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1 and 2: Best of...multimedia projects selected
5 and 7: Finish novel by end of class this Friday, Chapters 25-30. 
Novel collected
 

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Periods 1 and 2:
Scholars, FRIDAY, MAY 23 will be our last day on the USC campus. We will meet in SGM 123 at 7:50am for our end of the year assembly. We need everyone there ON TIME.
 
PERIODS 5 and 7: Index card due at the start of class Friday- NO EXCEPTIONS!
This RESEARCHABLE information can be on a 1/2 sheet paper if you don't have a card:
Your name
Your topic: * in Gof W (1930s)
                    * in US today
Ideas for presentation to class Tuesday, 5/27/5/28:
 

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Periods 1 and 2:
Selection per class: Best of Projects selected based on peer comments on Edmodo.  Comments MUST be posted on edmodo for other class' projects by Thursday Nutrition- for points (2 projects= 10 points possible). 
Friday am- Assembly (last day at USC). 
Presentations will be made at Foshay on Wed., May 28,  Miami Room, 8:45-9:45.

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Periods 1 and 2:
Selection per class: Best of Projects selected based on peer comments on Edmodo.  Comments MUST be posted on edmodo for other class' projects by Thursday Nutrition- for points (2 projects= 10 points possible.  "Nice" does not qualify for credit- say WHY).  Flier needs to be designed during class on Thursday to invite staff, parents, classes...
Periods 5 and 7:
Commit to project idea [work on during class W. and F. for grade]
(Period 7- Wed. Chinese Culture presentation)
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Finish novel by end of class this Friday, Chapters 25-30. 
Novel collected
 
 

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Period1 and 2: Last of the "Best" projects chosen from scores and comments in in class.
Periods 5 and 7: Pick your final project, due the day of your final (2 attachments of ideas)

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Period 1 at Foshay for project presentations.
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Periods 5 and 7
Review movie reponses/quiz responses.  Discussion about each of the project options online or your own.  All projects due BY Thursday, May 29.
on the day of your class final: multi-choice quiz over the entire book

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Both Periods 5 and 7- quiz while watching rest of The Grapes of Wrath: scantron is due by end of the period

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Tuesday:  Gallery Walk of Anti-Bullying Projects
BOTH NAI classes- post projects in folder now on Edmodo.; World Lit. textbook return  on Tuesday for both classes.
Period 1- trip slips are past due 

Periods 5 and 7: research projects based on readings through Chapter 16 lead into final project based on your interest on a topic in the novel.  (See attachments)
Quiz through Chapter 16:
http://www.shmoop.com/grapes-of-wrath/themes-flashcards.html

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Period 1- FRIDAY: MEET AT FOSHAY
* TRIPSLIPS needed!
*rubric  for Gallery Walk and final in class presentation
edmodo folder for projects
 
 
 
Periods 5 and 7: Chapters 11 and 12, develop and answer your research question about the novel/time period.
Textbook return:  Period 5- 12:55 : Period 7- 2:20
 Your Final is attached: Choose 1 idea and you will be able to ask questions Friday.

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Periods 2 and 1: meet at USC for the rest of this week.  Bring your technology to work on your projects.  Gallery Walk Monday, Period 2; Gallery Walk Wednesday, Period 1.
TEXT BOOK RETURN:
Fri., 5/9: Periods 5 and 7; Tuesday, 5/13: Periods 1 and 2
 
Test on Chapters 5-10: Select a slip of paper, then answer question selected, using your novel.  Answer in your notebook before viewing opening 30 minutes of The Grapes of Wrath video.  Find your chapter partners and discuss what was viewed and any remaining issues.  Revise your notebook response before turning it in for grading today.
 
Homework- Chapters 11 and 12, develop and answer your research question about the novel/time period.

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Periods 2 and 1: meet at USC for the rest of this week.  Bring your technology to work on your projects.  Gallery Walk Monday, Period 2; Gallery Walk Wednesday, Period 1.
TEXT BOOK RETURN:
Fri., 5/9: Periods 5 and 7; Tuesday, 5/13: Periods 1 and 2
 
Test on Chapters 5-10: Select a slip of paper, then answer question selected, using your novel.  Answer in your notebook before viewing opening 30 minutes of The Grapes of Wrath video.  Find your chapter partners and discuss what was viewed and any remaining issues.  Revise your notebook response before turning it in for grading today.
 
Homework- Chapters 11 and 12, develop and answer your research question about the novel/time period.

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Periods 5 and 7
Test through Chapter 9 on Wed., May 7... see attachment for what I think is important.  Words to focus on: impoverished, itinerant, tenacious, and perseverance.
Text Book Returns:
Even periods- Monday, May 12, NAI and odd periods on Tues., May 13
 

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New schedule beginning Monday!!!:
Monday and Thursday: periods 2, 3, 4 and 6
Tuesday remains the same
Wednesday and Friday: periods 1, 3, 5, and 7
 
Period 2 meets at Foshay (Breakfast in the Classroom)/Wednesday- same for Period 1
Periods 5 and 7: Journal about a specific passage of your choice in Chapter 4:  Notebooks checked for grade MONDAY (5- 5  absent Friday; Period 7- 3 were absent!) take at least five minutes to write.
Example of a correctly done citation: 17, 1:1-3.  You choose your own section from Chapter 4.
JOURNAL: Take time to write down anything in relation to the text.  If yo are intrigued by certain statements or to characters, issues or problems, write your response.  Try to take at least 5 minutes to write when you have finished an assignment or have put you book down for a break. 
NOTEBOOKS will be checked on Tuesday, followed by discussion (graded).
 
 PERIOD 5: BOOK CHECK!  several of you are using H20 as your locker!!!
 
 

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PERIOD 1: tripslips, in class planning
PERIODS 5 & 7:
www.neabigread/books for AUDIO version of the Grapes of Wrath
 

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PERIODS 5 and 7:
Colored chart notes:
Stanza 1/Chapter 1: color code nouns (nature) in dark color with description in medium color
Stanza 2/ Chapter 2: Same process with nouns about living things (turtle, Tom Joad...)

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PERIODS 5 and 7:
Colored chart notes:
Stanza 1/Chapter 1: color code nouns (nature) in dark color with description in medium color
Stanza 2/ Chapter 2: Same process with nouns about living things (turtle, Tom Joad...)

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Calendars handed out in class Tuesday list all the homework assignments for May, taking in mind AP exams and other projects.  Finals begin Thursday, May 29.

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Periods 1 and 2: Work on projects; layout due Tuesday, Period 2/Wed. for Period 1

Periods 5 and 7: The Grapes of Wrath

Date assigned                   Chapters assigned                  Due

 

4/28                                     1 and 2                     Tuesday, 4/29: (things) and nouns                                                                    and description (adjectives)                                                                                   

 
 
 

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Thursday, period 2 at USC; Friday, Period 1 at Foshay
friday, periods 5 and 7: all see " Ten Things I Hate About You", Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" set in a modern high school.

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SHAKESPEARE DAY!!!
Required by all: Sonnet 18 and your own original response; Macbeth board game, 10 Things I Hate About You (Taming of the Shrew) set in ab modern American high school.

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ALL: Wednesday- Foshay's Shakespeare Festival. 
Periods 1, 5 and 7: Sonnet 18 (attachment); Period 2: Poetry in Your Pocket
NAI: starting Wednesday: Laws of Life review (2 attachments) and group work on Anti-Bullying Campaigns... I will meeting with your group's Project Manager on W/Th about the group progress to date.

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 MONDAY/TUESDAY finish CAPA essays (M- Period 2; T- Period 1);
NAI- Work this week starting Tuesday: Laws of Life review (2 attachments) with 
discussion based on article: microaggression;
and group work on Anti-Bullying Campaigns... I will meeting with your group's Project Manager on W/Th about the group progress to date
 
ALL- Prepare for Shakespeare Festival with Poetry in Your Pocket activities, Sonnet 18 choral readings!!!

BRING TEXTBOOK TO FOSHAY!!!

 
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NAI- Schedule :   RETURN WORLD LIT. textbook
 
Wednesday (1) and Thursday (2): DUE Laws of Life essay  at start of class ; continue Periodic Assessment...ESSAY comparing 2 readings using prior notes.
 
Friday- Period 1:  Finish CAPA essay; work on Spoken Word- Shakespeare Festival entry
 

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Period1:
*Did you check out previous days' resources attached?  What about the Mother    Teresa poem?  
*HOMEWORK: Laws of Life essay due at START of class Wed., 4/9!
*Shakespeare Festival April 23 at Foshay
 *CAPA testing, Part 1: song lyric analysis, so check YouTube and other attachments to develop understanding of US Great Depression...
 
Periods 5 and 7: Turn in revised essays for higher grade out of 16 points possible.
View: a photo essay of famous Great Depression photographs
<http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS/depression/photoessay.htm>
 
ALL: CAPA test  in class (5 & 7: film clip)

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NAI-Period 1 Wednesday; Period 2- Thursday
Planning meeting until 8:15
Timed Writing- (attachment) "Laws of Life" persuasive essay (review rest of Anti-Bullying readings in the packet - and online).
Period 1- Wed., Period 2- Thursday
 
Periods 5 and 7- The Great Depression: tech research in class; Song lyrics to "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime"
Check out YouTube power-point for this song's lyrics...  Part 1 of test on Friday using the song lyrics
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ALL: Read attached poem...Response?  
Spoken Word Meeting Thursday in PDC after school at 3:30
Tech Academy event and wienee roast next Thursday, April 10- 3:15-4:40

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Periods 5 and 7 only:
* "Metamorphosis" essay and card returned.  Check your essay for what you have on the card.  Which has more info about claim (good or bad), supports, counter-argument, reBUTtal with evidence (#3) and conclusion:   the card or your essay?
* Attach card to essay; REVISED ESSAY- due by Friday for higher grade
 
* CAPA prep: The Great Depression powerpoint and lyrics are found on
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" sung by Bing Crosby
Review attachments
Part 1 of test on Friday using the song lyrics
 

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I:00 dismissal because of parent conferences
 
NAI- plan session for Anti-Bullying projects
 
Periods 5 and 7:
*Preparation for CAPA test (Periodic Assessment): opinion essays on poverty
* Review, then find---
Claim, evidence, support (with inline citations)
Counter-argument
Rebuttal with evidence to support writer's claim
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* Your essays returned about "Metamorphosis"
Index Cards returned...Are these elements in YOUR essay?
HOMEWORK- revise by Friday your 'draft' if higher grade is desired!

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Th/F NAI- Reading 4 and project discussed: group members, ideas, tasks
Production Manager, Data-Wrangler, Editor, Graphic Designer...
Check out this video on a middle school football team:
<http://www.upworthy.com/watch-an-entire-team-of-teenage-football-players-do-something-very-unexpected>
Periods 5 and 7: rest of "Metamorphosis"...Written work Friday (graded): 'Critical Writing Response' 1 and 2 on pages 1193-4
* Period 7 in Theatre- "The Most Important Person in the World play-offs
* Attached: April 23 Shakespeare festival at Foshay, credit for participating even though I won't have you...

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  NGY News:
Check out today's  www.usinnovation.org - for coverage of
         Millennium Project's 2013-2014 State of the Future Report.
         You can download video, slide presentation & read report 
 
The annual research  conducted by the global participatory think tank, Millennium Project, led by world renowned futurist, Jerome Glenn, uniquely offers updates and insights about 15 Global Challenges that provide a framework for understanding global change. 
We truly live in an increasingly connected world without borders, an increasingly complex world- where the pace and impact of technological change challenges the ability of our institutions to cope with the change. 
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Classwork:
 Outline check done in class for prompts: Why do bad things happen to good people?  What can be done by the 'ordinary' person in extraordinary times?
Readings discussed: FHaO 209-2013 and Text #3
 
Wed.- Period 1 sees ideas for how-to project ; Thursday- Period 2: project groups, tasks, ideas

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REVISION: Using details from (NAI- readings)/ support your claim about why bad things happen to good people; what an 'ordinary' person can do in extraordinary times.
Pds. 5 and 7: "Metamorphosis"   Sample claim:
Gregor 'thinks' he is a good son but despite his words about fulfilling his responsibilities...
 
NAI: see attachment "Westboro protest" from Tuesday

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ALL periods:     Essay Tuesday
 
(AM classes: Bullying readings & SSR ; afternoon classes: "Metamorphosis")
 
Why do bad things happen to good people?  What can be done by the 'ordinary' person in extraordinary times?  Is it faith/religion that sustains us as human beings or something else?  How do we go on and rebuild?

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M (period 2)/ W (period 1):
Warm-up Discussion:
Is it better  to be lucky or smart?  Define your pov with examples that tie to your readings. 
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Period 1: Review Texts 2 and 3 for class.Text 3 (online if you want e-version) and in FHaO textbook: pp. 209-13, "Conformity or Obedience?"  How does this relate to your SSR book?
Planning session for group projects Group time- determine the project you will develop with your group.  Individual job descriptions provided; tasks self-selected.
 

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Today- Journal: Is it better to be lucky or smart?  Notes, then 'table talk': claim (your pov), 2 arguments supporting your claim, 1 counter-argument debunked, and conclusion.
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Period 1: Review Texts 2 and 3 for class.
Planning session for group projects
Homework:  Text 3 (online if you want e-version) and in FHaO textbook: pp. 209-13, "Conformity or Obedience?"  How does this relate to your SSR book?
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Turn over packets to other class before Tuesday (Period 2).
 
Period 5 and 7:  World Lit. textbook "Metamorphosis" and its meaning.
Notebook: Read part 1 to page 1167 and answer: What emotions are the family members showing toward Gregor?  Why?

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PERIOD 1: SAT Questions of the Day
How can we resist the "dark side"? watch mini-lecture:
Resisting intolerance: an ethical and global challenge
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
 
Anti-Bullying unit begun.
TABLE TALK: Who are the passive victims in your book?  the reactive victims?  Pass the packet to other class' assigned person.
 
PERIODS 5 and 7:
CaHSEE practice (SAT ? of the Day)
Midterm grades (Bernard, Jesus, Adam AND Adrian???)
Revise your project and/or score another class' project using the rubric.  Post your comments on Edmodo

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Period 1- Wednesday
one-page literary review is due at the start of the class; group discussion by topics 1-9 (graded); Anti-Bullying unit begun.  Pass the packet to other class' assigned person. 
Period 2- Thursday 
Finish A Children's Story by James Clavell; How can we resist the "dark side"? watch mini-lecture:

Resisting intolerance: an ethical and global challenge

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
 
Anti-Bullying unit begun. Pass the packet to other class' assigned person.
 TABLE TALK: Who are the passive victims in your book?  the reactive victims? 
 
ALL 10TH CaHSSEE here at Foshay Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19
Period 1 eats with LeBendig in H20 both days ; Laska's Period 1 with him both days
NAI 10th in Miami Room for testing after breakfast

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Periods 1 and 2- Book Lit  pop-quiz; voluntary book swap
ALL: check out NPR.org for

The Hidden Faces Of Modern-Day Slavery

Slavery continues to exist across the United States in a number of forms. There are brothels, farms, nail salons and factories across the United States where people are working against their will, for no pay. A number of states are working on legislation to address human trafficking.

Periods 5 and 7: Projects posted on edmodo are presented (50 project+ oral presentation)
 
 

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Blind Date with a Book---  Exchange.  Have a 'blurb' written without naming the book title or author...Give one-Get one.

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Th/F: Periods 1 and 2:
SSR: Review Anti-Bullying project guidelines and wrap exchange books in newspaper.
Book exchange on Tuesday, March 11.

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Period 1: response to student dialogue due at start of period.
 
Absent from either period 1 or 2 (Kent, Maria)?  Write a 1 page essay connecting your thoughts about " We and They" chapter from the FHaO textbook (attached as a pdf file), your SSR book and the movie Out of the Ashes.
 
finish your reading book.  want to exchange?  Wrap it in newsprint (not the Comics section), have a blurb written without your name, the author's, or book title.  the exchange needs to be done at Foshay on Tuesday.

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NAI
Wed/Th: BOTH CLASSES
Central Question: To recognize that we have personal power, do others have to be powerless?  Table talk- modern media: Hunger Games/ Divergent?
1- * Rest of the movie: film critique.... who are the we/they?  Does the label change? How???
2- * Finish  Competitive Conversation:  Dialogue began with Period 1's comments (via i-pad); Period 2 on Thursday wrote paper responses to Period 1's comments...Today- see and critique.
3- * SSR  20 minutes, with 'Literary Squares' activity- Who are the "we and they" in your book?  Describe the time period, region..and other characteristics that can be compared in your "Book Club" that define the we/they frame.  Finish book by Monday.  Blind Date Exchange Tuesday with per wrapped and blurbed books, only.
 
 
 
PERIODS 5 and 7-
Gallery walk...Project checklist attached AND why citations matter if more info is desired!

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NAI- SSR and movie
Periods 5 and 7:  Absent Thursday?  Do the assignment attached to edmodo.

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THIS WEEK:
NAI: FHaO textbook discourse using notes/ movie: Out of Ashes.  What evidence of these thoughts do you see in the movie?
Period 1 Friday/ Period 2 Monday- Literary Circles based on book,etc.
see attachment for Period 1 notes
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Period 5: STD Assembly
Period 7: Meeting with Director- Facilitator today (Friday - theater)
PROJECTS DUE:  MARCH 5 (Gallery Walk)
Revise March 7
Presentations to class(es)March 10

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NAI:
SSR Book sign out
Rest: Out of the Ashes (movie)
Wednesday/Thursday- Chapter 2 "We and They notes checked and discussed
 
PERIODS 5 and 7: Research

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 Period 2 :  Reflection about Thursday's Skype using your 3 items listed in your notebook; also a check of notes taken for your text's preface.
And today:Global Issues-pop quiz
HOMEWORK: "We and They", Chapter 2 ( pages 57-93).  This is YOUR text, so read as your own college text!
 
Period 1- Wednesday (same Chapter).
 
Periods 5 and 7- See attachment for group roles.

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PERIODS 5 and 7: work due Friday-
 

 BYOW (Bring your own work- NO LAPTOPS)

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your own Graphic Organizer (modeled during Wed.'s class) on your own research.  EACH group member must bring a completed one to class from his/her research.
(see attachment).
Meeting with Data-Wranglers after 20 minutes...
 
Check out youtube for a example of how to do a multimedia decade research project

"Daily Life in Harlem"

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Do you love poetry? Are you interested in the passion behind slam poetry???
Check out this site about Spoken Word especially "Daddy Are You Proud of Me?"on YouTube:
AND...open the attachment with announcements, including "open mic"

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SPOKEN WORD FANS /POETS:
There are 30 days left to submit a poem for Project ED’s Rhythm and the Raven Competition! This is an opportunity for your students to show off their incredible performance skills. Winners will receive a $1500 prize.
 
Visit https://www.projected.com/contests/30-rhythm-and-the-raven for more information about the contest and how to enter. Diane is on the panel of judges so she will be looking out for some great LA poets!There are 30 days left to submit a poem for Project ED’s Rhythm and the Raven Competition! This is an opportunity for your students to show off their incredible performance skills. Winners will receive a $1500 prize.
Visit https://www.projected.com/contests/30-rhythm-and-the-raven for more information about the contest and how to enter. Diane is on the panel of judges so she will be looking out for some great LA poets!
 

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PERIOD 2: read the NGY docs posted and shown ealier this week PLEASE.  The Skype should BEGIN at 7:30.  Community service time will be given for participation.  See attachment for questions generated for our hosting.

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Periods 1 and 2: see attachments for NAI
 
 
 
PERIODS 5 and 7: whole class discussion about the Directors" reports to their groups. 
Period 5- no use of laptops this week because of the mess you left behind on Tuesday in the cart.  Your group research must use alternate means: SSR using encyclopedias/phones/newspapers...???
BOTH 5 and 7: Meeting Friday with Data-Wranglers

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PERIODS 1 and 2: ANYone with work- make up during class while rest sees a video.
Period 5 and 7: Director's Meeting with me

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Periods 5 and 7: Group talk about research collected; job titles explained, then campaigned for within each group.  Directors' meeting Monday with me.

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ALL:
I thought you'd like this:
http://fw.to/UAbmbxP

The hunt for the lost Nazi diary
Henry Mayer, son of a Holocaust survivor, made it his mission to find the long-lost journal kept by Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi Party's chief ideologue and a confidant of Adolf Hitler.

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Periods 1 and 2: Return Night: Study questions (attachment) due for TEST this Thursday/Friday.  
 Also: remember that Tuesday, Feb. 18 is a hard deadline- for completed applications for NSLC scholarships; Feb. 20 Skype (see docs attached)- 5 questions for guest speakers due!
 Read this:
http://fw.to/WHGmKnJ

Cybersecurity guidelines for companies are unveiled by White House
WASHINGTON — The White House has released guidelines aimed at prodding companies that run some of the nation's most essential services such as utilities, cellphone towers and banks to better protect themselves from cyberattacks.

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Periods 1 and 2: Return Night: Study questions (attachment) due for TEST this Thursday/Friday LC scholarships; Feb. 20 Skype (see docs attached)- 5 questions for guest speakers due!
Periods 5 and 7: Regional Project topic selection by group:
* Region
* Narrow time period by decade
* Topic that is researchable for multi-media project
 
Example- Europe, pre-World War 1+  brain studies/intelligence/mental illness
Other topic possibilities: medical advances and why; child slavery; gender inequalitiy, effects of colonialism; eugenics; education; caste system....
 

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 PERIODS 1 and 2: see attachment for Table Talk Monday (2) and Tuesday (1)
Preparation for individual test on Th/F (posted: choice of 3- minimum 1/2 page each)
 
PERIODS 5 and 7:
Due on your note card: GIST of your story (3-5 sentences) of what your story is about
Converse: You share your gist with other regional members.
Listeners: Ask CLARIFYING questions- What time period? What events happened in the author's life/world for this story idea?
 

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Periods 1 AND 2- Read through page 45 at least for THIS week.  The memoir should be finished by the end of next week (Thursday- period 2/Friday- Period 1)

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Periods 5 and 7- first part of class: remaining presentations of submitted work.
Return checked notebooks for "Applied Meanings/Creative Writing" task for self- selected story.  Unless you were absent Tuesday, this assignment is now closed. 

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PERIODS 1 and 2:
NOTEBOOK GRADE: 2 circle maps and comparative religion chart completed, etc.  See photo attachment, please.
 
Also- all NGY applications must be completed and submitted by Feb. 18.

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NAI: SSR Night and Literary Analysis of selected passage (handout) 2 Circle Maps due in your notebook Tuesday for grading/discussion.
 
 Also- on YouTube:

World War II in Europe: Every Day

See a version for Europe AND the Pacific Theaters here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_AZ3j2LbY&feature=yo.
AND- check this site out for Shakespeare review- thug notes 
 
 
PERIODS 5 and 7
HOMEWORK- Story selection from assigned portion of the textbook.was made Wednesday in class.  A chart was constrcted by regions selected.  Your assigned task is DUE this Friday.
Because of fieldtrip to the Museum of the Holocaust (HCA- 1/31) , 
you may use the remaining time to view reference books in the room to answer your reflection questions based on your own  museum visit .
 

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Period 1 Wed./ Period 2 Thursday
Siddhartha: theological comparison of atman and other criteria on comparison religion chart (provided).  GRADED IN NOTEBOOK TUESDAY!
Passage analysis using Night using author's own words about father an Moishe
What have you learned about Judaism from this book so far?  Museum of the Holocaust discussion and slide show.  Passage analysis handout for Period 1 for Friday
 
PERIODS 5 and 7:
Wednesday- Textbook work: Choose your own selection from the various regions.  Which ever selection is made, there will be written work to assess your comprehension.  Written work should be in your notebook and is due Friday.  I will chart the regions selected to determine groups for fuurther research. 
If you are HCA and going on the field trip Friday, notebooks will be graded Monday.
 
 

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NAI-
Have ready for Tuesday: Turn in Siddhartha copy and have test/research written in your notebook for grade (see attachments).
Receive Night.
 
Periods 5 and 7:
CHOOSE 1:
Construct the front page of a newspaper,
Write a letter to the Museum of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel, a survivor, or a friend in which you write about the things you have learned in the book and ,have questions about,
Create poetry,
Construct a time line of novel's events compared to the world events outside the Camp,
A collage (torn paper/overlapping pictures),
OR
Develop a brochure.

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Period 2- Monday; Period 1's lesson Friday

Period 2- Monday (Period 1- classwork Jan. 24
Seminar- Based on rest of the book:  Due after 20 minutes SSR:
* How long does Siddhartha stay with each: his father, the Semanas, Gotama, in the town...?  Why does he stay so long in the town?
* Father and Son relationship with: his father ("With the Brahmins") and Siddhartha's relationship with his son.  Is this karma?  Explain.
 
Periods 5 and 7:
* Discussion Monday
What is the importance of survivor testimonials like Elie Wiesel's in Night in preventing future Holocausts?
How were the the propaganda techniques of scapegoating and stereotyping used by the Third Reich to condone and even encourage behavior that most German citizens would have considered abhorrent?
Why has Wiesel devoted his life to keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive?  In what ways has his life since been molded by the horrific events of the Holocaust?

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Periods 5 and 7:
Techies turn in Museum observations.  All: finish reading memoir, then turn in the book
Night project:
* Discussion Monday
What is the importance of survivor testimonials like Elie Wiesel's in Night in preventing future Holocausts?
How were the the propaganda techniques of scapegoating and stereotyping used by the Third Reich to condone and even encourage behavior that most German citizens would have considered abhorrent?
Why has Wiesel devoted his life to keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive?  In what ways has his life since been molded by the horrific events of the Holocaust?
* Project due Tuesday for review/Presentation to class on Wednesday: CHOOSE 1:
Construct the front page of a newspaper,
Write a letter to the Museum of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel, a survivor, or a friend in which you write about the things you have learned in the book and have questions about,
Create poetry,
Construct a time line of novel's events compared to the world events outside the Camp,
A collage (torn paper/overlapping pictures),
OR Develop a brochure.
 
 
 

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For those not on the field trip:
Period 2-  Finish Siddhartha, revise the fall final essay in your notebook for a higher grade, and use the grey textbooks on the back shelf of the book case (British Lit.)
to select soliloquys/speeches from Macbeth.
 
 MATTHEW (ABS. Monday) chart due using your reading notes

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NAI-
Siddhartha and the Semanas: read the attachment, an article about collecting money for the elderly poor.  Be ready to discuss how this links with the second step (lasting 3 years).  CONTINUE READING and note-taking!
 
Also: NSLC scholarship applications are due mid- February (3 weeks).
 

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NAI- Period 2 Thursday; Period 1- Friday
NGY SCHOLARSHIP: Please read over the attachment; HCA resume grade (Pd 2)  notebook check- Siddhartha " Life with the Brahmans": Gist; What he learns; Why he leaves.  The book MUST be finished by Thursday, 1/23.  See attachments for final revision, the stages of getting wisdom, Teenage Questions.
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Periods 5 and 7
Due at start of class: questions on the white board about Elie's relationship with his father and why.  Be sure to have read to page 41/44 9"We stayed in Auschwitz three weeks..."
  I will check your notebooks at the start of class while you read; discussion based on your notes and questions, then me- passage analysis and explanation.