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we completed in class each day. Please find the day and
the course. If I have missed a day, be certain that the
assignments are still in each classes' daily activities
book in the class room.
Period 2 - English III
Sept 21
Pre-Class Write: What are Mrs. Bowe’s expectations for me and for my class? How can I fulfill them best? Explain.
Activity We discussed the pre-class warm-up. We worked on defining the 10 words to own from “Olaudah Equiano” and finding their root words (see classroom words posted).
Submitted none
Homework Complete the vocabulary handout I gave at the end of class.
Absent students
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Sept 18
Pre-Class - Mrs. Bowe is out. Ms. Bianchini is her substitute.
Activity Silently read “Olaudah Equiano” – pages 57-65. Complete the graphic organizer of his experiences in West Africa and on the Middle Passage. Complete the point of view handout. Complete the Making Meanings questions on page 66.
Submitted Everything at the end of class
Homework none
Absent students
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Sept 17
Pre-Class Write: How does subjective information sneak into objective histories? Think about who writes the histories.
Activity We discussed the pre-class warm-up. We worked on the archaisms handout –please complete. We began reading the background of Olaudah Equiano in our text (page 56) and began reading his narrative. We completed the “before you read” columns on the note handout.
Submitted none
Homework Complete the archaisms handout and the “before you read” column.
Absent students
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Sept 16
Pre-Class Take out your three-ring binder – I am checking notebooks today.
Activity We reviewed the progress we have made on the student-learning map for our Beginnings unit. We worked on identifying examples in “Of Plymouth Plantation” that are subjective and objective – see handout.
Submitted Group activity – examples of subjective and objective in “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Homework None.
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Sept 15
Pre-Class On a separate piece of paper, write the following phrases in normal syntax:“In critic’s hands, beware thou dost not come”“In secret place where once I stood”“For from one father are we not”
Activity We reviewed the pre-class. We discussed the poem and the homework questions. We took a short reading quiz, using open note on the poem.
Submitted Poem questions and quiz, noun handout and inversion handout.
Homework none
Absent students
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Sept 14
Pre-Class Get out your inversion handout and complete the remaining inverted lines.
Activity We reviewed the inversion handout. We read the poem “Here Are Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House” and discussed what was going on. Ticket out – Do you agree with the poet that religion does give comfort in a situation like this? Explain.
Submitted Pre-class spiral bound notebooks (everyone must have turned it in). Ticket out.
Homework Complete noun handout. Complete the five questions on the poem handout (they are in the margins)
Absent students
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Sept 10-11 are in the classroom.
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Sept 9
Pre-Class Write: What do the Puritans seem to value? How are these comparable to your values? Explain.
Activity We reviewed the Puritans values, concerns, and comforts based on “Of Plymouth Plantation” – completed the matrix with both Native American and Plymouth stories on it. We took a quiz on “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Submitted Quiz on “Of Plymouth Plantation” and the chronology chart for “Of Plymouth Plantation.”
Homework Pre-class notebooks will be collected tomorrow.
Absent students
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Sept. 8th, 2009
Pre-Class Write down possible meanings for the following words: transcribe, transcend, translate, transgress, imbibe, immalleable, immaterial, export, expatriate, exclusion.
Activity We reviewed the prefixes: trans, im, and ex and the pre-class terms. We finished reading “Of Plymouth Plantation” – get photocopy of the final page and completing the chronology chart. – PICTURE DAY.
Submitted Signed course descriptions
Homework Signed course description by Tuesday, Sept. 8. Sept 8 is picture day. Quiz tomorrow on “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Absent students
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September 3rd, 2009
Pre-Class Write: What are the differences between the Puritan story and the Native American stories?
Activity We discussed the pre-class write. We previewed the concept of “pre-destination” – a Puritan belief. We continued reading “Of Plymouth Plantation” and writing down the events which Bradford gives spiritual significance to.
Submitted Partner re-write of the sentence in the text.
Homework Signed course description by Tuesday, Sept. 8. Sept 8 is picture day. Quiz on “Of Plymouth Plantation” on Wednesday.
Absent students
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September 2nd, 2009
Pre-Class Pick up textbook and get out your notes from yesterday.
Activity We placed the vocabulary terms on our Puritan background notes where we thought the twelve words should go. We reviewed how to complete the graphic organizer for “Of Plymouth Plantation.” We began reading “Of Plymouth Plantation” and filled in two of the boxes on the graphic organizer.
Submitted none
Homework Signed course description by Tuesday, Sept. 8. Sept 8 is picture day.
Absent students
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September 1st, 2009
Pre-Class Write – Summarize your group’s information from yesterday.
Activity We completed a “gallery walk” around the room, taking notes on the information on the Puritan’s life. This is background information for our reading “Of Plymouth Plantation” tomorrow.
Submitted Signed course descriptions.
Homework Signed course descriptions due on Sept 8th.
Absent Students
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August 31st, 2009
Pre-Class Write – What are your expectations for this class. Explain. (Please follow pre-class/warm-up format).
Activity We reviewed the course description. We worked in groups, reading different sections of background for the time period and creating informative posters on the information.
Submitted Informative poster; any work from Friday (paragraph)
Homework none
Absent students
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August 28th, 2009
Pre-Class Pick the Ellison quotation handout and write a well-organized response.
Activity We reviewed the Pre-class/warm-up format and stapled into our spiral bound notebooks. We got into groups and put terms into categories and then explained the categories – this is a preview on the Puritans.
Submitted Pre-class response to the Ellison quotation.
Homework Some need to finish their response to the Ellison quotation.
Absent Students TK, John.
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August 27th, 2009
Pre-Class In your spiral notebook, copy the following vocabulary terms and hypothesize about their meanings: quest, trans-, im-, ex-, culture, Puritan, Rationalism, Deism.
Activity We previewed the meanings of the terms. We read “Coyote Finishes His Work” – page 24 and added information to our new Matrix from yesterday.
Submitted None
Homework None
Absent students
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August 26th, 2009 (the other dates are in the classroom binder - bear with me while I get back to my routine)
Pre-Class Pick up a Yellow Elements of Literature textbook and turn to page 22. Take out your homework.
Activity We created the graphic retelling of “The Sky Tree” – with full color. We worked on the NEW matrix which will compare “The Sky Tree” with two other NEW stories from the text. – get this handout!
Submitted Graphic retelling of “The Sky Tree”
Homework none
Absent students
Pre-Class Find your seat and take out the matrix
and creation stories.
Activity Using stories to identify what a culture values and what cultures can have in common – matrix completion. Comparison paragraph – using details to support.
Submitted Matrix chart and comparison paragraph.
Homework Bring a three ring notebook and a spiral
bound notebook on Monday.
Absent students: T.K., Tiyonn
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