Date:
August 27- August 31
September 4- September 7
September 11-
September 14
September 17- September 21
September 24- September 28
October 1-
October 5
October 8-
October 12
October 15-
October 19
October 22-
October 26
October 29-
October 31
Agenda:
Monday, Aug. 27- About Me forms, About Ms. Koppel, Name Story, Make Name Cards
Tuesday, Aug. 28- PRIDE activity, Syllabus, Personal Philosophies, Planner distribution
Wednesday, Aug. 29- Discuss summer reading assessment, Sign up for turnitin.com, Stress wall
Thursday, Aug. 30- Meet Ms. Mennett, Ms. Koppel's website, Review for ACT prep.
Friday, Aug. 31- Picture Day! ACT practice test #1
Tuesday, Sept. 4- Quiz on HTTAWT . Reflect on ACT, creative writing. Assembly for Seniors (hr 2) and Juniors (hr 3)
Wednesday, Sept. 5- Timed Writing Assessment
Thursday, Sept. 6- Create blog. Name Test! (not counted for any credit in gradebook- but if you get all names correct, you will get a five point bonus pass for a Q1 formative assignment). Pass out Names/Nombres and Tongue Tied.
Friday, Sept 7- Literary Devices in Disney
Monday, Sept. 10 - Quiz on "Tongue Tied" and "Names/Nombres" Create Shared Inquiry Discussion (SID) questions
**Blog Post #1 published by midnight tonight
Tuesday, Sept. 11 - Blog Post #2- Bridges
Wednesday, Sept. 12 -SID/podcast viewing and reflection
Thursday, Sept. 13- SID/podcast viewing and reflection
**Blog Post #2 published by midnight tonight
Friday, Sept. 14 - ACT Writing 101
Pass out "How to Date.." Reading
Monday, Sept. 17 - Quiz on "How to Date.." Lesson on satire.
Tuesday, Sept. 18 - Blog Post #3
Wednesday, Sept. 19 - Coke Commercial Activity
Thursday, Sept. 20- Project Success :)
Friday, Sept. 21 - Mechanics Quiz (open-notes quiz)
Podcast on Racial Imposter Syndrome
Monday, Sept. 24 - Introduce Written Task #2 (WT #2), create SID questions
* note check for racial imposter syndrome podcast
Tuesday, Sept. 25 - Blog Post #4
Wednesday, Sept. 26 - Correct Mechanics (from Friday) ,WT #2 practice
Thursday, Sept. 27- SID/ WT #2
Friday, Sept. 28 - SID/ WT #2
SID Questions:
Written Task 2 Documents:
Outline Template Page - make a copy and edit this document
** Bloom's taxonomy language handout. This will help wth language in your IB Outline (AKA cover page) and written task!
WT #2 Examples with Comments:
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams
Title of the text for analysis: Pretty Woman
Examiner's Comments - Pretty Woman WT #2
Examiner's Comments- A Streetcar Named Desire
Example WT #2 paper that got a 12/20.. Read if you dare
Monday, Oct. 1 - Review and score sample WT #2
Tuesday, Oct. 2 - Outline Workshop Day -Thesis Statements
Thesis statement practice (2017) - worksheet for Oct. 2 presentation
Writing a thesis statement for WT #2 Presentation - Oct. Presentation
Wednesday, Oct. 3 - Outline Workshop Day
Practice Thesis Questions- file and make a copy!
Thursday, Oct 4 - Outline Workshop Day
Friday, Oct. 5 - ACT practice #2
** Outlines due on turnitin.com by midnight on Sunday, Oct. 7!
Click HERE to view what your classmates are writing their papers on.
Student created THESIS STATEMENTS for the six prescribed questions.
Monday, Oct. 8- Create resources for WT
HERE is the resource guide made in class today!
Tuesday, Oct. 9- Koppel conferences
Wednesday, Oct. 10 - Come prepared to share and edit your paper in small groups. (we will do this on laptops, so no need to print anything) Koppel conferences cont.
Thursday, Oct. 11- Project Success , Koppel conferences cont.
Friday, Oct. 12 -Small group workshops. Come prepared to share and edit your paper in small groups. (we will do this on laptops, so no need to print anything) Koppel conferences cont.
due by midnight on Sunday, Oct. 15th.
Monday, Oct. 15- Peer-editing rough drafts
** all rough draft peer-editing comments must be done by 4:00pm today!
Tuesday, Oct. 16 - work day on Written Task #2!
** FINAL WT #2 paper with IB prescribed outline page and works cited page due by midnight on turnitin.com
Wednesday, Oct. 17- no school!
Thursday, Oct. 18- no school!
Friday, Oct. 19- no school!
Monday, Oct. 22 - Check out Garcia Girls (GG) Reading Day
Tuesday, Oct. 23 - Reading day, mechanics prctice, study hall
Friday:
click on practice test 1, select English,
select "no" for timed. You will have
45 minutes and you will score your test
at the end of class.
Tongue Tied PDF Names/Nombres PDF Slang words chart (crested by hours 1,3,4,5) Blog Post #1 Assignment Blog Post #1 Due: Monday (Sept 1oth) by midnight ** make sure the blog post is published on your blog by this time Literary Devices in Disney Presentation
Link to bridge photos (take a screen shot and post photo on your blog)
SID Questions by Hour:
Writing Section of the ACT:
prompts - to practice
ACT step by step- what we briefly looked at in class on Friday
Non-SID Students - Listen to the Podcast and answer the worksheet
"How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl, Halfie" PDF
Activity worksheet for "How to Date.."
Blog Post #3: How to Write About...
* This is the assignment for Tuesday and due by the end of the class period.
Speak English!: Racist Revolt As Coca-Cola Airs Multilingual ‘America the Beautiful’ SuperBowl Ad
** her is youtube link if above does not work
Friday activity for after mechanics assessment:
Podcast: Racial Imposter Syndrome
Worksheet for podcast ** please write in your notes and notes will be checked on Monday.
Tuesday, Sept 25:
Due/Post by the end of the class period.
What day do you go for SID? click HERE.
Look at document below for specific ideas for your paper:
WT #2: Prescribes Questions with Examples
Examples of WT #2:
1) Sample WT #2 (from IB website)
2) Ms. Koppel Student Example (WT #2)
3) Ms. Koppel Student Example #2 (WT #2)
Examples of Outlines for WT #2
Unpacking Written Task 2 Prescribed Questions
Prescribed Outline Page Template (AKA the cover page of you paper) Please make a copy for this document for yourself to write on!
MYP Command Terms aligned with Bloom's and Costa's.docx (this is t help with language on your prescribed outline page!)
HERE are examples of part of the Prescribed Outline Page (not all of it!)
Thesis and Topic Sentence Presentation
Writing Powerpoint - Good Resource
WT #2 Starting Template (sub questions)
Ms. Koppel Outline (for WT #2) Template
Rubric: (10 points summative in GB)
** Outlines due on turnitin.com by midnight on Sunday, Oct. 7!
Friday:
click on practice test 2, select English,
select "no" for timed. You will have
45 minutes and you will score your test
at the end of class.
Wednesday, Oct. 24 -Reading Day
** PSAT testing today**
Thursday, Oct. 25 - . Review WT #2 Comments and Reflection
** conferences with Ms. Mennitt
Friday, Oct. 26- GG Quiz pgs. 1- 103, GG Context activity
ALL LATE WORK IS DUE TODAY BY 3PM.
** conferences with Ms. Mennitt
Prescribed Outline Page Template (AKA the cover page of you paper) Please make a copy for this document for yourself to write on!
MYP Command Terms aligned with Bloom's and Costa's.docx (this is t help with language on your prescribed outline page!)
Koppel Helpful Resources:
Sentence Starters, transitional and other useful words
Writing Introductions For Literary Analysis Papers** HERE is a website with hooks/attention grabber ideas
Writing Conclusions for Literary Analysis Papers
Strategies for Writing Effective Introduction/Conclusion Paragraphs
Example Paper "Vote Different" (20/20 score)
MLA:
MLA formatting for works cited page and in-text citations.
Need to cite more sources.. Look at the awesome link below to help.
WT #2 Score Chart- this chart is where you will see what the grade will transfer to in gradebook
Tuesday (Oct.23):
Thank you for being flexible today. Today is a study hall (be silent please!). You may read GG, practice mechanics with links below, or work on something silently. See you tomorrow!
COMMA Practice:
(write down ones you get wrong in your notes!)
https://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/commas_1.asp
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
https://www2.ivcc.edu/rambo/eng1001/practice_comma_quiz.htm
HERE is a document with rules, explanations, and examples!
MECHANICS REVIEW WITH ANSWER KEY
LOVE this mechanics practice packet (above). It has practice sentences, an answer key, and talks about all the rules.
Monday, Oct. 29- Mechanics Assessment (open-notes)
** WT Correction submission due by midnight on Monday, Oct. 29
Tuesday, Oct. 30- Garcia Activity and correct mechanics assessment
** front side of GG comparison chart due for class.
Mechanics test re-takes from 3:00-4:00 after school today.
Wednesday, Nov. 1- GG quiz pgs. 106-165 mechanics retakes available from 7:45-8:30 am today.
THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF Q1!
Thursday, Nov. 2- no school!
Friday, Nov. 3- no school!