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Monday, Oct 31

10/31/2022

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Daily Check-in

Today’s learning goals:

Meh, enjoy Halloween. Maybe identify some main ideas.

Agenda

Read a sweet, spooky story

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Friday, Oct 28

10/28/2022

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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

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Thursday, Oct 27

10/27/2022

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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

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Wednesday, Oct 26

10/26/2022

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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

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Tuesday, Oct 25

10/25/2022

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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

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Monday, Oct 24

10/24/2022

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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

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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.

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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.

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Tuesday, Oct 18

10/18/2022

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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)

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Monday, Oct 17

10/17/2022

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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.