30 March 2017

30 March 2017


  1. Vocabulary Quiz #3
  2. After vocab quiz, work quietly until everyone is finished.
  3. When finished, we will separate into our Biology book groups.
  4. In your groups, you will create a list of possible topics for your bioethics research paper.
  5. After finishing your small group discussions, you will work on your Inferno interpretation.
  6. Research Paper info
  7. Topics must be approved Monday
  8. HW: Inferno interpretation

29 March 2017

29 March 2017




  1. Turn in Progress Reports
  2. SAT #3 Quizlet Live
  3. Read Theory- Complete at least 1 quiz
  4. Finish Reviewing Benchmark Data
  5. Discuss the Dante Excerpt
  6. Create your own Hell
  7. HW: Read, Study Vocab

28 March 2017

28 March 2017



  1. SAT Week #3 Review
  2. Sign up for Academic Hour
  3. Agenda Review
  4. Update SIN2017TOC- Notes for Dante N8
  5. Dante Notes N8
  6. Review Benchmark Data & Answers
  7. Support our students to go to Washington & New York GoFundMe
  8. HW: Turn in your Revised essays
  9. HW:  READ READ READ your HeLa or My Sister's Keeper
  10. HW: Read Canto XXVI excerpt- annotate & answer questions

27 March 2017

27 March 2017



  1. Flocabulary
  2. SAT Week 2 Vocab Quiz
    • Review Week #3 (Quiz is still Thursday)
  3. Actively Learn Article assigned. Due tomorrow 3:45 pm. (RBG)
  4. After completing your quiz, work on filling in your Dante chart. Each section is assigned to a specific person. 
  5. Tomorrow, we will take notes on Dante's background.
  6. HW: Read Bio book, review Vocabulary

22 March 2017

23 March 2017

M. “Bosnian Substitute Teacher.” Flickr, Yahoo, 30 Jan. 2006, c1.staticflickr.com/1/54/183791754_bccade86f6.jpg. Accessed 22 Mar. 2017.
I am out sick today. So, no Vocab Quiz. You will take your quiz on MONDAY.
Here is what you are to do while I'm out:

  1. Read the 2 Flood Stories on this Prism and highlight the similarities and differences between the two stories.
  2. Then, Research and find another culture's flood story. Read the story.
  3. Complete the 3 Flood Compare Chart on Classroom.
  4. After completing this assignment, complete 2 quizzes on ReadTheory
  5. Next, complete the assigned reading "Still I Rise" in Actively Learn.
    • There is a video you will need headphones for.
    • This will lock at 3:45 pm.
  6. When finished, work on revising your UDHR/Night essay, read, or work quietly on your IRP #2.
  7. I will see you tomorrow rehearsing Shakespeare.

22 March 2017

Dorothybme. “Benchmark Email Logo.” Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Feb. 2016, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benchmark_Email.png. Accessed 22 Mar. 2017.
  1. Quizlet Live SAT Week #2
  2. Decide who in your group will complete parts in the Gilgamesh presentation
  3. SchoolNet Benchmark
    • Code: MU3QE4JE5
  4. Benchmark is a quiz grade
  5. After completing Benchmark, work on add your parts to the classroom Gilgamesh presentation.
  6. Read your article on TweenTribune & complete the assignment by the due date.
  7. If time: we will finish Hero Presentations.
  8. HW: Read your Bio novel 
  9. HW: Sign up for Academic Hour
  10. HW: Study Vocabulary
  11. HW: Tween Tribune article
  12. HW: Gilgamesh presentation completed
Things to remember: 
IRP #2 due April 11
Grizzlies Night Tickets $15 (June 3) -Includes game and all you can eat food/drinks & FIREWORKS
Prom Tickets are on sale- buy now. Guest forms due asap.
Spring Festival is this Friday 5-7pm
Friday is Shakespeare rehearsal day


21 March 2017

21 March 2017


Red Komet. “Gilgamesh (Statue).Jpg.” Villains Wikia Fandom, Wikia, 16 Jan. 2013, vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/a/a4/Gilgamesh_(Statue).jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130616201510. Accessed 21 Mar. 2017.

  1. SAT Week #2 Vocab Review
  2. Agenda Review
  3. Finish Contemporary Hero Journey Presentations
  4. Assign Gilgamesh Groups
  5. Read Gilgamesh assigned chapter(s)
  6. Add to class presentation: Summary, Important Characters, Elements of Epic Hero, & Image(s) w/citations in the Notes section of Presentation
  7. Gilgamesh presentation due before class Thursday
  8. Benchmark tomorrow on SchoolNet (Please remember your log in to PowerSchool)
    • Will count as a quiz grade.
    • RACE: Restate & Answer the question, Cite specific examples, Explain your reasoning.
  9. HW: Read your assigned chapter of Gilgamesh

20 March 2017

20 March 2017


  1. SAT Week 2 Vocab Review
  2. Flocabulary
  3. Clean email
  4. Hero Journey Movie Presentations -Hyperlink your presentation to the file below.

16 March 2017

16 March 2017




  1. Leadership Luncheon Today
  2. Turn in Movie Permission forms
  3. SAT Week 2 Vocab Review
  4. TweenTribune Sign Up
  5. Quill due tomorrow
  6. IRP Update (only complete 1- will be writing a research paper on bioethics)
  7. Flocabulary
  8. Work on Shakespeare & Hero assignment & READ
  9. SLC Tomorrow for Service Learning

14 March 2017

14 March 2017



Academic Hour Sign Up
  1. Poster Post-It Notes
    • Wander to each Poster. 
    • Leave a Post-It Notes w/a suggestion for improvement (missing content?) or praise if the poster looks fabulous
    • Revised Poster due Thursday for shared final grade 
    • 10 minutes
  2. Update SIN2017TOC Notes column for Epic/Gilgamesh & Archetypal Hero & Journey Notes (N7) 
  3. Finish 4 EdPuzzle Assignments & Take Notes
    • Archetypal Heroes in Literature 5mins
    • The Hero's Journey: An Archetype  4mins
    • Mesopotamia 14mins
    • Epic Conventions: Gilgamesh 2mins
  4. When finished, Math work time &/or Shakespeare
  5. HW: Read My Sister's Keeper & Immortal Life & Study Vocab SAT Week #2
  6. HW: Pick a movie about a hero journey & watch it. HERO presentation Project due Monday

09 March 2017

9 March 2017


  1. Choose partners using Wheel
  2. After Quiz, complete Who's the Real Tragic Hero w/partner & submit to Classroom
  3. Vocabulary Quiz Week #1
  4. Plan Poster Test (will complete in class on Monday w/sub)

08 March 2017

8 March 2017



  1. ReadTheory 10minutes Practice
    • Complete at least 1 reading quiz
  2. SAT Week #1 Review
    • Study w/a partner (10 minutes limit)
    • Quiz tomorrow
    • Check that you can log in to Formative for the multiple choice portion of your quiz
  3. Actively Learn is due today
  4. Finish Antigone

07 March 2017

7 March 2017




  1. SAT Week #1 Vocab
  2. Actively Learn Article due Wednesday
  3. VOICE  Diction Discussion due Thursday 
  4. Agenda Review
  5. Antigone