Friday, September 12, 2014

Week 3, Day 5
Objective: SWBAT write in a voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose, use technology for aspects of writing, vocabulary development, establish and adjust purpose for reading such as to find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy, and to solve problems, read silently with comprehension, read to be entertained, to appreciate a writer's craft, to be informed, to take action, and to discover models to use in his/her own writing

1. Grade Week 3 DRE
1. Beginning this week, if you have "extra" corrections on the DRE just mark them off with your red pen, but don't count them wrong.  Only count it wrong if it is something that I have on mine, that you don't have on yours.  (But remember, if you corrected it in another way like adding a period and capitalizing the first letter of the new sentence rather than putting a semi-colon, that is okay too!)  Use your judgement and BE HONEST!!!!!!!!!
2. Bell Work: Free Write...Write about anything that you want to write about.  (At least 40 words, underlining every 10th word, and include at least 2 of the current week's SAT words.)
3. Turn your Vocabulary and Lit. Terms in here
4. Make sure your Short Answer Questions for the Origin Myths are turned in here
5. Remind Texting App
1. I will be using Remind (formerly Remind 101) to send you updates about school and English class.
2. I would like for you to sign up for these updates and I will do my best to remind you of upcoming tests, events, due dates, etc.  But the texts should not be excessive.
3. Each of you will need to sign up for the class period you're enrolled in AND the one for All English III students.  
4. Text your class's code to the phone number: 210-441-7299
1. 1st period: @avalos1st
2. 2nd period: @avalos2nd
3. 3rd period: @avalos3rd
4. 4th period: @avalos4th
5. 5th period: @avalos5th
6. 6th period: @avalos6th
7. All English III students: @AvalosEng
6. Free Read--everyone MUST read for a minimum of 20 minutes.
7. Then, you may continue free reading OR
1. Free Rice (make sure you are signed in and in my group)
1. If you can't get into my group (haven't received the confirmation email) it is okay, I'm still working to resolve the issue.
2. Sorry!!!!
3. You can still play to gain knowledge and help others!!!! 
2. Free Write (maybe you like to write...you may do so, write a novel, a diary entry, song lyrics, a poem, whatever you are inspired to write.)
3. Study for your SAT Week #3 Quiz on Monday (use Quizlet to help you study!)
8. Reminders: 
1. SAT Quiz on Monday!!!! (Week 1, 2, AND 3 words will be on there!!!!)  STUDY!!!!!

Please note: Fridays are not a time to work on things for another class.  You need to be productive for English class.  Please stay on task.  This is NOT a free day.  This a chance for you to do what you enjoy the most with regards to this class: reading, writing, or vocabulary development.

The more you write the better writer you will become.

The more you read the better reader you will become.

You have to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Week 3, Day 4
Objective: understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding

1. Bell Work: Why didn't the Native Americans write their stories down?  What did they do instead?  What were their stories about?  How did they get passed on?
1. Remember...40 words (at least!)
2. Underline every 10th word.
3. Use at least two of the SAT words we've had so far.
4. Please and thank you!!!
5.  in Google Docs
2. Work on Short Answer Questions over "The Earth on Turtle's Back" (Onondaga), "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (Modoc), from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo)  (pg. 20-28)
1. Make a copy of the document
2. Open-Book
3. Work with your group
4. Due Friday
5. Turn it in here  
3. Finish working on Vocabulary and Literary Terms for these three stories (Due Friday!)
4. Reminders: 
1. Bring a book to read tomorrow...maybe Drive or Outliers.
2. Email me if you still need copies of these books...I still have a few left. Please don't wait until the last minute to read these!!!!!!
3. Week 3 DRE is due tomorrow.
4. SAT Quiz on Monday.
5. It's almost FRIDAY!!!!  

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Week 3, Day 3
Objective: understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding

1. Bell Work: For the three stories you're about to read (or have already started), take your best guess at answering these three questions: What is the relationship between literature and place? How does literature shape or reflect society?  What makes American literature American??
1. At least 40 words, underline every 10th word.
2. Use at least 2 SAT words
2. Onondaga, Modoc, and Navajo background
1. As a class, read page 19.
2. Important Information:
1. Think about the geography of where each of these tribes originated from as you read.
1. Onondaga lived in what is now upstate New York. (maybe along the coast)
2. Modoc lived in what is now southern Oregon and northern California. (mountainous)
3. Navajo lived in what is now considered the southwest in Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. (some mountains, but a lot of desert)
3. Listen to or read  "The Earth on Turtle's Back" (Onondaga), "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (Modoc), from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo)  (pg. 20-28)
4. Short Answer Questions over "The Earth on Turtle's Back" (Onondaga), "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (Modoc), from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo)  (pg. 20-28)
1. Make a copy of the document
2. Open-Book
3. Work with your partner/group (no more than 3 per group)
4. You will have class time to work on it tomorrow.  
5. If you need a hard copy of it, Mr. Galvan has them.
6. Due Friday
7. Turn it in here  
5. I am working on getting you access to the textbook on-line.  It will probably be next week before it happens, but I am working on it.  Please be patient.
6. Have a great day!!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Week 3, Day 2
Objective: Introduce Unit 1, understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding

1. Bell Work: Recognizing when and where a story takes place helps you set expectations for reading.  Think of  a movie or television show you have seen recently.  What clues helped you understand the story’s setting?
1. Remember...40 words!
2. At least 2 SAT words (from Week 1, 2, or 3)
2. Create a copy of this document 
1. Please put YOUR NAME in front of the title "Vocabulary/Literary Terms."  For example: Chelsea Avalos Vocabulary/Literary Terms
3. Vocabulary for Stories
1. The definition and part of speech are on page 18.  For the sentence, you must use the word in the sentence.  You may make up your own (it better make sense) or you may use the one from the textbook.  It tells you after the definition on what page number the word can be found.  They should be in the textbook between pages 18-28.
1. Ancestors
2. Depths
3. Protruded
4. Unconscious
4. Literary Terms
1. For literary terms you will put the definition (you will have to figure out the definition by reading the paragraph(s) in the middle of page 18) and an example of this literary term.  For the example, it will NOT be the literary term in a sentence.  It is an example of that literary term.  It may or may not be a complete sentence.  (An example of an origin myth would be the Onondaga story, "The Earth on Turtle's Back."  
1. Origin Myths
2. Themes
3. Archetypes
5. If time permits, listen to or read "The Earth on Turtle's Back" (Onondaga), "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (Modoc), from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo)  (pg. 20-28)

Monday, September 8, 2014

Week 3, Day 1
Objective: Begin Unit 1 Introduction; recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading.

1. Bell Work: This week you are going to read 3 Native American origin myths: "The Earth on Turtle's Back", "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", and "The Navajo Origin Legend".  What are your predictions of what these stories will be about? What do you know about Native American stories?  (Were they written down or spoken?  How were they passed down through the generations?)  
1. Remember...40 words!
2. At least 2 SAT words 
3. Underline every 10th word.  Please and thank you!
2. Week 2 SAT Quiz
3. Week 3 DRE
4. Week 3 SAT Words
5. If you haven't already, create an account on Quizlet.com
1. Join Avalos Honors English III.
2. I will approve you joining.
3. Put your username/password on your document.
6. Read Snapshot of the Period, pages 2 and 3 of textbook.  

Friday, September 5, 2014

Week 2, Day 5
Objective: SWBAT write in a voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose, use technology for aspects of writing, vocabulary development, establish and adjust purpose for reading such as to find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy, and to solve problems, read silently with comprehension, read to be entertained, to appreciate a writer's craft, to be informed, to take action, and to discover models to use in his/her own writing

1. Bell Work: Free Write...Write about anything that you want to write about.  (At least 40 words, underlining every 10th word, and include at least 2 of the current week's SAT words.)
2. Grade DRE
3. Finish sharing American Literary Time Period Research (if needed)
4. Friday Free Day...kind of.  Your choice:
1. Free Read 
2. Free Rice (make sure you are signed in and in my group)
1. If you can't get into my group (haven't received the confirmation email) it is okay, I'm still working to resolve the issue.
2. Sorry!!!!
3. You can still play to gain knowledge and help others!!!! 
3. Free Write (maybe you like to write...you may do so, write a novel, a diary entry, song lyrics, a poem, whatever you are inspired to write.)
4. Study for your SAT Week #2 Quiz on Monday
5. Reminders: 
1. If you need emailed me to borrow a Drive and/or Outliers book(s), please stop by before 8th period today to check in.  I am going to try to come up to the school today to bring them up here.  
2. SAT Quiz on Monday!!!! (Week 1 and 2 words will be on there!!!!)  STUDY!!!!!
3. Have a GREAT weekend!!!

Please note: Fridays are not a time to work on things for another class.  You need to be productive for English class.  Please stay on task.  This is NOT a free day.  This a chance for you to do what you enjoy the most with regards to this class: reading, writing, or vocabulary development.

The more you write the better writer you will become.

The more you read the better reader you will become.

You have to PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Week 2, Day 4
Objective: Students create a Literary Period Timeline in order to demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period.  

1. Bell Work: Yesterday, you did research on an American Literary Time Period.  From what you looked up, what author seems like the most interesting and learn more about?  What piece of literature from your time period would you most like to read?  (Please use complete sentences, needs to be at least 40 words with every 10th word underlined.  You do NOT have to use SAT words in today's bell work, but kudos to you if you can!!!)
2. American Literature Time Period Research (only about 5-8 minutes)
3. Present your American Literary Time Period to the class (each group should only take 3-5 minutes to present their information...pretty informal, just trying to get all the information to the entire class.)  If you don't finish, you can finish tomorrow.  
1. Native American Literature
2. Puritan/Colonial Literature
3. American Revolution Literature
4. American Romanticism Literature
5. American Gothic Literature
6. Transcendentalism Literature
7. American Realism Literature
8. American Naturalism Literature
9. American Modernism Literature
10. Harlem Renaissance Literature
11. American Contemporary Literature
4. As each group presents their information, record it in the appropriate section of your document from yesterday...but ONLY in the LEFT column.  We will use the right column later.  
5. Create an account on Quizlet, join my class, and study for your SAT Quiz on Monday
6. Reminders:
1. DRE Week 2 is due Friday.
2. SAT Quiz Week #2 on Monday.