Thursday, February 13, 2014

Avid Cornell Notes Template

Cornell Notes
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Sunday, February 9, 2014

How to write a Hook or Attention Grabber

Hooks

Week 5 English9B


Day
Class work
Homework
Monday

Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐
Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐

Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text. 

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Grammar Chapter 5
Exercises TBA☐

Begin the Odyssey Textbook pp. ☐
Cornell Notes pp. 876-886

Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey?

Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey
Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.



Grammar Ch 5
Exercises TBA

Read The Odyssey
Pages will depend on where we finish in class.

Check out Coherence: transitions between ideas website. Photograph or Print out for study skills points.
Points added during lunch or tutoring afterschool only.
Tuesday







Grammar Ch. 5
Cornell Notes pp. 877-894
Reading The Odyssey
Set Up your dialectical Journal
Grammar Ch. 5

Reading The Odyssey
Dialectical Journal
Wednesday

Grammar Ch. 5
The Odyssey




Grammar Ch 5
Dialectical Journal
Thursday
Grammar Review G

The Odyssey Reading 
 Grammar ☐




Friday

Objective:
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Grammar Review Exercises 

1. The Odyssey  Read Through The Lotus Eaters

2. The Expository Travel Essay Part I

 2a. Create your Storyboard

Write a travel stories about a place you have visited, either locally or farther from home, using vivid examples and descriptions to help readers fully imagine that place.
Remember you must provide facts and geographic information about the place.


See Frugal Traveler Blog for ideas

See Journeys Blog for ideas


Grading based on Common Core Rubric
Travel Expository Informative Essay
Write a 5 paragraph
Travel Essay due to turnitin.com by Sunday 5PM.







Coherence: Transitions Between Ideas

Transitions

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Week 4 English 9B

Day
Class work
Homework
Monday

Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐
Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐

Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text. 

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Begin Essay Template ☐

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Finish Essay Template


Tuesday


Process
Cognitive
Psychological
Physical
Genetic
Critical node
Database
Consortium
The Human Connectome Project
Sanguine
Accelerating
Optogenetics
Non invasive
Claustrophobia
Flummox
Inflections-a sound that changes in tone.
Innuendos-a hint or suggestion, something that is implied but not stated outright

Indecipherable-unsolvable, hidden or unknown
Lucid-clear and filled with light

Euphony-a nice, pleasing sound
Pantomime








Peer review Of Essay Template
Use Editing Marks  P 2
Type and submit Essay to Turnitin.com
Wednesday

P 4 and P6  Peer Review
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P4 and P6 Submit Essay to turnitin.com
Thursday
Grammar
Subject Verb Agreement PP. TBA
 Grammar   ☐
Subject verb agreement
PP.TBA




Friday

Looking for Alaska Anticipation Guide
Read Looking For Alaska if books have arrived☐

If Not Diagramming Project will start