Daily Agendas and Assignments

Monday, January 13

No School

Tuesday, January 14

Continue "A Modest Proposal"

Background information on "A Modest Proposal"

A la Shmoop for "A Modest Proposal"

Wednesday, January 15

What you need today: 

• Discuss Satire: If you were absent, you can access the PearDeck here. 

• Use satire document to discuss "A Modest Proposal"

Work Due: Complete Satire Worksheet

Assignment: Compose a satirical paragraph for class time tomorrow

Thursday, January 16

Complete Satire lesson from Essential Literary Terms during class time.

Work Due: Satirical paragraph

Assignment: Finish ELT Satire notes and questions 1-3 submit to turnitin.com and Google Classroom

Friday, January 17

1. Discuss Essential Literary Terms Satire

2. Satire lesson via Pear Deck with notes

Work Due: Essential Literary Terms Satire Notes and questions 1-3 to turnitin.com and Google Classroom

Assignment: No assignment

Monday, January 20

C🥶ld Day. N🥶 Sch🥶🥶l. 

Tuesday, January 21

C🥶ld Day. N🥶 Sch🥶🥶l. 

Wednesday, January 22

What you need today: Pen, Chromebook open to Google Classroom

Prayer

What you need today: Chromebook

1. Body Rituals Among the Nacirema

2. Complete a SOAPStone and Precis for piece

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Complete Unit 4 AMSCO for Monday use the link  in Google Classroom to complete the self paced slide show that goes along with the unit.

Thursday, January 23

1. Bell Ringer: Open the shared document and add as many ideas to it that you can think of

2. Introduction to S-Cubed the Quarter 3 Project

3. Finish satire, as needed

4. Read and Discuss: "A Modest Proposal (Kind of)"

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Work on Unit 4 AMSCO & S-Cubed due one week before the end of the quarter. Submission with go to both Google Classroom and Turnitin.com

Friday, January 24

Prayer

1. Bell Ringer: S-Cubed Entry

2. Share entry. Discuss ideas that you could use to springboard off of the presented ideas.

3. Read and Discuss: "A Modest Proposal (Kind of)"

4. AP Readers' Advice on the essays

Take notes on their advice be ready to discuss your take aways. I recommend creating four sections, one for each of the three essays and one for general advice.

5. What is Synthesis?

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: AMSCO Unit 4 ALL for Monday use the link in Google Classroom to complete the self paced slide show that goes along with the unit.

Monday, January 27

1. Prayer

2. Read and Discuss: "A Modest Proposal (Kind of)"

3. AP Readers' Advice on the essays

Take notes on their advice be ready to discuss your take aways. I recommend creating four sections, one for each of the three essays and one for general advice.

4. What is Synthesis?

Work Due: Unit 4 AMSCO and accompanying Pear Deck

Assignment: Unit 5 AMSCO into accompanying Pear Deck. See pacing guide in Google Classroom with link to assignment.

Tuesday, January 28

1. Prayer

2. Continue What is Synthesis.

3. Discuss How to write Synthesis Topic Sentences

• Sharing Topic Sentences Document (One person open document, make a copy and share with class.)

4. How to write Synthesis Body Paragraphs

5. Example paragraph document from the video Scoring Commentary Activity for Required High School Reading Synthesis prompt

• Use rubric to score each essay.

• Discuss the scores and why.

• Read the College Board's commentary on the three samples.

6. Work time on  AMSCO Unit 4, Unit Review MCQs  & a Rhetorical Precis for "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." that would relate to the Rhetorical Analysis prompt on 238

Work Due: Nothing Due

Assignment: Unit 5 AMSCO into accompanying Pear Deck. See pacing guide in Google Classroom with link to assignment.

Wednesday, January 29

1. Prayer

2. Continue What is Synthesis?

3. Start Thesis statements

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Unit 5 AMSCO into accompanying Pear Deck. See pacing guide in Google Classroom with link to assignment 

Thursday, January 30

Winter Fun Day, No Class

Friday, January 31

1. Prayer

2. Continue Thesis statements for synthesis

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Unit 5 AMSCO into accompanying Pear Deck. See pacing guide in Google Classroom with link to assignment EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

Monday, February  3

1. Bell Ringer: Read the documents. You have 15 minutes.

2. Write a thesis statement.

3. How to write Complex Thesis Statements

4. Revise thesis statements.

• Sharing Topic Sentences Document (One person open document, make a copy and share with class.)

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Write the first body paragraph for the thesis statement you wrote and revised.

Tuesday, February 4

1. Bell Ringer: S-Cubed Entry

2. Revise thesis statement based on advice from Complex thesis statement video

3. Compose three topic sentences for the body of your essay based on your revised thesis statement. Add to the shared document.

4. How to write Synthesis Topic Sentences

Revise topic sentences. 

5. How to write Synthesis Body Paragraphs

• Example paragraph document from the video

Work Due: First body paragraph of Synthesis started yesterday.

Assignment: 

Wednesday, February 5

1. Bell Ringer: None

2. Finish composing body paragraphs for synthesis.

3. Highlight the paragraphs that show the different parts:

   • Topic Sentence

   • Evidence

   • Analysis

   • Link/ Concluding Sentence

Remember that your analysis should be twice the length of your evidence. Evidence should be integrated into your own sentences seamlessly and should be a 3-9 words in length if possible. 

4. Revise

Work Due: Unit 5 AMSCO Pear Deck

Assignment: Revise body paragraphs after highlighting. Come to class with your thesis and 3 body paragraphs in a document.

Thursday, February 6

1. Bell Ringer: 

2. Introduction the Ethics of Gene Editing Synthesis Essay

3. How to write Synthesis Body Paragraphs

• Example paragraph document from the video

Work Due: Revise body paragraphs after highlighting. Come to class with your thesis and 3 body paragraphs in a document.

Assignment: Read/ View TED Talk "The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies" be prepared to discuss  and Continue working on body paragraphs due Monday

Friday, February 7

1. Bell Ringer: 

2. Ethics and Gene Editing Synthesis Assignment

3. Discuss TED Talk

4. Review Harvard Study

Work Due: Read/ View TED Talk "The Ethical Dilemma of Designer Babies" be prepared to discuss 

Assignment: Continue working on body paragraphs due Monday and Read/ View TED Talk "Gene Editing Can Now change an Entire Species--Forever"

Monday, February 10

1. Bell Ringer: Work on S-cubed entry

2. Discussion on TED Talks

3. Start GATTACA

Work Due: Have written body paragraphs for Synthesis on Canon

Assignment: Read Sources C, D, E, and F for MONDAY

Tuesday, February 11

1. Bell Ringer: Submit S-cubed entry. Add ideas for entries on this document

2. Continue GATACCA

Work Due: Have finished S-Cubed Entry started on Monday to turn in for checking

Assignment: Read Sources C, D, E, and F for MONDAY

Wednesday, February 12

1. Continue GATACCA

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Read Sources C, D, E, and F for MONDAY

Thursday, February 13

No School

Friday, February 14

No School

Monday, February 19

1. Bell Ringer: How many S-cubed entries do you have? How many more do you need? How many per day should you be completing to have your project completed by the due date?

2. Finish GATTACA

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment:  Read all of the documents we have not yet discussed for the Synthesis on Genetic Engineering Designer Babies

Tuesday, February 20

1. Discussion on the readings and film. Be prepared to discuss the texts, TED talks and film for the entire class period without teacher interference. I will be scoring you for your input into the discussion. 

   1. I think _______ is interesting, but it seems to contradict ______. What do you things about this?

   2. The age of [text] is _____. Is this still relevant?

   3. I agree with __________, but I find it troubling that _______ says __________.

   4. Designer babies sounds __________ in theory, but we should consider __________.

   5. The Catholic church argues ________ in _________. I agree/ disagree with it because ...

   6. I can kind of see why [person] would say _________ because ...

   7. The article I found most enlightening/ disturbing is ...

   8. Overall, I find that __________ seems to be the easier side to argue because ...

Work Due: Have read or viewed all of the documents for Synthesis, be prepared to discuss

Assignment: Write a thesis statement and your three topics sentences for tomorrow's class

Wednesday, February 21

1.  Check off of thesis statements and topic sentences.

2. Work to revise thesis statements and then outline the essay

Work Due: Thesis statement and topic sentences

Assignment: Write draft of essay for Thursday's class

Thursday, February 22

1. Introductions and Conclusions

2. Draft introduction and conclusion

Work Due: Draft of essay

Assignment: Share essay with revising buddy. Provide revision feedback before class on Friday.

Friday, February 23

1. Revision of ideas.

2. Share draft 2 of essay with editing buddy.

Work Due: Revision feedback to revision buddy.

Assignment: Provide editing feedback to editing buddy.

Monday, February 24

1. Scoring Commentary Activity for Required High School Reading Synthesis prompt

• Use rubric to score each essay.

• Discuss the scores and why.

• Read the College Board's commentary on the three samples.

Work Due: Editing buddy feedback

Assignment: Complete final feedback to buddy

Tuesday, February 25

What you need today: 

1. Works Cited Overview for sources and using the MLA handbook

2. Use rubric and checklist to review someone else's essay

3. Make corrections on essay based on rubric and checklist

4. Create works cited page.

Work Due: Final feedback to buddy

Assignment: Finish Synthesis essay for Thursday. Final drafts to GOOGLE classroom and Turnitin.com by 3:05 PM

Wednesday, February 26

What you need today: 

1. How do I interpret images?

2. How can I use an image in synthesis?

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Your essay due tomorrow

Thursday, February 27

1. Consider: Which are you? Who do you want to be? After viewing the video write an S-cubed about this.

2. Continue image interpretation

3. Start AMSCO Unit 6

Work Due: Finish Synthesis essay for Thursday. Final drafts to GOOGLE classroom and Turnitin.com by 3:05 PM

Assignment: Read AMSCO Unit 6, Part 1 for Monday and type your responses to Apply What You Have Learned (all three questions) and Reflect on the Essential Question all on p. 333

Friday, March 28

1. Continue AMSCO Unit 6

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Read AMSCO Unit 6, Part 1 for Monday and type your responses to Apply What You Have Learned (all three questions) and Reflect on the Essential Question all on p. 333

Monday, March  3

Prayer

Bell Ringer: 

1. Pear deck on Reliability of sources

2. If time permits, AMSCO unit 6, Part 2

Work Due: AMSCO Part 1 with questions submitted to Google Classroom

Assignment: AMSCO Unit 6, Part 2 Professional Text Questions (1-5) for Tuesday

Tuesday, March 4

Prayer

Bell Ringer: 

3. Continue Pear deck on Reliability of sources

4. Go over responses for AMSCO unit 6, Part 2

Work Due: AMSCO Unit 6, Part 2 Professional Text Questions (1-5)

Assignment: AMSCO Unit 6, Part 3.1 Professional Text Questions (1-6) for Wednesday in a Google Doc

Wednesday, March 5

1. Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons --Tone 1 (Pick up in class)

2. AMSCO Unit 6, Part 3.1  Student Draft

Work Due: AMSCO Unit 6, Part 3.1 Professional Text Questions (1-6) for Wednesday in a Google Doc

Assignment: Work on S-Cubed 

Thursday, March  6

1. Bell Ringer: Open to AP Classroom

2. If you were absent yesteray, submit assignment to turnitin.com

3. Overrated Essay

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: S-Cubed Entries due Thursday, March 13. No LATE WORK. Submit at or before deadline.

Friday, March 7

No School

Monday, March 10

1. Bell Ringer: Determining tone from three passages

2. Rhetoric IRL

3. Work time on S-Cubed

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Finish S-cubed entries for Thursday--No late submissions

Tuesday, March 11

Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons --Tone  (Salinger and Frank)

1. S-Cubed: Sunday Morning

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: View Argument: Tim Freitas' Complex Thesis (Handout) Then, write a thesis for this prompt: In her book Gift from the Sea, author and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) writes, “We tend not to choose the unknown which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching.” Write an essay that argues your position on the value of exploring the unknown. The next video in the series we already viewed: Tim Freitas' S-cubed (Review as needed)

Wednesday, March 12

1. Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons --Tone  (Asgedom)

2. Discuss Argument: Tim Freitas' Complex Thesis (Handout)

FYI: The next video in the series we already viewed: Tim Freitas' S-cubed (Review as needed)

Work Due: Thesis for Unknown prompt

Assignment: Rework thesis for overrated prompt (Thursday's timed writing from last week)

Thursday, March 13

1. Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons --Tone  (Jang)

2. Overrated prompts

Work Due: Reworked thesis for overrated prompt

Assignment: Score each others' overrated prompts

Friday, March 14

What you need today: Pencil, 

1. Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons --Tone  (White)

2. Discussion overrated prompt and essays

Work Due: Have scored each other's overrated prompts

Assignment: Score the overrated prompt provided

Monday, March 17

1. Bell Ringer: Voice Lessons--Twain

2. Continue working on Overrated prompt scoring

Work Due: Have read and scored the sample Overrated essay

Assignment: 

Tuesday, March 18

What you need today: Chromebook

1. ACT Prep in Mrs. Lawrynk's class

2. Links in Google Classroom

Work Due: Scoring for 2 Overrated essays

Assignment: None

Wednesday, March 19

What you need today: Pen, Chromebook, AMSCO book

1. Bell Ringer: Tuesday

2. Continue Overrated Rubric work

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: AP Classroom 2 assignments-- MCQs and Timed Writing due Thursday 3/27 by class time

Thursday, March 20--End of Quarter

What you need today: Pen, Chromebook, AMSCO book

1. Bell Ringer:

2. Continue Overrated Essays

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment:  AP Classroom 2 assignments-- MCQs and Timed Writing due Thursday 3/27 by class time

Friday, March 21

No School