Date
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Class
work
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Homework
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Weekend
of 13th -15th
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The Mysterious Workings
of the Teenage Brain 14:23
Sarah Blakemore
TED TALKS are available for free
on both IOS and Android Apps.
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Watch
Blakemore Video again and compare your class notes with transcript (click on
transcript icon)
Add
to your notes.
Complete Graphic Organizer
for Essay.
Organizer is located in the
Catcher
in the Rye folder in the BOX on the main page of the blog. It is titled
“Catcher in the Rye Organizer”.
Based upon the Blakemore video and
your reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is
not thinking about the consequences of his decisions. Submit to turnitin.com
by 11/18 6PM
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Monday
16th
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Complete
Blakemore Vocabulary List
worksheet
Begin
Anticipation/ Pre Reading Questions Looking
For Alaska worksheets
(All
worksheets are part of handout distributed 11/13 and in Looking for Alaska
Folder in Box).
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Complete
Looking for Alaska Pre Reading Questions.
Work
on paper draft or
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Tuesday
17th
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Read Looking For Alaska
Read pp. 1-29
Begin reading Log #1
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Finish
Paper due to turnitin.com by 18th 6PM:
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Wednesday
18th
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Reading pp. 29-74
Add entries to
Reading Log #1
Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 1 |
Finish
Reading Log #1
Turn
in at beginning of class.
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Thursday
19th
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Reading Pp. 75-92
Reading Log #2
Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 2 |
Reading Pp. 75-92
Reading Log #2 due at beginning of
class Friday
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Friday
20th
· The role of symbolism in how people give value to their lives
· Examine the symbolic meaning of texts, analyze character and
theme development, participate in small
group discussions and Socratic seminars, write and present personal narratives.
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Reading pp. 93-133
Reading Log #3
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Read 134- 169
Reading Log #3
Turn
in at beginning of class on November 30th
Prepare
for Epic and Myth Unit:
Describe 3 experiences,
initiations, ceremonies, adventures, and crises in your life that has moved
you from one phase of their life to the next. How has it contributed to your
identity and to become more mature?
Submit to turnitin.com by 6 PM
11/29.
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Thanksgiving Break
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Submit
Answers to Myth Unit Preparation Questions by 6 PM 11/29.
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Monday
30th
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Epic and Myth Unit
The Odyssey by Homer
Driving Questions:
How do humans find/search
for identity?
How do we face “tests”?
Does mythology hold up a
mirror to our modern selves?
Objective: to understand the
characteristics of the EPIC HERO and the hero within ourselves.
Create Character Tables in
your Dialectical Journal Notebooks
Create Character Tables for
for
Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Calypso, Alcinous, The Lotus Eaters, The
Cyclops, Circe, Tiresias in the Land of the Dead, The Sirens, Scylla and
Charybidis, and Helios the Sun God.
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Epic and Myth Unit
The Odyssey
Begin Character Table in
your Readers Writers Notebooks
For skilled artists-Illustrate for
extra credit.
Model is in Odyssey Folder in Box.
STEAL
What a character says
What a character thinks
Effects on others
A characters actions
How a Looks or
appears.
BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS!!!
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Tuesday
December 1
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Reading
the Odyssey in Class
Vocabulary
Plunder, squall,
dispatched, mammoth, bereft, cherishes, insidious
Dissemble, lithe,
incredulity, bemusing, glowering, maudlin, contempt.
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Begin
Character Tables and figurative language and Vocabulary worksheets
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Wednesday
December 2
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Reading
the Odyssey in Class
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Character
Tables
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Thursday
December 3
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Reading
the Odyssey in Class
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Character
Tables, figurative language, and Vocabulary worksheets due at beginning of
class. NO LATE WORK!
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Friday
December 4
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Reading
the Odyssey in Class
Distribute
Hero’ s Journey Story Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (This
is a storyboard)
All Handouts are also in Box on main page of blog inside 9th grade folder labeled Odyssey.
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Complete Hero’ s Journey Story
Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (storyboard activity)
Prepare for Portfolio
Defense.
Final Exam will cover The
Odyssey
Short answers questions,
understanding of vocabulary, and an essay. Focus is on figurative language
(similes, metaphors, personifications- the comparisons of two unlike things and
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
Revised Blog Weeks 15-17 ( subject to change).
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Weeks 12, 13, and 14 ( Subject to Change)
Assignment Date
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Focus and Key Terms
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Class Work
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Homework
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Sunday 1 Reminder
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Questions:
What does
it mean to be a phony?
How do we
know what is genuine and what isn’t?
What is the
difference between a child and an adult?
What
experiences lead a person to grow up?
Driving Questions: How does
the Biochemistry of the Teenage Brain Influence Decision
Making?
How would this information help the characters in the
novels and plays solve their problems and/or make better decisions?
Proj: 800 Word Research Essay on The Teenage Brain due
Nov.
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Print out Blog for 100 points in study
skills
Dialectical Journals for Catcher in the
Rye due Monday.
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Monday
2
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Catcher in the Rye
Complete 1 entry in your reading
log and
2 in your dialectical journal
Ch 8-9
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Catcher in the Rye
1 Reading Log and 2 Dialectical Journal
Journal
Ch. 10-11
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Tuesday 3
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Catcher in the Rye
1 Reading Log and 2 Journal Entries
Ch 13-15
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1
Reading Log and 2 Journal
16-17
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Wednesday 4
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Catcher in the Rye
Complete 1 entry in your reading
log and
2 in your dialectical journal
18-20
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Catcher in the Rye
Complete 1 entry in your reading
log and
2 in your dialectical journal
20-23
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Thursday 5
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Finish your Dialectical Journals
Carefully Label Table of Contents
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Study
for Exam on Chapters 8-23
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Friday 6
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Exam on 8-23
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Monday
9
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Socratic
Seminar
Bring
your Dialectical Journals
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Download
these articles to read.
1. Why Teenagers Act Crazy http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/opinion/sunday/why-teenagers-act-crazy.html
2. Do we Need to redefine
Adulthood? Debaters
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Tuesday 10
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Video Introductions:
How and Why We Read: Crash Course in English Literature
Language, Voice, and Holden
Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part
1
10:51
Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2:
Crash Course English Literature #7
8:21
The Mysterious Workings of the Teenage Brain 14:23
Take Cornell Notes on Blakemore Video
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Review
Catcher in the Rye Study
Guide Questions #2
For Quiz
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Wednesday 11
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Quiz on Catcher in the Rye
Watch these Videos:
3. The Teenage Brain
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frameborder="0" width="514" height="366"
type="text/html" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/v/?id=frol02nfa8q392&4x3&w=514&h=366"></iframe>
4. The Teen Brain: It's Just Not
Grown Up Yet
5. 7 Videos on Catcher
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Review Your
Cornell Notes on Blakemore Video
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Thursday 12
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Paper Prompt: Based upon the Blakemore video and
your reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that
Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is not thinking about the consequences of
his decisions
Write “I will Statement”
IAB TEST IN LIBRARY IAB TEST IN LIBRARY |
Begin
Graphic Organizer
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Friday 13
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Complete
Graphic Organizer and begin
Draft #1
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Finish 1st
Draft Bring Typed multiple-spaced print out for
Peer Review Exam on Monday
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Monday 16
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Finish 1st
Draft Bring Typed multiple-spaced print out for
Peer Review Exam on Monday
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Revise
and Submit Paper to turnitin.com
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Tuesday 17
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Complete the following
Anticipation Questions:
Looking for Alaska:
How do you feel the media
portrays teenagers?
Students are encouraged to speak
about how teenagers are portrayed in media (television, movies, commercials),
stereotypes about teenagers, teenager celebrities, etc… to what extent are
media representations of teenagers are true and how do these images impact
how teenagers view themselves?
· How do adults see me?
· Why do adults see me in this
way?
· How do I see myself?
· Why do I see myself in this
way?
· Why do adults’ perceptions of
me, and my perceptions of myself, differ from one another?
Complete
the following Survey Questions:
Agree
or Disagree and Back up your answer with reasons and your prior knowledge.
· Teenagers think that they are
invincible.
· Friends are more important
than family.
· Teenagers’ friends are always
a bad influence.
· Things that happen to people
as children can influence their lives forever.
· Trust is the most important
part of friendship.
· Life is one endless struggle.
It is
impossible for boys and girls to “just be friends.”
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Read
Looking For Alaska
Read
pp. 1-29
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Wednesday 18
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Distribute Questions
Read Looking For Alaska pp 1-29
Complete Reading Log
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Reading pp. 29-74
Reading Log
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Thursday 19
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Reading
Pp. 75-92
Complete Reading Log
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Reading
pp. 75-92
Complete Reading Log
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Friday 20
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Reading
pp. 93-133
Complete Reading Log
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Read
134- 169
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