Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/26/16

Agenda:

Journal Day!!

Here are the directions for class today, if you did not complete these journals in class they need to be finished for homework.  Number these diary entries #3, #4, & #5.

Homework: Finish journals BUT with a catch :-)  SELFIE-CHALLENGE!!  Take a selfie of yourself with your completed homwork with a creative hashtag, you will be awarded 5 bonus points for this.  If you finished your journals in class then take the time to independently read for 20 minutes this weekend.  Take a selfie of yourself including the last page you read with a creative hashtag! 5 points will be awarded as well.  Can't wait to see your selfies!!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/25/16

Agenda:

Objective:  To continue reading, analyzing and connecting with The Diary of Anne Frank

1) Warm Up - Take One!  Multiple Choice check in of ActI Sceneiii, Discussion

2) Finish Act I Scene iii if we did not in class yesterday

3) Historic Background Share Out - I have come across some great information about Miep that I want to share with you!  This will be done during a lecture with many opportunities to ask questions.

4) Finish your Indirect Characterization sheet for class tomorrow - add Mr. Dussell!!

5) If there is time, independently read.

Homework:  Indirect Characterization Sheet  complete for tomorrow

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/24/16

Agenda:
1)Warm-Up - Take One Multiple Choice Act I Scenes i & ii

2) Read Scene iii

3) Agenda Book

Homework: Journal
Write as a one page journal entry.  Why are Miep and Mr. Kraler known as their protectors?  Are they brave?

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/23/16

Agenda:
1) Finish reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" Act I Scene ii. 

2) Complete Indirect Characterization Chart for the characters you have been introduced to - when quoting to cite where it came from and who said it! Ex: (pg.358, Anne)
Absent??  Pick this up when you are back in class!

3)Agenda Book

Homework: Journal Entry -

THOUGHTS??

After finishing the first two scenes, which character sticks out the most to you (for + or – reasons)? Why? Explain your reasons with specific details. This journal entry must be AT LEAST ONE page in length. Anything shorter will not be graded.

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/22/16

Objective: To dive deeper in the world of Anne Frank

Agenda:
1) Journal Response to Article - We will discuss the topic of the article before we move into our reading for the day.

2) Begin the play "The Diary of Anne Frank"  - roles will be assigned and will change every Act so if you are interested in a role you will have the opportunity to read it!

3)Agenda Book

Homework:  NO homework tonight

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/12/16

Objective:  To continue to collect knowledge about the Holocaust

Agenda:
1) 6,000,000 activity share out!

2) Humanities Article - Refugee Crisis of WWII and the Refugee Crisis Today

3) Journal Response - "Darkness cannot drive out the dark, only light can do that.  Hatred cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."  MLK, Jr.  Respond to this quote

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/10/16

Agenda: Peer Edit Par-Tay!!!

Using our Tear It Up edit sheet we will follow the steps below:

1) Self-Edit (5-8 min)
2) Peer Edit Round 1 - find an editor of the same sex (15 min)
3) Peer Edit Round 2 - find and editor of the opposite sex (15 min)
4) Class time left? begin to consider the feedback you received from your editors and start making changes/adjustments to your essay!

Homework: Bring in a clean copy of your final essay and graph as well as your grading rubric to be handed in at the beginning of class tomorrow!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/9/16

Agenda:

1) Easy Bib Tutorial - easybib.com
    Today we will create your individual accounts that you will use from here on out whenever citing sources.

2) Let's Chat.....Closing Paragraph!!
   Below are some reminders when building your closing paragraph as well as some "DO NOT's"!!!

Homework:  Have in class with you a final draft of both your essay and graph for a peer edit party!


**One or more of the following strategies may help you write an effective conclusion.**

• Play the “So What” Game. If you’re stuck and feel like your conclusion isn’t saying anything new or interesting, ask a friend to read it with you. Whenever you make a statement from your conclusion, ask the friend to say, “So what?” or “Why should anybody care?” Then ponder that question and answer it.
  You can also use this strategy on your own, asking yourself “So What?” as you develop your ideas or your draft.
  
• Return to the theme or themes in the introduction. This strategy brings the reader full circle. For example, if you begin by describing a scenario, you can end with the same scenario as proof that your essay is helpful in creating a new understanding. You may also refer to the introductory paragraph by using key words or parallel concepts and images that you also used in the introduction.
  
• Synthesize, don’t summarize: Include a brief summary of the paper’s main points, but don’t simply repeat things that were in your paper. Instead, show your reader how the points you made and the support and examples you used fit together. Pull it all together.
  
• Include a provocative insight or quotation from the research or reading you did for your paper.
  
• Propose a course of action, a solution to an issue, or questions for further study. This can redirect your reader’s thought process and help her to apply your info and ideas to her own life or to see the broader implications.
  
• Point to broader implications. For example, if your paper examines the Greensboro sit-ins or another event in the Civil Rights Movement, you could point out its impact on the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. A paper about the style of writer Virginia Woolf could point to her influence on other writers or on later feminists.
  

DO NOT

• Beginning with an unnecessary, overused phrase such as “in conclusion,” “in summary,” or “in closing.” Although these phrases can work in speeches, they come across as wooden and trite in writing.
  
• Stating the thesis for the very first time in the conclusion.
  
• Introducing a new idea or subtopic in your conclusion.
  
• Ending with a rephrased thesis statement without any substantive changes.
  
• Making sentimental, emotional appeals that are out of character with the rest of an analytical paper.
  

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/5/16

SNOW DAY!! 

Enjoy the 3 day weekend....we will extend our essay due date to Tuesday.....come in Monday with your graph completed and your most up to date rough draft in hand in preparation for your final draft!

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/2/16

Objective:

Agenda:

1) SRI Test - If you were absent today we will schedule a time to take this, preferably after school.

2.) Forging ahead with our 3 paragraph essay!
      Finish organizing your research into your graphic organizer.  Next, begin writing/typing a working rough draft for class tomorrow.  We will use this rough draft for a peer edit activity.  What does this REALLY mean? 
**You need to make sure you have all three paragraphs on your paper (not looking for "completed" paragraphs)
** I'm looking for your hook/grabber sentence and your thesis in the intro paragraph
**I'm looking for the answers to your research questions (why endangered?, what are we doing to help?)  in the body paragraphs
**I'm looking for a closing/clincher sentence

This is a ROUGH rough draft....which is OK!  The peer edit will help a ton tomorrow!!

A few DO NOTS
*DO NOT hand your graphic organizer to your peer editor tomorrow
*DO NOT hand your cell phone to your peer editor tomorrow to read your draft on googledocs, they can't write on your phone! :)


                                     

Today's Class and Tonight's Homework 2/1/16

Happy February!!

Objective: Continue research on a given topic as we overlay the rules of a 3 paragraph essay into our work.

Agenda:

1.)"How to write a Killer Thesis" video

2.) Hook/Grabber Discussion

3.) Finish research and/or begin rough draft.

Absent???  Make sure you get the "How to write a 3 paragraph essay" and Outline handouts when you are back!

Homework:  ALL research is to be completed and with you in class tomorrow!!