Sunday, July 26, 2015
Update
Just thought I'd post and let you know I've accepted a position teaching at PV High. I'm excited to be cutting out my commute and saving an hour and a half a day, but sad to leave SAMO. I'll miss the students, the staff, and my fellow English Teachers.
In case anyone would like to keep in touch, my e-mail is amogilef@gmail.com and my Twitter is @AMogiMog.
Have a wonderful senior year!
All the best,
Ms. M.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
FINALS WEEK!
With excitement, sadness, and not least of all exhaustion, I am
posting for the last time this school year. It has truly been an honor
to be your teacher. I hope that you found value in the class and that
you're inspired to continue to develop your communication skills, keep
up on current events, and find something interesting and challenging to read for your
summer free choice book.
I'll be spending the summer with my family and also planning for next year. I'll be checking e-mail regularly and would love to hear from you.
Here is the schedule for this week:
SUNDAY, May 31st - Final, proofread version of one college essay due to Turnitin.com.
WEDNESDAY: Fifth Period Only 8:15 - 10:15
THURSDAY: Sixth Period Only 8:15 - 10:15
FRIDAY: Minimum Day, Period 1 9:15 am, dismissal at 1:34 pm
Please note that the deadline for make-up work was Friday, May 29 and late work will no longer be accepted. Grades will be finalized and uploaded on Thursday evening. Thanks for understanding.
I'll be spending the summer with my family and also planning for next year. I'll be checking e-mail regularly and would love to hear from you.
Here is the schedule for this week:
SUNDAY, May 31st - Final, proofread version of one college essay due to Turnitin.com.
WEDNESDAY: Fifth Period Only 8:15 - 10:15
THURSDAY: Sixth Period Only 8:15 - 10:15
FRIDAY: Minimum Day, Period 1 9:15 am, dismissal at 1:34 pm
Please note that the deadline for make-up work was Friday, May 29 and late work will no longer be accepted. Grades will be finalized and uploaded on Thursday evening. Thanks for understanding.
Monday, May 25, 2015
May 26-29 - Last Week of Classes!
It's already our last week of class! Here's what's on the agenda for the
week:
TUESDAY: Discuss the ending of Huckleberry Finn and return it to the textbook room. Did it live up to the rest of the book? Begin editing the college essay drafts - worksheet. Call for volunteers for class feedback. Work time on laptops and individual help. DUE: Huckleberry Finn books to turn in. HW: Continue polishing drafts.
WEDNESDAY: Accessing AP scores - overview. Evaluate your essay's strengths and weaknesses and continue the editing process. More volunteers for class edits.
THURSDAY: Half day work time/peer edits on drafts. Introduce discussion/debate for Friday: How to Improve the College Admissions Process? HW: To prep for the discussion, please read the rest of the passages not covered in class at the "Room for Debate" section of The New York Times website here.
Make sure your Independent Reading/Dialectical Journal is ready to turn in on Friday at the beginning of class.
FRIDAY: Discussion/debate: How to Improve the College Admissions Process? Which author's argument is closest to your viewpoint, and why? Go over requirements for final, (see below). DUE: Independent reading dialectical journal. HW: Using checklist, polish drafts. Correct for grammar/mechanics, syntax, word choice. Please upload one completed, final personal statement/college essay response and prompt to Turnitin.com by Sunday night, May 31 at 11:59 p.m.
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The final will be a 2 minute maximum oral presentation (no materials required) on either 1. Independent reading: was the book worth reading, why or why not? Provide at least two specific pieces of evidence to support your view. OR 2. You may read the final version of your personal statement to the class for immediate, supportive, and honest feedback.
TUESDAY: Discuss the ending of Huckleberry Finn and return it to the textbook room. Did it live up to the rest of the book? Begin editing the college essay drafts - worksheet. Call for volunteers for class feedback. Work time on laptops and individual help. DUE: Huckleberry Finn books to turn in. HW: Continue polishing drafts.
WEDNESDAY: Accessing AP scores - overview. Evaluate your essay's strengths and weaknesses and continue the editing process. More volunteers for class edits.
THURSDAY: Half day work time/peer edits on drafts. Introduce discussion/debate for Friday: How to Improve the College Admissions Process? HW: To prep for the discussion, please read the rest of the passages not covered in class at the "Room for Debate" section of The New York Times website here.
Make sure your Independent Reading/Dialectical Journal is ready to turn in on Friday at the beginning of class.
FRIDAY: Discussion/debate: How to Improve the College Admissions Process? Which author's argument is closest to your viewpoint, and why? Go over requirements for final, (see below). DUE: Independent reading dialectical journal. HW: Using checklist, polish drafts. Correct for grammar/mechanics, syntax, word choice. Please upload one completed, final personal statement/college essay response and prompt to Turnitin.com by Sunday night, May 31 at 11:59 p.m.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The final will be a 2 minute maximum oral presentation (no materials required) on either 1. Independent reading: was the book worth reading, why or why not? Provide at least two specific pieces of evidence to support your view. OR 2. You may read the final version of your personal statement to the class for immediate, supportive, and honest feedback.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
May 18-22
The AP exam is over! Fortunately, most of the feedback from students has been positive. The argument essay was tricky, but if you defined your terms and provided specific examples, (and it is well written, of course!) it should be fine. I am looking forward to accessing my class' scores in July.
Last week after the AP exam we completed some brainstorming exercises and got reacquainted with Huckleberry Finn again. This week we'll continue writing our personal statements/personal narratives, a very different type of essay than the three we've studied and mastered this year.
MONDAY: Please bring the McGraw Hill Reader with you so we can return it to the textbook room. Discuss Huckleberry Finn through chapter 38. Look at universal prompts/UC prompts for personal statements for 2015 and discuss each. Read and evaluate sample statements. DUE: Completed brainstorming sheets, with unique items "starred." HW: Read over the brainstorming sheet and make notes of any anecdotes that go with the questions that could be used for an essay. Don't censor yourself at this point. Read chapter 39 of Huckleberry Finn.
TUESDAY: Listen and evaluate more examples of personal narratives/personal statements, especially how they began and how they ended, and noting the text and subtext of each. Look at the list of prompts and compare it to the items you starred on the brainstorm sheet. HW:Choose an anecdote from your brainstorm sheet that is specific to you, but allows you to (humbly) show your talents/attributes. BRING MCGRAW HILL, please.
WEDNESDAY: Write out one very rough draft on the laptops of the best anecdote/statement for a prompt. Go to the textbook room. HW:Bring 3 specific details to class about your chosen essay topic.
THURSDAY: Review essay sample. Work on "bad" aka rough essays in class on laptops. HW: Rough draft due to turnitin.com by the end of the day on Friday.
FRIDAY:Work time for essays, individual help. Finish rough draft of essay and upload it to turnitin.com. HW: Finish Huckleberry Finn for Tuesday. Be prepared to discuss your opinion about the ending of the book. Also, work on your essay drafts and dialectical journals.
Enjoy the three-day weekend! See you on Tuesday. :-)
Last week after the AP exam we completed some brainstorming exercises and got reacquainted with Huckleberry Finn again. This week we'll continue writing our personal statements/personal narratives, a very different type of essay than the three we've studied and mastered this year.
MONDAY: Please bring the McGraw Hill Reader with you so we can return it to the textbook room. Discuss Huckleberry Finn through chapter 38. Look at universal prompts/UC prompts for personal statements for 2015 and discuss each. Read and evaluate sample statements. DUE: Completed brainstorming sheets, with unique items "starred." HW: Read over the brainstorming sheet and make notes of any anecdotes that go with the questions that could be used for an essay. Don't censor yourself at this point. Read chapter 39 of Huckleberry Finn.
TUESDAY: Listen and evaluate more examples of personal narratives/personal statements, especially how they began and how they ended, and noting the text and subtext of each. Look at the list of prompts and compare it to the items you starred on the brainstorm sheet. HW:Choose an anecdote from your brainstorm sheet that is specific to you, but allows you to (humbly) show your talents/attributes. BRING MCGRAW HILL, please.
WEDNESDAY: Write out one very rough draft on the laptops of the best anecdote/statement for a prompt. Go to the textbook room. HW:Bring 3 specific details to class about your chosen essay topic.
THURSDAY: Review essay sample. Work on "bad" aka rough essays in class on laptops. HW: Rough draft due to turnitin.com by the end of the day on Friday.
FRIDAY:Work time for essays, individual help. Finish rough draft of essay and upload it to turnitin.com. HW: Finish Huckleberry Finn for Tuesday. Be prepared to discuss your opinion about the ending of the book. Also, work on your essay drafts and dialectical journals.
Enjoy the three-day weekend! See you on Tuesday. :-)
Sunday, May 10, 2015
May 11-15
We're finally here: this week, students will take the AP exam on Wednesday, May 13. We'll review early in the week, take the exam, and then move on to our final writing assignment. Please come to class early (and I mean EARLY) at 6:30 a.m. for coffee, healthy snacks and comraderie in the regular classroom. Students are scheduled to be checking in at the cafeteria at the test at 7:15 a.m. and I'll be closing up the classroom to help the proctors set up. Testing begins promptly at 8:00 (see details in the sidebar and below).
MONDAY: Go over homework in class. Complete rhetorical analysis review. Create your own study sheet. DUE: go through two practice prompts and come to class ready to go through them. Any outstanding essays. HW: REST!
TUESDAY: Finish rhetorical analysis review. In-class challenge contest covering AP exam basics. Gather study materials - example and evidence sheet, quotes, rhetorical analysis study sheet.
WEDNESDAY: AP Exam:
Early wake-up: dress in comfortable layers. Bring a water bottle, blue or black pens, pencils, some healthy snacks, and an old fashioned watch if you have one.
6:30 a.m. Come to T219 (the regular Mogilefsky classroom) for coffee and healthy snacks.
7:15 a.m. Walk over to the cafeteria for check-in. There will be a seating chart, and absolutely no cell phones, so secure any electronics before walking over.
8:00 a.m. Exam begins with multiple choice.
10 minute break.
Essay portion of exam (2 hours, 15 minutes)
Go to regular classes after the exam ends. DO NOT POST ANYTHING ABOUT THE EXAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
5th and 6th period - General debriefing, game plan for the rest of the semester.
THURSDAY: Introduction to the final writing assignment, personal statement. Brainstorm questionnaire "speed dating" style. Pick up Huckleberry Finn again. HW: Bring Huck Finn and brainstorm sheet to class on Friday.
FRIDAY: (Mogilefsky out for personal/grading day.) Finish brainstorm worksheet and fill in as many details as possible. Put stars next to answers that were different from classmates' answers. Read Huckleberry Finn. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn through chapter 38, bring completed brainstorm sheet for Monday's class. Please bring the McGraw Hill Reader textbook so we can turn it in on Monday.
MONDAY: Go over homework in class. Complete rhetorical analysis review. Create your own study sheet. DUE: go through two practice prompts and come to class ready to go through them. Any outstanding essays. HW: REST!
TUESDAY: Finish rhetorical analysis review. In-class challenge contest covering AP exam basics. Gather study materials - example and evidence sheet, quotes, rhetorical analysis study sheet.
WEDNESDAY: AP Exam:
Early wake-up: dress in comfortable layers. Bring a water bottle, blue or black pens, pencils, some healthy snacks, and an old fashioned watch if you have one.
6:30 a.m. Come to T219 (the regular Mogilefsky classroom) for coffee and healthy snacks.
7:15 a.m. Walk over to the cafeteria for check-in. There will be a seating chart, and absolutely no cell phones, so secure any electronics before walking over.
8:00 a.m. Exam begins with multiple choice.
10 minute break.
Essay portion of exam (2 hours, 15 minutes)
Go to regular classes after the exam ends. DO NOT POST ANYTHING ABOUT THE EXAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
5th and 6th period - General debriefing, game plan for the rest of the semester.
THURSDAY: Introduction to the final writing assignment, personal statement. Brainstorm questionnaire "speed dating" style. Pick up Huckleberry Finn again. HW: Bring Huck Finn and brainstorm sheet to class on Friday.
FRIDAY: (Mogilefsky out for personal/grading day.) Finish brainstorm worksheet and fill in as many details as possible. Put stars next to answers that were different from classmates' answers. Read Huckleberry Finn. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn through chapter 38, bring completed brainstorm sheet for Monday's class. Please bring the McGraw Hill Reader textbook so we can turn it in on Monday.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
May 4-8
SBAC testing is over and we're back to a regular schedule. This week, we'll focus on preparing for the AP exam next week on May 13. We will take a break from Huckleberry Finn during this week.
MONDAY: Synthesis overview. Fully prepare and then anonymously grade an AP Practice Exam Synthesis response to the Monuments prompt. Receive vocabulary list for the week. DUE: Paragraph describing what could be improved in the "Government Fostering Green Practices" essay. HW: Finish Green essay rewrites, if you're not happy with your score.
TUESDAY: Deconstruct prompt for warm-up. Monuments feedback and discussion about approaching more complex prompts. Work on evidence/example worksheet - timed exercise. HW: Finding quotes for Evidence/Example worksheets.
WEDNESDAY: Go over argument essay basics, complete Evidence and Examples study sheet. DUE: Quotes on Evidence and Examples Worksheet. HW: Sports essay reading: An Innocent at Rinkside by William Faulkner.
THURSDAY: Argument prompt practice. Argument essay basics. Short multiple choice exercise based on sports essay. Discuss multiple choice answers. DUE: Sports essay, read Faulkner passage. HW: Study for vocab quiz (last one for the semester!)
FRIDAY: Vocab quiz. Rhetorical analysis basics. Go over Flamingo rhetorical analysis prompt and responses. This was a complex and potentially confusing prompt from the AP Practice Exam. HW: SOAPS and pick out 2-3 responses to the following prompts (handed out in class and below). Do any makeup essays. Get plenty of rest!
Question 2 on both links:
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_frq_english_language.pdf
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_frq_english_language.pdf
MONDAY: Synthesis overview. Fully prepare and then anonymously grade an AP Practice Exam Synthesis response to the Monuments prompt. Receive vocabulary list for the week. DUE: Paragraph describing what could be improved in the "Government Fostering Green Practices" essay. HW: Finish Green essay rewrites, if you're not happy with your score.
TUESDAY: Deconstruct prompt for warm-up. Monuments feedback and discussion about approaching more complex prompts. Work on evidence/example worksheet - timed exercise. HW: Finding quotes for Evidence/Example worksheets.
WEDNESDAY: Go over argument essay basics, complete Evidence and Examples study sheet. DUE: Quotes on Evidence and Examples Worksheet. HW: Sports essay reading: An Innocent at Rinkside by William Faulkner.
THURSDAY: Argument prompt practice. Argument essay basics. Short multiple choice exercise based on sports essay. Discuss multiple choice answers. DUE: Sports essay, read Faulkner passage. HW: Study for vocab quiz (last one for the semester!)
FRIDAY: Vocab quiz. Rhetorical analysis basics. Go over Flamingo rhetorical analysis prompt and responses. This was a complex and potentially confusing prompt from the AP Practice Exam. HW: SOAPS and pick out 2-3 responses to the following prompts (handed out in class and below). Do any makeup essays. Get plenty of rest!
Question 2 on both links:
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_frq_english_language.pdf
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_frq_english_language.pdf
Friday, April 24, 2015
April 27-May 1
This is the second week of block schedule and the English SBAC testing will be administered Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday. There will be no vocab or current events quiz this week. Please continue with Huckleberry Finn.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: SBAC testing. DUE: Please post any confusing multiple choice question numbers to the class website so we are sure to cover them on Wednesday. Huck Finn through chapter 25. HW: Huckleberry Finn, chapters 26-27.
WEDNESDAY: Green practices synthesis essay returned and discussed. Go over AP Practice Exam Multiple Choice questions. Huckleberry Finn check-in. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 28-29. 1 paragraph FLT analysis of Green essay for Monday -- using the FLT sheet, what could you improve on the next synthesis essay?
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: SBAC testing. HW: One paragraph FLT analysis of Green essay for Monday -- using the FLT sheet, what could you improve on the next synthesis essay? Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 29-36 for Monday.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: SBAC testing. DUE: Please post any confusing multiple choice question numbers to the class website so we are sure to cover them on Wednesday. Huck Finn through chapter 25. HW: Huckleberry Finn, chapters 26-27.
WEDNESDAY: Green practices synthesis essay returned and discussed. Go over AP Practice Exam Multiple Choice questions. Huckleberry Finn check-in. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 28-29. 1 paragraph FLT analysis of Green essay for Monday -- using the FLT sheet, what could you improve on the next synthesis essay?
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: SBAC testing. HW: One paragraph FLT analysis of Green essay for Monday -- using the FLT sheet, what could you improve on the next synthesis essay? Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 29-36 for Monday.
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