Post 41

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

Lunch count -
Monday January 14th, 2013
Approximately 9 class periods until the end of the semester
District Writing Assessment - grade 12 only - January 23 and 24
EOC Exams - Math Wednesday 16 January, Science Thursday 17 January

Notebook Check
period 1 = Sabrina
period 2 = Alex
period 3 = Celeste


DOL 60

“I’ll call your parents immediately,” he said.  “They are frantic with worry,” he added.

“No!” Juliet screamed.

DOL 61

Neglecting to tell him how famished she was, Juliet pleaded with the Reverend Laurence not to reveal her hiding place.

Analogy
FINALE : MUSICAL
inning : baseball
stitch : tapestry
mystery : novel
barista : coffee
homestretch : race


Period 1 - High School English
Stephen King - On Writing
Location 1419 -”Toolbox”

Individual conferences on phase autobio first draft (and other stuff).
Eden, Jake, Christoph, Erika, Sarah, Chris, Sabrina, AJ, Jessica

Adventure of English
Take notes and write a short and sweet summary of the main ideas from this episode/segment
label = disk 7 - 5th bit
period 1 = disk 7 = 20:03

Phase Autobio part 2 - first draft of a 5 paragraph non-fiction essay on a time in your life that was significant.
Use 12 point Georgia font in Google Docs (school account)
double space
tab for paragraphs
Use the same file as part 1
Create a title
1 Introduction paragraph
3 Body paragraphs - each telling/showing a specific event or detail of the phase. Use at least 3 pieces of dialog or quotations. Use all 5 senses to take the reader to the time and place you are describing.
1 Concluding paragraph - sum-up the phase and restate the significance of same



Period 3 - as in period 1 except...
Cannery Row - chapter 21

Quick study questions for chapt 21 -
1. Why does Doc hit Mack?
2. What does Doc do right after he hits Mack?
3. Who cleans up the mess in the laboratory?
4. Why doesn’t Doc lock his laboratory? Do you think he is naive?

Phase Autobio part 2 - see above

Period 2  Middle School English/Language Arts and Social Studies
DOL 61 (as above)

Give Me Liberty by L.M. Elliott - continue close reading aloud to the end of chapter 5 in which we meet Basil
Witch of Blackbird Pond - start close reading aloud
Finish short essay on setting, weapons, or authors from JT and Woods Runner
Review colonial period - America History of Our Nation (AHOON)

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com = textbook
login = alabadens
pw = per2lass

schoology.com = quiz = Colonies Take Root - Unit 1 chapter 3
login = alabadens
pw = swaper2
Period 4 -
Semester Retrospective (look back)
One harsh critizism of a book or story is to say, “It was just one damn thing after another.”
Humans seek the meaning of things.
Create a document with your memories and take-aways from the first semester at SWA - September to December 2012.
School stuff, non-school stuff, good, bad or in-between.
Take pictures, draw some, chart your math test scores, scan your best history writing, your favorite quotes from English, your friends, teachers, parents, street corner, art projects.
Try to focus on 3 to 5 items and give each a few slides, pictures, words.
Make a title slide and a conclusion slide and 20 or so in-between.
Chart some growth or a fall back
Make it beautiful
Publish - or at least make sure I get a copy on a flash drive because this will determine whether you get credit for this elective class.