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Quarter 1 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Monday

8.20

 

  • Syllabus Review (Day 1 of 2)
    • Course Overview
    • Required Materials
    • Rules
    • Calendar
  • Summer Reading Information and Timeline
  • Lessons Learned & Advice from Class of 2014
  • Code of Conduct Review
  • 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. 

Tuesday

8.21

  • Syllabus Review (Day 2 of 2)
    • Grading 
    • Missed / Late Work Policy
    • Revising Assignments
  • Classroom Tour 
  • Mr. Hampton's Life 
 

Wednesday

8.22

 
  • Textbook Pickup
  • If absent, please stop by the textbook room before or after school.

Thursday

8.23

  • Introduction to "Reading Logs"
  • How to Take Notes
    • Color-Coded Slides
  • Notes: Moral Dilemmas 
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for prompt; due Friday.

Friday

8.24

  • All materials are due unless special accommodations have been made with Mr. Hampton
  • How to Take Notes
    • 2-Column
  • Organize Binder
  • Hampton's Website / Schoology / Facebook / YouTube Review
  • Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4. 
  • Register for Schoology; see presentation for access code.
WEEK 2

Monday

8.27

  • Introduction to Study Guides
  • Notes: The Hampton System (Day 1 of 2)
  • Brainstorm Rewards
  • 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. 

Tuesday

8.28

  • Begin Scoreboard
  • Word of the Day Introduction
  • Notes: The Hampton System (Day 2 of 2)
  • Desk Olympics
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

8.29

  • Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning, Rules, and Procedures (Day 1 of 2)
  • Practice structures
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

8.30

  • First Teams (see Hampton if absent)
  • Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning (Day 2 of 2)
  • Team Building Activity
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for prompt

Friday

8.31

  • Hampton's Life (5th and 7th only)
  • Team Builder: Reading Log #4
  • 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. 
WEEK 3

Tuesday

9.4

  • Summer Reading Journals Due
  • Textbook Room: AICE Language Workbook
  • Notes: Workbook Uses and Expectations
  • 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.

Wednesday

9.5

  • "Welcome to AICE Language" Exam (see Hampton if absent) 
  • Bring your two summer reading books to class on Thursday. 
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

9.6

  • Teams: Discuss Reading Log #5
  • Notes: The Good Reader
  • Set up "Elements of Fiction" Study Guide

 

Friday

9.7

  • Notes: Elements of Plot (1 of 2)
  • Watch / Discuss: Labyrinth (see Hampton in morning if absent)
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation   
WEEK 4

Monday

9.10

 

  • Notes: Elements of Plot (2 of 2)
  • Finish watching / discussing: Labyrinth (see Hampton in morning if absent)
  • 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.
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation  

Tuesday

9.11

  • Introduction to Rubrics 
  • Watch: The Three Brothers (from Harry Potter)
  • Read: The Three Brothers
  • Graphic organizer in notebook + team discussion

 

Wednesday

9.12

  • Grammar Time #1
  • Notes: Internal vs. External Conflicts
  • Read: What Happened During the Ice Storm
  • Read The Book of Sand in workbook (pgs. 29-32).
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation
  • Prepare for quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated correctly. 

Thursday

9.13

  • Quiz #1
  • Teams: Discuss Book of Sand
  • Notes: Setting
  • Activator: Back to the Future
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation

Friday

9.14

  • Return / Record New Grades (see folder if absent)
  • Setting through artwork  
  • Graphic organizer for setting
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  
WEEK 5

Monday

9.17

 
  • 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 
 

Tuesday

9.18

 
  • 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
 

Wednesday

9.19

  • Notes: Grammar Time! #2
  • 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.

Thursday

9.20

  • Team Builder: Uncommon Commonalities
  • Read / Discuss + Graphic Organizer on There Will Come Soft Rains
  • Finish reading Soft Rains and finish organizer 

Friday

9.21

  • Return / Record New Grades
  • Watch / Discuss + Organizer on ST (see Hampton if absent)
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  
WEEK 6

Monday

9.24

  • TEAM OF THE WEEK!
  • PSAT Explanation
  • Activator: Star Trek (Characters)

 

  • 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. 

Tuesday

9.25

  • The Wizard Challenge
  • Read / Discuss: How to Fight Monsters

 

Wednesday

9.26

  • Grammar Time #3
  • Read / Discuss: How to Fight Monsters 
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation 
  • Prepare for quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated correctly.  

Thursday

9.27

  • Quiz #2
  • Team Builder: Team Names & Celebrations
  • Notes: Mini-Body Biography
  • Teams: Work on Mini-Body Biography
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation

Friday

9.28

  • Teams: Work on Mini-Body Biography
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
WEEK 7 (Homecoming Week)

Monday

10.1
  • Teams: Work on Mini-Body Biography
  • 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. 
  • Finish Body Biography as needed; due tomorrow

Tuesday

10.2

 

Wednesday

10.3

 
  • Early Release Day
  • 1st period Homecoming Court Assembly
  • Teams: Work on Team iMovie 
 

Thursday

10.4

 
  • Teams: Work on Team iMovie
 

Friday

10.5

 
  • No Backpacks
  • Colt Olympics
  • Periods 7 will not meet today
  • Pep Rally in 6th period
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 8

Monday

10.8

 
  • Teams: Finish Team iMovie
  • 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. 

Tuesday

10.9

  • Reading Log #12: See presentation

Wednesday

10.10

  • Grammar Time #4: I vs. Me
  • Notes: Point of View (POV)
  • Watch / Discuss: Big 
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation

Thursday

10.11

  • Watch / Discuss: Big
  • Read / Discuss: Diving Under
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation

Friday

10.12

  • Read / Discuss: Flipped
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 9

Monday

10.15

  • Return / Record Grades 
  • Notes: Preparing for Unit 2 (buy your book!)
  • Notes: Theme
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation 
  • 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.

Tuesday

10.16

  • Reading Log #16: See presentation

Wednesday

10.17

  • PSAT Testing (Periods 1-4); normal classes will resume after
  • Grammar Time #5: Affect vs. Effect 
  • Read: Two Kinds (Part I)
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation  
  • Buy or check out your book; due by Tuesday, 10.23
  • Prepare for Exam by reviewing over:
    • Word Parts of the Day
    • Grammar Lessons 1-5
    • Study Guide Questions and Vocabulary
  • All make up work due by Monday, 10.22

Thursday

10.18

  • Read: Two Kinds (Part II)
  • Buy or check out your book; due by Tuesday, 10.23
  • Prepare for Exam by reviewing over:
    • Word Parts of the Day
    • Grammar Lessons 1-5
    • Study Guide Questions and Vocabulary

Friday

10.19

 
  • Fiction Exam
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 10

Monday

10.22

  • ALL REVISION WORK IS DUE
  • NEW TEAMS (see Hampton if absent)
  • Notes: Team Binders, Discussions, Grading
  • Team Builder: Question Cubes
  • 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. 
  • Buy or check out your book; due by Tuesday, 10.23

Tuesday

10.23

  • Mini-Role Sheets --> Composition Notebook (see Hampton if absent)
  • TEAM ACTIVITY DAY #1: "Exposition"
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation  

Wednesday

10.24

  • Grammar Time #6: Colon vs. Semi-Colon   
  • TEAM ACTIVITY DAY #1: "Exposition" (to finish)
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation (from yesterday) 

Thursday

10.25

  • Return / Record Grades
  • TEAM ACTIVITY DAY #2: Team Discussions
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation  
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

 

Quarter 2 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Monday

10.29

  • Team Day #3: Indirect Characterization (see team if absent)
  • 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.
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

10.30

  • Team Day #4 (see team if absent)
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

10.31

  • Spencer Visit
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for prompt
  • Prepare for Quiz; make sure notebook and reading logs are in order and complete. 

Thursday

11.1

  • Quiz #1
  • Team Day #5 (see team if absent)
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for prompt

Friday

11.2

  • Team Day #6 (see team if absent)
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  
WEEK 2

Monday

11.5

  • Grammar Time #7: Dash, Hyphen, Ellipsis, Oh My...
  • Teams: Share Reading Log #7; "Talking Chips"
  • 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. 
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

11.6

  • Team Day #7 (see team if absent)
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

11.7

  • Grammar Time #8: Subject / Verb Agreement
  • Notes: Elaboration
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

11.8

  • Team Day #8
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

Friday

11.9

  • Hampton Off Campus
  • Team Day #9
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation for prompt
WEEK 3

Monday

11.12

  • Team Day #10 ("Mashups")
  • 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.
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

11.13

  • Notes: Agreeing to Disagree
  • Teams: 2-min opinion share
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

11.14

  • Grammar Time #9: Verb Tenses and Shifting
  • Team Day #11 (Discussion Day)
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation for prompt
  • Bring headphones tomorrow

Thursday

11.15

  • Laptops: Movie Adaptions (Day 1 of 4) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Ender's Game ONLY: See presentation
  • Reading Log #16: See presentation for prompt

Friday

11.16

  • Laptops: Movie Adaptions (Day 2 of 4) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Ender's Game ONLY: Movie Adaption Project
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 4

Monday

11.19

  • Laptops: Movie Adaptions (Day 3 of 4) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Ender's Game ONLY: Movie Adaption Project

 

Tuesday

11.20

  • Laptops: Movie Adaptions (Day 4 of 4) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Ender's Game ONLY: Movie Adaption Project
  • Reading Log #18: See presentation for prompt
WEEK 5

Monday

11.26

  • Return / Record Grades
  • Notes: The Final Project
  • Pre-Plan Project (Day 1 of 2)
  • 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.
  • Pre-Plan out project as needed

Tuesday

11.27

  • Grade Conferences with Hampton
  • Pre-Plan Project (Day 2 of 2)
  • Ender's Game Movie Adaption Project due at end of day
  • Pre-Plan out project as needed

Wednesday

11.28

  • Laptops: Work on Project (Day 1 of 3)
  • Work on Presentation as needed

Thursday

11.29

  • Laptops: Work on Project (Day 2 of 3)
  • Work on Presentation as needed

Friday

11.30

 
  • Benchmark Testing
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 6

Monday

12.3

  • Laptops: Work on Project (Day 3 of 3)
  • Group A / Group B Slots
  • Upload Presentation to Schoology
  • Finish presentation as needed; post to Schoology
  • 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.

Tuesday

12.4

 
  • Presentations (Group A)
 

Wednesday

12.5

 
  • Presentations (Group B)
 

Thursday

12.6

  • Presentations (Remaining)
  • Notes: AICE Exam
  • NEW Fiction Writing Study Guide
  • Reading Log #19: See presentation for prompt

Friday

12.7

  • Grammar Time #10: Verb Shifting REDUX 
  • Return New Grades
  • Activator: Stranger Than Fiction 
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 7

Monday

12.10

  • Activator: Stranger Than Fiction
  • Writing Assignment for Activator
  • Notes: The Three Acts
  • Teams: Brainstorm Ordinary to Extraordinary
  • Reading Log #20: See presentation for prompt
  • 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.

Tuesday

12.11

  • Read: Button, Button
  • Teams: Three Acts of Story
  • Reading Log #21: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

12.12

  • Solo: Act I / Act II Assignment + Hampton's Write-Along
  • Reading Log #22: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

12.13

  • Notes: Fictional Writing / Storyboarding
  • Teams: Story boarding
  • Reading Log #23: See presentation for prompt

Friday

12.14

 
  • Watch: Stranger Than Fiction 
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 8

Wednesday

1.2.13

 
  • Hampton Out Sick
  • Essay prompt: If you were to describe yourself by a quotation, what would that quote be? Explain.
 

Thursday

1.3

 
  • Hampton Out Sick
  • Essay prompt: It has been said that in the future, everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame. Describe your 15 minutes. 
 

Friday

1.4

  • NEW TEAMS
  • Storyboard --> Story
  • Reading Log #24: See presentation for prompt
  • Finish essay prompts from Wednesday and Thursday
WEEK 9

Monday

1.7

  • Teams: Carousel Feedback on Reading Log #22 (Acts I and II) or #24 (Storyboard Story)
  • Work on Reading Log #25
  • 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.
  • Prepare for Quiz on Tuesday
  • Reading Log #25: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

1.8

  • Quiz #1
  • Teams: Descriptive Object Challenge
  • Work on Reading Log #26 
  • Reading Log #26: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

1.9

  • Grammar Time #11: Active vs. Passive Verb Choice
  • Work on Reading Log #27
  • Reading Log #27: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

1.10

  • Reading Log #28: See presentation for prompt

Friday

1.11

  • "Going Outside" Day
  • Work on Reading Log #29
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #29: See presentation for prompt
WEEK 10

Monday

1.14

 
  • 7TH PERIOD MIDTERM
 

Tuesday

1.15

 
  • 1ST, 2ND, 3RD PERIOD MIDTERM
 

Wednesday

1.16

 
  • 4TH, 5TH, 6TH PERIOD MIDTERM
 

 

Quarter 3 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Tuesday

1.22

  • Return / Record Grades
  • Notes: Character Building
  • Teams: Ekphrastic Story Building
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for details
  • 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.
  • Move assignments to "best of" section in binder; see presentation for details (Due Friday)

Wednesday

1.23

  • GT #12: Sentence Fragments and Run On Sentences
  • Read: The Construct (Characters and Dialogue)
  • Teams: Dinner-Time Dialogue
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for details

Thursday

1.24

  • Hampton's Write-Along: Argument  
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for details
  • Move assignments to "best of" section in binder; see presentation for details (Due Friday) 

Friday

1.25

  • Teams: Random Story Strips
  • Writing Fiction SG, Concept 3
  • Notes: Point of View
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #1 by Sunday. 
WEEK 2

Monday

1.28

  • Read: After I was thrown... / 2-column organizer
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for details
  • 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.

Tuesday

1.29

  • Read: The Construct (POV)
  • Notes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd person POV
  • Teams: POV Inanimate Object Shuffle
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for details

Wednesday

1.30

  • Quiz #1
  • GT #13: Misplaced Modifiers and Participles
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for details

Thursday

1.31

  • Notes: Fictional Writing Format, Advanced Lit. Techniques (1/2)
  • Read / Discuss: The Story of an Hour 
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for details

Friday

2.1

  • Notes: Advanced Lit. Techniques (2/2)
  • Play / Watch: Batman Arkham City
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #2 by Sunday.  
WEEK 3

Monday

2.4

  • Teams: Carousel Feedback
  • Notes: Advanced Lit Techniques (3/3)
  • Read: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation for details
  • Begin working on final fiction story; due Thursday on Schoology.
  • 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.

Tuesday

2.5

  • Notes: Your Final Story / Grading
  • Work on Final Story (Day 1/3)
  • Read: The Ransom of Red Chief
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.6

 
  • Solo: Work on Final Story
  • Begin working on final fiction story; due Thursday on Schoology.

Thursday

2.7

 
  • Solo: Work on Final Story
  • Begin working on final fiction story; due tonight on Schoology.

Friday

2.8

 
  • Watch: Stranger Than Fiction
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #3 by Sunday.  
WEEK 4

Monday

2.11

  • 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.

Tuesday

2.12

  • Teams: Preview Exam Questions / Brainstorm Knowledge
  • Notes: Types of Introduction Paragraphs
  • Solo: Introduction Paragraph Practice
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.13

  • GT #14: Idiomatic Expressions
  • Solo: Introduction Paragraph Reversal 
  • Hampton Write-Along Challenge
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation for details

Thursday

2.14

  • Notes: Appeals
  • Watch: Clips on Appeals + Analysis
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation for details

Friday

2.15

  • Return New Grades
  • Read: We Got the Dirt... + Organizer
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #4 by Sunday.  
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation for details
WEEK 5

Tuesday

2.19

  • Notes: The 4th Appeal
  • Read: Pastor Letter
  • Team: Analyze Appeal Types
  • 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 #16: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.20

  • Read: "The Can Man"
  • Notes: Body Paragraphs, Support, and Transitional Phrases
  • Solo: Body Paragraph Practice
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation for details

Thursday

2.21

  • Quiz #2
  • Read / Discuss: I Want a Wife 
  • Reading Log #18: See presentation for details

Friday

2.22

  • Notes: Pre-Writing / Planning
  • Solo: Practice Prompts (1, 2, 3)
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #5 by Sunday.  
  • Reading Log #19: See presentation for details
WEEK 6

Monday

2.25

  • Notes: Conclusion Paragraphs
  • Solo: Practice Exam (Planning, Intro, Body only)
  • 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.
  • Reading Log #20: See presentation for details

Tuesday

2.26

 
  • FCAT Writes Exam
 

Wednesday

2.27

  • Notes: Big Circle Discussions
  • Read / Discuss: Is School Bad for Children?
  • Reading Log #21: See presentation for details

Thursday

2.28

  • Read / Discuss: Is School Bad for Children?
  • Read / Discuss: The Sanctuary of School
  • Reading Log #22: See presentation for details

Friday

3.1

  • GT #15: Sentence Combining
  • Team Questions from The Sanctuary of School
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #6 by Sunday.  
WEEK 7

Monday

3.4

  • Notes: Final Essay & Due Dates
  • Read / Big Circle: The Cheating Epidemic
  • 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 #23: See presentation for details

Tuesday

3.5

  • Quiz #3
  • Read / Big Circle: The Cheating Epidemic
  • Reading Log #24: See presentation for details

Wednesday

3.6

  • Spencer Presentation for Registration
  • Begin working on Final AICE Essay

Thursday

3.7

  • Return New Grades
  • GT #16: Parallel Structure
  • Plan AICE Essays
  • Reading Log #25: See presentation for details
  • Begin working on Final AICE Essay

Friday

3.8

  • Notes: Counterpoint Paragraph
  • Work on Essay

 

  • Final Essay is due on Schoology by Sunday, 11:59 pm.
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #7 by Sunday.  
  • Study for Exam
  • Begin working on Final AICE Essay
WEEK 8

Monday

3.11

  • Pick Up Fast Food Nation
  • Teams: Study for Exam
  • 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
  • Study for Exam

Tuesday

3.12

 
  • Argumentative Writing Exam
 

Wednesday

3.13

  • NEW FFN Study Guide
  • Teams: 4-Corners
  • Activator: Super Size Me 
  • Notes: Why Fast Food Nation?
  • Reading Log #26: See presentation for details

Thursday

3.14

  • Notes: Carl Karcher, Carhops
  • Read / Discuss: Founding Fathers
  • Reading Log #27: See presentation for details

Friday

3.15

  • Read: Burgerville USA / Progress
  • Team: Answer 2 Questions on PP
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #8 by Sunday.  
WEEK 9

Monday

3.18

  • Notes: Ray Kroc
  • Read / Discuss: Kid Kustomers
  • Reading Log #28: See presentation for details

Tuesday

3.19

  • Quiz #4
  • Read / Discuss: Perfect Synergy + Team Questions
  • Reading Log #29: See presentation for details

Wednesday

3.20

  • Watch: Supersize Me (See Hampton if absent) 
  • Reading Log #30: See presentation for details

Thursday

3.21

  • Return New Grades
  • Notes: Throughput / Stroking
  • Read / Discuss: Throughput / Stroking
  • Reading Log #31: See presentation for details

Friday

3.22

  • Big Circle Discussion
  • All make up work is due

 

Quarter 4  

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Tuesday

4.2

  • FCAT 2.0 Practice Passages
  • Finish FCAT 2.0 Practice Passages

Wednesday

4.3

  • New Teams
  • Notes: Class Policy Changes
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for details

Thursday

4.4

  • Clip: The Killing Floor
  • Read / Discuss: The Most Dangerous Job
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for details

Friday

4.5

  • Notes: Meatpacking Industry, History, Kenny Dobbins
  • Read: Kenny
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for details
WEEK 2

Monday

4.8

  • TotW
  • Notes: Chicken Farming
  • Clip from Food, Inc.
  • Read: The Breasts of Mr. McDonald
 

Tuesday

4.9

  • Quiz #1
  • Discuss: The Breasts of Mr. McDonald
  • Read: Why the Fries Taste Good
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for details

Wednesday

4.10

  • Notes: Natural, Artificial Flavors, HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)
  • Read: Food Product Design
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for details

Thursday

4.11

  • Clip from Food, Inc.
  • Read: Food Product Design 
  • Prepare for Big Circle tomorrow

Friday

4.12

  • Return New Grades
  • Discussion: FCAT Next Week
  • Big Circle Discussion #1 (from The Most Dangerous Job to What's in the Meat)
 
WEEK 3

Monday

4.15

  • Big Circle Discussion #1 (from The Most Dangerous Job to What's in the Meat)
 

Tuesday

4.16

 
  • Watch: Supersize Me
 

Wednesday

4.17

  • Read: What's in the Meat
  • Questions on Reading
  • Watch: Food, Inc. 
 

Thursday

4.18

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
  • Read: Our Friend The Atom and The National Dish (in the section What's in The Meat)
  • Write a 1-page summary of these sections in notebook (1/2 page for each)
 

Friday

4.19

  • Read: A Bug That Kills Children
  • Notes: Kevin's Law
  • Watch: Food, Inc. 
 
WEEK 4

Monday

4.22

  • Notes: Monsanto & GMO's
  • Watch: Food, Inc.
 

Tuesday

4.23

  • Read: An Empire of Fat
  • Notes: Veggie-Libel Laws, Cheeseburger Bill, Obesity
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for details
  • Prepare for Quiz

Wednesday

4.24

  • Quiz #2  
  • Watch: Supersize Me

 

Thursday

4.25

  • Watch: Supersize Me
  • Watch: Food, Inc.
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for details

Friday

4.26

  • Big Circle Discussion #2  (from "What's in the Meat" to "How to do it") 
 
WEEK 5

Monday

4.29

  • Return New Grades
  • FFN Project (Day 1 of 5)
 

Tuesday

4.30

 
  • FFN Project (Day 2 of 5)
 

Wednesday

5.1

 
  • FFN Project (Day 3 of 5)
 

Thursday

5.2

 
  • FFN Project (Day 4 of 5)
 

Friday

5.3

 
  • FFN Project (Day 5 of 5)
  • FFN Exam Cancelled
  • iMovie Project due on Schoology by 11:59 pm.; project will be uploaded by Hampton once it is saved in class 
WEEK 6

Monday

5.6

  • Notes: Exam Review (Narrative)
  • Practice Narrative
 

Tuesday

5.7

  • Notes: Exam Review (Argumentative)
  • Practice Argumentative
  • Notes: Language Exam Checklist
  • Review the checklist!

Wednesday

5.8

 
  • IGCSE Math Exam (class will be cancelled due to the high number of testing participants)
 

Thursday

5.9

 
  • AICE Language Exam (Part II: Narrative & Argumentative)
 

Friday

5.10

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
 
WEEK 7

Monday

5.13

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
 

Tuesday

5.14

  • Activator: Dead Poets Society
  • Read: Literary Criticism / Formalism
  • Notes: Language Exam (Part I)
  • Set up Language Analysis Study Guide
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for details

Wednesday

5.15

  • Notes: Lit. Crit., Formalism, Denotation vs. Connotation
  • Teams: Practice Denotation vs. Connotation in Advertisements
 

Thursday

5.16

  • Notes: Connotation of Words
  • Teams: Practice Word Connotation
  • Prepare for Quiz

Friday

5.17

  • Quiz #3
  • Notes: Words to Passages
  • Teams: Practice Passages (Connotation)
 
WEEK 8

Monday

5.20

  • Notes: Tone vs. Mood
  • Teams: Practice Passages (Connotation)
 

Tuesday

5.21

  • Notes: Steps to Making a Composition
  • Read: Shooting an Elephant / Connotation Practice in Teams 
 

Wednesday

5.22

  • Notes: Making a Composition
  • Teams: Practice Composition on Shooting an Elephant
 

Thursday

5.23

  • Read: Shopping for Stories
  • Teams: Practice Composition
 
WEEK 9

Tuesday

5.28

  • Quiz #4
  • Notes: Grading Compositions
  • Practice: Grading Compositions
  • Your Language Analysis composition is due on Sunday, 6.2 on Schoology. Instructions have been posted there.

Wednesday

5.29

  • Teams: Work on Language Analysis Compositions; due on Schoology on Sunday (7th period only)
 

Thursday

5.30

  • Practice: Grading Compositions (5th, 6th period only)
  • Read: A Dining Experience
  • Teams: Practice Composition
  • Teams: Work on Language Analysis Compositions; due on Schoology on Sunday 
  • Bring your textbooks to class on Friday; we will be returning them. 

Friday

5.31

 
  • Textbook Collection 
  • Return Grades / Binders
  • All revised with is due; I will finalize grades at the end of the day 
  • Make sure to complete Language Analysis composition; due on Schoology on Sunday.
WEEK 10

Monday

6.3

  • 7TH PERIOD EXAM --> NO EXAM SCHEDULED
  • Notes: Part B Writing
  • Teams: Practice Part B on previous passages (Elephant, Shopping, or Dining)
  • Notes: Exam Review (Lang. Analysis)
  • Notes: Language Exam Checklist 
  • Practice Lang. Analysis
  • Review the checklist / YouTube videos for review! 

Tuesday

6.4

 
  • Due to the exam schedule, this class will not meet today
 

Wednesday

6.5

 
  • AICE Language Exam (Part I: Language Analysis)
  • 6TH PERIOD EXAM --> NO EXAM SCHEDULED
 

Thursday

6.6

 
  • 5TH PERIOD EXAM --> NO EXAM SCHEDULED
 

 

Move assignments to "best of" section in binder; see presentation for details (Due Friday)