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Thursday, Dec. 22

12/22/2016

 
Discuss the following
  • Does parents giving their kids all they want or need restrict them from maturing and growing up?
  • Why is it really possible to hate someone you don’t personally know?
  • How does a person recognize and correct racist or sexist ideas in themselves?

Started chapter 5 in Great Gatsby.

Wednesday, Dec. 21

12/20/2016

 
Read chapter 4 of Gatsby.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

12/19/2016

 
Read chapter 3 on our own. Did the following on a separate sheet of paper.

Audiofile for chapter 3 as read by a semi-creepy British dude.

CHOOSE ONE
  • Setting Reporter:
    • Identifies three details about the setting and accompanies these details with text evidence.
  • Character Reporter: 
    • Identifies three details about the characters mentioned in the chapter and chooses one quote per character which best captures the essence of the character,
  • Character Connections Reporter:  (Tom, Nick, Myrtle)
    • Identifies how each character connects to the other characters.  Identifies one quote per detail to support connections.
  • Unique Phrases Reporter: 
    • Identifies and hypothesizes on three unusual phrases in the chapter.

!!!AND!!!

Created 2 Interpretive questions + 1 Evaluative question


Monday, Dec. 19

12/19/2016

 
Finished Chatper 2.

Did the Gatsby Aphorism assignment.

Don't forget, if you miss a day be sure to read outside of class. 
  • Gatsby pdf file

Thursday, Dec. 15

12/15/2016

 
Read Great Gastby. Got half way through chapter 2.

Wednesday, Dec. 14

12/14/2016

 
Started reading Gastby. Made it about 12 pages in.

Also of note:
•Resumes and Cover Letters were due Monday
•Huck Finn Edits - I start grading them today or tomorrow
•ALL Missing assignments Due Wed. Jan. 4. No work after that will be accepted

Tuesday, Dec. 13

12/14/2016

 
Started introducing Great Gastby and how/why we're going to read it. That's really all you need to know. Maybe watch this video. 

Monday, Dec 12

12/12/2016

 
Finished and turned in Resumes and Cover Letters on Google Classroom.

Worked on Huck Finn essay corrections. Due Wednseday. 

Friday, Dec. 9

12/9/2016

 
Worked on resumes, cover letters, and Huck Finn essay revisions. Happy Friday.

Thursday, Dec. 8

12/7/2016

 
Finished working on Resumes. 

When done, watch this video below and start working on your cover letter assignment listed in Google Classroom.

Wednesday, Dec. 7

12/7/2016

 
Continued working on our resumes. Used the verbs below to help improve our descriptions of work and activity experioence to be more accurate and impressive.

Tuesday, Dec. 6

12/5/2016

 
Read the Resume and Cover Letter Assignment
Started laying out our resumes. Not sure where to start or what to input? Check out the vid below.

Monday, Dec 5

12/5/2016

 
Reviewed 10 different resumes. 

Started collecting information for our own resumes using this "Resume Foundations" worksheet.

Thursday, Dec 1

12/5/2016

 
Printed papers. Finish those up!

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    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
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