Mr. Davis
2nd Semester
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Week 20
Monday 5/16
- No bell assignment
- work-day for review guide: due on day of final exam for extra credit
Tuesday 5/17
- No bell assignment
- review for final exam: focus on grammar and research skills
- Purdue OWL (has both research and grammar sections)
Wednesday 5/18
- No bell assignment
- review for final exam: focus on Animal Farm and Anthem
- Animal Farm and Anthem
Thursday 5/19
- No bell assignment
- review for final exam: focus on Asian Lit and Central/South American Lit
Friday 5/20
Final exams begin today!
1st and 4th hour - Friday, May 20
2nd and 5th hour - Monday, May 23
3rd and 6th hour - Tuesday, May 24
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Week 19
Monday 5/9
- Bell Assignment: With yesterday being mother’s day, tell me about a good time you shared with your mother or a mother-like figure. What made it special?
- Finish preparation of discussion materials over poems and vinettes from Friday
Tuesday 5/10
- No Bell Assignment
- Fishbowl discussions: 6:00 - 8:00 per group depending on class
- Discussions over poems and vignettes
Wednesday 5/11
- Bell Assignment: Continue the story starter: "I awoke in a cold sweat. Was that really a dream I just had? I wondered to myself. Looking around, I realized I wasn't in my bedroom..."
- Finish fishbowl discussions
Thursday 5/12
- No Bell Assignment
- RAP: "The Night Face Up" p. 1300-1309
- Discuss pre-reading question
- How did the Aztecs do human sacrifice?
- Clip: Apocalypto - human sacrifice
Friday 5/13
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Finish RAP: "The Night Face Up" - due Monday
- Begin reviewing for final exam
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Week 18
Monday 5/2
- Bell Assignment: With only 3 full weeks of school remaining, what thoughts are going through your head? If you could go back to August, would you do anything differently? Do it all the same? Why?
- Questions from “Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind”? Collect RAP sheets
- Review timed writing guidelines - Will do 30 minute timed writing tomorrow during class!
Tuesday 5/3
- No Bell Assignment
- Timed Writing: 30 minutes
- Peer Evaluation (if time allows): Read, Identify thesis and main points (circle them), Use Rubric to give score
- Collect essays + Rubric
Wednesday 5/4
- Bell Assignment: Think of a natural disaster (tornado, volcano eruption, earthquake, etc.) and describe some of the images. You can do this in a story starter, or imagine looking at the wreckage and describe it.
- Discuss backgrond/context for Central/South American Unit
- RAP: "And Of Clay Are We Created" - due friday
- Pictures of Omayra Sanchez here
Thursday 5/5
- No Bell Assignment
- Finish RAP: "And Of Clay Are We Created" - due tomorrow
- Introduce Poems and Vignettes for fishbowl discussion - guidelines here
Friday 5/6
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect Bell Assignments
- Assign poems and vignettes for fishbowl discussion on Tuesday (Today and Monday are work days)
- Poems and vignettes here
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Week 17
Monday 4/25
- Bell Assignment: Write about a recent problem you faced or something with which you struggled(you can make one up if you don’t want to get too personal) but write about it in third person. (Refer to yourself by name and use pronouns like he/she)
- Answer questions regarding Taoist Anecdotes. Collect sheet
- Read Background on Indian Literature p. 446-453 - Accompanying notes sheet here. Will discuss tomorrow
- TED Video: “All it takes is 10 mindful minutes”
Tuesday 4/26
- No Bell Assignment
- Check background questions from yesterday and discuss
- Introduce the Mahabharata - Will read “Hundred Questions” tomorrow
Wednesday 4/27
- Bell assignment: Continue the story starter: "Coming to the sacred river in search of water, I could feel a spiritual presence. I did not know what it was until it spoke. 'I've been waiting for you, __________, but before you drink, you must answer my questions. If you should choose not to answer the questions, you will die.' ..."
- RAP: "Hundred Questions" (p.458-466) from the Mahabharata - Due tomorrow!
- Scene of Yudhistira being questioned by the lake (film by Peter Brooks)
- Just for fun: scene of Monty Python's bridge keeper questioning Arthur's Knights...
Thursday 4/28
- No bell assignment
- Answer questions over RAP: "Hundred Questions" and collect
- RAP: "Philosophy and Spiritual Discipline" (p.467-476) from the Bhagavad-Gita (from the Mahabharata)
- Scene of Arjuna speaking with Lord Krishna
Friday 4/29
- Bell assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect Bell Assignments
- Collect RAP: "Philosophy and Spiritual discipline"
- RAP: "Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind" p. (478-483): due Monday
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Week 16
Monday 4/18
- Bell Assignment: Write a haiku about something you would find in the refrigerator. (for me, I did something that expired or got moldy)
- Share haiku from Friday's homework (5 pts)
- In-class roulette writing - renga - two tankas of 5-7-5-7-7 and 5-7-5-7-7 (10 pts)
Tuesday 4/19
- No Bell Assignment
- Introduce and discuss Zen Buddhism
- Read Zen Parables p. 589-595.
- Complete chart for Zen parables – due tomorrow
Wednesday 4/20
- Bell Assignment: Confucius believed that all people could develop good moral character. List five qualities that you admire in people you know. How do these qualities reflect good moral character?
- Any questions over Zen parables? Collect sheet
- Read Analects of Confucius p. 536-540
- Complete work for Analects – due tomorrow
Thursday 4/21
- No Bell Assignment
- Questions over Confucius' work? Collect sheet
- Read about Lao-Tzu and Tao Te Ching p. 541-544- work is here - due tomorrow
Friday 4/22
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments
- Questions over Tao Te Ching? Collect work.
- Read Taoist Anecdotes p. 547-550. Accompanying work is here. Due Monday!
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Week 15
Monday 4/11
PARCC Testing - No class work
Tuesday 4/12
PARCC Testing - No class work
Wednesday 4/13
PARCC Testing - No class work
Thursday 4/14
- No bell Assignment
- Collect any remaining discussion make-up paragraphs
- Introduce Asian literature unit
- Introduce Tanka poetry (handout is here), read poems on pages 569-570, write one of your own
Friday 4/15
- No Bell Assignment
- Share Tanka poems
- Introduce Haikus (handout is here), read poems
- Take a walking field trip for haiku inspiration
- write two of your own
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Week 14
Monday 4/4
- Bell Assignment: Read the following description of dystopian novels:
“Dystopian societies appear in many subgenres of fiction and are often used to draw attention to real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, economics, religion, psychology, ethics, science, and/or technology, which if unaddressed could potentially lead to such a dystopia-like condition.”
Do you think that a society like the one described in Anthem could ever exist? Why/why not? ¡
- Recap chapters 1-2 and collect questions
- Read chapters 3-6 and complete questions for chapters 3-6
Tuesday 4/5
- No Bell Assignment
- Recap chapters 3-6 and collect questions
- Read chapters 7-9 and complete questions for chapters 7-9
- Will compare Anthem to Rush’s 2112 on Thursday - Graded discussion to follow on Friday
Wednesday 4/6
- Bell Assignment: start a story or poem that includes the following words:fear, secret, rebel, threat
- Recap chapters 7-9 and collect questions
- Read chapters 10-12 and complete questions for chapters 10-12
Thursday 4/7
- Listen to "2112" by Rush
- Complete comparison sheet while listening - lyrics here
- Will be used for graded whole-class discussion tomorrow
Friday 4/8
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments
- Graded whole-class discussion over Anthem and "2112"
- Discussion make-up: For each contribution missed, write 1 well-developed paragraph (at least 5 senteces) about an aspect of Anthem, "2112", or both.
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Week 13
Monday 3/28
- Bell Assignment: Continue one of the following statements and add at least 2 sentences:
“I know it’s spring when…” OR “I know it’s summer when…”
- Begin RAP “How Much Land Does A Man Need?”
Tuesday 3/29
- No Bell Assignment
- Finish RAP “How Much Land Does A Man Need?” - Due tomorrow
- Annotate Dystopia information
Wednesday 3/30
- Bell Assignment: Continue the story starter:“The year is 2030; I think. We stopped officially counting after the great war of 2016. The world is so different now…”
- Discussion question #3 on RAP "How much land does a man need?" - Collect RAP sheet
- Discuss Dystopias
- Watch first 15 minutes of Minority Report - example of dystopia (will not be continued after today)
Thursday 3/31
- No Bell Assignment
- Provide philosophy of Ayn Rand - Read and discuss
- Assign Anthem books
Friday 4/1
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Read chapter 1 as a class
- Read chapter 2 over weekend
- Complete questions for chapters 1 and 2: Due Monday!
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Week 12
3/21-3/25: SPRING BREAK: No School
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Week 11
- Online/downloadable version of Animal Farm accessible here
Monday 3/14
- Bell Assignment: Remember the last time that something went wrong for you and you blamed something or someone for what went wrong. Was it really what or whom you blamed?
-If yes, have you have ever wrongfully blamed someone or
something? Why?
-If no, why did you do it?
- Animal Farm pledge of allegiance + Beasts of England + reading of the commandments
- Read chapters 6&7 on your own
- Questions for chapters 6&7 are due tomorrow!
Tuesday 3/15
- No Bell Assignment
- Animal Farm pledge of allegiance + reading of the commandments
- Finish questions for chapters 6&7 - due Today!
- Animal Farm Projects hand-out: one of the projects due Friday!
- Will start Chapter 8 as a class
Wednesday 3/16
- Bell Assignment: Write a journal entry as one of the animals who just witnessed the execution of several comrades. What do you feel? What images do you remember?
- Finish the novel – audiobook chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 10
- Chapters 8-10 questions due tomorrow
- Computer lab 202 tomorrow!
Thursday 3/17
- Computer lab to work on Animal Farm project - due tomorrow!
- Questions for chapters 8-10 due today!
Friday 3/18
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments
- Share Animal Farm projects in small groups - pick group bests and a class best
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Week 10
Monday 3/7
- Finish discussing the Russian Revolution powerpoint
- Assign books tomorrow
- Read Animal Farm chapter 1
- Online/downloadable version of Animal Farm accessible here
Tuesday 3/8
- Bell Assignment: What freedoms do we take for granted in the USA? Do you think we have too much freedom? WHat does "freedom" mean to you?
- Finish Chapter 1 of Animal Farm
- Read Chapter 2 of Animal Farm
- Complete questions for chapters 1 and 2: due tomorrow!
Wednesday 3/9
- Bell Assignment: "Write a journal entry as an animal (who is apparently already literate J) waking up on their first day as a “free” animal. How do you feel? What do you envision?"
- Animal Farm pledge of allegiance + Beasts of England + reading of the commandments
- Discuss the rest of chapter 2
- Read chapter 3 : questions for chapters 3-5 due Friday
- Be prepared for the Hotseat Friday: Will have students role play for characters (Old Major, Mr. Jones, one of the other pigs…) - Two original, open-ended questions (not text based)
Thursday 3/10
- No Bell Assignment
- Animal Farm pledge of allegiance + Beasts of England+ reading of the commandments
- Read chapters 4 and 5 – complete questions – due tomorrow!
- Be prepared for the Hotseat tomorrow
Friday 3/11
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments
- Finish chapter 5
- Animal Farm pledge of allegiance + Beasts of England+ reading of the commandments
- Hotseat: Old Major, Mr. Jones, Snowball (if time allows)
- Collect chapters 3-5 questions
- Begin Chapter 6 (if time allows)
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Week 9
RESEARCH CALENDAR HERE
Monday 2/29
- No bell assignment
- Final day in the computer lab! Research paper due Friday! Presentations on Thursday!
Tuesday 3/1
- No bell assignment
- Collect research materials for early turn-in
- Discuss and define Satire. Political cartoon 1 and 2.
- Watch example of satire – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- NOTE: I am in no way trying to sway any student’s political belief with the use of the above video. I am simply capitalizing on the fact that this day was “Super Tuesday” in which many states are voting in their primary elections for presidential candidates, in addition to the fact that Donald Trump is the front-runner of the Republican primary race and that this is a great example of modern satire in mainstream media.
- Animal Farm anticipation guide is due tomorrow!
Wednesday 3/2
- No bell assignment
- Fishbowl discussions over Animal Farm anticipation guide
Thursday 3/3
- No bell assignment
- Research presentations due!
- Continue and finish fishbowl discussions if time allow
Friday 4/4
- No bell assignment
- Research paper due!
- Powerpoint on Russian Revolution. Accessible here.
4th - 6th hour:
webquest accessible here
complete questions 6-12, 20, 21 (click "read more" on site), and 22. Due Monday.
Check out these 100 year old photos from Russia that have been restored with color
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Week 8
Monday 2/22
- No bell assignment
- Peer Reviews in class: goal is to complete 2. Rubric here.
- Will be in computer lab Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Transitioning into new unit on Friday.
- Early turn-in for research is FRIDAY!
Tuesday 2/23
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue working on Final draft
Wednesday 2/24
NO SCHOOL - Snow day
Thursday 2/25
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue working on Final draft
- Everything pushed back 1 day
Friday 2/26
- No bell assignment
- Research due for early turn-in! - NOW EXTENDED TO SUNDAY - EMAIL ME A COPY BY 9:00 P.M. - OTHER MATERIALS WILL BE DUE MONDAY
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Week 7
Monday 2/15
NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Tuesday 2/16
- No bell assignment
- Time in computer lab (schedule originally said classroom)
- Rough Draft formal outline due today!!
Wednesday 2/17
- No bell assignment
- Introduce rough draft of essay: 2-3 pages + revised works cited page
-due by end of the hour Friday!
Thursday 2/18
- No bell assignment
- Continue working on rough draft
Friday 2/19
- No bell assignment
- Rough draft + revised works cited is due by end of the hour! Print 2 copies! (will do peer reviews on Monday)
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Week 6
Monday 2/8
- No bell assignment
- Discuss working outline and thesis statements. Thesis statement practice here.
- Reminders: Computer lab all week (after today). Working outline due Tuesday, Works cited due Wednesday, Rough draft topic outline due Tuesday 2/16.
Tuesday 2/9
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue working
- Thesis statement practice due!
- Working outline and thesis statement due Today!
Wednesday 2/10
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue working
- Works cited due today!
- Introduce Rough Draft Topic Outline
Thursday 2/11
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue working
- Rough draft topic outline due Tuesday 2/16
Friday 2/12
NO SCHOOL - Teacher's Institute
Week 5
Monday 2/1
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue finding sources
- SAT/ACT Vocabulary quizlet list here - Quiz on Thursday
Tuesday 2/2
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue finding sources
- 3 sources + 30 facts due!
Wednesday 2/3
- No bell assignment
- Classroom: Citation practice - in-text and works cited
- Practice with in-text citations accessible here
Thursday 2/4
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue finding sources
- SAT/ACT Vocabulary quiz #4
Friday 2/5
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue finding sources
- 5 Sources + 50 facts due!
- SAT/ACT vocabulary quizlet list #5 here - quiz is Thursday 2/11
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Week 4
Monday 1/25
- No bell assignment
- Discussion of using "forbidden" research sites (Wikipedia, ProCon.org) to produce usable information
- Continue to hone our topics and begin to find sources
- Topic due tomorrow at end of the hour! 1st source due Thursday beginning of hour!
Tuesday 1/26
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to continue finding topics and sources
- Reseaerch schedule here
- Topic due by end of the hour!
- Quizlet for next vocab quiz here
Wednesday 1/27
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab to find continue finding sources
- 1st source due tomorrow!
- Avoiding plagiarism information (from Purdue Online Writing Lab) here
- Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing information (from Purdue Online Writing Lab) here
- Is it plagiarism? quiz (from Cornell University) here
- Cornell Notes sheet accessible here
Thursday 1/28
- No bell assignment
- Vocab Quiz #3
- 1st source due! Will be used for in-class work
- Different types of notetaking - cornell, note cards, annotation
- 1st source + 10 facts due tomorrow!
Friday 1/29
- No bell assignment
- 1st source + 10 facts due today!
- 3 sources + 30 facts due Tuesday 2/2!
- Purdue OWL - MLA formatting and style guide here
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Week 3
Monday 1/18
NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/19
- Bell Assignment: How do you find the information you need on the internet? What is your strategy?
- Reminder: Parent letter for research is due Thursday!
- Re-locate to computer lab: research activity – finding information from a website
- Student chart for website here – RESEARCH WEBSITE accessible here
- Extension – evaluate credibility of ONE of the following website pairs – write a 1 paragraph response making a self-generated claim about the websites and provide evidence from the websites to support your claim
1. Chemistry – Website 1 and Website 2
2. Food – Website 1 and Website 2
3. Water – Website 1 and Website 2
4. Endangered Animals – Website 1 and Website 2
- Accessing databases information sheet here
- Additional information on evaluating credibility of websites here
1/20/2016
NO SCHOOL - SNOW DAY #1
1/21/2016
- Bell assignment: Continue the story starter: “Although it wasn’t much snow, it was enough to cancel school. I should be happy, but for some reason I was not…”
- Collect parent letters for research
- Collect 1 paragraph writing on credibility of 2 websites (posted 1/19)
- Discuss argument, persuasion, propaganda
- Read through the sample argumentative essay provided on passing a bond levy. Complete the questions provided on the “intro to argumentation” sheet.
- vocab quiz for today has been pushed to Friday. Vocabulary list is on quizlet - accessible here.
1/22/2016
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments
- Vocab quiz #2
- Discuss and brainstorm topics for research - general topic due Tuesday!
- EHS Grades 9-10 Research Unit Packet
- Websites to help you find a current issue: MSN, BBC, CNN, Independent
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Week 2
1/11/2016
- Bell Assignment:
“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: to rise above the little things.” - Unknown
What do you think this quote means? Do you think you are consumed by “the little things?” Why/Why not?
- Review linking verbs and action verbs
- Collect Friday’s work over verbs
- Notes over Adjectives and Adverbs
- Independent practice: Adjectives and Adverbs Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 - Due tomorrow!
- Quizlet for Thursdays vocabulary quiz here
1/12/2016
- No bell assignment
- Review adjectives and adverbs
- Collect last night's work over Adjectives and Adverbs
- Notes for Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
- Throwback to grade school: Conjunction Junction video by Schoolhouse Rock
- Independent practice: Prepositions, Conjunctions Page 1 Page 2 - Due tomorrow!
1/13/2016
- Bell Assignment: Start a story or poem that includes the following words - devil, rampage, transition, hope
- Review Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
- Collect last night's work over prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
- Review the 8 parts of speech + phrases + clauses + Subjects
- NO homework
1/14/2016
- No Bell Assignment
- SAT/ACT vocabulary quiz #1
- Parent letter for research - due Thursday 1/21
- Research Unit guidelines
- Grammar quiz #2 tomorrow - 8 parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and subjects
- Some websites to brainstorm research topics: here, here, and here
1/15/2016
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Grammar quiz #2
- Continue braingstorming research topics: research topic powerpoint
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Week 1
1/4/2016
- Bell Assignment: Tell me about the best thing that happened to you over Christmas break.
- New seating charts
- SAT vocabulary list – weekly quizzes starts next week (dates of quizzes were given in class)
- Complete 8 parts of speech diagnostic assessment in class - assess yourself
- 8 parts of speech chart – due tomorrow!
1/5/2016
- No Bell Assingment
- Check 8 parts of speech chart for completion
- Provide notes 8 parts of speech, subject, predicate, phrase, clause, nouns, pronouns and discuss.
- Independent work: Grammar #1 - Subjects/Predicates/Nouns/Pronouns Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
1/6/2016
- Bell Assignment:
Continue the story starter:“Stupid research project, I thought to myself while I flipped through some old books at the library. As I thumbed through the chapters of an old book of poetry, a photograph fell out. When I picked up the photograph and looked at it, I…”
- Compare last night's work with a neighbor for approximately 5 minutes - share problems or questions as whole class
- Collect Grammar #1
- Provides notes Other Pronouns and discuss
- Independent work: Grammar #2 - Other pronouns Page 1 Page 2
1/7/2016
- No Bell Assignment
- Quickly review phrases, clauses, subject, verb (simple predicate), nouns, pronouns
- Collect last night’s work - Grammar #2
- Provide notes Verbs and discuss
1/8/2016
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Review phrases, clauses, and verbs material from yesterday
- Assign verbs practice - Grammar # 3 Page 1 Page 2 - Due Monday!
- Computer lab for last 1/2 of class - Grammar practice quizzes - accessible here
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