Post 44

Learn to Live

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

Welcome Regular Instructor

End of Course Exam in Science - 8-11 am

Approximately ½ hour more daylight today than on December 21, 2012 - When will we reach an hour of new light?

Approximately 75 days left of school

Lunch count -


Thursday January 17th, 2013

Approximately 6 class periods until the end of the semester

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

DOL 63

While juliet’s family was going nuts, Juliet was truly languishing in the tomb from the dearth of food. She felt giddy and lightheaded, and she finaly dropped off into a deep, dreamless sleep.

DOL 64
romeo not finding any transportation except his own 2 feet hoofed it 50 miles to the church

Analogy
WINERY : MERLOT
supermarket : espresso
marathon : water
café : whiskey
brewery : beer
grove : applesauce


Period 1 - High School English
Stephen King - On Writing
Location 1670 -”Toolbox” part 5 - conclusion to the “Toolbox”

Classic American Musical Theater -
Part 1 - Across the Universe
Part 2 - Cabaret
Part 3 - The Music Man

Adventure of English (option)
Take notes and write a short and sweet summary of the main ideas from this episode/segment
label = disk 8 - 8th bit
period 1 = disk 8 = start

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 25 - Happiness returns to the Row

Quick study questions for chapt 25 -
1. Why does Mack try to find out when Doc’s birthday is?  Is he successful?
2.Are you superstitious? Why do you think the mood changed around Cannery Row?
3. Prediction: How will this party work out? Will it have a happier ending than the last one?

Phase Autobio part 2 - see above

Period 2  Middle School English/Language Arts and Social Studies
DOL 63 (as above)
Give Me Liberty by L.M. Elliott - continue close reading aloud to the end of chapter 8 in which we arrive in colonial Williamsburg, meet some of the locals and learn even more about the politics of the late colonial period in America.

Witch of Blackbird Pond - inside Chapter 3 - Kit arrives at her destination, finally.

Finish review quiz online - Unit 1 chapter 3
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.