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Quarter 1
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| WEEK 1 |
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Presentation & Handouts
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What We Did
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Homework
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Monday
8.20
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- Syllabus Review (Day 1 of 2)
- Course Overview
- Required Materials
- Rules
- Calendar
- Summer Reading Information and Timeline
- "Voices from the Past" / Advice & Lessons Learned from Class of 2013
- Code of Conduct Review
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- All materials are due by Friday, 8.24. Special accommodations can be made, but must be discussed with Hampton prior to Friday. Minimum of paper and pencil are required for Tuesday to Thursday.
- Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4.
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Tuesday
8.21
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- Syllabus Review (Day 2 of 2)
- Grading
- Missed / Late Work Policy
- Revising Assignments
- Classroom Tour
- Leading a Discussion Information
- Mr. Hampton's Life
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Wednesday
8.22
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- If absent, please stop by the textbook room before or after school.
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Thursday
8.23
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- Introduction to "Reading Logs"
- How to Take Notes
- Notes: Moral Dilemmas
- Moral Dilemmas
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- Reading Log #1: See presentation for prompt; due Friday.
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Friday
8.24
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- All materials are due unless special accommodations have been made with Mr. Hampton
- How to Take Notes
- Organize Binder
- Hampton's Website / Schoology / Facebook / YouTube Review
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- Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4.
- Register for Schoology; see presentation for access code.
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| WEEK 2 |
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Monday
8.27
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- Pass out: AICE Language Workbooks
- Introduction to Study Guides
- Notes: The Hampton System (Day 1 of 2)
- Brainstorm Rewards
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- Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4.
- Your 1st Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Tuesday
8.28
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- Begin Scoreboard
- Introduction to Rubrics
- LaD Signups (see Hampton if absent)
- Notes: The Hampton System (Day 2 of 2)
- Desk Olympics
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- Reading Log #2: See presentation for prompt
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Wednesday
8.29
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- Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning, Rules, and Procedures (Day 1 of 2)
- Practice structures
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- Reading Log #3: See presentation for prompt
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Thursday
8.30
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- Word of the Day Introduction
- First Teams (see Hampton if absent)
- Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning (Day 2 of 2)
- Team Building Activity
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- Reading Log #4: See presentation for prompt
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Friday
8.31
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- Team Builder: Reading Log #4
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- Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4.
- Your 1st Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 3 |
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Tuesday
9.4
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- Summer Reading Journals Due
- Notes: The AICE Language Exam
- Activator: The Power of Words
- Read / Discuss: Literary Criticism
- Set up Language Analysis Study Guide
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- Your 2nd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Review over "Welcome to AICE Language" Study Guide; answer all study guide questions and define all vocabulary.
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Wednesday
9.5
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- "Welcome to AICE Language" Exam (see Hampton if absent)
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- Read "Formalist Criticism" in Workbook, pgs. 105-107
- Bring your two summer reading books to class on Thursday.
- Reading Log #5: See presentation for prompt.
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Thursday
9.6
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- Share Reading Log #5
- Notes: Formalist ("New") Criticism, Denotation vs. Connotation
- Teams: Magazine Advertisements in Denotation / Connotation
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Friday
9.7
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- Teams: From Ads to Words Activity (Connotation practice)--see Hampton for a copy of the ads to practice if absent
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- Reading Log #6: See presentation
- Your 2nd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 4 |
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Monday
9.10
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- Share RL #6
- Notes: Words to Passages Tips
- Practice: Words to Passages / Mix Music Meet
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- Your 3rd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Tuesday
9.11
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- Read: Shooting an Elephant
- Graphic organizer in notebook
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- Reading Log #7: See presentation
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Wednesday
9.12
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- Welcome to Grammar Wednesday's!
- Notes: Making a Composition
- Practice composition
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- Finish composition
- Prepare for your quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated properly.
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Thursday
9.13
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- Quiz #1
- Read: Shopping for Stories
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- Reading Log #8: See presentation
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Friday
9.14
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- Return / Record New Grades
- Teams: Share / Grade Practice Compositions
- Notes: How to grade compositions
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- Your 3rd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 5 |
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Monday
9.17
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- Hampton Out Sick
- College Admissions Essay #1: "If you could be a fly on the wall to observe any situation--historical, personal, or otherwise--describe what you would choose to observe and why. What would you hope to learn and how would it benefit you?" --> 2-3 pages
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Tuesday
9.18
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- Hampton at Training
- College Admissions Essay #2: "Tell us about the neighborhood that you grew up in and how it helped shape you into the kind of person you are today." --> 2-3 pages
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Wednesday
9.19
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- Your 4th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Thursday
9.20
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- Notes: Figurative Language
- Teams: Graphic Organizer / Revisiting Shooting an Elephant & Shopping for Stories
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- Read "Did He Mean That?" on pgs. 109-111
- Reading Log #9: See presentation
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Friday
9.21
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- Return / Record New Grades
- Teams: Continue Graphic Organizer
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- Your 4th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 6 |
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Monday
9.24
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- TEAM OF THE WEEK!
- Team Builder: Uncommon Commonalities
- Read / Discuss / Organizer on Venice Travel Journal
- Work on Practice Composition (5-7 comments on language)
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- Your 5th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Reading Log #10: See presentation
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Tuesday
9.25
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- Teams: Grade Reading Log #10
- Notes: Descriptive Language
- Teams: "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"
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- Reading Log #11: See presentation
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Wednesday
9.26
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- Grammar Time #3
- Notes: Part B Writing
- Practice: Part B on Venice Travel Journal
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- Reading Log #12: See presentation
- Prepare for quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated correctly.
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Thursday
9.27
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- Quiz #2
- Read / Discuss: Town Bombing
- Practice: Part B Writing
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- Reading Log #13: See presentation
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Friday
9.28
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- Read / Discuss: A Dining Experience
- Practice: Part B
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- Your 5th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 7 (Homecoming Week) |
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Monday
10.1
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- Your 6th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Tuesday
10.2
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- Teams: Work on Team iMovie
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Wednesday
10.3
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- Early Release Day
- 1st period Homecoming Court Assembly
- Periods 2 and 3 will not meet today
- Teams: Work on Team iMovie (only period 4)
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Thursday
10.4
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- Teams: Work on Team iMovie
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Friday
10.5
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- No Backpacks
- Colt Olympics
- Periods 2-3 will not meet today
- Pep Rally in 6th period
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- Your 6th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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| WEEK 8 |
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Monday
10.8
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- New Team Formations
- Watch / Discuss Speeches:
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- Your 7th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Reading Log #14: See presentation
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Tuesday
10.9
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- Notes: Rhetorical Devices
- Watch / Discuss:
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- Reading Log #15: See presentation
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Wednesday
10.10
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- Grammar Time #4: I vs. Me
- Read / Discuss: George Bush Hurricane Katrina Speech
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- Reading Log #16: See presentation
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Thursday
10.11
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- Return / Record New Grades
- Quiz, Quiz, Trade Exam Review
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- Review over "Language Analysis" Study Guide, words of the day, and grammar lessons; answer all study guide questions and define all vocabulary for review.
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Friday
10.12
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- Your 7th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Prepare for the second part of your exam:
- Choose 1 of 3 passages:
- Searching for Bigfoot (pg. 121)
- A Boy's Imagination (pg. 312)
- Hillary Clinton Speech (check link to the left)
- Use note card (front and back) to help organize Part A and Part B response.
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| WEEK 9 |
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Monday
10.15
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- Your 8th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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Tuesday
10.16
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- Notes: MLA Style (Part I)
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- All revision work is due to Hampton by Monday, 10.22 @ end of day.
- Reading Log #17: See presentation
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Wednesday
10.17
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- PSAT Testing
- Class will likely be canceled by testing
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Thursday
10.18
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- Grammar Time #5: Affect vs. Effect
- Notes: MLA Style (Part II), Thesis Statement, etc.
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Friday
10.19
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- Notes: MLA Style (Part II), Thesis Statement, etc.
- Textbook Room: The Lord of the Flies (if absent, please pick up when you return)
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- Your 8th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
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WEEK 10
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Monday
10.22
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- ALL REVISED WORK IS DUE
- NEW Study Guide/SLM: The Lord of the Flies
- Activator: "No Man is an Island..."
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- Your 1st Weekly Reflection of Quarter 2 has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Reading Log #1: See presentation
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Tuesday
10.23
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- NEW TEAMS
- Notes: William Golding / Lord of the Flies
- Read: Chapter 1
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- Reading Log #2: See presentation
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Wednesday
10.24
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- Grammar Time #6: Colon vs. Semi-Colon
- Teams: New Circle Formation
- Discuss Chapter 1 (Model LaD)
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- Reading Log #3: See presentation
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Thursday
10.25
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- Your 1st Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
- Reading Log #4: See presentation
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