4/29

Take Chapter 1 Quiz on Scantron!!

Reminder: Turn in study guide from Ch. 1

Complete the Ch. 1 connection assignment on Canvas.

Reminder: Ch. 1 vocab assignment due by 11:59 tonight! Submit a shareable link of your doc to Canvas.

Funny Friday: Looney Tunes Yeti (2 mins)

Ch. 1 OMM

Reminders:
Character sketch papers were submitted to Turnitin.com last Friday.

If you were absent yesterday, please pick up a handout of questions from Rhianna's music video "American Oxygen" and turn in your handout from Tuesday's large group for 20 points.

Ch. 1 as a class w/ recording (28:05 minutes)

complete study guide by end of hour

Vocab assignment posted to Canvas, due Friday, April 29 at 11:59 pm

American Dream

(5 mins) Stamp & check answers from Tues handout (20 points -- 5 per quad)


Watch American Oxygen by Rihanna (5:20)


(10 mins) Class Discussion: What is the American Dream? What does the American Dream mean to us today? 

(10 mins) Answer questions on exit ticket while listening to this playlist (on shuffle throughout day)

Discussion with time that's left

Yeeeehaaaw! Welcome, migrant worker, to the great city of Soledad, California. We are so sorry you have been displaced by the 1933 dust storms, but we hope you enjoy your work balin’ hay and tillin’ the fields jus’ as well here.

As you move from farm to farm, please fill out the following information on the notes handout given to you (matching quadrant colors) as you learn more about people you may see and work with on the ranch:

1. Get to know characters and their American dreams by looking at the pictures and reading what is on the back of the paper plates provided.
2. Fill in the blanks for themes listed at the ends of each row.
3. List all items in the tote as they are significant to plot and characters.
4. Please be respectful of items, keep them together in the tote, and leave them there.
5. Also be respectful of your fellow migrant workers and bosses.

Thank you!
If you are wearing a cowboy hat today, sign the extra credit list at the end of the mod for 10 points.

WANT EXTRA CREDIT? WEAR A COWBOY HAT TO LARGE GROUP NEXT TUESDAY 4/26.

Today's Schedule
Submit your Julius Caesar paper to Turnitin.com for up to 100 points! This is where your final draft will be graded. 

No submission here = 0/100 on Canvas/Skyward

You DO NOT have to create an account if you have submitted before. Enter your email. If you forgot your password, reset it.

Funny Friday: "My Heart Will Go On", Worst Choir Ever?

Class ID:

Deprey mods 3-4 = 11028070

Deprey mods 11-12 = 11028085

Deprey mods 13-14 = 11028096

Wampler mods 1/2 class code: 11027875
Wampler mods 5/6 class code: 11027899
Wampler mods 9/10 class code: 11027907

Password:

Pulaski

Speed Dating Revision

First 5-10 minutes: 

Create Easy Bib for Works Cited Page using this information:

Title: Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Paperback 

Publishing Date:

19 Jun 2008 

Authors:

Mustashrik Mahbub (Author), Richard Appignanesi  (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), & 1 more

Speed Dating Revision!
After you have completed all "dates", make edits to your paper and check in with your teacher!

Revise your essay for variety in sentence structure.

Make sure you have at least 1 of the following types of sentences in your essay. Highlight each one in your essay for the final draft. There should be a total of 6.

Click here for the example essay.

Click here for the large group handout of sentence examples. Check them off as you complete them so you know what you have left.

Click here for a sentence checklist.

4/19

A Janitor's 10 Lessons on Leadership video story

Sentence structure tips for tomorrow's revision

Exit Response: List the 10 lessons, and star the 3 you believe are the MOST important.

4/18

Motivational Monday video: Justin Timberlake Innovator Award Speech (start at 5:15) "Anyone who feels 'weird or different' your critics don't matter."

SSR day 1

Check books for points.

Assign books to those without a book.

SSR reflection on Canvas

Choose 1 question, and respond in 5-7 sentences on Canvas -- 10 points

4/15

Complete rough draft and self-revision checklist TODAY by 11:59 pm & submit to Canvas- worth 60 points 

Today: Continue drafting and editing. Make sure all proper nouns are capitalized (names, places, title of the play), check that there are periods at the end of each sentence and that you have cited all of your quotes!

Get a NEW SSR book you would enjoy reading for the remainder of the quarter. You will earn points for having it in class on Monday.

Funny Friday: Remi Gallard Mario Cart (dedicated to all you drivers out there)

Alistair Mathys selfie

4/14

Read an example completed essay.

Make a copy of your outline document, and change the name from "outline" to "draft".

Turn the new doc into FIVE paragraphs by deleting the examples and labels.

Complete the Self-Revision Checklist when you are finished

Outline due today!

Outline due today!

**Need to have SSR book by Monday FOR POINTS*

Write the conclusion together - click here for the video instructions (9 mins)

Submit a shareable link of your outline doc to Canvas and complete outline by midnight

Leadership presentation

Leadership Lessons & How to conclude your essay

4/11

Motivational Monday video: The Mind

Continue working on outline - Goal for today: Get through at least the 2nd body paragraph!

Want to see the Julius Caesar essay rubric? Click here! The final essay is worth 100 points

Analysis writing

Color your character essay outline (find quotes in study guides) due Wednesday 4/13 **add in works cited page on outline*

Click here for a quote key

4/8

Continue working on outline - Goal for today: Get through first body paragraph, move onto second body paragraph!

Want to see the Julius Caesar essay rubric? Click here! The final essay is worth 100 points

Analysis writing

Color your character essay outline (find quotes in study guides) due Wednesday 4/13 **add in works cited page on outline*

Click here for a quote key.

Funny Friday: Gallon Smashing

Check color your character prewrite.

Want to see the Julius Caesar essay rubric? Click here! The final essay is worth 100 points

Analysis writing

Color your character essay outline (find quotes in study guides) due Wednesday 4/13 **add in works cited page on outline*

*Use the book and your study guides for evidence and quotes. Click here for a quote key.

Good leadership (2:47) vs. Bad leadership (2:30)

Pass out Character Sketch Worksheet

Matczak Example

Practice matching quotes to characters

Choose your character!

Color your character! 

Use the quote key to find evidence

Due tomorrow in Thursday's lab class

Opening video

Opening music

WATCH ACT 5 in large group.

Answer a handout of movie and post-movie questions for what happened to the main characters.

Motivational Monday video: The Meaning Jim Carrey (4:15)

Spring Break Questions

Due to the March snow day, today's reading time will be used for Julius Caesar. If you finish Act 4 early, you can read your choice book.

SSR last reflection ON PAPER:

Please include your first and last name and book title.

Book's conclusion -- Satisfying or disappointing? 

Why or why not?

Would you recommend this book to your peers?

Feedback on SSR format with discussions on Canvas. 

What would you keep? What would you change?

Julius Caesar: Order of events

Check answers in class.

Finish reading Manga Act 4 with study guide.

Study guide for Act 4. Goal: Finish pages 132 - 163 today. Turn in your study guide for Act 4 TODAY!

**The ancient practice of sati was when a recently widowed woman would sacrifice herself on her husband’s funeral fire by laying on it and burning alive.

SSR books if time.