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.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Multiple Choice Practice Exam - Confusing Questions
If you would like more explanation for any of the AP Practice Exam Multiple Choice questions, please post your period number (5th or 6th) and the number of the question you'd like the class to discuss in the comments below.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
April 20 - 24
This is the first of two weeks of block scheduling for 11th grade testing, and students will take the math portion in U.S. History classes. (Odd classes meet Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and even classes meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.) The other important thing to remember about the week is that the grading period ends on Friday, April 24th. I do accept late work for partial credit, so please get everything in by Friday.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Fill out AP exam answer form general information. Briefly over argument essay tips. Huckleberry Finn check-in. Introduce Supreme Court project: in groups of 4, all students will research and write 2-3 paragraphs about their section of a significant case. HW: Finish rewriting argument essay from practice exam for Wednesday. Read chapters 19-20 in Huckleberry Finn. Finish writing up 2-3 paragraphs for group project for Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Receive multiple choice section of practice AP exams back. Practice on laptops for SBAC testing next week. DUE: Argument essay rewrites. HW: Read chapters 21-22 of Huckleberry Finn for Friday. Finish writing up 2-3 paragraphs for group project for Friday.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Supreme Court groups meet briefly to compare notes, vote. Supreme Court Groups present (approximately 5 minutes per group), while audience takes notes. Open note Supreme Court quiz immediately following. SBAC practice exam. DUE: 2-3 paragraphs Supreme Court project (each person in the group completes their own.) HW: Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 25 for Monday/Tuesday.
MONDAY/TUESDAY: Fill out AP exam answer form general information. Briefly over argument essay tips. Huckleberry Finn check-in. Introduce Supreme Court project: in groups of 4, all students will research and write 2-3 paragraphs about their section of a significant case. HW: Finish rewriting argument essay from practice exam for Wednesday. Read chapters 19-20 in Huckleberry Finn. Finish writing up 2-3 paragraphs for group project for Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Receive multiple choice section of practice AP exams back. Practice on laptops for SBAC testing next week. DUE: Argument essay rewrites. HW: Read chapters 21-22 of Huckleberry Finn for Friday. Finish writing up 2-3 paragraphs for group project for Friday.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Supreme Court groups meet briefly to compare notes, vote. Supreme Court Groups present (approximately 5 minutes per group), while audience takes notes. Open note Supreme Court quiz immediately following. SBAC practice exam. DUE: 2-3 paragraphs Supreme Court project (each person in the group completes their own.) HW: Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 25 for Monday/Tuesday.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
April 13-17
Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful break. I'm excited to see everyone and looking forward to our time in class together. In the coming weeks, we'll gear up for the AP exam, and also enjoy many interesting speeches, passages, Huckleberry Finn, and a brief Sports unit featuring essays by some of America's finest writers.
MONDAY: Overview of what we'll cover during the last weeks of school. Get reacquainted with Huck Finn through chapter seven. Review rhetorical analysis basics and watch/read transcripts of the 2016 candidates who have announced their presidential bids. Perform rhetorical analysis of these speeches. HW: Read Huck Finn chapter 8-10.
TUESDAY: Rhetorical analysis of a presidential speech from the past. HW: Read Huck Finn chapters 12-13 for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY: Practice and overview of SBA standardized testing that will take place beginning the week of April 27. If time, close reading Huckleberry Finn chapter 11 - what is Twain saying (if anything) about gender in this chapter? How is it related to other themes of the book? HW: Read chapters 14-15 for Thursday. Note the big shift at the end of chapter 15.
THURSDAY: (Mogilefsky out with AP teachers scoring one of the practice exam essays.) Read articles critiquing Huckleberry Finn. Note how each author makes their argument, and underline claim statements. Write a short paragraph describing who you most agree with and why. HW: Study for current events quiz, read Huck Finn chapters 16-17.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Go over Huck Finn articles and responses. Review argument essay from practice exam. DUE: Paragraph about Huckleberry Finn. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 16-20. Rewrite/revise argument essay for Wednesday.
MONDAY: Overview of what we'll cover during the last weeks of school. Get reacquainted with Huck Finn through chapter seven. Review rhetorical analysis basics and watch/read transcripts of the 2016 candidates who have announced their presidential bids. Perform rhetorical analysis of these speeches. HW: Read Huck Finn chapter 8-10.
TUESDAY: Rhetorical analysis of a presidential speech from the past. HW: Read Huck Finn chapters 12-13 for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY: Practice and overview of SBA standardized testing that will take place beginning the week of April 27. If time, close reading Huckleberry Finn chapter 11 - what is Twain saying (if anything) about gender in this chapter? How is it related to other themes of the book? HW: Read chapters 14-15 for Thursday. Note the big shift at the end of chapter 15.
THURSDAY: (Mogilefsky out with AP teachers scoring one of the practice exam essays.) Read articles critiquing Huckleberry Finn. Note how each author makes their argument, and underline claim statements. Write a short paragraph describing who you most agree with and why. HW: Study for current events quiz, read Huck Finn chapters 16-17.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Go over Huck Finn articles and responses. Review argument essay from practice exam. DUE: Paragraph about Huckleberry Finn. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 16-20. Rewrite/revise argument essay for Wednesday.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
March 23-27
It's the last week before Spring Break! Everyone is looking a bit weary these days; hang in there and you'll soon be enjoying the (rare) Santa Monica two-week break. You've earned it.
MONDAY: Receive vocabulary sheet. Video and discussion: the language of Huckleberry Finn, the controversy about the edited 2011 publication. Keystone essay feedback. DUE: Huckleberry Finn chapters 1-4. HW: Chapter 5 of Huckleberry Finn.
TUESDAY: Extra time for in-class synthesis essay. Satire, part II: how to write about satire. HW: Notes about satirical passage for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Review argument essay and rhetorical analysis essay basics. DUE: Satirical notes. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 6.
THURSDAY: Dialectical Journal check-in. Close reading - Huckleberry Finn excerpt. Vocabulary activities. Keystone excerpts and review. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 7.
FRIDAY: Vocab and Huckleberry quiz. Tips/strategies for taking entire AP exam, review exercises in groups. HW: Work on Independent Reading and dialectical journal over the break. Review for AP Practice Exam. Complete any missing work for partial credit and bring back after break.
Most importantly, enjoy the break and get plenty of rest! I look forward to seeing everyone again in April.
MONDAY: Receive vocabulary sheet. Video and discussion: the language of Huckleberry Finn, the controversy about the edited 2011 publication. Keystone essay feedback. DUE: Huckleberry Finn chapters 1-4. HW: Chapter 5 of Huckleberry Finn.
TUESDAY: Extra time for in-class synthesis essay. Satire, part II: how to write about satire. HW: Notes about satirical passage for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Review argument essay and rhetorical analysis essay basics. DUE: Satirical notes. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 6.
THURSDAY: Dialectical Journal check-in. Close reading - Huckleberry Finn excerpt. Vocabulary activities. Keystone excerpts and review. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 7.
FRIDAY: Vocab and Huckleberry quiz. Tips/strategies for taking entire AP exam, review exercises in groups. HW: Work on Independent Reading and dialectical journal over the break. Review for AP Practice Exam. Complete any missing work for partial credit and bring back after break.
Most importantly, enjoy the break and get plenty of rest! I look forward to seeing everyone again in April.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
March 16-20
Welcome to our 11th week of the semester. We'll wind up our Science/Nature/Environment-themed unit, write a synthesis in-class essay, and begin Huckleberry Finn.
NOTE: There will be a full-length AP practice exam on three different dates: Saturday, March 28 and Friday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m, and Monday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Please sign up on the bulletin board in class. The multiple choice answers will count towards the "final" portion of the class grade, one of the three essays will be graded by the pool of AP teachers, one by me, and one by peers in class. We also need parent volunteers to help proctor the exam -- guaranteed "quiet time" for 4 hours and you will not be in the same room as your student. Please contact Ms. M. at amogilefsky@smmusd.org if interested.
MONDAY: Discuss Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" and multiple choice answers/rationale. Discuss Space Exploration synthesis prompt and brainstorm answers as a whole class. Read articles and annotate for Tuesday.
Because of the sad irony of studying the synthesis prompt, typically with pages and pages of printed sources on paper, while simultaneously reading about the environment, I've posted the link to the Space Exploration prompt below:
Click here to link to Space Exploration prompt and sources.
Please read through these and take notes on the side for Tuesday. There will be some paper copies available in class.
TUESDAY: Space Exploration prompt -- go through the process as a whole class.
WEDNESDAY: Definition and overview of satire and close reading of samples.
THURSDAY: In-class synthesis essay.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Pick up Huckleberry Finn -- read articles for and against inclusion in the high school curriculum. HW: Read H. Finn, chapters 1-4.
NOTE: There will be a full-length AP practice exam on three different dates: Saturday, March 28 and Friday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m, and Monday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Please sign up on the bulletin board in class. The multiple choice answers will count towards the "final" portion of the class grade, one of the three essays will be graded by the pool of AP teachers, one by me, and one by peers in class. We also need parent volunteers to help proctor the exam -- guaranteed "quiet time" for 4 hours and you will not be in the same room as your student. Please contact Ms. M. at amogilefsky@smmusd.org if interested.
MONDAY: Discuss Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" and multiple choice answers/rationale. Discuss Space Exploration synthesis prompt and brainstorm answers as a whole class. Read articles and annotate for Tuesday.
Because of the sad irony of studying the synthesis prompt, typically with pages and pages of printed sources on paper, while simultaneously reading about the environment, I've posted the link to the Space Exploration prompt below:
Click here to link to Space Exploration prompt and sources.
Please read through these and take notes on the side for Tuesday. There will be some paper copies available in class.
TUESDAY: Space Exploration prompt -- go through the process as a whole class.
WEDNESDAY: Definition and overview of satire and close reading of samples.
THURSDAY: In-class synthesis essay.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Pick up Huckleberry Finn -- read articles for and against inclusion in the high school curriculum. HW: Read H. Finn, chapters 1-4.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
March 9-13
Welcome to our 10th week in the semester. Looking ahead, we'll continue with our Science and Nature/Environment unit with a variety of essays and passages that will allow you to gain some background knowledge and exposure to some of the more famous American work in the area including Rachel Carson, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Darwin. We will continue our work with the synthesis essay by analyzing our previous baseline essay.
MONDAY: Meet in our regular classroom, pick up a vocabulary sheet for the week, then go to the College Center for a presentation. HW: Post Keystone Synthesis essay to Turnitin.com by 10:59 p.m. on Monday night, if you haven't already. Bring the McGraw Hill book with you to class the rest of the week. For Wednesday, read "Economy" by Henry David Thoreau beginning on page 663 and read and think about the comprehension questions on page 666.
TUESDAY: (minimum day due to Open House Night) Finish discussions of the first passages from last week, including E.O. Wilson's The Future of Life and Chief Seattle's Letter to President Pierce. Introduction to passage by Henry David Thoreau. HW: For Wednesday, read "Economy" by Henry David Thoreau beginning on page 663 and read and think about the comprehension questions on page 666.
WEDNESDAY: Discuss "Economy" and the comprehension questions in class. Vocabulary activity. HW: Read Charles Darwin's "Natural Selection" beginning on page 559 for class on Thursday.
THURSDAY: Read your answer to the baseline synthesis essay about technology in schools and compare it to the Synthesis FLT sheet and rubric. Pick one FLT that you could use to improve the essay and rewrite one paragraph. Discuss and share answers in class. Talk about Darwin's "Natural Selection" as a class.
FRIDAY: Vocabulary quiz. View and analyze visual representations of environmental messages with OPTICS worksheet. Rhetorical analysis practice. HW: Read Rachel Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" on page 624 and answer the first "rhetoric" question at the end of the passage as well as the multiple choice handout for Monday.
MONDAY: Meet in our regular classroom, pick up a vocabulary sheet for the week, then go to the College Center for a presentation. HW: Post Keystone Synthesis essay to Turnitin.com by 10:59 p.m. on Monday night, if you haven't already. Bring the McGraw Hill book with you to class the rest of the week. For Wednesday, read "Economy" by Henry David Thoreau beginning on page 663 and read and think about the comprehension questions on page 666.
TUESDAY: (minimum day due to Open House Night) Finish discussions of the first passages from last week, including E.O. Wilson's The Future of Life and Chief Seattle's Letter to President Pierce. Introduction to passage by Henry David Thoreau. HW: For Wednesday, read "Economy" by Henry David Thoreau beginning on page 663 and read and think about the comprehension questions on page 666.
WEDNESDAY: Discuss "Economy" and the comprehension questions in class. Vocabulary activity. HW: Read Charles Darwin's "Natural Selection" beginning on page 559 for class on Thursday.
THURSDAY: Read your answer to the baseline synthesis essay about technology in schools and compare it to the Synthesis FLT sheet and rubric. Pick one FLT that you could use to improve the essay and rewrite one paragraph. Discuss and share answers in class. Talk about Darwin's "Natural Selection" as a class.
FRIDAY: Vocabulary quiz. View and analyze visual representations of environmental messages with OPTICS worksheet. Rhetorical analysis practice. HW: Read Rachel Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" on page 624 and answer the first "rhetoric" question at the end of the passage as well as the multiple choice handout for Monday.
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