Today - you will have a few minutes to look over your Readers Theater, then we will present these to class.
After we're finished I want you to write a 1-page paragraph discussing what you believe the meaning of "The Crucible" to be. Who is the main character and what does the crucible say about the society of the Puritans.
Tomorrow, you will read "From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" and answer question 1-4, and 6.
Friday, you need to work on the personal narrative you started. This will count as your 2nd draft. Most of you have at least grammar concerns to address.
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Friday 25 September 2015
Act IV - Monday and Tuesday
Today - we need to finish ACT IV of the Crucible.
HW: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Monday.
Monday you have a vocabulary quiz. Tuesday you will be broken up into three groups. Each group needs to come up with an outline of what happened in their Act and a reduced readers theater presentation.
Good Luck!
HW: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Monday.
Monday you have a vocabulary quiz. Tuesday you will be broken up into three groups. Each group needs to come up with an outline of what happened in their Act and a reduced readers theater presentation.
Good Luck!
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Act III
Today - we need to go over question #9.
Then finish Act III of the Crucible. We also need to finish words of the day.
HW: Study your vocabulary words for vocabulary charades tomorrow.
Then finish Act III of the Crucible. We also need to finish words of the day.
HW: Study your vocabulary words for vocabulary charades tomorrow.
Tuesday 22 September 2015
The Crucible
Today we are going to do questions 1-4, 7, 8 in small groups.
Then we are going to begin reading Act III.
Homework: Question 9 on page 179.
Then we are going to begin reading Act III.
Homework: Question 9 on page 179.
Monday 21 September 2015
Monday
Today - we are going to see are final "review" play for Act I and then begin ACT II.
HW: Finish reading Act II.
HW: Finish reading Act II.
Friday 18 September 2015
ACT I Review
Today - we are going to review ACT I.
First words of the day. Then, in groups choose one of the following:
Enact Act I
1) as a game show
2) as a "reduced" play (think "REDUCED SHAKESPEARE")
3) as a mime
4) as a play-by-play (as in sports)
You have 20 minutes to do this - then we will view them and move on to ACT 2.
First words of the day. Then, in groups choose one of the following:
Enact Act I
1) as a game show
2) as a "reduced" play (think "REDUCED SHAKESPEARE")
3) as a mime
4) as a play-by-play (as in sports)
You have 20 minutes to do this - then we will view them and move on to ACT 2.
Thursday 17 September 2015
Tuesday 15 September 2015
She's A Witch
Today we are going to begin ACT I of The Crucible - note we need to finish these book by the end of next week. This story is about the Salem Witch Trials.
Go HERE
Go HERE
Sunday 13 September 2015
SINNERS
LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text.
How do you persuade people to do something? Make a list of things/ways you might make someone stop smoking.
As we read, think about the author's purpose. Why is he delivering this sermon? As write down emotional appeals (pathos). Remember logos, pathos, and ethos. I want you to think about each of these because you will discuss these as a group and write a blog about how Jonathan Edwards delivers each of these. Remember for a persuasive argument to be successful it must contain each of these. But, as we read you need to write down at least four emotional appears. Emotional appeals include FEAR, PITY, GUILT (emotions), etc.
HW: Questions 1-3 and 5 on page 130. You should also finish your blog entry. It should be 2-3 paragraphs.
How do you persuade people to do something? Make a list of things/ways you might make someone stop smoking.
As we read, think about the author's purpose. Why is he delivering this sermon? As write down emotional appeals (pathos). Remember logos, pathos, and ethos. I want you to think about each of these because you will discuss these as a group and write a blog about how Jonathan Edwards delivers each of these. Remember for a persuasive argument to be successful it must contain each of these. But, as we read you need to write down at least four emotional appears. Emotional appeals include FEAR, PITY, GUILT (emotions), etc.
HW: Questions 1-3 and 5 on page 130. You should also finish your blog entry. It should be 2-3 paragraphs.
Thursday 10 September 2015
Literature of the Early Colonial Period
Thursday
Period 1 – Read (as a group) “Of Plymouth Plantation” pages
102 – 110
Questions 1-3, 6-7 on page 111.
Friday
Period 1 – look at 91 grammar and style. Do 1-3 under PRACTICE.
Blog writing: Choose an experience or a scene from your life
you want to describe. Write a 1-page
account to communicate the power of the experience. Include vivid details. Write in the 1st voice. Describe the emotional impact of the
experience. Use adverbs to relate the
sequence of events.
YOUR 1-page personal experience is due on TUESDAY 9/15.
YOUR 1-page personal experience is due on TUESDAY 9/15.
Wednesday 9 September 2015
John Smith - Hero or Braggart?
LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text.
Today we are going to listen to your blogs on author's purpose: what was John Smith's purpose in writing this "History".
Then in small groups you'll discuss and answer questions 1-4 and 8 on page 100. When you are done please look up the following vocabulary words.
Monday 7 September 2015
General History of Virginia
LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text.
Write a blog entry on John Smith's purpose for writing a General History of Virginia. In this blog you'll need a thesis statement that makes your claim on the author's purpose, and you'll need 4-5 specifics (evidence from the text) that backs-up your position. Remember, introduce the quote, give the quote, explain the quote (particularly in how it reinforces your ideas). You may want to quickly reread the text on your own and mark it up. Why did John Smith write this? Remember, this version of the text was written in 1624 - after Pocahontas had become famous (and had died of smallpox?).
For a website on Jamestown, go HERE
New Vocabulary:
nachronistic
circuitous
deleterious
ephemeral
evanescent
fortuitous
intrepid
precocious
sagacity
tenacious
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Wednesday
Today we will read "From La Relacion" on page 72. After we are done reading you will answer questions 1-7 on page 79.
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Native American Presentations
Today we are going to listen to your presentation of Native American myths.
Tomorrow, we will move on to literature of "Exploration and the Early Settlers" by reading Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's "from La Relacion".
Tomorrow, we will move on to literature of "Exploration and the Early Settlers" by reading Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's "from La Relacion".
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