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1
Honors English I
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

2
Tuesday Warm-up Writing Journal
  • All of your WRITTEN warm-ups should now be
    written in your writing journal.
  • Imagine you are Lucindas new friend, Ashley. You
    and Lucinda have just met and you have gone home
    to write about your new friend. Write a journal
    entry from the perspective of Ashley describing
    your new friend Lucinda. Start you journal entry
    with Dear Diary

Make sure you have your hw and extra credit on
your desk to be checked
Your journal entry should be at least 100 words
3
Tuesday Agenda
  • Discuss warm-up
  • Vocabulary Monday (even though its Tuesday)
  • Prepare for library
  • Homework Begin working on your vocabulary
    homework.

4
Vocabulary
  • New words every 2 weeks
  • Vocabulary homework due every other Friday
  • Every other Friday you will take a vocabulary
    quiz
  • Vocabulary Quizzes will be cumulative
  • Words from past weeks will be on the quiz, so you
    will have to be sure to study and remember all of
    the words

5
9/8 Wednesday Warm-up (10 min)
  • All of your WRITTEN warm-ups should now be
    written in your writing journal. Your journal
    entry should be at least 100 words.
  • Respond to the following prompt on relationships
    in at least 100 words
  • Write a journal entry where you define a
    relationship (friendship, boy/girlfriend, family,
    etc.). What is a relationship? What do
    relationships require? Is it possible for
    relationships to be one-sided? Can you provide
    any evidence from things youve read, seen, or
    known to support your ideas? If so, what?

Have your homework on your desk to be signed off
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Wednesday Agenda
  • Testing Finish Gates-McGinnity Exam (10 min)
  • Read and complete the poetry analysis (finish for
    homework)
  • Anticipation Guide Discuss answers to the
    anticipation guide (15 min)
  • Of Mice and Men Chapter 1
  • Setting and mood notes (15 min)
  • Guided practice (15 min)
  • Read chapter 1 (15 min)
  • Work-time (15 min)
  • Homework 1) Finish poetry analysis 2) Finish
    chapter 1 and complete worksheet

7
9/9 Thursday Warm-up
  • Get together with 2-3 people around you
  • Discuss the seven statements from yesterdays
    ANTICIPATION GUIDE
  • Your whole group must agree or disagree on each
    statement
  • You only have 10 minutes to decide whether your
    group will agree or disagree, so you must work
    together!!!!

8
Thursday Agenda
  • Discuss warm-up and homework
  • Turn-in anticipation guide
  • Group discussion (10 min)
  • Each group shares (10 min)
  • Chapter 2
  • Notes on setting and mood (10 min)
  • Read chapter 2 (20 min)
  • Guided practice (10 min)
  • Independent practice (10 min)
  • Homework 1) finish chapter 2 2) worksheet on
    chapter 2

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Chapter 1 Group Discussion (10 min)
  1. Choose a leader, recorder, quote finder, and
    presenter
  2. Leader should read the question to the group
  3. Your group must come to a consensus, an
    agreement, as to your answer
  4. Find at least 1 quote to support your answer
  5. Presenter will present question, answer, and
    supporting quotation

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Setting
  • Definition the time and place a story takes
    place
  • In your notes, write down, in as vivid detail as
    possible, the setting for a short story or novel
    you have recently read.
  • Why is setting important to a story?
  • Setting can affect and/or influence characters
    actions
  • Setting can impact the mood/atmosphere of a story
  • Setting affects the major conflict and plot of a
    story
  • Setting can be symbolic, representing a deeper
    theme

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Mood (aka Atmosphere)
  • Definition the feeling that a literary work
    conveys to the reader
  • In your notes, using the setting described
    earlier, write down the mood or atmosphere
    coveyed in the story.
  • How is mood conveyed?
  • Setting
  • Characters
  • Plot
  • Conflict

Can anyone think of a good example from a book,
short story, or movie of how mood was conveyed
through setting, characters, plot, or conflict?
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Chapter 2
  • As we read
  • Look for ways in which Steinbeck creates vivid
    settings, moods, and characters
  • Look for ways in which
  • Setting affects mood
  • Plot, characters, and conflict contribute to the
    mood
  • Major themes The American Dream, Friendship,
    Loyalty, Mercy
  • Independent Work-time
  • Work independently
  • Keep your work to yourself
  • If you finish early, work on your homework

13
9/10 Friday Warm-up (10 min)
Please have your hw on your desk for me to check.
  • In at least 100 words
  • 1) Define the American Dream. 2) Are Lennie and
    George living out the American Dream? Why or
    why not?
  • As you write you may want to think about the
    following questions
  • What does the American Dream mean to you?
  • Can you think of examples of people who lived out
    the American Dream? In what ways are they
    living out the American Dream
  • Do you think the American Dream is
    possible/real? Or is it a façade? Why?

14
Friday Agenda
  • Warm-up (10 min)
  • Setting and mood
  • Discuss homework (5)
  • Identify descriptive parts of speech (10)
  • Create a new setting (20)
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Read chapter 2 (20)
  • Complete worksheet (10)
  • Homework 1) Read chapter 3 and complete
    worksheet 2) Of Mice and Men Quiz on Wednesday

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Chapter 2
  • As we read
  • Look for ways in which Steinbeck creates vivid
    settings, moods, and characters
  • Look for ways in which
  • Setting affects mood
  • Plot, characters, and conflict contribute to the
    mood
  • Major themes The American Dream, Friendship,
    Loyalty, Mercy
  • Independent Work-time
  • Work independently
  • Keep your work to yourself
  • If you finish early, work on your homework

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Warm-up
  • In at least 100 words and in your writing journal
  • Write about the friendship between George and
    Lennie.
  • Are George and Lennie friends? How do you know?
    Are they loyal to each other? Why or why not? Do
    you think George is using Lennie, or is it real
    friendship? Why?
  • When youre done, drop your writing journal off
    on the back table.

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9/13 Monday Agenda
  • Focus game
  • HW review group discussions
  • Share settings
  • Choose best one
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Read chapter 2
  • Student work-time
  • Share with class
  • Extra Credit Film showing (Slumdog Millionaire)
    and film analysis- Wednesday 9/15 afterschool
  • Homework 1) Read chapter 3 2) Complete worksheet

18
Focus game
  • Partner stand up next to your partner
  • Stare 1 stare at something directly behind your
    partner
  • Stare 2 stare directly into your partners eyes
  • How to win
  • The team that can focus the longest without
    laughing wins the game.
  • If either of you laugh, you must sit down.

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Setting Re-creation (11 min)
  1. Decide the order decide who will read 1st, 2nd,
    3rd, etc. (1 min)
  2. The reading take turns reading your setting
    re-creation. After each reading, each person must
    share one thing they like about the persons
    newly created setting (8 min).
  3. The final decision as a group, come to a
    consensus as to which group members setting has
    the best (2 min)
  4. Vivid imagery- created the best image in the
    readers brain
  5. Mood- created the most feeling from the setting
    description
  6. The final read the chosen group member reads to
    the entire class. The finalists will have their
    work posted on the wall.

20
Chapter 2
  • As we read
  • Look for ways in which Steinbeck creates vivid
    settings, moods, and characters
  • Look for ways in which
  • Setting affects mood
  • Plot, characters, and conflict contribute to the
    mood
  • Major themes The American Dream, Friendship,
    Loyalty, Mercy
  • Independent Work-time
  • Work independently
  • Keep your work to yourself
  • If you finish early, work on your homework

21
Warm-up (10 Min)
  • On a piece of binder paper answer the following
    questions
  • After reading W.H. Audens poem
  • Describe the unknown citizen in the poem. What
    is he like? Are there any lines form the poem
    that give hints as to what type of person the
    unknown citizen is?
  • While there is no sure way to know, who do you
    think the speaker of the poem is? What lines
    support your answer?
  • The speaker asks the questions Was he free? Was
    he happy? What do you think are the answers to
    these questions? Why?

22
Wednesday Agenda
  • Homework discussion
  • Group reads
  • Reading Quiz
  • Class Notes
  • 1st vs. 3rd person narrator notes
  • Poems focusing on speaker
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Chapter 4
  • Student work-time
  • Homework Finish chapter 3 and worksheet

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Theme reads (11 min)
  1. Decide the order decide who will read 1st, 2nd,
    3rd, etc. (1 min)
  2. The reading take turns reading your journal
    entry. After each reading, each person must share
    one thing they like about the persons journal
    entry (8 min).
  3. The final decision as a group, come to a
    consensus as to which group members journal
    entry has the best (2 min)
  4. Voice- who best captured the characters voice
  5. Theme- who best captured the theme of loneliness
  6. The final read the chosen group member reads to
    the entire class. The finalists will have their
    work posted on the wall.

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9/15 Class notes point of view
  • Everything you read, watch, and listen to is the
    reflection of someones point of view
  • Point of view position from which the narrator,
    or speaker (if a poem), views the subject

As we watch the following film clip(s), notice
how the director utilizes point of view.
In film, a point of view shot is a take that is
shot from the point of view of a character
In your notes answer the following Why do you
think the director chose to shoot
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  • In literature we speak of point of view primarily
    using two terms. Can anyone guess what those
    terms are?
  • 1st person- the story is told from the
    perspective of a character who is in the story.
  • the reader experiences the story form 1
    characters perspective
  • Hint look for pronouns I, me, my, ours, we, etc.
    in the narration
  • 3rd person objective- the story is told from an
    outside observer who has no insight into the
    characters thoughts, feelings, etc.
  • 3rd person limited- from an
    outside observer who has insight into one
    characters inner thoughts, feelings, etc.
  • 3rd person omniscient- from an
    outside observer who is all-knowing and has
    insight into the inner thoughts, feelings, etc.
    of all the characters

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Mirror by Sylvia Plath
  • As you read
  • Annotate the text
  • Circle, underline, or highlight any literary
    devices you find (see the word wall)
  • Write in the margins any important ideas or
    questions that pop up in your mind while you read
  • At the end of the poem, write what you think is
  • the theme of the poem
  • Analyze, analyze, analyze!!!
  • Who is the speaker?
  • What is he/she/it saying?
  • What is the tone? The mood?
  • What is the theme, the deeper meaning?

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Schizophrenia by Jim Stevens
  • As you read
  • Annotate the text
  • Circle, underline, or highlight any literary
    devices you find (see the word wall)
  • Write in the margins any important ideas or
    questions that pop up in your mind while you read
  • At the end of the poem, write what you think is
  • the theme of the poem
  • Analyze, analyze, analyze!!!
  • Who is the speaker?
  • What is he/she/it saying?
  • What is the tone? The mood?
  • What is the theme, the deeper meaning?

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Rewriting the point of view
  • Directions rewrite your assigned lines from the
    1st person point of view with the house as the
    speaker
  • Check your number
  • 1s- lines 1-5
  • 2s- 6-10
  • 3s- 11-15
  • 4s- 16-20
  • Silent search
  • Complete a silent search for your team. You must
    creatively find a way to get your whole team
    together without talking.

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Thursday
  • HW Discussion
  • Vocabulary
  • Memory
  • Class notes SEE paragraphs
  • Notes
  • Student analysis
  • Student practice
  • Peer revision
  • Homework 1) Poem analysis read and complete the
    worksheet on To a Mouse 2) Finish vocab and
    study for quiz

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9/16 Class Notes Paragraphing
  • Writing takes many different forms and performs
    many different functions. What are some forms,
    functions, purposes, and/or occasions for
    writing?
  • In this class you will write for all kinds of
    purposes
  • Poetry
  • Short stories
  • Dramas
  • Worksheets
  • News articles
  • Letters
  • Journal entries
  • Short responses- paragraphs
  • Essays

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  • Any time you are asked to give a response in
    writing, FOR ANY CLASS, JOB, ETC., demonstrate
    your intelligence by writing in paragraph form.
  • You write a SEE paragraph
  • S- Your first sentence should, your topic
    sentence, should be a really strong statement on
    the writing topic
  • E- The next few sentences (2-3) should be
    evidence to support your statement
  • E- The last few sentences is your explanation.
    Should be 1) your evidence in your own words 2)
    an explanation of how your evidence supports your
    statement

Heres how you do it!!!!!!!!
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Friday
  • Vocab and Of Mice and Men quiz
  • Characterization
  • Setting
  • Mood
  • Identifying nouns, verbs, and adjectives
  • SEE paragraph writing
  • Poetry Analysis

33
Handouts for the week
  • Monday
  • Questions cut up for group work
  • Ch. 4 hw- questions
  • Vocabulary words- mood words
  • Tuesday
  • Popsicle sticks- STEAL and character names
  • Characterization handout

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9/20 Warm-up
  • In your warm-up journal, in at least 100 words
  • Reread Mirror. Answer questions 1-4 on the back
    side (p. 880).

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Monday
  • Warm-up Mirror
  • Vocabulary Monday
  • Point of view
  • Read Schizophrenia
  • Discuss in groups
  • Rewrite Schizophrenia activity
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Group discussion activity
  • Journal entry on euthanasia
  • Ch. 4-audio
  • Homework Complete Ch. 4 Questions and Activity

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9/20 Warm-up- Euthanasia
Turn in Chapter 3 HW if you havent already done
so
  • In your warm-up journal, in at least 100 words
  • Write about your feelings on euthanasia, or mercy
    killing.
  • Is it right to kill an animal if it is injured,
    dying, or worthless? Why or why not?
  • What about a human being? Is it ever okay to kill
    a human being?
  • What if the person is dying? Why or why not?

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Tuesday
  • Parts of speech- modifiers
  • Notes (5)
  • Activity (10)
  • Characterization
  • Quick review game(20)
  • Characterization chart (5)
  • Read chapter 4 (30)
  • Homework Parts of speech hw

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Grammar Notes
  • The first step towards improving as readers and
    writers is identifying parts of speech.
  • There are 8 parts of speech. Today, well revisit
    3 of them.
  • Nouns
  • Verbs
  • Modifiers
  • Adjectives and Adverbs

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Grammar Notes -- Nouns
  • Nouns
  • A word used to name a person, a place, a thing,
    or an idea.
  • The overweight boy needs to stop eating donuts in
    his bed.
  • Boy (person), donuts (thing) and bed (place)
    nouns
  • The Lakers won the title because they had the
    most determination.
  • Lakers (thing), title (thing), determination
    (idea) nouns

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Notes Common vs. Proper
  • Common nouns
  • Are general. We rarely capitalize them in a
    sentence.
  • Proper nouns.
  • Are specific. We almost always capitalize them in
    a sentence.
  • Can you grab the book when you get to school?
  • All nouns are common. Why?
  • Can you grab Of Mice and Men when you get to
    Digital Harbor High School?
  • All nouns are proper. Why?

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Grammar Notes -- Verbs
  • Verbs
  • A verb is a word used to convey an action or a
    state of being.
  • State of being is tricky.
  • Stephon dunked the basketball and jogged back to
    defend his opponent.
  • Dunked, jogged, and defend (all actions) verbs
  • I am the best teacher in the school, but Mr. Hill
    is pretty good too.
  • This is trickytake a moment.
  • Am and is verbs. They are state of being
    verbs.

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Grammar Notes -- Modifiers
  • A modifier is a word that describes a noun or
    verb.
  • Adjectives modify nouns. They can tell us how
    many?, what kind?, or which one?
  • Malik moved all of the heavy library books
    because he is the strongest boy in the class.
  • All (how many), heavy (what kind), library (what
    kind), and strongest (what kind) modifiers.
  • Adverbs describe verbs. They can tell us how
    someone did a verb.
  • Shannon walks to her classes very slowly.
  • Slowly is an adverb. It tells us how Shannon
    walks.

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9/22 Warm-up Parts of Speech
  • Complete in your writing journals
  • Directions Copy down each of the following
    sentences. Then a) underline all nouns (if it is
    a proper noun underline it twice) b) circle all
    verbs c) box all modifiers
  • One end of the barn was piled high with new hay
    and over the pile hung the four-taloned Jackson
    fork suspended from its pulley.
  • The hay came down like a mountain slope to the
    other end of the barn, and there was a level
    place as yet unfilled with the new crop.
  • At the sides the feeding racks were visible, and
    between the slats the heads of horses could be
    seen.

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Wednesday Agenda
  • Warm-up on parts of speech
  • Discuss warm-up
  • Review hw
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Journal entry-choose theme
  • Read chapter 4
  • Work on character chart
  • Characterization game
  • Homework 1) Chapter 4 work 2) Work on
    mini-minichapter

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9/23 Thursday warm-up- Parts of Speech
  • A preposition usually indicates the temporal,
    spatial or logical relationship of its object to
    the rest of the sentence. 1) copy each sentence
    into your warm-up journal 2) underline the nouns
    3) circle the verbs 4) box the modifiers 5)
    triangle the prepositions
  • From outside the barn came a cry of men and the
    double clang of shoes on metal.
  • The clang of the pitched shoes and the voices of
    the men in the game seemed to grow more quiet.
  • The wild horses stamped and snorted, and they
    maliciously chewed the straw of their bedding and
    they clashed the chains of their halters.

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Thursday Agenda
  • Parts of speech practice
  • Of Mice and Men
  • Journal entry
  • Characterization chart
  • Paired mini-mini chapter
  • Homework 1)Ch. 4 Work- due Friday 2) Mini-Mini
    Chapter- due Monday

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Announcements
  • Film viewing afterschool I am Sam
  • Grades are posted on the back wall by the door
  • Be sure to check your grade before you leave
  • If you are struggling or failing you must come to
    coach class TODAY!!!
  • On Monday we will already be halfway through the
    1st quarter!!!

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Writing Journal
  • Each entry is worth 3 point
  • Check plus-3
  • Check- 2
  • Check minus-1
  • Each entry must have
  • Title
  • Date
  • 100 words
  • A thorough response the writing prompt

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9/23 Journal Entry- Loneliness (5 min)
  • One of the major themes present in Of Mice and
    Men is loneliness. Think about the characters,
    conflicts (problems that are both internal and
    external), setting, etc.
  • How does Steinbeck address the issue of
    loneliness in Of Mice and Men? In your response,
    discuss the loneliness experienced by specific
    characters (internal conflicts) and the
    loneliness expressed by the physical setting of
    the novel.
  • As with all journal entries, no less than 100
    words!!!!

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Re- Characterization Review Game
  • Today we are going to play a quick game to review
    characterization.
  • Before we start, can someone remind us what
    characterization is?
  • As readers, how do we figure out a characters
    trait(s). Think along the lines of theft

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Heres how to play
  • Teams You will be in teams of 2.
  • Goal To recreate a character from Of Mice and
    Men
  • Procedure Each pair will be given a character
    and a characterization device (speech, thoughts,
    effect on others, actions, looks). You will have
    20 minutes to write a mini-mini-mini chapter that
    might be found in Of Mice and Men. This chapter
    could be found before chapter 1, after chapter 6,
    or anywhere in between. You must become a
    Steinbeck Duo (or trio in some cases) in writing
    your chapter specifically focusing on the
    character you chose from Of Mice and Men.
  • Winning The top three teams will earn a prize to
    be announced later.

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Mini-mini Chapter Grading
  • Structure (10 points)
  • Begin with 1-3 paragraphs describing the setting
  • Mixture of narration and dialogue throughout
  • Creation of character (10 points)
  • Create the character you pulled with the same
    traits as Steinbecks character
  • Ex. Lennie must be created as a large, bulky man
    who is mentally impaired yet gentle and
    thoughtful.
  • You must use the characterization device you
    pulled
  • Presentation (10 points)
  • Must be 1-2 pages. No less than one, no more than
    2 pages.
  • Typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, Times New
    Roman

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9/24 Warm-up- Parts of Speech
  • . 1) copy each sentence into your warm-up journal
    2) underline the nouns 3) circle the verbs 4) box
    the modifiers 5) triangle the prepositions
  • At his heels walked a drag-footed sheep dog with
    pale, blind old eyes.
  • With his back up against the wall, and as the
    sharp-shooting police men were quickly closing on
    his tail, the clever car thief decided to back
    his car over the bridge safely landing on the
    passing Ferry.

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Friday Agenda
  • Parts of speech and characterization review
  • Interim Assessment 1
  • Begin reading chapter 5 and 6
  • Work on your mini-mini chapter
  • Work-time for your mini-mini chapter
  • Homework 1) read chapters 5 and 6 (be ready for
    a reading quiz Monday) 2) prepare questions for
    Socratic Seminar 3) finish mini-mini chapter

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When you finish
  • You must
  • Finish reading Of Mice and Men
  • Finish the characterization chart we started in
    class
  • You may
  • Read a book from my library
  • Work on hw for another class
  • You may not
  • Talk to anyone
  • Disrespect others required silence for testing

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9/27 Monday Warm-up- Parts of Speech
  • Please have your character chart (hw) on your
    desk.
  • Each one of you received 2 slips of paper. You
    must use each word you received in the way stated
    on the slip of paper.
  • Your sentences should be written in your warm-up
    journal.

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9/27 Monday Agenda
  • Warmup
  • Parts of speech
  • Quiz 1)discussion 2)revision
  • Reading Quiz
  • Introduce Of Mice and Men Menu Project
  • Socratic Seminar
  • Notes on Questions
  • Seminar
  • Socratic Seminar reflection
  • Project work-time
  • Homework 1)Begin working on your Of Mice and Men
    Menu Project 1) Rough draft of essay due Monday

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Interim assessment 1
  • Revisions
  • On a piece of binder paper
  • Write down the question
  • Write down the correct answer
  • Write at least one sentence explaining,
    specifically, why the answer is correct
  • If you scored a 5 or below, or if you want help
    with revisions, you must come after school today.

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9/29 Warm-up Parts of Speech Quiz (10 min)- Do
in writing journal
  • Write a 3 question parts of speech quiz. Write
    three separate sentences. Underline one word
    (noun, verb, modifier, or preposition). Ask what
    part of speech is this word?
  • Each question should have the same structure as
    the question below
  • Example It is time to get rid of that ratty old
    notebook and buy a brand new one ASAP!
  • What part of speech is brand?
  • Do not write answers for your quiz. You will be
    trading with a partner who will be answering your
    questions.

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9/28 Tuesday Agenda
  • Warm-up Part of speech quiz
  • Socratic Seminar
  • Essay Writing
  • Overview notes on essay writing
    compare/contrast, introduction, thesis, body
    paragraphs, conclusion, and works cited page
  • Freewrite
  • Class brainstorm
  • Individual work-time
  • Announcements 1) Of Mice and Men film viewing
    today 2) Change in Due dates for project- Check
    the board!!!
  • Homework 1Project Due Monday 10/11 2) Work on
    your Menu Project

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9/28 Class notes- notes on questions
  • There are three types of questions good readers
    ask of any text
  • Level one questions- can be answered explicitly
    by facts contained in the text
  • Where did Lennie go after killing Curleys wife?
  • What happened to Lennie in the end of the story?
  • Level two questions are textually implicit,
    requiring reading analysis and interpretation of
    specific parts of the text- these questions
    usually start with why or how.
  • Why does George shoot Lennie rather than letting
    him runaway?
  • Why do George and Lennie always travel together?
  • Level three questions are much more open-ended
    and go beyond the text. They are intended to
    provoke a discussion of an abstract idea or
    issue.
  • Is mercy killing ever justified?
  • How do we determine real friendships?

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9/28 Socratic Seminar Preparation
  • Today we will be conducting a Socratic Seminar.
  • A Socratic Seminar is a class discussion in which
    you ask the questions of each other.
  • In other words, all of you run the discussion
  • I, like you, are just a part of the discussion
  • To prepare for the discussion, you will spend the
    next 5 minutes writing questions that will spark
    discussion
  • Write down 3 level two questions
  • Write down 3 level three questions

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9/329 Entrée- Character Essay
  • As part of your project you must write an essay
    comparing and contrasting two or more characters.
  • Today you will take notes on what makes a good
    essay
  • Every essay you write, for the rest of your life,
    will follow the format that you will learn
    today!!!

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9/29 Wednesday Agenda
  • Warm-up Digital Desktop
  • Brainstorm
  • Essay Writing
  • Class notes
  • Class freewrite
  • Class brainstorm
  • Student brainstorm
  • Work-time
  • Homework 1) Brainstorm due tomorrow 2) Project
    due Friday 10/11

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9/29 Making Essays Easy Guide Organization
  • Take really good notes because this information
    is part of your Making Essays Easy Guide!!!!
  • A quick question before notes what is an essay?
  • Your essay must be organized!!!!
  • Must have 5 paragraphs
  • 1st paragraph- introduction
  • Your last sentence must be your thesis
  • 2nd, 3rd, and 4th paragraphs- body paragraphs
  • Each body paragraph should focus on a different
    idea
  • Each new idea must relate to your topic and must
    be a new paragraph
  • Each body paragraph must contain at least one
    quote from the text to support your idea
  • 5th paragraph- conclusion

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9/30 Warm-up Digital Desktop Search (15 min)
  • Read/ skim through Digital Desktop
  • Write down three sentences that use modifiers.
    Circle the modifiers.
  • Choose one article to read. Summarize the article
    in at least 1 full paragraph. In your summary
    include your answers to the following questions
  • What the article is about?
  • Where is the event taking place?
  • Who is involved?
  • Why was the article written/ why did the event,
    etc. take place?
  • Do you like the article? Why or why not?

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Thursday Agenda
  • Vocabulary quiz tomorrow
  • Notes
  • Brainstorm
  • Work-time
  • Homework 1) Have a finished brainstorm when you
    walk in tomorrow!!!!!! 2) Study for your
    vocabulary quiz tomorrow 3) Finish your
    vocabulary hw

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9/30 Making Essays Easy GuideBrainstorming
  • Writing is about the process!!!!!
  • Prewriting Drafting Revising Drafting
  • Publishing Editing
  • The first part of the process is pre-writing.
  • Pre-writing is all about FORMING IDEAS to write
    about.
  • After we finish brainstorming, you will already
    know
  • How your paper should be ORGANIZED
  • The IDEAS your paper will contain
  • Tomorrow, we will create an outline for your
    essay

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Advisory
  • Paper work (1 min)
  • Bus tickets (5 min
  • SAT Words (10 min)
  • Questions/comments (4 min)

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Missing paperwork
  • Lunch forms
  • Malik
  • Shishir
  • Caprice
  • Jaquan
  • Darrious
  • Jennifer
  • Dante
  • Myles
  • Ali
  • Cawan
  • Randy
  • Charles
  • Kathie
  • Code of conduct
  • Shishir
  • Caprice
  • Darrious
  • Jennifer
  • Dante
  • Jesus
  • Myles
  • Jose
  • Ali
  • Deontay
  • Tyler
  • Randy
  • Anthony
  • Charles

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Work-time
  • Tasks
  • Work on Of Mice and Men Prewriting for essay
  • Work on any one of the Of Mice and Men Menu
    Project Assignments
  • Work on your Mini-Mini Chapter
  • Expectations
  • Respect the work-time
  • Work with one other person
  • Keep conversation between you and your partner
    only
  • Keep conversation to a whisper
  • Procedures
  • If the chair is empty you may speak with Mr. Hill
  • 2 minute warning- clean up your area and head
    back to your seat
  • Drop off any work ready to be turned in

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10/1 Warm-up (10 min)
  • Complete your warm-up in your writing journal.
    Your warm-up should be at least 75 words.
  • An alien has just landed on earth and has just
    learned the terms cat and dog, but doesnt
    understand exactly what they are. You have been
    given the text of explaining to this alien the
    similarities and differences between the two. In
    other words, compare and contrast cats and dogs.
  • As you write, you may want to think about the
    following
  • What makes a cat, a cat?
  • What makes a dog?
  • How would you describe a cat?
  • How would you describe a dog?
  • What makes the two different?
  • What about them is similar?

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10/1 Friday Agenda
  1. Essay Writing
  2. Comparing cats and dogs warm-up
  3. Read the compare/contrast essay
  4. Outlining a compare/contrast essay
  5. Of Mice and Men Menu Work-Time
  6. Expectations

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10/1 Making Essays Easy GuideOutlining
  • A few questions and points before we take notes

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  • What do you think goes into writing a
    well-organized essay?
  • A well planned essay is an ORGANIZED essay!!!!
  • Before writing you must create a plan for each
    paragraph you write.
  • In other words, a specific, structured, and
    narrow essay is one that has been planned out.
  • When would someone choose to write a
    compare/contrast essay?
  • Evaluating two or more objects, ideas, themes,
    characters, stories, etc.
  • Why would someone choose to write a
    compare/contrast essay rather than an essay on
    one subject, character, theme etc.? In other
    words, what advantage does a compare/contrast
    essay have over other forms?
  • Allows the writer to analyze two ideas that
    relate to the same topic
  • Allows you to evaluate two or more objects,
    ideas, characters, etc.

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10/1 Making Essays Easy GuideOutlining
  • You have two options for organizing your essay
  • Option 1
  • Point by point
  • Option 2
  • Block

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10/1 Making Essays Easy GuideOutlining
  • Point by point
  • Introduction
  • Thesis argument about A and B
  • Main Point 1
  • Discussion of A
  • Discussion of B
  • Main Point 2
  • Discussion of A
  • Discussion of B 
  • Main Point 3
  • Discussion of A
  • Discussion of B
  • Conclusion
  • Summarize main points
  • Connect to world-at-large

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10/1 Making Essays Easy GuideOutlining
  • Block
  • Introduction
  • Thesis argument about A and B
  • Discussion of A
  • Main point 1
  • Main point 2
  • Main point 3
  • Discussion of B
  • Main point 1
  • Main point 2
  • Main point 3
  • Conclusion
  • Summarize main points
  • Connect to world-at-large
  • Lets practice by creating an outline using your
    freewrite on cats and dogs!!!!

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10/4 Monday Warm-up Essay Evaluation
  • In your writing journal
  • Answer the following questions. When you finish,
    study your vocabulary silently while everyone
    else finishes
  • How comfortable are you with writing your
    compare/contrast essay? Explain.
  • What part of the essay do you feel like you
    really GET? Explain.
  • What part of the essay do you think you need more
    help understanding? Explain.
  • What have you done so far for your essay? How has
    it gone? Explain.
  • What help can Mr. Hill give you so that you can
    write the best essay ever?

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9/30 Monday Agenda
  • Warm-up
  • Vocabulary Quiz (Block 2)
  • Essay Writing
  • Notes on thesis statements
  • Definition and structure
  • Example
  • One together
  • Clock activity
  • Creating thesis statements
  • Students create a thesis on their own
  • Student work-time
  • Homework 1) Your rough draft is DUE TOMORROW!!!
    You must come in with your best essay effort so
    that we can work on your essay tomorrow in
    class!!!!

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10/4 Making Essays Easy GuideIntroductions
  • Today we will be talking about introductions and
    thesis statements.
  • What role do you think an introduction serves?
  • Heres what your introduction must have
  • Hook- a really, really interesting first sentence
    that hooks the readers attention that also
    relates to your topic
  • Background- important information needed by the
    reader to understand your essay
  • Author/title- must contain the author and title
    of the text you are writing about (Of Mice and
    Men by John Steinbeck)
  • Thesis statement- the argument that directs your
    paper. THIS IS THE LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR
    INTRODUCTION

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10/4 Making Essays Easy GuideThesis statements
  • We have talked briefly about thesis statements,
    but what, specifically, are they? And what are
    they used for?
  • Direct answer to an essay prompt
  • Tour guide leading the reader through your paper
  • Ties your whole paper together
  • Narrow the topic of your essay
  • Focus your writing in your essay

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10/4 Making Essays Easy GuideThesis statements
  • Your thesis statement must be like a math
    formula.
  • Here is the formula
  • Thesis Answer 3 Reasons
  • If your thesis does not answer the question (or
    prompt as we say in English class), and does not
    outline the reasons why, then your essay will not
    be focused and narrow!!!!

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10/4 Making Essays Easy GuideThesis statements
  • Now that you have learned what makes a good
    thesis, and have learned how to improve a thesis
    using a subordinating conjunction when writing a
    compare/contrast essay, its time to take a look
    at an example from yesterday.
  • Similar to dogs in that they too can (1R)be found
    as strays, cats are really quite different from
    dogs because they (2R)meow instead of bark and
    (3R) lack the major traits connected to being a
    canine.
  • Each of these reasons will be explored in my body
    paragraphs
  • Every quote and sentence written in the rest of
    the essay will be in support of THIS THESIS!
  • Dogs and cats are similar in that (1R)both can be
    found wandering the streets as strays, however
    are quite different in that a (3R)dog is a canine
    that (2R)barks, while a cat is (3R)feline that
    (2R)meows.
  • (1R)Both dogs and cats can be found in the
    streets as strays, however dogs differ from cats
    in that they are (3R)canines that (2R)bark while
    cats are (3R)felines that (2R)meow.
  • Now try one on your own write your practice
    thesis in your notes.
  • Create a thesis for a compare/contrast essay on
    George and Lennie.

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To sum up notes today, if this is your essay
Then this is your introduction
This is your thesis followed by your body
paragraphs.
And this is your conclusionnotice it becomes big
and broad againjust like your introduction.
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10/5 Warm-up (10 min)
  • In your writing journal, in at least 100 words
  • Write an alternate ending to the novel, Of Mice
    and Men. You should become Steinbeck, rewriting
    the ending so that it is even better than the
    ending first written by Steinbeck.
  • I will collect your writing journal next
    Wednesday. Be sure you have each and every entry
    by then. Check with your neighbors!!!!!

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10/5 Tuesday Agenda
  1. Shitty 1st drafts
  2. Introduction analysis
  3. Clock activity
  4. Work-time

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In your notes
  • After you read the following introduction
  • What do you like about it? Why?
  • What should be improved? Why?
  • Does it fit the expectations of an introduction
    written for Mr. Hills Honors class? Why or why
    not?
  • After you finish discuss your responses with
    someone sitting around you.

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Sample Intro 1
  • The two-faced nature double-crossing nature of
    people, although often hidden at first, does not
    stay hidden forever. In Of Mice and Men, John
    Steinbeck does a wonderful job of creating this
    theme when parallels two seemingly unconnected
    characters in Slim and George throughout the
    entirety of the novel. These two are an unlikely
    duo who come across one another through a chance
    a meeting when George and Lennie first stumble
    into the Salinas Valley farm camp where Slim is
    already well established. While seemingly
    different in that George, despite initial
    appearances and in opposition to Slim,
    demonstrates a complete lack of sympathy, however
    are quite similar in the intuitiveness and
    loyalty.

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10/6 Warm-up (15 Minutes)
  • For your warm-up today you will have 15 minutes
    to work on your Of Mice and Men Menu Project.
  • You MUST WORK INDEPENDENTLY for 15 minutes.
  • If you are not working independently then your
    time will be cut short and we will move on with
    the lesson.

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10/6 Wednesday Agenda
  • Making Essays Easy Guide
  • Notes on conclusions
  • Directions for revisions
  • Students read and complete revision sheet for 2
    other students
  • Of Mice and Men Menu Project
  • Work-time

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10/6 Making Essays Easy GuideConclusions
  • Your conclusion is your last paragraph.
  • Therefore it is your last chance to make an
    impression on the reader and is SOOOOO
    IMPORTANT!!!!
  • Heres what your conclusion should contain
  • Sentence(s) 1-2 Restatement of your THESIS in
    different words
  • Sentence(s) 3-4 Brief summary of the main points
    you made in your essay
  • Sentence(s) 5-6 Connection to the world-at-large

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Work-time
  • Tasks
  • Get 2 peer revisions
  • When you finish, you may begin working on your Of
    Mice and Men Menu Project
  • Expectations
  • Respect the work-time
  • Work independently
  • Work silently, unless giving feedback in a
    whisper
  • Work the whole time
  • Procedures
  • If the chair is empty you may speak with Mr. Hill
  • 2 minute warning- clean up your area and head
    back to your seat
  • Keep all essay material together (freewrite and
    brainstorm, outline, rough draft, and revisions)

Have your brainstorm, freewrite, outline, and
rough draft out on your desk to be checked by Mr.
Hill
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10/6 Making Essays Easy GuideParagraphing
  • Writing takes many different forms and performs
    many different functions. What are some forms,
    functions, purposes, and/or occasions for
    writing?
  • In this class you will write for all kinds of
    purposes
  • Poetry
  • Short stories
  • Dramas
  • Worksheets
  • News articles
  • Letters
  • Journal entries
  • Short responses- paragraphs
  • Essays

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  • Any time you are asked to give a response in
    writing, FOR ANY CLASS, JOB, ETC., demonstrate
    your intelligence by writing in paragraph form.
  • You write a SEE paragraph
  • S- Your first sentence should, your topic
    sentence, should be a really strong statement on
    the writing topic
  • E- The next few sentences (2-3) should be
    evidence (quotes, etc.) to support your statement
  • E- The last few sentences is your explanation.
    Should be 1) your evidence in your own words 2)
    an explanation of how your evidence supports your
    statement
  • As you revise drafts today, make sure the body
    paragraphs are SEE paragraphs

Heres how you do it!!!!!!!!
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Thursday Agenda
  • Warm-up Subject and predicate
  • Work-time
  • Expectations
  • Work-time

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10/6 Friday Agenda
  • Editing
  • Class notes on editing marks
  • Peer edit of revised draft
  • Homework 1) Of Mice and Men Project DUE
    MONDAY!!!
  • Announcements If you have any issues either
    email me, or, if its an emergency you can call
    or text me
  • (925)323-2005

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Group Discussion (12 min)
  1. Choose a leader, recorder, quote finder,
    sketcher, and presenter
  2. Leader- ask the question
  3. Recorder- record the groups response (legibly)
  4. Quote finder- find a quote that supports the
    answer your group came up with
  5. Sketcher- draw a quick sketch that relates to the
    question, answer, or quote
  6. Presenter- present your groups question, answer,
    quote, and sketch. Be sure to fully explain how
    the quote supports your answer and how the sketch
    connects to your question, response, and/or quote
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