Mr. Arora's Online Classroom: March 2015

3/31: Honors English 10

Students will create and develop a research paper outline.

Agenda:
- New quarter, new seats!
- Google Classroom
- Housekeeping:
1. Make sure you turn in assignments on Classroom
2. Don't fall behind! Start 4th quarter strong!
3. Turn in research sources template ASAP (very late)

HW:

- The research paper outline is due tomorrow, 4/1, at 7:30am.
- Reminder: turn in LOTF books

3/31: Lit as Film

Students will discuss story structure elements and identify them in Boyhood.

Agenda:
- Watch Boyhood

HW:
Write a review for Boyhood. The review is due Thursday, 4/2.

3/31: AP Lang

Students will discover how MLK's rhetorical strategies contribute to his argument through close reading.

Agenda:

- New quarter; new seats!
Group work: Pd. 2 | Pd. 8

HW:
Read the rest of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

3/30: Lit as Film

Students will discuss story structure elements and identify them in Boyhood.

Agenda:
- Watch Boyhood

HW:
None!

3/30: Honors English 10

HW:

- The research paper outline is due 4/1 at 7:30am
- Reminder: turn in LOTF books

3/30: AP Lang

Students will discover how MLK's rhetorical strategies contribute to his argument through close reading.

Agenda:

- New quarter; new seats!

- SOAPSTONE: Context for Letter from Birmingham Jail

- Warm-up: Read "Statement by Alabama Clergymen" and identify their four specific accusations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama.

- Then, read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (up to page 5 ONLY)

- Lastly, group work: Pd. 2 | Pd. 8

HW:
Read the rest of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

3/26: Honors English 10

Students will find and develop a template for research sources.

Agenda:
- Reminder: turn in LOTF books
- Housekeeping:
1. Make sure you turn in assignments on Classroom
2. Don't fall behind! Start 4th quarter strong!
3. I need to see these individuals at my desk: Alexis, TK, Nick, Isaiah | Chase, Arata, Hannah, Carlos, Eliu

- If you still need to sign up for Google Classroom

Go to classroom.google.com
Register for your class
Pd. 4 = rjd5c7o | Pd. 6 = t2zh70z

HW:

- The research sources template is due Monday!
- I updated Research Topics (database links)

3/26: Lit as Film

Students will discuss story structure elements and identify them in Boyhood.

Agenda:
- Last presentation!
- Watch Boyhood

HW:
None!

3/26: AP Lang

Students will rate 2008 Question 2 Free-Response answers which analyze how Fridman develops his argument.

Agenda:
- 10 Minute Warm-up: Complete Activity 3 and Activity 4
- Then, read the rubric and three response questions. Grade and critique each (use whiteboards).

HW:
Read this article (I'll send it to you via Remind as well)

3/25: AP Lang

Counselor visit regarding college planning! We will pick up where we left off tomorrow.

3/25: Lit as Film

Students will discuss story structure elements and identify them in Boyhood.

Agenda:
- Watch Boyhood
- What is the inciting incident? What is the catalyst? What else is setup and established in Act I?

HW:
None!

3/25: Honors English 10

Students will find and develop a template for research sources.

Agenda:
- Reminder: turn in LOTF books
- Housekeeping:
1. Make sure you turn in assignments on Classroom
2. Make sure you're in the right class on Classroom (4 & 6 have different codes)
3. Don't fall behind! Start 4th quarter strong!
4. I need to see these individuals at my desk: Adam, Alexis, Claus, Nick, Eliu, Kirk, Luke
- If you still need to sign up for Google Classroom

Go to classroom.google.com
Register for your class
Pd. 4 = rjd5c7o | Pd. 6 = t2zh70z

HW:

- The research sources template is due Monday! If you want to look up databases at home, you need these logins.

3/24: Honors English 10

Students will develop a research proposal.

Agenda:
- Reminder: turn in LOTF books
- Housekeeping:
1. Make sure you turn in assignments on Classroom
2. Make sure you're in the right class on Classroom (4 & 6 have different codes)
3. Don't fall behind! Start 4th quarter strong!

- If you still need to sign up for Google Classroom

Go to classroom.google.com
Register for your class
Pd. 4 = rjd5c7o | Pd. 6 = t2zh70z

HW:

- The research proposal is due tonight!

3/24: Lit as Film

Students will research and develop one paragraph in response to one question on the Lincoln Context sheet.

Agenda:
- Research question and develop an answer (at least one paragraph in length)
- Late presentations?

HW:
None!

3/24: AP Lang

Students will discover how rhetorical strategies are used by an author to create meaning.

Agenda:
- Review Activity 1 only in groups of three
- Finish the "America Needs Its Nerds" packet

HW:
Read this article (I'll send it to you via Remind also)

3/23: AP Lang

Students will be able to analyze rhetorical devices by completing a practice AP multiple choice test.

Agenda:
- Turn in the Ballou Letter Packet
- Turn in the Plan for Success Sheet
- Multiple Choice, Mon!

Homework:
Complete Activity 1 only in the "America Needs its Nerds" packet

3/23: Honors English 10

Students will research five controversies and develop a brainstorm.

Agenda:
- Turn in LOTF books
- Turn in LOTF test
- Sign up for Google Classroom

Go to classroom.google.com
Register for your class
Pd. 4 = rjd5c7o | Pd. 6 = t2zh70z

- Review the list of approved research topics

- Complete the research paper brainstorm

HW:

- The research paper brainstorm sheet is due tomorrow!

3/23: Lit as Film

Students will research and develop one paragraph in response to one question on the Lincoln Context sheet.

Agenda:
- Finish watching Lincoln
- Research question and develop an answer (at least one paragraph in length)

HW:
Finish the Lincoln Context question/answer

3/20: Lit as Film

Students will explain who deserves to be in Mr. Arora's Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Remaining Hall of Fame Presentations: Sabrina, Kwasi
- Watch Lincoln

HW:
None!

3/20: Honors English 10

Students will compare and contrast William Golding's Lord of the Flies with the 1963 film adaptation.

Agenda:
- Watch LOTF (1963)

HW:
- Take home test on LOTF, due/DL on Monday

3/20: AP Lang

Students will be able to precisely analyze the dominant effects Ballou creates and name the language that supports these effects with precise analysis.

Agenda:

Warm-up - Personal plan, self-reflection
Ballou Letter
See Mr. Arora @ his desk to discuss warm-up, ENHS, and t-shirts

HW:

Finish the Ballou Letter packet & the plan for success sheet

3/19: Lit as Film

Students will explain who deserves to be in Mr. Arora's Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Remaining Hall of Fame Presentations: Riley, Sabrina, Kwasi
- Background on Lincoln
- Watch Lincoln

HW:
None!

3/18-3/19: AP Lang

Students will discover logical fallacies and use them to create poster arguments.

Agenda:
Types of fallacies: #1, #2
- Create an argumentative poster relating to a current event that uses a fallacy
- On the back of the poster, Write a TEXXT paragraph that explains what the poster is arguing and how it uses fallacious reasoning

3/17: AP Lang (Pd. 8 Only)

Students will describe and discuss how an author's argument/purpose changes across media.

Agenda:
Read David Foster Wallace's "This is Water" speech; (audio of DFW's speech)
Watch a video adaptation of the same speech

HW:
Rhetorical analysis of DFW

3/17: Lit as Film

Students will explain who deserves to be in Mr. Arora's Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
Hall of Fame Presentations

HW:
None!

3/16: Lit as Film

Students will prepare their Hall of Fame presentations for tomorrow.

Agenda:
- Use Chromebooks to prepare presentations.
- Everyone will deliver their speech during tomorrow's block period

HW:
Rehearse your speech! It's very easy to tell who has and who hasn't.

3/16: AP Lang

Students will write a rhetorical analysis timed-write.

Agenda:
- The Onion Timed-Write
- Remember the top-down approach: PURPOSE-EFFECTS-DEVICES

HW:
None!

3/16: Honors English 10

Students will demonstrate their knowledge on the MCPS Mid-Semester Assessment.

Agenda:

- Turn in the Plot Questions Packet & the Monstrous Sheet to the front table

- Acknowledgements

- MCPS Mid-Semester Assessment

- Pass back papers

HW:

None!

3/12: AP Lang

Students will discuss "Mother Tongue" and "The F Word."

Agenda:
- Dilate upon the issues surrounding standardized testing (Pd. 8 only)
- Discuss readings and questions
- Rhetorical analysis practice

HW:
Write an outline/rhetorical analysis essay in response to Christopher Morely's "On Laziness."

3/11: AP Lang (Pd. 8 Only)

Students will discuss the pros/cons of standardized testing.

Agenda:
- Standardized testing discussion

HW:
Read "Mother Tongue" and "The F Word" and answer the corresponding questions.

3/11: Lit as Film

Students will identify elements of Act 1 in Finding Forrester.

Agenda:
- Hall of Fame assignment
- Finding Forrester

HW:
- Hall of Fame assignment

3/10: Lit as Film

Students will identify elements of Act 1 in Finding Forrester.

Agenda:
- Hall of Fame assignment
- Finding Forrester

HW:
- Hall of Fame assignment

3/10: AP Lang (Pd. 2 Only)

Students will discuss the pros/cons of standardized testing.

Agenda:
- Fishbowl
- "The F Word"

HW:
"Mother Tongue"

3/9: Lit as Film

Students will summarize Lean on Me and select a Hall of Fame person.

Agenda:
- Finding Forrester
- Hall of Fame assignment

HW:
- Hall of Fame assignment

3/9: Honors English 10

Students will discuss the first half of Lord of the Flies.

Agenda:
- Q&A's
- Free-Write

HW:
Finish reading ALL of LOTF: the book, the questions, the monsters

3/9: AP Lang

Students will write a defense, challenge, or qualification of the following prompt:

Standardized tests, including PARCC, are the most reliable means of assessing student learning and achievement.

HW:
Prepare notes and research on both sides of the issue of standardized testing in public schools.

3/5 & 3/6: All

Happy Snow Day!

Here is a list of updated HW:

Pd. 2 / Pd. 8 -- Finish the Benjamin Franklin Style Imitation
Pd. 4 / Pd. 6 -- Finish reading LOTF, fill out the monstrous sheet, and complete the reading questions.

3/4: AP Lang

Students will be able to develop a letter wherein the style imitates Ben Franklin's.

Agenda:
- Quick Counselor Visit; Turn in vocab packets
- Vocab Test #10
- Read and react to Ben Franklin's letter to Thomas Paine

Homework:
- In our shared class folder on Google Drive, write a style imitation of Ben Franklin's letter.

3/4: Honors English 10

Students will discuss the first half of Lord of the Flies.

Agenda:
- Last few speeches
- Vocab Test; Turn in Vocab Packets
- Share yesterday's Q&A's
- Free-Write (Ch. 5)

HW:
Read Ch. 6 of LOTF

3/4: Lit as Film

Students will be able to define story elements in a film.

Agenda:

- Lean on Me (1989)

3/3: Lit as Film

Students will be able to define story elements in a film.

Agenda:

- Lean on Me (1989)

3/3: Honors English 10

Students will compile evidence from LOTF Ch. 1 - 5, in groups.

Agenda:
Finish remaining speeches (Pd. 4: Mike, Isiah), (Pd. 6: Eliu, Lucy)
LOTF Questions
Discuss Ch. 1 - 5

HW:
Study Vocab Unit 3; Test tomorrow!

3/3: AP Lang

Students will be able to analyze rhetorical devices by completing a practice AP multiple choice test.

Agenda:
Multiple Choice, Mon (on Tuesday)!
When you finish: Study Vocab #10
Turn in the humorist essay re-write (I need the original, too)

Homework:
Vocab Test #10 is tomorrow - make sure you study tonight!
The vocab packet is also due/DL tomorrow.

3/2: All

Happy Snow Day! HW is the same for all sections!

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