2nd and 6th period Reading


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STANDARDS
LAFS.1112.RI.4.10: By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Agenda 5/4/2017 
Find the Insult!
Peruse your copy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Find examples of where characters insult one another. Find your favorite insult and create a mini poster. Write your quote on your mini poster and include the location (ACT, scene, line). Make the poster colorful and fun. 
Your insult must be different from your classmates.

Agenda 4/3/2017
Testing: Report to BHS Media Center for ALG 1 
Chalino-Lab 2
Frantzy-Lab 2
VOCABULARY DEFINITION FRONTLOAD
Chapter 25     Chapter 26
Chapter 27     Chapter 28
Chapter 29     Chapter 30
Agenda 3/30/2017
TESTING - Report to BHS Media for FSA
Dylan- Lab 2                    Holden- Lab 2
Flavio- Middle                 ​Shazaria- Lab 2
Mackenzie- Middle        Jason- Middle
Tiffany-  Middle
Agenda 3/28/2017
TESTING DAY- Report to BHS Media for FSA
Cristina-Left                           Anthony-Left 
Chalino-Front                        Frantzy-Front 
Tiffany-Conf Rm-                  Sthefany-Conf Rm
Dylan-Conf Rm-                    Holden-Conf Rm
Agenda 3/17/2017
Get out class laptops
A3K: Hard Times
A3K: July 1862
Due by end of class
Agenda 3/15/2017
Get out class laptops
A3K: A Place in History
Agenda 3/13/2017
Get out Class Laptops
A3K: A Soldier's Message of Hope
                          &
A3K: An American Her0
Complete All Activities for each story
English Essentials Ch 3
​COMPLETE ALL ACTIVITIES
Agenda 3/9/2017
​Get out Class Laptops
A3K: The Lives they Lived
Agenda 3/7/2017- McDonald
A3K: "Steinbeck on Sale"
Bio of John Steinbeck
Explanation of Dust Bowl
Read Article and Complete all Activities
Work on Missing Journals
Agenda 3/7/2016- Kearns
Achieve 3000- Complete Readings and Activities for both stories:
  • “Did Mallory Make It?”
  • “Oil for the taking”
Agenda 3/3/2017
Finish Movie
Temple Grandin
Worksheet due by end of class
Agend 3/1/2017
MOVIE DAY
Temple Grandin movie and Worksheet 
​Unit 3 Module 2- Essential Question
How does locating incorrect claims in an argument help determine the outcome?
Standards- Reading Informational Texts LAFS.1112.RI.1.2 LAFS.1112.RI.1.3 LAFS.1112.RI.2.4 LAFS.1112.RI.2.5 LAFS.1112.RI.2.6 LAFS.1112.RI.3.7 ​
Agenda 2/27/2017
Get out Laptops
No Vocabulary this week.
A3K: "A Shot Rang Out"
  • Introductory Video
  • Readings and Activities
Townsend Press

AMNESTY DAY 2- Friday, February 24, 2017

Agenda 2/23/2017​
Get out laptops ​
Agenda 2/21/2017
Get out laptops
FAIR TESTING- JJ6555
Go to- FAIR testing site
1. Vocab Ch 23 Definitions (activities due by 2/24/2017)
2. A3K: Starbucks Under Fire activities
3. Extra Credit A3K: Privacy in the Digital Age. 
4. Journal 8 (Due by 2/23/2017)
Test List 2/21/2017
Report to BHS Media Center
Christina
Sthefany
Agenda 2/16/2017
Work on Missing Assignments
TEST List 2/16/2017
​Report to BHS Media Center
Cristina
Frantzy
Tiffany
Sthefany
Flavio
 Agenda 2/14/2017
Get out class Laptops
1. Vocab CH 22 Definitions (activities due by 2/17/2017)
2. Journal 7- Due by the end of class
3. A3K:- School for All (due by the end of class)
Agenda 2/10/2017
Get out Class Laptops
1. A3K: No Law Against Flag Burning
​2. Journal 6- Due by the end of class
​3. Complete Unfinished Vocabualry Activities
Agenda 2/8/2017
Get out laptops
1. A3K: Better Schools for All- But How?
2. Complete Unfinished Vocabulary Activities
Agenda 2/6/2017
Get out Laptops
1. Vocab Ch 21 Definitions (activities due 2/10/2017)
2. A3K: Another Chance for a Better Life  (due by the end of class)
3. Journal 5 (due by the end of class)
Agenda 2/2/2017
Get out Laptops
1. A3K: After Newtown
​2. Journal 4 (due by the end of class)
3. Complete Vocabulary Activities
Agenda 1/31/2017
Get out laptops
1. Vocabulary Ch 20 Definitions
2. A3K: Abuzz Over Bees
3. Group Reading of Stretch Article (paper)
4. Individually Answer Questions (paper)
5. Read article online
6. Answer Activities and Stretch Activities
Agenda 1/27/2017
Get out laptops
1. Journal 3 (due by the end of class)
2. A3K: A New Kind of Road 
3. MANY OF YOU ARE MISSING ASSIGNMENTS,
​LATE ASSIGNMENTS GET 50% CREDIT
Unit 3 Module 1
Essential Question: What are ways that I can use multiple resources and formats to answer questions or solve problems?
Agenda 1/25/2017
Get out Laptops
  1. ​Journal 2 (due by the end of class) (Complete Journal 2 in Google Apps)
  2. A3K: Mind-bending Technology (Extra Credit due 1/27/17)
Agenda 1/23/2017
Get out Laptops
  1. Vocabulary Ch 18 Definitions
  2. A3K: What's best for the land?
  3. Complete online Vocabulary Activities
Agenda 1/19/2017
Get out Laptops
1. Journal Entry 1
​2. A3K: Robot Nation
BEGINNING OF 3RD QTR 2ND SEMESTER
Agenda 1/17/2017
Get Out Laptops
1. Vocabulary Ch 17 Online Activities
2. A3K: Farming for Food and Fun
Agenda 1/11/2017
Get Out Laptops
  1. A3K: Ancient Greece and Rome: Old Bones Stretch Activity
  2. Vocab: Make Sure All Townsend Press Vocabulary is Complete
  3. When all work is complete, do activities in Vocab.com for extra credit
Agenda 1/9/2017
Get out Laptops
  1. A3K: Complete Midterm Test- Hunter Dupree, Toby Lewis and Timothy Smith
  2. A3K: Ancient Greece and Rome: Old Bones (all)
  3. Vocabulary: These student owe me work-
  • Josef Thompson          Taris Claitt                       Anthony Cueto
  • Toby Lewis                             Orlando Figueroa             Thomas Goheen                    
  • Kameron Jobe             Shazaria Paige               Karlton Scott                        
  • Jason Stesen                          Karla Vazquez               Michael Williams
      4.. When all work is complete, do activities in Vocab.com for extra credit
Agenda 1/5/2017
Get out Laptops (and cords)
  1. A3K: Complete the Midterm Testing
  2. A3K: September 1861 read passage and complete activities
  3. Vocabulary: Complete any unfinished activities
  4. When all work is complete, do activities in Vocab.com for extra credit
Agenda 1/3/2017
Get out Laptops (and cords)
1. A3K: September 1861 read passage and complete activities
2. Vocabulary: Complete any unfinished activities
Agenda 12/15/2016
Get out Laptops​
  1. A3K: Complete any unfinished stories
  2. Vocab: Complete any unfinished activities
  3. Play on Vocabulary.com
Agenda 12/13/2016
Get out Laptops (Classroom set)
Get out headphones.
  1. Vocabulary Ch 16 Definitions
  2. If you did not finish it Friday, please do FAIR Testing-Go to this website
  3. KEY:  YR7331
  4. Do all 3 parts of FAIR
  5. A3K: Complete any unfinished stories
  6. Vocab: Complete any unfinished activities
  7. Play on Vocabulary.com
Agenda 12/9/2016
Get out Laptops (Classroom set)
Get out headphones.
  1. FAIR Testing-Go to this website
  2. KEY:  HM5229
  3. Do all 3 parts of FAIR
  4. A3K: Complete any unfinished stories
  5. Vocab: Complete any unfinished activities
Agenda 12/7/2016
Get out laptops (classroom set)
  1. A3K: Turner's Rebellion
  2. Bonus A3K: Should Voters Show ID
  3. Vocabulary Ch 15 Activities
Report to Testing
Holden Pruitt
Agenda 12/5/2016
Get out laptops (classroom set)
  1. A3K: Presidents for Peace
  2. Bonus A3K: The Music Store (extra credit)
  3. Vocabulary Ch 15 Definitions
Report to Testing
Holden Pruitt
Josef Thompson
Agenda 12/1/2016
Get out laptops (classroom set)
  1. A3K: Going Back Home
  2. Bonus A3K: When Genes Don't Work (extra credit)
  3. Review A3K Progress with Major McDonald
  4. Khan Academy
Report to Testing
Jean-Baptiste, Frantzy
Lab 2 BHS Media Center
Agenda 11/29/2016
Get out laptops (classroom set)
  1. Vocab Ch 14 Definitions
  2. Vocab Ch 14 Activities
  3. A3K: A Home in America
  4. Khan Academy Reading practice
Complete activities in this order
Agenda 11/16/2016- Amnesty Day
  • If you owe me any assignments, they must be completed by the end of class today.
  • Any work not completed by the end of class today will shift from "Z" to "0" in the gradebook and will not be changed.
  • This is the interim for the 2nd grading period.
Early Release Bell Schedule
2nd                   7:00-7:54
4th                    8:01-8:51
5th  1st Lunch 8:58-9:22
           Class      9:27-10:34
6th                    10:41-11:30
Agenda 11/14/2016
Get out laptops and login to this page
  1. Vocabulary Ch 13 Definitions
  2. A3K: Lost in the War reading and activities (only the first grade counts)
  3. Complete Ch 13 Vocabulary Activities
  4. Check grades with Major McDonald
  5. Khan Academy: SAT Prep- Reading and English Activities
Agenda 11/9/2016
Get out laptops and login to this page. 
  1. Complete Vocabulary Activities 9-12 (do not do anything else until these are complete)
  2. A3K: A Man of Courage
  3. Khan Academy: SAT Prep Reading and English Activities
Agenda 11/7/2016
Get out ACT Practice Books
  1. Vocabulary Ch 12 definitions
  2. Timed Activity - English Test
  3. Timed Activity - Reading Test
  4. A3K: Visiting a Volcano read passage and complete activities
  5. Complete Vocabulary Activities
Agenda 11/3/2016
Get Out Laptops
  1. A3K: The Gift of Life Stories and Activities
  2. Khan Academy- SAT Prep-Complete Quizzes 1-3 in Reading 
  3. Complete Vocabulary Activities Chapter 11 should be completed by end of class.
Agenda 11/1/2016
Get Out ACT Books
  1. Vocabulary Ch 11 Definitions (15 minutes)
  2. Open to p.30 "Subatomic Particles"
  3.  Whole class Close Reading (20 minutes)
  4. Argue the Answers (20 minutes)
  5. Answer the Questions
  6. Work on Vocabulary Activities Online
Agenda 10/28/2016
Get Out Laptops
  1. Log in to Khan Academy using your schools email to create an account.
  2. Connect to Major McDonald using the class code above:
  3. Work in SAT Prep section. 
  4. Complete Vocabulary Activities
 Agenda 10/26/2016
Get Out Laptops
1. Vocabulary Ch 10 Defintions
2.  A3K: Letting Girls Learn
  • Create a Word Cloud for the Article
  • Complete Reading Activities for the Article
3. Complete Vocabulary Activities
Test List for 10/26/2016 Report to BHS Media Center
Taris Claitt - Lab 2
Haley Olmstead - Middle
Cierra Schobl - Right
Agenda 10/24/2016
Get Out Laptops
  1. A3K: An Internet Zoo Just for You
​2. Vocabulary Activities
Test List for 10/24/2016
Cristina Colon Gonzalez - Front
Frantzy Jean-Baptiste - Front
Tiffany Lemus - Front
Sthefany Molina - Front
Haley Olmstead - Lab 2
Dylan Pruitt - Lab 2
Flavio Santamaria - Conf Rm
Cierra Schobl - Left
Hannah Seay - Middle
Josef Thompson - ​Right
Agenda 10/20/2016
​1st DAY OF 2nd QTR
Get Laptops Out
  1. Vocab Ch 9 Definitions
  2. Unpack the Unit: Social Justice -Word Cloud at ABCya
  3. A3K: Blue Bottle Coffee a Hit in Japan Reading and Activities
  4. Create a Word Cloud for your article
  5. Vocabulary Activities
Testing List for 10/20/2016
Taris Claitt - Lab 2
Anthony Cueto - Lab 2
Cierra Schobl - Conf Rm
Agenda 10/18/2016
10/19/2016 is the last day of the 1st Qtr Grading Period.
Today is the last day for you to complete any unfinished work from the first grading period. 
Testing List for 10/18/2016
Matthew Brophy - Middle
Chalino Flores - Conf Rm
Agenda 10/13/2016
Get Out Laptops and Login to this page
Get Headphones if needed
FAIR TESTING
  1. ​FAIR testing (all 3 parts) Go to the FAIR Website  KEY: RD6667
  2. Complete any unfinished
ALL ACTIVITIES MUST BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY 10/14/2016
Testing List for 10/13/2016
Haley Olmstead - Lab 1
Dylan Pruitt - Lab 1
Holden Pruitt - Lab 1
Agenda 10/11/2016
Get Out Laptops and Login to this page
Get Headphones if needed
FAIR TESTING
  1. ​Go to the FAIR Website
  2. KEY: CJ3792
  3. Complete FAIR testing (all 3 parts)
  4. Complete any unfinished Journals 1-15
  5. Complete any unfinished Vocabulary Activities
ALL ACTIVITIES MUST BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY 10/14/2016
Agenda 10/5/2016
Get out Laptops and Login to this page
Get out your Headphones
FAIR TESTING
  1. Go to the FAIR Website
  2. KEY: RS4222
  3. Complete FAIR testing (all 3 parts)
  4. When done, work on Vocabulary or Journals
Early Release Bell Schedule
2nd                      7:00-7:54
4th                       8:01-8:51
1st Lunch           8:58-9:22
5th                      9:27-10:34
6th                     10:41-11:30
Agenda 10/3/2016
Major McDonald is out today due to illness
Get started on the assignments below. 
  1. Vocab Definitions ch 8
  2. A3K: "Candy Man" read the article and complete the questions in Achieve
  3. Vocab: Complete Ch 8 activities and any incomplete vocabulary activities
  4. Complete any unfinished Journals (Due 10/14/2016)
  5. A3K: Complete any Unfinished Stories in Achieve
DON'T FORGET
  • Stay in your assigned seat
  • You may only go to the restroom with your agenda.
  • DO NOT ask to see another teacher
  • NO FOOD, GUM, CANDY OR DRINKS!!!
Agenda 9/29/2016
Get a Laptop out, turned on and login to this page
  1. ​​Vocab Definitions Ch 7
  2. A3K: "What's for lunch?"
  3. Complete Online Story Activities
  4. Complete Online Vocabulary Activities
  5. Complete and outstanding Journals
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Agenda 9/27/2016
Please get a laptop and login
Check current grades for Intensive Reading
Complete any unfinished activities you need to complete in this order3:
  1. Achieve Stories
  2. Journals 1 through 15
  3. Vocabulary
Agenda 9/23/2016
Get a laptop out, turned on and logged in to this page. 
  1. ​Complete story and activities for A3K: "Pluto: Full of Surprises"
  2. Read story and complete activities for A3K: "March: The Story Comes to Life"
  3. Read story and complete activities for A3K: "Setting the terms"
  4. Complete Journal 8 and Journal 9
  5. Finish any incomplete Vocabulary activities

Agenda 9/21/2016
Get a laptop out, turned on and logged in to this page. Get a marker box for each group.
  1. Vocab Definitions Ch 6
  2. Class Read: "Pluto: Full of Surprises"
  3. Word Engagement (group)
  4. 1st Read (whole class-mark text)
  5. Graphic Organizer (group)
  6. Answer Questions (group- ask McDonald to check answers)
  7. Complete Online Story Activities
  8. Complete Online Vocabulary Activities
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u1m2-_pluto_full_of_surprises.pdf
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ATTENTION!!!
PLEASE RESUBMIT JOURNAL 5 and JOURNAL 6 for Grading
Agenda 9/16/2016
Get a laptop out, turned on and logged in to this page
​1. Complete story and activities for A3K: "Saying Goodbye to an American Hero"
2. Read story and complete activities for A3K: "The Sounds of History"
3. Enter the answers for the ACT passage "A Guitar Serenade" here
4. ​Vocabulary Ch 5 Activities
5. Complete Journal 6 (200 words) and Journal 7 (200 words)
6. Check for incomplete assignments in Achieve and for vocabulary.
Agenda 9/14/2016
   NO DEVICES NEEDED TODAY
  1. Get out Kaplan ACT books, white board for each table and box of markers.
  2. p. 28 A Guitar Serenade
  3. Individually- read the passage silently
  4. As a class, read the passage aloud. (Sentence by sentence)
  5. Work with group to answer questions 21-30
Agenda 9/12/2016
  1. ​​Vocabulary Ch 5 Definitions (all vocabulary through Ch 5 should be completed by 9/16/2016)
  2. Reading "Saying Goodbye to an American Hero" 
  • Word Engagement (group)
  • 1st Read (whole class)
  • 2nd Read (Mark the text- group)
  • Timed Reading (1 minute reads)
  • Graphic Organizer (group)
  • Answer Questions (group- ask McDonald to check answers)
  • Share our thoughts (individual)
​
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u1m2-_saying_goodbye_to_an_american_hero_story.pdf
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go-key_points.pdf
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u1m2-_saying_goodbye_to_an_american_hero_questions.pdf
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Agenda 9/8/2016

​Get Laptop out, logged in, on this page
  1. Achieve "Women in the Military"
  2. Achieve "In the Trenches"
  3. Vocabulary Ch 4 Activities
  4. Journal 5 (200 Words)
  5. All incomplete Achieve Activities from previous weeks
Agenda 9/6/2016​
  1. ​​Vocabulary Ch 4 Definitions (all vocabulary through Ch 4 should be completed by 9/9/2016)
  2. Reading "In the Trenches" 
  • Word Engagement (group)
  • 1st Read (whole class)
  • 2nd Read (Mark the text- group)
  • Graphic Organizer (group)
  • Answer Questions (group- ask McDonald to check answers)
  • Share our thoughts (individual)
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u1m2-in_the_trenches_story.pdf
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u1m2-in_the_trenches_questions.pdf
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Agenda 9/1/2016
  1. Get Laptops Ready for Class
  2. Complete all online activities for Vocabulary (Ch 1-3)
  3. Journal 4 (200 Words)
  4. Achieve 3000 stories to be completed
  • "Our Great Migration"
  • "What would Teddy say?"
  • Complete any unfinished work from last week
Agenda 8/30/2016
  1. Review Class Expectations
  2. Vocabulary Ch 3 Definitions
  3. Reading "Our Great Migration" 
  • Word Engagement (group)
  • 1st Read (whole class)
  • Question Research (whole class)
  • 2nd Read (Mark the text- group)
  • Graphic Organizer (group)
  • Answer Questions (group- ask McDonald to check answers)
  • Share our thoughts (individual)
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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a3k-_great_migration.pdf
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Agenda 8/26/2016
  1. Grab a Laptop and Login using school credentials
  2. Review class expectations
  3. Login in to class website
  4. Complete baseline test for Achieve
  5. Achieve Reading: Read and complete the questions for the following articles:
    1. "Did Apple Do Something?"
    2. "Catching Runaway Slaves"
  6. ​Complete "Predicting Indian Monsoon" activity online including summary
  7. Complete Journal 3 and any other incomplete Journals
  8. Complete vocabulary activities online 
Agenda 8/24/2016
  1. Grab a Laptop and Login using school credentials.
  2. Review Class Expectations
  3. Get logins for Achieve 3000
  4. Take baseline test in Achieve.
  5. Complete vocabulary activities online 
  6. Complete "Predicting Indian Monsoon" activity online including summary
  7. Complete Journal 2
Agenda 8/22/2016
  1. ​Get out personal devices and place bags and backpacks at the back of room.
  2. Review Class Expectations
  3. Vocabulary Ch 1/2
  4. ACT Group Reading Practice
  • p. 26-27 "Predicting the Indian Monsoon" 
  • Use white boards to answer the 5W's and H.
  • Write a summary on white board
  • Answer questions 11-20
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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​5W's and H
  • Who 
  • What 
  • Where
  • When
  • Why
  • How
Complete the Student /Parent Information Form by 8/19/2016
Agenda 8/18/2016
  1. Get out personal devices and place bags and backpacks at the back of room.
  2. Review Class Expectations
  3. Continue ACT Group Reading Practice
  4. Write a group summary for "Rappacini's Daughter" (white board)
  5. Answer questions online for passage "Rappacini's Daughter" 
  6. Work on Journal 1  
  7. Chapter 1 Vocabulary and Definitions (complete online activities for Ch 1) Definitions listed below.
Vocabulary Ch 1
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Journal 3
​Imagine you had ten thousand dollars, but you couldn't keep it. You had to give it away to a person or charity. Who would you give it to? What would you want them to do with it?
Agenda 8/16/2016
1. Review Class Syllabus
2. Review Class Expectations
3. ACT group Reading Practice