Grade+10+Class+Agenda+-+2nd+Quarter+-+2011-12

=__January 25, 2012__= Exam Review / Recuperation =__January 24, 2012__= English Goal-setting for Student-led Conferences. Exam Review / Recuperation =__January 23, 2012__= Conventions Correction Assignment for Persuasive Essays.

Exam Study Guide =__January 20, 2012__= **Final hour for editing and sharing with peers** **Final copies of Persuasive Essays due at the end of the school day.**

=__January 19, 2012__= Draft Writing continued. Peer and self-editing using the __**Conventions Error List**__

=__January 18, 2012__= Draft Writing.

=__January 17, 2012__= Outlines and all research for Persuasive Essays due. Review Conventions Error List Grammar Assignment. Review and correct errors from Soliloquoys / Dramatic Monologues Due in class.

Begin essay drafts. =__January 16, 2012__= Bibliographies Brainpop Online Video Bibliography stations activity for online sources

=__January 13, 2012__= Internet Research may be allowed in class, depending. Begin Outlines

=__January 12, 2012__= Persuasive Essay Notes. Brainstorming Essays

=__January 11, 2012__= Videos on Persuasion: class discussion and analysis. [|Logical appeal video] [|Emotional appeal]

Candian military recruitment videos [|from 1980] [|Current]



=__December 9, 2011__= Performances of Irony Skits __Remember__: You must email me a typed copy of your skit the night before if you want me to print copies for you and your group. =__December 7, 2011__= Work on Irony skits. Finish Writing. Begin rehearsing. __Performance__: Any students not attending school Friday. =__December 6, 2011__= Work on Irony Skits. Writing =__December 5, 2011__= Begin working on skits. Assign groups, brainstorm ideas Begin writing. =__December 2, 2011__= Finish Lamb to the Slaughter =__December 1, 2011__= Lamb to the Slaughter Vocabulary Begin Story Lamb to the Slaughter p. 148 in INTERACTIVE READERS

=__November 30, 2011__= Irony + Ambiguity Notes Create and write examples: 1 Ambiguity 1 Verbal Irony 1 Situational Irony

=__November 29, 2011__= Reveiew Story and Poem "Catch the Moon," and "Secret Heart." Chart due Tomorrow (Wednesday) **Finish Evaluating Arguments Tests (30 minutes)**

=__November 28, 2011__= __Interactive Reader Story__ **-"Catch the Moon," and "The Secret Heart," p. 116**
 * Answer all the questions in the sidebars and complete the chart on p. 130**

=__November 24, 2011__= **In class writing test** - Evaluating Arguments from Two Articles. =__November 23, 2011__= Oral Practice - Making emotional and logical arguments

=__November 22, 2011__= Vocabulary: Good samaritan articles: p. 287 Reading of "If Decency Doesn't, Law Should Make Us Samaritans" p. 286.

=__November 21, 2011__= 20 minutes of class time: Sharing / Finishing Armero Poems Notes on Evaluating Arguments. Ppt. Mini Assignment - Using a list of Issues on the board. Students write a 2 sentence attack or defense with 1. a logical appeal, using expert opinion, statistics, facts 2. an emotional appeal, using anecdotes and loaded words Reading of "The Parable of the Good Samaritan." p. 278. Discussion =__November 18, 2011__= __Sharing Day - No Classes__ =__November 17, 2011__= Finish 3rd column of chart with information from video. __DUE AT THE END OF CLASS__

Choose purpose for your poem. Poem due Monday. =__November 16, 2011__= Armero news video (Spanish).

=__November 15, 2011__= Read article "Ill-equipped Rescuers Dig out Volcano Victims..." p. 267 Answer questions #8-9 p. 270

Question #10 - Comparison of Article and Story.p. 270 Create a 3 column chart comparing the story and article, and a 3rd blank column for the news video tomorrow.

=__November 11, 2011__= Read "And of Clay are we Created" p. 256

=__November 10, 2011__= But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
 * Isaiah 64:8 **

Class discussion on this bible quotation:

Vocabulary Practice: 10 words and Sentences. = = =__November 9, 2011__= Theme Cut-up Activity: Look at the themes, subjects, and morals and make a mini-plot summary for each story. =__November 8, 2011__= Finish excerpt from __Catcher in the Rye__ and answer questions attached. =__November 4, 2011__= Quotation Marks worksheets due (5 sheets from Nov. 1-4) Read 1stt half of __Catcher in the Rye__ excerpt.

=__November 3, 2011__=

=__November 2, 2011__= Finish Narrator and Voice Powerpoint == Quiz on Narrative Voice and Tone

=__November 1, 2011__= Notes on Narrator and Voice ==

=__**October 31, 2011**__= QUIZ ** on Informational Unit, articles and documents from the Interactive Reader ** =__October 28, 2011__= Review of Informational Text Unit with Mr. Olsen

=__October 27, 2011__=
 * __10B__**
 * __Day 7 – “Teen Driver’s Guide and Permit Application”__**
 * p. 374** Read the “before you read” section and take notes on the information on a separate piece of paper in the reading section of your English notebook. Make sure you write down and understand the definitions of all of the words on the page that are in **boldface** (eg. “**Boldface**” “**Bullets**” “**logical sequence**” etc.). This is an example of a functional document. It gives a set of instructions for you to interpret.
 * p. 375-379** Read the Guide and the Permit application Form. Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions. On **p. 378-379**, fill out the form as best you can (you can be creative and invent things for fun).
 * p. 380** Complete the test practice questions.

This last day is for catch up. If the class is not finished the work from any of the above articles, you may finish the work this day. If the class is finished all the articles, you may use the time to study your notes from the unit or work on assignments from other classes. =__October 26, 2011__=
 * __10A__**
 * __Day 8 – Catch – up day.__**
 * __10A__**
 * __Day 7 – “Teen Driver’s Guide and Permit Application”__**
 * p. 374** Read the “before you read” section and take notes on the information on a separate piece of paper in the reading section of your English notebook. Make sure you write down and understand the definitions of all of the words on the page that are in **boldface** (eg. “**Boldface**” “**Bullets**” “**logical sequence**” etc.). This is an example of a functional document. It gives a set of instructions for you to interpret.
 * p. 375-379** Read the Guide and the Permit application Form. Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions. On **p. 378-379**, fill out the form as best you can (you can be creative and invent things for fun).
 * p. 380** Complete the test practice questions.

No class - early dismissal =__October 25, 2011__=
 * __10B__**
 * __Day 6 –“The Great Blizzard of ’88; The Land Is an Ocean of Snow” Continued__**
 * p. 341-347** Read the second article “The Land Is an Ocean of Snow.” Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.
 * p. 348-349** Complete the Elaboration Chart and the test practice questions. You may use information you have already created in your elaboration chart from your notes, p. 337.

=__October 24, 2011__=
 * __Day 5 – “The Great Blizzard of ’88; The Land Is an Ocean of Snow”__**
 * p. 336-337** Read the “before you read” section and take notes on the information on a separate piece of paper in the reading section of your English notebook. Be sure you understand the difference between **primary** and **secondary sources.** Also understand how to identify **main ideas** and **elaborate** on them. Create a chart in your notes like the one on p. 337 to fill in as you read the articles.
 * p. 338-340** Read the first article “The Great Blizzard of ’88.” Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.

=__October 21, 2011__=
 * __Day 4 - “Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age; The Iceman Ate-eth Meat; Iceman of the Alps Was Slain, X-ray Shows” Continued__**
 * p. 330-332** Read the 3rd article: “Iceman of the Alps Was Slain, X-ray Shows.” Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.
 * p. 333-334** Complete the Synthesis chart and the test practice questions

=__October 20, 2011__=
 * __Day 3 – “Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age; The Iceman Ate-eth Meat; Iceman of the Alps Was Slain, X-ray Shows”__**
 * p. 324** Read the “before you read” section. We have already taken notes on synthesising sources, so you do not need to take notes on this section (unless you don’t have them from before). Make sure you understand the key steps in bold: “**Find the main idea,**” “**Compare and contrast**,” etc.
 * p. 325-329** Read the 2 articles: “Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age” and “The Iceman Ate-eth Meat.” Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.

=__October 19, 2011__=
 * __Day 2 –“Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World” Continued__**
 * p. 318-320** Read the second half of the article. Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.
 * p. 321-322** Do the **5W-HOW R**esearch Question chart and the test practice questions.

=__October 18, 2011__= **Hi students. I'm away for 8 days to be with Ms. Marcos and our new daughter, Lucy. No sleep for us anymore!**

**Below is an independent study unit that I have prepared for all of you to do. Please read the instructions carefully. I'm sorry I won't be there to explain everything in person, but I'm sure you will help each other. You should receive a copy of the 8 day schedule of what to do each day. If you are able to, I encourage you to work together to understand the material.**

**Everything you need to do is in your __Interactive Readers__**




 * __Day 1 – “Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World”__**
 * p. 312** Read the “before you read” section and take notes on the information on a separate piece of paper in the reading section of your English notebook. Make sure you write down and understand the steps on how to think up research questions. **__Remember, research questions are questions for further research that are based on the article. They are not questions that are already answered in the article.__**
 * p. 313-17** Read the **first half** of the article. Pause and answer all the questions in the sidebars and circle/underline all of the text where it tells you to in the instructions.