31 January 2016

1. Stems #4 -Play Quizlet Games 5mins
2. ReadTheory Review 10mins
• Actively Learn Holocaust Article due today
3. Agenda Review
• Quill: Commonly Confused Words due Friday
4. Kaizena (code is in Classroom- add to Google Docs as addon)
5. Rhetorical Terms Game
6. Chevy Truck Rhetorical Strategies  (Update/Add to SIN2017TOC)
• Commercial
• Key
7. HW: Write précis paragraph script
8. HW: Study Stems
9. HW: Quill
10. HW: 3rd pd Rewrite Danger paragraphs
11. HW: Research Hitler's Rise to Power & WWII on EdPuzzle- Links in Classroom

Degas, Edgar. “The Star.” Edgar Degas: The Complete Works, Musée D'Orsay, Paris, 2017, www.edgar-degas.org/The-Star-1876-77.html.

30 January 2017

1. Stems #4 -Quiz Thursday
2. Flocabulary News Video -Stay current and aware
3. IRP Check #2
4. Kaizena (Log in and bookmark)
5. Actively Learn Article: Holocaust (due tomorrow- time locked)
6. Spiral Imagery
7. SIN2017TOC Update
8. Rhetorical Notes Slideshare (Intro & Logical Fallacies)
• Rhetoric-Comprehensive Devices
• Rhetorical Devices (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
• Rhetoric Notes Backup PDF
9. Quill due Friday

26 January 2017

1. 2081 3 Paragraphs revised submitted
2. Stems Quiz #33 (lists #31, #32, & #33)
3. After the quiz, complete the SchoolNet Diagnostic
• Access Code: SY6TY4Z
4. Quill Advanced Sentence Structure due tomorrow
5. GrammarFlip #1-6 next Friday (2/3)
• Quiz on following Monday (2/6)
6. Check your grades on PowerSchool
7. IRP #2 Progress Check

25 January 2017

1. New seats
2. Turn in 2081 3 paragraphs online (individual work)
3. Turn in Trump opinion articles -annotated & a comment posted on the blog
4. ReadTheory Practice -10 minutes
5. Stems #33 Review- Quizlet Live
1. Stems Quiz #3 tomorrow (will consist of list 31, 32, & 33)
6. SIN2017TOC Update- NOTES
7. Topic Sentence & Paragraph Structure Notes
8. Revise & Edit 2081 paragraphs to fill in structure from notes
9. Resubmission of 2081 due tomorrow before class begins
10. HW: Revise & Resubmit 3 paragraphs
11. HW: Study

24 January 2017

2081 Full Movie by 2081movie

1. Agenda Review
2. Stems #3 Review
3. Watch 2081
4. While watching, list similarities and differences on the back of your "HB" packet (the blank page)
5. After watching, in small groups, work together to discuss your findings.
6. Begin planning/drafting your 3 paragraphs.

23 January 2017

1. Stems #3 Review
2. Flocabulary
3. Actively Learn Poem: "The Fish" focusing on DETAIL
• 3rd
• 4th
4. Grimm Choices Class share presentation
3rd 
4th
5. Group Handicap discussion
6. HW: Annotate Article & Discuss in Comments on this Post
7. HW: Study Stems #31, #32, #33

19 January 2017

1. Stems Quiz #2 (List #31 & #32 combined)
• Weekly, lists will combine on the quiz (just like last year).
• The max # of questions will be 100.
• Spelling counts.
2. Revised "Danger" paragraphs submitted to Classroom assignment (1 peer edited draft & 1 final draft)
3. Review Stems #33 for next Quiz.
4. Update SIN2017TOC -Notice Changes
5. Fairy Tales Discussion 
• What does "Little Red Riding Hood" teach about danger?
6. Grimm Choices Class shared presentation directions
• 3rd 
• 4th
• -Add a slide to the presentation that summarizies your story (2-3 sentences) with a picture. Include title and your name.
• -Add a slide to the presentation that shows what your fairy tale teaches about human nature. What insight into human nature does your story provide? -1 sentence & 1 image.
• After adding slides to presentation, participate in:
7. "Harrison Bergeron" Anticipation Guide Discussion
8. HW: Read & Annotate using 5 strategies from class -"Harrison Bergeron" and answer the guided questions- Due Monday. You do not have to # the paragraphs, but you must apply the other 5 strategies: Chunking, Left margin & right margin, & underline/highlight.
9. HW: Quote Blending Practice (digitally) Due Monday
10. HW: Finish slide in class Grimm Choices Presentation Due Monday

18 January 2017

1. Submit your Fairy Tale Chart immediately. 10mins due.
2. Stems #2 Quizlet Live Game
• Quiz tomorrow
3. Flocabulary
4. Agenda Review
5. VOICE #1 Detail due tomorrow
6. Update SIN2017TOC
7. PRISM
• Student Examples
8. Peer Edit
9. Homework: Submit your NEW COPY and EDITED paragraphs to the same assignment on Classroom.  This will show me 2 copies submitted, your ORIGINAL and PEER edited one, and your REVISED new copy.

• Review Yesterday Work:
• Typed & Submitted "Danger" paragraphs
• Astronaut article on Actively Learn
• Checked ReadTheory log in information
• Chose & Read a Grimm's Fairy Tale
• HW: Completed CHART for organizing evidence Submit within 10 minutes of beginning class.
• Quill #2 Due Friday 3:45pm Parallel Structure.

17 January 2017

1. Type your danger paragraph. Submit in Classroom before the due TIME.  Since your paragraphs are already written, all you need to do is copy it over to a Google Doc and submit.    I will not accept late assignments.
2. Study Stems #32 & Stems #31 lists. Your quiz Thursday will combine both lists.  Your quizzes combine each week.
3. Complete article assignment on Actively Learn. This is the same Web 2.0 tool you used to complete the discussion questions on How to Read Literature Like a Professor.
• This is due before the end of school today - 3:45pm.
4. Your main assignment: Choose a fairy tale and analyze.
• Choose a fairy tale from the list provided.
• Read the fairy tale.  
• Analyze the fairy tale just as we did Little Red Riding Hood
• Complete the chart
5. You will use this information to write an analysis of the fairy tale you have chosen just as you did for Little Red Riding Hood
6. HW: complete the chart -due tomorrow. Begin writing your 2 paragraphs on the fairy tale you analyzed. 

Reminders/Updates:

1. Check your ReadTheory. Make sure I added you to my class.  If not, please check the Google Docs in Classroom where you added your username. 
2. Sign up for Academic Hour. 
3. Your VOICE posted.  Complete the assignment and follow the directions. If you do not complete all parts of the assignment, you will not receive full credit. This is due Thursday.
4. Snow Ball tickets are $10
5. Friday is FLEX Friday

13 January 2017

1. While reviewing Stems List #32 with the class (student-led), I will roam and check that you completed your homework. Homework is due at the beginning of class. 
• -5 minutes
• If you were absent, pick up a packet. You will also need to set up a time to make up your quiz before 3 days have passed.
2. Blending Quotes Notes- ICE format
• SIN2017TOC (Continue to check and update according to my TOC) 
• -20 minutes
3. In small groups, 
• Assign a group Leader.  Leader will share his/her information on page 1 first.  Other members will share.  Leader will determine order. 
• When finished, Leader raises his/her hand. As a class, we will review page 1 together.
• In a group, you will Review the following pages together.  Leader ONLY- you will open the KEY and confirm/deny what is shared.
• Review the information from your literary theory partners.
• -30 minutes
4. You will move to new groups (1 of each critical theory lens) and share your information.  Within the group, pair off. In pairs, take turns sharing information with one another. Rotate as needed. (jigsaw) 
• -30 minutes
5. Homework: 

• Based on today’s discussion of the images in the text of Little Red Riding Hood it is probable that this story is saying more than we should be afraid of wolves. 
• So, what is this text saying about danger? Try to use one the literary theories you’ve been introduced to formulate your claim so that your thoughts are focused.  Do not mention the literary theory in your paragraphs.  We should be able to pinpoint your style without your direct assertion. 
• Write a response using textual evidence: ICE. Min. 2 paragraphs & 2 blended quotes
6. Remember to add your ReadTheory username to the Google Doc in Classroom.  If your name is struck out, then log in to your ReadTheory account and accept my invitation.
7. HW: Danger paragraphs using 2 blended quotes from LRRH text & IRP Progress Check #1 Question posted in Classroom

12 January 2017

1. Stems Quiz #31 list today
2. After Quiz -On your own: 
1. Complete Read Theory Diagnostic (only pre-test) 
• add username to document in Classroom
2. Review Critical Literary Theory Notes
3. Review Agenda/Calendar & update new assignments
3. Detail/VOICE Spiral Discussion
4. Little Red Riding Hood Group reading & discussion
• Annotate the text as we read
• Student Handout (digital copy link)
5. Homework: Finish analyzing LRRH using assigned critical lens 
• You do not have to complete all critical theories, only the 1 assigned to your group in class.
• Quill Commas due Friday by the end of the school day= 3:45pm

11 January 2017

I hope you enjoyed your break.  Now, it's time to get caught up.
Today's schedule for 2 hour delay:

2nd period - 11:00 am -12:05 pm
3rd period -12:10 – 2:10 pm
Normal Lunch schedule
4th period - 2:15 - 3:00 pm
1st period -3:05 - 3:45 pm

1. Stems Quiz #1 is tomorrow.  I hope you studied while you were out. Everyone has access to the terms.
2. Homework is due. Turn in as you walk in the door. (annotated article)
3. Critical Literary Theories Notes
• 2017SIN Table of Contents 
4. Flocabulary
5. Agenda Review
6. Read Theory Diagnostic (if time)
7. HW: Review Notes & Study Stems

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6 January 2017

1. Return How to Read Literature Like a Professor books
2. Assign IRP novel #1
3. Review Stems
4. Go over BOY (beginning of the year) procedures
5. How to Annotate notes (first notes in new online Student Interactive Notebook (SIN)
6. Open the links below, make a copy. Star these copies (Rename them w/your name in the title: ex- Payseur 2017 Eng II SIN)
• Place your files in your English II folder in Drive
• Table of Contents Template (My main copy w/resources linked)
• Select OUTLINE view (this will help in organization)
• Note Taking Template (must use and hyperlink to each section/notes)
7. Deeper Reading
8. If time, we will take the SchoolNet Diagnostic
9. HW: Read the article and use the 5 close reading strategies from notes

Ready To Begin

It's an exciting beginning to the new year

5 January 2017 (NEW SEMESTER)

Welcome English II AP-Prep!  I am super excited for this semester.  We are going to have a blast.

Today's agenda:

1. Find your seats
2. Play "I Have, Who Has?" literary terms review game
3. Hand outs:
• Syllabus
• IRP Form
• Stems List (Vocabulary Review Page -all lists listed & Quizlet info)
• Calendar sheet to use for weekly agenda review
• Google links below:
• Class of 2020
• English II
• Early College
• PDF Form
4. Review Prezi Information from Last Year
5. Begin class info presentation (Your questions answered)
6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor discussion questions on Actively Learn due 9am
7. Turn in Foster's book (Sign in book check-out list)
8. Assign IRP #1 text tomorrow
• We will review the text selections in class.
• You will post in a comment to a question posted in Classroom: your top 3 choices.
9. HW: Get book permission form signed to receive college textbooks