Showing posts with label Arthur Miller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arthur Miller. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Welcome back! 1.13-14.15

While I was sad not to be with you on the first day back, it has been great to be back in action the last few days.  In case you really want to see my shining face at home, you can still check out my welcome back video at: tinyurl.com/welcomebackfromschmitt


Freshman College Prep Agenda
Tuesday: January 13, 2015
EQ:  How can I be a better reader?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Lord of the Flies Chapter 1-3 quiz
a.     Reading self-assessment
2.     Review annotations, including mine
3.     Review, discuss Chapters 1-3
a.     Attention to particular aspect
b.     Share
4.     Answer EQ; set goal

HW: Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 due Friday
Bring R&R book tomorrow




Freshman College Prep Agenda
Wednesday: January 14, 2015
EQ:  How can I be a better reader?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     R&R # 33
2.     Character analysis in LOTF


HW: Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 due Friday

ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1.  What's the best part of being back at school?
2.  How is your Lord of the Flies reading going?

Junior Honors Agenda
Tuesday: January 13, 2015

EQ:  What does the opening of a text reveal about it?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away
1.     Group Pow Wow
2.     Present
3.     Grammar photos


HW:  none


Junior Honors Agenda
Wednesday: January 14, 2015

EQ:  What can excerpts reveal about the whole?
How can I persevere when I struggle?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away
1.     Finish Grammar photos
2.     Soliloquies

HW:  none

ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1.  What was the best part of being back at school?
2.  What are you worried about as you begin to read Hamlet?

Junior College Prep Agenda
Tuesday: January 13, 2015

EQ: What types of questions further your understanding of a text?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Answer: Which character is the most trouble/most problematic?
2.     View film
3.     Discuss choices: characters’ portrayal
4.     Grammar/punctuation issues

HW: none



Junior College Prep Agenda
Wednesday: January 14, 2015

EQ: What types of questions further your understanding of a text?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.      Which character is the most trouble/most problematic?
a.     Develop an argument
b.     View film
c.     Write

HW: Finish writing if incomplete

ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1.  What's the best part about being back at school?
2.  How do you predict The Crucible will end?

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Thoughtful Thursday 12.11.14

Freshman College Prep Agenda
Thursday: December 11, 2014
EQ:  What do I still need to work on to prepare for the final?
What skills have I mastered this semester?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away for now

1.     Final exam prep
a.     Lord of the Flies analysis
b.     History Teacher analysis


HW: Prepare for exam

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1. What do you still need to do to prepare for the final?


Junior Honors Agenda
Thursday: December 11, 2014

EQ:  How can I best prepare for the final?
How do authors achieve their messages?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Continue Act II
a.     Analysis
2.     Something Wilder
a.     Analysis


HW:  Prep for final

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1. What do you still need to do to prepare for the final?

Junior College Prep Agenda
Thursday: December 11, 2014

EQ: What types of questions further your understanding of a text?
How does historical context help a reader understand a text?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Characterization:
a.     Motives
b.     Actions
c.     Share
2.     Act I—film

HW: Prep for final

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1. What do you still need to do to prepare for the final?