Showing posts with label McCarthyism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McCarthyism. Show all posts

Friday, December 5, 2014

Festive Friday 12.5.14

Freshman College Prep Agenda
Friday: December 5, 2014
EQ:  What do I still need to work on to prepare for the final?
What skills have I mastered this semester?
How can I be a better speaker and listener?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     R&R # 29
2.     Speaking and Listening: Impromptu topics


HW: Prepare review

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1.  Are you ready to present on Monday?
2.  What are you reading for pleasure that you like?




Junior Honors Agenda
Friday: December 5, 2014

EQ:  What elements best demonstrate an author’s purpose/meaning?
What elements of essay writing do I most need to focus on?
What will help me best acquire new vocabulary?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away

1.     Review essay.  Finishing touches.
2.     Vocabulary in context


HW: none

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1.  Upon rereading your essay, what did you notice that you wanted to change?
2.  Can you use some of your vocab words in our discussion today?


Junior College Prep Agenda
Friday: December 5, 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.     R&R # 19
2.     Crucible—reading
a.     Predictions
b.     Questions
c.     Author’s purpose

HW: none

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1.  What character do you like best in The Crucible?
2.  What was something good you read today?

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Wordy Wednesday 12.3.14

Freshman College Prep Agenda
Wednesday: December 3, 2014
EQ:  How can I best identify a writer’s main idea?
What do I still need to work on to prepare for the final?

Tech Expectations: Open and on

1.     Discuss ending of The Lottery
a.     Check paragraph
2.     Final exam preparation
a.     List
b.     Groups
c.     How to review/prepare?


HW: Prepare review

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1.  What aspect of review were you assigned?
2.  How will you have your classmates' practice the aspect you are working on?


Junior Honors Agenda
Wednesday: December 3, 2014

EQ:  What elements best demonstrate an author’s purpose/meaning?
What elements of essay writing do I most need to focus on?

Tech Expectations: Closed and put away?

1.     First of all, no essay today.  Xoxoxo
2.     Cheating
3.     Wordy Wednesday
4.     Yesterday’s outlines?
5.     List of prompts
6.     What did you write about elements of literature?  Do you have that list?
7.     Rubric overview


HW: essay prep

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1.  What word did you learn today?
2.  How did today's discussion inform how you will prepare for the in-class essay?


Junior College Prep Agenda
Wednesday: December 3, 2014

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

Tech Expectations: Open and on

1.     Crucible Prep—research q’s
How much is left?

2.  Witchcraft History Video

HW: none

QUESTIONS TO ASK  YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1.  What is McCarthyism?
2.  What do you think of the young girls involved in the Salem Witch Trials?