Sorry for not posting yesterday everyone - it was a long day of training, and I just forgot. Here are your reminders for Tuesday.
AP Seminar
Thank you to those of you who emailed or got in touch about question development and conferencing. I will be available to finish conferences on questions Monday and Tuesday before class. Please come and see me to complete that portion of your grade. For those of you who have already had your conference, please unsubmit your Question Generator and continue to use it if needed.
By this point it's important for everyone to have a Research Question 2.0+ to get busy with EBSCO and online databases and researching. I've been asking a lot of questions about scope, focus, connection to the stimulus pack, and the argument or point that you're trying to make. Be sure to also consider the - SO WHAT? - Why does this investigation, question, resolution, or conclusion matter? As you research continue to refine your question and by extension your answer.
The next few days of class will be filled with researching and developing outlines. Our next assessment in class will be elevator pitches of questions, arguments, and sources. Be ready for that next week - details forthcoming!
Advanced Russian
I hope that you all enjoyed the film Девчата from the note that the sub left you have just about ten minutes left to watch. Be sure that you've completed the questions up to that point in the film. It's available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything. We'll finish the movie on Thursday after our quiz. Russian II/III students will have a quiz on new vocabulary (weather terms, adjectives, foods) and the use of the Dative Case on Thursday.
Additionally over the weekend you should work on your writing assignment (Russian II) on weather and feelings (accurate use of dative case, adjectives and adverbs). Or you should be working on your recipe steps (Russian III) and learning new vocabulary (verbs) related to cooking. These verbs are great when paired with your modals (use of the Dative/Nominative case.
Tuesday is ACT day and a good chunk of the class will be missing - plan on an Enrichment Day on Tuesday!
Russian I
I hope that our romcom - Служебный Роман - was fun and enjoyable. I hope that it also helped to give you some insights into Russian women of different types, especially thematic for International Women's Day. I expect to see viewing guides with questions answered to about the 1:10 mark of the film. If you left your viewing guide on the floor at the end of class, I would suggest coming to see me and get another. The film is available on YouTube if you need to rewatch anything.
Over the weekend you should work to complete the Chapter 2 reading as well as any remaining problems from our previous exercise set. You should be reviewing your color vocabulary and case endings nightly in order to memorize them and be able to apply them correctly. The reading assignment is a great tool to help you do this so that you can see cases in action. Try to translate as you read.
We will have a quiz soon on case functions, some endings, and color vocabulary words. We'll also have a writing workshop on Tuesday related to our projects. The final draft of the houses project will likely be on Monday of next week - be ready for that!
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students: 7 March 2019
AP English III
I certainly hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of The Grapes of Wrath today. I love this book and every time I read it I find a new way to appreciate and love it a bit more. You'll be meeting the Joads in the next few chapters. Be sure to create your front cover annotations and develop your back covers (motifs, topics, symbols, settings) as you read. The assignment is Chapters 2-4 this weekend.
You should also complete your research outline this weekend. Use the work in your synthesis packs to show me your argument on your topic (DADS), the main points that you will make (topics/reasons), and the way in which you will organize and use evidence. The better the outline, the better and easier the essay. If you need to find more sources - be sure to do so. All of your sources should be documented in the outline if they are used both with parenthetical and end-text citations.
As always, please reach out if you need any assistance. I'm here to support and help you through this process!
English IV
Today was College Application Day. It was a wonderful day to get online, get our accounts, and get our applications started! We also had some time to work on some areas related to college applications such as resumes and personal statements. I hope that today felt like a good day and that you feel a bit more prepared for what's coming up next.
Next week we'll keep reading and working on our novels. Make sure that you're reading at home if you would like. They books just get better and better.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 6 March 2019
Russian I
We are getting to the point in the year where I am starting to get very worried about the ability for some of you to move on to Russian II due to a lack of skills in the language. It appears as though many of you are waiting for the language to magically click, and unfortunately, this will never happen. You must work nightly with the grammar and vocabulary. You must be able to memorize the case endings and know how the words are changed. Today there was very little engagement or apparent ability to complete the exercises. This is concerning.
Tonight you should finish the exercises if you did not already do so. They will help you to learn the ways in which the cases function and how to alter the spelling of the words to show that they are in the cases. The reading at the beginning of Chapter 2 will also help you with this.
There are many of you missing work. Be aware we have three weeks left in the quarter. On Tuesday you'll have a quiz on cases and colors. I hope that you are all prepared.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on reviewing exercises and vocabulary related to key concepts before we watched our first weather report. Tonight for homework you'll be continuing to work in the spirit of these exercises. Russian III students should prepare their recipe. Make your list of groceries, investigate new verbs, and prepare your vocabulary list. Remember to use your modals where appropriate. Russian II students should write five sentences describing different weather conditions and the feelings that these spark in you. Remember - use adjectives to describe situations/things/weather and use adverbs to describe feelings.
Also, there are a lot of you missing work (projects) be sure that you have presented your poem to me and that you have turned in your slides on Google Classroom.
AP Seminar
Today because of the Tornado Drill we did not have time to conference with everyone. If I did not get to you today, please try to see me tomorrow or Friday before class so that we can have our discussion. At this point, it's all about the question and the argument. Be sure that you're collecting your sources and use your resources to help you complete your tasks. I hope that you have all set up your folder on Google Drive and that you are beginning to fill the folder with items.
Remember that it would be good to start to consider your argument/solution/answer and then the way in which you'll set up your evidence to show your line of reasoning. You'll be submitting an outline next as that is a a more logical tool for this type of assignment than an Annotated Bib.
Happy researching!
We are getting to the point in the year where I am starting to get very worried about the ability for some of you to move on to Russian II due to a lack of skills in the language. It appears as though many of you are waiting for the language to magically click, and unfortunately, this will never happen. You must work nightly with the grammar and vocabulary. You must be able to memorize the case endings and know how the words are changed. Today there was very little engagement or apparent ability to complete the exercises. This is concerning.
Tonight you should finish the exercises if you did not already do so. They will help you to learn the ways in which the cases function and how to alter the spelling of the words to show that they are in the cases. The reading at the beginning of Chapter 2 will also help you with this.
There are many of you missing work. Be aware we have three weeks left in the quarter. On Tuesday you'll have a quiz on cases and colors. I hope that you are all prepared.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we focused on reviewing exercises and vocabulary related to key concepts before we watched our first weather report. Tonight for homework you'll be continuing to work in the spirit of these exercises. Russian III students should prepare their recipe. Make your list of groceries, investigate new verbs, and prepare your vocabulary list. Remember to use your modals where appropriate. Russian II students should write five sentences describing different weather conditions and the feelings that these spark in you. Remember - use adjectives to describe situations/things/weather and use adverbs to describe feelings.
Also, there are a lot of you missing work (projects) be sure that you have presented your poem to me and that you have turned in your slides on Google Classroom.
AP Seminar
Today because of the Tornado Drill we did not have time to conference with everyone. If I did not get to you today, please try to see me tomorrow or Friday before class so that we can have our discussion. At this point, it's all about the question and the argument. Be sure that you're collecting your sources and use your resources to help you complete your tasks. I hope that you have all set up your folder on Google Drive and that you are beginning to fill the folder with items.
Remember that it would be good to start to consider your argument/solution/answer and then the way in which you'll set up your evidence to show your line of reasoning. You'll be submitting an outline next as that is a a more logical tool for this type of assignment than an Annotated Bib.
Happy researching!
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Homework for A-Day - 5 March 2019
AP English III
Good work today with your unit examination on Transcendentalism and your synthesis timed writing. I'll be reading and commenting this week and will get that work back to you next week. I was also very happy with your Synthesis Sourcepack assignments. Most of you received near perfect scores. If you lost points, it was probably related to your citations - be sure that we've reviewed this before the outline is due.
The outline for your research paper will be collected on Monday. The outline should document your argument (DADS), key topics/reasons (at least 4-5), and the way in which you are using your sources (quotes/paraphrases) to support your argument. I'll be available all week in the morning for help on this. Remember all that we have learned related to argumentative writing.
Next class we'll begin our unit on The Grapes of Wrath. Please see the Unit Plan for details on this. Tonight you should do some preliminary research on John Steinbeck. Who is he? What did he write? What did he believe in? What were his politics like? Come in with some information so we can start reading!
English IV
Today in class we were really focused on getting some more reading done before we got into groups to discuss and work on our characters. I was happy to see that so many of you have a good understanding of your protagonist, antagonist, and some of the conflicts that are happening in your book so far. I think that everyone has a good understanding of the basic set-up of the novels so far.
Tonight - keep reading! Keep going! Get further into your books so that they get more interesting. Next class we'll be doing a workshop to prepare for Durham Tech and other college applications!
Good work today with your unit examination on Transcendentalism and your synthesis timed writing. I'll be reading and commenting this week and will get that work back to you next week. I was also very happy with your Synthesis Sourcepack assignments. Most of you received near perfect scores. If you lost points, it was probably related to your citations - be sure that we've reviewed this before the outline is due.
The outline for your research paper will be collected on Monday. The outline should document your argument (DADS), key topics/reasons (at least 4-5), and the way in which you are using your sources (quotes/paraphrases) to support your argument. I'll be available all week in the morning for help on this. Remember all that we have learned related to argumentative writing.
Next class we'll begin our unit on The Grapes of Wrath. Please see the Unit Plan for details on this. Tonight you should do some preliminary research on John Steinbeck. Who is he? What did he write? What did he believe in? What were his politics like? Come in with some information so we can start reading!
English IV
Today in class we were really focused on getting some more reading done before we got into groups to discuss and work on our characters. I was happy to see that so many of you have a good understanding of your protagonist, antagonist, and some of the conflicts that are happening in your book so far. I think that everyone has a good understanding of the basic set-up of the novels so far.
Tonight - keep reading! Keep going! Get further into your books so that they get more interesting. Next class we'll be doing a workshop to prepare for Durham Tech and other college applications!
Monday, March 4, 2019
Homework for B-Day - Monday the 4th of March
AP Seminar
Make sure that once you are done with it that you have turned in your question generator form. This is a great way to make sure that your looking at a variety of ideas and perspectives as you start planning. As we move forward be sure that you are constantly working. It's a great chance to get ahead, keep setting goals and accomplishing them.
Next class we'll be conferencing and researching. It's time to start building the outline and annotated bibliography. Be ready to keep going forward!
Advanced Russian
There are many missing projects. Make sure that your project is presented to me (poem) and turned in to Google Classroom. I'll continue grading this week and return the tests to you on Friday.
Tonight you should all dig in to your new grammar and vocabulary. Russian III students should focus on exercises 9.5 and 9.6 to practice with new vocabulary and modal expressions. Russian II students should focus on exercise 7.1 - a general case review.
Be ready with your vocabulary. A lot of Russian II students need to go back and learn numbers. Don't forget to focus on your nouns and your adjectives!
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed the way in which possessive pronouns change (my, your, our) to relate and show genders and cases in Russian. Remember that there is a lot of alignment here between what we have seen happen with adjective endings. Hopefully a lot of things were clicking today between cases, declensions, and genders. After this we spent time working on our home floor plans. We should have finished the floor plan so that next class we are able to start writing about the rooms.
For tonight, you should have finished the four exercises assigned last week from Chapter 2. We also need to focus on vocabulary and memorizing endings. The reading - at the beginning of Chapter 2 - is a good way to do this. Take a look at how the adjectives are being used. Try to understand the main idea of the text.
Make sure that once you are done with it that you have turned in your question generator form. This is a great way to make sure that your looking at a variety of ideas and perspectives as you start planning. As we move forward be sure that you are constantly working. It's a great chance to get ahead, keep setting goals and accomplishing them.
Next class we'll be conferencing and researching. It's time to start building the outline and annotated bibliography. Be ready to keep going forward!
Advanced Russian
There are many missing projects. Make sure that your project is presented to me (poem) and turned in to Google Classroom. I'll continue grading this week and return the tests to you on Friday.
Tonight you should all dig in to your new grammar and vocabulary. Russian III students should focus on exercises 9.5 and 9.6 to practice with new vocabulary and modal expressions. Russian II students should focus on exercise 7.1 - a general case review.
Be ready with your vocabulary. A lot of Russian II students need to go back and learn numbers. Don't forget to focus on your nouns and your adjectives!
Russian I
Today in class we reviewed the way in which possessive pronouns change (my, your, our) to relate and show genders and cases in Russian. Remember that there is a lot of alignment here between what we have seen happen with adjective endings. Hopefully a lot of things were clicking today between cases, declensions, and genders. After this we spent time working on our home floor plans. We should have finished the floor plan so that next class we are able to start writing about the rooms.
For tonight, you should have finished the four exercises assigned last week from Chapter 2. We also need to focus on vocabulary and memorizing endings. The reading - at the beginning of Chapter 2 - is a good way to do this. Take a look at how the adjectives are being used. Try to understand the main idea of the text.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 1 March
AP English III
The main task to perform over the weekend is to complete the Synthesis Sourcepack assignment via Google Classroom. Remember that you are finalizing your research topic/question by embracing the synthesis pack format. Use the template documents as well as the synthesis prompts we have looked at from College Board to complete this assignment. Turn it in when you are done. This work sets you up very well for the outline - it would be a good idea to begin out your outline as soon as possible.
On Tuesday we'll have our unit examination. There will be a synthesis timed writing as well as short answers related to each of the four authors we have read. Remember these will be SHORT answers (3-4 sentences per answer) and this will be a CLOSED BOOK/NOTE assessment.
On Thursday we'll begin with The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Have your copy of the novel as well as a bit of preliminary research on John Steinbeck. Who was he? When did he live? Why did he write this or other novels? What does he write about? This will help to enrich our opening study of the novel.
English IV
Today in class we had time for reading our novels and then a bit of time to have our first group conversation. Next class we'll have more time for our group meetings as you'll have a task to complete for your group.
Over the weekend, I would encourage you to keep reading! Remember that if you want to read a second book that you have a great chance to earn extra credit by doing that. This activity is a great means to build your knowledge and skill with English. I hope that you're also enjoying the chance to learn about a different person and part of the world.
The main task to perform over the weekend is to complete the Synthesis Sourcepack assignment via Google Classroom. Remember that you are finalizing your research topic/question by embracing the synthesis pack format. Use the template documents as well as the synthesis prompts we have looked at from College Board to complete this assignment. Turn it in when you are done. This work sets you up very well for the outline - it would be a good idea to begin out your outline as soon as possible.
On Tuesday we'll have our unit examination. There will be a synthesis timed writing as well as short answers related to each of the four authors we have read. Remember these will be SHORT answers (3-4 sentences per answer) and this will be a CLOSED BOOK/NOTE assessment.
On Thursday we'll begin with The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Have your copy of the novel as well as a bit of preliminary research on John Steinbeck. Who was he? When did he live? Why did he write this or other novels? What does he write about? This will help to enrich our opening study of the novel.
English IV
Today in class we had time for reading our novels and then a bit of time to have our first group conversation. Next class we'll have more time for our group meetings as you'll have a task to complete for your group.
Over the weekend, I would encourage you to keep reading! Remember that if you want to read a second book that you have a great chance to earn extra credit by doing that. This activity is a great means to build your knowledge and skill with English. I hope that you're also enjoying the chance to learn about a different person and part of the world.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 28 February
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students - 31 January
AP Seminar
This weekend is a weekend to be finishing the process. At this point many of you have revised your original questions and reapportioned your research focus. This is great! Consider all of the other tasks that come along with this changing and modifying.
Remember to practice, to time, and to support. This is a heavy lift if we do it alone; when we help each other, it's a lot more manageable.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we completed our practice with one of our common Russian television shows. As we do this work, it's great for us to practice using a variety of language, constructions, and situations. Hopefully this has been a good practice for you on verbs of motion.
Remember to complete the assigned exercise over the weekend. On Monday we will be focused on working through this exercise to finish our understanding of verbs of motion. Russian III students will find it helpful to focus on how prefixes are paired with prepositions, as well as the use of aspect. Russian II students should be focused on understanding when the verbs call for an A, B, or C type action.
For those of us competing tomorrow in the research symposium, thank you for being flexible. I'll have our transportation plan finalized in the morning. We will meet in the cafeteria at 9:30. I'll be emailing your teachers today during 4th period.
Don't forget that we have a second quiz as well as poetry recitations coming up soon.
Russian I
Today in class we finished our viewing of The Irony of Fate and reviewed information around forming and using the instrumental case in Russian. From there we did a quick review of possession and lack of possession using the nominative and genitive cases.
We have now finished learning about all six cases in Russian. Your Chapter 1 test will focus a lot on cases. Be sure that you are actively studying and reviewing not just how and where they're used but also how to change the endings of the words to show that they are in a particular case.
By the end of this weekend you should finish all of Exercise 8 at the end of Chapter 1. This goes over all six of our cases. As you go through this activity, use your notes, change endings of words, and translate the sentences to show that you know what the cases are doing. Practicing with our cases will be our key task to finish this first major unit of the year.
This weekend is a weekend to be finishing the process. At this point many of you have revised your original questions and reapportioned your research focus. This is great! Consider all of the other tasks that come along with this changing and modifying.
Remember to practice, to time, and to support. This is a heavy lift if we do it alone; when we help each other, it's a lot more manageable.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we completed our practice with one of our common Russian television shows. As we do this work, it's great for us to practice using a variety of language, constructions, and situations. Hopefully this has been a good practice for you on verbs of motion.
Remember to complete the assigned exercise over the weekend. On Monday we will be focused on working through this exercise to finish our understanding of verbs of motion. Russian III students will find it helpful to focus on how prefixes are paired with prepositions, as well as the use of aspect. Russian II students should be focused on understanding when the verbs call for an A, B, or C type action.
For those of us competing tomorrow in the research symposium, thank you for being flexible. I'll have our transportation plan finalized in the morning. We will meet in the cafeteria at 9:30. I'll be emailing your teachers today during 4th period.
Don't forget that we have a second quiz as well as poetry recitations coming up soon.
Russian I
Today in class we finished our viewing of The Irony of Fate and reviewed information around forming and using the instrumental case in Russian. From there we did a quick review of possession and lack of possession using the nominative and genitive cases.
We have now finished learning about all six cases in Russian. Your Chapter 1 test will focus a lot on cases. Be sure that you are actively studying and reviewing not just how and where they're used but also how to change the endings of the words to show that they are in a particular case.
By the end of this weekend you should finish all of Exercise 8 at the end of Chapter 1. This goes over all six of our cases. As you go through this activity, use your notes, change endings of words, and translate the sentences to show that you know what the cases are doing. Practicing with our cases will be our key task to finish this first major unit of the year.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students - 30 January 2019
AP English III
This post will review all of the information you need for the end of our unit on Beloved. Pay close attention to important dates and details.
I'll be out next class, so you'll be having a movie day on Friday. You'll be watching an excellent documentary about Nina Simone that really helps to bring a lot of the ideas we've been following in this unit full circle. As you watch, there will be a viewing guide to direct your thoughts and observations. This guide will be collected for a grade when we finish the film. Your projects are due via an electronic submission by the end of the day on Friday. I'll be grading on Sunday. Be sure that I have access to your project.
On Tuesday we'll finish the final two chapters in class. I love the ending of this book and want to read through it as a group experience. If you would like to finish the book in advance, you are welcome to do so. Your final assignment for Beloved is a 1Q1P assignment. You'll have time in class to work on this on Thursday (I'll be out for the State Championship Swim Meet). The 1Q1P and Final Annotation Check will be collected/scored on Monday, February 11. This will be the day that we fully move into our new unit.
English IV
Today in class we finished the first part of our competition for the poem of the classroom. On Tuesday we'll go to the next part of our competition - the class battle. Remember that in your groups one person will read the poem aloud and then the other people will say why the poem is a strong poem using the rubric.
We also did some good work with our vocabulary today! This is a good practice for our vocabulary test next week. Remember that you should be studying all sixteen wordparts in Lesson 16. If you are missing anything, please let me know.
This post will review all of the information you need for the end of our unit on Beloved. Pay close attention to important dates and details.
I'll be out next class, so you'll be having a movie day on Friday. You'll be watching an excellent documentary about Nina Simone that really helps to bring a lot of the ideas we've been following in this unit full circle. As you watch, there will be a viewing guide to direct your thoughts and observations. This guide will be collected for a grade when we finish the film. Your projects are due via an electronic submission by the end of the day on Friday. I'll be grading on Sunday. Be sure that I have access to your project.
On Tuesday we'll finish the final two chapters in class. I love the ending of this book and want to read through it as a group experience. If you would like to finish the book in advance, you are welcome to do so. Your final assignment for Beloved is a 1Q1P assignment. You'll have time in class to work on this on Thursday (I'll be out for the State Championship Swim Meet). The 1Q1P and Final Annotation Check will be collected/scored on Monday, February 11. This will be the day that we fully move into our new unit.
English IV
Today in class we finished the first part of our competition for the poem of the classroom. On Tuesday we'll go to the next part of our competition - the class battle. Remember that in your groups one person will read the poem aloud and then the other people will say why the poem is a strong poem using the rubric.
We also did some good work with our vocabulary today! This is a good practice for our vocabulary test next week. Remember that you should be studying all sixteen wordparts in Lesson 16. If you are missing anything, please let me know.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 29 January 2019
Welcome to Quarter 3! Be aware that no changes will be made to Quarter 2 or Semester 1 grades at this point. It's all about what we have to come as opposed to what we have behind us. It's not too late to make some serious changes, just stay focused and make your moves!
AP Seminar
We're on to our TMPODs - today we looked at an example of a middle-scoring TMPOD in order to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and the importance of time and organization. As you continue to collaborate, keep working together to revise, refine, and rehearse your work. Check your time. Help each other out. And don't forget to use me as a resource for whatever you may need.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent some time on our poetry memorization projects (see the deadline below) as well as some general tips when it comes to speaking and presenting spoken Russian. These tips are really helpful for those of us in Russian III going to UNC on Friday for the L2L Symposium.
Then, we went on to watching an episode of Орел Решка - Америка where they have traveled to Hawaii and experienced many different verbs of motion. Next class we'll finish this episode to keep us focused on using and reviewing our various verbs.
Tonight for homework you have a fill-in-the-blanks and verb choice activity. Russian II is Exercise 4 in Chapter 6, Russian III is Exercise 8 in Chapter 10. Make the proper choice based on the context and perspective of the speaker. Consider the clues in the sentence that help you to make the choice.
Russian I
Today in class we nearly finished Part One of The Irony of Fate - we'll finish it next class and complete the viewing guides that we have. We'll also do more work in order to check in on our writing skills as we discuss what has happened in this ridiculous film.
Tonight you should all be focused on your poem memorizations and your homework. For the memorization remember that you must have four lines of a poem memorized for me. These presentations will be at the end of next week. Be ready by listening, speaking, practicing, and maybe writing. Sometimes writing gives us the extra muscle memory that we need to help us out.
For our grammar homework we have Exercise 9 in Chapter One. There is an A part focusing on accusative case and a B part focusing on dative case. As you work through the exercise, put the necessary words in the proper case and then translate your sentences to the best of your ability. This will really help you to clarify what the difference is between a direct and indirect object.
AP Seminar
We're on to our TMPODs - today we looked at an example of a middle-scoring TMPOD in order to discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and the importance of time and organization. As you continue to collaborate, keep working together to revise, refine, and rehearse your work. Check your time. Help each other out. And don't forget to use me as a resource for whatever you may need.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we spent some time on our poetry memorization projects (see the deadline below) as well as some general tips when it comes to speaking and presenting spoken Russian. These tips are really helpful for those of us in Russian III going to UNC on Friday for the L2L Symposium.
Then, we went on to watching an episode of Орел Решка - Америка where they have traveled to Hawaii and experienced many different verbs of motion. Next class we'll finish this episode to keep us focused on using and reviewing our various verbs.
Tonight for homework you have a fill-in-the-blanks and verb choice activity. Russian II is Exercise 4 in Chapter 6, Russian III is Exercise 8 in Chapter 10. Make the proper choice based on the context and perspective of the speaker. Consider the clues in the sentence that help you to make the choice.
Russian I
Today in class we nearly finished Part One of The Irony of Fate - we'll finish it next class and complete the viewing guides that we have. We'll also do more work in order to check in on our writing skills as we discuss what has happened in this ridiculous film.
Tonight you should all be focused on your poem memorizations and your homework. For the memorization remember that you must have four lines of a poem memorized for me. These presentations will be at the end of next week. Be ready by listening, speaking, practicing, and maybe writing. Sometimes writing gives us the extra muscle memory that we need to help us out.
For our grammar homework we have Exercise 9 in Chapter One. There is an A part focusing on accusative case and a B part focusing on dative case. As you work through the exercise, put the necessary words in the proper case and then translate your sentences to the best of your ability. This will really help you to clarify what the difference is between a direct and indirect object.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students: 28 January
Welcome to Quarter 3 and Semester 2! Our next major stops include Spring Break, AP Exams, Finals, and then Summer! Wahoo!!!!
AP English III
Tonight your main task is to complete the final independent reading of Beloved - Chapter 26, in Part Three. As you are reading, keep in mind the two key questions for this chapter:
AP English III
Tonight your main task is to complete the final independent reading of Beloved - Chapter 26, in Part Three. As you are reading, keep in mind the two key questions for this chapter:
- What is happening both literally and figuratively between Beloved and Sethe in this chapter?
- Why is this chapter mostly about Denver?
Continue reading and annotating. Remember that your final annotations will be due when we finish the book next week.
In terms of our projects, we did not have the chance to present in 1A due to the Lockdown Drill. So, please see me at lunch, before or after school for your presentations. Your projects are due at the end of the week via an electronic submission. Remember our key takeaways in class - this is not meant to be an essay presented in another format. Consider what text is essential and what is not. Consider where the text can be altered to display its meaning or where imagery can be used to emphasize key takeaways.
Lastly, our next novel will be The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. We'll begin this book in about three weeks, so you may want to get your copies now.
English IV
Tonight we should all be focused on studying our word parts for our Lesson 16 Quiz. The quiz will be next week. You should be focused on knowing the meaning of the sixteen main word parts that we have learned as well as the key words. Try to think of other words that share these roots and meanings. Next class we'll have an activity to help us with remembering our word parts better!
Friday, January 25, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 25 January
Today is the last B-Day of the quarter. Any work that is missing at 4:00 today is missing. No changes will be made to grades past today.
AP Seminar
Today in AP Seminar we worked through a high-scoring sample IRR in order to identify key areas and strategies in order to connect with our reading and display all the things that we are doing in order to earn our points on the rubric.
Over the weekend, we should begin fully transitioning to our TMPOD tasks. It's time for us to look at what we have done, finalize that work, and then keep moving forward to our final goals. As I said today in class, a lot of this is constantly revising and reflecting to find the ways to draw our circle smaller. Keep supporting each other!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we worked through our map of Russia and Moscow in order to use various verbs of motion in order to talk about going from Point A to Point B. Remember that as we do this there are clear rules for our cases and prepositions so that we can understand what was the beginning point and what was the destination.
As you are working this weekend, be sure that you work through our sample exercises. At this point you should have the majority of them done and you should feel as though you have a clear understanding of when to use and A, B, or C action as well as when to distinguish between perfective or imperfective action.
Additionally, we have our poetry recitation coming due on the 8th of February. Russian III students will also have the L2L Symposium on the 1st of February. Practice and speak in order to accomplish your tasks well!
Russian I
As I said today at the beginning of class we are moving into a time where the classroom and the work is becoming very individualized. It is important that you study, practice, review, and ask questions regularly so that you can understand the content. It's also important that if you are dissatisfied with your performance that you quickly redo the assignments to show your improvement. This is how you grow and succeed. As we wrap up this quarter, and semester, consider what you need to do to be successful in this class - it's different for each of you.
For the weekend, you should be focused on your cases. By this point we know five of the six cases - Nominative, Accusative, Prepositional, Genitive, and Dative. Learn your declensions. Know your usages. Be able to alter words in order to show the cases. The exercise - 1.8 - is very helpful in learning these changes. Additionally, you should know the vocabulary in Chapter 1. We've been continuing to focus on this language through our course so far.
Lastly, you have the poem recitations due on the 8th of February. Know your four lines!
AP Seminar
Today in AP Seminar we worked through a high-scoring sample IRR in order to identify key areas and strategies in order to connect with our reading and display all the things that we are doing in order to earn our points on the rubric.
Over the weekend, we should begin fully transitioning to our TMPOD tasks. It's time for us to look at what we have done, finalize that work, and then keep moving forward to our final goals. As I said today in class, a lot of this is constantly revising and reflecting to find the ways to draw our circle smaller. Keep supporting each other!
Advanced Russian
Today in class we worked through our map of Russia and Moscow in order to use various verbs of motion in order to talk about going from Point A to Point B. Remember that as we do this there are clear rules for our cases and prepositions so that we can understand what was the beginning point and what was the destination.
As you are working this weekend, be sure that you work through our sample exercises. At this point you should have the majority of them done and you should feel as though you have a clear understanding of when to use and A, B, or C action as well as when to distinguish between perfective or imperfective action.
Additionally, we have our poetry recitation coming due on the 8th of February. Russian III students will also have the L2L Symposium on the 1st of February. Practice and speak in order to accomplish your tasks well!
Russian I
As I said today at the beginning of class we are moving into a time where the classroom and the work is becoming very individualized. It is important that you study, practice, review, and ask questions regularly so that you can understand the content. It's also important that if you are dissatisfied with your performance that you quickly redo the assignments to show your improvement. This is how you grow and succeed. As we wrap up this quarter, and semester, consider what you need to do to be successful in this class - it's different for each of you.
For the weekend, you should be focused on your cases. By this point we know five of the six cases - Nominative, Accusative, Prepositional, Genitive, and Dative. Learn your declensions. Know your usages. Be able to alter words in order to show the cases. The exercise - 1.8 - is very helpful in learning these changes. Additionally, you should know the vocabulary in Chapter 1. We've been continuing to focus on this language through our course so far.
Lastly, you have the poem recitations due on the 8th of February. Know your four lines!
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students: 24 January
Today is the final A-Day of Quarter 2 and Semester 1. Be sure that you have finalized your grade and done what you need to do in order to put your best face forward at the end. No grade changes will be done past Friday.
AP English III
Today in class we completed our mid-term examination. This will be put in the gradebook as a combined score. Next week, on Monday, we'll review the multiple choice and some of the commonly missed answers as well as some other approaches to rhetorical analysis.
Over the weekend, your main work should be your Beloved final project. As I stated today in class, all final products will be submitted electronically. This can be via a photograph, a series of photographs (especially if there is detail involved), a video or audio recording, or a shared document. Remember that no hard copies of your work will be accepted with the exception of a Works Cited page.
The rubric for the presentation and the project has been posted in Google Classroom. Remember that presentations will run on Monday and Wednesday. Everyone should be prepared on Monday to present their work.
Outside of that, remember that we will be finishing our work on Beloved. You have the next chapter of reading due on Wednesday. We will finish the book together in class for the final two chapters.
English IV
Today we spent time working on our ability to interpret poetry and answer questions on a multiple choice test. These questions and this assessment are very similar to the types of questions you will see on your NCFE. For this reason, this is a great practice for us.
After our quiz, we had guests from Student Services come and discuss planning for after high school graduation. As we go into the second semester, we will continue to do more of this work as your graduation is quickly approaching.
Over the weekend, consider where you will focus on making clear improvements as we go forward in the year. We'll be working through the rest of our poetry unit before returning to a longer type of text which will challenge us in some new ways.
AP English III
Today in class we completed our mid-term examination. This will be put in the gradebook as a combined score. Next week, on Monday, we'll review the multiple choice and some of the commonly missed answers as well as some other approaches to rhetorical analysis.
Over the weekend, your main work should be your Beloved final project. As I stated today in class, all final products will be submitted electronically. This can be via a photograph, a series of photographs (especially if there is detail involved), a video or audio recording, or a shared document. Remember that no hard copies of your work will be accepted with the exception of a Works Cited page.
The rubric for the presentation and the project has been posted in Google Classroom. Remember that presentations will run on Monday and Wednesday. Everyone should be prepared on Monday to present their work.
Outside of that, remember that we will be finishing our work on Beloved. You have the next chapter of reading due on Wednesday. We will finish the book together in class for the final two chapters.
English IV
Today we spent time working on our ability to interpret poetry and answer questions on a multiple choice test. These questions and this assessment are very similar to the types of questions you will see on your NCFE. For this reason, this is a great practice for us.
After our quiz, we had guests from Student Services come and discuss planning for after high school graduation. As we go into the second semester, we will continue to do more of this work as your graduation is quickly approaching.
Over the weekend, consider where you will focus on making clear improvements as we go forward in the year. We'll be working through the rest of our poetry unit before returning to a longer type of text which will challenge us in some new ways.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students - 23 January 2019
AP Seminar
I hope that today's viewing of a high scoring TMPOD presentation gave you all some interesting moments of reflection for your groups. As we continue to work through the process, it's important that we take time to pause and consider how the work that we are doing now will be pivotal for our work in the future and our final task.
Tonight you should be focused on revising and completing your IRR assignments based on the feedback of your group. Have you found gaps in your research that need to be filled? Are there additional considerations or solutions to explore? Continue to keep the rubric and other supporting documents in mind as we are working.
Advanced Russian
As a reminder your poet projects are due to Google Classroom. If you did not submit it today, make sure that it is ready before the end of the quarter on Friday. Remember that no changes to grades or assignments will be accepted past Friday.
Today in class we worked through more practice with our verbs of motion. Continue this work tonight at home by working through more of our exercise packet. Remember the process - identify words you don't know (look them up), understand the context (A, B, or C), and then make your choice.
Additionally, Russian III Students, be sure that you are preparing daily for the L2L Symposium at UNC next week. You should be speaking and practicing. Remember what I said in class - the goal is to be understood. No need to be fancy.
Russian I
I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of The Irony of Fate. After our viewing we spent time working with our cases to write about the main character and his adventures in the film so far. Remember that as we are writing, we are activating cases and applying our knowledge.
From there, we looked at some exercises and examples before having time to finish and submit our poetry projects to Google Classroom.
For homework, be sure to complete the exercises using genitive case so that you can practice with your declensions and usage. Remember that Friday is the last day of the quarter - you'll need to see me now with rubles or Falcon Feathers for extra credit.
I hope that today's viewing of a high scoring TMPOD presentation gave you all some interesting moments of reflection for your groups. As we continue to work through the process, it's important that we take time to pause and consider how the work that we are doing now will be pivotal for our work in the future and our final task.
Tonight you should be focused on revising and completing your IRR assignments based on the feedback of your group. Have you found gaps in your research that need to be filled? Are there additional considerations or solutions to explore? Continue to keep the rubric and other supporting documents in mind as we are working.
Advanced Russian
As a reminder your poet projects are due to Google Classroom. If you did not submit it today, make sure that it is ready before the end of the quarter on Friday. Remember that no changes to grades or assignments will be accepted past Friday.
Today in class we worked through more practice with our verbs of motion. Continue this work tonight at home by working through more of our exercise packet. Remember the process - identify words you don't know (look them up), understand the context (A, B, or C), and then make your choice.
Additionally, Russian III Students, be sure that you are preparing daily for the L2L Symposium at UNC next week. You should be speaking and practicing. Remember what I said in class - the goal is to be understood. No need to be fancy.
Russian I
I hope that you all enjoyed the beginning of The Irony of Fate. After our viewing we spent time working with our cases to write about the main character and his adventures in the film so far. Remember that as we are writing, we are activating cases and applying our knowledge.
From there, we looked at some exercises and examples before having time to finish and submit our poetry projects to Google Classroom.
For homework, be sure to complete the exercises using genitive case so that you can practice with your declensions and usage. Remember that Friday is the last day of the quarter - you'll need to see me now with rubles or Falcon Feathers for extra credit.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Homework for A-Day Students: 22 January
AP English III
Today was a day devoted to close reading - remember that we were working out this particular muscle as we're going to be using it a TON for the midterm examination on Thursday. As you complete the multiple choice aspect of the midterm you are doing a close reading of the questions, answer choices, and the passages themselves. On the rhetorical analysis your task is to present a close reading in words as you accomplish the goal of the prompt.
Next week we will have our ending of Beloved with our project presentations on Monday and Wednesday and the final projects coming due on Friday. Remember that you will likely share a link to your project in order to submit it to me. I will have a rubric for you to outline the way in which you'll be graded.
Please use the slides to give yourself checkpoints as you are finishing your project and preparing for your presentation. Remember that I am available to give extra feedback as it is needed.
English IV
Today in class we did a bit of creative writing, a bit of study and analysis of our poem "About School" and then we did some writing before finishing our poet projects. All a lot of great work focused on poetry skills.
Next class we're going to have a quiz to check in on our reading and understanding skills. As a way to prepare, look over all of your notes on literary devices and poetry reading skills. It would be a great idea to bring a dictionary with you next class too - remember that knowing the words is one of the best ways to understand what a poem is saying!
Today was a day devoted to close reading - remember that we were working out this particular muscle as we're going to be using it a TON for the midterm examination on Thursday. As you complete the multiple choice aspect of the midterm you are doing a close reading of the questions, answer choices, and the passages themselves. On the rhetorical analysis your task is to present a close reading in words as you accomplish the goal of the prompt.
Next week we will have our ending of Beloved with our project presentations on Monday and Wednesday and the final projects coming due on Friday. Remember that you will likely share a link to your project in order to submit it to me. I will have a rubric for you to outline the way in which you'll be graded.
Please use the slides to give yourself checkpoints as you are finishing your project and preparing for your presentation. Remember that I am available to give extra feedback as it is needed.
English IV
Today in class we did a bit of creative writing, a bit of study and analysis of our poem "About School" and then we did some writing before finishing our poet projects. All a lot of great work focused on poetry skills.
Next class we're going to have a quiz to check in on our reading and understanding skills. As a way to prepare, look over all of your notes on literary devices and poetry reading skills. It would be a great idea to bring a dictionary with you next class too - remember that knowing the words is one of the best ways to understand what a poem is saying!
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Helpful Suggestion - AP English
This weekend gives you a great opportunity to get a lot of work done on your projects. I would highly suggest that at this point you have a clear plan as to what your work will look like. It would be great to have a written draft which incorporates, clearly, all of your information and sources. If you're planning something like a presentation/speech/podcast then you may want to run through it and record yourself to see where hiccoughs may be.
I would also be sure that I had a complete bibliography/works cited page at this point. I'm available next week for conferences about your work.
I would also be sure that I had a complete bibliography/works cited page at this point. I'm available next week for conferences about your work.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 18 January
Since we were having Internet connectivity issues today in class we did not have sufficient time to complete our Russian Poet Projects - these projects will be assessed at the end of the weekend, be sure that it is turned in to Google Classroom or shared to me.
Russian I
This weekend we should be focused on knowing how to use the four cases that we have been learning thoroughly. As a reminder those cases are NOM, ACC, GEN, PREP. Remember that each of these cases has a specific job and they show themselves based on what they do to the end of a word. Be sure that you finish working through Exercise 1.8 in your textbook. Make the changes for the words for the case needed. Translate. Understand why this case is being activated.
You should also finish learning your verbs. The verbs are the key. Only by understanding what the verb means will we be able to determine the needed case.
Remember that you have the opportunity to correct your quizzes. See me next week outside of class (aka - lunch).
Advanced Russian
We are continuing our work with verbs of motion. Today we spent time in class writing sentences and talking about the very clear distinctions between different types of verbs of motion. Apply these distinctions to the quiz you just took as well as to the exercises that you have.
This weekend you should spend time with your exercises. As you go through, make your choice between A or B for directionality (II) or aspect (III). Identify key words that lead you to your choice. Conjugate for the situation and then translate. This is good work to do as you are preparing to retake your quiz.
Lastly, as always, be aware of vocabulary. Take time to study and learn - especially your prepositions.
Russian III Students - Be aware that you have your trip to UNC on 1 February. Be sure that you are building in time to practice your speaking about your topics.
AP Seminar
Our first submissions are due! Be sure that you have shared work with your team so that they can read, reflect, and give feedback. As you work this weekend, be sure to complete the self-edit as well as the form in Google Classroom. We had some great conferences today in class about what our next steps are going to look like. Keep in mind that QUEST is a recursive practice. We may need to go back to the beginning, but it won't be the exact same beginning as it once was.
Be ready to gather together with your group on Wednesday in order to start making moves toward your TMPOD!
Russian I
This weekend we should be focused on knowing how to use the four cases that we have been learning thoroughly. As a reminder those cases are NOM, ACC, GEN, PREP. Remember that each of these cases has a specific job and they show themselves based on what they do to the end of a word. Be sure that you finish working through Exercise 1.8 in your textbook. Make the changes for the words for the case needed. Translate. Understand why this case is being activated.
You should also finish learning your verbs. The verbs are the key. Only by understanding what the verb means will we be able to determine the needed case.
Remember that you have the opportunity to correct your quizzes. See me next week outside of class (aka - lunch).
Advanced Russian
We are continuing our work with verbs of motion. Today we spent time in class writing sentences and talking about the very clear distinctions between different types of verbs of motion. Apply these distinctions to the quiz you just took as well as to the exercises that you have.
This weekend you should spend time with your exercises. As you go through, make your choice between A or B for directionality (II) or aspect (III). Identify key words that lead you to your choice. Conjugate for the situation and then translate. This is good work to do as you are preparing to retake your quiz.
Lastly, as always, be aware of vocabulary. Take time to study and learn - especially your prepositions.
Russian III Students - Be aware that you have your trip to UNC on 1 February. Be sure that you are building in time to practice your speaking about your topics.
AP Seminar
Our first submissions are due! Be sure that you have shared work with your team so that they can read, reflect, and give feedback. As you work this weekend, be sure to complete the self-edit as well as the form in Google Classroom. We had some great conferences today in class about what our next steps are going to look like. Keep in mind that QUEST is a recursive practice. We may need to go back to the beginning, but it won't be the exact same beginning as it once was.
Be ready to gather together with your group on Wednesday in order to start making moves toward your TMPOD!
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 17 January
AP English III
Today in class we spent time working through an AP Multiple Choice sample and then three chapters of Beloved focused on better understanding of the three key female characters through close analysis of their language and syntax. Remember as I said today in class, the book is starting to come to a conclusion. Start to pay attention to the ways in which Morrison is coming to a conclusion about her key motifs and topics to create themes and arguments.
For the weekend, your first priority is to finish reading Part Two of Beloved. This is just two chapters (don't forget to finish what we started in class). As you read, focus on Paul D and Stamp Paid. Why is Morrison choosing to focus on these two men immediately after three chapters filled with the voices of women?
At this point, you should be actively constructing your final project. This is due on February 1. You'll complete your presentations earlier that week. This will be a Q3 grade.
The final grade for Q2 will be your AP Midterm on Thursday. This will be approximately twenty-two multiple choice questions and a rhetorical analysis timed writing.
English IV
Today in class we worked through a great poem by Claude McKay called "The Tropics of New York" in which we learned a new method of working through poetry called TP-CASTT. In this method, we look at important parts of a poem to see how they work together to create meaning. So, tonight I want you to practice this with the poem I gave you at the end of class.
Tonight, or over the weekend, read "About School" - Use TP-CASTT to understand it and take notes as you read. Then, answer the attached questions. Be sure to try your best on all of the questions that you can answer.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Homework for B-Day Students: 16 January 2019
AP Seminar
Today we had our first of two writing workshops. You should be developing your IRR and working with your teammates to review and revise your work as you are developing it. I think that this is a great opportunity to begin the process of collaboration and communication which is really at the heart of the TMPOD.
At the end of class on Friday you'll be asked to submit your IRR First Submission to your group mates. Your group will read, score, and comment upon your work. On Tuesday we'll gather and begin to move forward toward the team portion of this assignment and task.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we completed an assessment which is already in the gradebook. If you are not satisfied with your performance, continue to study and review your cards and return for a resubmission. You may resubmit this quiz any time until next Friday (which is the close of the grading period).
Tonight you should submit your poet research project (I can't promise more time in class to work on it). If you don't finish it tonight, then definitely have it done for Friday as I'll be grading them this weekend. You should also work through the exercises I gave you today in class as a review of key skills and related language.
Russian I
Today we took a quiz which I should have in the gradebook shortly for you. You may come back and resubmit this assignment anytime this week or next (before the end of the grading period on Friday). Make sure that you are reviewing the content on Google Classroom in order to practice. You should also be sure that you're reviewing older skills if you are weak in those (like verb conjugation).
For homework tonight you're focused on the genitive case. Write your sentences about possession - three sentences for what you have and three for what you're lacking. Then, complete Exercise 1.8B - work through your declensions. Lastly, don't forget about your poet project (I can't promise more time in class to work on it). If you don't finish it tonight, then definitely have it done for Friday as I'll be grading them this weekend.
Today we had our first of two writing workshops. You should be developing your IRR and working with your teammates to review and revise your work as you are developing it. I think that this is a great opportunity to begin the process of collaboration and communication which is really at the heart of the TMPOD.
At the end of class on Friday you'll be asked to submit your IRR First Submission to your group mates. Your group will read, score, and comment upon your work. On Tuesday we'll gather and begin to move forward toward the team portion of this assignment and task.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we completed an assessment which is already in the gradebook. If you are not satisfied with your performance, continue to study and review your cards and return for a resubmission. You may resubmit this quiz any time until next Friday (which is the close of the grading period).
Tonight you should submit your poet research project (I can't promise more time in class to work on it). If you don't finish it tonight, then definitely have it done for Friday as I'll be grading them this weekend. You should also work through the exercises I gave you today in class as a review of key skills and related language.
Russian I
Today we took a quiz which I should have in the gradebook shortly for you. You may come back and resubmit this assignment anytime this week or next (before the end of the grading period on Friday). Make sure that you are reviewing the content on Google Classroom in order to practice. You should also be sure that you're reviewing older skills if you are weak in those (like verb conjugation).
For homework tonight you're focused on the genitive case. Write your sentences about possession - three sentences for what you have and three for what you're lacking. Then, complete Exercise 1.8B - work through your declensions. Lastly, don't forget about your poet project (I can't promise more time in class to work on it). If you don't finish it tonight, then definitely have it done for Friday as I'll be grading them this weekend.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Homework for A Day - 15 January 2019
AP English III
Today in class we focused on our projects and the AP Examination before doing a quick check-in on some major ideas and trends in Chapter Nineteen. Here are your reminders as we move forward to next class.
Make sure that you've read and annotated Chapters 20-22 for next class. These chapters present basically the same content in three different ways, through three voices. Look at what makes these voices different. What does each talk about? Why is this important? As you read, don't forget to go back and consider Chapter Nineteen with the notes from today's class.
Additionally, remember that we'll be doing another multiple choice section next class. Practice with the skills and strategies today, and don't forget to start learning any terms from that sheet which may be new or unfamiliar to you.
Lastly, the dates for presenting your final project will be the 28th and 30th of January. Remember that you'll only have about two minutes to present. The final product is due that Friday, February 1.
English IV
Today in class we focused on learning some new literary devices often seen in poetry before going on to trying our hand at making or interpreting the devices. Many of these literary devices are used in poetry as well as in other types of text, and I would bet that you'll see these devices referenced on your NCFE at the end of the year. After that, we went back to our documentary on slam and performance poetry.
Next class we'll be looking at studying poems and identifying these various literary devices in them. It is also important to think to yourself about the way that these devices are used by authors to put together their themes or main ideas. Take a look at your poet's poem and see if these devices are being used to support the theme.
Today in class we focused on our projects and the AP Examination before doing a quick check-in on some major ideas and trends in Chapter Nineteen. Here are your reminders as we move forward to next class.
Make sure that you've read and annotated Chapters 20-22 for next class. These chapters present basically the same content in three different ways, through three voices. Look at what makes these voices different. What does each talk about? Why is this important? As you read, don't forget to go back and consider Chapter Nineteen with the notes from today's class.
Additionally, remember that we'll be doing another multiple choice section next class. Practice with the skills and strategies today, and don't forget to start learning any terms from that sheet which may be new or unfamiliar to you.
Lastly, the dates for presenting your final project will be the 28th and 30th of January. Remember that you'll only have about two minutes to present. The final product is due that Friday, February 1.
English IV
Today in class we focused on learning some new literary devices often seen in poetry before going on to trying our hand at making or interpreting the devices. Many of these literary devices are used in poetry as well as in other types of text, and I would bet that you'll see these devices referenced on your NCFE at the end of the year. After that, we went back to our documentary on slam and performance poetry.
Next class we'll be looking at studying poems and identifying these various literary devices in them. It is also important to think to yourself about the way that these devices are used by authors to put together their themes or main ideas. Take a look at your poet's poem and see if these devices are being used to support the theme.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Homework for B-Day - 14 January 2019
Russian Students - You all have quizzes on Wednesday. Be aware of what you should do in order to prepare as well as the topics for your quizzes.
Russian I - Your quiz will focus on the use of nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. You should be able to explain why a case is being used and how to change the ending of a word in order to show that it is in a particular case. Practicing with our exercises (1.8A and 1.8D) as well as reviewing our classwork today would be very helpful with this.
Additionally, if you are missing any work or need to redo any tests you only have this week remaining for that. I will not accept any reassessments past Friday of this week.
Advanced Russian - Your quiz will focus on our first four verbs of motion (which really means eight verbs of motion). You'll be asked to define, use, translate, and identify. Know their meaning as well as their usage. You should also be aware of how to use various cases and prepositions in order to clarify the destination or origination of an action.
Keep in mind the same note about missing projects, tests, or the desire to complete a reassessment this week.
AP Seminar
Today we turned in Annotated Bibliographies. I'll assess these this week and enter your scores in PowerSchool. Through this week, you should all be focused on developing your IRR. With your IRR, be sure that you are using your sample documents (found in Google Classroom), the rubric for the IRR (found in Google Classroom), and your groupmates. Keep in mind that there are three submissions for the IRR - we should continue to refine and develop these works as we keep going through the process. Your first submission is due on Friday.
Russian I - Your quiz will focus on the use of nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. You should be able to explain why a case is being used and how to change the ending of a word in order to show that it is in a particular case. Practicing with our exercises (1.8A and 1.8D) as well as reviewing our classwork today would be very helpful with this.
Additionally, if you are missing any work or need to redo any tests you only have this week remaining for that. I will not accept any reassessments past Friday of this week.
Advanced Russian - Your quiz will focus on our first four verbs of motion (which really means eight verbs of motion). You'll be asked to define, use, translate, and identify. Know their meaning as well as their usage. You should also be aware of how to use various cases and prepositions in order to clarify the destination or origination of an action.
Keep in mind the same note about missing projects, tests, or the desire to complete a reassessment this week.
AP Seminar
Today we turned in Annotated Bibliographies. I'll assess these this week and enter your scores in PowerSchool. Through this week, you should all be focused on developing your IRR. With your IRR, be sure that you are using your sample documents (found in Google Classroom), the rubric for the IRR (found in Google Classroom), and your groupmates. Keep in mind that there are three submissions for the IRR - we should continue to refine and develop these works as we keep going through the process. Your first submission is due on Friday.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
A-Day Homework for the Weekend - 11 January 2019
Sorry for posting this late everyone! From my training all day Friday, then to the swim meet, and finally home. Here are your reminders.
English IV
We'll be getting back to our poet/poetry projects on Tuesday. The goal will be to finish our research and to begin studying our poem. I'll take you through a model of poetry study that is really helpful at finding and discussing themes. Make sure that you've found your chosen poem and read it several times. Consider what you think the meaning of the poem is.
Also, if you didn't finish the film, we'll get back to that on Tuesday too.
AP English III
If you did not yet share or submit your vocabulary cards, please do so. The envelopes feel a bit light...
For the weekend you have two assignments to complete - reading and writing based. On the reading side, move in to Part Two of Beloved and complete Chapter 19. This is a longer chapter and will take you some time to read; there are several breaks in the chapter - use them to your advantage. As you read, look at how things are new and different for Sethe and her daughters. You may find it useful to compare to the opening of Part One. What's the same in terms of the structure of the chapters? What's different?
In terms of your writing, be sure that you have your outline for peer review on Tuesday. The outline should consist of the four elements in the slides from class on Wednesday (Google Classroom). I will collect your Works Cited page and mark errors in citation. Be sure that you have a hard copy of this or can share one to me and that it has at least five clear sources.
English IV
We'll be getting back to our poet/poetry projects on Tuesday. The goal will be to finish our research and to begin studying our poem. I'll take you through a model of poetry study that is really helpful at finding and discussing themes. Make sure that you've found your chosen poem and read it several times. Consider what you think the meaning of the poem is.
Also, if you didn't finish the film, we'll get back to that on Tuesday too.
AP English III
If you did not yet share or submit your vocabulary cards, please do so. The envelopes feel a bit light...
For the weekend you have two assignments to complete - reading and writing based. On the reading side, move in to Part Two of Beloved and complete Chapter 19. This is a longer chapter and will take you some time to read; there are several breaks in the chapter - use them to your advantage. As you read, look at how things are new and different for Sethe and her daughters. You may find it useful to compare to the opening of Part One. What's the same in terms of the structure of the chapters? What's different?
In terms of your writing, be sure that you have your outline for peer review on Tuesday. The outline should consist of the four elements in the slides from class on Wednesday (Google Classroom). I will collect your Works Cited page and mark errors in citation. Be sure that you have a hard copy of this or can share one to me and that it has at least five clear sources.
I think that's everything! As always, be in touch with any questions or concerns you may have.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - 10 January - B Day
Russian I
Today in class we put pen to paper to try and write about ourselves using our cases. Some of us were really successful and I can see that others of us need to spend some time reviewing. Remember that the main job of all of the cases is to say what the word is doing in the sentence. Not really what it means. Keep in mind that you should be sure that the word is in the right case for it to have the job you want it to have.
Over the weekend, be sure that you have completed your practice exercises from the textbook. Also, know your different words of the day - practice and use these as well as the other vocabulary from Chapter One. In your textbooks, a great practice is the reading passage at the start of Chapter One. Go through this and try to find the use of prepositional and accusative cases.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we learned our first transitive verb of motion - to carry with your own power. Remember that with this verb and others like it you'll have a double accusative situation for your item and then the destination. Be sure that you're looking over your cards regularly so that you learn these new verbs thoroughly.
This weekend you have exercises focused on prefixes - Russian II should complete 62-64 focused on the по- prefix. Russian III should take a look at the exercises 86-88 and 93-95 which focus on в-, вы-, при-, у-, под-, и от-. As you get familiar with putting these prepositions on your verbs, be sure that you are also putting these verbs with logical prepositions to discuss movement and destinations.
Today in class we put pen to paper to try and write about ourselves using our cases. Some of us were really successful and I can see that others of us need to spend some time reviewing. Remember that the main job of all of the cases is to say what the word is doing in the sentence. Not really what it means. Keep in mind that you should be sure that the word is in the right case for it to have the job you want it to have.
Over the weekend, be sure that you have completed your practice exercises from the textbook. Also, know your different words of the day - practice and use these as well as the other vocabulary from Chapter One. In your textbooks, a great practice is the reading passage at the start of Chapter One. Go through this and try to find the use of prepositional and accusative cases.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we learned our first transitive verb of motion - to carry with your own power. Remember that with this verb and others like it you'll have a double accusative situation for your item and then the destination. Be sure that you're looking over your cards regularly so that you learn these new verbs thoroughly.
This weekend you have exercises focused on prefixes - Russian II should complete 62-64 focused on the по- prefix. Russian III should take a look at the exercises 86-88 and 93-95 which focus on в-, вы-, при-, у-, под-, и от-. As you get familiar with putting these prepositions on your verbs, be sure that you are also putting these verbs with logical prepositions to discuss movement and destinations.
All Russian classes will have quizzes next week on Wednesday related to our new content!
AP Seminar
Our first deadline is coming up on Monday, the AB. Be sure that you are using your group-mates as well as the various documents and supports that I have given you so far this year to complete this task. You'll submit a hard copy of your AB on Monday and then we'll start to talk about how we transform these AB's into IRR's. As always, take a look at the sample papers in Google Classroom. Can you see elements of the AB in their writing? How is the IRR different from the AB? What types of writing and structure will you need to add to the IRR so that it does what it needs to do? How is the rubric for the IRR helpful when completing the AB?
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Homework for A Day Classes - 9 January
AP English III
Good work today getting through Chapter 18 with me. I hope that the guided read aloud helped you in understanding the various ways that Morrison is building meaning in her text. As always, be sure that you're going back and reflecting on previous moments to see if you have missed some of these important bits from before.
For tonight, make sure that you're preparing for your assessment. You'll have an argumentative timed writing on the idea of freedom - remember that you'll be using Beloved as your primary evidence, but you can use other sources too. After the timed writing, you'll have thirty identifications which center on characters - be sure to know them very well!
Your outlines will be reviewed on Tuesday by your peers. Be sure that you have really considered your project medium (podcast, video, interviews, art, photographs, collage) and how you'll be communicating your argument through your chosen format. This is where you want to think about how you'll be organizing the pieces of evidence and how you'll comment on these pieces of evidence.
Lastly, remember that you have vocabulary cards due next class - words 25-30. If you would like to submit your cards via Google Drive, that's fine. Be sure that you have all of the required parts.
English IV
Today we finished our reading and discussion of Pablo Neruda's "Ode to My Socks" and worked through understanding how the theme of the poem is created and supported. This is a really important skill, because it's what I'll be asking you to do as you study your poems in depth. After that, we moved on to vocabulary work and project work.
For tonight, you should all be focused on reading your poems closely. Try to determine the theme of the poem. What are the parts of the poem that really support and develop the theme? Is there imagery? Powerful words? This will be the goal of our second project, so it's a good idea to start with that now.
Good work today getting through Chapter 18 with me. I hope that the guided read aloud helped you in understanding the various ways that Morrison is building meaning in her text. As always, be sure that you're going back and reflecting on previous moments to see if you have missed some of these important bits from before.
For tonight, make sure that you're preparing for your assessment. You'll have an argumentative timed writing on the idea of freedom - remember that you'll be using Beloved as your primary evidence, but you can use other sources too. After the timed writing, you'll have thirty identifications which center on characters - be sure to know them very well!
Your outlines will be reviewed on Tuesday by your peers. Be sure that you have really considered your project medium (podcast, video, interviews, art, photographs, collage) and how you'll be communicating your argument through your chosen format. This is where you want to think about how you'll be organizing the pieces of evidence and how you'll comment on these pieces of evidence.
Lastly, remember that you have vocabulary cards due next class - words 25-30. If you would like to submit your cards via Google Drive, that's fine. Be sure that you have all of the required parts.
English IV
Today we finished our reading and discussion of Pablo Neruda's "Ode to My Socks" and worked through understanding how the theme of the poem is created and supported. This is a really important skill, because it's what I'll be asking you to do as you study your poems in depth. After that, we moved on to vocabulary work and project work.
For tonight, you should all be focused on reading your poems closely. Try to determine the theme of the poem. What are the parts of the poem that really support and develop the theme? Is there imagery? Powerful words? This will be the goal of our second project, so it's a good idea to start with that now.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Homework for B Day - 8 January
AP Seminar
We just keep on moving forward, don't we. I hope that today's writing workshop on using transitions, key language, and citations in an effort to help your reader follow your ideas was helpful. By this point, you should be actively building your Annotated Bibliography. Be sure that you use the documents that you already have in order to produce a good quality piece of work.
Next class we'll stay engaged with building our work. Remember that your AB is due on the 14th, just about a week from now!
Advanced Russian
We are building our cards and building our knowledge. Today we reviewed our prepositions, our verb that means to go by transit, and the ideas of the A, B, and C contexts. As we continue to learn new information, continue to practice and review.
We also discussed in earnest the elements of the poet project. Remember that there are two parts - the biography and slide show (in English) and the memorization (in Russian). By the end of today you should begin your research and start outlining your slides. Check out the study guide for the Olympiada if you are going to compete - it's in Google Classroom - so that you can begin to prepare for the competitions.
Related to grammar - we have exercise 37, 44, and 46 on the paper we worked on today. You should also consider any work related to reassessments on old tests or projects. Know your conjugations and your cases!
Russian I
Tonight for homework you should continue to study and review the two cases that we are focused on this week - accusative and prepositional. Remember that these two cases have two very different jobs - and that will help us to use each of them appropriately. As you are working through Exercise 1.8 A and D in your textbook - fill in the blank by putting the word in the appropriate case.
You should also continue to work on your poetry memorization. Remember that the memorization isn't due until the end of the month, but the English based biography will be due much sooner. Lastly, stay aware of your grade in PowerSchool - if you are missing a unit test, or a project, or you would like to re-do the project/unit test, you have very little time remaining to complete this!
We just keep on moving forward, don't we. I hope that today's writing workshop on using transitions, key language, and citations in an effort to help your reader follow your ideas was helpful. By this point, you should be actively building your Annotated Bibliography. Be sure that you use the documents that you already have in order to produce a good quality piece of work.
Next class we'll stay engaged with building our work. Remember that your AB is due on the 14th, just about a week from now!
Advanced Russian
We are building our cards and building our knowledge. Today we reviewed our prepositions, our verb that means to go by transit, and the ideas of the A, B, and C contexts. As we continue to learn new information, continue to practice and review.
We also discussed in earnest the elements of the poet project. Remember that there are two parts - the biography and slide show (in English) and the memorization (in Russian). By the end of today you should begin your research and start outlining your slides. Check out the study guide for the Olympiada if you are going to compete - it's in Google Classroom - so that you can begin to prepare for the competitions.
Related to grammar - we have exercise 37, 44, and 46 on the paper we worked on today. You should also consider any work related to reassessments on old tests or projects. Know your conjugations and your cases!
Russian I
Tonight for homework you should continue to study and review the two cases that we are focused on this week - accusative and prepositional. Remember that these two cases have two very different jobs - and that will help us to use each of them appropriately. As you are working through Exercise 1.8 A and D in your textbook - fill in the blank by putting the word in the appropriate case.
You should also continue to work on your poetry memorization. Remember that the memorization isn't due until the end of the month, but the English based biography will be due much sooner. Lastly, stay aware of your grade in PowerSchool - if you are missing a unit test, or a project, or you would like to re-do the project/unit test, you have very little time remaining to complete this!
Monday, January 7, 2019
Homework for A Day Students - 7 January
AP English III
Today in class we spent our time working through Brent Staples's "Just Walk On By" and learning about the concept of necropolitics. This concept is at the heart of what many of you are working on in your independent research projects. I would suggest that you go back and consider where this concept is at work in the research that you have already done. Reading Peggy McIntosh's piece about "Unpacking the Invisible Napsack" may be helpful in understanding where else necropolitics may be seen in the world around us.
For next class, be sure to take a look at all of Part One of Beloved. Our assessment on Friday will focus on that. On Wednesday, we'll spend time pulling together our ideas on the first part of this book and reviewing key areas of the text in advance of our assessment. The assessment will consist of an essay (timed writing - argument) and several identifications.
Remember that you will also have vocabulary cards due on Friday. You may submit these electronically via Google Slides if you would like. You'll need to do two slides per word, each slide will be the side of the card.
Next week I will be reviewing the outline for your project as well as your works cited page. This will be due at the end of class on Tuesday. Be sure that you have begun to think about what your argument is and how you will guide me through your evidence to convince me and others of your argument.
English IV
Today in class we didn't finish reading Pablo Neruda's "Ode to My Socks" so we'll finish that next class and take a look at another type of poem as well as our vocabulary for the week. Tonight, be sure that you've identified a poet and a poem for your project. If you find a poet, but can't find the information about them, then you may find it best to change to a different poet. Let me know if you need any help or suggestions.
Today in class we spent our time working through Brent Staples's "Just Walk On By" and learning about the concept of necropolitics. This concept is at the heart of what many of you are working on in your independent research projects. I would suggest that you go back and consider where this concept is at work in the research that you have already done. Reading Peggy McIntosh's piece about "Unpacking the Invisible Napsack" may be helpful in understanding where else necropolitics may be seen in the world around us.
For next class, be sure to take a look at all of Part One of Beloved. Our assessment on Friday will focus on that. On Wednesday, we'll spend time pulling together our ideas on the first part of this book and reviewing key areas of the text in advance of our assessment. The assessment will consist of an essay (timed writing - argument) and several identifications.
Remember that you will also have vocabulary cards due on Friday. You may submit these electronically via Google Slides if you would like. You'll need to do two slides per word, each slide will be the side of the card.
Next week I will be reviewing the outline for your project as well as your works cited page. This will be due at the end of class on Tuesday. Be sure that you have begun to think about what your argument is and how you will guide me through your evidence to convince me and others of your argument.
English IV
Today in class we didn't finish reading Pablo Neruda's "Ode to My Socks" so we'll finish that next class and take a look at another type of poem as well as our vocabulary for the week. Tonight, be sure that you've identified a poet and a poem for your project. If you find a poet, but can't find the information about them, then you may find it best to change to a different poet. Let me know if you need any help or suggestions.
Friday, January 4, 2019
Back At It - 4 January - B Day Homework
Welcome back everyone! Now we begin the long march toward longer and warmer days! Remember that we still have a bit more than half of the year to go - plenty of time to make significant changes, if needed, and to see them come to fruition.
AP Seminar
Today in class we spent some time checking in with each other, doing any editing that was necessary based on our discoveries through winter break, and then we kept moving forward. Remember that your next big check-in date is on the 14th of January. On this date I'll be collecting an annotated bibliography from you about your lens/perspective. Remember to use the documents which you have already received in order to be successful. I am more than happy to offer editing or assistance as you are working.
Advanced Russian
We began new units today focused on verbs of motion in Russian. We focused on the first major verb, to go by foot, and our two related questions - Where to? Where from?
As always, begin to review and study your vocabulary now. Though we're focused in just the first verb, be able to use other vocabulary with this verb including but not limited to the prepositions and the different destinations or modes of transit you may have. For homework, we have some exercises to complete related to the new verbs. Be sure to fill in the blanks in the dialogue. Remember to think about your A, B, C actions as you look at what is happening. Be sure to also answer the questions fully as you use your verbs.
For your unit exams, you have until 1/18 to complete your reassessments. I would recommend coming over several sessions and going section by section to improve your standing. If you have edits or projects to submit, those need to be in by the 11th.
Russian I
Today we spent time with our word of the day - TO SEE - and then used that word to work with the accusative case. From there, we wandered through a few different Russian cities in order to create sentences about what we see in those various Russian cities.
For homework tonight, complete the exercise with the sentence starters. Go through the sentence and put the items that you see, write, read, receive, or whatever in the proper case (make the changes to the ends of the words as needed). Once you've finished this, go through the exercise on identifying cases in English. Mark the underlined portion with a letter N (nominative), A (accusative), or P (prepositional).
Also, you have until the 11th to turn in or resubmit any project work. You have until the 18th to see me about test corrections.
AP Seminar
Today in class we spent some time checking in with each other, doing any editing that was necessary based on our discoveries through winter break, and then we kept moving forward. Remember that your next big check-in date is on the 14th of January. On this date I'll be collecting an annotated bibliography from you about your lens/perspective. Remember to use the documents which you have already received in order to be successful. I am more than happy to offer editing or assistance as you are working.
Advanced Russian
We began new units today focused on verbs of motion in Russian. We focused on the first major verb, to go by foot, and our two related questions - Where to? Where from?
As always, begin to review and study your vocabulary now. Though we're focused in just the first verb, be able to use other vocabulary with this verb including but not limited to the prepositions and the different destinations or modes of transit you may have. For homework, we have some exercises to complete related to the new verbs. Be sure to fill in the blanks in the dialogue. Remember to think about your A, B, C actions as you look at what is happening. Be sure to also answer the questions fully as you use your verbs.
For your unit exams, you have until 1/18 to complete your reassessments. I would recommend coming over several sessions and going section by section to improve your standing. If you have edits or projects to submit, those need to be in by the 11th.
Russian I
Today we spent time with our word of the day - TO SEE - and then used that word to work with the accusative case. From there, we wandered through a few different Russian cities in order to create sentences about what we see in those various Russian cities.
For homework tonight, complete the exercise with the sentence starters. Go through the sentence and put the items that you see, write, read, receive, or whatever in the proper case (make the changes to the ends of the words as needed). Once you've finished this, go through the exercise on identifying cases in English. Mark the underlined portion with a letter N (nominative), A (accusative), or P (prepositional).
Also, you have until the 11th to turn in or resubmit any project work. You have until the 18th to see me about test corrections.
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