Thursday August 20th 1) Warm-up: (a) watch video & (b) Respond 2) Jigsaw Activity: (a) article one (pp.8-9), (b) article two (pp.10-11), (c) article three (pp.12-13), (d) article four (pp.16-17) 3) Discussion/Reflection (Write on what you learned from the articles) 4) Introduce Personal Statement and Resume 5) HOMEWORK: Pick one website resource (pp. 22-24) & Write notes on the website
Week 3 (note the teal words are links)
Monday August 24th 1) Warm-up Question 2) FAQ article (pages 19-21, ERWC Reader) 3) Website search strategies & Website exploration 4) Video about personal statement for UC--Present yourself as a "real" person 5) Brainstorm on both personal statement prompts (Freshmen and All Applicants) 6) Write a freewrite for both personal statements. It does not have to equal 1,000 words yet. Elaborate on and/or describe your ideas. 7) HOMEWORK: Answer the five questions generated in class. Search the websites (pp.22-24, ERWC Reader)
Wednesday August 26th 1) Warm-up: Subject, Verb, Preposition 2) Complete Papa Square for the personal statement statements 3) Write personal statements (Complete only the "Freshmen" and "All applicants" prompts. The two prompts together could have a maximum of 1,000 words (e.g., 600/400, 750/250). Here is a worksheet to help with starting the statements. 4) HOMEWORK: write personal statements, type, and print out.
WEEK 4
Monday August 31 1) Peer review each others' Personal Statements 2) Resume and Cover Letter Examples 3) Introduction to Op-Ed Unit -Watch video -How persuasive is he? -What strategies does he use? 4) Look at the title on page 25. What do you predict the article will discuss. Be specific. Perhaps incorporate your past experience with persuasion. What does it mean to you? 5) HOMEWORK: Type up Cover Letter and Resume (Period 1). Type up Cover Letter (Period 3).
Wednesday September 2nd 1) Warm-up: Quick write 2) Pathos, Ethos, Logos Skits 3) Personal Statements: Peer Review 4) HOMEWORK: Read Personal Statement Samples and think about differences between your personal statements and the samples.
Friday September 4th 1) What's the difference between your Personal Statements and the sample Personal Statements? 2) Personal Statements -Key parts -Language 3) Writing workshop 4) HOMEWORK: Final Draft of Personal Letter typed
WEEK 5 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9th 1) Warm-up (This link applies to the following activities) 2) Vocabulary Chart 3) Before and During Reading: "A Change of Heart About Animals" p.29-30 4) Say + Do Chart (example) 5) HOMEWORK: Complete the Say + Do Chart. Submit your Personal Statement to Turnitin.com by Monday September 14th.
Friday September 11th 1) Warm-up: Watch video and answer first question on slide. Next answer the rest of the questions on the same slide about the value of life. 2) Life, the concept + Polar opposites 3) Hamlet: Watch the soliloquy. 4) Read the soliloquy and answer the questions on slide (the above warm-up link contains the slide) 5) Reread the soliloquy, making highlights and looking at figurative language (directions on slide) 6) HOMEWORK: turn your final drafts of the two personal statements into turnitin.com by Monday September 14th before 9 p.m. Pick a song about life/death, print out the lyrics, highlight lines that stand out in terms of life/death, and explain your reason for your song selection.
WEEK 6 Monday September 14th 1) Warm-up: Varying Sentences 2) Soliloquy: Summary and Dialectical Journal (For number 1 & 2) 3) HOMEWORK: Finish Dialectical Journal
Friday September 18th 1) Why would Jones title the interview "The Essential Man" 2) "The Essential Man" text exploration 3) HOMEWORK: none
WEEK 7 Tuesday September 22nd 1) Dictoglos: Reconstruct a paragraph & correct sentences (Verbs--second slide) 2) Create an interview: Heart to Heart 3) Read "What is a Life Worth?" 4) Do vocabulary words prior to reading (Look at slide 7) 5) Annotate the text (Read slide 8 for something you should look for in reading) 6) HOMEWORK: Finish reading "What is a Life Worth?" & annotate the text.
Thursday September 24th 1) Warm-up: Verbs 2) Worldview 3) Thinking Critically (Absent students: complete only two of the four questions. Please use Ripley's article to support your answer and make sure you explain your answer well. 4) A Metaphor for Life 5) Compare and Contrast 6) HOMEWORK: Complete A Metaphor for Life and Compare and Contrast assignment.
WEEK 8
Monday September 28th 1) Rewrite the Life as a Metaphor 2) Read "The Human Life Calculator" Note what value of life this indicates. 3) Read "What is the Value of a Human Life" 4) Complete the Quiz and Reflection (Need to get from Mr. Secor) 5) Homework: Complete the Quiz and Reflection as well as the Life as a Metaphor. Due Wednesday September 30th.
Wednesday September 30th 1) Warm-up: Subject, Verb, Time Markers--Identification 2) Watch Steve Job's commencement speech. Follow along in the ERWC book. 3) Choose one of these strategies to analyze Steve Jobs' speech: -Descriptive outline--Say & Do -Dialectical Journal (Need four citations of text and four analyses) -Papa Squared -Compare Steve Jobs Value of Life to another author we have read as well as your own perspective -SOAPSTone +For all of these strategies you will need to include textual support 4) Introduction to Prompt for Essay 5) HOMEWORK: Choose a prompt (1 or 2) and Craft a thesis
Friday October 2nd 1) Prompts: Adding some questions to help think through a response. 2) Invention strategies: Choose one and do a pre-write 3) Thesis evaluation with peers 4) Begin writing the 1st draft 5) HOMEWORK: 1st draft due on Tuesday October 6th (Typed)
WEEK 9
Tuesday October 6th 1) Peer Review of rough draft 2) Library visit to check out books (please check out in the morning, during lunch, or after school if you have not checked it out yet) (or you can buy it) 3) Introduction to Into the Wild -Read the "Author's Note" -Complete two activities and share in class 4) HOMEWORK: Make revisions to your rough draft, and bring a typed copy Thursday 10/7. Turn in essay to Turnitin.com by 12 AM Friday October 9th.
Thursday October 8th 1) Beginning Response (This link has the directions for the Cornell notes) 2) Words (First five) and People (First two) for Into the Wild 3) Cornell Notes Chapters 1-2 4) Read Chapters 1-2 5) HOMEWORK: Final draft needs to be submitted to turnitin.com no later than 12 AM Friday October 9th.
WEEK 10
Monday October 12th (Min. Day) 1) Key Ideas and passages for Chapter One and Two (Group Discussion and Class sharing) Into the Wild 2) HOMEWORK: None
Tuesday October 13th 1) Journal Question 2) Passed out Prompt for end of unit essay Into the Wild 3) Read Chapter Three as a class 4) Divvy up Reciprocal Teaching Roles in group and complete role (For absent students please complete one of the roles--you'll need to get the document with the roles from Mr. Secor) 5) People: Wayne Westerberg and Jon Krakauer for Chapter 3 (Link to this paper is on October 8th (#2) 5) HOMEWORK: None
Thursday October 15th 1) Epigraph and Places 2) Notes on connections between authors and Chris McCandless 3) HOMEWORK: NONE
WEEK 11
Monday October 19th 1) Journal Question 2) Complete vocabulary (this link includes the epigraph and two paragraph work mentioned below) for chapter four "Detrital Wash" 3) Initial impression of the Epigraph and Final evaluation of the epigraph 4) Read Chapter four 5) Complete the character graph for Jan Burres and Jon Krakauer 6) Work on Two paragraphs: Chris' character 7) HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday October 21st 1) What's in a name? (This link is for number 3, 4, and 5 below also) 2) Chris, who are you? 3) Vocabulary for Chapter Five 4) Read Chapter Five "Bullhead City" 5) Say Mean Matters for Chapter Five 6) HOMEWORK: Finish Reading Chapter Five and complete Say Mean Matters
Friday October 23rd 1) Discuss your SMM in your group -Choose one SMM entry -Write the "Matters" on the whiteboard -Present your passage and "Matters" statement to the class -Take notes on passages you don't have and their importance 2) Read chapter six and Complete RT journal #2 individually 3) Work on the Socratic seminar sheet -Create (3) questions (bottom portion) from Ch.3-6 -Pick one essential question from the top. From chapter 3-6, use the text to begin to answer the essential question. 4) HOMEWORK: Do the character chart for Ron Franz
WEEK 12 Tuesday October 27th 1) Words, Words -Go to the word in the text and read the sentence. Predict the meaning of the word, and then define it. -Surfeit (62) -Immoderation (64) -conjecture (64) 2) Add to/complete Socratic Seminar paper -Write how you may answer the questions you've created (on the back of the paper) -Make sure you can answer one of the "Essential Questions" with text from ch.3-7 3) Complete the character chart for Wayne Westerberg and Gail Borah (Wayne's girlfriend 4) HOMEWORK: Review ch.3-7 to be prepared for questions on Friday (Socratic Seminar day)