HELLO!

HAVE YESTERDAYS

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

ON YOUR DESK

 Do Now! Copy new vocabulary words

 You should have completed your panel on “The Crucible” and gmailed it to my address  (cc yourself).

Next vocab test is on Friday, Dec. 04, 2009.

    Vocab #’s 201-21.

Daily Quote: John F. Kennedy: “ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them”.

ÒDo now! Set up your computer and google “Visualization”.

In your notebook:

Ò1. Define it

Ò2. Write three extra lines of your choice from your research

ÒCreate one visual cell with text on “The Crucible”. You will focus on a character or theme that will guide you on your choice of image and written text.

ÒUse your class notes and previous research to help you make your choices.

ÒDaily Quotes: “Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in…….”   author unknown

ÒDo Now:

ÒEstablish Tabula Rasa

ÒHave you been paying attention to “The Crucible”?

ÒWere you oblivious?

Ò Have you focused and taken notes in class?

ÒThink analytically and critically when you do today’s assignment.

ÒIt is worth 100 points.

   Friday is VOCAB-ATHON 100

Daily Quote: “Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven”.                                    Edward de Bono 

Selected reading for constructed response:

ÒThe accused in Salem were essentially condemned before they went to trial.  Those who decided to live by admitting to witchcraft were ostracized by society much as those thought to be communists were blacklisted during the McCarthy era.  People as a group can get caught up in the moment and act in an irrational manner.  The events in Salem are a solemn reminder of what can happen when we allow ourselves to be carried along with the crowd.  We must think hard about how we can preserve our system of justice so as not to risk repeating such an awful moment in history.  

Ò  Ostracize: to blackball or reject

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Ò“The events in Salem are a solemn reminder of what can happen when we allow ourselves to be carried along with the crowd. “(This is called a stimulus - Something causing or regarded as causing a response).

ÒDiscuss the implications of the above statement and give three examples of mass mind in contemporary society.

ÒImplications: An implied meaning, a suggestion

ÒSolemn: Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.

Do now: Place 100 vocabs on desk to be checked. All cards must have a graphic symbol for mnemonic purposes.

Remember: Friday is 100 vocab day. Don’t be absent. Monday and Tuesday are half days. It will be unfortunate if you have to return to school at three o’clock to make up your test. The policy still holds – there are only 4 days available for your make-ups, then you receive a 0.

Class Objective: Continue “The Crucible” and assign a new constructive response.

Daily Quote: “A man who is "of sound mind" is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key”.
                                                                Paul Valery  

Friday November 13, 2009 

Vocab test on words from 80 - 100

}Do Now: Place your notebook on the assigned space for your class. I will check them for your homework assignments and daily quotes. I will return them to you tomorrow. Please put them on the correctly labeled space.

}Tomorrow we will have a writing workshop on constructed responses. Be prepared and ready to write.

}Don’t wait until the last moment! Friday is your 100 word checkup. Review twenty

words a night and you should be ok.

}STUDY and REVIEW.

}Class focus: To finish “The Crucible”

}Daily Quote: We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.                                                     Buddha

}Do Now: Clear desk except for note book. Date next blank line and take notes on the presentation. Focus on the character traits of Abigail and Goody Proctor (Elizabeth)

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}Homework: In notebook compare and contrast Abigail and Goody Proctor using 20 lines of your notebook.

}Vocab Test: Friday – Vocab.

                               Numbers 81 - 100

}Daily Quote: “No adultery is bloodless”.

                                                                                             Natalia Ginzburg

Monday: November 09,2009 English 3

}Do Now:  1. Copy this week’s vocabulary on cards. This completes another 100  words.

}2. Place your journals on desks for a homework and journal check.

}3. In your notebook copy the following definition: Expectations: to await some occurrence or outcome, implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning.

}4. In your journal I expect you to Write two full pages on any expectations that are placed upon you.

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}Homework:  Discuss the implications of one of the following quotes from “The Crucible”, said to Elizabeth by John Proctor :

}1. “ It is mighty wintry in here….”

}2. “Your justice could freeze beer”.

}You must complete 18 lines in your notebook.

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}Daily Quotes: “Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable”.  W. Wassertein

      

   “Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it  a reality.”                                      

                                                                                           Ralph Morrison

Thursday: November 5, 2009 English 3

Do Now! 

In your journal note book go to the entry "I FEEL LOST WHEN...." and on the empty page choose one of the following prompts and write a full page:

1. DID YOU EVER FEEL LIKE..........

2. WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING I FEEL..........

3. I IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE BY.............

The remaining two quotes will be homework that will be due on Monday. No late work will be accepted.  Of these two quotes you choose the one that will be two full written pages. The other will be a written page and a collage. Please don't wait until the last moment. You are graded on quality and having the assignment done on a timely fashion.

We will continue viewing "The Crucible"

Tomorrow there will be a vocab test on #'s 61-80. I am giving you a break to start the new grading period. This week only I will not include any words from previous lists. Take advantage and and start with  100 points.

Daily quotes: 

"Something there is that doesn't like a wall." Robert Frost

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in." Robert Frost

Wednesday: November4, 2009 English 3

}Do Now: Finish Vocab symbols and memorize #’s 61-70 for oral quiz.

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} During the above class work each student will receive a private conference on their first quarter grade. This will include an opportunity to discuss missing work and a two day window for makeup.

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}Absent: It is your responsibility to set up a private meeting after school.

Thursday: October 29, 2009

Do Now:

Do Now: Have notebook, vocab cards, and journals ready for inspection.

}This should include your journal homework from the love and life posters on the back board.

Begin Class Viewing of The Crucible

Remember: Vocab Test Tomorrow!

Daily Quote: 

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." 

                       Albert Einstein

Wednesday: October 28, 2009 English 3

}Do Now: Set up for computer lab and immediately begin to finish your four page data base for the words you selected from the themes in “The Crucible”. Your goal will be to come up with a thesis statement (Topic) that will have to do with a Contemporary (NOW) issue. This topic will be the theme of your  research paper and 10-15 slide powerpoint.

}During this time I will be checking your Notebook, Journal and Vocab Cards.

}For my classes the quarter will end on Friday of this week. Please get your house in order. Nothing will be accepted for this quarter after Friday.

}Daily Quote: “I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.” Levon Helm 

Tuesday: October 27, 2009

}Do Now:  Finish Benchmark

}Copy new vocab for the week

}From Back posters on board choose this weeks journal prompt. It must be typed for your journal entry. You decide: A) two written pages OR  B) One written page and one collage page. Due on Thursday (No exceptions)

}Vocab test this Friday: Includes first 60 words. Review first forty and study today’s twenty new words.

}Grades close next week. Get the points while they are available.

}Daily quotes:

}“You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.” ~R. Renkl

}“Don't be fooled by the calendar.  There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.”  ~Charles Richards

}“Leave no stone unturned.” Unknown

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Benchmark Monday: Oct. 26,2009

It’s Benchmark Day

}Today’s an opportunity for you to:

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}1. Make extra class points by sticking to the test, focusing, and doing your best.

}2. During the test I will observe the work you are doing and grade you accordingly. It’s a great painless way of adding to you’re average. It’s just a matter of reading with your mind focused.

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}Remember: Tempus Fugit and Carpe Diem

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NO TALKING OR WASTING TIME

If you were absent on Monday,

Make ups are scheduled for Tuesday.

Thurs: 10/22/09

Do Now! 

Copy Daily Quotes:

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts...  " Wm. Shakespeare

"To be or not to be, that is the question..."  Wm. Shakespeare

"What a piece of work is man..." Wm. Shakespeare

"All that glitters is not gold." Wm. Shakespeare

"Be not afraid of greatness."  Wm. Shakespeare

In your notebook copy " All the world's a stage...." and write 15 lines to be checked at the end of class. Use the full quote as you have copied in your notebook.

This is a read, think, write, and share process.

Upon completion complete the symbols on your vocab cards.

Wed: 10/21/09

Shortened half day schedule.

Students in attendance worked on computers gathering data for I Search project.

Thurs: 10/22/09 I Search

The overall goal of  I-Search is to actively engage yourself in the research process as you pursue questions of importance that you care about.

 

You decide what your topic will be based on the word or list of words that were presented to you!

 

Monday: You will have your data base ready and your topic and you will be able to discuss your thesis statement and where you are going with your research.

 

      Explore a topic

        and satisfy your curiosity

 

 

        Develop your inquiry skills

Vocab Test #'s 1-40

Remember:

Vocab Test Tomorrow!

Show me what you know.