • Yearbook Open Disclosure
      • Reflective Writing
    • Journalistic Writing Unit
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    • Photography Module
    • Magazine Feature Assignment
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