AGENDA 11/12

Information for tomorrow's field trip: departure/arrival times and procedures

Source packets:
Amass 20 sources on your chosen topic. Of those 20 sources, 5 must follow these special restrictions:

2 published in the last year (2008)
1 from a non-commercial website (.org, .gov, .edu)
1 tangible "print" source (photocopy from a book or a magazine/newspaper clipping. The trick here is that it CAN'T come from the internet)
1 "experience": personal interview, film that you watch, podcast you listen to, etc...the point is that you must EXPERIENCE this one yourself!

It's ok for these "special" sources to overlap a little, meaning that if your non-commercial website source was published in 2008, then it can fill both roles. Please see me or email me for further help narrowing topics or amassing source material. We will be in the computer lab at school on Friday 11/21 and Monday 11/24, and you'll have a "reading" day on Tuesday 11/25 to read through and annotate your source packet.

AGENDA 11/11

HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL

Thank you to our veterans and troops for securing and protecting the freedoms we all too often take for granted.

AGENDA 11/7

Invisible Children assembly

AGENDA 11/6

Presentations: Scenes from The Crucible

ANNOUNCEMENT: Field trip to UCLA library next week - if any parents are available to help chaperone, that would be terrific...we'll leave during period 1 (8:22) and arrive back at Samohi at approximately 3:30. You'll need to bring $1 for the bus, and either a sack lunch or $ for lunch (suggested amount - $10). If you can donate a few extra dollars to help defray the costs for classmates of yours who might need it, that would be great.

HW: Study vocabulary. Read Act III to page 102, Abigail's line "No, sir" for Monday. Invisible Children assembly tomorrow--come to class to drop off backpacks, etc. before heading to Barnum Hall as a group.

AGENDA 11/5

Vocab Warmup: The Crucible
Practice & begin presenting scenes

HW: Continue to practice your scene. Study vocabulary. Type up rhetorical terms entry from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and submit it to turnitin.com when finished.

AGENDA 11/4

HAPPY ELECTION DAY!

Grammar practice: reviewing active & passive voice
Sample sentences
Revise paragraph

Rhetorical terms entry from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - draft due tomorrow
(typed version due on Thursday)

Begin preparing scenes for tomorrow's performances: determine appropriate tone, gestures, props (if needed), and rehearse lines to avoid stumbling, nervousness, dullness, and giggles tomorrow!
Two-person scene: pp. 49-55, from beginning of Act II to Proctor's line, "I'll whip you if you dare leave this house again!" Proctor and Elizabeth
Three-person scene: pp. 63-67, from Hale's line at the top of 63, "Good evening," to Hale's line at the bottom of 67, "I'll bid you good night." Hale, Proctor, and Elizabeth

AGENDA 11/3

Introduce new vocabulary: The Crucible, Acts I and II
Review rhetorical terms entry project: Sample page for anaphora

HW: For Thursday, type up a rhetorical terms entry for any device found in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," and submit to turnitin.com. Don't forget to submit your Grapes of Wrath paper if you haven't already.