12/23: Lit as Film

Students will discuss ideas for their final projects by brainstorming.

Agenda:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects
- The Office S1E3

HW:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects

12/23: AP Lang

Students will develop effective annotations by reading a rhetorical analysis prompt.

Agenda:
- Review Annotation Strategy
- Popcorn Read Douglass 1998 Passage
- Group Annotations (by table)
- Discussion

HW:
- Finish Frederick Douglass over winter break.  I'll collect books after break.
- Check Edline for any grade discrepancies ASAP!

12/23: Honors English 10

Students will understand their assigned character(s) by researching traits each character possesses and deciding how to act them out.

Agenda:
- Don your Toga
- Who is Odysseus Chart?
- Leave bags in room.  Take toga, writing utensils and sacrifice.

HW:
- Enjoy your break!

12/22: Lit as Film

Students will discuss ideas for their final projects by brainstorming.

Agenda:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects
- Finish The Office S1E1
- The Office S1E2

HW:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects

12/22: AP Lang

Students will develop effective annotations by reading a current events article.

Agenda:
- Review Annotation Strategy
- Popcorn Read Michael Moore's Open Letter to Donald J. Trump
- Group Annotations (by table #)
- Discussion

HW:
- Finish Frederick Douglass over winter break.  I'll collect books after break.
- Check Edline for any grade discrepancies ASAP!

12/22: Honors English 10

Students will understand their assigned character(s) by researching traits each character possesses and deciding how to act them out.

Agenda:
- Warm-Up: Review Characters & Sacrifices
- Odyssey Rap
- Odysseus Homecoming Party Prep (Who Are You? W/S)

HW:
- Bring in sacrifice and bed sheet tomorrow!  Practice making a toga tonight.

12/21: Lit as Film

Students will discuss ideas for their final projects by brainstorming.

Agenda:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects
- Finish The Office S1E1
- The Office S1E2

HW:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects

12/21: AP Lang

Students will develop persuasive arguments by generating concrete and specific evidence.

Agenda:
- Multiple Choice Monday: Helen Keller
- Check Answers / Reflection Sheet
- Expert Testimony: Around the World
- Capture Sheet

HW:
- Finish reading Frederick Douglass during winter break
- Check Edline for discrepancies!

12/21: Honors English 10

Students will view a different interpretation of the text by watching the film and completing an exit card.

Agenda:
- Watch The Odyssey
- Fill Out Film Exit Card
- See Me: Sebastien, Sydney, Cameron, Richard

HW:
- Check Edline for Missing Work
- Last day for Late Work or Re-Assessments is tomorrow

12/18: AP Lang

Students will develop persuasive arguments by generating concrete and specific evidence.

Agenda:
- Table discussion with white boards
- Expert Testimony: Around the World
- Capture Sheet

HW:
- Finish reading Frederick Douglass by Tuesday

12/18: Honors English 10

Students will prove their mastery of the content by completing and/or revising CT 10.2.3

Agenda:
- Finish Narratives
- Peer Review
- Dialogue Check
- Submit to Google Classroom

Upcoming:
- Odysseus' Homecoming Party
- Sign up for Roles & Sacrifices

HW:
- Revise and finish typing
- Story is due to Google Classroom by 11:59pm tonight
- The deadline for all late work (including the story) is Tuesday

12/18: Lit as Film

Students will discuss ideas for their final projects by brainstorming.

Agenda:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects
- Video TBD

HW:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects

12/17: Lit as Film

Students will discuss ideas for their final projects by brainstorming.

Agenda:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects
- The Office - Pilot

HW:
- Work on Individual Student Choice Projects

12/17: AP Lang

Students will self-reflect on their argument essays by re-reading and grading their own papers.

Agenda:
- Still need to finish?  Finish with Ms. Meister in Room 235
- Finished?  Time to re-read and self reflect using the rubric

* Put a star next to your strongest body paragraph and return it
- Surprise!

HW:
- Finish reading Frederick Douglass by Tuesday

12/17: Honors English 10

Students will prove their mastery of the content by completing and/or revising CT 10.2.3

Agenda:
- Finish Narratives
- Peer Review
- Dialogue Check

HW:
- Revise and finish typing
- Story is due to Google Classroom on Friday
- The deadline for all late work (including the story) is Tuesday

12/16: Lit as Film

Students will plan their final summative assessments by working on student choice projects.

Agenda:
- Decide on last summative and begin working on it:
- Continue a previous assignment

1. Film Review (writing)
2. Hall of Shame (presentation)
3. Experiencing Film (presentation)

- Write a compare and contrast essay on book/film adaptation (writing)

- Write an alternate ending to a movie (writing)
- Create an assignment/unit/project for future Lit as Film students (writing)

- Write, produce, shoot, and edit a commercial for Lit as Film and/or TV Production (video)

HW:

- Continue working on Individual Student Choice Project

12/16: AP Lang

Students will write an argument essay by utilizing qualifications to help prove the claims.

Agenda:

- Adversity Timed Write 

- Adversity is defined as an unfortunate event or circumstance.  In a well-developed essay, analyze the future of someone facing adversity by explaining the conditions in which people can or cannot overcome hardships.  Use concrete and specific evidence to explain your reasoning.

- Due at the end of class

HW:

- Check Edline and see me ASAP for grade discrepancies

12/16: Honors English 10

Students will prove their mastery of the content by completing their CT 10.2.3

Agenda:
- Warm-up: Grab a Chromebook and take this survey
- Write Story
- Either highlight epic conventions OR write which ones you used at the end of story
- Check the pink packet for rubric details
- Return papers

HW:
- Essay is due Friday to Google Classroom
- Deadline for essay is Tuesday
- Want to re-assess Vocab or Grammar?  See me at lunch before Tuesday.

12/15: AP Lang

Students will deconstruct the words and phrases and brainstorm ideas for an essay on adversity.

Agenda:

- Outline Adversity Prompt

HW:

- Outline Adversity Prompt

12/15: Lit as Film

Students will discuss Selma (2014) and develop a student choice project.

Agenda:
- Selma (2014)
- Late posers (2 digital, 2 paper)
- Last summative discussion

HW:
- None!

12/15: Honors English 10

Students will work on their plot structure diagram by working with peers to successfully brainstorm for their narrative.

Agenda:
- The Odyssey Slides
- Finish or Peer Review Plot Structure Diagram (due today)
- Begin writing story (due Friday)

HW:
- Finish Diagram (late)
- Continue working on story

12/14: Lit as Film

Students will discuss Selma (2014) and develop a student choice project.

Agenda:
- Selma (2014)
- Late posers (2 digital, 2 paper)
- Last summative discussion

HW:
- None!

12/14: AP Lang

Students will be able to interpret the argument of an unfamiliar text and identify the rhetorical strategies used in multiple choice questions.

Agenda:

- Multiple Choice Monday: Private Punishment 9b

- Re-write Douglass TEXXT paragraphs (Ch. 7)

- Big 7 Essay Planner

HW:

- Big 7 Essay Planner

12/14: Honors English 10

Students will analyze Books 13-21 by responding to close reading questions.

Agenda:
- Grammar Quiz #2
- Books 13-21 Checklist
- Preview upcoming Summative Assessment / Common Task

HW:
- Complete Plot Structure Diagram
- Checklist (if needed)

12/11: Lit as Film

Students will illustrate and produce advertisement posters.

Agenda:
- Selma (2014) or Life is Beautiful (1997)
- Late posers (2 digital, 2 paper)

HW:
- None!

12/11: AP Lang

Students will be able to think critically about the limits / conditions they would impose on adversity and organize their essays according to those limits..

Agenda:
- Finish Yesterday's Douglass Activity
- Two Contemporary Reviews of Douglass
- Contemporary Reviews Capture Sheet

- Review Yesterday's Outline
- Brainstorm Big 7 Categories
- Preview the upcoming Argument Essay

HW:
- Finish Douglass Yellow Sheet for Monday (turn in)

12/11: Honors English 10

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of vocabulary roots by taking a quiz.

Agenda:
- Warm-up: 5 minute study
- Vocab Quiz
- Book 12 Checklist
- Book 12 Slides
- Preview upcoming Summative Assessment / Common Task

Reminders / HW:
- Grammar Quiz (Warm-ups 11-20) on Monday.  Use the PPT to study!

- Finish any late Checklists (Book 1-2, Book 5, Book 9, Book 10)

12/10: Lit as Film

Students will illustrate and produce advertisement posters.

Agenda:
- Selma (2014) or Life is Beautiful (1997)
- Late posers (2 digital, 2 paper)

HW:
- None!

12/10: AP Lang

Students will be able to think critically about the limits / conditions they would impose on transparency and organize their essays according to those limits..

Agenda:
- Warm-up: Check Douglass MC #5 & #6
- How to Qualify an Argument; Write a thesis
- Two Contemporary Reviews of Douglass
- Contemporary Reviews Capture Sheet

HW:
- Finish both of today's sheets

12/10: Honors English 10

Students will give examples and discuss evidence for the prosecution or defense of characters from The Odyssey.

Agenda:
- Discuss posters in table groups, everyone must speak during presentation
- Preview upcoming Summative Assessment / Common Task
- Study Vocab and Grammar

Reminders / HW:
- Vocab Quiz (Lesson 2 Quiz) tomorrow.  Use Quizlet to study!  Or the PPT.
- Grammar Quiz (Warm-ups 11-20) on Monday.  Use the PPT to study!
- Finish any late Checklists (Book 1-2, Book 5, Book 9, Book 10)

12/9: Lit as Film

Students will illustrate and produce advertisement posters.

Agenda:
- Two paper posters due
- Two digital posters, share with Kunal.Arora@mcpsmd.net

Posters may be humorous, but appropriate.  Use information learned in class.
Be persuasive!  You know your audience best! Take pride in your work, they'll be hung up.

HW:
- None!

12/9: AP Lang

Students will discover the benefits of Naviance/Family Connections by making an account.

Agenda:
- Turn in yesterday's Douglass Capture Sheet
- Counselor Visit

HW:
- Late Douglass Capture Sheets
- Multiple Choice (Douglass 5 and 6) due tomorrow
- We will check/review answers tomorrow as a warm-up

12/9: Honors English 10

Students will compile evidence about characters from The Odyssey by participating in a mock trial.

Agenda:
- Within table teams, assemble evidence for prosecution or defense.
- Are Calypso, Circe, and Polyphemus villains or victims?
- Create group posters

Reminders / HW:
- Vocab Quiz (Lesson 2 Quiz) on Friday.  Use Quizlet to study!
- Grammar Quiz (Warm-ups 11-20) on Monday.  Use the PPT to study!
- Finish any late Checklists (Book 1-2, Book 5, Book 9, Book 10)

12/8: Lit as Film

Students will describe and justify nominations for the Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Today's Presentations: Jamie & Ryan
- Posters!

HW:
- Think of useful images/memes for tomorrow's digital posters (Chromebooks)!

12/8: AP Lang

Students will analyze portraits and draw conclusions about Frederick Douglass' character.

Agenda:
- Survey to help Mr. Sunshine
- Survey to help Mr. Arora
- A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Frederick Douglass PPT
- Frederick Douglass Images Capture Sheet

HW:
Finish today's Frederick Douglass Capture Sheet/PPT

12/8: Honors English 10

Students will analyze Book X of The Odyssey by responding to close reading questions.

Agenda:
- Warm-up (Grammar 19)
- Spark Notes Book 9
- Book 10 Slides
- Book 10 Checklist

Reminders:
- Turn in Older Checklists (Book 5, Book 9)
- Grammar Test on Monday (based on Warm-ups 11-20)

HW:
- Finish Checklists

12/7: Lit as Film

Students will describe and justify nominations for the Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Today's Presentations: Alice, Jamie, Ryan, Sam, Kate, Hector, Emmanuel, Jesse, Paige

Upcoming Presentation Dates:
- Tuesday: Anyone who hasn't gone yet!

HW:
- None!

12/7: AP Lang

Students will be able to interpret the argument of an unfamiliar text and identify the rhetorical strategies used in multiple choice questions.

Agenda:

- Writing Warm-ups (# 8)
- Multiple Choice Monday, Douglass Ch. 4
- Discuss Question Answers & Types
- Reflection Sheet & Answers
- Answer Explanations

HW:
- Read Douglass up through Ch. 7

12/7: Honors English 10

Students will analyze Book 9 of The Odyssey by responding to close reading questions.

Agenda:
- Turn in Checklist for Book 5
- Hot Seat for Book 5

- Warm-up: Read Summaries of Books 6-8

- Slides for Books 6-9
- Checklist for Book 9

HW:

- Read Spark Notes up through Book 9
- Hot Seat Quiz tomorrow?

12/4: AP Lang

Students will explain a political cartoon by utilizing the OPTIC method

Agenda:
- Turn in Douglass tone/mood paragraphs (late, if you did not already)
- Finish yesterday's group TEXXT paragraph (if needed)
- OPTIC Method & Political Cartoons

HW:
- OPTIC Writing (if needed)

12/4: Lit as Film

Students will describe and justify nominations for the Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Today's Presentations: Greg, Jamie, Selena, Alvand, Brandon, Alice
- Finding Forrester (2000)

Upcoming Presentation Dates:
- Monday: Ryan, Sam, Kate, Hector, Emmanuel, Jesse
- Tuesday: Anyone who hasn't gone yet!

Reminders:
- Work on HoF Assignment
- HoF Rubric

HW:
- Hall of Fame Assignment

12/4: Honors English 10

Students will analyze Book 5 of The Odyssey by responding to close reading questions.

Agenda:

- Go Over Books 1 & 2

- Start Odyssey Chart
- Slides for Books 3-5
- Checklist for Book 5

HW:

- Read Spark Notes up through Book 5
- Hot Seat Quiz on Monday

12/3: Lit as Film

Students will describe and justify nominations for the Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Today's Presentations: Jason, Rasha, Alice, Turner, Ben, Lili
- Finding Forrester (2000)

Presentation Dates:
- Tomorrow: Greg, Jamie, Selena, Alvand, Brandon

Reminders:
- Work on HoF Assignment
- HoF Rubric

HW:
- Hall of Fame Assignment

12/3: AP Lang

Students will produce a group TEXXT paragraph by deciphering a passage from Douglass Ch. 7

Agenda:
- Turn in Douglass tone/mood paragraphs (if you did not already)
- Warm-up: Read Spark Notes for Douglass Ch. 7
- Read and discuss passage
- Group TEXXT paragraph due at the end of class

HW:
- Read Douglass up through Ch. 8 (catch up if needed)

12/3: Honors English 10

Students will analyze Book I & II of The Odyssey by responding to close reading questions.

Agenda:

- Slides for Books 1 & 2

- Checklist for Books 1 & 2

- Start Odyssey Chart

HW:

- Finish Checklist (if needed)

12/2: Lit as Film

Students will describe and justify nominations for the Lit as Film Hall of Fame.

Agenda:
- Today's Presentations: C.J., Jason, Rasha, Alice, Antonio
- Finding Forrester (2000)

Presentation Dates:
- Tomorrow: Turner, Ben, Ekansh, Ashley, Lili
- Friday: Greg, Jamie, Selena, Alvand, Brandon

Reminders:
- Work on HoF Assignment
- HoF Rubric

HW:
- Hall of Fame Assignment

12/2: AP Lang

Students will discover the benefits of Naviance/Family Connections.

Agenda:
- Turn in yesterday's TEXT paragraph which explains how one of Douglass' excerpts creates a specific tone OR mood
- Counselor Visit

HW:
- Finish the TEXT paragraph if you did not yet!

12/2: Honors English 10

Students will recognize conventions of an epic and the importance of hospitality by learning about the beginning of the novel through an interactive PPT.

Agenda:

- Warm-up (Grammar 18)

- Background Information on The Odyssey

- Read & Discuss Book I

HW:

- Read Spark Notes Books 1-2

12/1: Lit as Film

Students will plan and brainstorm ideas for the Hall of Fame Assignment.

Agenda:
- Work on HoF Assignment
- HoF Rubric
- Finding Forrester (2000)

Presentation Dates:
- Tomorrow: C.J., Jason, Rasha, Alice, Lili
- Thursday: Antonio, Turner, Ben, Ekansh, Ashley
- Friday: Greg, Jamie, Selena, Alvand, Brandon

HW:
- Hall of Fame Assignment

12/1: AP Lang

Students will discover the difference between loose and periodic sentences as well as .

Agenda:
- Loose vs. Periodic Sentence Warm-Up
- Tone & Mood in Frederick Douglass (4 words per column/example)
- Exit Ticket:
- Write a TEXT paragraph which analyzes how one quote creates a specific tone/mood word
- Mr. Arora will pass back papers

HW:
- Finish Exit Ticket (if needed)

12/1: Honors English 10

Students will successfully discuss CT 10.2.4. by participating in a Socratic Seminar.

Agenda:

- Socratic Seminar (Formative, not Summative)

- Outer Circle Sheet

HW:

- Read this article