Thursday

• 2A Semester Exam

• Written responses in notebook graded

• Winter Break Reading Assignment ☃️

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

Tuesday

3A & 4A: 

• Semester Exam TODAY!
• Notebook responses graded 

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2A:

• Semester Exam is Thurs. 12/20/18
• Study guide 
• Semester Exam Schedule
• Replay the live stream study session from Mon. 12/17/18.

• Don't forget about your Winter Break Reading! ☃️Books are ready at the desk in the library if you plan to check it out there.

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I have developing collecting donations to send girls in developing nations to school for a year. It is $58 for each student, so let's see how many we can support throughout the year! 
• Info on worldwide education for girls:
• Fact list- ABC News
• 264 Million Children Don't Go To School
• 10 Toughest Places for Girls to Go To School
• 5 Ridiculous Reasons Girls are Denied an Education (video)
• Meet Girls Who Are Fighting for Their Right to an Education (video)
• The organization I support: International Rescue Committee rescue.org

Live Stream Study Session

Watch the study session for the semester exam from Mon. 12/17/18: 

CLICK HERE

Friday

• 5 Perspectives Assignment: I have graded and made comments on your group assignment chart for applying the 5 Critical Literary Perspectives to "Araby"(on Google Classroom). Please make sure you read through the comments as part of your study for the exam because they will coach you for the essay portion.

• Semester Exam: Today I took questions over the study guide material to help review for the exam.
• Study guide 
• Semester Exam Schedule
• 9 Best Scientific Study Skills (video)
• Study LESS, Study SMART (video)
• 2A Exam: Thurs. Dec. 20 
• 3A Exam: Tues. Dec 18
• 4A Exam; Tues. Dec. 18

• Don't forget about your Winter Break Reading! ☃️Books are ready at the desk in the library if you plan to check it out there.

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I have decided to start collecting donations to send girls in developing nations to school for a year. It is $58 for each student, so let's see how many we can support throughout the year! 
• Info on worldwide education for girls:
• Fact list- ABC News
• 264 Million Children Don't Go To School
• 10 Toughest Places for Girls to Go To School
• 5 Ridiculous Reasons Girls are Denied an Education (video)
• Meet Girls Who Are Fighting for Their Right to an Education (video)
• The organization I support: International Rescue Committee rescue.org

Wednesday

• Root Words
• Here is a playlist of videos for 8 of the 10 roots we have studied this semester. 
• I made a Kahoot! game you can play to practice our root words.

• Semester Exam
• Study guide 
• Semester Exam Schedule
• 2A Exam: Thurs. Dec. 20 
• 3A Exam: Tues. Dec 18
• 4A Exam; Tues. Dec. 18

• Short Fiction
• Discussion of "The Archetypal Myth of the Quest in Joyce's 'Araby'" by Mahmood Azizi
• Other examples of critical literary perspectives to read: 
• "Feminist Gothic in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" by Sarah L. Crowder
• "Fairy Tales and Freud: Psychoanalysis in Children's Stories" by Mari Ellis Dunning
• "New Historicism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" by Todd Lowery 
• "Mental Nepantalism in Sandra Cisneros' 'Eleven'" by H. E. Eanes

• Don't forget about your Winter Break Reading! ☃️Books are ready at the desk in the library if you plan to check it out there.

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I have decided to start collecting donations to send girls in developing nations to school for a year. It is $58 for each student, so let's see how many we can support throughout the year! 
• Info on worldwide education for girls:
• Fact list- ABC News
• 264 Million Children Don't Go To School
• 10 Toughest Places for Girls to Go To School
• 5 Ridiculous Reasons Girls are Denied an Education (video)
• Meet Girls Who Are Fighting for Their Right to an Education (video)
• The organization I support: International Rescue Committee rescue.org

Monday

• Root of the Week: OMNI- (all, everything)
• Here is a playlist of videos for 8 of the 10 roots we have studied this semester.
• Here is a Kahoot! game you can play to practice our root words.

• Grammar:  Commas in appositives and introductory elements
• Commas in introductory elements
• Class notes
• Video tutorial
• Online practice
• Appositives
• Class notes
• Video tutorial
• Online practice
• Additional online comma practices:
• Easy quiz
• Quiz 1 
• Quiz 2

• Short Fiction
• Continued work on the group assignment: Application of 5 Critical Literary Perspectives to "Araby" (find doc to complete in Google Classroom). 

• HW due Wed. 12/12/18: Read "The Archetypal Myth of the Quest in Joyce's 'Araby'" by Mahmood Azizi. I created a vocab prep for this article at vocabulary.com in case it helps you learn the words. This is an article that showcases the archetypal and reader-response perspectives. 

                    After you read, mark and make textual notes for:

• thesis statement
• main point of each paragraph (highlight & note or summarize in margin)
• elements of reader-response perspective
• elements of archetypal perspective
• references to light/dark imagery
• Don't forget about your Winter Break Reading! ☃️Books are ready at the desk in the library if you plan to check it out there.

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I will follow the campus Semester Exam Schedule
• 2A Exam: Thurs. Dec. 20
• 3A Exam: Tues. Dec 18
• 4A Exam; Tues. Dec. 18

Thursday

• Root of the Week: GRAPH (writing, recording)

• Grammar Practice: Using commas to join dependent (subordinate) clauses with independent (main) clauses
• Class notes
• Video tutorial
• Video tutorial- Khan
• Online practice

• Overview of Winter Break Reading Assignment

• Short Fiction Study
• "Araby" by James Joyce
• Discussion of homework: Close Reading: "Araby"
• Group Assignment: Application of 5 Critical Literary Perspectives to "Araby" (find doc to complete in Google Classroom). We will finish this in class on Monday.
• HW due Mon. 12/10/18: Complete to turn in:
• Close Reading: "Araby" 

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I will follow the campus Semester Exam Schedule
• 2A Exam: Thurs. Dec. 20
• 3A Exam: Tues. Dec 18
• 4A Exam; Tues. Dec. 18

Tuesday

• Root of the Week: GRAPH (writing, recording)

• Grammar Practice: Commas in a series
• Class notes
• Video tutorial
• Online practice

• Short Fiction Study
• "Araby" by James Joyce
• QUIZ-- see me for make up ASAP
• Review plot of story & compare annotations
• HW due Thurs. 12/6/18: Assignment: Close Reading: "Araby"

• Test Prep: I can create an account for anyone who would like to practice for the ACT / SAT / or TSI online. If you would like to try this out, please let me know by filling out this quick form.

• I will follow the Semester Exam Schedule