English 9 December 7-11

Monday
Collect Revision Essays from "The Necklace", missing essays will result in a call home
Read article "Pirates of the Mediteranean"
Observe the author's use of persuasive techniques
complete the chart with support from the article
Due Tuesday

Tuesday
Because we seem to be having a little difficulty with Persuasive essays, you will get another attempt to understand this concept. Today you will be responding to a short article on cell phones from the Macomb Daily. You will write a persuasive essay which must include all of the components of this type of essay.
Persuasive Essay 25 points
Students will read the article “Phone Policy Reviewed” and write a reflection essay. The essay must include the following:

Introduction
Title of the article
Author of the article
Your position on the article

Support
You must defend your position with at least 2 reasons and support to back up your reasons.
Be sure you include at least 2 quotes from the article

Counter argument
You must include a counter argument and refute it

Conclusion
Should restate thesisShould answer the question so what, and leave your reader with some thought provoking ideas

English 11 November 30-December 4

Monday
Introduce the history of the English Language
Discuss various time periods beginning with the "anglo-saxons"
Have students outline "Bewulf: Language and Poetics Quizk Reference Sheet"
Handout Vocabulary for Beowulf3
Elements of the Epic Hero

Tuesday
Discuss what is loyalty?
Have students read the article "Stop Snitchin", have them compare the rules of loyalty and courage of the anglo-saxon times to that of today.
Complete Reflection Question: What does loyalty mean to you, and to what extent are you willing to go to remain loyal? What are the costs and/or benefits to our society?

Read Part one of Beowulf

Wednesday

Thursday
Reflection Question: What is the role of religion in Beowulf?

• Include the question in your answer
• Give an explanation
• Provide at least 2 quotes from the text to support your answer

Read part 2 of Bewulf

Complete study guide for Beowulf due today

Test Review:

Review: matching, short answer, essay

Identify various characters

Know the plot of the story

Essay Question:

Beowulf is thought to be a perfect hero for his time. a) what qualities should a modern hero have? (b) In what situations might a modern hero demonstrate these qualities (c) Give one example of a modern hero or a time wher people dislplayed heroic qualities.

Friday
Test on Beowulf

English 9 November 30-December 4

Monday
Introduce short story plot
Read "The Necklace"
Discuss Irony, characterization, and theme
Introduce new vocabulary words and literary terms
HW complete reading of the story
Vocabulary WS: http://www.argohs.net/departs/english/blettiere/NECKLACE.PDF

Tuesday
Do a guided Highlight of "The Necklace"
Teach students to recognize key points in short story
Identify new vocab in context

Wednesday
Quiz on Vocabulary
Discuss characterization: what character does, says, looks like, etc

Thursday
Persuasive essay topic:

“The Necklace”Write an essay arguing for or against the view that Mathilde's yearning for wealth and social status, not fate, brought about her downfall .
Rubric:
Persuasive Essay

Friday
Teach Students how to peer edit
Teach "Fish bowl technique"
Edit essays, submit final essay

First Year Japanese Nov 23-25

Monday
Review family vocabulary
have students make word cards, I will give them a sentence and they will arrange the word cards to form the sentence in Japanese.
If a student would like to practice this at home the sentences are as follows:

1. I have 3 younger sisters.
2. My mother has 1 younger brother.
3. My father has 2 younger sisters.
4. Tom has 3 older sisters.
5. How many older brothers does Tom have?
6. I have 2 little brothers.
7. My father has 3 younger brothers.

Answers:

Watashi wa

Leadership Project

Mrs. Cargill’s Leadership Assignment

The theme for this unit is “Dealing With Change – Using forward thinking to make better decisions”

For this Unit you will be dealing with the theme of leadership. You will take the quiz on Your Leadership Style:
http://www.yourleadershiplegacy.com/assessment/assessment.php

Answer the following questions after completing the quiz: (20 points)
What is your personality type?
What type of situations do you work best in?
Do you think it accurately calculated your leadership style? Why?
How do you thinks this impacts the way you interact with others?


You will also select a person that you think represents Leadership and create a power-point. All Power Points are due Friday, November 20, 2009.

The Rubric is as follows: (50 points)
Your power point must contain at least 8 slides including your title slide.
Your slides should not have more than 5-7 lines per slide.
You must include at least 5 photos to create interest in your power point.
You may include background music for your power point.
You must include transitions between each slide.
You must post your power point to the blog: mrscargill@clintondaleschools.net

English 9 November 16-20

Monday
Read the short story "The Gift of the Magi"
You may also listen to the mp3 version at:
http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/audiobooks/FourMillion/mp3/The%20Gift%20of%20the%20Magi.mp
Introduce literary terms: symbolism, irony, allusion, foreshadowing, figurative language, etc
Complete vocabulary worksheet, define, use in sentences, identify in context of story.

Tuesday
Discuss literary terms. Have students identify examples of them in text.
In groups have students identify symbols of 3 from the text.
Complete "Gift of the Magi" Persuasive Writing Prompt

Wednesday
Work on project in pairs using Goanime.com.
Students will complete storyboard in class. ( think about characterization, plot, tone, irony, etc)

Thursday
Quiz on Vocabulary Words
See link below to review words:
http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/SB1711%20Dec_9-12_Gift_LO1.pdf

Friday:
Library to work on animation for "The Gift of the Magi"

Junior English

Monday
Review Grammar Lesson 2
Indirect objects, direct objects, subject, predicate and fragment sentences and how to correct them.
Here is a link for correcting Fragments:

http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/?q=node/36

Tuesday
Writing Assessment 11.1

Wednesday
Reading Assessment 11.1

Thursday
Grammar and Rhetoric Assessment 11.1
Take the grammar quiz on fragments
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/fragments_quiz.htm?cgi_quiz_form=1

Friday
Read the following article from Newsweek concerning "Facebook", and write an 1-2 page response. You must include the title of the article, Source, date, summary of the article and respond to at least 2 comments in the article, plus include your own opinion.

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2009/11/10/making-a-digital-first-impression-why-you-can-t-fake-your-facebook-profile.aspx?print=true

Complete the following exercise on correcting fragments and post your comments to the blog.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/fragment_fixing.htm

Second and Third Year Japanese

Monday
Introduce using kara and made with time
Unit 12.3

Tuesday
Review using na and i adjectives
Lesson 12.4
Complete WS p. 117-118

Wednesday
Review For Test See Below:
Study Guide for Chapter 11 and 12 Test
Chapter 11
Today, tomorrow, day after tomorrow, etc
Days of the month
Days of the week
Months
Kara/made

Health
Tell What you say when:
You see your friend on crutches and ask what happened
You were absent and tell the teacher you had a stomachache
You have a game and tell your classmates you will do your best
Someone asks how you are and you reply that you are tired
You ask your friend about a game he played yesterday and discover his team lost? You express your disappointment.

Be able to conjugate I adjectives
Be able to conjugate na adjectives
Be able to use because, or so (kara)

Know your cultural sections

New verbs
Practice
Run
To meet
To win
To lose
To take medicine
To return
To die

Phrases (ck health ch 11)
Good Luck


Thursday
Review Chapter 12.5
Seasons

Friday
Read article on Japanese schools. Pretend that you are visiting in Japan, write a 1-2 page letter to your friend in the US about your experience.
This is the link to the article:
http://educationjapan.org/jguide/school_system.html
Test on Chapters 11-12

English 9 November 9-13

Monday
Cont. movie To Kill A Mockingbird
Answer Response Question CH. 30:
At the end of Chapter 30/movie, Scout answers Atticus' question by saying, "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" Why is this comparison used at this point, and to whom could it be referring?

Answer Plan
1 Restate the question to begin the answer
2 Explain why(from earlier chapters) mockingbirds should not be shot
3 Conclude by explaining why Scout thinks that it is appropriate to refer to this situation by saying, "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?"

Tuesday
Persuasive Writing Assessment Test

Wednesday
Reading Comprehension Assessment Test 9.1

Thursday
Grammar Assessment 9.1

Friday
Homework: Read the definition of a fragment, and how to correct it. Take the first 2 tests and submit your results to me at cargillm@clintondaleschools.net
Here is the site:
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_penguinhb_1/0,7325,506477-,00.html

Second Yr Japanese

Monday
Presentations by Level 3
Take notes, review, and participate

Tuesday
Introduce Health Unit
Will be able to how they feel and inquire about someone else's health
Practice with partner making up dialogues inquiring about health and responding
Unit 12.1

Wednesday
Complete WS pp. 109-110

Thursday

Friday

First Year Japanese

Monday
Introduce Unit on Counters p.45
Have students memorize
Make flashcards

Tuesday
Review new vocabulary
Introduce counters in a sentence
Rule is counter goes before the verb or after the object (never before the particle)
HW Practice sheet selecting the correct particles

Wednesday
Recite particles
Practice sheet for using particles in a sentence

Thursday
Quiz on General and flat counters

Friday
Introduce family members

Junior English

Monday

Tuesday
Review for Test
Be able to identify all of the main characters
Identify who said what quotes
Identify the different types of conflict (character vs character, man vs nature, man vs society, character vs inner self
Identify the various literary devices (foreshadowing, irony, etc)

Wednesday
Write a persuasive essay on Lord of the Flies. (See handout)

Thursday
Friday

Senior English

Monday
Cont. Movie.
Work on Essay question from movie.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Movie Discussion Question

Observe the scenes that the director leaves of the film> (The mule story in not noted, Mrs. Turner is not noted, the forced servitude of Tea Cake by the whites is not noted, and the court case is not noted.) How does the absence of these scenes impact the overall story? Does it change the story?

Tuesday
Essay Question Due from movie "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Wednesday
Field Trip to the Charles H. Wright Museum
Link for the Harlem Renaisance
http://www.oup.com/us/pdf/americanlit/h_renaissance.pdf
Thursday
Test on Their Eyes Were Watching God

Friday
Final Projects are due.
Presentation of Power Pts Due

Classroom Items Vocab - Japanese

View more presentations from ajJB2.

First Year Japanese

Monday
Pep Assembly

Tuesday
Review Chapter 2 Lesson 1-2 using kore, sore, are
Review using particle no and wa
review ownership
Complete handout for lesson, translating sentences

Wednesday

Junior English

Monday
Complete and discuss chapter 10-11 as a class
Discuss the use of symbolism and Foreshadowing as it deals with the weather

Tuesday
Read Chapter 12 "Cry of the Hunters"
Coplete T4 for the chapter

Wednesday
Complete Handout for chapter 12;
http://www.argohs.net/departs/english/blettiere/lotf_chpt12_study_student.pdf

Thursday
Friday

Senior English

Monday
Complete Chapter 18
Tuesday
Read Chapter 17-18 and complete Essay Question
Reflection Question

Choose one of the following questions and write a 1-2 page reflection. Be sure to include at least 2 quotes from the text to support your response.

Despite the importance of Their Eyes Were Watching God for feminist writers and critics, many readers of the novel are troubled by the novel’s representations of violence against black women. One key example – when Tea Cake slaps Janie (ch. 17)- is staged at a strategic moment in a larger contest between Mrs. Turner and Tea Cake.

What is Mrs. Turner’s function in the novel, and why does Hurston introduce her when she does? What motivates Tea Cake’s brutality? How does Janie respond to it? Does the beating have long-term consequences for their relationship? Does this scene qualify Janie’s initial belief that Tea Cake is “a glance from God” (102)?

Does the narrative encourage us in any way to distinguish between Tea Cake’s slapping, and Nanny’s and Joe Stark’s slapping?

Wednesday
Cont. May go to the library and work on essay or complete work on project.
HW. Complete Chapter 19-20

Thursday
Movie "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "The Color Puple"
How are women viewed?
What influence do you see in Walker's story as it relates to Hurston?
What is the view of men?

Friday
Cont. Movie.
Have a Great Homecoming Weekend!
Reminder AA Literature Projects are due next Friday

Junior English

Monday
Complete Literature Circle on Chapter 6-7
Read Chapter 8 and complete discussion Questions

Tuesday
Had class discussion on Ch. 6-7
Cont. Discussion on Ch. 8
Identify examples of the following Literary Terms: climax, personification
Locate the following vocabulary in Ch 8, identify the page # and devolop your own definition of the terms: prefect, sancitity, demure, fervor, sufficient

Wednesday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 9
Explain how Golding uses the weather in chapter 9 as an example of foreshadowing. Be sure to use at least 2 quotes to support your paper and include the page numbers for the quotes.

Thursday
Movie: "A Man Shot An Arrow Into the Air"
Complete Discussion Question WS
Click Link to watch movie:
http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/video.php?cid=621774886&pid=PFP824baqLvbXm1KNNpRCE0_36zaoYvi

Friday
Read Chapter 10
Identify the following vocabulary in the chapter. Include the page # and create your own definition: Chapter 10 vocabulary : befoul, shrill, shudder, gesticulate, Samneric, stifle, twitch, smother, phosphorescence
complete Discussion Questions
Review taking the following Quiz:
http://www.argohs.net/departs/english/blettiere/LOTF_10_summaryquiz.htm

African American Lit

Monday Read Chapter
Focus Question #5

What does Janie mean by the following dialogue from the end of Chapter 12 (p. 114)
“Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live mine”

Answer Plan

To introduce the answer, make a brief comment on the meaning of the sentence.
Give background from the novel to support your explanation. Use a quotation, if possible.Predict whether or not Janie will be happy with Tea Cake.

Tuesday
Focus Question #6
How do you feel about Teacake after the situation with the money? Do you think he is good guy for Janie?

Second Yr Japanese

Monday

Tuesday
Introduce new vocabulary, review neg. tense of i adj and na adjectives.(p. 225)

Wednesday- MOSAIC Day

Thursday
Review Vocabulary and complete questions on p. 225
Introduce "kara".
HW Create 5 sentences using "kara" and new vocabulary.

Friday

First Year Japanese

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Here is a song for learning the Japanese Alphabet
http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/hiraganasong.htm

Practice Hiragana a,i,u,e,o and sa,shi,su,se,so

Friday

English 11

Monday
Read Chapter 4. T4 the text.
Complete the discussion question worksheet.

Tuesday
Complete chapter 4.
cont.

Wednesday -Testing
Watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhIyCCm426c
Complete reading chapter 5.

Thursday
Lord of the Flies Chapter 5 Reflection Question
Write a 1-2 page essay answering the following question. Be sure to include examples with p. # from the text.
Things are beginning to break up. Analyse why Ralph's attempts to impose order on the group appear to be failing. Pay careful attention to : - the differences between Ralph and Jack; - the different ways in which Ralph, Piggy, Jack and Simon respond to The Beast; - the significance of Jack's first kill; - the developing importance of Ralph's and Piggy's relationship. This analysis should be done in point form at this stage.

Friday
Read Ch. 6-7 LOTF
Complete discussion questions for both chapters
Grammar lesson: Commas
See Link Below:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

African American Literature

Monday
Chapter 6 Vocabulary:

Chapter 6:

indulge, dilemma, disposition, orator, eulogy, distended, ponderous, hyperbole, compression, discomfiture, wallow, beseech, chasten, scornful

Read Ch. 6 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Check out this Web Site It is awesome:

http://www.shmoop.com/eyes-were-watching-god/facts.html

Tuesday
Meet with counseling for College Discussion

Wednesday

Chapter 6

1. What rules did Jody have for Janie?
2. When does love leave her marriage?
3. Is Janie selfish?

Second Year Japanese

Monday
Be able to tell where things are located in a room
Read pp. 208-210

Tuesday
SWBA to write the days of the month, be able to ask someone when his/birthday is
Practice by asking each classmate when his/her birthday is, respond in JPN
HW memorize days of the month
Video for days of the month
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5RlHfHIRjE

First Year Japanese

Monday
Review Kanji numbers 1-100
Review using kore, sore, are, dore and kono, sono, ano, dono p. 26
HW Complete worksheet for k,s, a, d by writing complete sentences in Japanese.

Tuesday
Quiz on kore, sore, are, dore
Students will be able to answer yes or no and

Wednesday
Students will be able to discuss the weather p. 28
Memorize the weather expressions

Thursday
Listening practice

Friday
Discuss the history of origami
Have students research 4-5 simple origami and teach one to the class

Junior English

Lord of the Flies
Monday
Focus Question: What are the qualities of a good leader? Identify someone you feel is a good leader. Explain.
Complete chapter 1. Review for Quiz on Chapter 1, including vocabulary.

Tuesday
Make Vocal Cards for the following Chapter 2 vocabulary. (Define, write its antonym, draw a picture, and describe it in a sentence.) warp, conch, scornfully, officious, indignant, tumult, irresistible, nimble
Update character sketches sheet. (p. 41)
Students will look for examples of symbolism, give details from the text for support.
Students will develop 2 Think Questions for the chapter.
HW Complete Chapter 3

Wednesday
Focus Question: How are the boys developing animal like qualities? Why is this chapter called huts on the beach?
Complete Reflection for chapter 3

Thursday
Focus: Look for examples of symbolism, allusions, motifs, and metaphors
What is happening to the boys the longer they stay on the island?
Complete Chapter 2 Reflection Worksheet (handout)

Take the leadership test. Click the link below.
http://psychology.about.com/library/quiz/bl-leadershipquiz.htm

Friday
Reflection Essay 1-2 pages
Answer the following question:
Jack collects power for himself. Ralph gets it by delegating responsibility. Find evidence for both sides. (quotes, p. #) Which is better? Explain.
Homework: Complete reading Chapter 3 Lord of the Flies

Lesson Plans For African American literature

Monday
Complete project on The Narrrative of Frederick Douglass
You are to complete a Movie Maker, Essay, Power Point, or other idea to demonstrate your understanding of the text and your project must answer the question you select.

Definition of a good leader decided by your class.

A good leader is responsible, friendly, brave, open-minded, motivated reasonable, able to compromise, smart, intelligent, possesses values, moral, mentally strong, physically strong, dedicated, hardworking, and dependable.
Tuesday-Projects are due today.

Wednesday-Begin novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
Quick Write: Why would Hurston use Southern black idiom to tell her story?
Prereading assignment, discuss the use of dialect in the text and history of Zora Neal Hurston
HW complete chapters 1-2, complete discussion questions, come ready to discuss elements of symbolism and imagery, identify these elements in the text and what they mean, represent, or explain

Thursday-Quiz on Chapters 1-2
Read Chapters 3-4 and complete discussion questions
Students will be able to identify motifs in the novel
Identify what "marriage" means to Janie, use the text to support your thoughts

Friday
Focus Questions:

1. What are Joe's plans for the town?
2. How does the town feel about him?
3. What is the meaning of the last paragraph?
   Discussion Question: Five significant characters have been introduced: Janie, Pheoby, Nanny, Logan and Joe. Make lists of what motivates each of these characters.
   Discuss the motifs
   Discuss the ideas of dreams

Read article on Eatonville. (handout)

Katakana Review

http://cmjsp.ist.unomaha.edu/review/l002-Katakana.php

http://japanese.about.com/library/blkatakana1.htm

http://edufire.com/games/flashcards?base_subject=english&target_subject=japanese&gclid=CLy4w_jJuZoCFQgNDQodmFzEdQ

quote of the week =)

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-Harold R. McAlindon

how to write a persuasive essay

how to use japanese particles