This week students will officially begin learning guided by the Hobbit. 

This week we'll finish up our exploration of 1984, then start the Hobbit.

This week we will wrap up our Dystopia projects after participating in testing.

This week students will continue developing their Dystopia and take a brief test over 1984. 

This week, we will continue our exploration of 1984. As we conclude our exploration of this Orwellian Dystopia, students will begin class Tuesday with a required journal response, followed by class discussion. From there, students will have the opportunity to wrap up their project based learning in preparation for submission. The due date is Thursday, March 14th. Thursday, we will begin the class with a cumulative reading test over basic concepts and events in 1984. After this, students will have the remainder of class to wrap up their projects. All students must have their projects ready to present/share on Tuesday, March 19th (students with extended time will not receive late points deduction if they need time past Thursday. All other students will receive points deductions each day it's late.) Please note, they must be done at the beginning of class that day. No submissions will be accepted after this deadline.

 

Tuesday 03/12/2019: Finish the book! ^_^ Review the book, previous tests, discussion notes, and class notes to prepare.

Thursday 03/14/2019: Relax and think about how you would like to share your Dystopian project with the class.

Students will continue their exploration of 1984. On Tuesday, students will take a very short test designed as a reading check over section 2. From there, we will engage in a fishbowl Socratic seminar. If time permits, students will work on their project-based learning. On Thursday, students will engage in discussion about perspective and satire relating to 1984. After this discussion, students will work on their project-based learning.

Homework:

March 5: read 1984 section 3, chapter 1 & 2; work on project

March 7: read 1984 section 3, chapter 3 & 4; work on project

Students will begin the week with a Vocabulary assessment. From there, students will be given time to journal. We will conclude Tuesday's lesson by introducing project-based learning for 1984 and dystopian lit. Students will begin by looking at creating a contract with their project group.

Thursday will begin with journal response, then move onto the class discussion, and end with project-based learning.

 

 

This week, we will review grammar and punctuation. On Tuesday, we will apply these rules to revisions of our first three paragraph prompt responses. Students may opt to write a new paragraph using a provided prompt, as well. Students who require more support will be provided video reviews specific to each concept to reference. From there, the teacher will be available for one on one or small group support. Students will be graded on participation in these revisions. Students with incomplete data, or data expressive of need from the diagnostic assessment completed last week will also develop a success plan, focused on improvement of grammar and mechanics.

 

On Thursday, we will return to our exploration of 1984, practicing these rules in all written work, including journal and paragraph prompt responses.

 

Beginning Thursday (02/21), students will be required to maintain a word document with all journal responses, to be remitted at the end of book 2 (03/05) and book 3 (03/19) for a grade. The beginning of each class will be dedicated to completing these journal entries.

 

Homework Tuesday:

Revisions from class should be finished and submitted for a grade. No homework.

Homework Thursday:

Chapter 1-4, Part II

This week we will review vocabulary for 1984 Part Two before taking a grammar and punctuation test designed to identify areas of opportunity for improvement. Students will grade these in class to identify their needs. Our findings will dictate what our focus is for next week. Students are encouraged to use this time to catch up on any reading and work from part one.

This week we will continue our exploration of 1984. Students are expected to have read through chapter 7 in preparation for class on Tuesday. Students will continue to begin each class with a journal prompt. Each journal prompt requires that students focus on three things:

• What does it say? (Literal meaning)
• What does it mean? (What can we infer?)
• What does it matter? (What is the significance?)

So far, we’ve eased into these journal responses – as they’re a bit more structured than most journal responses in terms of format. Last week, we focused on making sure each student included all three elements, regardless of the format. Please encourage your wonderfully intelligent student to have an open mind to the deconstructed nature of these exercises, because this week students will be expected to respond to these prompts using a chart to visually differentiate between these three different aspects of evaluating a text.

 

Our itinerary for the week follows:

Tuesday:

Journal #4

Nonfiction reading “The World of Doublespeak”

Graded activity

Homework:

Chapter 8

 

Thursday:

Part One Test

Journal #5

First Journal grade

For this journal grade, students are responsible for having Journals 1-5 completed. Many students have submitted their journal responses to me thus far. I have given whole group feedback on journal response expectations such that they can improve their responses prior to the review.

Paragraph prompt #3

Homework:

Vocabulary list

Please review our itinerary for the week:

This week, we will begin our study of 1984. Students will use the digital text, which can be accessed here: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984

Our itinerary for this week follows.

 

Welcome back! This week we will conclude our exploration of The Taming of the Shrew by watching 10 Things I Hate About You and discussing before we begin our exploration of 1984 next week.

This week is finals. Students will take a test over The Taming of the Shrew and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

We will begin this week by doing an essay test over the Taming of the Shrew. Students were informed last week that this essay is due at the end of class today and advised that if they require more time they may begin early. On Thursday students will begin viewing 10 Things I Hate About You.