Mr. Davis
Week of 2/27-3/3
Monday
- Online/downloadable version of Animal Farm accessible here
- No Bell Assignment
- Sing Beasts of England
- Collect comparisons of MLK speech and Old Major's Speech
- Finish reading chapter 2 of Animal Farm
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Read the Animalism Commandments, say the Pledge of Allegiance to Animal Farm, Sing Beasts of England
- Read chapter 3 of Animal Farm and discuss: complete reading guide questions - check questions for 1-3 tomorrow
- Song writing assignment due tomorrow!
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Check song writing assignment
- Check Animal Farm questions for chapters 1-3
- Begin reading chapter 4
Thursday
- No bell assignment
Friday
- No bell assignment
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Week of 2/20-2/24
Monday
NO SCHOOL: President's Day
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Online/downloadable version of Animal Farm accessible here
- Finish Animal farm and Russian revolution ppt (5th hour)
- Open-note quiz over ppt Today!
- Finish examples of satire: Write a ½ page recap of how/why these are considered ‘satire’ (look at definition) – DUE
- Begin reading chapter 1 of Animal Farm
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Discuss and collect satire examples
- Finish reading chapter 1
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Listen to Mr. Davis sing Beasts of England
- Compare Old Major's speech and dream to Martin Luther's "I Have A Dream" speech
- Video of MLK speech is here
Friday
- No bell assignment
- Sing Beasts of England as a class
- Finish discussion and comparison of speeches
- Begin reading chapter 2
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Week of 2/13-2/17
Monday
- No bell assignment
- Continue fishbowl discussions
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Finish fishbowl discussions
- Introduce powerpoint on Russian Revolution and Animal Farm; ppt here
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Continue and finish powerpoint over Russian Revolution and Animal Farm: open-note quiz tomorrow
- View examples of satire: The Onion: article 1, article 2. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Journalism
- Write short recap of articles and episode of Last Week Tonight.
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Small group discussions over examples of satire
- open-note quiz: Animal Farm and Russian Revolution ppt
- Will begin reading the novel Tuesday!
Friday
NO SCHOOL: Teacher's Institute
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Week of 2/6-2/10
Monday
- No bell assignment
- Continue working on FINAL draft paper! Due Wednesday!
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Assign Animal Farm anticipation guide: will be used for fishbowl discussions starting Friday! (Questions due Friday)
- Continue working on paper to make revisions for final draft, due tomorrow!
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Final draft and all research materials DUE TODAY!
- Extra-credit presentations start tomorrow!
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Extra credit presentations begin today!
- Finish anticipation guide questions for fishbowl discussion starting tomorrow!
- "How to make an A in the Fishbowl" 10 commandments here
- Rubric for evaluating a fishbowl discussion here
Friday
- No bell assignment
- Finish extra credit presentations
- Begin fishbowl discussions
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Week of 1/30-2/3
Monday
- No bell assignment
- Continue working on rough draft paper! Due Tomorrow!
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Rough draft of research paper due today!
- Continue working on paper to make revisions for final draft (due next Wednesday!)
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Continue working on paper to make revisions for final draft (due next Wednesday!)
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Peer Revisions of rough drafts
- Must have 2 completed of your paper to receive full points
Friday
- No bell assignment
- Continue working on paper to make revisions for final draft (due next Wednesday!)
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Week of 1/23-1/27
Monday
- No bell assignment
- Time in computer lab to work on working outline and working bibliography - due Tomorrow!
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Working outline and working bibliography due today!
- Work on formal outline! Due Thursday!
- Rough draft of the paper is due Monday 1/30!
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Work on formal outline: look at examples and information from EHS research packet 9-10 pages 23-26
- Rough draft formal outline DUE FRIDAY!
- Rough draft paper (approximately 2-3 pages) DUE TUESDAY!
Thursday
- Continue working on rough draft formal outline DUE TOMORROW!
- Rough draft paper DUE TUESDAY!
Friday
- Collect rough draft formal outline
- Continue working on Rough draft paper due Tuesday!
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Week of 1/16-1/20
Monday
NO SCHOOL: MLK day
Tuesday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write
- Introduce working outline and working bibliography
- Check for 1 source and 10 facts
- 3 sources and 30 facts due tomorrow!
- Computer labs tomorrow
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- 3 sources and 30 facts due today
- Continue to work with sources
- 5 sources and 50 facts due Friday!
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Continue to work with sources
- Unsure how to cite something? Easybib and the Purdue OWL have great resources
- 5 sources and 50 facts due tomorrow!
Friday
- No Bell Assignment
- Check for 5 sources and 50 facts! DUE TODAY!
- Students should use time to work on working outline and working bibliography - BOTH Due Tuesday!
- Working outline examples here. Working bibliography example can be found in Research packet grades 9-10 here.
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Week of 1/9-1/13
Monday
- Bell Assignment:
Read the following quote:
“A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” - William R. Gerler
What does the quote mean? What do you think of New Year’s resolutions? Are you able to keep them? Why/why not?
- Collect "Slip or Trip?" report final drafts
- Provide research guideline packet and discuss
- Will begin preliminary research tomorrow
- Additional resource: EHS 9-10 research packet
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab time today to complete research proposal: DUE TOMORROW!
- If done with proposal, find 1st source and print: Due Thursday!
Wednesday
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab time today: find and print 1st source! (If done, find a second and a third)
- Research proposal DUE!
- 1st source printed is due tomorrow!
- Cornell Notes sheets are here!
Thursday
- Bell Assignment:
Continue the story starter:
“Squawking loudly, the radio made a weather announcement. ‘This just in, a major ice storm is expected to move into the area in the next 48 hours and could result in power outages. Proper precautions…’ I allowed the radio to trail off. 48 hours? That wasn’t enough time…”
- 1st source printed - DUE TODAY!
- Check for 1st source and start getting facts together for 1st source and 10 facts check - due tomorrow!
- NOTE: As school is cancelled for Friday 1/13, please know that we will check for 1 source and 10 facts on Tuesday, and 3 sources and 30 facts on Wednesday. No excuses!
Friday
- NO SCHOOL: Inclement weather
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Week of 1/3-1/6
Monday
- Last day of Holiday Break: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday
- Bell Assignment: Welcome back! Pick one of the best things from your Christmas break and tell me about it in about 5 sentences.
- Begin talking about the research unit (will have more information on the assignment at a later date)
- Resources to begin looking at topics: UN Global Issues, The Millenium Project, a compiled list from EHS teachers of past topics
- Introduce and begin the "Slip or Trip" whodunit? activity. Accessible here.
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Continue the story starter:
“The snow began to fall, the cold air bit at my skin, but I couldn’t stop now; I was so close to my goal…”
- Continue the "Slip or Trip" whodunit? activity in small groups. Finish the evidence/rule/conclusion chart and be ready to outline an argument tomorrow!
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Use class time to discuss and organize evidence and the corresponding rules.
- Begin drafting the report: Report writing guide is here to help organize and draft.
Friday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Check "slip or trip" draft for points
- Share with a partner or trio – informal discussion of what you noticed
- Class peer review of student model: 3 student models - Student 1, Student 2, Student 3
- Assignment: edit your draft, provide a final draft for Monday!