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=April 17 Tues- Your work for today: (because this did not work well yesterday), Silently read the H/O I am passing out. After you have done that, summarize the information and write it in the correct place on your graphic organizer. One or 2 good sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS will suffice. Turn in at bell.= = = = = = = =Tues. March 27- who is Odysseus going to see and why? Do Now Handout attached to movie log #3= = = = = =Monday, March 26 Do Now- Complete answers 1 and 2 on the handout I just gave you. Keep it somewhere safe because it will also be collected as part of your Odyssey unit grade.= = = = = =Thurs March 8- Do Now- Describe the selection process.= = = = = = = = = =Tues March 6- Do now- How did Elie's feelings about religion change so far? Give examples from the book= = If your do nows are not dated, I will not grade them!! = = = = = = = = = =MOnday March 5- what was tatooed on the prisoners' arms?= = = =Fri March 2- Do Now "we were withered trees in the heart of the desert" is an example of what literary device?= = POSTERS DUE MONDAY!!!! ANY TURNED IN LATE WILL BE DOCKED 10 POINTS FOR EACH DAY LATE!!!! MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES ON THE DIRECTIONS AND INCLUDE ALL PARTS OR MORE POINTS WILL BE DOCKED!!!!!! = = = = =

=THURS. march 1- do now-what happened to Mrs. Schacter on the train and WHY? Get your reading logs or your reading packets out and get ready to read.= = = = = = = =Wed. Feb 29 Do Now- What would to say to someone who says the Holocaust never happened?= = If your do nows are not dated, I will not grade them!! = ==

=Tues Feb 28-Do now- How does Elie Weisel describe his father in ch. 1?= = If your do nows are not dated, I will not grade them!! =

= HW- read pp 9-12 of your reading packet. The vocab words at the bottom of page 12 (except phylacteries) will be on a vocab quiz on Monday,Feb. 27 = = = =Tues. Feb 21- Do now- Write the main idea and 3 supporting details from the article I gave you on Fri.= = HW- read the h/o I am going to give you now. Please remember: you are responsible for all work when you are absent. It is up to you to see me or Chris and make arrangements for getting missed work. = = = = = = = =Friday, Feb. 17- Do now- from the article "Hate in Alabama" I gave you the other day, write the main idea in a complete sentence and then give 3 supporting details. Then, pass up your do now sheets.= = HW- read the article I will pass out and be prepared t write about n on Tues. = = Have a great weekend! = = = = = == = = = = = = = = =ues. Feb 14-Do now- From last night's H/W reading, identify the main idea and 3 supporting details on you do now sheet.= = HW- Read the handout I am passing out. = = = = = = =
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= = = = = = =Mon. Feb 13- Do Now: Have you ever seen a real Holocaust survivor tell his /her story? What are your expectations and feelings about watching one?= = HW - Read the H/O I will pass out. = = = = = = = = = =FRI. Feb 10- Do now- check your notes and write down 1 thing new that you learned about the Holocaust>= = = = = = = =Thurs. Feb 9 - Do now- From the ppt you saw yesterday, name the 4 steps that lead to genocide. (hint- the slide with the arrows)= = = =Wed. Feb 8- Do Now- When you think about the Holocaust, write down 3 thoughts that come to mind.= = Notebook checks will start tomorrow, I hope you are prepared today. = = = =Tues. Feb 7- What do you know about global warming? Where did you learn it? Bring a notebook to class tomorrow= = = = = =Mon/ Feb 6 do now: Did you watch the Superbowl? Happy with the Giants win? Halftime entertainment? Tell me what you liked and what you didn't like.= = = = = = = =Wed Feb 1- do now- Explain again the Butterfly Effect.= = HW read pp518-522. = = Vocab quiz p 517Mon. = = = = = = = =Do Now_= =Turn to p 308 in your books and find the kind of appeals writers use to persuade you.= = HW read pp 516-517 to prepare you for tomorrow's assignment Vocab quiz Mon. p 517 = == = = = = =Mon. Jan 30 - Do now- Would you rather go back in time or forward in time? Why?= = = = = =Fri. Jan 27- Do now- Mayor Nutter is offering a 20,000 reward for turning a murderer and a 500 reward for turning in illegal handgun owners. What do you think of that and why?= = = = = =Thurs. Jan 26- Do now- what is a paradox? Give an example?= = = = HW- copy the following terms and their definitions into your notebook after the first set you copied last month. THEME MOOD ALLUSION FLASHBACK SYMBOL FORESHADOWING INVERSION PARADOX You can find them on the left locker and they are also in your textbooks. = = = = = = = =Wed. Jan. 25- Put your homework on your desk and complete the do now: What is the butterfly effect? Explain with an example.= = = = HW-use the following words in a sentence: annihilate, delirium, resilient, revoke. = = = = = =Tues. Jan 24- do now- Think for a minute and then answer this : Can a butterfly flapping it's wings in South America affect the weather in Phila? Yes or No? Explain= = HW- research and tell me who discovered the Butterfly Effect(not the movie, the scientific concept) and how did he do it? =

= = = = =Fri. Jan. 13- Do Now- From infancy to old age, how many phases of your life do you think you will go through? First a baby, then..., then..., then.......... til you are very old. Turn in your do nows when you are finished.= = = = = =Thurs. Jan 12- do now- In the poem "Internment", what does the speaker not want to see but sees it anyway?= = Major poetry exam Tues. Jan 17- will include literary terms and specific poems. Take good notes this week so you can use them. = == = = = = =Wed. Jan 11 - Do Now Make the connection p 436= = Major poetry exam Tues. Jan 17- will include literary terms and specific poems. Take good notes this week so you can use them. = = = = = = = =Tues. Jan 10- Do now- Write a haiku about your favorite animal.= = Major poetry exam Tues. Jan 17- Literary terms and the poems we read in class. = = = = = = = =Mon. Jan 9- Do Now - Quickwrite p 418- Make sure you follow directions and complete all 5 images.= = Tues. Jan 17 - Major poetry exam will include literary terms and specific poems. Take good notes this week so you can use them. = = = = = = = =Fri. Jan 6- Do now- Quickwrite p 405.= =Remember- enjoying good poetry is all about feelings!!= = = = = =Thurs Jan 5 Do Now-Text p 412 question #6= = = = = = = =Wed. Jan 4 DO NOW- WHAT IS A CATALOG POEM? p 408 Also, how many other kinds of poetry have you heard of? Name them.= = = = = = = =Tues. Jan 3- Welcome back and Happy New Year. Starting today I will not give you credit for any do Nows that don't have a date on them. So do now- what was the best part of your vacation?= = = =Wed. Dec 21- Do now- Define: Hyperbole, assonance, alliteration= = = = = = = =Tues. Dec 20- do Now- Based on what you learned about the 60's, would you have liked to grow up in that decade? Why or why not?= = = = = = = =19- Do now- what did you learn from your 60's poster project that you didn't know before? If you learned nothing you probably did not do very good job.= =Then, put away your do nows. get a copy of cornell notes, and then go to the word wall and copy the literary terms from the first wall onto your Cornell notes= Mon. Dec. = = =Thurs. Dec 15- Do Now- In a persuasive essay, explain what a logical, ethical, and emotional appeal is. Check your Cornell notes.= = = = = =Wed. Dec. 14 Do Now- Choose 2 words from the list on p 309 and use them correctly in a sentence= = = = = = = =Tues. Dec.13- do now- What is the difference between irony and ambiguity? Lady and Tiger take home test due FRI., poster project due FRI= = = = = = = = = =Tues. Dec.13- do now- What is the difference between irony and ambiguity?= = = = = =Monday Dec 12- Do Now- How was justice determined by the king in "The Lady or the Tiger"= = = = = = = = = = = =Thur. Dec 8= = = =Read pp 284 -85 then define on your do now sheet: three kinds of irony, and the term ambiguity.= =HW - Write a correct sentence for each word on p 297. TEST on " Gift of the Magi" m/c and essay on Tues.=

= = = = = = = = =Thurs Dec 8 do now- Read pp 284-285 and complete the "practice" exercise on your do now sheet= = = = = = = = = =Wed Dec 7:do now- What was the best gift you ever gave and why? Then, read the white box on p286 to prepare you for the stories. Major test on The Gift of the Magi on Tues., Dec 13. Posters due Dec15= = = = = = = = = =Tues. Dec 6 Do now- What was the best gift you ever received and why?=

= = = = = = = = =Tues. Nov 22- do now-using your notes, tell me the story of Persephone.= = = = = = = = = = = =Mon. Nov. 21- do now- on your DO NOW sheets, answer- Who were Athena, Aphrodite, and Demeter?= = = = = = = = = = = =Mon. Nov 14- Follow directions carefully! = = Put your name on the Scantron sheet and the test ID letter -A or B. Each row has a different test so don't look at your neighbor's paper. = = If your name and the ID letter A or B is not on the bubble sheet I can not grade it! Do questions 1-25 = =DO NOT write on the question paper= = You may use your notes. = = = = = = = = = = = =WED. Nov 9- PLEASE DO NOT MOVE THE DESKS! Do now- write in your notes the difference between subject, plot, and theme.= = = = = =Mon Nov 7 do now- Turn in HW. Do now- quickwrite on p 220.= = = = = = = = = =Fri. Nov 4- Find 1 partner and complete all the answers to the handout. Please share the workload and put both of your names on the paper when you turn it in.=

= = = = = = = = = = =Thurs Nov 3 Do Now- On a piece of scrap paper that I will collect and grade identify the following from The Sniper: 1.) Topic 2.) Main Idea 3.) 2 supporting details=

=Nov 2- Copy all the the terms and their definitions from the blackboard on the left into your notebooks. There is a MAJOR end of unit test next Thurs. Nov 11, and all of those terms will be on it. I will help you with anything today that is not in the book=

=Mon. Oct 31 Do Now- open your books to p 211, take out a piece of paper, and do the quickwrite. I will collect it in 10minutes= = = = = = = =Thurs. Oct 27- Turn in Marigolds questions today. Tonight, read pp 184-190. Four articles about Poe to prepare you for your assignment tomorrow.= = = = = = = = = =Get a text book and open it to p 121!!!! We are going to continue reading. When we finish there will be questions to answer for a BIG grade so pay attention= = = = = = = = = = = = = =Fri. Oct 21. - Open your books to p 183 and read the Page SILENTLY!!!! Then, read the 4 articles that follow that talk about the death of Poe. When you are finished reading, do all 3 questions on the top of p 191 to the best of your ability. Turn in your work at the end of class. This will count as a QUIZ grade in my gradebook so do a good job.= = = = = = = = = = = =Fri. Oct 7 I spoke to Mr. Stanley this morning about your work. For today, finish reading the Interlopers. Then answer questions 3,4,5,and 6 on p 157 for a grade in my gradebook. Turn in at bell. You do not have to copy the questions, just answer them in complete sentences. We will have a seating chart on Tues. till I learn your names.=

==Wed. Oct.12- Look at the words impunity and retribution on p 172. What part of speech are they? Are they synonyms or antonyms? Use each word correctly in a sentence. Then, copy the questions from the board onto a piece of paper. As we read the story, we will pause for you you to answer the questions. You will turn them in after we finish reading for a quiz grade.== = = =Thurs. Oct 13- Use the words recoiling, endeavor, and obstinate from p172 correctly in a sentence= =Tues. Oct 18- read p 183 silently to prepare for today's lesson. Then, look over the vocab. words on the same page=

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