Welcome Juniors Please find your seat and fill

Welcome Juniors

• Please find your seat and fill out the back of your index card with the following information: ▫ ▫ ▫ Preferred Name/Nickname 10 th Grade English Teacher/Level Your email address Primary language spoken at home/by parents Title of assigned summer reading books you read Time Commitments (job, sports, family obligations) ▫ OPTIONAL: Anything else I should know about your learning style/safety/comfort in my class (can’t see from back row, nut allergy, etc. )

September 5, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ ▫ Seating/Notecard Syllabus and Course Overview Celebrity Profile Remind and Weebly ▫ Homework: Student Questionnaire ▫ Review syllabus and get parental signature

September 5, 2014 (period 10) September 9, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ SAT Word: Abbreviate �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Due: Students Questionnaires and Contracts ▫ Celebrity Profile Introductions ▫ Introduction to Identity Discussion �“I Am” �Poems and Symbols ▫ Homework: Finish “I Am” Assignment. Summer Reading test tomorrow

September 8, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Letter to self/me ▫ SAT Word: Abbreviate �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Mini-Lesson: Inference and Tone Review ▫ “Indian Education” �Interactive Notes ▫ Homework: Finish Indian Education and Notes

September 10, 2014 (period 1) September 11, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: adversity �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Summer Reading Test ▫ “My First Conk” and Interactive Notes ▫ Homework: Finish “My First Conk” and Interactive Notes

September 10, 2014 (period 10) September 11, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Letter to self/goal letter ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: adversity �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Mini-Lesson: Inference and Tone Review �“Indian Education” and Interactive Notes Homework: Finish “Indian Education” and Interactive Notes

September 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: aesthetic �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Due: “My First Conk” and Interactive Notes �Review—Conk as a motif, change in Malcolm ▫ Mini-Lesson: Reflective Writing and Outlining ▫ Homework: Quincy Ed. Outline

September 15, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: aesthetic �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Due: “Indian Education” and Interactive Notes �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Reflective Writing �Setting Activity �Quincy Education Writing Assignment ▫ Homework: Quincy Ed. Brainstorming

September 16, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: anecdote �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ “My First Conk” and Interactive Notes �Conk as a motif, change in Malcolm ▫ Mini-Lesson: Reflective Writing and Outlining ▫ Homework: Quincy Ed. Outline

September 16, 2014 (period 10) September 17, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Due: Quincy Ed. Outline ▫ Mini-Lesson: Drafting �Computer Lab ▫ Homework: Drafting

September 17, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Drafting �Computer Lab �Revising ▫ Homework: Drafting

September 18, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Mini-Lesson �Revising and Editing ▫ Homework: Revising and Editing

September 19, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Mini-Lesson �Drafting �Computer Lab ▫ Homework: Continue drafting

Monday, September 22, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Mini-Lesson �Revising and Editing ▫ Homework: Revising and Editing

Monday, September 22, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Mini-Lesson �Revising and Editing �Computer Lab during second half of double to continue edits ▫ Homework: Revising and Editing

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: asylum �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Mini-Lesson: The Things They Carried Pre Reading �Vietnam War Background Information �The Things We Carry �Vocabulary ▫ Homework: Vocab

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Grab your folder ▫ Mini-Lesson �Final Day in the lab!! �Final Papers due Monday ▫ Homework: Final Papers due Monday

September 24, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: SAT Vocab: asylum �Prediction �Definition �Synonym �Sentence ▫ Mini-Lesson: The Things They Carried Pre Reading �Vietnam War Background Information �The Things We Carry �Vocabulary ▫ Homework: Vocab

September 26, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What things allow you to symbolically escape the realities of life, school, relationships, stress, etc. ? Explain. ▫ Due: Vocab �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Review Characterization and Symbolism �The Things They Carried �Packet 1 ▫ Homework: Finish Ch. 1. Final Paper due Monday.

September 26, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Grab Folders ▫ Computer Lab—last day! �Final Revisions and Edits �Check that your folder includes all parts of assignment �Checklist ▫ Homework: Final Paper due in class on Monday!

September 29, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ PSAT Handout ▫ Warm-Up: “Grief, terror, love, longing—these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. ” What is an intangible you carry with you? ▫ Due: Quincy Ed. Final Paper, The Things They Carried questions in Packet 1 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Allusions ▫ Homework (OPTIONAL): Read “Love” or “Spin” for extra credit— questions on the website

September 29, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ PSAT Handout ▫ Warm-Up: “Grief, terror, love, longing—these were intangibles, but ▫ ▫ the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. ” What is an intangible you carry with you? Due: Quincy Ed. Final Paper, The Things They Carried questions in Packet 1 �Review Mini-Lesson: Allusions Survey on Website Extra Credit ▫ Homework (OPTIONAL): Read “Love” or “Spin” for extra credit— questions on the website

September 30, 2014 (period 10) October 1, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside. The things men did or felt they had to do. ” ▫ Due: Extra Credit ▫ Mini-Lesson: Gender Expectations � 1960 Ideals of Masculinity and Femininity � Across the Universe Draft Scene � On the Rainy River � Survey on Website ▫ Homework: Syllabus and Vocab Quiz tomorrow ▫ “On the Rainy River” through the bottom of page 51

October 2, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What are ethics? What does it mean to be ethical? ▫ Mini-Lesson: Ethical Dilemmas � The Heinz Dilemma � Group Work—Discuss ▫ Homework: Study for Vocab/Syllabus Quiz

It’s October 3 rd • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “And I want you to feel it—the wind coming off the river, the waves, the silence, the wooded frontier. You’re at the bow of a boat on the Rainy River. You’re twenty-one years old, you’re scared, and there’s a hard squeezing pressure in your chest. What do you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you’re leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did? ” ▫ Discuss Ethical Dilemmas � Finish On the Rainy River ▫ Mini-Lesson: Irony � Packet 1 work ▫ Vocab/Syllabus Quiz � Review ▫ Homework: Friends & Enemies, Questions in Packet 1

Warm-Up ▫ Warm-Up: “And I want you to feel it—the wind coming off the river, the waves, the silence, the wooded frontier. You’re at the bow of a boat on the Rainy River. You’re twenty-one years old, you’re scared, and there’s a hard squeezing pressure in your chest. What do you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you’re leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did? ” �What POV does O’Brien use in this passage? �Why does he use this POV? What effect does it have? �What would YOU do if you were drafted into a war?

October 7, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What is one thing you believe to be true about people or life in general? ▫ Mini-Lesson: Motifs � NPR Radio Interview � How to Tell a True War Story � True vs. Fact —Breakfast Club Clips � Guilt � Expectations vs. Reality ▫ Homework: Finish How to Tell a True War Story

October 8, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: On the Road clip—what “truths” does this photographer believe in? ▫ Due: Packet 1 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Motif �Fill in chart �NPR Radio Interview (if time permits) �Expectations vs. Reality �Gender Expectations—Men and Women �Packet 2 --Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong Homework: Vocab 2, Motif Chart

October 9, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Review Vocab ▫ Due: Sweetheart, Vocab 2 ▫ Mini-Lesson: MEAL Writing �“If I Were a Boy”—Brainstorming Word Web �Packet 2 --Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong �Homework: Finish Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong Vocab 2 Quiz next double

October 9, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Vocab Review ▫ Due: Vocab II, Motif Chart �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Motif �Gender Expectations—Men and Women �Packet 2 --Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong ▫ Mini-Lesson: MEAL Writing �“If I Were a Boy”—Brainstorming Word Web Homework: Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong pg. 97

October 14, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: None ▫ Due: Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong ▫ Mini-Lesson: MEAL Writing �“If I Were a Boy”—Brainstorming Word Web �Outline Homework: MEAL Outline

October 15, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Metacognitives ▫ Due: MEAL Paragraph ▫ Vocab Quiz ▫ Mini-Lesson: MEAL Writing �MEAL Paragraph Drafting Homework: “Ambush”, Packet 2

October 15, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: GRAB YOUR WRITING FOLDER. Metacognitives: Explain your understanding of why you received the grade that you did on this assignment. Respond to my comments. ▫ Due: Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong, MEAL Outline ▫ Mini-Lesson: Imagery �“The Man I Killed” Homework: “Ambush”, Packet 2

October 16, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Add to your motif chart based on the last two chapters ▫ Due: The Man I Killed, Ambush, MEAL Paragraph �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Story Truth vs. Happening Truth �“Good Form” Homework: Bye Week (you’re welcome). Extra credit opportunity—I’ll post on the website

October 16, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Add to your motif chart based on the last two chapters ▫ Due: The Man I Killed, Ambush �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Story Truth vs. Happening Truth �“Good Form” ▫ Mini-Lesson: MEAL Drafting �Computer Lab �Drafting Homework: Draft if not already completed

October 17, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Study for Vocab Quiz ▫ Due: MEAL Draft ▫ Mini-Lesson: Peer Editing Homework: Bye Week—Extra Credit Posted on Website

October 20, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: Study for Vocab Quiz ▫ Due: MEAL Draft ▫ Mini-Lesson: Peer Editing Homework: Begin reading “The Lives of the Dead”

October 21, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm- Up: None ▫ Mini-Lesson: Editing Homework: Final draft due Thursday

October 24, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Platoon Film Analysis Homework: Log into ASPEN. Check to see if you owe any quizzes. Term ends next Friday. Packet 2 and “If I Were a Boy” will be due on Tuesday Platoon Analysis

October 27, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Platoon Film Analysis Homework: Packet 2 (finish “The Lives of the Dead”) “If I Were a Boy” Platoon Analysis DUE TOMORROW Log into ASPEN. Check to see if you owe any quizzes. Term ends this Friday (10/31).

October 28, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Platoon Film Analysis, Packet 2, “If I Were a Boy” �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Theme and Narration �Review Homework: Finish Theme worksheet Study for Friday’s test—the test will be the first grade for TERM 2 Log into ASPEN. Check to see if you owe any quizzes. Term ends this Friday (10/31).

October 28, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Platoon Film Analysis, Packet 2, “If I Were a Boy” �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Theme and Narration �NPR Interview �Review Activity ▫ Grammar DDM Pre Test Homework: Finsh Theme/Narration Worksheet Log into ASPEN. Check to see if you owe any quizzes. Term ends this Friday (10/31).

October 30, 2014 • Daily Agenda: • Test Tomorrow! ▫ Due: Theme and Narration �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Narration Style �Plot and Story: Linear vs. nonlinear storyline �More Cowbell/Pulp Fiction Clips �Why does O’Brien use nonlinear storyline ? Homework: Study for tomorrow’s exam Log into ASPEN. Check to see if you owe any quizzes. Term ends this tomorrow (10/31).

October 31, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ The Things They Carried Exam ▫ The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Reinforcement Homework: Finish Vocab

October 31, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Mini-Lesson: Theme �Vietnam War Memorial �The Things They Leave Behind Homework: Study for Monday’s exam

November 3, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Look at the last text message you sent/received, How would you describe the language used? Formal? Informal? Slang? Something else? Explain. ▫ Due: The Great Gatsby Vocabulary �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Different Types of Vocabulary �Dialects, Jargon, Language �Opening Passage Activity Homework: Finish language style worksheet Vocab quiz on Friday

November 5, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Review Grading Policy ▫ Due: The Great Gatsby Style change �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Denotation vs. Connotation �Group Work Homework: Vocab quiz on tomorrow

November 7, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Vocab Quiz ▫ The Great Gatsby Speak Easy ▫ Clips from film ▫ Homework: Chapter 1

November 7, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What is the best or worst advice you’ve ever been given? How has it affected your outlook? ▫ Mini-Lesson: Interactive Notes �Chapter 1 ▫ Clips from film ▫ Homework: Finish Chapter 1

• Today you are going to participate in a “Speak Easy”. The goal of this activity is to figure out what our next book, The Great Gatsby, is about before we begin to read it. You have each been given a quote from the first chapter of the book. Your task is to exchange as many quotes as you can with your classmates to help you gain more information about this opening chapter. • Rules to follow: • • You can only exchange quotes with one person at a time • • Once you have exchanged quotes, read it carefully and write it down on your “quotation” sheet. Remember to write down the quotation number! • • This activity is to be done individually. You are only interacting with your classmates to exchange quotes. Once you have seen their quote, you must move on. • • After 15 minutes, you will be given a questionnaire to fill out. You must complete this using only the information from the quotes you have recorded, so be sure to be as productive and efficient as possible. • • Have fun!

November 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Write one of your Interactive Notes on the board. I’ll give you a marker. ▫ Mini-Lesson: Tone �Chapter 1—Review �Tone Review �Tom vs. Tom �Perspective—What about Gatsby ▫ Homework: Chapter 2

Tone Review • Tone is the reflection of a speaker’s feelings, attitudes, or beliefs towards a subject. • It is expressed in literature through details, images, diction, and syntax, punctuation(!), and font (italics or bolding). • I will assign you a character from chapter one. You must identify Nick Carraway’s tone towards them. • To do this, select two words to summarize his tone and provide evidence to support your claim (quotes from Chapter 1). • Pay special attention to Nick’s initial observations about each character, but also note how his tone develops and changes during the first chapter.

November 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Tone ▫ Mini-Lesson: Juxtaposition �Chapter 2—Review �Setting as character �East Egg vs. Valley of Ashes �Daisy vs. Myrtle ▫ Homework: Chapter 3

November 14, 2014 • Daily Agenda: • NEW SEATS! YAY! ▫ Warm-Up: Setting as Character—listen to my directions �What does setting reveal about character? �What can we assume about the characters in TGG based on their settings? ▫ Mini-Lesson: Indirect Characterization �Chapter 3—Review ▫ Homework: Chapter 4—we will start reading in class if time permits.

November 14, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Setting as Character ▫ Jigsaw—Wrap-up Juxtaposition ▫ Mini-Lesson: Indirect Characterization �Chapter 3—Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �Introduction to Profile Writing �Eminem Profile ▫ Homework: Chapter 4

November 18, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: If you had a time machine what is one thing you would go back in time to change/relive/alter? Explain. ▫ Due: Chapter 4 �Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Indirect Characterization �What is Gatsby’s goal? What can we infer about him based on this? �Clips from The Notebook �Chapter 5 ▫ Homework: Finish Chapter 5/Packet 1

November 19, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What tangible things do you associate with red? What attitudes or feelings are associated with this color? ▫ Clip from The Notebook—the movie that keeps on giving! Two new grading policies I will tell you about ▫ Due: Packet 1 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Symbolism �Jigsaw Colors ▫ Homework: Begin to think about person of interest for profile piece

Green • What tangible things do you associate with green? • What sorts of connotations do these items have? • What intangible things do you associate with green? In other words, how might the color green be symbolic? • What sorts of connotations do these abstractions have?

November 20, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Clip from The Notebook—symbolism of rain ▫ Mini-Lesson: Perspective and Tone �Ch. 6 �Tom’s POV/Tone ▫ Homework: Chapter 7—warning it’s a long one, but you have three days… ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece

November 20, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Review Color Symbolism—The Hero ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �The Profile vs. The Biography �Miley Cyrus ▫ Homework: Miley reading ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece

November 21, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Miley Bio—Biography Writing vs. Profile Writing: What is the difference? ▫ Due: Miley �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Perspective and Tone �Ch. 6—Packet 2 �Tom’s POV/Tone ▫ Homework: Chapter 7 --warning it’s long. Don’t save it for homeroom—you have three days ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece

November 24, 2014 (period 1) November 25, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: We’ll discuss the details of the interview/person of interest and due dates ▫ The Things They Carried Exam Review ▫ Due: Ch. 8 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Tone �Sentence Structure and Organizational Pattern as tone �Finish Tom’s POV from Thursday �Write like Nick ▫ Homework: Chapter 9/ Packet 2 ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece—due 12/1

November 25, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Write like Nick Tone exercise—I will give you directions once everyone arrives. ▫ The Things They Carried Exam—Review ▫ Things to hand back ▫ Due: Ch. 8 � Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Juxtaposition �Old Money vs. New Money �Status �Juxtaposition ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing � The Profile vs. The Biography �Justin Timberlake ▫ Homework: Chapter 9/Packet 2 ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece

Take some time to think about Nick’s imagery, tone, and sentence variety. Use at least four Nick-like sentences to describe the following scene.

(period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Ch. 8 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: ▫ Juxtaposition �Old Money vs. New Money �Status ▫ Homework: Chapter 8 & 9—Packet 2 due 12/2 ▫ Interview person of interest for profile piece

November 26, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: Rally Day ▫ Warm-up: Biography vs. Profile Writing: Finish article, answer questions. ▫ Due: Ch. 9 ▫ Homework: Packet 2 and Interview due 12/2

December 2, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What tangible things do you associate with red? What connotations; attitudes or emotions are associated with this color? ▫ Due: Packet 2, Interview �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Symbolism �Colors ▫ Homework: Profile Packet

December 3, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Profile Packet �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �Lab ▫ Homework: Profile Writing

December 1, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: How is social status determined? ▫ Due: Packet 2, Interview �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Juxtaposition �Social Status �Purpose of juxtapositions in Gatsby ▫ Homework: Profile Packet

December 3, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Packet 2, Interview �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �Real Sports �Notes and outline ▫ Homework: Profile Packet

December 4, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Profile Packet �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �Lab ▫ Homework: Profile Writing

December 4, 2014 (period 1) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Take out Gatsby Packet 2 and book ▫ Due: Packet 2, Interview �Review end of TGG ▫ Mini-Lesson: Quest �“Every trip is a Quest” �Nick’s quest—what does he learn? ▫ Mini-Lesson: Profile Writing �Real Sports ▫ Homework: Continue to work on profile

December 5, 2014 (period 10) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What is something, good or bad, you’ve learned about yourself in the past sixteen/seventeen/eighteen years? ▫ Due: TGG Packet 2 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Quest �“Every trip is a quest” �What does Nick learn? �La Luna ▫ Homework: Profile Writing

December 6, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: TGG Packet 2 �Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Analysis �Character sketch ▫ Homework: Profile Writing

December 11/12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Fragment worksheet ▫ Due: Profile Draft ▫ Writing Focus: Editing and Revising �Editing incomplete sentences/fragments �Revising based on hand out questions �If you do not have a draft, your opinions are: �Complete Fragment handout �Hand write your profile ▫ Homework: Final essay due Tuesday 12/16

December 15, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Fused sentences worksheet ▫ Due: TGG Packet 2, Character sketch �I will collect ▫ Writing Focus: Editing and Revising �Editing incomplete sentences/fragments �Revising weak points ▫ Homework: Final essay due Tuesday 12/16

December 15, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Double check you have your profile packet ▫ Due: Any final TGG Packets 2 for late credit ▫ Literature Focus: Film �The Great Gatsby Film Analysis ▫ Homework: Final essay due TOMORROW! They MUST be typed. Please also bring in your notes, outline, rough drafts (edited) and your final essay to be graded.

December 19, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Film Analysis, Any profiles for late credit ▫ Literature Focus: Tone Review �Organizational Patterns and Connotations Activity �Perspective ▫ Homework: NONE

December 22, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Study! ▫ Due: Any profiles for late credit ▫ Literature Focus: Summative Assessment �The Great Gatsby Exam �YOU MAY USE YOUR PACKETS ON THE EXAM ▫ Homework: The Catcher in the Rye Vocab—test on Wednesday, Jan 7 th

December 22, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Any profiles for late credit ▫ Language Focus: Vocabulary �The Catcher in the Rye Vocab ▫ Homework: Be prepared for a vocabulary quiz Tuesday 1/6

January 6/7, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Study for quiz ▫ Language Focus: Vocabulary �Vocab Quiz �Review ▫ Literature Focus: Unreliable Narrator �Notes �“The Office” analysis �Packet 1 �Begin The Catcher in the Rye ▫ Homework: Ch. 1 -4, Packet 1

January 7/8, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Two truths and a lie (keep it school appropriate) ▫ Due: Ch. 1 -4 �Discuss ▫ Literature Focus: Unreliable Narrator �I’m a … Activity ▫ Homework: None

January 9/12, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Stream of Consciousness Activity—I’ll explain ▫ Due: None ▫ Literature Focus: Stream of Consciousness/Voice/Style �“One Week” Analysis �Post Secret Activity �Begin Ch. 5 -7 ▫ Homework: Ch. 5 -7, Packet 1

January 12/13, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Weekend discussion ▫ Due: Ch. 5 -7 �Review ▫ Literature Focus: Inferences: Subjective vs. Objective �Observation Activity �Clip from “Supernatural” �Chapter 8 �Encounters with Holden-finish Packet 1 �Begin Ch. 8 -11 -Packet 2 ▫ Homework: Ch. 10 -11, Packet 2, Vocabulary

January 13/14, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Take out Packet 2 and your book ▫ Due: Ch. 8 -11 �Review ▫ Literature Focus: Juxtaposition �Review �Chapter Analysis �Clip from “The Godfather” �Begin Ch. 12 -15 ▫ Homework: Ch. 12 -15, Packet 2

January 15/16, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Take out your packet & books ▫ Due: None ▫ Literature Focus: Voice & Tone �“Holdenisms” Activity �Characterization Review �Clip from “The Pirates of the Caribbean” �Review for Mid-Year ▫ Homework: Review for Mid-Year

January 16/20, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Take out your packet & books ▫ Due: Holden’s voice �Share—determine tone ▫ Literature Focus: Voice & Tone �Ch. 12 -15 �Characterization Review �Review for Mid-Year ▫ Homework: Review for Mid-Year

January 20, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Take out your Titanic review notes ▫ Due: Midyear Review ▫ Literature Focus: Juxtaposition, Symbolism & Motif � Review for Mid-Year ▫ Homework: Mid-Year Exam is Friday