Friday, August 31, 2012

AGENDA 8/31


Last five vocabulary words from The Glass Castle 

Seminar Prep: Question for Tuesday
To what extent are rules necessary for children's healthy development and to what extent are they restricting and limiting?
  • How much should parents shelter/protect their children?
  • How should parents encourage independence and resourcefulness?
Prepare for seminar by finding and marking 2 excerpts each from The Grapes of Wrath and The Glass Castle 
Also, complete Guided Reading assignment for article from The New Yorker"Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert


HW: Free Choice Book Letter due to Turnitin.com before 12:01am Wednesday, September 5
"Sense of Place" writing assignment - typed rough draft due 9/10 in class
Refer to Pust's sample "Sense of Place" writing assignment
If you didn't finish selecting and marking your 4 passages from The Grapes of Wrath and The Glass Castle, or finish the Guided Reading assignment from The New Yorker"Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert, please finish these before Tuesday's class. Bring The Grapes of Wrath and The Glass Castle and your completed Guided Reading assignment on Tuesday!

Thursday, August 30, 2012

AGENDA 8/30

Next five vocabulary words from The Glass Castle 
"Sense of Place" writing assignment
Share Pust's sample "Sense of Place" writing assignment

Seminar Prep: Question for Tuesday
To what extent are rules necessary for children's healthy development and to what extent are they restricting and limiting?

  • How much should parents shelter/protect their children?
  • How should parents encourage independence and resourcefulness?
Prepare for seminar by finding excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath and The Glass Castle 
Also, complete Guided Reading assignment for article from The New Yorker: "Spoiled Rotten" by Elizabeth Kolbert

Monday, August 27, 2012

AGENDA 8/27

Discuss excerpts from The Glass Castle, pages 150-151, and The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 3. Focus on tone and techniques used to convey tone/author's argument.

Give registration directions for ClassDojo and Turnitin

Share and explain Summer Free Choice Book Letter (continue this tomorrow if needed)

HW: Begin thinking about your Summer Free Choice Book Letter, due Tuesday, 9/4 to Turnitin.com.

PERIOD 3 ONLY: I put the wrong "class ID number" for Turnitin on your sheet. The correct number is 5423674.  The password you received is correct. Sorry about that, and thanks to all of you who emailed me tonight to correct the error! (Check your "little monster." You got a "Helping Others" point!)

Friday, August 24, 2012

AGENDA 8/24

AP Syllabus Quiz
Six Word Memoir Gallery Walk & Voting
Continue to discuss tone and strategies/techniques used in Muir's "First Glimpse of the Sierra"
Read aloud and discuss tone and strategies/techniques used in the excerpt from Walls' The Glass Castle

HW: Read aloud, annotate, and be prepared to discuss tone and strategies/techniques used in the excerpt from Walls' The Glass Castle and the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

AGENDA 8/24

AP Syllabus Quiz - take and score
Gallery Walk: Six Word Memoirs and Balloting; Turn in Six Word Memoirs
Award prizes to Most Memorable, Most Insightful, Most Creative, and Most Clever/Humorous
Review "First Glimpse of the Sierra" by John Muir
Read aloud and discuss tone and techniques in excerpt from Walls' The Glass Castle

HW: Finish annotating excerpt from Walls' The Glass Castle. Note the tone and the techniques (narration, description, dialogue, and other devices) that the author uses to communicate her tone.  Repeat this process with the excerpt from Chapter 3 of The Grapes of Wrath (on the back side of the handout given in class).  What is Steinbeck's tone? What words or lines or strategies does he use to communicate that tone?

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

AGENDA 8/22

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Welcome & Introductions

HW: Prepare for Friday's syllabus quiz using the Syllabus Study Questions. Create your own Six Word Memoir for Friday.