• Bellwork-Satire
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
    • Vocab Log and Goals/Book Log due Friday, March 16th
  • Honors-Propaganda Activity
  • LA 2-Propaganda Techniques

  • Bellwork-Satire Notes
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conference/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • Honors-Propaganda Techniques
  • LA 2Animal Farm historical background
  • Historical Background
    • 1.Create a Double-Bubble Thinking Map comparing and contrasting Trotsky and Stalin and their beliefs for Russia.

      Create an appropriate guiding question.

      You must have a frame of reference.

      2.Create a circle map to define how Russia changed under Stalin’s rule.

      Create an appropriate guiding question.

      You must have a  frame of reference.

  • SLOT-PSAT Practice Week 2
    • Referencing Passage 1, summarize President Kennedy’s perspective on scientific progress.
      • Highlight textual evidence using your green highlighter
      • Annotate your summary/label annotation
        • 3.Which choice best summarizes Kennedy’s perspective on scientific progress?
          • A.The advancement of science should be a central priority for the United States.
          • B.Scientific knowledge will inevitably improve the lives of people on this planet.
          • C.Science has the potential to both improve and harm humanity.
          • D.Investment in the sciences will enable humans to better understand how the universe works.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conference/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • HonorsAnimal Farm historical background text
    • Historical Background
    • 1.Create a Double-Bubble Thinking Map comparing and contrasting Trotsky and Stalin and their beliefs for Russia.
      • Create an appropriate guiding question.
      • You must have a frame of reference.
    • 2.Create a circle map to define how Russia changed under Stalin’s rule.
      • Create an appropriate guiding question.
      • You must have a  frame of reference.
  • LA 2-Works Cited (completed essay due Sunday by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom)

  • SLOT-PSAT Practice Week #2
    • Referencing Passage 1, what is the main focus of Kennedy’s inaugural address?
      • Highlight textual evidence using your orange highlighter
      • Annotate your explanation of the main focus/label annotation.
    • 2.Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from
      • A.A description of the history of the United States to a proposal for improving the lives of its citizens.
      • B.A commitment to helping allies of the United States to a call for better cooperation among opposing nations.
      • C.An argument for improving the lives of people around the world to a recognition of that argument’s weaknesses.
      • D.An explanation of the foreign policy of the United States to an example illustrating these policies.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conference/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • HonorsAnimal Farm background information/reading activities.
  • LA 2-Conclusion of Argumentative Research Paper (completed essay due Sunday by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom)

  • SLOT-PSAT Practice Week 2
    • Referencing Passage 1, what is the theme of President Kennedy’s inaugural address?
      • Highlight textual evidence using your blue highlighter
      • Annotate your explanation of the theme
        • 1. A central theme of the passage is that
          • A.those nations that dedicate themselves to democracy will receive aid and support from the United States.
          • B.cooperation among all nations is necessary to protect the future of humanity.
          • C.the Founding Fathers of the United States would be proud of the country’s progress over the last century.
          • D.the United States should dedicate more resources to fighting tyranny around the world.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conference/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • Honors-Works Cited/Finish Analysis Essay (due tonight by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom)
  • LA 2-Body 3 of Argumentative Essay (completed essay due Sunday by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom)

  • SLOT-PSAT Practice Week #2
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conference/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • Honors-Analysis Conclusion (completed analysis due tomorrow by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom)
  • LA 2-Argumentative Essay-Body 2 (completed essay due Sunday by 11:59 pm)

Have a safe and enjoyable Midwinter Break!

Have a safe and enjoyable Midwinter Break!
  • Bellwork-Writer’s Notebook
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read often over break!
  • Honors-Body of Analysis Essay (assignment in Google Classroom)
    • Be sure to finish the body paragraph over break. We will begin the conclusion when we return from break. Final essay due 2/27 to Google Classroom!
  • LA 2-Body 1 of the Argumentative Research Paper (assignment in Google Classroom)
    • Be ready to begin Body 2 when we return from break.

  • BW-Writer’s Notebook
    • LA 2-Making inferences
    • Honors-Emotional Appeals
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Conferencing/Vocab Log
    • Be sure to read at home each night!
  • Honors-Analysis Essay (conclusion)
  • LA 2-Research for Argumentative Essay (See Google Classroom instructions)