FOR FRESHMEN: Work in groups to de-scramble tanka poems Share original tanka poems with your group and choose one to share with the entire class. Turn in poems. Watch beginning of the Japanese anime Spirited Away HWK: NONE! Work on your 3D art, due Tues. 1/14 if you want to get ahead of your work. FOR […]
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FOR SOPHOMORES: 10C — Peer edit essay rough drafts 10B — Turn in final essay copies. Watch portion of “Joyeaux Noel” about the WW1 Christmas Eve truce HWK: None! Happy holidays!
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FOR FRESHMEN: Discussion of the novel — structure, events, and literary devices How to write tanka poetry and group work on tanka HWK: Read pgs. 128-142. Type up and original tanka poem FOR SOPHMORES: Lesson on writing good essay titles Peer editing of All Quiet formal essay HWK: Bring in final copy of the essay
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FOR FRESHMEN: Get instructions and scoring guide for “theme art” project due Tues. 1/14 Get handout for “build your own dictionary” due Fri. 1/17 Quiz on the reading Review use of quotes within quotes as well as characterization vs. plot and how to improve your Topic Chart assignments See slide show on symbolic archetypes and […]
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FOR SOPHOMORES 10B: Go over outline for essay on All Quiet on the Western Front Quiz on the end of the novel Get back quiz on Ch. 10 and go over any lingering questions Discuss highlights, literary devices, and ending of the novel HWK for 10B: Complete the outline. You’ll work on the rough draft next […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Quiz on pgs. 73-95 See examples of “shadow boxes” — an artistic assignment based on Samurai’s Garden Power point of Shinto beliefs that we read about in this section of the novel Groups of three discuss past reading based on quiz you took last week Individual work to answer questions from /develop understanding of […]
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FOR SOPHOMORES: Vocab test on all 20 words Quiz on Ch. 10 — We’ll discuss this chapter next class Finish the partner work on Ch. 9 that we’ve been plugging away at I changed the schedule for the final 5-paragraph essay you’ll do on All Quiet on the Western Front. Here’s the info I wrote on […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Continue lesson on using commas after introductory adverbial clauses Finish student presentation of quotes from the novel that illustrate ideas from your topic charts. While doing this, we reviewed how to correctly use in-text citation. Students work on illustrating a theme from the novel. HWK: Read pgs. 53-93 and complete blue topic chart […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Get back your graded reflective essays and group research projects Quiz on pgs. 33-53 Lesson on use of commas after introductory clauses. Group work on Topic Charts and turn in Topic Chart for pgs. HWK: Read pgs. 53-70 FOR SOPHOMORES: Vocab review Take notes on cosmic/situational irony Get essay assignment for this novel […]
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