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21 February

• Sneeze: Make a bullet-point list of everything you hate.
• Peer edit "Masque"
• POV + vocab review
• Start "By the Waters of Babylon"

Homework

• For tomorrow:
• "Masque" final draft
• tii.com AND in class
• Vocab test #3

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16 February

• Sneeze: In 140 characters or less, explain how either setting, symbolism, or foreshadow is important in "Masque"
  
• SSR
• Review vocab
• Mood writing
• Seminar
• fill out paragraph organizer
• start working on paragraph

Homework

• For Tuesday:
• Typed rough draft of "Masque" paragraph
• On 2/22: vocab test #3

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14 February

• Sneeze: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
• 9 entries
• "Masque"
• Poe PPt
• Finish storyboard

Homework

• For tomorrow:
• Vocab set 3
• Type (be creative with font, color) your 9 entries from your sneeze
• be sure to put them in alpha order!
• Bring textbooks and seminar preps from "Masque"

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13 February

• Sneeze: "real-world" writing: 6-word memoir
• LOOK ON RESOURCES SECTION FOR THE YOUTUBE CLIP AND THE SMITH TEEN WEB SITE
• Vocab test #2
• SSR/Vocab set 3
• Quick sneeze: mood
• "Masque" storyboard

Homework

• Tomorrow:
• Glam-up your 6-word memoir (add drawings, cool writing, etc)
• consider publishing to Smith Teen!
• For Wednesday:
• Vocab set 3
• Bring textbooks

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10 February

• Creating conflict + vocab
• "Censors" seminar
• SSR/"Masque of the Red Death"

Homework

• For Monday:
• Study for vocab test
• Read, annotate and type a seminar prep for "Masque"

**Reminder: "The Somebody" final paragraph --> tii.com!

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9 February

• Sneeze: Music & Memories
• Peer edit paragraphs
• Lit aspect: Irony

Homework

• For Friday:
• Final, published draft of "Somebody" paragraph
• turn in to class and on tii.com
• For Monday:
• Vocab test #2
• "Masque of the Red Death" (in textbook or print from Resources)
• read, annotate, typed seminar prep

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8 February

• Sneeze: "You can't write a poem about McDonalds" annotate for 5 principles of lit
• SSR
• "The Somebody"
• label 8 parts of paragraph
• eliminate: dead words, contractions, I, you, etc.
• Upgrade vocab
• Start HW

Homework

• For tomorrow:
• Revise "Somebody" paragraph
• type
• "The Censors"
• read, annotate, typed seminar prep
• For 2/13:
• Vocab test #2

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7 February

• Sneeze: free write
• "The Somebody"
• how I grade paragraphs (PPt)
• Seminar prep
• Seminar!
• Focus on structure

Homework

• For tomorrow:
• Revise "The Somebody" paragraphs to follow the paragraph recipe
• On 2/13:
• Vocab test #2
• Get ahead: "The Censors"
• print (or read in textbook), annotate for 5 principles

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6 February

• Sneeze: What does it mean to be a somebody? A nobody?
• SSR
• Review vocab set 2
• 5 principles of literature
• "The Somebody"
• apply 5 principles to the short story
• discuss
• Write a literary analysis paragraph focusing on one principle
• know that these three components make up a successful paragraph: textual truth, evidence, commentary

Homework

• For tomorrow:
• Touch up your paragraph as you see fit
• Annotated article & thought paper
• On 2/13:
• Vocab test 2
• Next story: "The Censors"
• get ahead if you choose. Read, annotate (5 principles)
• Either print from my Web site or read it in the textbook

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3 February

• Vocab test 1
• SSR/Vocab set 2/show vs. tell non-fiction text
• Lecture: The 5 principles of literature

Homework

• For Monday:
• Vocab #2
• Print "The Somebody"
• On Tuesday:
• Read and annotate the article
  
• Type your thought paper following the guidelines on the handout

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2 February

• Sneeze: Her laugh broke the silence when ...
• Vocab stories
• "Yuba City School"
• share annotations
• discussion: purpose of color
• add 2 quotes (powerpoint)

Homework

• Due tomorrow:
• Vocab test #1
• Draft #2 of "Yuba"
• incorporate two different types of quotation integrations (see PowerPoint in Resources section)
• For Monday:
• Print "The Somebody" (in Resources section)

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1 February

• Sneeze: Day in the Life of Color
• 1. pink, yellow, red, blue, green, purple
• bubble chart
• personality: name, occupation, pets, marital status, hobbies, fetishes, etc.
• SSR
• Review "Base Details"
• Annotations
• "Yuba City School"
• Answer questions 1-5
• Type your response to #6 (draft in class)

Homework

• By tonight:
• memory writing --> tii.com
• For tomorrow:
• TYPE #6
• Finish annotating
• On Friday:
• Vocab test #1

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31 January

• Sneeze: Using four of your vocabulary words, describe what would happen as if you were a celebrity heading in for an appointment with your therapist.
• Lit aspects reference sheet
• Denotation and Connotation
• "Base Details"

Homework

• Due tomorrow:
• Memory writing -- tii.com AND in class
• Finish "Base Details"
• On Friday:
• Vocab test #1

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30 January

• sneeze: show vs. tell with emotions (pick from the list on the board)
• SSR
• Peer edit memory writing
• revise by giving people and object names, using specific concrete details, varying sentence length, and showing vs. telling
• highlight favorite line
  
• title wave
• Textbook scavenger hunt

Homework

• Due Wednesday:
• memory writing
• tii.com and in class
• On Friday:
• vocab test #1

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27 January

• Memory writing
• Review vocab set 1
• Textbook scavenger hunt

Homework

• Due Monday:
• balance wheel
• reading book
• rough draft of memory writing
• type, double space, 12-pt. font

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26 January

• Sneeze: Why would a flight attendant in first class be drinking champagne? What happened? Tell me a story.
• Vocab set #1
• Balance wheel
• textbook scavenger hunt

Homework

• Due tomorrow:
• supplies
• vocab set #1
• Due Monday:
• balance wheel
• free reading book

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25 January

• Sneeze: Make a list of books you love and books you hate. Put a star next to the one you feel most strongly about.
• index cards
• In-class essay (50 min.)
• Balance wheel

Homework

• Due tomorrow:
  
• signed syllabus
• turnitin.com practice submission
• Due Friday:
• supplies
• Due Monday:
• reading book
• balance wheel

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24 January

• Sneeze: What are your expectations for English 10? What are you hoping to achieve?
• Textbook pickup
• Name tags & info cards
• Syllabus
• Web site
• turnitin.com
• Reading web notes

Homework

• Complete the notes for tomorrow's essay
• Signed syllabus due Thursday
• turnitin.com practice submission due Thursday
• Supplies due Friday

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