AP Seminar
Well, that's it when it comes to the documents! We've had a very rich few days working through our document pack to determine various themes and connections. I was very impressed with the work that you were doing in your silent discussion related to themes and connections. This weekend, it's time to put all that to work.
Your first task is to read the sample IWA and apply the rubric. What is this person's question? What's the theme? How is this person using a variety of perspectives. Read, annotate, and score.
After you've done that. It's time to plan and work. What's your question? What's your theme? What are your documents? Be sure to work through your summarizing sheet (shared earlier this week) as that will give you a good framework to move forward.
Advanced Russian
Tests are in. Projects are coming in. Scores will be seen in PowerSchool this weekend. And we are moving on. Over the weekend it is important that you finish any preparation for your poetry recitation so that we can get that settled up.
You should all work this weekend on completing your Chapter Preview and begin work on your new vocabulary in the new units. Unit 7 is for Russian II (weather and plurals) and Unit 9 is for Russian III (food and instructions).
If you felt shaky in your exam today, be sure to study and prepare for a reassessment this weekend. Once I hand back your work you will have just one week to complete a reassessment. The same will be true for your projects as well.
Russian I
Today in class we went back to square one as we went back to our idea of agreement, cases, and adjectives as well as nouns. Remember that as we do this work we will have endings for nouns and endings for adjectives. These endings work together. Keep this in mind as we continue to use these and learn them. I hope that after our guided practice today you were able to make corrections to your work related to your animals.
After that we learned the endings for the three other cases - Accusative, Dative, and Instrumental - before we practiced with them to write sentences using verbs.
Over the weekend, you should have four exercises completed in Chapter 2. These are Exercise 2, 4, 7 and 8. On Monday we'll be doing a help session with these exercises. Be ready in case you are called! You should also be focused on learning your colors for our first vocabulary quiz in this unit - Friday.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
AP English Announcement
Students!
Please make sure that you have turned in your Transcendentalist for a Week project on Google Classroom! Use the space there. Once I've marked your rubric, I'll return it to you online. It'll say it's missing, but don't stress out. As I start grading I see 8 missing assignments still.
Please make sure that you have turned in your Transcendentalist for a Week project on Google Classroom! Use the space there. Once I've marked your rubric, I'll return it to you online. It'll say it's missing, but don't stress out. As I start grading I see 8 missing assignments still.
Homework for A-Day Students: 27 February
AP English III
Today was our final day to look at a new text as part of our unit on Transcendentalism. I hope that you enjoyed reading Hurston. I only wish that we had more time to complete our Socratic Seminar since I think that it gives everyone a greater chance to participate in class and share observations.
Tonight, you should be focused on your research work as well as pulling together ideas and texts to prepare for our unit assessment next week. Next week you'll have a timed writing (synthesis) paired with short answer questions on the various texts that we have read. Be ready! Study and review your annotations. In class on Friday, we'll take a look at some sample synthesis responses before you have time to complete your sourcepack work.
The next phase of your research paper is to formalize your argument (DADS) and to complete your outline for the paper. We'll discuss this next week in terms of what my expectations are; however, you should be attempting to synthesize various bits of information to support your own argument. Don't approach your outline by working through just one source in one paragraph.
If you have any issues with your progress report, missing assignments, or would like to exchange rubles for extra credit, be sure to see me about that this week.
English IV
Today in class we really changed things around since we're now working on studying novels on our own and with smaller groups of our peers. Remember that you can change your book one time if you don't like it. I would suggest that you stay with the same book the whole time - they're all pretty great stories.
If you are interested in earning extra credit this quarter, you have the chance to read a second book on your own. You can take a look at any of the other books that are in this unit. There will be an extra credit assignment given toward the end of the third quarter.
Next class we'll continue to read our books in class, and you'll have your first group meeting. Think about the different roles that we have in class and consider which one you would like to do for the first group meeting time.
Today was our final day to look at a new text as part of our unit on Transcendentalism. I hope that you enjoyed reading Hurston. I only wish that we had more time to complete our Socratic Seminar since I think that it gives everyone a greater chance to participate in class and share observations.
Tonight, you should be focused on your research work as well as pulling together ideas and texts to prepare for our unit assessment next week. Next week you'll have a timed writing (synthesis) paired with short answer questions on the various texts that we have read. Be ready! Study and review your annotations. In class on Friday, we'll take a look at some sample synthesis responses before you have time to complete your sourcepack work.
The next phase of your research paper is to formalize your argument (DADS) and to complete your outline for the paper. We'll discuss this next week in terms of what my expectations are; however, you should be attempting to synthesize various bits of information to support your own argument. Don't approach your outline by working through just one source in one paragraph.
If you have any issues with your progress report, missing assignments, or would like to exchange rubles for extra credit, be sure to see me about that this week.
English IV
Today in class we really changed things around since we're now working on studying novels on our own and with smaller groups of our peers. Remember that you can change your book one time if you don't like it. I would suggest that you stay with the same book the whole time - they're all pretty great stories.
If you are interested in earning extra credit this quarter, you have the chance to read a second book on your own. You can take a look at any of the other books that are in this unit. There will be an extra credit assignment given toward the end of the third quarter.
Next class we'll continue to read our books in class, and you'll have your first group meeting. Think about the different roles that we have in class and consider which one you would like to do for the first group meeting time.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students - 26 February 2019
AP Seminar
I enjoyed seeing you all collaborate today to create your lesson plans. Be sure that before our next class (Thursday) you have turned in your lesson plan and that you have shared with me any materials. If you need me to make copies, please tell me.
Once we've finished going through the final three documents it'll be time to start consolidating your work and considering your question. Remember, just like the TMPOD, you'll want to revise and refine your question as you research and work. By the end of this week, you should complete the final summary document (given in class today). Also, if you've missed class, please be aware of what you have missed. See Google Classroom or a classmate to get caught up.
Next week we begin with our IWA work! Be ready!
Advanced Russian
Today was the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae called verbs of motion. We completed final exercises and translations, reviewed the importance of perspective when it comes to speakers, and we reviewed many of our conjugations. I also gave out and reviewed the study guide for the exam.
Your examination is Thursday. You should have all projects completed this week and submitted to be scored. Addtionally, if there is anything that you want to resubmit, it is time to do that now. Resubmissions will not be accepted past this week.
Russian I
Today we began on adjectives. Adjectives are just like nouns - they have gender and they have cases. Remember the key idea of agreement! Adjectives and nouns must agree in case and gender - remember, we can't separate red from t-shirt (it's just one thing). For tonight, to practice with adjectives and endings in nominative, genitive, and prepositional case we have exercises 2.2 and 2.4. Practice with your endings and try to get these memorized.
Like I said, we are basically reviewing all of Unit 1 as we go through Unit 2. This will be a faster unit, but for those of you who are a bit unsure of your skills from Unit 1 - know that you'll have a lot of opportunities to improve. That being said, be sure that you have reassessed your test from Unit 1 within the next two weeks!
I enjoyed seeing you all collaborate today to create your lesson plans. Be sure that before our next class (Thursday) you have turned in your lesson plan and that you have shared with me any materials. If you need me to make copies, please tell me.
Once we've finished going through the final three documents it'll be time to start consolidating your work and considering your question. Remember, just like the TMPOD, you'll want to revise and refine your question as you research and work. By the end of this week, you should complete the final summary document (given in class today). Also, if you've missed class, please be aware of what you have missed. See Google Classroom or a classmate to get caught up.
Next week we begin with our IWA work! Be ready!
Advanced Russian
Today was the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae called verbs of motion. We completed final exercises and translations, reviewed the importance of perspective when it comes to speakers, and we reviewed many of our conjugations. I also gave out and reviewed the study guide for the exam.
Your examination is Thursday. You should have all projects completed this week and submitted to be scored. Addtionally, if there is anything that you want to resubmit, it is time to do that now. Resubmissions will not be accepted past this week.
Russian I
Today we began on adjectives. Adjectives are just like nouns - they have gender and they have cases. Remember the key idea of agreement! Adjectives and nouns must agree in case and gender - remember, we can't separate red from t-shirt (it's just one thing). For tonight, to practice with adjectives and endings in nominative, genitive, and prepositional case we have exercises 2.2 and 2.4. Practice with your endings and try to get these memorized.
Like I said, we are basically reviewing all of Unit 1 as we go through Unit 2. This will be a faster unit, but for those of you who are a bit unsure of your skills from Unit 1 - know that you'll have a lot of opportunities to improve. That being said, be sure that you have reassessed your test from Unit 1 within the next two weeks!
Monday, February 25, 2019
Homework for Monday - A Day - 25 February
AP English III
Today we began to scratch the surface of Dr. King's article by focusing our discussion on his larger context and his use of allusions in the text. Next class we'll begin to formalize his argument as we compare and contrast his text with the others in this unit. Begin to draw connections now so that you're prepared for that conversation.
Tonight you should read what may be our last text of this unit - Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels To Be Colored Me". This text is available in 50 Essays as well as at this link. Next class we will be doing some more multiple choice practice. Be ready for that!
Outside of your reading, be sure that you are pulling together your research for your Synthesis Packs. These will be assessed next week and they are a major grade. Follow the instructions and use the template documents in Google Classroom. Additionally, all Transcendentalist Projects should be submitted to Google Classroom. I'll read and return rubrics to you later this week.
This unit will be ending next week and we'll be going on to The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Be sure that you have secured your copy of the text.
English IV
Today in class we completed our Poetry Unit test in which I asked you several questions about the different poems that we've studied and then to write a paragraph to show your skills in writing and reading poetry. I'll have this work graded and returned to you by the end of the week.
Next class we'll begin with our literature circles. Each of us will be reading a different book (some in small groups) in order to work on setting goals, accomplishing them, and studying a novel for your own enjoyment. Be ready for things in class to be a bit different as we move forward.
Be sure that if you have anything missing from this unit that it is complete by the end of the week!
Today we began to scratch the surface of Dr. King's article by focusing our discussion on his larger context and his use of allusions in the text. Next class we'll begin to formalize his argument as we compare and contrast his text with the others in this unit. Begin to draw connections now so that you're prepared for that conversation.
Tonight you should read what may be our last text of this unit - Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels To Be Colored Me". This text is available in 50 Essays as well as at this link. Next class we will be doing some more multiple choice practice. Be ready for that!
Outside of your reading, be sure that you are pulling together your research for your Synthesis Packs. These will be assessed next week and they are a major grade. Follow the instructions and use the template documents in Google Classroom. Additionally, all Transcendentalist Projects should be submitted to Google Classroom. I'll read and return rubrics to you later this week.
This unit will be ending next week and we'll be going on to The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Be sure that you have secured your copy of the text.
English IV
Today in class we completed our Poetry Unit test in which I asked you several questions about the different poems that we've studied and then to write a paragraph to show your skills in writing and reading poetry. I'll have this work graded and returned to you by the end of the week.
Next class we'll begin with our literature circles. Each of us will be reading a different book (some in small groups) in order to work on setting goals, accomplishing them, and studying a novel for your own enjoyment. Be ready for things in class to be a bit different as we move forward.
Be sure that if you have anything missing from this unit that it is complete by the end of the week!
Friday, February 22, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students - 22 February
AP Seminar
Wonderful work this morning delving deep into our documents as we discussed for a solid half of class. I appreciated hearing a variety of viewpoints and ideas as we were discussing and sharing. I decided that for our first foray, and since we had limited time, I'll be giving everyone a 100% for the first Socratic Seminar. For the next we will be attempting to earn all 20 points on the rubric.
At the end of class we formed our groups for our following documents. This weekend you should read all three and complete an analysis sheet for each. The one that is your groups to teach should be thoroughly read and analyzed. On Tuesday you will have time to work as a group to write your lesson plan and prepare to teach. We'll have lessons on Thursday and our final Socratic Seminar the following Monday.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent a solid hour speaking and using Russian to discuss various modes of transit for Russians on a daily basis. This was great work as we practiced with various verbs, prepositions, cases, and we learned a lot about culture. Then we took some time to review exercises before we wrapped our day.
Remember that all projects should be submitted by Tuesday. The exam will fall on Thursday. If you have yet to present your poem - be sure that this is ready on Tuesday. There is a space on Google Classroom to submit your projects.
We also have final exercises to complete. Russian II students should focus on the translation exercises (not the whole paragraph, just the sentences/dialogues) at the end of Chapter 6. Russian III students have a fill in the blanks exercise as well as the translations in set B.
I'm looking forward to seeing those of you competing at the Olympiada tomorrow! See you at Duke at 10:00 AM.
Russian I
Today in class we worked through our Unit 1 Test. I'll have these graded and returned to you next week. Over the weekend make sure that you have completed everything up to this point in PowerSchool. If something is missing, it needs to be turned in ASAP.
Over the weekend you should finish memorizing your poem and complete any project work (About Me). There is the Chapter Two Preview to work through as well. Skim the Chapter and review the grammar and vocabulary points. You should start to focus on the adjectives for your vocabulary.
See the note about the Olympiada for those of you competing!
Wonderful work this morning delving deep into our documents as we discussed for a solid half of class. I appreciated hearing a variety of viewpoints and ideas as we were discussing and sharing. I decided that for our first foray, and since we had limited time, I'll be giving everyone a 100% for the first Socratic Seminar. For the next we will be attempting to earn all 20 points on the rubric.
At the end of class we formed our groups for our following documents. This weekend you should read all three and complete an analysis sheet for each. The one that is your groups to teach should be thoroughly read and analyzed. On Tuesday you will have time to work as a group to write your lesson plan and prepare to teach. We'll have lessons on Thursday and our final Socratic Seminar the following Monday.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent a solid hour speaking and using Russian to discuss various modes of transit for Russians on a daily basis. This was great work as we practiced with various verbs, prepositions, cases, and we learned a lot about culture. Then we took some time to review exercises before we wrapped our day.
Remember that all projects should be submitted by Tuesday. The exam will fall on Thursday. If you have yet to present your poem - be sure that this is ready on Tuesday. There is a space on Google Classroom to submit your projects.
We also have final exercises to complete. Russian II students should focus on the translation exercises (not the whole paragraph, just the sentences/dialogues) at the end of Chapter 6. Russian III students have a fill in the blanks exercise as well as the translations in set B.
I'm looking forward to seeing those of you competing at the Olympiada tomorrow! See you at Duke at 10:00 AM.
Russian I
Today in class we worked through our Unit 1 Test. I'll have these graded and returned to you next week. Over the weekend make sure that you have completed everything up to this point in PowerSchool. If something is missing, it needs to be turned in ASAP.
Over the weekend you should finish memorizing your poem and complete any project work (About Me). There is the Chapter Two Preview to work through as well. Skim the Chapter and review the grammar and vocabulary points. You should start to focus on the adjectives for your vocabulary.
See the note about the Olympiada for those of you competing!
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 21 February
AP English III
Today in class we really focused in on our skills related to the AP Examination. First there was the Matchbox - the first of many - in which we collaborated in order to improve our ability to find the BEST answer when working through multiple choice.
From there, we went on to the Synthesis Question to determine some key skills and competencies involved in doing the assignment well. I've uploaded on Google Classroom the template documents that you will need to formalize your research question as it currently stands into a full Synthesis Prompt. Be sure to follow the instructions in the template documents as well as on the instruction sheet that I gave you today. This is the next step before you perform your outline as you are formalizing your question and your sources here.
Over the weekend you have the synthesis pack to begin on (if you finish it this weekend, get it turned in!) and then the reading for Monday - Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". See the previous post for the link to the reading, or find it in 50 Essays.
English IV
This weekend the main task that you have is to prepare for the upcoming exam on all of the poems that we have read so far. I would recommend that you check out a copy of our Edge textbook so that you can reread and review the poems again this weekend before you are tested on them.
The study guide I gave today in class gives you some tasks to complete, a list of key literary devices, and some ideas of the types of questions you will see on Monday.
Today in class we really focused in on our skills related to the AP Examination. First there was the Matchbox - the first of many - in which we collaborated in order to improve our ability to find the BEST answer when working through multiple choice.
From there, we went on to the Synthesis Question to determine some key skills and competencies involved in doing the assignment well. I've uploaded on Google Classroom the template documents that you will need to formalize your research question as it currently stands into a full Synthesis Prompt. Be sure to follow the instructions in the template documents as well as on the instruction sheet that I gave you today. This is the next step before you perform your outline as you are formalizing your question and your sources here.
Over the weekend you have the synthesis pack to begin on (if you finish it this weekend, get it turned in!) and then the reading for Monday - Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". See the previous post for the link to the reading, or find it in 50 Essays.
English IV
This weekend the main task that you have is to prepare for the upcoming exam on all of the poems that we have read so far. I would recommend that you check out a copy of our Edge textbook so that you can reread and review the poems again this weekend before you are tested on them.
The study guide I gave today in class gives you some tasks to complete, a list of key literary devices, and some ideas of the types of questions you will see on Monday.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 2 Hour Delay Day - 20 February
AP Seminar
Lots of changes to the Unit Plan and homework plan since I made a massive mistake in taking us through the unit. Here are the recaps for you.
Tonight - You should watch the TEDTalk and use the form I gave you in class to formalize and finish your annotations. Be sure to take notes as you watch as well. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Friday in which we pull together major ideas between the four documents that we will have studied by Friday's class.
I'll also be forming you into your groups for the final three documents to teach the class. You'll be taking the class through your document on Tuesday!
We'll be finalizing our work with the documents and moving on to the work on the IWA very soon. Be ready to finish our first round of document study next week!
Advanced Russian and Russian I
Today most of class was devoted to a project workshop. If your project is complete it should be turned in to the space on Google Classroom. Additionally, the poems should also be presented this week. If you have not yet completed your poem; it is time to finish your memorization and get it settled up. We will have exams coming very soon to wrap up our units.
Advanced Russian
Be sure that you have finished your exercises related to verbs of motion (Russian II) as well as the work related to conditionals and hypotheticals (Russian III). Friday will be one of our wrap-up and review days as we engage in actual tasks which will help us to prepare for the exam next week. Your Unit 6/Unit 10 examination will fall on Thursday.
A good way to prepare is to correct your quiz. This work should be done by Friday.
Russian I
If you are in need of extra credit for Unit 1, then your questions at the end of Chapter 1 are the best place for you to earn that credit. There are over twenty questions at the end of the Chapter 1 Exercises which you can answer for one half point of extra credit per answer. These questions are found on page fifty-six. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence and they must be done by hand. Any evidence of translator help will invalidate the whole response.
Your examination on Unit 1 is on Friday. Extra Credit will be accepted before the examination begins or on Monday (at the latest).
Lots of changes to the Unit Plan and homework plan since I made a massive mistake in taking us through the unit. Here are the recaps for you.
Tonight - You should watch the TEDTalk and use the form I gave you in class to formalize and finish your annotations. Be sure to take notes as you watch as well. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on Friday in which we pull together major ideas between the four documents that we will have studied by Friday's class.
I'll also be forming you into your groups for the final three documents to teach the class. You'll be taking the class through your document on Tuesday!
We'll be finalizing our work with the documents and moving on to the work on the IWA very soon. Be ready to finish our first round of document study next week!
Advanced Russian and Russian I
Today most of class was devoted to a project workshop. If your project is complete it should be turned in to the space on Google Classroom. Additionally, the poems should also be presented this week. If you have not yet completed your poem; it is time to finish your memorization and get it settled up. We will have exams coming very soon to wrap up our units.
Advanced Russian
Be sure that you have finished your exercises related to verbs of motion (Russian II) as well as the work related to conditionals and hypotheticals (Russian III). Friday will be one of our wrap-up and review days as we engage in actual tasks which will help us to prepare for the exam next week. Your Unit 6/Unit 10 examination will fall on Thursday.
A good way to prepare is to correct your quiz. This work should be done by Friday.
Russian I
If you are in need of extra credit for Unit 1, then your questions at the end of Chapter 1 are the best place for you to earn that credit. There are over twenty questions at the end of the Chapter 1 Exercises which you can answer for one half point of extra credit per answer. These questions are found on page fifty-six. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence and they must be done by hand. Any evidence of translator help will invalidate the whole response.
Your examination on Unit 1 is on Friday. Extra Credit will be accepted before the examination begins or on Monday (at the latest).
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students: 19 February
AP English III
First, there are some big changes to your unit plan outline to be aware of. First, I completely messed up your project reflection timetable. By Monday the 25th you should have seven small daily reflections and the overall reflection completed. All of this work is submitted to me via Google Docs. I appreciate the fact that I have already received some work from you! The first journal should focus on how you've changed your life for this project and why. Beyond that, the other daily journals should just focus on your process. Additionally, the next part of the research project that will be collected is the synthesis pack - this is where you'll codify your question and pull together some of your research. We'll work on this in class on Thursday.
There is no reading for Thursday, I want you all rested and ready for your ACT. There are vocabulary cards due for Thursday. On Thursday, we'll be doing some test related skills and then working on our research papers and the synthesis prompt. Continue to revise your research question and argument as you continue to find important source material.
For Monday, we'll be working through Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail" - this text is located in 50 Essays as well as at this link. The text is very long. It would be a good idea to divide it over the weekend.
English IV
Today in class we read the final four poems that we will see on our poetry examination next week. At this point we have read several poems and we've continued to focus on many of the same skills of determining vocabulary, focusing on figurative language, and then looking at the details which lead up to the theme. All of this is the key work to do on the NCFE at the end of the year too!
Tonight everyone who hasn't finished the TP-CASTT for their individual poems really needs to. We're going to move on to writing our essays and this first step is necessary.
First, there are some big changes to your unit plan outline to be aware of. First, I completely messed up your project reflection timetable. By Monday the 25th you should have seven small daily reflections and the overall reflection completed. All of this work is submitted to me via Google Docs. I appreciate the fact that I have already received some work from you! The first journal should focus on how you've changed your life for this project and why. Beyond that, the other daily journals should just focus on your process. Additionally, the next part of the research project that will be collected is the synthesis pack - this is where you'll codify your question and pull together some of your research. We'll work on this in class on Thursday.
There is no reading for Thursday, I want you all rested and ready for your ACT. There are vocabulary cards due for Thursday. On Thursday, we'll be doing some test related skills and then working on our research papers and the synthesis prompt. Continue to revise your research question and argument as you continue to find important source material.
For Monday, we'll be working through Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail" - this text is located in 50 Essays as well as at this link. The text is very long. It would be a good idea to divide it over the weekend.
English IV
Today in class we read the final four poems that we will see on our poetry examination next week. At this point we have read several poems and we've continued to focus on many of the same skills of determining vocabulary, focusing on figurative language, and then looking at the details which lead up to the theme. All of this is the key work to do on the NCFE at the end of the year too!
Tonight everyone who hasn't finished the TP-CASTT for their individual poems really needs to. We're going to move on to writing our essays and this first step is necessary.
Monday, February 18, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: Monday 18 February
AP Seminar
Today we began the work of moving through Performance Task 2 - The IWA and IMPOD. We spent time in class reviewing the components, the instructions, and the general outline of the task. From there, we went on to looking at two of our documents - both in verse. I've attached the slides from today's work in Google Classroom so that you have them as a record.
Tonight, you should go to Digital Portfolio and double check your final submission of your IRR. Additionally, you should find the Stimulus Pack - released to you via Digital Portfolio - and complete the reading and annotating of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". As you read, consider the connections that you can build between these three texts as well as the way in which King builds and supports his argument.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a split day. Russian II students focused on reviewing their knowledge on verbs of motion and related constructions (including cases). Russian III students learned new information connected to conditional and hypothetical situations. We worked through exercises which need to be completed tonight (Russian II - 6.11 / Russian III - 10.13) in order to practice with the concepts.
Additionally, you should all be finishing your project work (poems or Amazing Race) in advance of our due dates. All project work should be done by Tuesday of next week. The Unit Examination will follow shortly after that. You have all week to come in and make corrections to your quizzes in the spirit of resubmission.
Lastly, as I said in class - you should be at the point where you have most of your verbs memorized. It's time to start taking off the training wheels.
Russian I
Today in class I returned our most recent quiz on cases before we spent time going through our Russian Mad Libs to practice writing with a variety of cases. In our activity today we touched on and used all six cases. Hopefully this was a great practice for you all in making your case declensions and creating some goofy Russian sentences. If you would like to correct your most recent quiz, please see me during lunch or before school.
Tonight, you should all be focused on your project work. Many of you still have to perform your four lines of poetry to me and we all have our About Me projects due on Friday. There is space on Google Classroom to turn in your project slides. You can also come in outside of class to check your work with me.
Over this week we should be finishing our preparation on Unit 1 in advance of the examination on Tuesday. You have your study guide and your textbook and access to me as you need me. Be sure that you're preparing well!
Today we began the work of moving through Performance Task 2 - The IWA and IMPOD. We spent time in class reviewing the components, the instructions, and the general outline of the task. From there, we went on to looking at two of our documents - both in verse. I've attached the slides from today's work in Google Classroom so that you have them as a record.
Tonight, you should go to Digital Portfolio and double check your final submission of your IRR. Additionally, you should find the Stimulus Pack - released to you via Digital Portfolio - and complete the reading and annotating of Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail". As you read, consider the connections that you can build between these three texts as well as the way in which King builds and supports his argument.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we had a split day. Russian II students focused on reviewing their knowledge on verbs of motion and related constructions (including cases). Russian III students learned new information connected to conditional and hypothetical situations. We worked through exercises which need to be completed tonight (Russian II - 6.11 / Russian III - 10.13) in order to practice with the concepts.
Additionally, you should all be finishing your project work (poems or Amazing Race) in advance of our due dates. All project work should be done by Tuesday of next week. The Unit Examination will follow shortly after that. You have all week to come in and make corrections to your quizzes in the spirit of resubmission.
Lastly, as I said in class - you should be at the point where you have most of your verbs memorized. It's time to start taking off the training wheels.
Russian I
Today in class I returned our most recent quiz on cases before we spent time going through our Russian Mad Libs to practice writing with a variety of cases. In our activity today we touched on and used all six cases. Hopefully this was a great practice for you all in making your case declensions and creating some goofy Russian sentences. If you would like to correct your most recent quiz, please see me during lunch or before school.
Tonight, you should all be focused on your project work. Many of you still have to perform your four lines of poetry to me and we all have our About Me projects due on Friday. There is space on Google Classroom to turn in your project slides. You can also come in outside of class to check your work with me.
Over this week we should be finishing our preparation on Unit 1 in advance of the examination on Tuesday. You have your study guide and your textbook and access to me as you need me. Be sure that you're preparing well!
Friday, February 15, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 15 February
AP English III
I hope that all of you enjoyed our foray into philosophy today. Emerson's text is definitely one that makes a lot more sense the second time that you read it. I would highly suggest working through the text again, especially if you did not have any visible annotations on the article. Not good enough. Not anymore.
This weekend you should begin your Transcendentalist for a Week project. As we discussed in class, it doesn't have to be giving up something - but you should be aiming to simplify your existence in some way in order to discover a higher truth. Keep in mind that you have daily reflections as well as your overall reflection - everything will be collected via Google Drive. The due date for this work is 2/25 (seven days from the 18th).
Your reading for this weekend is Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" - this can be found in 50 Essays, or via this link. As you read, consider the similarities and differences between Thoreau and Emerson. Why is Thoreau so focused on simplicity? How does he continue to build on the trends of Transcendentalism and use paradoxes in his writing?
Both Thoreau and Emerson give you a wonderful opportunity for vocabulary cards - your next set for these two texts will be due on Thursday (on paper or electronic submission - if you're doing electronic, please continue to build on the same set as before).
Lastly, you should be actively researching and continuing to refine your research scope, focus, and question. I'll return the research question forms to you on Tuesday. Your next step is the outline. Be sure that you are working on this daily! Collect sources and consider how you will develop and prove your argument.
English IV
Today in class we focused on correcting our vocabulary unit tests as well as understanding how to use context clues when working on filling in the blank type of activities. From there it was a lot of independent work as we went through our poems and focused on determining the theme of the poem we are studying. This weekend, we don't really have any homework to complete. I would suggest though, that if your Poet Research Project is incomplete or has a low score that you work on that this weekend to make sure it has all of the needed parts.
I hope that all of you enjoyed our foray into philosophy today. Emerson's text is definitely one that makes a lot more sense the second time that you read it. I would highly suggest working through the text again, especially if you did not have any visible annotations on the article. Not good enough. Not anymore.
This weekend you should begin your Transcendentalist for a Week project. As we discussed in class, it doesn't have to be giving up something - but you should be aiming to simplify your existence in some way in order to discover a higher truth. Keep in mind that you have daily reflections as well as your overall reflection - everything will be collected via Google Drive. The due date for this work is 2/25 (seven days from the 18th).
Your reading for this weekend is Thoreau's "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" - this can be found in 50 Essays, or via this link. As you read, consider the similarities and differences between Thoreau and Emerson. Why is Thoreau so focused on simplicity? How does he continue to build on the trends of Transcendentalism and use paradoxes in his writing?
Both Thoreau and Emerson give you a wonderful opportunity for vocabulary cards - your next set for these two texts will be due on Thursday (on paper or electronic submission - if you're doing electronic, please continue to build on the same set as before).
Lastly, you should be actively researching and continuing to refine your research scope, focus, and question. I'll return the research question forms to you on Tuesday. Your next step is the outline. Be sure that you are working on this daily! Collect sources and consider how you will develop and prove your argument.
English IV
Today in class we focused on correcting our vocabulary unit tests as well as understanding how to use context clues when working on filling in the blank type of activities. From there it was a lot of independent work as we went through our poems and focused on determining the theme of the poem we are studying. This weekend, we don't really have any homework to complete. I would suggest though, that if your Poet Research Project is incomplete or has a low score that you work on that this weekend to make sure it has all of the needed parts.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - Valentine's Day - B Day
AP Seminar
You did it! Achievement unlocked! You presented your TMPOD and we are moving on to our next task. I am very proud of the work that you all did today and the way that you all rose to the occasion. I have released the stimulus pack to you through Digital Portfolio. We will start working through this on Monday as we begin Performance Task 2. I would recommend reviewing the documents this weekend, considering any connections you may see between them, and then being ready for some focused study of these documents over the next few classes.
Don't forget to complete the Week 2 Reflection as well as submit your IRR to Digital Portfolio this weekend.
Advanced Russian
This weekend we should all be focused on project work and reviewing verbs of motion that may have been challenging to us on the quiz today. On Google Classroom you'll see slides for today which include the example slide for your project. Use this as an example of what to do as you are working.
The other project is our poetry memorization - this should be complete on Monday or Wednesday. Come in and present your poem to me aloud. If it's not good enough, I'll invite you to return.
Russian III Students need to complete reading in your textbook - pages 419 to 421 review the conditional and hypothetical in Russian. Review these pages and take notes so that we can review the concept on Monday. This is the last grammar concept before our Unit 10 examination.
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of great writing and speaking to focus on the different cases, their sounds, and their jobs. We reviewed our film and discussed Nadya's actions through the film. From there, we spent time with our laptops working through our projects about ourselves.
This weekend you should finish the draft of your slides and writing. There should be an answer for each slide and there should be a photo. By the end of the project you should have used all six cases, a variety of verbs, and practiced with a lot of your Russian language skills. I'm available all week to review your work with you.
There are also our poem projects. Have your four lines memorized so that you can get your easy A on this assignment. You can come to me at any point next week to perform your poem.
You did it! Achievement unlocked! You presented your TMPOD and we are moving on to our next task. I am very proud of the work that you all did today and the way that you all rose to the occasion. I have released the stimulus pack to you through Digital Portfolio. We will start working through this on Monday as we begin Performance Task 2. I would recommend reviewing the documents this weekend, considering any connections you may see between them, and then being ready for some focused study of these documents over the next few classes.
Don't forget to complete the Week 2 Reflection as well as submit your IRR to Digital Portfolio this weekend.
Advanced Russian
This weekend we should all be focused on project work and reviewing verbs of motion that may have been challenging to us on the quiz today. On Google Classroom you'll see slides for today which include the example slide for your project. Use this as an example of what to do as you are working.
The other project is our poetry memorization - this should be complete on Monday or Wednesday. Come in and present your poem to me aloud. If it's not good enough, I'll invite you to return.
Russian III Students need to complete reading in your textbook - pages 419 to 421 review the conditional and hypothetical in Russian. Review these pages and take notes so that we can review the concept on Monday. This is the last grammar concept before our Unit 10 examination.
Russian I
Today in class we did a lot of great writing and speaking to focus on the different cases, their sounds, and their jobs. We reviewed our film and discussed Nadya's actions through the film. From there, we spent time with our laptops working through our projects about ourselves.
This weekend you should finish the draft of your slides and writing. There should be an answer for each slide and there should be a photo. By the end of the project you should have used all six cases, a variety of verbs, and practiced with a lot of your Russian language skills. I'm available all week to review your work with you.
There are also our poem projects. Have your four lines memorized so that you can get your easy A on this assignment. You can come to me at any point next week to perform your poem.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Homework for 13 February - A Day - PLC Day
Happy Early Release Day! Here are your reminders for Friday.
AP English III
You have now received your information on registration for next year. Remember that you have due dates and expectations. Please see me outside of class for recommendations on what to take next year based on my opinion - and I'll remind you that it's just that, my opinion.
For tonight you should complete the reading of Emerson's "The Over Soul" as well as complete your research topic planning document in full. I'll be collecting your research topics on Friday. We'll be doing a lot of discussion and work with Emerson on Friday as we understand what exactly the "Over Soul" is and what Emerson wants us to know about it. We'll also be getting more into the weeds on the philosophy of Transcendentalism. Your notes from Monday would be key in working through Emerson's writing. Our brief discussion and notes on rhetorical modes are also helpful and important. I posted an electronic version of the text in Google Classroom if you need it.
If there is anything that has not been graded or submitted for the Beloved unit then your time is quickly escaping. Books should be turned in tomorrow before school if they were missed today. Please see PowerSchool for the most updated information including those of you who are still missing an element of your final projects.
English IV
Today in class we started to end our unit on studying and reading poetry by completing our final TP-CASTT study of a poem as a group. Then, we transitioned into working independently on our own poetry study. Remember that this poetry study is going to end in a formal writing assignment. An essay in which you explain what the poem that you have chosen means to you and how the poet has developed that meaning to you.
If you did not finish your individual TP-CASTT sheet in class, it is important that you finish that for homework. I'll return the ones that I have on Friday and then we'll get started with writing and planning our essay responses.
AP English III
You have now received your information on registration for next year. Remember that you have due dates and expectations. Please see me outside of class for recommendations on what to take next year based on my opinion - and I'll remind you that it's just that, my opinion.
For tonight you should complete the reading of Emerson's "The Over Soul" as well as complete your research topic planning document in full. I'll be collecting your research topics on Friday. We'll be doing a lot of discussion and work with Emerson on Friday as we understand what exactly the "Over Soul" is and what Emerson wants us to know about it. We'll also be getting more into the weeds on the philosophy of Transcendentalism. Your notes from Monday would be key in working through Emerson's writing. Our brief discussion and notes on rhetorical modes are also helpful and important. I posted an electronic version of the text in Google Classroom if you need it.
If there is anything that has not been graded or submitted for the Beloved unit then your time is quickly escaping. Books should be turned in tomorrow before school if they were missed today. Please see PowerSchool for the most updated information including those of you who are still missing an element of your final projects.
English IV
Today in class we started to end our unit on studying and reading poetry by completing our final TP-CASTT study of a poem as a group. Then, we transitioned into working independently on our own poetry study. Remember that this poetry study is going to end in a formal writing assignment. An essay in which you explain what the poem that you have chosen means to you and how the poet has developed that meaning to you.
If you did not finish your individual TP-CASTT sheet in class, it is important that you finish that for homework. I'll return the ones that I have on Friday and then we'll get started with writing and planning our essay responses.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Homework for B-Day Classes: 12 February
AP Seminar
How appropriate that we'll be marking Valentine's Day with our TMPODs! Yay! I'm very excited to see the work that you all have done. We'll begin presentations on Thursday morning before school. You'll present privately to me in the classroom with our colleagues reflecting or preparing in the hallway.
Be ready! Remember that submissions are due to digitalportfolio.collegeboard.org by Sunday. I'll be putting your scores in this weekend as well.
Advanced Russian
For those of you who tested today in the Dell Lab, I hope that you felt confident and prepared. If you are not interested in taking the AP Examination in May, please let me know - but wait until you get your scores.
Today in class we focused on cases. Talking about coming and going to discuss our destinations and origins. The slides would be very helpful as we went over a lot of grammatical and vocabulary information. In the second part of class we used resources in class to develop our projects further so that we have all of our cities/stages written in Russian with appropriate prepositions and cases.
On Thursday we have our second quiz on Verbs of Motion. Be prepared for this. Additionally, many of you still need to present your poems. Be sure that this is done as soon as possible.
Russian I
Today in class we had two clear goals - to finish watching The Irony of Fate and to take our quiz on vocabulary skills and grammar skills focused on genitive, dative, and instrumental case jobs. I'll have the quizzes graded and returned to you by the end of the week.
There are many of you who still need to present poems for me. It would be best if you got this done on Thursday as we'll have another class day focused on writing our projects. Tonight is a good night to put your photos in your slide show. These projects will be graded next week and these are meant to prepare us for the Unit 1 Exam which is happening on Friday the 22nd of February. The Unit 1 test is going to focus on everything in Chapter 1. You'll get a study guide on Monday.
If you need to, please come in next week for extra review before the Unit Exam on Friday.
How appropriate that we'll be marking Valentine's Day with our TMPODs! Yay! I'm very excited to see the work that you all have done. We'll begin presentations on Thursday morning before school. You'll present privately to me in the classroom with our colleagues reflecting or preparing in the hallway.
Be ready! Remember that submissions are due to digitalportfolio.collegeboard.org by Sunday. I'll be putting your scores in this weekend as well.
Advanced Russian
For those of you who tested today in the Dell Lab, I hope that you felt confident and prepared. If you are not interested in taking the AP Examination in May, please let me know - but wait until you get your scores.
Today in class we focused on cases. Talking about coming and going to discuss our destinations and origins. The slides would be very helpful as we went over a lot of grammatical and vocabulary information. In the second part of class we used resources in class to develop our projects further so that we have all of our cities/stages written in Russian with appropriate prepositions and cases.
On Thursday we have our second quiz on Verbs of Motion. Be prepared for this. Additionally, many of you still need to present your poems. Be sure that this is done as soon as possible.
Russian I
Today in class we had two clear goals - to finish watching The Irony of Fate and to take our quiz on vocabulary skills and grammar skills focused on genitive, dative, and instrumental case jobs. I'll have the quizzes graded and returned to you by the end of the week.
There are many of you who still need to present poems for me. It would be best if you got this done on Thursday as we'll have another class day focused on writing our projects. Tonight is a good night to put your photos in your slide show. These projects will be graded next week and these are meant to prepare us for the Unit 1 Exam which is happening on Friday the 22nd of February. The Unit 1 test is going to focus on everything in Chapter 1. You'll get a study guide on Monday.
If you need to, please come in next week for extra review before the Unit Exam on Friday.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Homework for Monday - 11 February
AP English III
Today in class we got a lot done. There was an overview of Romanticism and Transcendentalism including the five tenets of the philosophy as well as a bit of historical information related to Emerson and Thoreau. From there we looked at art before delving into proper research questions and the synthesis assignment.
By the end of today's class you should have a basic understanding of Transcendentalism and Romanticism. This week you'll be reading R.W. Emerson's "The Over Soul" and annotating it in order to better understand the key ideas of this philosophy. As I said in class, Emerson is defining a concept. Pay attention to the way that he uses definitions, exemplification (examples of the concept), and compare/contrast in order to help his reader understand exactly what the "over soul" is. We'll work through this text on Friday.
On Wednesday your novels, as well as any remaining work on Beloved is due. While you are going through your registration information I'll be scoring novels. Make sure that you've turned in your 1Q1P either electronically or on paper. We also have a few missing projects/presentations.
The only other thing that we have this week are our revised research topics and arguments. You must do research in order to write a proper research question (the irony, I know). By the end of this week you should have a good understanding of your question, scope, focus, and argument. I'm available for any help you may need with this task.
English IV
Today we took our vocabulary test on Unit 16 of WordSkills and then did a bit of a review on figurative language, focused on similes and metaphors. From there, it was time for creativity as we wrote about different people, paintings, and sites around the world using similes and metaphors.
As we go through the rest of the week, we'll start to wrap up our poetry unit pretty quickly. I've gone through and graded your Poet Research Projects. If you are not happy with your grade please redo the project and include the work that you were missing before. It's important that you have a poem you have found for this project. The final part of this assignment is to write about the meaning of a poem - to present your own interpretation of it as we've been doing in class. We'll be working through that work all this week!
Today in class we got a lot done. There was an overview of Romanticism and Transcendentalism including the five tenets of the philosophy as well as a bit of historical information related to Emerson and Thoreau. From there we looked at art before delving into proper research questions and the synthesis assignment.
By the end of today's class you should have a basic understanding of Transcendentalism and Romanticism. This week you'll be reading R.W. Emerson's "The Over Soul" and annotating it in order to better understand the key ideas of this philosophy. As I said in class, Emerson is defining a concept. Pay attention to the way that he uses definitions, exemplification (examples of the concept), and compare/contrast in order to help his reader understand exactly what the "over soul" is. We'll work through this text on Friday.
On Wednesday your novels, as well as any remaining work on Beloved is due. While you are going through your registration information I'll be scoring novels. Make sure that you've turned in your 1Q1P either electronically or on paper. We also have a few missing projects/presentations.
The only other thing that we have this week are our revised research topics and arguments. You must do research in order to write a proper research question (the irony, I know). By the end of this week you should have a good understanding of your question, scope, focus, and argument. I'm available for any help you may need with this task.
English IV
Today we took our vocabulary test on Unit 16 of WordSkills and then did a bit of a review on figurative language, focused on similes and metaphors. From there, it was time for creativity as we wrote about different people, paintings, and sites around the world using similes and metaphors.
As we go through the rest of the week, we'll start to wrap up our poetry unit pretty quickly. I've gone through and graded your Poet Research Projects. If you are not happy with your grade please redo the project and include the work that you were missing before. It's important that you have a poem you have found for this project. The final part of this assignment is to write about the meaning of a poem - to present your own interpretation of it as we've been doing in class. We'll be working through that work all this week!
Saturday, February 9, 2019
AP English III Announcement - Beloved Projects
Dear AP English III Students -
By the end of the weekend I will have finished scoring the projects that have been submitted with presentations complete. There are a few of you whose work I cannot find in my email or on my Google Drive. Additionally, there are one or two of you whose work I have, but there's no rubric with a presentation complete.
Please see me Monday or Tuesday to resolve this project work so that we can move to the next unit if you see no grade in your PowerSchool account for this project.
For those of you who would like to put rubles on this work, please let me know. There will be no resubmissions for this project.
By the end of the weekend I will have finished scoring the projects that have been submitted with presentations complete. There are a few of you whose work I cannot find in my email or on my Google Drive. Additionally, there are one or two of you whose work I have, but there's no rubric with a presentation complete.
Please see me Monday or Tuesday to resolve this project work so that we can move to the next unit if you see no grade in your PowerSchool account for this project.
For those of you who would like to put rubles on this work, please let me know. There will be no resubmissions for this project.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 8 February
AP Seminar
Major News: Given the fact that ACT Pre-Administration will be happening during 1st Period on Tuesday we will be completing most of our TMPODs on Thursday. Due to this, I will need some groups to present before school. If you are willing/able to present before school, please let me know.
All work for this portion of the course should be submitted to Digital Portfolio by Sunday, February 17th. Remember that each person will have to submit their own IRR and the team will also have to submit their slides. I will submit your scores.
Let's use this weekend to keep preparing and practicing. Also, make sure that you've put your slides up on the projector. See how they look before you say that you're done!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did one of our final reviews focused on simply verbs of motion. This was good work for us - working in all three tenses - before we went to the library to work on our Amazing Race projects. For this project we should have our six stages (point to point) and then focus city (or cities for Russian III). Remember to follow the guidelines - past, present, and future tense for each stage. For your focus city, be sure to identify two key sites in the city and how they need to get there. We'll have more time in class to work on this on Thursday.
The Practice AP Examination will be held for seniors on Tuesday in the Dell Lab. You'll be testing during second period so as to not miss any other classtime. Those students not testing will do some enrichment with me in class related to cases.
Those of you who need to present your poems, please see me outside of class or during class next week.
The only other thing to discuss is our quiz next week. The quiz will fall on Thursday and will cover verbs of motion (part two). The quiz will draw more on prefix work (Russian III) and with all of the verbs (Russian II). Be aware of all of our skills and exercises for practice.
Russian I
Today in class we watched a bit more of our film - The Irony of Fate - before engaging in some listening practice and then going to the library to work on our projects. Today we should have set up our slides for our project about ourselves and written some captions for about half of our slides. Hopefully this weekend you can focus on getting your photos taken that pair with this.
Remember to use your resources including your vocabulary lists for Chapter One to help you do this work. This is a great way to finish learning your vocabulary before our Unit 1 Examination.
Anyone who did not yet complete the poem recitation will have all week next week to finish this. Additionally, we have a quiz coming up on Tuesday. This quiz will focus on the three new cases - genitive, dative, and instrumental - as well as verb conjugation and vocabulary! Study and be prepared! Use your exercises and notes to help you move through everything!
Major News: Given the fact that ACT Pre-Administration will be happening during 1st Period on Tuesday we will be completing most of our TMPODs on Thursday. Due to this, I will need some groups to present before school. If you are willing/able to present before school, please let me know.
All work for this portion of the course should be submitted to Digital Portfolio by Sunday, February 17th. Remember that each person will have to submit their own IRR and the team will also have to submit their slides. I will submit your scores.
Let's use this weekend to keep preparing and practicing. Also, make sure that you've put your slides up on the projector. See how they look before you say that you're done!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did one of our final reviews focused on simply verbs of motion. This was good work for us - working in all three tenses - before we went to the library to work on our Amazing Race projects. For this project we should have our six stages (point to point) and then focus city (or cities for Russian III). Remember to follow the guidelines - past, present, and future tense for each stage. For your focus city, be sure to identify two key sites in the city and how they need to get there. We'll have more time in class to work on this on Thursday.
The Practice AP Examination will be held for seniors on Tuesday in the Dell Lab. You'll be testing during second period so as to not miss any other classtime. Those students not testing will do some enrichment with me in class related to cases.
Those of you who need to present your poems, please see me outside of class or during class next week.
The only other thing to discuss is our quiz next week. The quiz will fall on Thursday and will cover verbs of motion (part two). The quiz will draw more on prefix work (Russian III) and with all of the verbs (Russian II). Be aware of all of our skills and exercises for practice.
Russian I
Today in class we watched a bit more of our film - The Irony of Fate - before engaging in some listening practice and then going to the library to work on our projects. Today we should have set up our slides for our project about ourselves and written some captions for about half of our slides. Hopefully this weekend you can focus on getting your photos taken that pair with this.
Remember to use your resources including your vocabulary lists for Chapter One to help you do this work. This is a great way to finish learning your vocabulary before our Unit 1 Examination.
Anyone who did not yet complete the poem recitation will have all week next week to finish this. Additionally, we have a quiz coming up on Tuesday. This quiz will focus on the three new cases - genitive, dative, and instrumental - as well as verb conjugation and vocabulary! Study and be prepared! Use your exercises and notes to help you move through everything!
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Homework for A-Day: Weekend Edition - 7 February
Hey everyone! I hope that you all are having or have had a good day with Mr. Johnston as he fills in for me in Room 301. It's been a good day at the State Championship Swim Meet with relays and individuals making it to finals tonight! Here are your weekend reminders -
AP English III
Today in class you should have finished and turned in your viewing guide for What Happened, Miss Simone? If you were absent or unable to finish your viewing guide it is expected that you will watch the film on your own this weekend and turn in the viewing guide to me on Monday.
This weekend, you should focus on completing your research topic proposals as well as your 1Q1P assignment. Remember that your 1Q1P is your final assignment for Beloved. I'll be looking to see how well you were able to explain the meaning of your chosen quotation and how thoroughly you connected the interpretation to the content of the quotation.
For your research topic proposals, please follow the questions on the form and complete it to the best of your ability. Next week we'll be reviewing qualities of a good research topic and question as well as looking at the synthesis prompt (question one), so this will provide you a lot of great context. Remember that you can research any topic you would like with the three major exceptions.
English IV
The main thing that you all should prepare for this weekend is your vocabulary test on Monday. The test will focus on Unit 16 and will cover all of the roots that you have learned. I think that this will be a very good performance for many of you! I would also suggest that you make sure that your poet projects are submitted. I've entered grades for everything that I have seen in Google Drive and Google Classroom. Next week we'll move on to Part II of this assignment, so you need to make sure that this work is done!
AP English III
Today in class you should have finished and turned in your viewing guide for What Happened, Miss Simone? If you were absent or unable to finish your viewing guide it is expected that you will watch the film on your own this weekend and turn in the viewing guide to me on Monday.
This weekend, you should focus on completing your research topic proposals as well as your 1Q1P assignment. Remember that your 1Q1P is your final assignment for Beloved. I'll be looking to see how well you were able to explain the meaning of your chosen quotation and how thoroughly you connected the interpretation to the content of the quotation.
For your research topic proposals, please follow the questions on the form and complete it to the best of your ability. Next week we'll be reviewing qualities of a good research topic and question as well as looking at the synthesis prompt (question one), so this will provide you a lot of great context. Remember that you can research any topic you would like with the three major exceptions.
English IV
The main thing that you all should prepare for this weekend is your vocabulary test on Monday. The test will focus on Unit 16 and will cover all of the roots that you have learned. I think that this will be a very good performance for many of you! I would also suggest that you make sure that your poet projects are submitted. I've entered grades for everything that I have seen in Google Drive and Google Classroom. Next week we'll move on to Part II of this assignment, so you need to make sure that this work is done!
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Homework for B-Day: Wednesday 6 February
AP Seminar
From our work today in class and from the reflection data that you all sent to me, it's pretty clear where we need to be working as a group. It's time for us to talk. It's time for us to present. It's time for us to collaborate and to draft. Keep helping each other. Keep making each other better. Keep working!
Next week we'll be presenting on Tuesday and Thursday. Be sure that you have put your work in Digital Portfolio upon the conclusion of your presentation.
Advanced Russian
Today we had a wonderful class working through using and applying verbs of motion in preparation for our quiz on Tuesday. This quiz will cover verbs not yet assessed through the same process of filling in the blanks, conjugating, and applying for certain situations. Be prepared for this by completing our practice exercise as well as exercises 6.8 (II) and 10.9 (III).
On Friday we'll be having a workshop for our projects for part of class. During this time you'll be performing your poems for me. Remember that you'll be able to do your performance as many times as you need to in order to get a perfect score. Keep rehearsing and practicing your reading to prepare yourselves.
Russian I
Today in class we returned to Leningrad and began the second part of The Irony of Fate. As we watch, we are continuing to track the characters and their behaviors. Additionally, we're looking at what this film helps us to learn about relationships between men and women in the Soviet Union.
After we finished, we moved on to a writing practice where we worked together to develop sentences about the characters using our different cases. This is a good review for us since our quiz next week will have similar skills.
Next class we'll watch more of the film and work on our projects in class. We will also have our poem recitations next class. I'll call you over as you work for the poems. If it's not good enough, I'll ask you to do it again. Be prepared!
From our work today in class and from the reflection data that you all sent to me, it's pretty clear where we need to be working as a group. It's time for us to talk. It's time for us to present. It's time for us to collaborate and to draft. Keep helping each other. Keep making each other better. Keep working!
Next week we'll be presenting on Tuesday and Thursday. Be sure that you have put your work in Digital Portfolio upon the conclusion of your presentation.
Advanced Russian
Today we had a wonderful class working through using and applying verbs of motion in preparation for our quiz on Tuesday. This quiz will cover verbs not yet assessed through the same process of filling in the blanks, conjugating, and applying for certain situations. Be prepared for this by completing our practice exercise as well as exercises 6.8 (II) and 10.9 (III).
On Friday we'll be having a workshop for our projects for part of class. During this time you'll be performing your poems for me. Remember that you'll be able to do your performance as many times as you need to in order to get a perfect score. Keep rehearsing and practicing your reading to prepare yourselves.
Russian I
Today in class we returned to Leningrad and began the second part of The Irony of Fate. As we watch, we are continuing to track the characters and their behaviors. Additionally, we're looking at what this film helps us to learn about relationships between men and women in the Soviet Union.
After we finished, we moved on to a writing practice where we worked together to develop sentences about the characters using our different cases. This is a good review for us since our quiz next week will have similar skills.
Next class we'll watch more of the film and work on our projects in class. We will also have our poem recitations next class. I'll call you over as you work for the poems. If it's not good enough, I'll ask you to do it again. Be prepared!
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Homework for A Day Classes - 5 February
English IV
Today in class we finished our poetry competition and "Still I Rise" was named our top poem for class. We'll study this poem in depth next week as we begin to finish our poetry unit. Our other major task was to go through our vocabulary review. Next class you'll have your last review activity - a crossword puzzle. You'll have your vocabulary test on Monday. So it's important to study and review with your notes and activities now.
AP English III
Be sure that you go back and read the final chapter of Beloved. Consider how this book is a memory and a story that would have been forgotten. Think about how this allows Morrison to begin healing for the whole nation.
Since I won't be with you on Thursday, consider this as notes for what is due on Monday. In class on Thursday you'll finish the Nina Simone film and the viewing guide. Then, you'll have laptops in class for you to work on your 1Q1P assignment (due on Monday) or to begin on your research paper topics (also due on Monday for completion). There will be a form that you'll complete with the research paper topics.
Remember that Beloved annotations will be collected and checked on Wednesday to round out this unit.
Today in class we finished our poetry competition and "Still I Rise" was named our top poem for class. We'll study this poem in depth next week as we begin to finish our poetry unit. Our other major task was to go through our vocabulary review. Next class you'll have your last review activity - a crossword puzzle. You'll have your vocabulary test on Monday. So it's important to study and review with your notes and activities now.
AP English III
Be sure that you go back and read the final chapter of Beloved. Consider how this book is a memory and a story that would have been forgotten. Think about how this allows Morrison to begin healing for the whole nation.
Since I won't be with you on Thursday, consider this as notes for what is due on Monday. In class on Thursday you'll finish the Nina Simone film and the viewing guide. Then, you'll have laptops in class for you to work on your 1Q1P assignment (due on Monday) or to begin on your research paper topics (also due on Monday for completion). There will be a form that you'll complete with the research paper topics.
Remember that Beloved annotations will be collected and checked on Wednesday to round out this unit.
Monday, February 4, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: Monday, February 4th
AP Seminar
As we thought about during our warm-up activity today, now is the time to be editing and refining. Consider the fact that this is our last week of preparation. We'll be sharing and submitting our TMPODs next week to be scored. Are you ready? Have you done the necessary work to be prepared? Have you videotaped yourself or recorded your speaking? Are you reading or presenting? How are your slides and IRRs?
These are all questions that should be answered in a firm and affirmative way. If you are having issues or concerns, I hope that you addressed those in your reflection this week.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we began the process of wrapping up our work with verbs of motion. We learned our final verb - to run - reviewed many of our prefixes/prepositions, and then we took some time to work through our key exercises. For homework, your first goal should be to finish the remaining exercises.
Remember to find new vocabulary, to consider the destinations and contexts for the actions, and to use your verb cards or other resources. Next week on Tuesday we'll have a quiz on verbs of motion. This should help to prepare you for that quiz.
Also, you should be focused on your poems. Friday will be a class devoted to your projects - for researching and writing in the library. On Friday I'll be calling you over to complete your poem recitation for me.
Russian I
Today in class we had a massive review of our six cases in Russian. We went over the specific jobs of each of the cases as well as the ways that the different cases change the ending of words. The slides in Google Classroom are really helpful for this. Then, we worked through our dialogue in Chapter One as well as our exercise where we changed words for the different cases. Completing the exercise was a great review for us of the process of declensions in Russian.
Tonight for homework you should be focused on memorization. You have your poems on Friday, and you are expected to know four lines. As I said in class, you will continue to do this project until it is perfect. So keep working at it. I'm available to help as much as you may need. On Tuesday of next week we'll have our quiz on the last three cases in Russian (Genitive, Dative, Instrumental). It'll be very similar to your last quiz, so know your case jobs and how to change your words!
As we thought about during our warm-up activity today, now is the time to be editing and refining. Consider the fact that this is our last week of preparation. We'll be sharing and submitting our TMPODs next week to be scored. Are you ready? Have you done the necessary work to be prepared? Have you videotaped yourself or recorded your speaking? Are you reading or presenting? How are your slides and IRRs?
These are all questions that should be answered in a firm and affirmative way. If you are having issues or concerns, I hope that you addressed those in your reflection this week.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we began the process of wrapping up our work with verbs of motion. We learned our final verb - to run - reviewed many of our prefixes/prepositions, and then we took some time to work through our key exercises. For homework, your first goal should be to finish the remaining exercises.
Remember to find new vocabulary, to consider the destinations and contexts for the actions, and to use your verb cards or other resources. Next week on Tuesday we'll have a quiz on verbs of motion. This should help to prepare you for that quiz.
Also, you should be focused on your poems. Friday will be a class devoted to your projects - for researching and writing in the library. On Friday I'll be calling you over to complete your poem recitation for me.
Russian I
Today in class we had a massive review of our six cases in Russian. We went over the specific jobs of each of the cases as well as the ways that the different cases change the ending of words. The slides in Google Classroom are really helpful for this. Then, we worked through our dialogue in Chapter One as well as our exercise where we changed words for the different cases. Completing the exercise was a great review for us of the process of declensions in Russian.
Tonight for homework you should be focused on memorization. You have your poems on Friday, and you are expected to know four lines. As I said in class, you will continue to do this project until it is perfect. So keep working at it. I'm available to help as much as you may need. On Tuesday of next week we'll have our quiz on the last three cases in Russian (Genitive, Dative, Instrumental). It'll be very similar to your last quiz, so know your case jobs and how to change your words!
Friday, February 1, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 1 February
AP English III
I hope that you all enjoyed the documentary about Nina Simone today in class. I think that the film raises some very important questions about our society, race, and gender. Nina Simone is also a very intriguing figure who has had some important impacts.
Make sure that you've considered your viewing guides. This weekend also provides you a wonderful chance to go through your work on Beloved and check in on annotations and areas for your 1Q1P assignment. We'll be quickly moving on to the next unit and our research papers - consider your interests or areas to research.
English IV
I hope that you all were able to complete your projects and do some work to prepare for Part Two of the project. This weekend, focus on vocabulary. We'll be having a vocabulary test very soon - next week. Begin to prepare now so that this is a help for your grade.
I hope that you all enjoyed the documentary about Nina Simone today in class. I think that the film raises some very important questions about our society, race, and gender. Nina Simone is also a very intriguing figure who has had some important impacts.
Make sure that you've considered your viewing guides. This weekend also provides you a wonderful chance to go through your work on Beloved and check in on annotations and areas for your 1Q1P assignment. We'll be quickly moving on to the next unit and our research papers - consider your interests or areas to research.
English IV
I hope that you all were able to complete your projects and do some work to prepare for Part Two of the project. This weekend, focus on vocabulary. We'll be having a vocabulary test very soon - next week. Begin to prepare now so that this is a help for your grade.
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