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.