English Ten A Period 1

1. Bring Your Summer Reading Novels on Monday!!!
2. Complete the Academic Verb of the Day Sheet.
3. Complete your Learning Target Reflection: For each Learning Target/Standard, place a + in the target you feel you have mastered. Place a - (minus) in the location if you need additional instruction in that area.
4. Read and review your Academic Word List (A,B,C) Brainstorm Sheet.
5. Complete your Author Review Sheet.

Learning About The Author

In anticipation of reading your Summer Reading Text, today, we will explore and learn more about the authors of the texts themselves.  You will use at least two webpages (wikipedia can be one of them) to learn about the authors of: The Shadow of The Wind; Salvage The Bones; The Hate You Give; The Fifth Season; and Oryx and Crake.  Specifically, you will research: the authors date, age, date of birth, birthplace, childhood, education, influences: music, homelife, schooling, values or ideas that the other writes about; the genre (type) of fiction the author writes; any awards they have won; any television or film adaptations of their novels.  You will use your information to complete the Author Biography Handouts.

Summer School 2018 English 10 A/B Opening Day Assessments

Today, I will gather more information about you in terms of opening day assessments.
Out goals/Objectives are: To Bond As a  Class and get to know each other!
To Review Rules/Procedures
To learn more about Learning Targets and the Academic Routines to help us Achieve them
To learn about my goals for you!
To give me a reading and writing thumbprint: SAT Practice 
To read a text: Hidden Intellectualism 
To Solidify Summer Reading Groups
To use the tools on this blog!
To Discuss and Read a Poem, "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks.
To Discuss Vocabulary

Summer Term 2018 Survey

Please follow the link to complete the survey for today: Summer Term 2018 English 10A/B Survey
Summer School Partial Syllabus

Summer Reading 2018

Congratulations on all of you who finished the year strong! For many of your you are now Seniors!!!!
If you have one or two classes to take during the Summer 2018 Semester, remember to try your absolute best!! If you DID not pick up your I-Search Essay, that is the only assignment that I have saved during the Summer. Visit me and you can pick up your paper. Also, please turn in your Study Sync Textbooks as well.  Lastly, I listed the Summer Reading Texts and Assignments for your Convenience the Summer Reading Texts and Assignments  ! Enjoy!

Presentation of I-Search Papers on Final Exam Periods 1, 3, 4

For your Final Exam, please come dressed in your King Drew best: Polo; slacks or skirt. You may bring heels or wear shoes other than sneakers. You will present your I-Search Paper Research Paper before the ENTIRE Class and in small groups.  I may videotape or take pictures.
To prepare: Please re-read your I-Search Paper. You may make Flash cards of the following information (and actually use the following vocabulary in your presentation)

Research Question

Experience with the Topic

The Literature

My Findings

Data Analysis

Flaws or Limitations

Recommendations

Additionally, you must present one graph or provide statistical evidence to the three best or most important questions on your survey as well as identify the number of survey respondents you had.  

American Literature Periods 1,4

The Great Gatsby. Please read Chapters 2-3 (or re-read). Feel free to take notes. Then answer the following:  1. Where is the Valley of The Ashes? 2. If Old money lives in East Egg and New Money lives in West egg, what social class lives in the Valley of The Ashes? 3. What can we infer about Tom's character if he has a mistress (Side chic) and he wants Nick to meet her? 4. What can we infer about George Wilson based on how Tom talks to him? 5. Describe Myrtle, Tom's mistress. How is she different from Daisy? 6. What happens when the group goes to Myrtle's sisters apartment?