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| 1 Welcome back to school. Expectations and introductions. | 2 Summer reading essay test. HW#1: Brainstorm the kind of information you think belongs on a resume. Then write a paragraph explaining what you want to do right after high school. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 No school Labor Day | 6 How do we write a good resume? | 7 Resume writing continued. HW#2 Bring a finished written draft of your resume to the writing center tomorrow. | 8 In the writing center we will be typing our resumes and doing revisions. | 9 Finishing resumes and working on cover letters in the writing center. | 10 |
| 11 | 12 EQ: Who am I? continue work in the writing center. | 13 Continue work in the writing center. HW#3 Bring in the application for your school or vocational establishment to be worked on in class. | 14 What do I need to include in my personal essay? | 15 Persoanl essay in class *Open House - 7:00PM | 16 Personal essay HW#4 Complete a first written draft of your personal essay to be worked on in the writing center next week. | 17 |
| 18 | 19 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 20 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 21 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 22 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 23 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays...half day, only period 1 will have class. | 24 |
| 25 | 26 Continue work on personal essays in the computer lab | 27 Guest speaker coming in to discuss interviewing skills. | 28 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 29 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays- Students should have handed in at least one draft that has been commented on by me. | 30 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays Period 6 will be visited by guidance to go over the application process. | |
| October 2005 | ||||||
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| 2 | 3 EQ: What do I want to accomplish? Interviewing skills HW#5 Write 3 sample questions that you think would be asked at a college interview. | 4 No School Rosh Hashanah | 5 No School Rosh Hashanah | 6 EQ: What do I want to accomplish? Interviewing skills HW#6 Prepare for the mock interview | 7 Start mock interviews HW#7 Write a short reflection on how you could improve your interview sills based on your mock interview experience. | 8 |
| 9 | 10 No School Columbus Day | 11 Continue mock interviews | 12 Continue mock interviews HW#7 Write a short reflection on how you could improve your interview sills based on your mock interview experience. | 13 No School Yom Kippur | 14 *Final drafts of College Essays are due today. Make sure to hand in all prior drafts.* Begin Animal Farm-background information Animal Farm information | 15 |
| 16 | 17 Continue the background information on Animal Farm HW#8 Look up the term proganda. Give an example of how propoganda is used in today's society or in other societies in the recent past. | 18 What is propaganda and how is it used to manipulate people? We will be working on many activities with propaganda. | 19 What is propaganda and how is it used to manipulate people? We will be working on many activities with propaganda. HW#9 Find a news article that uses negative or positive propaganda. Tell me what kind of propaganda is it and whether or not you think it is successful at convincing the public. | 20 What are the different literary techniques Orwell uses in Animal Farm? We will discuss: satire, allegory, irony, fable, and fairy tale. HW#10 Students will read chapter 1 (p.15-24) of Animal Farm. Do the study guide hand out for the chapter. | 21 What makes a good leader? HW#11 According to Old Major, what is the cause of all the animals� problems? Do you agree with Major? Why or why not? What do you believe is the cause for our society�s problems? Be specific if possible. | 22 Homecoming |
| 23 | 24 What is the significance of Old Major�s speech? We will be examining Old Major's speech and its implications for the novel. HW#12 Read chapter 2 and answer the worksheet. | 25 How do the animals prepare for the rebellion? Work on the end of Chapter 1. HW#13 From what you know so far about the pigs and the other animals on the farm, speculate on what the future will be like for the animals. Make a few predictions using a double entry journal. One side will be the text and then make a prediction from the text on the other side. | 26 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur after the rebellion? Chapter 2 of Animal Farm | 27 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur after the rebellion? Chapter 2 of Animal Farm HW #13 Read Chapter 3 and fill out the handout. | 28 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What is the natural separation of power after the rebellion? | 29 |
| 30 | 31 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What is the natural separation of power after the rebellion? HW#14 Read Chapter 4 and complete the handout | |||||
| November 2005 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What happens in the Battle of the Cowshed? | 2 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What happens in the Battle of the Cowshed? HW#15 Read Chapter 5 and fill out the handout | 3 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur that make the shift in power evident? HW#16 You are snowball and Napoleon has just run you off the farm, write a journal entry about your concerns about what will happen to you and the rest of the animals once you have gone. Try to be specific to the facts. | 4 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur that make the shift in power evident? HW#1 Read Chapter 6 and finish the study guide for it. **end of the first marking period | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 Substitute- Ms.Sackstein is on a field trip. There will be an assignment left for chapters 6 and 7. Students may work together to complete the assignment. Make sure to read Chapter 7 for homework if you can't finish in class. | 8 No classes | 9 Chapter 6 review of work from Monday. HW#2 Read chapter 7 and complete the study guide handout. | 10 Chapter 7 review HW#3 Read chapter 8 and write a summary of the events that take place. | 11 No school - Veteran's Day | 12 |
| 13 | 14 Chapter 8 - Napoleon as a dictator | 15 continued work on Chapter 8. HW#4 Read chapter 9 Write a journal entry as Boxer describing what is going on. Make sure it is the first person. Draw a picture of the windmill. | 16 What happens to Boxer? Chapter 9. | 17 Continued work on Chapter 9. HW#5 Read chapter 10 Write a list of all the things that have changed since the revolution. Were you surprised by the ending? | 18 What is the resolution of the novel? Begin work on Chapter 10. | 19 |
| 20 | 21 Parent/Teacher Conferences 6:30-9:30PM Finish the novel. Timeline Project due HW#6 How does peer pressure play a big role in this novel? Focus on Boxer and the sheep. Have you ever experienced peer pressure? Explain how it has affected you. | 22 Half day of school Parent/Teacher Conferences Review for period 1... No class for period 6. | 23 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 24 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 25 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 26 |
| 27 | 28 Animal Farm Exam. | 29 Animal Farm essay | 30 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays | |||
| December 2005 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays | 2 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays Essays are due. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 Last day before going out on Maternity leave Josh Montell's birthday We will be watching the animated movie Animal Farm | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Holiday Break begins - No school | 23 Holiday Break - No school | 24 |
| 25 | 26 Holiday Break - No school | 27 Holiday Break - No school | 28 Holiday Break - No school | 29 Holiday Break - No school | 30 Holiday Break - No school | 31 |
| January 2006 | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 No School-Holiday break | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| 15 | 16 No School- MLK day | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 Ms.Sackstein returns | 24 No Classes- Regents | 25 No Classes- Regents | 26 No Classes- Regents | 27 No Classes- Regents | 28 |
| 29 | 30 The Outsiders chapter 11. The stages of grief. HW Finish the writing assignment on grief given out in class. | 31 New semester The Outsiders chapter 12 HW Write a paragraph or two about a time when you had to straighten something out with a teacher. | ||||
| February 2006 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Essay exam brainstorm |
2 Essay exam in the writing center |
3 Essay exam in the writing center |
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| 5 | 6 Essay exam in the writing center |
7 Essay exam in the writing center |
8 Essay exam in the writing center |
9 Essay exam in the writing center |
10 Essay exam in the writing center | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 Half day | 18 |
| 19 | 20 Winter Vacation - No School | 21 Winter Vacation - No School | 22 Winter Vacation - No School | 23 Winter Vacation - No School | 24 Winter Vacation - No School | 25 |
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