Wednesday, November 30, 2016

High Tide in Tucson concept discussion in conjunction with previous essay prompt and as a precursor to today's prompt.

10H
Vocab Essay Test
One week out from project due date.  Basic checklist for reminder:
-Photo Shoot
-Display board
-"Making of" documentary
-Questionairre
-Poem
-Process photos

10
Vocab Essay Test
Glass Castle Take Home Part 2 due Friday

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

10H
Wordwright words---We will take it on Friday
Lying In a Hammock At William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota---Poetry explication
Project check ins

10
Book check out
Read/take home test work time
Wordwright words---Friday

Monday, November 28, 2016

10H
Glass Castle test

10
In-class review of Glass Castle Section 2 Take Home Quiz

Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday 11/18
10H
G Castle Guiding Questions Pt. 2.
A Choice of Weapons and Into Thin Air prompts
Both are on G-Class

10
Finish G-Castle take home test

Wed/Thurs 11/16-11/17
New Vocab: attrition, circumvent, cohesive, sanction, grievous, inundate, oblivious, reticent, robust, aghast
G-Class: multiple uses over the last couple days.  Stay up to date

Tuesday 11/15
Read time on Glass Castle and text excerpts

Monday, November 14, 2016

10H
G-Class response
Glass Castle discussion of chapter ends on page 25 and 61

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G-Class response
Glass Castle: started reading in class.  See me for a copy of the "take as you read" quiz

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

VOCAB TEST/ESSAY THIS WEEK

Tuesday, Nov. 8

10H
Check G-Class for details on reading and response questions

10
G-Class High Tide questions- mandatory
No Red Ink- both assignments mandatory.  Hour 6 Code: 79ew9fka   Hr. 7 Code: 3dmc9ka7
Continue reading memoir excerpts from text (see previous posts for schedule)


Monday Nov. 7

10H
G-Class Response
Glass Castle introductory discussions


Friday, November 4, 2016

10H
Glass Castle: Book handout, reading time, and model discussion over title, Dylan Thomas intro poem, and end of Ch. 1.  Focus on end of each chapter for class discussion.

10
Memoir excerpts and NRI diagnostic.  Makeup work

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

10H
G-Class read and respond/discuss
Replication source search continues

10
Upcoming reading in textbook---starts in the high 400's and low 500's:
High Tide in Tucson
A Choice of Weapons
Into Thin Air
102 Minutes
And of Clay are We Created

NEW VOCAB FOR ALL
equivocate, fortuitous, impeccable, liaison, predisposed, propensity, reprehensible, sham, solace, solicitous


Tuesday

10H
Replication Project source search

10
"Typhoid Fever" and questions #5-6 from pg. 493 in text.
No Red Ink grammar and usage diagnostic