English 3

Ms. Clark & Mrs. Ledwith

Clark's Policies: 

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 ACT Online Practice Test Directions

  • Use Firefox
  • Go to actonlineprep.act.org/ePrep/
  • Once at the website unlock permissions by going to the green lock and then to "permissions". 
  • Uncheck "default" for Open Pop-up Windows. To the right click the "allow" button then "x" out. 
  • You should be able to login with the username and password you created. If you forget this information. I can access it for you.
  • ACT prep page comes up: click the Graduation cap icon
  • Testing center page comes up - in the list on the left choose "take/review practice test)
  • Choose the appropriate number practice test (#1 at the START of the year;
  •  #2 at the END of the year)
  • Choose the test your teacher wants you to work on (English or Reading)
turnitin.com 

CLARK's Class ID # This is a NEW CLASS (I had to close the last one): 10807297; Password: mizclark


Article of the Week Rubric: 
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 Daily In-Class Work                                                                   -most recent week closest to top

assignments in red = due on the day listed

assignments in  black = in class activities on the day  listed

 Links and Handouts


 

Week 19 - May 16 to 19, 2016              WHITE

Mon. 5/16    Shrew - reading and viewing film

Tues. 5/17    Shrew - reading and viewing film

Wed. 5/18    Start 10 Things I Hate About You ; Paper assignment for Taming of the Shrew

Thurs. 5/19     Things I Hate About You   Turn in Reflection to turnitin.com. by Monday 5/23 at midnight. See link to assignment at right. 

 

Article LINK

Reflection for Taming of the Shrew Assignment Link 

Week 18 - May 9 to 12, 2016      PURPLE

Mon. 5/9      Taming of the Shrew; Article LINK

Tues. 5/10      Shrew - reading and viewing film

Wed. 5/11        Shrew - reading and viewing film

Thurs. 5/12     Shrew - reading and viewing film

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Week 17 - May 2 to May 5, 2016     PURPLE

Mon. 5/2    Read Act IV (finished); Root: gest = carry, bear

Tues. 5/3    Notecard Act IV; character collage, watch film

Wed. 5/4   Quiz - practice; character collage, watch film

Thurs. 5/5   Test Crucible

 

Week 16 - April 25 to 28, 2016   WHITE 

 Mon. 4/25    Check Study Guide: study guide questions pages 1-2 and definitions pages 2-3 due,  Quiz; Read Act III Crucible;  Quiz - review dramatic exposition - what does it say, why is it used so much in this particular play?


Tues. 4/26   Root: pass (suffer, endure OR step, pace); Read Act III, complete Crucible Study Guide

Wed. 4/27    Quiz, Review roots; Crucible read Act IV, complete study guide

Thurs. 4/28   Root: trib = pay, bestow; Crucible read Act IV, complete study guide

 

Week 16 April 25 to 28, 2016  WHITE

Mon. 4 /25   Read Crucible

Tues. 4/26     Read Crucible

Wed. 4/27     Finish Act III, Crucible

Thurs. 4/28  Read Crucible to p 1326

 

Week  15 - April 18 TO 21, 2016   WHITE

Mon. 4/18      New Root: ; Read Crucible Act II

Tues. 4/19      ACT testing in a.m.

Wed. 4/20    Crucible Quiz; Read Crucible  Act II (finish Act II), fill in study guide; turn in quote for Act II - write most important quote, with character and page number; explain why the quote is most important to the play, the theme, or the character

Thurs. 4/21    Root test; Complete study guide questions pages 1-2 and definitions pages 2-3, Due Monday

 

Week 14 - April 11 - April 14, 2016   PURPLE

Mon. 4/11      Root: spect; Crucible Act I ( read to page____)

Tues. 4/12     Quiz; Crucible Act I ( read to page 1263 - end of Act I)

Wed. 4/13     Root Review; Crucible Act  II ( read to page 1273)

Thurs. 4/14    Root Quiz; Read Crucible Act II (read to page____)

 

Week 13 - April 4 - 7, 2016  PURPLE

Mon. 4/4      Watch Guilty by Suspicion; take notes

Tues. 4/5      Finish Guilty by Suspicion; quiz

Wed. 4/6      Begin reading The Crucible, Act I

Thurs. 4/7     Crucible Act I

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Week 12 - March 28 - 31, 2016  WHITE

Mon. 3/28   Presentations

Tues. 3/29   Presentations

Wed. 3/30 Finish Presentations

Thurs. 3/31 Brainstorm: Red Scare/Salem Witch Trials; watch Guilty by Suspicion

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Week 11 - Mar 14 to Mar 17, 2016   WHITE

Mon. 3/14    Writing time in lab

Tues. 3/15      Writing time in lab

Wed. 3/16      Ethnography Project Due; Presentations

Thurs. 3/17     Ethnography Presentations

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Order for project:

  1. rubric
  2. title page (see rubric for requirements)
  3. compare and contrast
  4. Don't Judge a Book
  5. Artifacts
  6. Unwritten Rules and Introduction
  7. Picturing Your Subculture
  8. You Should Know
  9. Annotated Bibliography
  10. Plan & Proposal
  11. All notes, observations, interviews, articles

Put 1st drafts behind final drafts. All work needs to be printed out when you walk into class on Wed. 

 

Week 10 - Mar 7 to Mar 10, 2016   PURPLE  -Ethnography project due 3/16

Mon. 3/7      Root: mem; "letter from dog" - establish voice and prepare to write "You Should Know Descriptive Essay"

Tues. 3/8   root: nov; View visual sample from Unspoken Rules; View Rubric; Work on "You Should Know" and "Picturing Your Subculture"

Wed. 3/9   Prefix: in-, im-, il- ; Introduce Compare and Contrast paper

Thurs. 3/10   Root, prefix review; 

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Compare and Contrast_Intro.pdf Compare and Contrast_Intro.pdf
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Week 9 - Feb 29 to Mar 3, 2016   PURPLE

Mon. 2/29    Annotated bibliography with interview and observation summaries due in gdrive and turnitin.com; Introduce secondary research; Root: sta, sist, stit

Tues. 3/1   Unspoken Rules due to turnitin.com;  Secondary research continues

Wed. 3/2     Secondary research

Thurs. 3/3  Root, prefix test ; Secondary research; turn in annotated bibliography AGAIN, this time with primary and secondary research.

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Directions/Requirements for Secondary Research:

 1. 2 sources required

2. at least one resource from school databases

3. add the resources to your annotated bibliography

4. annotated bibliography is due on Thursday to turnitin.com, midnight.

5. Print and annotate ONE of your articles in order to include it with your project.

In annotation, summarize the article's main ideas and explain the connection between this resource and your primary research. 

If you had to write a paper about your subculture, explain how you might use this information.

 


Week 8 - Feb. 22 to 25, 2016  WHITE

Mon. 2/22   Prefix: per-; Fieldnotes #4 due; Reflection due in gdrive by 4 pm today;  Interview Write-up - work on in class, due tonight in gdrive

Tues. 2/23   Prefix: intro-;  Unofficial and Unwritten Rules Assignment -introduced and writing time (due Tues 3/1); 

Wed. 2/24   How Artifacts Reveal Culture due in turnitin.com; 

Thurs. 2/25 Fieldnotes #5 due; Reflection due in gdrive by 4 pm today; 

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Week 7 - Feb . 15 to 18, 2016   WHITE

Mon. 2/15     FN/OBS2 due; write reflection #2; root: put(e)   ;  Interview questions - brainstorm and hand in 10

Tues. 2/16     Root:  flu ; Bell-Quiz; complete dialect survey (link at right); Style wars; 

Wed. 2/17       Prefixes: in-, im-, ir-, ig-, il-; Style Wars comparison             

Thurs. 2/18    FN/OBS3 due with reflection!;                                                

LINK to dialect survey 

Style Wars

Week 6 - Feb 8 to Feb 11, 2016   PURPLE

Mon. 2/8      Observation  #1 Fieldnotes due; Complete Reflection in class, due to gdrive by end of day.

Tues. 2/9      Get calendar for ethnography due dates. Review Research Questions, Interview questions, hypothesis. These notes were on the board:A)  Hypothesis = Because of ___________, ____________, and ______________, I believe I'll find that the  (group name)  is/is not a subculture.  B) Research questions are addressing the idea of whether the group is / is not a subculture. Interview questions are questions addressed to one person.

Wed. 2/10     Root: spir: breath, breathe; "Deconstructing the Horse" - read through page 5 by class Thursday.  Annotate for rituals, research questions, assumptions, jargon, unspoken rules, characteristics of members of the subculture, etc.

Thurs. 2/11    Root: sist, sta, stit: stand; "Deconstructing the Horse" 

 

Week 3 - Jan 18 - 21, 2016    WHITE

Mon. 1/18   Watch Parking Lot Movie or Read "Why Drug Dealers Live with their Moms"; code notes

Tues. 1/19 Roots: Review all (complete list)  Finish: Watch Parking Lot Movie or Watch Hoop Dreams; code notes

Wed. 1/20   Ethnography vocabulary test; Analyze notes; review vocabulary

Thurs. 1/21   Read "House for the Homeless" annotate, answer questions 

 

Week 2 - Jan 11 - 14, 2016     PURPLE

Mon. 1/11   Ethnography handout; 

Tues.  1/12  Ethnography Vocabulary

Wed. 1/13    Nacirema - discuss and answer questions

Thurs. 1/14   Debrief Nacirema: unspoken rules, artifacts, jargon, rituals; Watch Parking Lot Movie or Read "Why Drug Dealers Live with their Moms"

 

Week 1 - Jan. 4-7, 2016   purple

Mon. 1/4  Watch Gatsby

Tues. 1/5  Watch Gatsby

Wed. 1/6  Watch Gatsby; Go over final

Thurs. 1/7  "Hot-Seat" - Gatsby   

 Dec. 14-17, 2015  -FINALS WEEK

Mon. 12/14        Finish the Great Gatsby; get AoW - annotations and reflection due Thursday - use template, proofread...

Tues. 12/15        Discuss Gatsby, finish 1920's presentations

Wed. 12/16       No 5th hour class

Thurs. 12/17      Final - turn in AoW and take Gatsby final

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 Week 16 - Nov 30 - Dec 3, 2015    - WHITE  

Mon. 11/30   Finish 1920's presentations; Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide; Quiz chapter 1;  complete chapter 2-4 this week

Tues. 12/1     Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide; Quiz

Wed. 12/2     Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide; Quiz

Thurs. 12/3   Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide; Quiz

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 Characterization handout

 Week 15 - Nov. 23 to 24, 2015

Mon. 11/23     Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide; Quiz

Tues. 11/24    Read The Great Gatsby in class; complete study annotation guide;  Finish chapter 1!

Thanksgiving break

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Week 14 - Nov. 16 to 19, 2015   PURPLE

Mon. 11/16       Resume and Interview Write-up due today

Tues. 11/17       Revise and complete project - put in portfolio; 

Wed. 11/18       Career Project due!; 1920's pre-view

Thurs. 11/19      The Great Gatsby; 

 

 Week 13 - Nov 9 to 12, 2015   PURPLE

Career Project

Mon. 11/9      No AoW this week; Speaker; Research and Work on Research/Resource Paper

Tues. 11/10     Speaker; Research and Work on Career research/resource paper

Wed. 11/11      Speaker;  Work on Research/Resource Paper

Thurs. 11/12    Research/Resource Paper due; Resume due Monday; Interview Write-up due Monday; Write Resume in class.

 Resume Templates: 

  1. click on one of the templates, 
  2. add your information, 
  3. delete sections that don't apply to you.
  4. print the completed resume and give it to your teacher

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Week  12 - Nov. 2 - Nov.5, 2015    WHITE WEEK

Mon. 11/2      Get AoW #7  "College Not For Everyone" due Thurs.; Work on Career Project Interest inventories and career clusters in College in Colorado; Write bio.

Tues. 11/3     Career Project - Career Bio due 

Wed. 11/4     Career Project - Research

Thurs. 11/5    AoW #7  "College Not For Everyone" due;  **Parent interview due ** ;       Career Project Speaker                           

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Week 11 - 10/26 to 10/29/2015       WHITE WEEK

Mon. 10/26    Exchange Student presentation

Tues. 10/27    Writer's Notebook; Work on Encyclopedia entries - 5 due by end of today

Wed. 10/28    Introduced Career Project; Handout Monday. Choose career/post-high school option by Monday; Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes - group activity

Thurs. 10/29   Writer's Notebook entry; complete AoW for next week in class today. "College Not For Everyone" - article at the right.

 

Week 10 - 10/19 to 10/22/2015    PURPLE WEEK - start of 2nd Quarter

Mon. 10/19    AoW "Why Anderson Cooper's Advice to 'follow your bliss' is so wrong"; Write one encyclopedia entry; notes about mistakes on AoW's - make sure to punctuation title correctly, use quotations from article, give examples, and explain your examples.

Tues. 10/20           Denver Center Play-writing workshop

Wed. 10/21            Review sample Encyclopedias; AoW vocabulary test; Write one encyclopedia entry.

Thurs. 10/22         AoW due - annotations and reflection - on paper;     Work on Encyclopedia; 3 entries due Thursday to English 3 googlefolder. Title: Encyclopedia your first name last name.

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ClarkSampleEncyclopedia.pdf ClarkSampleEncyclopedia.pdf
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Week 9 - 10/12 to 10/15/2015  End of 1st Quarter       PURPLE

Mon. 1o/12      Get Aow #5, Annotate by Wed. for test; Finish Character Bios, plan presentation, and write character poem, 10 lines  minimum.

Tues. 10/13      Present Character to class; Glass Castle review

Wed. 10/14       Glass Castle test; AoW #5 Annotations Due; 

Thurs. 10/15       Make-up day. AoW revisions due.

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Week 8 - 10/5 to 10/8/2015

Mon. 10/5    AoW #4 "America's Killing Contagion" LINK see rubric above

Tues. 10/6

Wed. 10/7

Thurs. 10/8 

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Week 7 - 9/29 to 10/1/2015        WHITE

Mon. 9/28   

Glass Castle ; Poverty quiz (write-up due to googledocs by Sunday 10/4, midnight;  to page 180

Tues. 9/29   Glass Castle 

Read to page 196                                    

Wed. 9/30         Glass Castle 

Read to page 214                                   

Thurs. 10/1      Glass Castle 

1)  Read to page 235; 

2) AoW#3 -annotations must show connections, questions, and definitions due (in class AND to turnitin.com);   You will have to sign up for the new class in turnitin.com. See password and ID at the top of the page

 3) I'm From poem due to turnitin.com

 

Poverty quiz link - just print and complete the first page.  

Reflection: see handout in Clark's class

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Week 6 -  9/21 to 9/24/2015   PURPLE 

Mon. 9/21       Read to page 125 by start of class today;  Quiz to page 125; Glass Castle -  characterization sticky notes continued

Tues. 9/22    DUE: Read to page 125 Go over adapted reading schedule; Glass Castle - 

Wed. 9/23    DUE: Read to page  145 by start of class bGlass Castle - 

Thurs. 9/24   DUE: Read to page 164 by start of class  Glass Castle - 

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Week 5 - 9/14 to 9/17/2015   - PURPLE WEEK

Mon. 9/14    

Glass Castle; Article of the Week #2 "The Benefits of Reading"; Clark's class: "I'm From" revision ideas and set due date.

Clark's class read p 25 to 33;

Tues. 9/15    Glass Castle

Clark's class: p 33 to 40

Wed. 9/16    Glass Castle p 40-58

Thurs. 9/17   p 58 - _______  ; Glass Castle read to page 125 by Monday!; AoW#2 due


Week 1

9/8-9/11

Section 1 p3-5

Section 2 p 9- p125

(122 pages)

Week 2

9/14 – 9/17

Week 3

9/21- 9/24

Section 3 p 129 - 241

(112 pages)

Week 4

9/28 – 10/1


Section 4 p 245-281

Section 5 p 285-288

(42 pages)

Test/Assessment

 

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Week 4 - 9/8 - 9/11/2015       WHITE WEEK

Mon. 9.7       NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY

Tues. 9/8      Glass Castle; 60 minutes video - Children in poverty; alternate video: Homeless by Choice; Clark's class: take root pretest; Review I'm from;

Wed. 9./9     Glass Castle; read in class

Thurs. 9/10   ACT English test (in computer lab) Directions at top of page. If you miss class you must make up!

Fri. 9/11          ACT Reading Test (in computer lab) Directions at top of page. If you miss class you must make up!

 

Week 3  -  8/31-9/3/2015   WHITE WEEK

Mon. 8/31     Clark: Policy test and hand in I'm From Zero draft, Go over quote papers;

 AoW #1 Annotation (focus on definitions and questioning); 

Tues. 9/1       

Homeless in America video; AoW writing a reflection; 

Wed. 9/2

Thurs. 9/3     AoW#1 Annotations and Reflection due on paper & turnitin.com    ; Clark: I'm From notes for revision. Revision due Tues. 9/8       

FOUR DAY WEEKEND! 


AoW#1: How To Raise A Kid Who Isn't Whiny 

Week 2 - Week of 8/24 to 8/27/2015
Mon. 8/24     
Continue River
Brainstorm "I'm From"
Organize ideas
Clark: Policies Quiz

Tues. 8/25
Gdrive: Create folder for English 3 Titled "E3 First Name Last Name" and share with your instructor
Organize I'm From ideas
Read and analyze Mentor Text

Wed. 8/26
Take root/prefix/suffix pretest
Mini-lesson: imagery and sensory details
Write zero draft of "I'm From" and share in gdrive

Thurs. 8/27

 Finish Zero draft, OR peer review

Turn in Zero draft of I'm From (for Clark) by Monday; either by gdrive or on paper for Ledwith Thursday 8/27


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 for help with brainstorming try the document below:
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 Ledwith Link to prefix & root pretest
Clark Link to prefix & root pretest

Week 1 - Week of 8/17 to 8/20/2015

Mon. 8/17       

Freshman Academy

Tues. 8/18       

Policies

Quote Paper Assignment

Wed. 8/19

Policies

Quote Paper due

Anticipation Guide

Thurs. 8/20 

Policies

River

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