Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a fantastic break. Periods 1, 5 and 7, your final draft of your Injustice Letter is due on Thursday at 10:00 PM. Here are the assignments for the week:
Monday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Revise your rough drafts, making sure to focus on clear claims and evidence to support the claims.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book. Bring your draft of your project for a peer review tomorrow!
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Peer review of your Rhetorical Analysis essays.
Homework: Re-write your essay, incorporating feedback from today’s class. Due tomorrow at the start of class for a test grade!
Tuesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Peer Review of your Injustice Letter drafts.
Homework: Meet in the computer lab tomorrow, and make sure you have a gmail account that you know the password for!
Text your Class Code to the phone number 81010 to join Ms. Atwill’s English Class on Remind.
Class Codes:
First Period: @msatwil
Fifth Period: @khhb8k7
Seventh Period: @k3ckgk
To sign up using an email address, click the correct link for your class period:
First Period: https://www.remind.com/join/msatwil
Fifth Period: https://www.remind.com/join/khhb8k7
Seventh Period: https://www.remind.com/join/k3ckgk
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Multiple Choice Packet, questions 1-5
Homework: Answer questions 6-10 from today's Multiple Choice Packet.
Text your Class Code to the phone number 81010 to join Ms. Atwill’s English Class on Remind.
Class Codes:
Second Period: @d23gh
Sixth Period: @k29bb
To sign up using an email address, click the correct link for your class period:
Second Period: https://www.remind.com/join/d23gh
Sixth Period: https://www.remind.com/join/k29bb
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Meet in Computer Lab. Type up your draft of Injustice Letter, and use the revision checklist and feedback from yesterday's peer review to revise your draft. Share your letter with msatwill@gmail.com on Google Drive.
Homework: 10 Pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Questions 6-20 from Multiple Choice Packet
Homework: 10 Pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Thursday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Use the editing checklist to edit your final draft, and grade yourself using the rubric for this project.
Homework: Make any final changes you need to your draft. Your final drafts are due at 10:00 PM tonight.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Questions 21-41 of Multiple Choice Packet.
Homework: 10 Pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Friday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Publishing of our Injustice Letters. Do a Gallery Walk, leaving feedback on your classmates' letters, and complete the Injustice Letter Reflection as your final grade for the unit.
Homework: 10 Pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Multiple Choice Test
Homework: 10 Pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
Week of February 13-17
Hi everyone! Happy week before Midwinter Break!
If you are in periods 2 or 6 and you want extra credit (and free pizza!), there is another AP English Language Saturday study session on March 4th! Attending this is worth an extra 5 points on your final grade, even if you've already attended one. Even if you're not taking the AP test in May, you will gain useful skills that will help you on every test you'll have to take in the future, and they have fun prizes you can win.
Registration is just like last time. To register, click here. You will need to select "AP English Language and Composition," NOT AP English Literature. It will take you to a new screen, where you will need to enter your name and email address (they will send you your ticket to this email, so make sure it works!) and school information. Since S.T.A.R. is ordering the tests for us, select Brooklyn, then "Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus, and "Gregory, B" as your teacher.
Let me know if you have any trouble registering and I will help you out!
Monday
All Periods:
Classwork: Spring Benchmark Exam Day 1
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Tuesday
All Periods:
Classwork: Spring Benchmark Exam Day 1
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Complete a jigsaw analysis of par. 13-23 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Identify Dr. King's claims and the evidence he uses to support them.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading and one response. Reading Logs due Friday! If you didn’t finish your jigsaw analysis, complete it at home--we are using it in class tomorrow!
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Read Margaret Thatcher's eulogy for President Ronald Reagan. Complete a five step analysis of the first two sections of the text, and use the analysis to write the first two body paragraphs of your Rhetorical Analysis essay.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book. If you didn’t finish your second body paragraph in class, finish it at home! Reading Logs due Friday!
Thursday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Complete the jigsaw analysis of par. 13-23 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Go over guidelines for final project.
Homework: Complete your outline for your final project. Choose your setting, author, injustice and audience, and identify the claims and evidence you will use.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Using the text and packet from yesterday, learn how to use the SOAPSTone technique to write introductory paragraphs. Identify the third section you will write about in your essay, and complete a 5 step analysis of that section.
Homework: Use your 5 Step Analysis from today to write your third body paragraph.
Friday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Reading Logs Due
Classwork: Begin rough drafts of final projects. Work with a partner to improve your best and worst paragraphs.
Homework: Complete your rough draft of your final project. Can be typed and printed or emailed to msatwill@gmail.com or NEATLY typed.
Periods 2 and 6:
Reading Logs Due
Classwork: Read and score three sample student essays using the Rhetorical Analysis Scoring Guidelines.
Homework: Write your final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay, incorporating what you learned today about effective writing.
Registration is just like last time. To register, click here. You will need to select "AP English Language and Composition," NOT AP English Literature. It will take you to a new screen, where you will need to enter your name and email address (they will send you your ticket to this email, so make sure it works!) and school information. Since S.T.A.R. is ordering the tests for us, select Brooklyn, then "Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus, and "Gregory, B" as your teacher.
Let me know if you have any trouble registering and I will help you out!
Here are the assignments for the week:
Monday
All Periods:
Classwork: Spring Benchmark Exam Day 1
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Tuesday
All Periods:
Classwork: Spring Benchmark Exam Day 1
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book.
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Complete a jigsaw analysis of par. 13-23 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Identify Dr. King's claims and the evidence he uses to support them.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading and one response. Reading Logs due Friday! If you didn’t finish your jigsaw analysis, complete it at home--we are using it in class tomorrow!
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Read Margaret Thatcher's eulogy for President Ronald Reagan. Complete a five step analysis of the first two sections of the text, and use the analysis to write the first two body paragraphs of your Rhetorical Analysis essay.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy from your book. If you didn’t finish your second body paragraph in class, finish it at home! Reading Logs due Friday!
Thursday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Complete the jigsaw analysis of par. 13-23 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Go over guidelines for final project.
Homework: Complete your outline for your final project. Choose your setting, author, injustice and audience, and identify the claims and evidence you will use.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Using the text and packet from yesterday, learn how to use the SOAPSTone technique to write introductory paragraphs. Identify the third section you will write about in your essay, and complete a 5 step analysis of that section.
Homework: Use your 5 Step Analysis from today to write your third body paragraph.
Friday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Reading Logs Due
Classwork: Begin rough drafts of final projects. Work with a partner to improve your best and worst paragraphs.
Homework: Complete your rough draft of your final project. Can be typed and printed or emailed to msatwill@gmail.com or NEATLY typed.
Periods 2 and 6:
Reading Logs Due
Classwork: Read and score three sample student essays using the Rhetorical Analysis Scoring Guidelines.
Homework: Write your final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay, incorporating what you learned today about effective writing.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Week of February 6-10th
Hi everyone! If you are in periods 2 or 6 and you want extra credit (and free pizza!), come to the AP English Language study session this Saturday from 9-3! Attending this is worth an extra 5 points on your final grade. Even if you're not taking the AP test in May, you will gain useful skills that will help you on every test you'll have to take in the future, and they have fun prizes you can win.
To register, click here. You will need to select "AP English Language and Composition," NOT AP English Literature. It will take you to a new screen, where you will need to enter your name and email address (they will send you your ticket to this email, so make sure it works!) and school information. Since S.T.A.R. is ordering the tests for us, select Brooklyn, then "Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus, and "Gregory, B" as your teacher.
Let me know if you have any trouble registering and I will help you out!
Monday
To register, click here. You will need to select "AP English Language and Composition," NOT AP English Literature. It will take you to a new screen, where you will need to enter your name and email address (they will send you your ticket to this email, so make sure it works!) and school information. Since S.T.A.R. is ordering the tests for us, select Brooklyn, then "Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus, and "Gregory, B" as your teacher.
Let me know if you have any trouble registering and I will help you out!
Monday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Share jigsaw analysis of paragraphs 7-8 or 9 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" with a partner so you have a complete analysis of all three paragraphs. Library visit!
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Begin Rhetorical Analysis essay on Benazir Bhutto's speech from last week, "Ideas Live On." Identify rhetorical strategies Bhutto uses and their effect, and write a rough draft of your thesis statement. Library Visit!
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Tuesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Read par. 11-12 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Quickwrite: Identify the argument and specific claims in paragraphs 10–11. Is King’s evidence relevant and sufficient?
Homework: Research Ahmad Shamlu (sometimes spelled Shamlou or Shamloo) and bring in three significant facts about his life and home country.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Read and annotate the Rhetorical Analysis "Review & Helpful Hints." Then, using the Rhetorical Analysis Outline, work with a partner to create an outline for your essay.
Homework: Using the outline you created in class, write your essay. If you are stuck, look back at the "Review & Helpful Hints" handout for help. This is due at the start of class tomorrow and counts as a test grade!
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Read par. 11-12 of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Quickwrite: Identify the argument and specific claims in paragraphs 10–11. Is King’s evidence relevant and sufficient?
Homework: Research Ahmad Shamlu (sometimes spelled Shamlou or Shamloo) and bring in three significant facts about his life and home country.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Read and annotate the Rhetorical Analysis "Review & Helpful Hints." Then, using the Rhetorical Analysis Outline, work with a partner to create an outline for your essay.
Homework: Using the outline you created in class, write your essay. If you are stuck, look back at the "Review & Helpful Hints" handout for help. This is due at the start of class tomorrow and counts as a test grade!
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Read "In this Blind Alley" by Ahmad Shamlu and watch "Our God is Marching On" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Identify figurative language in each text.
Homework: Write 1/2 page comparing "In This Blind Alley" and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Analyze the scoring guidelines for the rhetorical analysis essay. Complete a peer review using the scoring guidelines.
Homework: Using your partner's feedback, revise your essay and turn in your final draft tomorrow.
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Read "In this Blind Alley" by Ahmad Shamlu and watch "Our God is Marching On" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Identify figurative language in each text.
Homework: Write 1/2 page comparing "In This Blind Alley" and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Analyze the scoring guidelines for the rhetorical analysis essay. Complete a peer review using the scoring guidelines.
Homework: Using your partner's feedback, revise your essay and turn in your final draft tomorrow.
Thursday: Snow Day!
Friday
All periods:
Classwork: Read and interpret "Machines" using the TPCASTT strategy, and answer the multiple choice questions 11-14.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy you found in your book. Reading Logs Due Monday!
All periods:
Classwork: Read and interpret "Machines" using the TPCASTT strategy, and answer the multiple choice questions 11-14.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy you found in your book. Reading Logs Due Monday!
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