Monday, 1/30

Sorry I'm out again. I went to the dr Fri and got a shot and an antibiotic but my fever keeps hanging around on and off. 

Two things for today, and if you finish early, just work on your journals which are due soon. 

1. Senior Memory book, chapter 2. Follow instructions below to get back into OneNote or ClassNotebook if you can't remember. You will just start a second page in the Senior Memory Book Notebook and call it Chapter 2. 

2. I want y'all to finish the Prologue (following the instructions below) if you didn't Friday and I'll explain anything needed when I get back tomorrow. 

Assignment: 

Continue reading the Prologue (silently to yourself). However,  I want you to take notes as you read. Get a computer and log into your Class notebook. 

(Process: 

1. Log onto computer.

2. Log into your school email using "Microsoft login" in the search bar. 

3. Click on the waffle or grid in the upper left hand corner.

4. Click on either One Note or Class Notebook.

5. Click on shared notebooks, English IV 2nd or 4th period, then the tab on the left with your name and then the tab on the left with Class Notes.

6. Take your notes there (info below about what I want included). 

7. If your neighbors are struggling to get there on the computer, help them. If you are struggling, ask for help. IF it simply WILL NOT work and you have tried other computers, do it on paper.)

Write the name of each character, the socio-economic status (and a text ref for that), feudal, city, or church category (and a text ref), and some details about the person (like we did aloud in class Thur). Do this for each character as you read. I'll check these for a grade.

Do not be on your phones or talking!

Friday, Jan 27

Sorry I'm out, guys. I kind of feel like I'm dying of sinus junk tonight. I want y'all to go on with the Prologue and I'll explain anything needed when I get back. 

Assignment: 

Continue reading the Prologue (silently to yourself). However,  I want you to take notes as you read. Get a computer and log into your Class notebook. 

(Process: 

1. Log onto computer.

2. Log into your school email using "Microsoft login" in the search bar. 

3. Click on the waffle or grid in the upper left hand corner.

4. Click on either One Note or Class Notebook.

5. Click on shared notebooks, English IV 2nd or 4th period, then the tab on the left with your name and then the tab on the left with Class Notes.

6. Take your notes there (info below about what I want included). 

7. If your neighbors are struggling to get there on the computer, help them. If you are struggling, ask for help. IF it simply WILL NOT work and you have tried other computers, do it on paper.)

Write the name of each character, the socio-economic status (and a text ref for that), feudal, city, or church category (and a text ref), and some details about the person (like we did aloud in class Thur). Do this for each character as you read. I'll check these for a grade.

Do not be on your phones or talking!

Unit 2 Essential Questions

The essential questions for Unit 2 are listed below. Consider these questions in a personal, historical, literary, societal context and leave a comment on the blog in which you respond through one of the lenses listed above.

How do we as individuals reflect the society in which we live?

How are our values and beliefs formed and shaped by society?

OR

Do our values and beliefs shape our society?

What is the role of literature in preserving a society?

Can literature be an agent for social change?

Week of January 23

We are already finished with Unit 1, as of Tuesday! How fast was that??? As fast as I told you this year would go. :)

Monday, 1/23
Senior Memory Book 1
Finish discussing Exeter Book

Tuesday, 1/24
Hero Final activity

Wednesday, 1/25
Unit 1 Test

Thursday, 1/26
Intro to Middle Ages
Canterbury Tales Prologue

Friday, 1/27
Canterbury Tales Prologue
Voc Quiz 1

Dialectical Journal Instructions

A dialectical journal records a dialogue – conversation – between the ideas in the text (the words you are reading) and the ideas of the reader (you).

In your journal, keep a dialogue with yourself.

Write down your thoughts, questions, insights, and ideas while you read.

· Fold the page in half.

· In the RIGHT COLUMN, record notes from text or discussion.

· In the LEFT COLUMN, write down YOUR OWN thoughts.

Step 1 ~ Reading for Understanding

1.     Read the text at least once.

2.     On your own, record at least 5 entries in the RIGHT COLUMN – unfamiliar words, important plot development, insight about a character, etc.

* Also, write down any questions your teacher or classmates ask aloud during reading in the LEFT COLUMNS.

* Record your answers on the RIGHT.

3.     After reading, write down your own thoughts, questions, definitions for unfamiliar words in the LEFT COLUMN.

4.     Write a summary of the entire text in a color that stands out.

Step 2 ~ Discussing the Text/Adding to Your Journal

1.     Discuss the text with your classmates.

·       Share and compare summaries. Is yours missing any important information, or does yours add to what your classmates’ wrote?

·       Ask the questions out loud that you wrote in your journal, even if you already have an answer for it.

2.     In a different color, add to your journal any insights that your classmates offered.

·       You must add at least 2 thoughts to your journal.

·       Make sure all unfamiliar words are defined, all questions are answered.

Step 3 ~ Reflect

Review your notes and write about the following IN YOUR JOURNAL:

a.     What was the text about?

b.     What did you think of it?

c.      What did you discover?

d.     What do you still need to know?

For today:

Write down at least five things in a column on the right (insight, plot, discussion points, etc).

Write down your thoughts and responses to the points on the right in the LEFT COLUMN.

Write a summary of the whole text  at the bottom.

4th period No Red Ink

Hey guys, I'm going to be trying something this semester to help boost ACT scores for anyone who still needs to take it AND to just plain make all of us better for whatever our future holds. :)

Go to this link www.noredink.com and walk through setting up an account as a student. Your class code is scarce rake 16.

2nd period No Red Ink

Hey guys, I'm going to be trying something this semester to help boost ACT scores for anyone who still needs to take it AND to just plain make all of us better for whatever our future holds. :)

Go to this link www.noredink.com and walk through setting up an account as a student. Your class code is faint lamb 24.

Vocab Unit 1

Here are your words for the first vocab quiz. The quiz is 1/27.

divulge

abet

dogmatic

insipid

extraneous

coerce

jaundiced

meticulous

temerity

gregarious

Week of January 16

Hopefully this will work as a good way for you to stay informed of the class happenings. :)

Monday, 1/16
OFF

Tuesday, 1/17
Vocab 1
Beowulf

Wednesday, 1/18
Beowulf

Thursday, 1/19
Beowulf

Friday, 1/20
Exeter Book