Honors Contemporary Composition period 2 and Period 4

Agenda
Good Morning. Today, we BOTH READ and MARK A copy of the transcript The Future of Ocean Life is Bleak if We Don't Cut Carbon Emissions.  Mrs. Wilson has the handouts on her desk.
1. Pass out the transcript copies and first listen/watch on your chromebook https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-future-of-ocean-life-is-bleak-if-we-dont-cut-carbon-emissions If possible, a student can pull up on the large screen.
2. Then, re-read the transcript.
3. Then write down a most important fact for 5 chunks of the text. Write these in the boxes on the back of your KWL Handout on Coral Reefs and Climate Change. If you dont have a handout, makes notes on your own paper.
4. Lastly, review your notes, and the transcript. Tomorrow, all classes will complete the Multiple Choice and Short constructed response.
4. Words to look up: Claim and Counterclaim.

Can you access our podcast from listenwise?

Please click the link to see if you are able to access the podcast on listenwise without having to create a student log-in. Link here https://listenwise.com/teach/lessons/63-corals-and-climate-change
Join listenwise using your my mail account.  Then re-read/re-listen to the podcast on Coral Reefs and Climate Change.  Then use the bottom of your KWL to record information information, definitions and quotes from the podcast.
Elaboration: Click link here

Contemporary Composition Periods 1, 2 and 4

This week, we will read TWO article of the week that revolve around on effort.
The first one is here: Grades Must Reflect Mastery Not Effort
The Second is here: Dear Student, No I Won't Change The Grade You Deserve
First, we will read and analysis both using the SOAPS Protocol. Then we will follow with summaries/precis/ and other instructional moves.
Homework Period 1: Complete a SOAPS on the first Article, " Grades Must Reflect Mastery, Not Effort". No Summary needed.  Then, on another sheet--to stay in your notebook, copy the Language For Academic Discussions. You will have a total of thirty statements copied.
H. Contemporary Composition period 2: same as period 1. Read the first article, complete a SOAPS Analysis; and copy the response frames.

Mock Trial Planning Day 2

Today, we will have at least three or four distinct groups in class. The defense team will work with major characters and their attorney to finish their plan and construct questions and opening statements. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING: Mock Trial Doc

The Judge will review the script and legalese.

The Jurors will review some of the handouts hyperlinked. The foreperson reviews any hyperlinked documents or other resources from Mock Trial

Those without speaking roles will form their newspaper groups.

All English Classes

Gm students! I am expiring technical difficulties and intermittent internet outages at my home, probably because of the wind.  As a result, I am grading all of your paper assignments--SOAPS, reflections, MC tests, journals I didn't score and writing your grade on the assignment. These scores may not be uploaded into Schoology until later this evening or early tomorrow morning. 

H American Literature Period 2

H. American Literature Period 2: On Monday, you will have a non-traditional exam.  Why? Because you have successfully met or been introduced to the learning targets of literary analysis (through your: Character Analysis Essay; your Analysis Questions and Reading Journals); you have been introduced to creating questions to demonstrate comprehension by completing an entire student generated exam). Consequently, you will have a brief exam on Monday, followed by an opportunity to discuss themes of the text and practice with thesis writing. We then will have time to finish Mock Trial Prep. To that end, please finish viewing Law and Order Facia e Facia on your own. Pay attention to the plot, the names of the lawyers and the legal-ese--the terminology that the actors use. I may include five or six question on the exam for tomorrow!

Quiz Me: Quiz You

Create an ORIGINAL 7 question "quiz" or questions with answer choices on The Crucible. You should have the following: 2 Discussion Questions-- one Author and You (meaning you must read the text) and the other (On My Own).   Then, the other 5 questions should be multiple choice questions with answers that YOU CREATE!! you can have 4 of any type, but one question needs to be a vocabulary question!