Friday, September 9, 2011

Day 6 (9.9.11) B Day

Objective:
Students will create an outline of the British Literary time periods;
review annotation process; learn about Modernism;
and read and annotate a short story.



Class Activities:

  • Computers: Yes
  • SUMMATIVE: AP Critical 50 Literary Terms Test
  • ORGANIZATION:
    • Allusions
  • Read and Outline: Time Periods Project
    • Students will meet with their groups for 10 minutes.
    • Students will finalize roles for class presentations
    • Students will each have a part of the time period to present to the class.
    • Students will present.
    • Students in other time period groups will take notes into the "Notes" section of their spiral. (For information on spirals sections, follow this path on the course website: Home>Study Tools/Notes> Course> Spiral Setup)
    • After presenting, students will hand in their individual outlines to T. Holmes for a formative grade.
  • Notes: 
    • Students will take notes on Modernism
    • Students will review Biographical information on Virginia Woolfe
    • Clip: Virginia Woolfe on "Words"
  • Read: "Notes on Annotating"
  • Read and Annotate: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolfe 


Homework:
  • DUE on Today (9.9.11) B Day: SUMMATIVE - AP Critical 50 Literary Terms
  • DUE on Today (9.9.11) B Day: Formative - Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (Email to tholmes@irvingisd.net) --Deadline is 11:59 PM tonight.
  • DUE on Tuesday (9.13.11) A Day: Formative - Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (Copy into Spiral)

Work collected in class:
  • Finished Outlines
  • Lit. Terms Summative
  • Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (email to tholmes@irvingisd.net) --Deadline is 11:59 PM tonight.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Day 6 (9.8.11) A Day

Objective:
Students will create an outline of the British Literary time periods;
review annotation process; learn about Modernism;
and read and annotate a short story.



Class Activities

  • Computers: Yes
  • SUMMATIVE: AP Critical 50 Literary Terms Test
  • ORGANIZATION:
    • Allusions
  • Read and Outline: Time Periods Project
    • Students will meet with their groups for 10 minutes.
    • Students will finalize roles for class presentations
    • Students will each have a part of the time period to present to the class.
    • Students will present.
    • Students in other time period groups will take notes into the "Notes" section of their spiral. (For information on spirals sections, follow this path on the course website: Home>Study Tools/Notes> Course> Spiral Setup)
    • After presenting, students will hand in their individual outlines to T. Holmes for a formative grade.
  • Notes: 
    • Students will take notes on Modernism
    • Students will review Biographical information on Virginia Woolfe
    • Clip: Virginia Woolfe on "Words"
  • Read: "Notes on Annotating"
  • Read and Annotate: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolfe 


Homework:
  • DUE on Today (9.8.11) A Day: SUMMATIVE - AP Critical 50 Literary Terms
  • DUE on Today (9.8.11) A Day: Formative - Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (Your confirmation is your graded formative assignment in Gradespeed.)
  • DUE on Monday (9.12.11) A Day: Formative - Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (Copy into Spiral)

Work collected in class:
  • Finished Outlines
  • Lit. Terms Summative
  • Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (email to tholmes@irvingisd.net) --Deadline is 11:59 PM tonight.

Day 5 (9.7.11) B Day

Objective:
Students will create an outline of the British Literary time periods;
review annotation process; learn about Modernism;
and read and annotate a short story.



Class Activities

  • Computers: Yes
  • ORGANIZATION:
    • Allusions
  • Read and Outline: Time Periods Project
    • Students will meet with their groups for 10 minutes.
    • Students will finalize roles for class presentations
    • Students will each have a part of the time period to present to the class.
    • Students will present.
    • Students in other time period groups will take notes into the "Notes" section of their spiral. (For information on spirals sections, follow this path on the course website: Home>Study Tools/Notes> Course> Spiral Setup)
    • After presenting, students will hand in their individual outlines to T. Holmes for a formative grade.
  • Notes: 
    • Students will take notes on Modernism
    • Students will review Biographical information on Virginia Woolfe
    • Clip: Virginia Woolfe on "Words"
  • Read: "Notes on Annotating"
  • Read and Annotate: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolfe 


Homework:
  • DUE on Friday (9.9.11) B Day: SUMMATIVE - AP Critical 50 Literary Terms
  • DUE on Friday (9.9.11) B Day: Formative - Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (You should receive your confirmation to complete the terms from T. Holmes in 1st Period today.)
  • DUE on Tuesday (9.13.11) B Day: Formative - Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (Copy into Spiral)

Work collected in class:
  • Finished Outlines
  • Annotated "A Haunted House" Handouts

Monday, September 5, 2011

Day 5 (9.6.11) A Day

Objective:
Students will create an outline of the British Literary time periods;
review annotation process; learn about Modernism;
and read and annotate a short story.



Class Activities

  • Computers: Yes
  • ORGANIZATION:
    • Content Objective
    • Language Objective
    • Course Agenda
      • Class Activities
      • Homework
      • Work turned in today
    • Sentence Model Notes 1-5
  • Read and Outline: Time Periods Project
    • Students will be assigned groups.
    • Students will be assigned a different time period to read about: one for each group.
    • Students will create individual outlines based upon example provided by T. Holmes and the material read in class. (This will be turned in for a formative grade.)
    • Students will create a presentation to present to the remainder of the class.
    • Students will take notes based off of other groups presentations.
  • Notes: 
    • Students will take notes on Modernism
    • Students will review Biographical information on Virginia Woolfe
    • Clip: Virginia Woolfe on "Words"
  • Read: "Notes on Annotating"
  • Read and Annotate: "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolfe 


Homework:
  • DUE on Thursday (9.8.11): SUMMATIVE - AP Critical 50 Literary Terms
    • Go to course website.
    • Click on the "Links" tab.
    • Words available on Quizlet.com
    • Search for Tiffanyholmes
  • DUE on Thursday (9.8.11): Formative - Vocabulary Lesson 1 Parts 1-5 (You should receive your confirmation to complete the terms from T. Holmes in 1st Period today.)
  • DUE on Monday (9.12.11): Formative - Sentence Model Notes 1-5 (In Spiral)

Work collected in class:
  • AP Participation Contract