Wednesday, December 22nd - Periods 1, 5, 6, & 7

Writing Projects 2.0 Catchup

Do Now: In the essay, “From Checkerboards to Roosters: The Power of Imagery,” highlight or underline the title of the book that the essay is about, the author of the book, and the thesis statement.

(Also, please take out your essay assignment sheet.)

Critical Thinking Question: What is a thesis? What is research?  What does an academic essay look like?  Why is it important to know how to do an academic essay?

Content: Writing Projects, Essay Sample

Class Activities:  Review and understand writing project, Go over Writing Sample, Gather some evidence, write your thesis, collect books.

Homework: Complete a draft to your essay.  Bring in Draft tomorrow for extra credit on the assignment.

Tuesday, December 21st - Periods 1, 5, 6, & 7

Writing Projects 2.0

Do Now: What have you heard about the Wikileaks controversy in recent weeks? Is the American government happy or unhappy with the leak of classified documents?

CRQ: Do the American and British governments trust Julian Assange and wikileaks? Cite two examples from the article to support your response.

Critical Thinking Question: What is freedom of speech?  Do we have freedom of speech?  What is a good thesis statement?

Content: Wikileaks rap video, Wikileaks BBC article, Thesis Statements Worksheet

Class Activities: Critical thinking about Wikileaks, CRQ, Get on track with writing projects.

Homework: Complete Draft or Finished copy of Writing Project.

Wikileaks

Friday, December 10th - Period 7

Power: Day 11

Do Now: What does it mean to be a good reader?

Critical Thinking Question:  What does it mean to read and be literate?  Are there many ways to read?  What does it mean to be a good reader?

Content: Chapter 6

Class Activities: Presentation of reading skills and pronunciation guidelines, Reading circle, Collaborative story writing.

Homework: Reflect on one of the reading skills you learned in class. Why is the skill important and how does it help you to be a better reader?
1) Love Reading
2) Do NOT read every word or letter
3) Construct meaning from context as they read
4) Imagine and visualize while they read
5) Have a purpose for reading
6) Make personal and emotional connections
7) Write about their reading
8) Use prior knowledge and experiences to think about and understand what they are reading

Friday, December 10th - Period 3

Caesar: Day 18

Do Now:
In your notebook, LIST any plot events that you recall from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Class Activity:  Group Plot Diagram

Friday, December 10th - Periods 1, 5, & 6

Do Now:  What stands out from these 3 Main Rules of Discipline of the Black Panthers.  Why do you think they made these rules?

1. Obey orders in all of your actions.

2. Do not take a single needle or piece of thread from the poor and oppressed masses.

3. Turn in everything captured from the attacking enemy.

Homework: 1) Were the Black Panthers organized the same way the animals were?  Compare and contrast using examples from both. 
2) Read chapter 9.

Thursday, December 9th - Period 7

Power: Day 10

Do Now: How does stress lead to anger and violence?

Critical Thinking Question: How is money related to stress?  What groups of people have more stress in the world: those who are poor or those who are wealthy? How is money or a lack of money a source of stress?

Content: Beginning of chapter 5, Our own inquiry questions

Class Activities: List of money-related stress, Power and grammar and punctuation exercise, Nouns, Verbs, and Pronouns

Homework: Finish reading chapter 5

Thursday, December 9th - Period 3

Do Now:
Have you ever chosen the wrong person to trust?  What made you second guess your decision to trust them?


Writing Reflection: 
Tragic heroes are those characters who make a tragic flaw during the course of the play.  Based on the interactions between the characters today and the actions of these characters throughout the play, who do you think the tragic character in Julius Caesar is?  Explain your answer with 2 reasons/examples. 

Thursday, December 9th - Periods 1, 5, & 6

Black Panther: Day 1

Do Now: If you ran a country, would you allow anyone to own guns to protect themselves in case they questioned your power?

Homework: Compare the Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers to the rules established by the pigs on Animal Farm.

Human Trafficking - Sexual Slavery - Today, Everyday

Wednesday, December 8th - Period 3

Caesar: Day 16

Do Now:
Describe the climax (turning point) of the plot in Julius Caesar and explain why this a turning point in the play.  Give 2 examples to explain.

GROUP WORK:
Part 3:  Political Poster
Create a NEGATIVE political poster against BRUTUS by Mark Antony. 
Key words:  honor/honorable, loyalty, power, respect

Wednesday, December 8th - Period 1

Politics: Day 9

Do Now: What is more powerful for the pigs?
A) Their literacy (Ability to read, write, and interpret).
OR
B) Their military strength (Control with the dogs).

Critical Thinking Question: What is more powerful, literacy or a gun? What is characterization?  How do we distinguish and think about different characters?

Content: Beginning of Chapter 6

Class Activities: Doubter/Believers, Class reading,

Homework: Finish reading chapter 6

Tuesday, December 7 - Period 3

Do Now: Constructed Response
Shakespeare uses disorder in nature to suggest disorder in human lives.  Use at least two details from the play to support this statement. 

Class Activity:  Comparing and contrasting Brutus and Mark Antony's speeches.

Writing Reflection:
The climax of a plot is the turning point in the story.
1.    Has the plot hit a turning point?
2.  Predict what events still lay ahead of us now that Caesar is dead. 
   
Homework:  Weekly Homework Sheet Assignment

Tuesday, December 7 - Period 7

Please be polite and welcome our guests from Senegal.

Feel free to take notes in your notebook about what you thought was interesting or to write out a draft to a question.

Homework: Write a reflection based on something you learned from today's presentation.

Tuesday, December 7 - Periods 5 & 6

Politics: Day 7 (Group Day)

Do Now:  Would you agree with Snowball that “War is war”?  Does war justify killing and murder?

Boxer violently killed one of the farmer’s sons when during the battle between the farmers and the animals.  As Boxer grieved, Snowball yelled at him, “War is war. The only good human is a dead human.”

Critical Thinking Question: Is murder and death justifiable for freedom and revolution?

Content: Chapters 4 and 5.

Class Activities: Journal Groups Agenda, Political connections chart, Drawing of this military decorations: “Animal Hero, First Class” and “Animal Hero, Second Class.”

Homework: What role do the dog’s play in the pigs maintaining power?

Tuesday, December 7 - Period 1

Politics: Day 8

Do Now: If the pigs represent politicians, who do the dogs represent? Why?

In chapter 5, Napolean and Snowball disagreed on whether or not they should build the windmill.  After Snowball’s speech, Napolean orders 9 fierce dogs that he raised to attack and chase Snowball away.

Critical Thinking Question: How is a society kept in control?  How do those in power prevent revolution?  Who do these dogs represent? Are the pigs moving closer to the right?

Content: Animal Farm Chapter 5: Critical Incidents, Police and political oppression, Police/Military force, Guns, and Power, Tianamin Square Massacre, Gwangju Massacre, Civil Rights Movement, Myanmar, Preaching for Democracy, Dream Deferred and The Dream Keeper (423 Multicultural Voices)

Class Activities: Presentation of revolutions and the government military oppression, Writing about feelings of the Civil Rights Movement,

Homework: Write your own dream poem.  Use at least one metaphor in your poem to express your ideas.  Illustrate the poem in some way.

Monday, December 6 - All Periods

Inquiry Day :) 재미서!

Critical Thinking Question: Why is it important to be good at asking questions?

Content: Ceci Ann’s Do of Why, The importance of asking questions fearlessly and answering honestly, Inquiry questions for this unit, Themes of current unit

Class Activities: Construction of inquiry questions, Review of relevant themes

Homework: Choose a classmate’s inquiry question or a question from the sheet and respond to it.

Friday, December 3rd - Period 3

Caesar: Day 13

Do Now:
If you were given special knowledge that could save someone’s life but they were too busy to listen to you, what would you do?

Classroom Activity:
Read Julius Caesar Act III, scene 1; Act out assassination plot

Writing Reflection:
How does acting out plays and literature help us to understand the text? 

Friday, December 3rd, Period 7

Power: Day 8

Do Now: When and where are you the most comfortable speaking?  Is it at school?  Why or why not?

Critical Thinking Question: What are the implications of people speaking differently?  Do people who speak non-standard English have less power?  Who does not speak “standard English”?

Content: Quiz on Chapters 1-4, PSAT Packets, NPR: How Language Evolved, Everynone word puzzle, The Pearl Video

Class Activities: Grammar and Punctuation Review, Word Puzzle, Practice Test and Collaboration

Homework: Complete SAT practice sheet.

Friday, December 3rd - Periods 5 & 6

Politics: Day 6

Do Now:    Do the pigs deserve this special privilege of eating the milk and apples?

The animals had been wondering what was happening to the milk and the apples, which were seen as special food delicacies.  We find out at the end of Chapter 3 that the pigs were taking the milk and apples all for themselves.

Critical Thinking Question: How are the pigs manipulating the other animals?  Do those in power deserve better treatment? Is everyone equal on Animal Farm?

Content: Review Chapter 3 and begin Chapter 4

Class Activities: Class reading, Hyperbole Writing, Discussion of propaganda

Homework: 1) Finish reading chapter 4.
2) If you were an animal on Animal Farm, would you be willing to risk your life for animal independence?

Friday, December 3rd, Period 1

Politics: Day 7 (Group Day)

Do Now:  Would you agree with Snowball that “War is war”?  Does war justify killing and murder?

Boxer violently killed one of the farmer’s sons when during the battle between the farmers and the animals.  As Boxer grieved, Snowball yelled at him, “War is war. The only good human is a dead human.”

Critical Thinking Question: Is murder and death justifiable for freedom and revolution?

Content: Chapters 4 and 5.

Class Activities: Journal Groups Agenda, Political connections chart, Drawing of this military decorations: “Animal Hero, First Class” and “Animal Hero, Second Class.”

Homework: What role do the dog’s play in the pigs maintaining power?

Thursday, December 2nd - Period 3

Do Now:
How do writers and filmmakers build suspense? Give 1 example of a suspenseful plot line and the details that make them suspenseful. 

Writing Reflection:
If you were Caesar, who’s argument would you believe about the interpretation of the dream?  Would you believe Calphurnia (that it means death) or would you believe Decius (that it represents luck and the sustaining life of Rome)?

Homework: Is the suspense building in the play?  It’s now the day of Cassius’ plot to assassinate Caeasr.  What plot elements are contributing to the suspense in the play.  (3 examples, 5 sentences)

Seoul Got Soul

[SEOUL got SOUL] Good Morning Seoul from David Jongkwon Kim aka DKshop on Vimeo.

Seoul is the capital of Korea. Enjoy.

Thursday, December 2nd - Period 7

Power: Day 7

Do Now:  After the night attack and danger that the pearl has brought, who would you side with: Juana, who wants to get rid of the pear OR Kino, who wants to travel to the capitol city and sell it?

Critical Thinking Question:  Can wealth buy happiness?  Who are the most trustworthy people in our lives?  Why do some people who have so much take advantage of those who have little? Why would it be difficult for native cultures and greedy colonial cultures to communicate?  What is grammar?

Content: Critical Incidents of chapter 4, Reflective Writing, Grammar lesson,

Class Activities: Review importance of literacy, Grammar time!

Homework: 1) Finish chapter 4
2) Why do some people who have so much take advantage of those who have little?

Thursday, December 2nd - Periods 5 & 6

Politics: Day 5

Do Now: Which group (the pigs, the dogs, or the worker animals) has the most power and control?  Why?

In chapter 3, we learn about 3 perspectives on literacy by the animals.  The pigs become very literate and learn to read and write fluently. The dogs also learn, but only care to learn the seven commandments.  The worker animals have a hard time learning to read and write and have little time to study because they are constantly working.  

Critical Thinking Question:  How can literacy be used as a strategy to control others?  What happens when someone else interprets a text and tells us what it means instead of interpreting it for ourselves?

Content: Chapter 3 review. Vocabulary in context review.  Punctuation review.

Class Activities:  Read end to chapter 3, Reflection on power and control, Connection of power in high school.

Homework:  1) Finish reading chapter 4
2) Write a story or a poem about power.  It could be a reflection of power in the world or power that you have seen or experienced in your own life.

Thursday, December 2nd - Period 1

Politics: Day 6

Do Now:  The animals had been wondering what was happening to the milk and the apples, which were seen as special food delicacies.  We find out at the end of Chapter 3 that the pigs were taking the milk and apples all for themselves.  Do they deserve this special treatment?

Critical Thinking Question: How are the pigs manipulating the other animals?  Do those in power deserve better treatment? Is everyone equal on Animal Farm?

Content: Review Chapter 3 and begin Chapter 4

Class Activities: Class reading, Hyperbole Writing, Discussion of propoganda

Homework: 1) Finish reading chapter 4.
2) If you were an animal on Animal Farm, would you be willing to risk your life for animal independence?

Wednesday, December 1st - Period 3

Do Now:
Choose one of the omens that appeared in Scene 3 (storm, flaming hand, lion, 100 spooked women, men on fire, soothsayer) and make a prediction about why this omen is present and what it could be foreshadowing.

Homework:
Read Act 2, scene 1 pages 15, 16, 17, and 18.
Answer the following questions:
      1.    Does Brutus want to kill Caesar?
      2.    Does Brutus think Antony should be killed also?
      3.    Who does Cassius want to kill?
      4.    Will they kill Caesar in public or in private?
      5.    How will they be certain that Caesar will go where they want?

Wednesday, December 1st - Period 1

Politics: Day 5

Do Now: Which group (the pigs, the dogs, or the worker animals) has the most power and control?  Why?

In chapter 3, we learn about 3 perspectives on literacy by the animals.  The pigs become very literate and learn to read and write fluently. The dogs also learn, but only care to learn the seven commandments.  The worker animals have a hard time learning to read and write and have little time to study because they are constantly working.  

Critical Thinking Question:  How can literacy be used as a strategy to control others?  What happens when someone else interprets a text and tells us what it means instead of interpreting it for ourselves?

Content: Chapter 3 review. Vocabulary in context review.  Punctuation review.

Class Activities:  Read end to chapter 3, Reflection on power and control, Connection of power in high school.

Homework:  1) Finish reading chapter 4
2) Write a story or a poem about power.  It could be a reflection of power in the world or power that you have seen or experienced in your own life.

Tuesday, November 30th - Period 3

Caesar: Day 10

Do Now:
What is foreshadowing?  When have you heard this term in the past?  If you haven’t predict what foreshadowing means.

Classroom Activities: Read Caesar Act I, scene 3 and Act II, scene 1; Influence Charts for Cassius and Brutus

Writing Reflection: Influence Charts for Cassius/Brutus.

Homework: Choose 1 of the characters (Julius Caesar, Cassius, Brutus, The Commons, The Soothsayer, The Cobbler, Rome, The Lion) You are the character you choose. You also keep a journal. You will write a 7 line journal entry in your notebook from your new persona's point of view relaying the events of scene 3.

Tuesday, November 30th - Period 7

Power: Day 7

Do Now:  After the night attack and danger that the pearl has brought, who would you side with: Juana, who wants to get rid of the pear OR Kino, who wants to travel to the capitol city and sell it?

Critical Thinking Question:  Can wealth buy happiness?  Who are the most trustworthy people in our lives?  Why do some people who have so much take advantage of those who have little? Why would it be difficult for native cultures and greedy colonial cultures to communicate?  What is grammar?

Content: Critical Incidents of chapter 4, Reflective Writing, Grammar lesson,

Class Activities: Review importance of literacy, Grammar time!

Homework: 1) Finish chapter 4
2) Why do some people who have so much take advantage of those who have little?

Tuesday, November 30th - Period 1

Politics: Day 4

Do Now: How has the literacy of the pigs made them powerful?

The Animal revolution happens quite easily because Mr. Jones was depressed and drinking.  He neglected feeding the animals, and the cows break into the store shed and begin eating.  When Mr. Jones and his men find out, he begins whipping them and the rest of the animals fight back and drive him off the farm.  At the end, we find out that the pigs have learned to read and write.  They make up rules for “Animal Farm” and write them.  

Critical Thinking Question:  How does literacy give you power in some situation?  

Content:  Chapter 2 review and beginning of Chapter 3

Class Activities:  Discussion of literacy and power, Reading beginning of Chapter 3, Drawing of the Animal Farm Flag: Green background with a white hoof and horn, Reading and Comprehending from context: vocabulary skills. Review of commas, periods, and semicolons.

Homework: 1) Finish reading chapter 3.
2) Complete vocabulary in context sheet. Write the sentence it is found in and the what you think it means within that context: Resolution, Indefatigable, Maxim, Welfare