Good Morning, Students,

Today, I was checking papers and I noticed a lot of you copied answers for the “Of Mice and Men” Questions assignment.  I caught it and then went through and checked the papers I had from the other classes…and GUESS WHAT?!  I found papers with identical answers.  Interesting.

The people who copied — even one answer received a ZERO on the assignment and a note that reads, “Academic Dishonesty – copied work” on the assignment.

This past marking period, I have caught many people copying.  If this happens again, I will call your parents and notify administration.  Copying/Academic Dishonesty is NO JOKE.  In college, you can get in really big trouble and the ramifications are the same in my classroom.  This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.  I will not change your grade for this assignment.  If you continue to bother me about this, I will call home and speak to your parent about this issue.

I am really disappointed in the people who copied.  This group of students should really be ashamed of themselves.

Please take this as your warning.  I will also be talking about this to each class on Tuesday and Wednesday.

-Miss Palonis

P.S. Please do not email me about grades.  You already know I have been ridiculously generous.

Good Morning,

As promised, I will attach the PowerPoint I have been using in class for you to review.  I will also attach the study guide and the SSR project.

• ALL SSR PROJECTS ARE DUE BY TUESDAY

I am working on grades and as I have said repeatedly, grades will continue to change until I submit them.  Please do not email me about missing work from previous card marking periods.  If you do plan to email me, please make sure you use proper formatting and spelling AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO NOT EMAIL ME AFTER 7 PM.  I WILL NOT RESPOND.

Emails should include a salutation –

Examples of this would be:

• Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening
• Dear
• Hi/Hello
• Miss Palonis

Then, you would hit enter and begin typing your email.  There should be some type of greeting, then you can start asking your questions.  When you have finished, you need a signature, for example, “Sincerely” works really well.  Before you hit send, please proofread.  Make sure you spell names properly!

Please make sure you do these things.  I will not respond to your questions until the email is formatted properly.

Here’s an example:

Dear Miss Palonis,

I hope this email finds you well.  I am writing you because I was wondering why I have a C in your class.  Blah blah blah, something about missing assignments or retakes or something.

Thank you for your time,

Katie

If you have any other questions or concerns, let me know (in a properly formatted email!)

Good luck on all of your finals!

-Miss Palonis

Week of 7_14 Jan19 Presentation FINAL REVIEW

SSR Project

Hi again!

REMINDER: The “Of Mice and Men” chapter questions are due tomorrow.

**Please make sure you read the questions and answer them thoroughly.

**Please read the Chapter 2, 3, 4 summaries!  There will be test questions about them!

Also, REMEMBER YOU HAVE A TEST TOMORROW!!!!

If you need to read the text again, it is two posts down from this one!!!  I also posted the audio, if you want to listen to it instead.

Next order of business:

Grades:

I will be updating my grade book over break.  Please remember that most of the assignments that are not graded are because they were your essay prewriting activities/resources.  If you or your parents/guardians have any questions, please reach out to me via email.  My email address is: palonik@dearbornschools.org

I am always pretty quick to respond.

I think that’s all for now!

Do not forget to study!

-Miss P.

Hey everyone!

Here are some links for audio of the book!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6dQ2jLgNOY&list=PL0pHysZ205d_VJEn9iA73G2R_88KkpdnL

https://youtu.be/R4J1AX5uUyo

Today we started reading “Of Mice and Men,” and I assigned comprehension questions for the three chapters we will be reading.

I will attach them along with the text.

If you need anything else, do not hesitate to reach out!

Of Mice and Men, excerpts

OMAM Chapter Questions

Hey guys!

Here is the video we watched in class and the handout I gave to you today!

Remember, you have until Friday to revise and edit your essay.  You can print it or submit it electronically!

My email is: palonik@dearbornschools.org

If you have any problems please EMAIL me, do not post on the blog.  That way, I can respond to you right away.

Video Link:

Writing Process

If you need anything else, please let me know!!!

We’re Not White Note Taker

TEDTalk Notetaker

Thinking Map Unit 2 texts

MLA Template

Hey Guys!

Attached is the assignment for the compare and contrast essay and the rubric!

Any questions, do not hesitate to reach out!

Do not forget to complete the assignment for “A Matter of Prejudice” on commonlit.org BY FRIDAY.  THIS IS 25 SUMMATIVE — so please be sure to take your time when you’re completing the questions.  If you get confused REREAD THE TEXT.

Have a great week!

-Miss P

Compare and Contrast Essay Assignment

Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric

Hey guys!

As promised, here is the video of the author reading, “Gate A4.”

If you do watch this, please make sure you read along…that way you can annotate any new, additional information!

Have a great night!

-Miss P

Good Morning, Everyone!

Today is the last day before our much needed break!!  I hope everyone has a wonderful time with friends and family!  🙂

Even though this is a short week, we will be annotating and listening to the poem, Gate A-4 today.  Then we will be creating a brace map comparing the three texts we have used so far in this unit (“We’re Not White,” “Danger of a Single Story,” and “Gate A-4.”)

Next week, we will start drafting our compare and contrast essay discussing the three texts.  You will be using the note taker from, “We’re Not White,” and the note taker from “Danger of a Single Story,” along with the note takers, you will also be using the annotated copy of “Gate A-4,” the compare and contrast double bubble thinking map we created for “We’re Not White” and “Danger of a Single Story,” and the brace map comparing the three texts.  These will all assist you with writing a comprehensive compare and contrast essay.

The Essential Question for the essay (or the driving force, as I like to call it!!) will be, “How are these three texts connected and how do they differ in regard to stereotypes?”

You are expected to create a HANDWRITTEN ROUGH DRAFT before you can type up your essay.  Upon completion of the essay, you need to turn in the following COMPLETED items (blank or unfinished work will receive NO CREDIT.):

• “We’re Not White” note taker
• “Danger of a Single Story” TED Talk note taker
• Double bubble thinking map comparing and contrasting “We’re Not White” and “Danger of a Single Story”
• Annotated copy of “Gate A-4”
• Brace Map comparing the three texts.
• Rough Draft – PEER EDITED
• Final Copy

We will start this next week, so please do not get ahead of yourselves!  I will also be re-teaching the writing process so all of you know my expectations.

Along with this, we will have article of the week.  I am thinking it will be a printed out version of a CommonLit article.  We are gonna get practicing for the Midterm and the PSAT!!

Have an awesome break!!

-Miss Palonis

Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric