Daily Agendas and Assignments

Monday, March 24

No School Inservice

Tuesday, March 25

No School--Underclassmen Testing

Wednesday, March 26

1. Prayer

2. Finish All Quiet

3. Theme statements, Motif, and Symbolism

Work Due: Have read chapter 11

Assignment: Nothing

Thursday, March 28

1. One Pager instructions  DUE NEXT FRIDAY

Rubric

Completion Check List

2. Diocesan Writing Prep

Friday, March 29

1. Diocesan Writing Prep

2. Work time on One pager

Monday, April 1

Diocesan Writing Assessment

Write for the entire period. At the end of the hour, submit your essay to Google Classroom

Tuesday, April 1

Prayer

Bell Ringer: Answer question 1 on the green sheet (Discussion guide for Adichie)

1. "The Danger of a Single Story" Adichie (Video Link)

2. Discussion on "The Danger of a Single Story" (Google Docs)

3. Start "Apollo" by Adichie (Audio/Video Link)

Work Due: Nothing Due

Assignment: Work on One Pager--Link to topics for All Quiet to write theme statements

Wednesday, April 3

Prayer

1.  Bell Ringer: Finish reading "Apollo" (15 minutes)

2. Discuss "Apollo" using discussion guide from yesterday

• Apollo is another term for "pink eye" or conjunctivitis 

3. Start "Boy"

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Work on One Pager--Link to topics for All Quiet to write theme statements

Thursday, April 4

Prayer

1. Bell Ringer: Poetic Devices Worksheet

2. Grammar Girl short clip about quotation marks

3.  Discuss "Boy" using guided questions

4. Discuss how "Boy" and  "Apollo" reflect a more well rounded view of Nigeria than either one alone. How do these pieces of literature represent the idea of having more than a single story?

PLEASE NOTE: For your one pager, the check-list has a misleading wording for the Bloom's questions. It should read "Upper-level thinking question 1 about theme" and Upper-level thinking question 2 about theme." You only need ONE theme statement. Everything on your one pager should revolve around that theme statement.

Work Due:  Nothing due

Assignment:  Work on One Pager--Link to topics for All Quiet to write theme statements See note about about the upper level thinking questions. DUE MONDAY

Friday, April 5

Prayer

1. Work Day on One Pager 

PLEASE NOTE: For your one pager, the check-list has a misleading wording for the Bloom's questions. It should read "Upper-level thinking question 1 about theme" and Upper-level thinking question 2 about theme." You only need ONE theme statement. Everything on your one pager should revolve around that theme statement.

Work Due:  Nothing Due

Assignment:  One Pager due Monday

Monday, April 8

1. Prayer

2. Intertextuality Notes: View video and take notes

Work Due: One pager

Assignment: Find 5 connections (intertextuality) of what you have read before for tomorrow's class

Tuesday, April 9

1. Prayer

2. Share the connections you made between or among texts that we have already read.

3. Why would intertextuality be an important idea when discussing world literature and in the context of Adichie's "Single Story"?

4. Read the biography on Kafka p. 136 and Background on p. 137 (You can find the full text in your Google Classroom)

5. Start Chapter 1 (Audio) (Cool Animated Version, but texts doesn't follow exactly)

Work Due: Five connections (intexuality) of what you have read before for class time

Assignment: Finish reading chapter 1 for tomorrow and Complete the chapter 1 questions in Google Classroom for Thursday

Wednesday, April 10

Prayer

1. Bell Ringer: Open to Quizziz Review of Chapter 1

2. Continue Metamorphosis

3. Start chapter 2 using close reading strategies in small groups. Using the printed document, highlight what the margin asks and then respond to the question and conclusion it wants you to draw. Throughout the entire document, look for uses of figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, understatement, etc. Highlight the figurative language and then explain the use and effect in the margin. Many argue that beyond just anxiety and the feeling of being trapped, this is an anti-capitalist story. Can you find evidence that would support that?

Work Due: Have finished reading chapter 1 for class time

Assignment: Chapter 1 questions due tomorrow

Thursday, April 11

Prayer

1. Finish Chapter 2 with close reading strategies

Work Due: Have finished chapter 1 questions on Google Classroom

Assignment: Finish reading chapter 2, as needed, answering the margin notes for anything reading not finished in your group.

Friday, April 12

Prayer

1. Bell Ringer: Vocabulary

2. Discuss Chapter 2 of Metamorphosis

3. Begin reading Chapter 3

Work Due: Have read through Chapter 2

Assignment: No homework

Monday, April 14

1. Prayer

2. Bell Ringer: N/A

3. Finish Chapter 3 and discussion questions

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Finish reading Chapter 3 if needed. If not discussed in class, write responses to discussion questions on 1/3 sheet give on Friday.

Tuesday, April 15--I am on a field trip with AP Lit. Please work diligently all class on this assignment.

Prayer

1. Start working right away. Complete this in class.

2. Write a one page alternative ending. Premise: Start after the family leaves the apartment for the day, but Gregor isn't really dead. What would happen if he woke up alone in the apartment restored to his former inhuman form. Submit your response to Google Classroom and Turnitin.com

Work Due: Have finished chapter 3. Alternative ending @ end of class

Assignment: Nothing new assigned for outside of class. If not finished with in class assignment, finish BEFORE class time on Wednesday.

Wednesday, April 16

Prayer

1. Intertextuality: View Metamorphosis Short Animated Film

2. Intertextuality: Read from "Samsa in Love" by Haruki Murakami (Japanese author)

While reading, consider what you have learned related to Theology of the Body. Consider:

• Samsa is discovering his human body. I have censored the parts that are extremely explicit, but there are references to puberty-like revelations. 

• Are the two making choices that would offend God? 

• Are the actions amoral? 

• What role does free-will have in the story? 

• The story references not knowing much about being human, including praying. Will interaction with her bring him closer to God? Why or why not.

Work Due: Have finished rewriting of the ending before class time if not done yesterday in class

Assignment: Finish reading the excerpt from"Samsa in Love" for Tuesday's class

Thursday, April 17

No School

Friday, April 18

No School

Monday, April 21

No School

Tuesday, April 22

Prayer

1. Discuss "Samsa in Love"

   • What elements are similar? Is this vertical or horizontal intertextuality.

   • What can we infer about this pair of texts about world literature? Note: Kafka is from Austria/Germany area in the 1800s and Murakami from Japan now.

   • Compare and Contrast the two pieces. What do the writing styles have in common? What about the writing styles are different?

   • Which of the two stories is more enjoyable? Why? 

   • Kafka was influenced by Ovid's Metamorphoses (700 AD Roman written in Latin), and Murakami was influenced by Kafka. What can we infer about humanity based on the 1300+ years of "conversation" about transformation?

Work Due: Have finished reading from "Samsa in Love"

Assignment: Write MEAL paragraph explaining how "Samsa in Love" and "Metamorphosis" relate to the concept of intertextuality. 

Wednesday, April 23

Prayer

1. Apollo and Daphne from Metamorphoses by Ovid

2. PearDeck: Create Upper Level Bloom's questions for discussion on the three texts: Metamorphosis, "Samsa in Love," and Apollo and Daphne

Work Due: MEAL paragraph

Assignment: Complete the first slide in the Peardeck assigned in class. 

Thursday, April 24 (Mid Quarter)

Prayer

1. On a new sheet of paper with a proper header respond to the following questions:

   1. What does cheating mean to you?

   2. Where's the line between using your resources and academic dishonesty?

   3. How has the introduction of AI changed or blurred the lines of academic dishonesty?

   4. When is it appropriate to use AI?

   5. Who or how or when did you learn when it is okay to use AI?

2. Impacts at Aquinas and tomorrow's socratic seminar

3. TED Talk 1: AI is Dangerous, but Not for the Reason You Think (Guided  Notes)

4. TED Talk 2: Should We Let Students Use Chat GPT (Guided Notes)

5. Consider the following questions for tomorrow's discussion:

   1. Compare and contrast the initial reactions of educators and students to the emergence of AI in education.

   2.  How might the integration of AI in education change the way critical thinking skills are taught and assessed? Provide specific examples.

   3.  Evaluate the potential long-term effects of AI integration in education on students' problem-solving abilities. Consider both positive and negative outcomes.

   4. Analyze the ethical implications of using AI-generated content in academic settings. How might this impact academic integrity?

   5. Create a plan for integrating AI tools into a specific subject area curriculum while maintaining the integrity of learning objectives and fostering critical thinking skills.

Work Due: First slide in PearDeck (Venn Diagram)

Assignment: Prepare to discuss the ethics and implications of AI in the classroom and the world via Socratic Seminar

Friday, April 25

Prayer

1. Socratic Seminar Discussion on AI

2. Questions to get started:

   1. Compare and contrast the initial reactions of educators and students to the emergence of AI in education.

   2.  How might the integration of AI in education change the way critical thinking skills are taught and assessed? Provide specific examples.

   3.  Evaluate the potential long-term effects of AI integration in education on students' problem-solving abilities. Consider both positive and negative outcomes.

   4. Analyze the ethical implications of using AI-generated content in academic settings. How might this impact academic integrity?

   5. Create a plan for integrating AI tools into a specific subject area curriculum while maintaining the integrity of learning objectives and fostering critical thinking skills.

   6. Do People Underestimate Their Encounters with AI? (Chart)

   7. AI Experts Share Worries (Chart)

   8. Are AI Tools Part of People's Day-to-Day Lives? (Chart)

   9. Should we consider the environmental impacts of using generative AI?

   10. Etiquette:

       1. How do you disclose or cite AI use?

       2. Does it bother you that it uses other peoples ideas and work without their consent?

       3. Should you be polite to AI? What are the results of speaking politely to AI? What are the results of disinterested care? (Image) (Recent Article)

   11. College: What are they doing? (UWL) (Harvard) (UW-Madison)

Work Due: Consider what we viewed and discussed in class on Thursday to prepare to discuss AI ethics in class

Assignment: Nothing assigned

Monday, April 28

What you need today: Chromebook

Bell Ringer: Open to PearDeck

• Introduction to the Sublime

• Take Notes on the presentation

• Discussion on Taylor Swift's Albatross (lyrics)

  • What does the speaker mean that “she is the albatross"?

  • How might this relate to the bad press that surrounds Taylor Swift’s dating life?

  • Does this song have any feeling of the sublime?  Where or how?

Work Due: Nothing Due

Assignment: Nothing assigned

Tuesday, April 29

Prayer

Bell Ringer: On your sheet of paper, tell me what you know about:

• Reader's Theater--If you are unsure, guess what you think it is and what it might entail.

• Podcasts--What makes a podcast interesting or engaging? How many voices is too many in a podcast? How many voices create intrigue?

Introduction to Final Project Options

• I want you to think about which of the two options makes the most sense for the text and for you. 

• All will be performed/ played in class, as the final exam.

Work Due: Nothing Due

Assignment: Nothing due

Wednesday, April 30

What you need today: Chromebook

Prayer

Bell Ringer: Head your paper with a proper MLA header. Be prepared to answer the questions about the video as it plays.

1. Background information: Albatrosses

2. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 1 FIRST read (Audio/Video with text of the poem)

3. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 1 SECOND read (Assignment/Handout)

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Finish "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 1 Second Read for class time tomorrow

Thursday, May 1

Prayer

1. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 and 3 FIRST read (Audio/Video with text of the poem)

2. Start "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 and 3 SECOND read (Assignment/Handout)

3. Finish  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 SECOND read (Assignment/Handout)

Work Due: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 1 SECOND read by class time

Assignment: Finish "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 & 3 SECOND read by class time

Friday, May 2

No School

Monday, May 5 (AM AP Biology)

Prayer

1. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 and 3 FIRST read (Audio/Video with text of the poem)

2. Start "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 and 3 SECOND read (Assignment/Handout)Finish  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 SECOND read (Assignment/Handout)

Work Due: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 1 SECOND read by class time

Assignment: Finish "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 & 3 SECOND read by class time

Tuesday, May 6 (PM US Government and Politics)

What you need today: Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Sheets/Packets, Pen

1. Quick review of  Part 2 & 3

2. Start "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 4 FIRST read (AV with text)

Work Due: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 2 & 3 SECOND read due at class time

Assignment: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 4 SECOND read (Assignment/ Handout) due at class time on Wednesday

Wednesday, May 7 (AM AP Lit)

1. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 5 FIRST read (Audio/Video with text of the poem)

2. Work Time on assignment--Part 5 analysis and questions

Work Due: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 4 SECOND read (Assignment/ Handout) due at class time

Assignment: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 5, Analysis and Questions (Assignment/ Handout) due class time on Thursday

Thursday, May 8 (AM AP Stats)

1. Discuss Parts 4 and 5

2. Read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 6 FIRST read (AV with text)

3. Work Time on assignment--Part 6 analysis and questions

Work Due:  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 5, Analysis and Questions (Assignment/ Handout) due class time

Assignment:  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 6, Analysis and Questions (Assignment/ Handout) due class time on Friday

Friday, May 9 (AM APUSH)

1. Discuss Part 6

2. Read "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 7  FIRST read (AV with text)

3. Work Time on assignment--Part 7 analysis and questions

4. Handout Final Exam Assignment sheet to consider over the weekend.

5. If time permits begin: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" influences on Modern Society and Albatross Assignment

Work Due: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 6, Analysis and Questions (Assignment/ Handout) due class time

Assignment: 

• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Part 7, Analysis and Questions (Assignment/ Handout) due class time on Monday

• Albatross Assignment due Tuesday to Turnitin.com and Google Classroom

Monday, May 13 (AM AP Calc AB and BC)

Prayer

 Bell Ringer: Get out sheet of paper and Albatross assignment sheet. 

1. Iron Maiden Song

2. Discuss Part 7 analysis and questions

3. "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" influences on Modern Society

4. Albatross Assignment instructions (Extra Credit opportunity)

5.  Complete Final Project Sign Up form

Work Due: Part 7 analysis and questions for class time

Assignment: Complete Albatross Assignment for Friday

Tuesday, May 12 (AM APES)

What you need today: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" materials

 Group work day on Final Project

Wednesday, May 13 (AM AP Lang)

Group work day on Final Project

Work Due: Albatross Assignment

Assignment: Work on Final Project

Thursday, May 14

What you need today: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" materials, guidelines for final project

FINAL Group work day on project

Work Due: Nothing due

Assignment: Work on Final Project due  at the start of class on Friday

Friday, May 15 (AM AP Physics  1/PM AP Psych) (Last Regular School Day for Seniors)

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Presentations

• Glow/ Grow during presentations

Work Due: Be ready to present your final exam project with your group

Assignment: No new assignments

Monday, May 19 - Tuesday May 20 (Final Exams)

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Presentations

• Glow/ Grow during presentations

Work Due: Be ready to present your final exam project with your group

Assignment: No new assignments

Wednesday, May 21

• Baccalaureate Practice

• Fire Department Presentation

• Final Exam Make ups

Thursday, May 22

• Graduation Practice

• Awards Ceremony

• 6:00 Baccalaureate 

Friday, May 23

• No Senior Class