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Week 1 -
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 9/6/18
Went over Classroom Guidelines together
Went over Class Syllabus together
Did interactive group activity with sticky notes from Tuesday
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 9/7/18
Went over Emergency Procedures - Fire, Tornado, Lockdowns (2) and practiced lockdown
Viewed motivational speech "Navy Admiral Make Your Bed"
Discussed Senior Project Guidelines and protocol/expectations
Joined Google Classroom with code
Began discussing Leadership Qualities that all leaders should possess
Week 2 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 9/10/18
Gave E. C. website familiarization sheet
Did PP on leadership traits - wrote down responses and discussed
Introduced Power of Story and discussed what it means
Read together "With a Little Help from Your Mom" article and discussed Audience, Purpose, Tone, and Vocabulary
Passed out brainstorming sheet to fill in for tomorrow for 5 pts.  (should be complete)
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 9/11/17
Warmed up with GUM #1
Read aloud "10 Tips for Writing College Application Essays" (handout)
Took out Intro/Thesis from the other day and practiced giving valuable feedback for students
Assigned Body of Essay for Wednesday!
Got every student enrolled in Google Classroom and formatted paper in MLA style  
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 9/12/18
Peer reviewed "hooks" for College Application Essays/Scholarship Essays
Worked on essays using creativity and voice (computers) - 1st draft due next Monday!
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 9/13/18
Passed out rubrics for Monday's peer edit of College Application/Scholarship Essay
Divided into 5 groups to discuss issues related to the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
Introduced Active/Passive Voice - assigned 8/10 problems to answer for homework (on handout)
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 9/14/18
Corrected Active/Passive assignment from yesterday - ?/8
Introduced Eyes by going over 7 Discussion Statements - shared in class
Passed out Log Sheets for Eyes
Read aloud Ch. 1 in Eyes - Read Ch. 2 for Monday
Week 3 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 9/17/18
Announced results of Active/Passive Voice handout - gave retake opportunity
Evaluated/revised two peer essays for College Application/Scholarship
Filled in Log Sheets for Ch. 1-2 in Eyes
Read Ch. 3 aloud in class
Began discussing Ch. 1-3 in Eyes
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 9/18/18
Finished discussing Ch. 1-3 in Eyes
Went over vocabulary for Ch. 1-3 
Did Quickwrites: A) You are Janie under the pear tree.  Why is this your favorite spot?  What are you envisioning for the future?  Write as if a diary entry.
                           B) Janie is your granddaughter.  What advice are you going to impart to her as a grandpa/grandma as she enters this critical phase of her life?  (3 pts.   
                                 each)
Using computers, set up formatting for MLA style essay due Thursday!
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 9/19/18
Did GUM #2a for warm-up
Passed out Discussion Questions for Ch. 4-5 in Eyes - assigned one per student to focus on - discussed as a whole class
Went over vocabulary for Ch. 4-5 in Eyes
Assigned Ch. 6 focus area for each student - read rest of Ch. 6 "The flavor chapter" for tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 9/20/18
Discussed specific focus items from Ch. 6 in Eyes - shared aloud
Did final proofread/edit for College Application/Scholarship Essay 
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 9/21/18
Shared "Mule Symbolism/Motif" info from yesterday's small-group discussion
Went over Ch. 6-9 vocabulary from previous sheet
Read aloud Ch. 7-8 in parts in Eyes
Passed out Ch. 7-8 Discussion Questions for Monday - one per student
Week 4 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 9/24/18
Passed out article "NY is a City of Things Unnoticed" by Gay Talese
Tried to write with same style as the author (handout practice)
Discussed several writing techniques 
Shared ideas from Ch. 7-8 of Eyes from assigned question (Friday)
Assigned "Letter to Jody" (15 pts.)
Read through Ch. 10 for tomorrow in Eyes
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 9/25/18
Did PP on Who, Whom, Whoever, Whomever, and Whose
Did handout on Who, Whom for points (will be graded tomorrow!)
Participated in quizlet.live for review of Eyes Vocabulary Ch. 1-9 for Thursday
Assigned Letter to Jody (from Janie) for Friday!  15 points if included dialect
Read Ch. 11 for tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 9/26/18
Corrected Who, Whom, Whose Handout
Discussed Ch. 9-11 in Eyes
Read aloud Ch. 12 in Eyes
Worked on Letter to Jody for Friday
Read Ch. 13-14 for tomorrow in Eyes
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 9/27/18
Finished up Letter to Jody
Discussed Ch. 13-14 with handout
Took Eyes Quiz Ch. 1-9 vocabulary
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 9/28/18
Announced opportunity for redo of Eyes Vocab Ch. 1-9
Passed out new vocabulary sheet for Ch. 10-20 - went over words and definitions together
Defined Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, and Allusion
Worked on Figurative Language Handout for Eyes in small groups of 2-3
Week 5 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 10/1/18
Discussed Big Events from Ch.15-17 in Eyes - took a few notes
Did GUM #3 for warm-up
Read aloud pp. 154-162 in Eyes Ch. 18 - finish novel for Thursday
Finished up Figurative Language Handout due tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 10/2/18
Went over Subject/Verb Agreement handout for practice
Discussed items from Ch. 18 from yesterday in Eyes
Showed OWL Purdue website on overhead for MLA style
Showed mel.org database location
Gave cheat sheet for citation
Passed out Research Tidbits for Eyes - pick 4 out of 9 to research and put into proper format
Used chrome books to get started!
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 10/3/18
Became familiar with the new mel.org website
Registered with turnitin.com
Used chrome books to work on Eyes Research Tidbits
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 10/4/18
Worked on Research Tidbits for Eyes - used chrome books with proper MLA-style citation
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 10/5/18
No Class - 1/2 Day
Week 6 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 10/8/18
Went over Ch. 19-20 in Eyes (handout)
Finished Research Tidbits (watched for formatting errors)
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 10/9/18
Discussed Postreading Questions 1-13 for Eyes - each student to answer one question in discussion format
Wrote down thematic topics that the story deals with
Explained how to formulate a Theme in sentence form - Lessons learned? What do we learn about human nature?
Listed all the literary devices we could think of 
Picked 2 devices that best led to the theme you came up with
Passed out Critical Analysis Description (went over together)
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 10/10/18
Passed out Critical Analysis Description and Format
Showed sample hook/thesis for paper
Wrote an effective hook/thesis plus a couple body paragraphs for Critical Analysis
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 10/11/18
Worked on Critical Analysis (emphasis on 2nd main literary device used by Hurston)
Submitted through turnitin.com the Research Tidbits for Eyes
Week 7 - 
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 10/15/18
Explained research project (specs)
  • Potential career choice
  • 1100-1300 words (4-5 pp.)
  • 8 sources cited in text (5+ from mel.org)
  • own words (25% or less "borrowed")
  • MLA style
  • Source Cards
  • Note Cards
  • Prelim Outline
  • Hook/Thesis
  • Rough Draft
  • Final Draft w/ Works Cited
Went to library to research possibilities for paper
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 10/16/18
Took Eyes Test 1-50
Edited and polished Critical Analysis for Eyes due date (tomorrow)
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 10/17/18
Passed back Eyes Tests and went over them
Passed out Senior Research Project Deadline Sheet and discussed
Went to library to work on brainstorming ideas for research plus obtaining sources
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 10/18/18
Went to library to work on finding 8 credible sources for research paper!  Cite in MLA!!!
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 10/19/18
Went over how to do a Preliminary Outline
Went to library to meet today's deadline for research (8 sources in MLA)
Week 8 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 10/22/18
Went to library to work on Preliminary Outline for tomorrow's deadline
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 10/23/18
Went to library to work on Preliminary Outline Deadline (today)
Worked on Note Cards when finished
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 10/24/18
Went to library to work on Note Cards for research paper!
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 10/25/18
Worked on Research Note Cards in the library
Listened to Guest Speaker - Mrs. Munro concerning senior issues, college/career items 
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 10/26/18
Went to library to work on Note Cards for Monday's deadline (20 minimum)
Week 9 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 10/29/18
Went to library to work on Note Cards for research deadline (20 minimum)
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 10/30/18
Went over Thesis/Intro writing for research
Passed out Animal Farm Historical Background Worksheet to complete with chrome books
Worked on thesis/intro if get done early
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 10/31/18
Went over Historical Background Sheet from yesterday
Passed out notetaking sheets for each student
Defined Allegory, Satire, and Fable 
Passed out novels/took #'s
Read aloud Ch. 1 in class - Read Ch. 2 for tomorrow
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 11/1/18
Passed out Log Starters for students to complete
   A) When I started the book, I thought...
   B) I am intrigued by _______ because...
   C) I feel that the Rebellion (animal uprising) is going to...
Gave nameplates to students and took notes over characters so far in the novel
Shared ideas with class 
Took additional notes over Ch. 1
Went over vocabulary for Ch. 1-2
Read Ch. 3-4 for tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 11/2/18
Went over Subject/Verb Agreement handout for practice
Passed out Ch. 1-3 literary sheet for open discussion
Took notes over Ch. 3-4
Read Ch. 5 for Monday!
Week 10 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 11/5/18
Did Kahoot review for subject/verb agreement
Discussed plagiarism and how to format final paper for research
Passed out Ch. 5 handout dealing with events from Ch. 5 - discussed together
Read Ch. 6 for tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 11/6/18
Reviewed vocabulary for Ch. 1-5 in A. F.
Assigned two events from Ch. 6 to match up with handout description
Introduced "Doublespeak" and did a matching of euphemistic terms
Passed out "Fearful Syrians" article and read aloud - discussed purpose, audience, main idea, and reasons for using doublespeak
Read a brief portion of Ch. 7 - assigned rest of Ch. 7 for tomorrow and Ch. 8 for Thursday 
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 11/7/18
Did Kahoot activity (advertising slogans game)
Discussed advertising as a form of propaganda - Slogans, Repetition, and Appealing to Audience's Fears
Made poster with two examples of each category from magazines (with captions explaining the influence) 
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 11/8/18
Shared Advertising Poster with the class
Did Parallel Structure PP
Did Parallel Structure Handout for a grade (Evens)
Did Reader's Log #2 for A. F.
    A) I was surprised when...
    B) My least favorite character so far is _____ because...
    C) One thing that I have noticed about the author's style is...
Passed out Ch. 7-8 "Puzzling Events" and matched descriptions with the events from the novel
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 11/9/18
Went over vocab for the rest of the novel Ch. 5-10
Read and discussed "The Very Proper Gander" for Irony, Satire, and Theme
Worked on Final Draft Research Paper - due Monday!
Week 11 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 11/12/18
Took Notes over Ch. 9 in Animal Farm
Did practice quizlet.live for Historical Background terms and vocabulary for Animal Farm
Watched Part I of Animal Farm video
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 11/13/18
Saw Part II of Animal Farm movie
Took Notes over Big Issues with the novel - Themes, Satire, Irony, Responsibilities of Electorate and those in office
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 11/14/18
Saw rest of Animal Farm Movie
Did quizlet.live review for Historical Background and Vocabulary for Animal Farm
Did verb tense practice (perfect tenses) 
Week 12 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, Tuesday, 11/19/18-11/20/18
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2nd Trimester - Week 1 -
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 11/27/18
Went over general classroom guidlines for behavior
Did 1-8 interactive activity with sticky notes
Went over Emergency Procedures including Lockdowns, Tornado Drill, and Fire Drill
Went over English 12A Course Syllabus together
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 11/28/18
Showed inspirational clip of Navy Admiral Speech
Passed out Senior Project Guidelines and Event Packets and discussed
Took Part I of English 12A Pretest
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 11/29/18
Gave E. C. Parent Familiarization Sheet for Mr. Rupp's website
Discussed Leadership Qualities on PP - put responses in notebook
Analyzed an article by Carol Jago entitled "With a Little Help from Your Mom" - College Application Process
Gave two prompt options for College Application Essays
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 11/30/18
Discussed the importance of answering a college essay prompt completely and thoroughly!
Discussed the key ideas from the article "What College Application Officers Want In a Candidate"
Brainstormed ideas for personal background and life experiences (due Monday 10 pts)
Gave handout of scholarship opportunities involving an essay prompt - pick one for Monday
Evaluated effective/ineffective hooks/intros for college application essays
For Monday, write the hook for your personal scholarship/application essay
Week 2 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 12/3/18
Peer edited "hook and thesis" for Scholarship Essay or College Application Essay 
Worked on essay due late this week
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 12/4/18
Passed out rubrics for Friday's semifinal draft peer edit - went over expectations
Introduced novel's ideas/themes by small group discussion on Envy/Jealousy, Self-Discovery, Friendship, Marriage, and Storytelling
Went over Active/Passive Voice concepts on PP and then did a handout associated with it (8 statements to change)
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 12/5/18
Corrected Active/Passive Voice Handout from yesterday
Introduced Eyes with Discussion Starters on PP
Passed out Eyes books and took #'s
Passed out Log Sheets to fill out daily
Read aloud Ch. 1 in Eyes
Read Ch. 2 in Eyes for tomorrow!
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 12/6/18
Announced results from yesterday's Active/Passive Voice handout - gave redo opportunity
Took out Log Sheets - filled in feedback from Ch. 1-2 in Eyes (summary/what strikes me)
Shared aloud responses
Read Ch. 3 aloud in class pp. 21-25
Discussed Ch. 1-3 using Discussion Questions on PP (handout)
Went over vocabulary for Ch. 1-3 (handout)
Assigned reading of Ch. 4-5 for tomorrow
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 12/7/18
Passed out Ch. 4-5 questions to discuss as a group
Assigned reading of Ch. 6 with focus pages (assigned to each person)
Went over College Application/Scholarship Essays with two peers - evaluated with rubric - turn in on Monday!
Week 3 - 
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 12/10/18
Did Quickwrite on "Pear Tree"/"Grandparent Advice" for Eyes
Discussed 10 specialty items for Ch. 6 in Eyes - Color Chapter
Read aloud Ch. 7-8 in text in parts pp. 76-87
In small groups, discussed symbolism from Ch. 6 as it relates to the mule motif and connections to Janie
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 12/11/18
Warmed up with GUM #2a (Eyes focus)
Passed out "Mule" Motif Handout to come up with mule references in the novel
Shared ideas with the entire class
Went over vocabulary for Ch. 4-9 in Eyes
Went over discussion questions for Eyes Ch. 7-8 (only got through first three Q.)
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 12/12/18
Did sentence combining exercise with "NY is a City of Things Unnoticed"
Evaluated creative writing style of author
Discussed Ch. 7-8 in Eyes - (4-7) 
Assigned "Letter to Jody" - went over specs for the paper due Monday
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 12/13/18
Did PP on Who, Whom, Whose, Whoever, Whomever
Assigned Who, Whom Handout for tomorrow
Participated in quizlet.live for vocab practice (Ch. 1-9 in Eyes)
Worked on "Letter to Jody" due Monday
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 12/14/18
Corrected Who, Whom Handout
Discussed Ch. 10-11 in Eyes with question handout - assigned 3 each
Read Ch. 12-13 (portion) - read rest of Ch. 13 and 14 for Monday
Week 4 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 12/17/18
Passed out Ch. 13-14 Discussion Questions for Eyes
Assigned one each, then discussed questions as a class
Did Kahoot Review for vocabulary quiz (tomorrow) Ch. 1-9 in Eyes
Finished and printed "Letter to Jody" and caught up on Daily Logs 
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 12/18/18
Took Eyes Vocabulary Quiz Ch. 1-9
Passed out Ch. 10-20 vocabulary list and went over definitions together
Passed out Simile/Metaphor/Personification/Allusion/Hyperbole assignment - find 2 of each in text
Worked on in partners 
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 12/19/18
Announced retake of Eyes Vocab Quiz Ch. 1-9 (by Friday deadline!)
Discussed Big Events from Ch. 15-17 in Eyes
Read aloud in parts most of Ch. 18 in Eyes
Gave about 15 minutes to work on Eyes Figurative Language Handout from yesterday
Read through rest of novel for Friday
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 12/20/18
Did Subject/Verb Agreement handout, p. 5 of One-Stop Planner
Discussed Ch. 18 in Eyes - Hurricane chapter
Showed OWL Purdue website for research
Showed mel.org website for research format
Passed out Eyes Research Tidbits handout for mini research process - pick 4
Got started with chrome books
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 12/21/18
Worked on Eyes Research Tidbits, plus any other make-up work
Merry Christmas!
Week 5 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 1/7/19
Went over Ch. 19-20 Eyes Discussion Questions with PP
Worked on Research Tidbits for Eyes - gave Join Key and Class ID for turnitin.com
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 1/8/19
Discussed Post-Reading Questions from Eyes novel - shared in class personal responses
Finished up Research Tidbits for Eyes
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 1/9/19
Wrote down thematic topics that the novel dealt with
Explained how to write a "theme"
Listed literary devices that authors use
Picked two devices that best lead to the theme of the story
For tomorrow, write a hook and thesis for the essay
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 1/10/19
Went over Eyes vocab from before break
Passed out Critical Analysis format handout and went over together
Evaluated hook/thesis from a partner
Wrote 1st half of Critical Analysis for tomorrow - Body Paragraphs with support and quotes
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 1/11/19
Went over Literary Terms in preparation for next week's test over Eyes (Tuesday)
Worked on Critical Analysis 2nd half (2nd literary device and conclusion)
Week 6 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 1/14/19
Did quizlet.live for test review (vocab and literary terms) 
Eyes Test is tomorrow!
Peer edited Critical Analysis and helped with peer revision
Typed Critical Analysis
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 1/15/19
Did quizlet.live final review for Eyes Test
Took Eyes Test - 1-50
Worked on Critical Analysis
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 1/16/19
Went over Eyes Tests from yesterday
Worked on Critical Analysis for tomorrow's deadline
Passed out rubric to follow
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 1/17/19
Explained Research Project specs - Potential Career Choice, number of words, number of sources, turnitin guidelines, MLA style, source cards, preliminary outline, note cards, hook/thesis, rough draft, final draft with Works Cited page
Went to library to brainstorm ideas online
Week 7 -
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 1/22/19
Went over MLA citation for mel.org
Went to library to look for 8 sources for paper
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 1/24/19
Went to library to work on deadline for Source Cards (8 min.)
Gave deadline sheet schedule for Research Project
Week 8 -
No School - Snow and Cold!!
Week 9 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 2/4/19
Worked on Preliminary Outline for Research in library
Assignments for English 12A - Tuesday, 2/5/19
Went over Note Taking procedures/format for research
Went to library to work on Note Cards for research
Assignments for English 12A - Wednesday, 2/6/19
Went to library to work on Note Cards for research
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 2/7/19
Went to library to work on Note Cards for Research Paper
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 2/8/19
Went to library to meet Note Card deadline (today) of 20 cards minimum
Week 10 - 
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 2/11/19
Went over Hook/Thesis writing for research - gave handout for sample
Passed out Animal Farm Historical Equivalent Background Sheet to fill out from online websites - will share ideas tomorrow
Assignments for English 12A - Thursday, 2/14/19
Went over Historical Background sheet and took additional notes, if needed
Passed out Note Taking Sheets for Animal Farm
Defined Allegory, Satire, and Fable - notes
Passed out books and took #'s
Read aloud Ch. 1 in Animal Farm
Read Ch. 2 for tomorrow
Assignments for English 12A - Friday, 2/15/19
Passed out Log Starters to complete
A) When I started the book, I thought...
B) I am intrigued by __________(name) because...
C) I feel that the Rebellion (animal uprising) is going to...
Gave nameplates to students
Found partners - shared ideas about each character
Took additional notes over Ch. 1-2 
Did vocabulary for Ch. 1-2
Read Ch. 3-4 for Monday
Week 11 -
Assignments for English 12A - Monday, 2/18/19
Went over Subject/Verb Agreement Rules and Handout for practice
Passed out handout for Ch. 1-3 in Animal Farm - answered 1-3 on own, then split up to discuss 4-8
Took notes over Ch. 3-4 in Animal Farm
Did vocabulary for Ch. 3-4
Began Ch. 5 reading if time permitted - read rest of Ch. 5 for tomorrow
Week 12 - 
Week 13 -
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