-SAT Practice due at the end of class
Learning Target:
-I will be able to plan and organize an essay in a short period of time.
Ms. King English Language Arts |
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In Class:
-SAT Practice due at the end of class Learning Target: -I will be able to plan and organize an essay in a short period of time.
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In Class:
-Responded to the following prompt (Civil Disobedience #3) What cause would you consider sacrificing yourself for? What ideals are essential to your personal moral being? What would you do to protect those ideals? Explain in detail and explore how you might have to fight for your moral rights. -Finished "Resistance to Civil Government" -Looked up a bio of Ken Kesey and wrote a short synopsis of his life in our notebook under the heading "Cuckoo's Nest Notes" Learning Target: -I will be able to understand and relate what Henry David Thoreau's purpose was for writing Civil Disobedience. **NOTE: All grades are in the grade book for first semester EXCEPT your final in class essay. Please check your grades and your personal work to make sure everything is in and correct. Come see me if there are issues.** In Class:
-Responded to prompt under the heading Response to Civil Disobedience #2: Do you think that each individual’s moral sense of right and wrong should outweigh laws set in place for the public’s well being? Why or why not? When might morals trump the law? Have you ever had to make a decision to break a rule because you felt that rule was unjust? Explain the experience/your decision making behind it. If not, what rules would you break to maintain your own conscience? Explain. -Read "Resistance to Civil Government" Learning Target: -I will understand as I read and will use my reading strategies to aid my understanding. In Class:
-Started the day out with this "Response to Civil Disobedience #1" in your notebook Explain all parts of the following quote and its significance in approximately one page of your NB. "The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally libale to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it." -Read Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government" Learning Target: -I will be able to use reading strategies to understand difficult texts. In Class:
-Reminders/Intros -Quick write in journals about Civil Disobedience quote -Started Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government Learning Target: -I will be able to explain Thoreau's position on disobedience to civil government. In Class:
-Went over and created thesis statements for the final essay -Wrote the Final in our final period at the end of the day (on this prompt) Learning Target: -I will show my present understanding of synthesis. In Class:
-Corrected the vocab quiz from Friday -Went over how to brainstorm for the final tomorrow -Stamped/checked off Self Reliance and Walden questions -Worked on either reading or brainstorming for the final tomorrow Homework: -Finish up your chart for the final -Brainstorm due at the beginning of class tomorrow -Study/finish reading for the final for tomorrow Learning Target: -I will be able to explain the connections between key ideas that arise in the works of transcendentalist thinkers, Emerson and Thoreau. In Class:
-Took Vocab Quiz 14 -Stamped "Self Reliance" questions -Once finished with the quiz, by reading the intro to Thoreau and taking notes on his life -If time, you started reading "Walden" on your own Homework: -Read "Walden" -Complete Walden Questions (answer these questions) in your notebook under your new heading for Thoreau's Walden -Fill out chart for Walden (and "Self Reliance" by Emerson, if not completed) -If not finished, finish Self Reliance questions **YOU WILL NEED THESE FOR THE FINAL** Learning Target: -I will be able to showcase my new lexicon. In Class:
-Checked off vocab homework -Fill out chart for "Nature" by Emerson -Started a new page in our notebook for "Self Reliance" by Emerson -Read "Self Reliance" and then answered these questions on that page in the notebook -Filled out chart and added Self Reliance examples for Emerson -Once done, read through Thoreau's biographical information -Started a new page in our notebook on Thoreau's Walden -Made a timeline of Thoreau's life and major influences -If time, we will start reading Walden and answer these questions Homework: -Study for Vocab quiz -Self Reliance Questions in notebook (See this link for the text) -All late work must be in by Friday 1/16 Learning Target: -I will be able to read and understand Emerson and Thoreau. In Class:
-Book Club Final in Class Write Homework: -New Vocab homework in notebook for tomorrow, as ticket to quiz on Friday -Enchanted Slumber Reflection page Learning Target: -I will be able to show my understanding of the Outside Reading book that I chose and show the work that I have done in my Book Club to thoughtfully read and analyse my text. |
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