Mr. Caraway's Class Site

Austin Caraway

Mr. Caraway is beginning his twelfth year of teaching and his fourth year at Marine Creek. He has taught every level of English and Reading offered in FWISD high schools, with most of his experience being in rigorous AP and PreAP courses. His passion is in teaching the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills that will prepare students for engaging in the world however they may choose, be it in college, trade school, the workplace, or responsible citizenship.

He is the father of four teenagers and is so glad that they're finally old enough to take care of themselves a bit--he enjoys the increase in life's free time.

Mr. Caraway is also an artist, writer, gardener, yogi, cyclist, fire eater, and hippy rebel. He seems to think that he's pretty cool--the rest of us aren't sure yet.

Contact Info

Email:

austin.caraway@fwisd.org

Google Meets Links:

p2/7: 10-10:50am https://meet.google.com/lookup/h36ufm4lir

p3/8: 11:15-11:30am https://meet.google.com/lookup/cfxbdtee37

p4/9: 1-1:50pm https://meet.google.com/lookup/hsmvsbkuc4

p5/10: 2:30-3:20pm https://meet.google.com/lookup/duyik7igzr

Google Classroom Codes:

Navigate to Google Classroom through your FWISD ClassLink page and join the appropriate section.

Period 2/7: 5drvusf

Period 4/9: ptgwbwk

Period 5/10: o7awm3i

Homeroom: 4aav4sm

Remind Codes:

Navigate to https://www.remind.com/join/ and enter your class code or text the code to 81010.

Period 2/7: @cara0207

Period 4/9: @cara0409

Period 5/10: @cara0510

Homeroom: @cara0308

Parents: @carapa

Virtual Office Hours

Monday-Thursday: 8:30-9:30 am

Lesson Plans

Caraway - Lessons - ELA1 - 1.4 - 9.14-9.18

Announcements

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020

This Friday is the end of our first progress reporting period! I will be getting your current grades updated by the end of the day Thursday. Go through our Google Classroom Classwork section to make sure that you have completed all of your assignments. Everything not labeled ATTENDANCE will have a grade assigned. Be sure to attend Friday's tutorial session if you have any questions or need any help.

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Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

At the beginning of our class period EVERY DAY, go directly to our Google Classroom and check for today's ATTENDANCE task and instructions. We will also be using one of these hyperdocs each week for keeping track of our learning and assignments. Before asking questions, make sure that you have looked to Classroom and the hyperdoc to try to find the information you're after.

8/31-9/4 hyperdoc:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17mOC6C6iQiBDSTUrivRMr-g3vmFGjzkA6W11HBYw2b4/edit?usp=sharing

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Friday, Aug. 28, 2020

WILL YOU BE ATTENDING TODAY'S TUTORIAL SESSION?

How do you know if you should attend?

- If you have any ATTENDANCE issues for my class, you need to join the Meets session and speak to me about it there.

- If you have any scheduling concerns, you should join.

- If you have any questions about the assignments we've had so far, join.

- If you have any questions about what to expect from the class this year, you should join and ask.

- If you would like some decent company as you pass the day, you should join.

- If you feel like you're already behind and would like to clear anything up, you should join.

Friday – Tutoring (or C/D Schedule)

Your teachers should have their Google Meets rooms open during the following times:

• 8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Period 1

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Period 6

• 9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Period 2

• 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Period 7

• 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 p.m. Periods 3/8

• 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Period 4

• 1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Period 9

• 2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Period 5

• 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Period 10

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Thursday, Aug 27, 2020

Today, you get to focus on you. And music.

Think about the kind of music that makes you feel something. I'm not talking about your favorite turn-up songs or the ones that make you want to dance. Think about a song that really engages your emotions in some way. It might turn on your hope, anger, sadness, or belief.

Choose ONE song that stimulates your sense of humanity. Create a new Docs file in the Google Classroom assignment (or send me an email if you don't have access), and include the following information:

"Song Title" (in quotation marks)

Artist

Album Title (underlined)

Release Date

Paragraph 1:

Write a SUMMARY of the song. (3-5 sentences)

Paragraph 2:

Write an EXPLANATION of how the song affects you emotionally. Include quotes from and/or references to the song. (5-7 sentences)

Paragraph 3:

PERSUADE me to listen to the song. Remember that I will likely not automatically feel what you do, so you're going to have to find ways to convince me. (3-5 sentences)

Be sure to press the Turn In/Submit button when you're done!

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Wednesday, Aug 26, 2020

TODAY, you have an assignment related to our class syllabus. If you cannot access GClassroom, you can still do it--the syllabus is available for viewing below, and I placed the link for the assignment form in the Announcements section of this page. If you have questions, be sure to join the Meets session during your class period.

Syllabus Analysis: https://forms.gle/DnBPAiQLysrwtBCX8

Contact Info: https://forms.gle/7zTCwhruiPwouhEw8

GOOGLE MEETS SESSION! This is NOT required--it will be a place for you to ask questions about the day’s assignment or anything else that you could use help with. Each session will begin 30 minutes after the beginning of our class period (7@10am, 9@1p, 10@2:30p). I have added the Meets links to my contact info to the left on this page.

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Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020

Good morning! We will be having Google Meets sessions today. I hope that even those of you who have not been able to access your FWISD apps will still be able to attend. Here are the times and links for today:

p7: 10am https://meet.google.com/rxj-msck-nvj

p8: 11:15am https://meet.google.com/txi-fqcn-dew

p9: 1pm https://meet.google.com/dor-cxhj-vtd

p10: 2:30pm https://meet.google.com/wrs-bzmb-wrg

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Friday, Aug 21, 2020

Welcome to Marine Creek!

I'm going to your English and Reading teacher this year, and I want to offer you a very warm digital welcome. Below, you'll find the join codes for our Google Classroom and Remind accounts. Using your schedule as a guide, find the codes for your class periods and join the appropriate sections. If you have any questions about what to do or when, my email address is also listed below. There are also sections for homeroom and for parents (parents are not required to join if they'd rather not). All of this information will be permanently listed at the lower left of this site.

If you are from outside the district and are not able to access your district apps yet, you still need to join the Remind section so that you may receive information at the same time as everyone else. We will work out some convenient ways for you to participate and submit your work.

Enjoy your last weekend of freedom--you're in college now!!

--Mr. Caraway

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