English 10A 2016-2017

 Monday, November 28, 2016

1. Part 1 Review for final test
       Work in lab to demonstrate your understanding of elements of literature by creating a 20 question multiple choice quiz.  See the sample questions on the handout. Print and turn in with the assignment sheet handout.

2. Part 2 Review for final test
     Go to vocabulary.com and complete the review activity on the vocabulary target words. 

3. Part 3 Review for final test
      Go to NoRedInk.com to complete the review activity on the English skills targeted this trimester. 

4. Part 4 Review for final test
    




Tuesday, November 8, 2016 

1. Finish your GoogleSlides Presentation; share with me; grading tonight!

2. Return to your written summary; make the following revisions & additions:

• First: Add an introductory paragraph that includes the following: 
  
  

·      the title of the story  (in quotation marks; capitalized)

·      the author of the story

·      a sentence explaining the basic setting/situation of the story

·      a sentence or more introducing the main character/s in the story

·      a sentence briefly explaining the main problem or conflict in the story

Second:  Refine, revise, edit, the summary you wrote as you read the story.  This will form the next part of your essay (following the introduction paragraph from Step 2); be sure to include your explanation of the

events of RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, and RESOLUTION in your assigned story.

Third:  Add a paragraph explaining the message(s)/theme(s) of the story. Be clear about how this/these themes relate to us today.

....to be continued.....








Monday!  November 7, 2016:

16 (minimum)  GoogleSlides Including :

1.     On your first slide, include the following:

1) an image related to your story,  title and author of story                            

2) your name,

3) your class period.  (1 slide)

2.     On your next five slides, create a bulleted list on each showing: 

1) the rising action,

2) conflicts,

3) climax,

4) falling action, and

5) resolution  (5 slides)

3.     On your next three slides, select an important character in the story and find three statements this character said/thought or someone else said about him/her. Put each on a slide and be ready to explain what each statement shows about that character’s personality and values. (3 slides)

4.      Look back at your story and find 3 examples of literary devices (this could be a simile, a metaphor, and a personification --- or other literary devices such as irony, satire, allusion, foreshadowing, flashback, etc.).  Put each on a separate slide; label each.  Explain how each example contributed to the effectiveness of the story. (3 slides)   Helpful link:

http://www.literarydevices.com/

5.     Evaluate the story on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “not a good story,” and 10 being “my favorite story ever!”  Then list five thoughtful supporting reasons for your evaluation.  (1 slide)

6.     Look back at the story and select two examples of “wow” writing; these examples should show the skill of the author to put together words in an impressive way. Put each on a separate slide and explain why you think each is “wow worthy.”  (2 slides)

7.     Final slide: another image related to your story and a final quote that you think relates to the theme/message of the story. Explain. (1 slide)

English 10 link https://quizlet.com/join/rxHXFmGtA     quizlet

THursday: October 27, 2016
Periods 2 and 3
Today they’ll be working with the Chromebooks (Cart 2)
1. Go to NoRedInk.com and work through “Parallel Structure Practice.”
2. On NoRedInk.com also take the “Quiz: Parallel Structure.”
3. Once the quiz is completed: Go to Vocabulary.com Sign in using the Google link that
pops up (they should know how to do this; they have used this website

Monday, October 17, 2016

Periods 2,3

Work Day:

1.     Dangling/Misplaced Modifiers LESSON/PRACTICE --- NoRedInk.com

2.     Dangling/Misplaced Modifiers Quiz --- NoRedInk.com

3.     Vocabulary.com   BUILDING YOUR CRUCIAL ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

QUIZ DUE TODAY! Modifiers!
Then: Vocabulary.com   Vocab quiz on these words next week, Tuesday!

 

Monday, October 10, 2016

We'll have a Chrome Book cart today. 

You are assigned a number; you get 3 points for properly putting your Chrome Book in the proper slot, plugged in with correct cord!

Part 1: Create an account at vocabulary.com

English 10 Period 2 http://vocab.com/join/2HTM7HQ

exposition, irony, moral, resolution, conflict, foreshadow, characterization, climax, theme, metaphor, point of view, suspense, simile, setting, protagonist, flashback

English 10 Period 3 http://vocab.com/join/1P82VQD

       Work through the Short Story Elements vocabulary 

       review/practice as well as the "Mr. Mike's Class-Contents

       of the Dead Man's Pocket" ( a short story we will be 

       reading).

Homework: 1) Bring textbook!   2) Finish vocabulary.com assignments if not finished in class!

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Fahrenheit 451: Read to page 165.

Movie viewing!

Tomorrow we'll review the test format (and finish the movie); Thursday we'll have the test.  Turn in packet Thursday.

Note:

Make-up Work Option:  If you missed completing one or more of your class packet writings, you may select one or more of the following questions for your written reflection/s.

Fahrenheit 451 Questions:

1.     Explain the importance of knowledge.  Relate your response to the novel.

2.     Using Clarisse, Montag, and/or the war to establish your point, defend the necessity to “ask why.” Relate your response to the novel.

3.     The novel was a warning to society at the time it was written. How can the novel can still be used as a warning to people in America today.

4.     Explain what/how changes begin and progress in Montag.

5.     Write about the significance to the novel of one or more of the following quotations.

A.   “We need not to be let alone.  We need to be really bothered once in a while.” (1,17)

2. “’It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.’” (1,19)

3. “. . . that’s the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.” (3, 9)

4. “The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching. . .” (3,11)

MINORITY REPORT Questions:
 
1. The first individual arrested for the future murder of his wife seemed to be suffering from “a short fit of madness” as Thomas Reid would describe it, considering he discovered his wife was cheating on him. In today’s society, we tend to be more lenient for such a circumstance. We even have different sentences for the different situations surrounding a crime ex. Murder 1, 2, Rape, Statutory rape. In the movie, the punishment is the same for all, isolation from society, and life in general. Could a society today accept a standard punishment for all crimes? What about for certain crimes, such as murder?  Explain your answer.

2. Suppose you know someone is going to perform x action, does that impact that someone’s choice to do x action? In the movie, Danny dive’s into the issue saying “we arrest individual’s who have broken no law.” Fletch responds: “but they will.” Danny counter’s saying “but it’s not the future if you stop it … isn’t that a fundamental paradox?” John enters and demonstrates his answer. He rolls the ball across the workstation, and Danny catches it before it falls to the ground. Did his preventing the ball from hitting the floor change or prevent its future? Explain your answer.

3. When they visit the temple, John states that “its better to not think of [the precog’s] as human.” This is a dehumanizing statement, and sort of seems like these children are robots, undeserving of humane treatment. Do you think this would be an accurate assessment? Do you think it’s worth dehumanizing 3 children (or anyone for that matter) to achieve a system of crime control of this magnitude? Explain your answer.

4. John escape’s to a house of a woman who he says “invented pre-crime.” He wants some sort of explanation of his predicament. She tells him that “the precogs are never wrong, but they sometimes disagree” and “sometimes someone might have an alternate future,” but that precog could not function “with a hint of fallibility.” If the precogs disagree sometime, does that hamper the foundation pre-crime is founded on? Explain your answer.

5. The plant lady says that the basic instinct is survival. “When the chips are down every creature is interested in one thing, and one thing only, its own survival.” Do you think she’s right? Do humans only “survive” or do we strive for some other end.  Explain your answer.

6. The movie identifies people with eye scanning and retina identification. For instance, in the GAP store, everyone that walked in would get scanned and then greeted with advertisements suited to their previous tastes.  How would a system like this affect our civil rights? Are “targeted” Google ads similar to this? Explain your answer.

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Monday, October 3, 2016

Fahrenheit 451: Read  to page 160.

Be ready for test Thursday!

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Homework: Read and Take notes on this article:
     https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jul/22/features.neilmcintosh

In Class today:
1. View and take notes on John Green's 5 minute video related to Fahrenheit 451.
2. View, discuss, record 10 predictions that came true related to technology at http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/07/news/10-ray-bradbury-predictions-that-came-true/
3. Read and discuss pages 112-123 in Fahrenheit 451.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome back to Week 3!

Monday, September 19, 2016

Today we'll view, discuss, crystallize (take notes) on three short, but excellent and helpful, Ted Talks.  If you are absent, you should follow the links below, view each video, take notes on each (on the packet handout for Thursday, Friday, Monday, September 15, 16, 19).

Ted Talk #1: Joe Kowan "How I Beat Stagefright"  Approx. 8 minutes.
               http://www.ted.com/playlists/226/before_public_speaking
Ted Talk #2: Julian Treasure "How to Make Your Audience Want to Listen"  Approx. 9 minutes.
               http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen
Ted Talk #3: Amy Cuddy "Body Language"   Approx. 20 minutes.
               http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are

HW: Bring your "Bag Speech" bag and objects and notecards! Rehearse at home!

Reminder: You may not use your outline for notes; the outline is a planning tool, it is NOT notecards.

Reminder 2: You may speak without notes if you like, but if you want notes, they must be on notecards (3 x 5 inch or 4 x 6 inch).

Tuesday, September 20th: It's BAG SPEECH DAY!

Relax, be a great audience for your peers, have some eye contact,  have good posture, do some vocal warmups, relax!

Reminder: AFTER you speak, complete the self-evaluation form (top half of handout).
Reminder 2: Each student will be assigned a peer evaluation for one or more classmates (bottom half of handout).

Reminder 3: Relax. Breathe in. Breathe out. Clench your fists for 20 seconds. Smile. You can do this.

Reminder 4:  Below you'll find a copy of the handout you received in class last week.

  









Welcome to English 10A!

In first trimester, we'll be studying short stories (some poetry and nonfiction too),  Ray Bradbury's classic novel Fahrenheit 451, public speaking (the "Bag" speech of introduction), composition, English grammar and usage.

Day 1 (Tuesday): 
1. Housekeeping tasks: seating chart, textbook details, classroom basics.
2. Who is this person teaching us? (I'll share a bag, three objects, and a few stories about me).
3. In class writing: Select one or more of the following questions; answer each thoughtfully and thoroughly on the "packet" handout:

• What’s your favorite book? Why? What’s your most hated book? Why?  
• Do you like reading hard copies or online sources better? Why?
• What are your favorite games or sports to watch or play? What is it about these games or sports that appeal to you?
• What sorts of things do you hope we’ll do in this class?
• What sorts of things do you hope we will not do in this class?
• Do you like acting or giving speeches? Why or why not?
• What are a few places you have traveled? (near or far)
• What’s your favorite place to relax? Why?
• What would you say is one of your strengths?
• What would you say is one of your weaknesses?
• What goal do you have for yourself for this month?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What will you be doing? Will you like it?
• Are you generally a more introverted or extroverted person in class?
•  Are you generally a more introverted or extroverted person with your family and friends?
• Do you like animals? Which? Why? Why not? Any pets? Now or past?
• Anything you’d like me to know?

Day 2 (Wednesday): 

Day 3 (Thursday): 

Day 4 (Friday):