Remote Learning

Week 1 of March 16-20th

3/16: Today I asked all students to do a basic check-in assignment to let me know they are checking Canvas and have a plan for successfully navigating remote learning. I also advised them to make sure all late work due work is made up because we will being moving forward with new content starting tomorrow!

3/17: Today I published new Remote Learning Agendas for each class that will be posted weekly during this time. These agendas will get updated DAILY and should be checked often by the students for any changes, additions, adjustments, etc. Each of my classes have new assignments due Thursday to begin with (Seniors have Hamlet Act 5, Juniors have Macbeth Act 2, and Public Speaking has a new chapter on Persuasive Speaking).

3/18: Students should be plugging away through some content now. Most assignments will get a couple days to get done, but there may be overlapping which means something is usually due each day. The in addition to the assignments listed in 3/17, the juniors and seniors also have new discussion prompts to work with.

3/19: Students in all my classes had work due this morning. I will of course, as always, accept late work (and leniency may be applied in these new times), but one way or another, the work needs to get done and students are accountable for it. All classes got some notes posted they can use to review material and to check homework. Juniors have a new Macbeth assignment on an important speech in the play in addition to the journal prompts. Seniors have a unit review assignment following the end of Hamlet. And Public Speaking has been tasked with trying to accomplish a recording of their speech.

3/20: Finishing of our first week of remote learning, and I hope students can use their weekend to catch up on any work already missed this week or prior. The juniors do need to finish their soliloquy analysis by Monday and seniors their HAmlet Review by Monday as well. Both classes had discussion prompts with replies required that should be done by now, but can finish over the weekend if they didn't. Public Speaking is tasked with recording and presenting their speech if possible. Have a great weekend!

Week 3 of March 30th - April 3rd

3/30: Today the Seniors Wrap up the Hamlet unit with an analysis of last week's work. They are also assigned their Culture Day activity for MP3 and must finish their Hamlet Parody Project by week's end. The Juniors are pushing forward into Act 4 of Macbeth. At the same time, they need to complete or revisit two earlier assignments, the Soliloquy Analysis and Climax Analysis, that will count toward a test grade for MP3. Public Speaking should be moving forward with their research and begin drafting a speech to turn in by the week's end.

3/31: Today the Public Speaking students have more details on what to submit for their Persuasive Speech, which is due by Friday. Seniors should complete their Hamlet Wrap Up Evaluation and Analysis and can also begin on the TED Video discussion about theater and democracy. They should also continue working on their Culture Day and Parody assignments. Juniors need to keep plugging away at Macbeth Act 4 and revisit (or complete) their Soliloquy Analysis and Climax Analysis, that will count toward a test grade for MP3.

4/1: Public Speaking students should continue their Persuasive Speech, which is due by Friday. Seniors should complete their TED Video discussion about theater and democracy. They should also continue working on their Culture Day and Parody assignments. Juniors need to keep plugging away at Macbeth Act 4 and revisit (or complete) their Soliloquy Analysis and Climax Analysis, that will count toward a test grade for MP3. The Macbeth quiz is now open and needs to be complete by Friday.

4/2: Public Speaking students should continue their Persuasive Speech, which is due by Friday. Seniors should continue working on their Culture Day (due today) and Parody assignments. Juniors need to check Macbeth Act 4 work and revisit (or complete) their Soliloquy Analysis and Climax Analysis, that will count toward a test grade for MP3. The Macbeth quiz is now open and needs to be complete by Friday.

4/3: Seniors should have their Hamlet Parody Project turned in today! And the Hamlet Wrap-up Analysis should be done by now, counting as the final Hamlet Quiz Grade. Juniors should have completed the quiz as well as any missing work, mostly on Macbeth. Public Speaking should have their Persuasive speeches, visual aids, and speech delivery notes turned in today.

Today, Friday April 3rd, marks the end of MP3. With next week being spring break, anyone missing work should take advantage of the extra time and get work turned in. Monday, 4/13, is an ELA catch up day, so nothing will be due, but I have to submit grades before the week is done. Let's make our time count and education a priority and take care of business!

Week 5 of April 20-24th

4/20: Good Monday, everyone! All classes should begin by checking out the REMOTE LEARNING AGENDA for the week. Debaters begin the week with a new assignment on Debate Values. Juniors begin with an assignment analyzing Macbeth's legacy. And Seniors begin the week with some Lit Circles on the Short Story Unit as well beginning The Metamorphosis. ALL CLASSES now have a video conference consent form available that students must fill out if they want to participate in live video conferences I am now offering throughout the week!

4/21: Happy Tuesday! Debaters should watch and reflect on the Introduction to Debate lecture as well as complete their Debate Values assignment. Juniors should complete the Macbeth Legacy Character Analysis and begin on the Macbeth Unit Review. Seniors should review the lecture on Metamorphosis background and complete their Phase 1 lit circles for tonight. Meanwhile, they should work on The Metamorphosis Part 1 for Wednesday night and Part 2 for Thursday night. Both my juniors (11am) and seniors (1pm) have an opportunity today to live conference with me!

4/22: Debaters should watch a video on the Value notes, should be finishing their Debate Notes Reflection, and starting an assignment on Debate Resolves. Juniors' Macbeth Character Legacy Analysis is now past due, the Review is due tonight, and they can get started on a little TED video on the play. Seniors hopefully have their lit circles done and are full into Metamorphosis by now. Part 1 due tonight, Part 2 tomorrow, and now Part 3 by Friday. They should also check out my screencast notes on the Phase 1 stories! Happy Wednesday!

4/23: Juniors can check out my Screencast discussing the Macbeth Review and things to know for the quiz. Keep working on the new TED Video discussion due Friday night and get started on the Macbeth Quiz also due Friday night. Seniors should keep plugging away at The Metamorphosis with Part 2 due tonight and Part 3 due tomorrow night. They now have the Metamorphosis Quiz available that is due NEXT TUESDAY night (just in case they need more time for anything). Debaters should complete the Debating Resolves assignment by tonight and begin the TED Video Critical Analysis on "How to disagree productively and find common ground." Happy Thursday!

4/24: Seniors should be wrapping up The Metamorphosis today with Part 3, shoudl cjeck out my screencast on Parts 1 & 2, and begin the story quiz dues next week. Juniors should complete the Macbeth Quiz and the TED Video discussion. Debaters should wrap up the TED Video Critical Analysis. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Week 7 of May 4th - May 8th

5/4: May the 4th be with you! Debaters, today you begin a quiz review on Debate due tomorrow as well as an analysis of a debate video due Friday. Juniors, you are beginning Frankenstein be reading the opening "Letters" that frame the story as well as you can begin the first journal prompt due Friday. Seniors, we begin Life of Pi this week starting with an anticipatory today, but you also have the Short Story Unit Quiz due Tuesday night.

5/5: Debaters should complete the Debate Notes Quiz REVIEW for tonight and may begin the quiz if ready which is due tomorrow night. Juniors should continue with the Frankenstein readings due Wednesday and Friday as well as add the Frankenstein vocab assignment due Thursday. Seniors should complete the Short Story Unit Quiz by tonight, wrap up the Life of Pi Anticipatory for tomorrow night, and may begin the Life of Pi Author's Note due Thursday.

5/6: Debaters should complete the Debate Notes Quiz by tonight and continue the video analysis due Friday. Juniors should complete the Frankenstein Letters 1 & 2 for today and continue with Letters 3 & 4 for Friday, while continuing the Frankenstein Vocab #1 for Thursday. Seniors should complete the Life of Pi Anticipatory for tonight and continue the Author's Note due Thursday. In addition, the should review the Background Notes and write a brief reflection for Friday.

5/7: Debaters should continue with the Debate Video Analysis due Friday night. Juniors should complete the Frankenstein Vocab #1 due tonight and continue Frankenstein Letters 3 & 4 due Friday night. Seniors should review the Life of Pi Anticipatory voiceover discussion and complete the Author's Note big ideas for tonight.

5/8: Debaters should complete the Debate Video Analysis by today if haven't yet. Juniors should complete Frankenstein Letters 3 & 4 for today as well as journal #1. Seniors should review the screencast on the author's note, complete the background reflection, and get started on Life of Pi chapters 1-8 due Tuesday.

Week 9 of May 18th - May 22nd

5/18: Debaters will now begin applying all they learned about debate by writing an opening speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. All details laid out in their assignment. Juniors will move forward with Frankenstein this week. There are two journal prompts assigned today (one due without replies by Wednesday, and the other due with replies due Friday). The Frankenstein reading is due Thursday and is mostly reading chapter summaries but with two selected chapters to read fully. Seniors are continuing Life of Pi Chs 37-47 due Wednesday night. They also have a new discussion topic this week on Fear. Today they should also review my voiceover discussion on Friday's reading of chapter 23-36 summaries.

5/19: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing an opening speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. They should use this day to use your research to plan your speech using the outline provided in the assignment! All details laid out in their assignment. Juniors will continue with Frankenstein this week. There are two journal prompts assigned yesterday (one due without replies by Wednesday, and the other due with replies due Friday). The Frankenstein reading is due Thursday and is mostly reading chapter summaries but with two selected chapters to read fully. Seniors are continuing Life of Pi Chs 37-47 due Wednesday night. They also have a new discussion topic this week on Fear.

5/20: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing an opening speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. They should use this day to use their research to plan their speech using the outline provided in the assignment! Juniors will continue with the two journal prompts assigned Monday (one due without replies by Wednesday, and the other due with replies due Friday). The Frankenstein reading is due Thursday and is mostly reading chapter summaries but with two selected chapters to read fully. Seniors are continuing Life of Pi Chs 37-47 due Wednesday night. They also have a new discussion topic this week on Fear.

5/21: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing an opening speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. They should use this day to use your research to finish planning your speech using the outline provided in the assignment and begin writing your speech! Juniors will continue with the journal prompt assigned Monday (due with replies Friday). The Frankenstein reading is due TODAY and is mostly reading chapter summaries but with two selected chapters to read fully. Seniors should review the voiceover discussion on Life of Pi Chs 37-47, work on Chs 48-89 summaries, and continue the discussion topic this week on Fear.

5/22: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing an opening speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. They should use this day to use your research to finish writing your speech using the outline provided in the assignment! Juniors will continue with the journal prompt assigned Monday (due with replies Friday). Seniors should complete Chs 48-89 summaries, continue the discussion topic this week on Fear, and begin the Life of Pi reading of Chs 90-04 due Tuesday night.

Week 11 of June 1st - June 5th

6/1: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing a rebuttal speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. All details laid out in their assignment. Juniors will wrap up with Frankenstein this week. There is one journal prompt assigned today due by Thursday. The Frankenstein reading is due Tuesday night. Seniors are continuing Life of Pi essay topic this week on philosophy due on Wednesday. Today they should also review my voiceover discussion on Friday's reading of chapter 95-100.

6/2: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing a rebuttal speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. All details laid out in their assignment. They should use this day to use their notes to plan their speech using the outline provided in the assignment. Juniors will continue to wrap up Frankenstein this week. There is one journal prompt due by Thursday. The Frankenstein reading is due TONIGHT. Seniors are continuing Life of Pi essay topic this week on philosophy due on Wednesday. Today they should also review my voiceover discussion on Life of Pi Quiz Review.

6/3: Debaters will continue applying all they learned about debate by writing a rebuttal speech for a debate topic due by the end of the week. All details laid out in their assignment. They should use this day to use their notes to finish planning and begin drafting their speech using the outline provided in the assignment! Juniors will continue to wrap up Frankenstein this week. There is one journal prompt due by Thursday. Seniors are completing Life of Pi essay topic this week on philosophy due TONIGHT. Today they should also review my voiceover discussion on Life of Pi Final Project Review.