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English Language Arts American Literature & Social Studies
Upper School - South Whidbey Academy

Snelling - out Thursday and Friday - Annual Middle Level Education Conference - Portland, Oregon

Lunch count - 5

Tuesday November 6th, 2012

Notebook Check -
period 1 = Erika and Christoph
period 2 = Alex and Josh
period 3 = Celeste and Sarah

DOL 33

Juliet ceased her blubbering and called her aunt, who agreed to help the star-crossed lovers.  Aunt Nurse planned to go see Romeo at his grandmother’s house.

DOL 34

Aunt Nurse visited Romeo and told him what an odious toad he was to have hurt Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. She also arranged a meeting between the two lovers at Juliet’s church.

Analogy
NEUTRAL : INDIFFERENT:: lazy : indolent
exotic : commonplace
lazy : indolent
finicky : relaxed
unsettling : detached


Period 1 and Period 3 - English
Adventure of English
Period 1 - disk 2 = 17:26
Journal Response -
1. Describe in some detail how Norman French began to lose its grip in England.
2. What was the effect of the Black Plague on the English language?

Period 3 - 17:44 - Journal Response - what crisis did the English language face during the years between 700 and 800 AD. What was the result and who was credited?

Brand of Me/I Am Project - end of the beginning
1. logo/crest/coat of arms/personal symbol = 10 pts.
2. who/what graphic = 10 pts.
3. favorite object photos = 10 pts.
4. playlist/lifelist = 10 pts.
5. slide show or video clip script/narration = 10 pts.

Rough draft of Iam Project due November 5th - today = 50 points - effort (all parts present)  and communication (authentic, thoughtful, clear, effective both in writing and layout)

Short Reflective Essay (take a step back and look at this little project dispassionately)
First, just do a quick write in which you jot down any thoughts that come up about this assignment or similar assignments.
Describe the process - worthwhile parts, not-so-worthwhile parts, difficulties, enjoyable bits, future additions or subtractions, collaboration, peer help, what could be changed, how could you present/sell yourself more effectively, etc.

Presentations - approximately 3-5 minutes - pick a couple of components and give details, talk about value of the exercise, problems, etc.  

Period 2 English/Language Arts and Social Studies

Johnny Tremain

JT Moodle Quiz for chapter 8 is now open


Chapter 9 section 3 “The Scarlet Deluge” - page 225 0f 300
Rated Discussion

Documentary Film - Desperate Crossing - The story of the settlement of the “Pilgrims” in New England - 2:04:06

Journal question - According to the narrator of this documentary film, what was the most important lesson the Pilgrims learned from their new life?

Period 4
Advocacy - am only