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January 16-20, 2017: Welcome to Third Term!

Monday, January 16: MLK Holiday (Human Rights Day) [210]
Tuesday, January 17: Professional Day (No School for Students)

• This term you will learn...
• ...to analyze, appreciate, and author poetic epitaphs.
• ...to close read "Interactive Fiction" to solve a mystery.
• ...to read and understand epic poetry.
• ...a bit about Greek mythology.
• ...how to use commas, semicolons, and colons correctly.
• ...how to write and present a podcast.
• ...yet more word cells!
• ...to read.
• ...to write.
• ...to repeat.
• ...and, as always, some surprises!
• New Term, New Semester, New Reading Schedules, New Classmates, New Seats, New Hall Passes, New (Epic) Poems, New Voices, New Arguments...
  

Wednesday, January 18: A Day [Computer Lab 202]
Thursday, January 19: B Day [Computer Lab 202]

• [No Intervention: Extended 4th/8th Periods]
• New Lab Seats
• The Voices of Spoon River: Finish as much of the game as you can today!
• (Need a hint? Need another?)
• Spoon River Anthology Packet: The Epitaphs, the Poetry, and The Game
• Is yours up to date? Make sure you finish all the pages you have so far!
• Make sure you can answer these questions! They are on the test next time!
• The epitaphs from the game should be familiar to you by now:
• Judge Somers & Chase Henry & Penniwit the Artist
• Editor Whedon & Carl Hamblin
• The Town Marshal & Jack McGuire
• Ollie McGee & Fletcher McGee
• Cooney Potter & Fiddler Jones
• Elsa Wertman & Hamilton Greene
• You will get to use your Spoon River Anthology Packet on the test.
• Word Study: Third Term Word Cells
• Assignments & Due Dates & Presentation Outline
• You should still have lists from first and second terms as well as all the prefixes and suffixes.
• Use the Word Cell Archive and/or The Big List to write your podcast.
• Draft your podcast...on your wiki page. (Do you remember how to log in?)
• It's official: Mark your calendars and prepare your podcasts!

Friday, January 20: A Day

• New Classmates/New Seats
• Hall Passes
• Journal #1: The Beginning of the End
• Today is the first day (in the classroom) of the second semester. You have new classmates, new seats, and maybe a new outlook (?). Half of your first year of high school is behind you, and the other half of that first year starts now. What are your plans? How will this semester be different from last semester? You have been through one day of your new class schedule: Is it better or worse? Why? How do you want things to be five months from now, and what are you planning to do to make it happen? Discuss. Explain. Pontificate. Elaborate. Rant. Rave. Analyze. As always, fill the page!
• Spoon River Test: Use your finished Spoon River Anthology Packet!
• Wow! This test takes a long time!
• 2nd-4th Periods did not have much time to discuss what follows....
• Composition: Creative Writing Assignment
• Meet the Purkapiles: This is how they work.
• Choose a pair (more if you’re ambitious) of characters from a novel, movie, or well-known story.
• Write a free verse poetic epitaph for each of these characters that includes the following:
  • Two poetic comparisons: metaphor and/or simile
  • Parallel structure
  • Allusion to a widely-known event or person
  • Alliteration (keep it discreet: not ten words in a row)
  • Rhetorical question
  • A cross-reference to the other character so the reader knows “the whole story”
• When placed together, the final epitaphs should not be larger than an 8½ x 11 sheet of paper.
• Decorate the “headstones” in a way that is suitable to the content of the epitaphs and to the characters
  about which they are written.
• The “headstones” with the epitaphs on them may be displayed in the classroom “graveyard”.
• Do your best work!
• Here is a model of the whole process.
• [Use this Checklist.]
• Due Date: Thursday, January 26
• Word Study: Third Term Word Cells
• You got these last time: Assignments & Due Dates & Presentation Outline
• Use the Word Cell Archive and/or The Big List to write your podcast.
• Prepare your podcasts!
• Models
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January 23-27, 2017

Monday, January 23: B Day [No Intervention: Extended 8th]

• New Classmates/New Seats
• Journal #1: The Beginning of the End
• Today is the first day (in the classroom) of the second semester. You have new classmates, new seats, and maybe a new outlook (?). Half of your first year of high school is behind you, and the other half of that first year starts now. What are your plans? How will this semester be different from last semester? You have been through one day of your new class schedule: Is it better or worse? Why? How do you want things to be five months from now, and what are you planning to do to make it happen? Discuss. Explain. Pontificate. Elaborate. Rant. Rave. Analyze. As always, fill the page!
• Spoon River Test: Use your finished Spoon River Anthology Packet!
• Wow! This test takes a long time!
• Composition: Creative Writing Assignment
• Meet the Purkapiles: This is how they work.
• Choose a pair (more if you’re ambitious) of characters from a novel, movie, or well-known story.
• Write a free verse poetic epitaph for each of these characters that includes the following:
  • Two poetic comparisons: metaphor and/or simile
  • Parallel structure
  • Allusion to a widely-known event or person
  • Alliteration (keep it discreet: not ten words in a row)
  • Rhetorical question
  • A cross-reference to the other character so the reader knows “the whole story”
• When placed together, the final epitaphs should not be larger than an 8½ x 11 sheet of paper.
• Decorate the “headstones” in a way that is suitable to the content of the epitaphs and to the characters
  about which they are written.
• The “headstones” with the epitaphs on them may be displayed in the classroom “graveyard”.
• Do your best work!
• Here is a model of the whole process.
• [Use this Checklist.]
• Due Date: Friday, January 27
• Word Study: Third Term Word Cells
• You got these last time: Assignments & Due Dates & Presentation Outline
• Use the Word Cell Archive and/or The Big List to write your podcast.
• Prepare your podcasts!
• Models
• 
  

Tuesday, January 24: A Day [No Intervention: Extended 4th]
Wednesday, January 25: B Day

• A Conversation About High School Resposibilities (aka Spoon River Implosion)
• Following Written/Spoken Instructions: It shouldn't be that difficult for 9th graders!
• Example #1: Spoon River Packet
• Example #2: Creative Writing Assignment
• Example #3: Word Cell Podcast Instructions
• Model Word Cells Podcasts [2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th]
• Poem o' the Day: "In the God's Dreams" by James Laughlin
• Meet the Olympians
• Journal #2 : If you were the god or goddess of something, what would it be and why? Describe your symbol, weapon/gadget. What special power would you have? Who would pray to you for help and protection? Discuss. Also, what is your background with Greek mythology? Did you study it in elementary school? Have you read the Percy Jackson books? Did you like Disney's Hercules? Clash of the Titans? Jason and the Argonauts? Troy? (Fill the Page!)
• [Extended 4th: If you need more time to go over/work on the poetic epitaph assignment, now is the time!]
• Wednesday Intervention: Word Cell Podcast Set #1
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Thursday, January 26: A Day
Friday, January 27: B Day

• Epitaphs: Final Draft due now! [Use this Checklist.]
• Word Cells Presentations: Set #1
• Add these to your Third Term Word Cells:
  • -cis-/-cid-
  • -mit-/-miss-
  • -ject-
  • -duc-/-duct
• The Odyssey Intro: Background Info You Gotta Know
• "The Epic" (SBV, pp. 365-369)
• Introduction to The Odyssey [Boy Version]
• Introduction to The Odyssey [Girl Version]
• [Thursday Intervention: Make up Spoon River Test/Turn in Packet]
• Term Paper Options (for Next Year)
• Argumentative: Here's one!
• Compare/Contrast: Compare Odysseus to a modern hero (Luke  Skywalker, Tony Stark, Harry Potter) show how both  Odysseus and the modern hero fulfil the same traits  of the hero cycle (although not always in the same  way.) 
• Informational/Explanatory: How does Homer's Odyssey illustrate the stages of the Heroic Cycle (Hero's Journey)? (Here's another link, just in case.)
• Useful Link
• Perseus/Greek Hero Paper Assignment
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January 30 - February 3, 2017

Monday, January 30: A Day [Lab 202: SRI] [207]
Tuesday, January 31: B Day [Lab 202: SRI]

• Poem o' the Day: "Numbers" by Mary Cornish
• According to the school district, you are a number.
• Your test scores are numbers used to make decisions that affect you.
• Your SRI score is one of those numbers.
• Do your best, so the numbers can't be used against you later.
• Wiki Update & Assignment
• Close Reading Assignment: The Trojan War
• Trojan War: Review this!
• The Odyssey Intro: Maybe the videos will work today (?).
• Introduction to The Odyssey [Boy Version]
• Introduction to The Odyssey [Girl Version]
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Wednesday, February 1: A Day
Thursday, February 2: B Day

• Word Cells Presentations: Set #2
• -fic- / -fact- / -fect-
• -bio-
• -vert- / -vers-
• -sent- / sens-
• Open-Note Quiz on Elements of the Epic & Trojan War
• Grammar Punk: Comma Rule #1
• Use a comma between two independent clauses (complete thoughts) that are joined by a conjunction.
• Heroic Cycle (Hero's Journey)
• Elements of the Traditional Epic & Epic Hero (PPT)
• What is an Epic Hero? [*Classical Sculpture/Art*] (PPT)
• Epic Poem & Epic Hero (PPT)
• Epithets & Epic Similes (PPT)
• Journal #3: What does it require for someone to be a hero? The qualities of the Ancient Greek Hero included physical strength, intelligence, guile, bravery, loyalty, closeness to the gods, and leadership. What's your opinion? What qualities does a hero possess? Tell the story of a heroic act you have witnessed and explain why you thought it was heroic. Can anyone be a hero, or does it require something outside of our control (like size or strength)? Who is your hero? Why? Define and discuss heroes. Fill the page!
• The Odyssey Begins....
• Invocation to the Muse Assignment (SBV, p. 371)
• Eight Different Translations: Follow the instructions; answer the questions!
• What elements of the Heroic Cycle do you see in this introductory prayer?
• Your Wiki assignment (paragraph w/10 requirements) will be scored tonight!
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Friday, February 3: A Day

• Grammar Punk: Comma Rules 2 & 4
• Use a comma to separate adjectives that modify the same word.
• Use commas to separate items in a series.
• Mini-lesson: The Oxford Comma (Use it!)
• The Odyssey: Books 1-4 (Short Summaries)
• Literature (Handout): Title Each Book in the Odyssey
• Journal #4: Practice the Elements of Epic Poetry
• Epithets: Fill the page with appropriate epithets (nicknames) for people you know!
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February 6-10, 2017

Monday, Februrary 6: B Day [205]

• Grammar Punk: Comma Rules 2 & 4
• Use a comma to separate adjectives that modify the same word.
• Use commas to separate items in a series.
• Mini-lesson: The Oxford Comma (Use it!) & Parallel Structure (Recognize it!)
• The Odyssey: Books 1-4 (Short Summaries)
• Literature (Handout): Title Each Book in the Odyssey
• Journal #4: Homeric Epithets from the Odyssey of [YOU]
• Fill the page with appropriate epithets (nicknames) for people you know!
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Tuesday, February 7: A Day
Wednesday, February 8: B Day

• Word Cells Presentations: Set #3
  • -in-
  • -cip- / -cept-
  • -ven-
  • -ced- / -cess-
• The Odyssey: Book V (Summary)
• "Calypso, The Sweet Nymph"
• "Calypso"by Suzanne Vega (Caveat Web Surfer: Classical Paintings Rated PG-13): Listen to the song. (Here are the lyrics.) SOAPSTone it. Now write a solid ninth-grade-level paragraph that answers this question: How is it different than Homer's version? How does it affect your feelings toward the character? What does it tell you that the song was inspired by a story that is more than 3000 years old? What timeless themes are addressed? When your paragraph meets the requirements, turn it in!
• [Check off Calypso's island on your map!]
• Journal #5: Speaking of love, Valentine's Day is coming up. Who is your Valentine? Does that person know s/he is your Valentine? (Does anyone else know?) What are your thoughts on teen romance? Fill the page!
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Thursday, February 9: A Day
Friday, February 10: B Day

• Word Cells Presentations: Set #4
• -grad- / -gress-
• -trans-
• -inter-
• -magn- / -macro-
• The Odyssey: Books VI - VIII (Very Short Summaries)
• [Among the Phaeacians: Put Nausicaa, Alcinous & Arete, and the Games/Sports on your map!]
• Journal #6: Homeric Similes from the Odyssey of [YOU]
• Write a series of homeric similes to describe the beauty, challenges, and frustations in the Odyssey of your own life. Fill the page! [Add to the list later as
• Begin The Odyssey: Book IX (Brief Summary)
• Book IXa (SBV, pp. 372-373)
• Book IXb: The Cyclops, Part 1 (SBV, pp. 374-378)
• Grammar Punk: Comma Rule 3
• Enjoy your weekend.
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February 13-17, 2017

Monday, February 13: A Day [206]
Tuesday, February 14: B Day

• Quiz/Review Book IXa (SBV, pp. 372-373)
• Characteristics of the Epic Hero (for question 10)
• Parallel Structure: You will need to know this. There will be a test.
• Practice 1 (in class)
• Practice 2 (at home)
• Grammar Punk: Review Comma Rule 3 (on back of quiz)
• The Odyssey: Book IX (Brief Summary)
• The Cyclops, Part 2 (SBV, pp. 378-385)
• Assignment: Passage Analysis (Side 1)
• (Keep the handout with your Odyssey map.)
• Journal Review: Look at #4 and #6. Did you fill the page with Homeric Epithets and Homeric Similes from The Odyssey of [YOU]? (Now is your chance!)
• Midterm is next week!
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Wednesday, February 15: A Day
Thursday, February 16: B Day

• Second Term Praise Cards & Lanyards
• Parallel Structure : You need to know this. There will be a test.
• Practice 3 (in class)
• Practice 4 (on your own)
• Word Cells Presentations: Set #5
• -ped- / -pod-
• -sub-
• -super-
• -circum-
• The Odyssey continues...
• Books X - XII
• The Enchantress Circe (SBV, pp. 386-387)
• The Land of the Dead (SBV, pp. 388-391)
• The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis & The Cattle of the Sun God (SBV, pp. 392-398)
• Assignment: Passage Analysis (Side 2)
• Grammar Punk: Comma Rule 5
• Journals will be turned in next time!
• Make sure you have them finished, especially numbers 4 and 6!
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Friday, February 17: A Day

• Test on Parallel Structure
• Journal #7: If you were going to direct one "book" or episode in a TV series of The Odyssey, which episode would you most want to put on film? Why? Who would play the parts? (Get a firm picture in your mind before watching the movie.) How would you portray the action and/or emotion. Would it require CGI? What would the background music be? Explain. Fill all but the last couple lines of the page. On those lines, write a Grammar Punk sentence to illustrate Comma Rule 7: AL4 adjective (Topic: Presidents' Day)
• Staple and turn in Journals!
• The Odyssey Chronological Review: Birth of Telemachus, Trojan War (30 minutes)
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February 20-24, 2017

Monday, Februrary 20: Day of Presidents (No School) [205]

• Poetic Presidents
• Midterm grades must be entered by Friday @ 3:30 P.M.
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Tuesday, February 21: B Day

• Test on Parallel Structure
• Journal #7: If you were going to direct one "book" or episode in a TV series of The Odyssey, which episode would you most want to put on film? Why? Who would play the parts? (Get a firm picture in your mind before watching the movie.) How would you portray the action and/or emotion. Would it require CGI? What would the background music be? Explain. Fill all but the last couple lines of the page. On those lines, write a Grammar Punk sentence to illustrate Comma Rule 7: AL4 adjective (Topic: Presidents' Day)
• Staple and turn in Journals!
• The Odyssey Chronological Review: Birth of Telemachus, Trojan War (30 minutes)
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Wednesday, February 22: A Day
Thursday, February 23: B Day

• Word Cells Presentations: Set #6
• -pro-
• -contra-
• -path-
• -mega-
• The Odyssey continues...
• You read the summaries; I'll read the poetry! We'll be done by the end of this class!
• Homecoming: Books XIII, XIV, XV, XVI
• Book XVII: The Beggar and the Faithful Dog (SBV, pp. 401-402)
• Beggars, Penelope, Faithful Servants: XVIII, XIX, XX,
• Book XXI: The Test of the Great Bow (SBV, pp. 403-407)
• Book XXII: Death in the Great Hall (SBV, pp. 408-412)
• Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope
• Book XIV: The End
• Term Paper: Outline it for next time! (This handout is homework! Have it done when you arrive in class!)
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Friday, February 24: A Day [Computer Lab 137]

• Term Paper: Write it (in Word)! Print it! Evaluate it (truthfully)! Staple it on top of your outline. Turn it in!
• Prompt: Explain how The Odyssey and a modern epic of your choice illustrate the elements of the heroic cycle.
• Here is a model for Yoshi! [Don't just copy it!]
• Resources that might help:
• Heroic Cycle (Hero's Journey)
• Elements of the Traditional Epic & Epic Hero (PPT)
• What is an Epic Hero? [*Classical Sculpture/Art*] (PPT)
• Epic Poem & Epic Hero (PPT)
• Epithets & Epic Similes (PPT)
• The Odyssey: Books 1-4 (Short Summaries)
• Book V (Summary)
• Books VI - VIII (Very Short Summaries)
• Book IX (Brief Summary)
• Homecoming: Books XIII, XIV, XV, XVI
• Book XVII: The Beggar and the Faithful Dog (SBV, pp. 401-402)
• Beggars, Penelope, Faithful Servants: Books XVIII, XIX, XX,
• Book XXI: The Test of the Great Bow (SBV, pp. 403-407)
• Book XXII: Death in the Great Hall (SBV, pp. 408-412)
• Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope
• Book XIV: The End
• Wiki Assignment: If you never finished the paragraph from last time, go do it!
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February 27 - March 3, 2017

Monday, February 27: B Day [Computer Lab 137] [206]

• Term Paper: Write it (in Word)! Print it! Evaluate it (truthfully)! Staple it on top of your outline. Turn it in!
• Prompt: Explain how The Odyssey and a modern epic of your choice illustrate the elements of the heroic cycle.
• Resources that might help:
• Heroic Cycle (Hero's Journey)
• Elements of the Traditional Epic & Epic Hero (PPT)
• What is an Epic Hero? [*Classical Sculpture/Art*] (PPT)
• Epic Poem & Epic Hero (PPT)
• Epithets & Epic Similes (PPT)
• The Odyssey: Books 1-4 (Short Summaries)
• Book V (Summary)
• Books VI - VIII (Very Short Summaries)
• Book IX (Brief Summary)
• Homecoming: Books XIII, XIV, XV, XVI
• Book XVII: The Beggar and the Faithful Dog (SBV, pp. 401-402)
• Beggars, Penelope, Faithful Servants: Books XVIII, XIX, XX,
• Book XXI: The Test of the Great Bow (SBV, pp. 403-407)
• Book XXII: Death in the Great Hall (SBV, pp. 408-412)
• Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope
• Book XIV: The End
• Wiki Assignment: If you never finished the paragraph from last time, go do it!
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Tuesday, February 28: A/B Day (ACT @ High Schools)

• Term Paper w/ Evaluation due now!
• Schedule:
• 1st - 8:10 – 8:55
• 2nd - 9:00 – 9:45
• 3rd - 9:50 – 10:35
• 4th - 10:40 – 11:25
• 7th - 11:30 – 12:10
• Lunch - 12:10 – 12:40
• 5th - 12:45 – 1:25
• 6th - 1:30 – 2:10
• 8th - 2:15 – 2:55
• [Biology Field Trip: 25% of 9th grade gone most of day]
• Odyssey Movie 33:00-1:05
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Wednesday, March 1: A Day [Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:45-7:15 P.M.]
Thursday, March 2: B Day [Parent-Teacher Scheduled Appointments, 4:00-7:00]

• Extended 8th Period: Read-a-thon -- Take a book!
• Word Cells Presentations: Set #7 (Moved from last week)
• -micro-
• -anti-
• -phon-
• -man-
• Word Cells Presentations: Set #8 (Moved from last session)
• -syn- / -sym-
• -hypo-
• -hyper-
• -script- / -scrib-
• Word Cells Presentations: Set #9
• -son-
• -a-
• -ver-
• -nom- / -onym-
• [Extra Credit Podcast Assignments]
• Odyssey Movie (1:10-1:50)
• Close read & Compare! (Sample to getcha started!)
• (See other recently scored paragraphs. Proficiency is 8 or better!)
• Homework: Finish steps 1 & 2! (Don't do #3 yet!)
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Friday, March 3: A Day

• Any remaining podcasts?
• Poem o' the Day: "Ithaca" by C. P. Cavafy
• Here's how it looks in the original Greek.
• Here's a fabulous and inspirational cartoon version!
• (Check out this video!)
• Use the Assignment from Last Time with Annotations & Rubric!
• On a separate page, compare "Ithaka" to "George Grey" in a constructed response that illustrates all the elements required of a ninth grade piece of writing.
• Here's the checklist!
• Write, Evaluate. Turn in!
• The Odyssey
• Movie (1:53-1:56 & 2:12-2:35)
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March 6-10, 2017

Monday, March 6: B Day [204]

• Any remaining podcasts?
• Poem o' the Day: "Ithaca" by C. P. Cavafy
• Here's how it looks in the original Greek.
• Here's a fabulous and inspirational cartoon version!
• (Check out this video!)
• Use the Assignment from Last Time with Annotations & Rubric!
• On a separate page, compare "Ithaka" to "George Grey" in a constructed response that illustrates all the elements required of a ninth grade piece of writing.
• Here's the checklist!
• Here's an annotated model. (No copying!)
• Write, Evaluate. Turn in!
• The Odyssey
• Movie (1:53-1:56 & 2:12-2:35)
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Tuesday, March 7: A Day
Wednesday, March 8: B Day

• What A Day! Lockdown Drill + Science non-fieldtrip = Chaos, Cunfusion, and Cursing
• Word Cells Presentations: Extra Credit
• -ad-
• -vis- / -vid-
• -capit- / -cap-
• -cycl-
• Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope (SBV, pp. 413-416)
• Read this text on your own. It is good practice for the test...
• ...The Odyssey Final "Test" (Review: Odyssey Rap)
• Part I -- Multiple Choice
• Part II -- Close Read/Constructed Response
• Finish movie (20 minutes) if time permits....
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Thursday, March 9: A Day
Friday, March 10: B Day

• Last call for Word Cell Podcasts!
• So this page is all filled in now. Study it! Test is next Monday/Tuesday!
• Poem o' the Day: " Roaches" by Peter Wild & Nursery Rhymes for the Tenderhearted
• Lesson o' the Day: Connotation & Denotation
• Practice: I / You / S/He Combos
• Looking for adjectives that describe character traits?
• Hey, speaking of roaches: Would you be willing to eat one?
• Visit the Insect Deli!
• Insect Farming
• Three Reasons to Eat Insects
• America's Growing Appetite...for Bugs
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March 13-17, 2017

Monday, March 13: A Day [206]
Tuesday, March 14: B Day [200]

• Mrs. Stayner is in the house! Be nice!
• Third Term Word Cells: Test & Score (15 minutes)
• Entomophagy: Group read + summary sentences/notes + citations (40 minutes)
• Outlining your argument: Have this assignment completed by the time you get here next time! (25 minutes)
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Wednesday, March 15: A Day [Computer Lab 202]
Thursday, March 16: B Day [Computer Lab 202]

• Homework due now: Bring your completed outline!
• Lab Stuff: This is the last time we will be in the lab as a class before you have to take the year-end writing test. Your term paper was an informational essay; today's assignment is an argumentative essay. For the year-end test, you will have to write one of each in about two hours, and you will not have two days to work on an outline. We've been practicing to get you ready, and this is the last day of practice. You will submit your essay before leaving the lab. So, yes, it is timed. Other answers: Yes, it will be read by a human. Yes, it will count on your third term grade. Here is how it will be evaluated. No, you may not listen to music (and don't mess with the headphones!). Yes, you must cite your sources within the text of your essay. Yes, you must use the sources we have looked at in class and the links below. No, do not go search for more information on the Internet; all you need is before you. The clock is ticking! Let's get started!
• Notes and Citations
• Articles About Entomophagy & The article we read last time
• Visit the Insect Deli!
• Insect Farming
• Three Reasons to Eat Insects
• America's Growing Appetite...for Bugs
• Poem o' the Day: "[Kills Bugs Dead.]" by Harryette Mullen
• Assignment: After studying the available sources, write a well-developed, multi-paragraph argumentative essay in which you make and support a claim that answers this question: Should insects become part of the American diet? Use textual evidence (concrete details and examples) from the sources to support your position. Address and rebut counterclaims. Cite your sources in the text of your essay. Your writing should be at least "Proficient" according to this rubric. Submit to Utah Compose.
• When you finish, log on to your wiki and post a third-term update at the top of your wiki page.
• Hey, bug eaters! Thursday is the day! See you in Intervention!
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Friday, March 17: A Day

• Hey, everybody! It's Isabel's birthday!
• (And, of course, on May 25th there will be another important reminder, right Carolina? ;-)
• Poem o' the Day: "Believe, Believe" by Bob Kaufman
• [Who are "the blue-suited insects,/Infesting society's garments"?]
• Grammar/Conventions
• Grammar Punk: Semicolons
• Rule #1: Use a semicolon to separate independent clauses.
• Rule #2: Use a semicolon before an independent marker that connects independent clauses.
• Rule #3: Use semicolons to separate items in a series that already contain commas.
• Intro to the Setting of Fahrenheit 451
• "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
• Study Questions: Answer them in writing! (Handout)
• Technology in F451: Is it the future or is it now?
• Bradbury's Predictions
  (He wrote the novel more than 60 years ago.)
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March 20-24, 2017

Monday, March 20: B Day [203]

• Poem o' the Day: "Believe, Believe" by Bob Kaufman
• [Who are "the blue-suited insects,/Infesting society's garments"?]
• Grammar/Conventions
• Grammar Punk: Semicolons
• Rule #1: Use a semicolon to separate independent clauses.
• Rule #2: Use a semicolon before an independent marker that connects independent clauses.
• Rule #3: Use semicolons to separate items in a series that already contain commas.
• Intro to the Setting of Fahrenheit 451
• "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
• Study Questions: Answer them in writing! (Handout)
• Technology in F451: Is it the future or is it now?
• Bradbury's Predictions
  (He wrote the novel more than 60 years ago.)
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Tuesday, March 21: A Day
Wednesday, March 22: B Day

• For all intents and purposes, this is the absolute last day of the term. No make-up and no excuses after today!
• Homework due now: Answers to these Study Questions about "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
• F451: Assign Books & Reading Schedules
• Fahrenheit 451 (Reading Schedule): Assign books and light the match!
• Topics Addressed in the Novel: Effects of Technology, Censorship, Literacy/Reading, "Fake News," Happy vs. Busy, Government Control
• Study Questions Set #1
• Turn in Extra Credit/Hall Passes
• Homework: Read to page 31 in Fahrenheit 451.
• (There will be a quiz.)
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Thursday, March 23: A Day
Friday, March 24: B Day (Last Day of Term)

• Quiz on the pages you were supposed to read
• F451: Clarisse @ School [+ performance assessment (#2)]
• How does this cartoon: How does relate to what Clarisse and Jerome S. say?
• "What They Learn in School" / Issues to Consider
• Grammar Punk: Colons
• When Not to Use a Colon: Check for Understanding
• Colons: Exercise A
• Colons Exercise B
• Colons and Semicolons Review Exercise
• Punctuation Rules Review: Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Apostrophes, Full Stop
• Next week: SAGE Writing [March 28-31]
• Suggestion: Visit this web site and review some argumentative essays to see how yours will be scored.
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