Thursday, May 30, 2013

Week 37, Day 4

Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Here are some words which, when they are reversed, spell other words.  Can you think of others?  
1. STRAP-->PARTS
2. BARD-->DARB
3. STRAW-->WARTS
4. MOOD-->DOOM
5. REPAID-->DIAPER
6. DEVIL-->LIVED
2. Pass back Ethics Essays
3. Grade your team members
4. Project Presentations

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Week 37, Day 2
Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Do you think it would be harder to be blind or deaf?  Why?
2. Check projects
3. Presentations tomorrow
4. Discuss TWLOHA

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Week 37, Day 2
Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: You have been invited to go with a friend to Europe for two months during the summer.  Write a letter persuading your parents to let you go.
2. Work on your project with your group.
3. Due tomorrow

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Week 36, Day 4
Objective: None
Awards, Senior Pep Rally, Senior Slide Show, and Wildcat Day

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Week 36, Day 3
Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: "The quick fox jumps over the lazy brown dog." This sentence uses every letter of the alphabet.  Create your own original sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet.
2. Work on your project with your group.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Week 36, Day 2
Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Write your bell work over anything you want today.  However, you may NOT use any word that contains the letter "e."  Good Luck!
2. Work on your project with your group.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Week 36, Day 1
Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Make up funny good news-bad news pairs like the examples.  Examples:  Good news:  I just got my allowance.  Bad news:  It's three cents.; Good news: I just got a new watch.  Bad news: I dropped it and it broke.; Good news: My mom bought me an ice-cream cone.  Bad news: The ice cream fell out of the cone.
2. Work on your project with your group.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Week 35, Day 5

Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Week 35 SAT Quiz
2. Bell Work: Free Write
3. Work on your project with your group.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Week 35, Day 3

Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Discuss the videos from yesterday with your group.  Did you get any ideas?
2. Work on your project with your group.
3. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Week 35, Day 3

Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. TED Talks: Education
2. Turn resumes in here.
3. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Week 35, Day 2

Objective: Creating a college leadership and membership resume as well as a professional job resume.  

1. Bell Work: Why is it important to have a resume? Why should you constantly update and change it?
2. Continue working on your Leadership and Membership Resume and Professional Job Resume.  See the blog post from May 13, 2013.   
1. Please collaborate with your peers or ask me for help.
3. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Monday, May 13, 2013

Week 35, Day 1

Objective: Research Objectives continued from last week.

1. Bell Work: Read this brief article
2. Brief Discussion
3. Create a Leadership and Membership Resume
1. Make a copy of this Leadership and Membership Resume
2. Fill it out with YOUR information
3. Keep this document handy and add to it as the years go by
4. Here is an example of a completed Leadership and Membership Resume
4. Create a Professional Job Resume using these documents to guide you
1. Professional Job Resume Assignment
2. Resume Personal Data Sheet
3. Myths and Facts about Resumes
4. Resume Key Words
5. Example 1
6. Example 2
7. Peer Review
5. We will work on these in class on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and they are due Friday, May 17th at 4:00pm.  This really shouldn't take you very long.  I will put a FORM on my blog for you to turn these in to.
6. Use may use any extra time to work with your group on your project.
7. Please collaborate with your peers or ask me for help.
8. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Friday, May 10, 2013

Week 34, Day 5
Objective: Research Project SEs continued (see objectives for Monday, May 6th)

1. SAT Quiz Week 34
2. Bell Work: Free Write
3. End of the Year Survey
4. School Reform Project
1. Get handout
2. Due Date: May 29, 2013

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Week 34, Day 4
Objective: Research Project SEs continued (see objectives for Monday, May 6th)

1. Bell Work: "Everyone is a moon that has a dark side." --Mark Twain  What is your "dark side?"  Write about the "me nobody knows."  (We will NOT share!)  OR Write about why you love your mom.  Mother's Day is Sunday, don't forget!!!!
2. School Reform Project
1. 5 people MAX in a group
2. Look at the current system and tell me why the status quo is not working?
3. Look at research and what it says we should be doing.
4. Give me a proposed system to implement and make it relevant to Godley ISD.
5. Rubric and more specific criteria will come as we progress with the project.
6. I will give you time to work on your project in-class this week.  
3. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Week 34, Day 3
Objective: Research Project SEs continued (see objectives for Monday, May 6th)

1. No Bell Work
2. Discuss Drive
3. Turn in Appreciation Letters
4. School Reform Project
1. 5 people MAX in a group
2. Look at the current system and tell me why the status quo is not working?
3. Look at research and what it says we should be doing.
4. Give me a proposed system to implement and make it relevant to Godley ISD.
5. Rubric and more specific criteria will come as we progress with the project.
6. I will give you time to work on your project in-class this week.  
5. Reminders:
1. SAT Quiz on Friday

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Week 34, Day 2
Objective: Research Project SEs continued (see objectives for Monday, May 6th)

1. No Bell Work
2. School Reform Project
1. 5 people MAX in a group
2. Look at the current system and tell me why the status quo is not working?
3. Look at research and what it says we should be doing.
4. Give me a proposed system to implement and make it relevant to Godley ISD.
5. Rubric and more specific criteria will come as we progress with the project.
6. I will give you time to work on your project in-class this week.  
3. Reminders:
1. "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Essay is due TODAY.
2. Finish Part I and Part II of Drive by Wednesday.
3. Four appreciation letters due Wednesday
4. SAT Quiz on Friday

Monday, May 6, 2013

Week 34, Day 1
Objective: Research Project-Brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic; formulate a plan for engaging in in-depth research on a complex, multi-faceted topic; follow the research plan to gather evidence from experts on the topic and texts written for informed audiences in the field, distinguishing between reliable and unreliable sources and avoiding over-reliance on one source; systematically organize relevant and accurate information to support central ideas, concepts, and themes outline ideas into conceptual maps/timelines, and separate factual data from complex inferences; paraphrase, summarize, quote, and accurately cite all researched information according to the standard format, differentiating among primary, secondary, and other sources; modify the major research question as necessary to refocus the research plan; differentiate between theories and the evidence that supports them and determine whether the evidence found is weak or strong and how that evidence helps create a cogent argument; critique the research process at each step to implement changes as the need occurs and is identified; provides an analysis that supports and develops personal opinions, as opposed to simply restating existing information; uses a variety of formats and rhetorical strategies to argue for the thesis; develops an argument that incorporates the complexities of and discrepancies in information from multiple sources and perspectives while anticipating and refuting counter-arguments; uses a style manual to document sources and format written materials; is of sufficient length and complexity to address the topic; participate productively in teams, offering ideas or judgments that are purposeful in moving the team towards goals, asking relevant and insightful questions, tolerating a range of positions and ambiguity in decision-making, and evaluating the work of the group based on agreed-upon criteria.

1. No Bell Work
2. School Reform Project
1. 5 people MAX in a group
2. Look at the current system and tell me why the status quo is not working?
3. Look at research and what it says we should be doing.
4. Give me a proposed system to implement and make it relevant to Godley ISD.
5. Rubric and more specific criteria will come as we progress with the project.
6. I will give you time to work on your project in-class this week.  
3. Reminders:
1. "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Essay is due tomorrow.
2. Finish Part I and Part II of Drive by Wednesday.
3. Four appreciation letters due Wednesday
4. SAT Quiz on Friday

Friday, May 3, 2013

Week 33, Day 5
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Free Write
2. SAT Quiz
1. Show me your grade when you are finished.  
2. You shouldn't have to make any changes to the formatting.  
3. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
4. 4 Letters of Appreciation --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
2. Turn them in to me, as you get done.  
5. Finish Drive by next Wednesday.  

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Week 33, Day 4
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Today is "Make Your Dreams Come True" Day.  What are your dreams?  Write about the dreams you have for the future.  Explain how you are going to make them come true.  
2. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
3. 4 Letters of Appreciation --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
2. Turn them in to me, as you get done.  
4. Finish Drive by next Wednesday.  
5. SAT Quiz tomorrow!!!!!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Week 33, Day 3
Objective: Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text.  Plan a first draft by selecting the correct genre for conveying the intended meaning to multiple audiences, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies, and developing a thesis or controlling idea; structure ideas in a sustained way and develop drafts in open-ended situations that include transitions and rhetorical devices to convey meaning; revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes, schemes, and by adding transitional words and phrases; edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling; revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work for appropriate audiences.

1. Bell Work: Why is it important to show our appreciation for those that have made a difference in our lives?  
2. Final Draft of "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" is due on Tuesday, May 7.
1. MLA Format
3. 4 Letters of Appreciation (Handwritten) --4 separate daily grades.
1. Due next Wednesday
4. Finish Drive by next Wednesday.  
5. SAT Quiz on Friday