Wednesday, September 29 (E10 1B and 3B)

Today's Objective: S.W. determine an author's purpose after a close reading of the text.

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Today's SAT Word: Intentions (n)
Goals or reasons for doing something.
"Though Jamar had the best of intentions to study for his test when he got home, he ended up falling asleep before he could even open his notebook."

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Today's Soundtrack: "Bang Bang" by K'Naan and Adam Levine

We have chosen this song because it tells the story of a male main character who is "shot... down with a loaded shotgun" after speaking his mind and telling a woman how he feels. This is exactly the same ending as we saw when studying Harrison Bergeron in our last class.

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Today's Warm-Up Question: Is the world of Harrison Bergeron a BETTER world than our society of today, or is it WORSE? In a complete paragraph, defend your position! Be sure to use as many examples from the text as you can!

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Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

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Tonight's Homework: Compose a paragraph (+) on TIME TRAVEL!!!

If you could travel to any place in time (past or future), where would you go and why? Tell me all about it!!! What would you do? What would you see? What would you change? Etc., etc., etc.

LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD!!! Remember, five sentences = one paragraph! And this will be collected and GRADED for next class.

Tuesday, September 28 (E9)

Today's Objective: Students will demonstrate mastery of all concepts covered so far this year.

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Today's SAT Word: Cumulative (adj): Made up of an accumulation of things.

The students didn't have to panic for the cumulative exam, because they had studied all of the material for weeks in class.

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Today's Soundtrack: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor

We have chosen this song -- made famous by the Rocky movies and games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero -- today because it is a fantastic "pump-up" song and a motivational tool. In addition (and since the song is famous for being associated with an action-filled sports movie), "Eye of the Tiger" is also LOADED with action words (a.k.a. verbs), and it is a perfect track to give an ear to since we are studying all of the many verbs that exist in the English language.

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Today's Warm-Up Question: List for me as many verbs as you can possibly think of! Some students were able to reach 100 verbs OR MORE in the 7 minutes we used for our warm-up. Remember, verbs are ACTION WORDS -- things that somebody can DO!!!

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Today's Lesson Notes: (none -- see back of the classroom handout folders for a copy of today's exam)

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Tonight's Homework: None :)

Tuesday, September 28 (E10)

Today's Objective: S.W. determine an author's purpose after a close reading of the text.

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Today's SAT Word: Intentions (n)
Goals or reasons for doing something.
"Though Jamar had the best of intentions to study for his test when he got home, he ended up falling asleep before he could even open his notebook."

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Today's Soundtrack: "Bang Bang" by K'Naan and Adam Levine

We have chosen this song because it tells the story of a male main character who is "shot... down with a loaded shotgun" after speaking his mind and telling a woman how he feels. This is exactly the same ending as we saw when studying Harrison Bergeron in our last class.

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Today's Warm-Up Question: Is the world of Harrison Bergeron a BETTER world than our society of today, or is it WORSE? In a complete paragraph, defend your position! Be sure to use as many examples from the text as you can!

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Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

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Tonight's Homework: Compose a paragraph (+) on TIME TRAVEL!!!

If you could travel to any place in time (past or future), where would you go and why? Tell me all about it!!! What would you do? What would you see? What would you change? Etc., etc., etc.

LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD!!! Remember, five sentences = one paragraph! And this will be collected and GRADED for next class.

Monday, September 27 (E10 4B Honors)

Today's Objective: S.W. determine an author's purpose after a close reading of the text.

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Today's SAT Word: Intentions (n)

Goals or reasons for doing something.

"Though Jamar had the best of intentions to study for his test when he got home, he ended up falling asleep before he could even open his notebook."

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Today's Soundtrack: "Bang Bang" by K'Naan and Adam Levine

We have chosen this song because it tells the story of a male main character who is "shot... down with a loaded shotgun" after speaking his mind and telling a woman how he feels. This is exactly the same ending as we saw when studying Harrison Bergeron in our last class.

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Today's Warm-Up Question: Is the world of Harrison Bergeron a BETTER world than our society of today, or is it WORSE? In a complete paragraph, defend your position! Be sure to use as many examples from the text as you can!

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Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

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Tonight's Homework: Compose a paragraph (+) on TIME TRAVEL!!!

If you could travel to any place in time (past or future), where would you go and why? Tell me all about it!!! What would you do? What would you see? What would you change? Etc., etc., etc.

LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD!!! Remember, five sentences = one paragraph! And this will be collected and GRADED for next class.

Monday, September 27 (E10 1B and 2B)

Today's Objective: S.W. use a variety of pre- , during, and post- reading strategies in order to read fiction.

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Today's SAT Word: Consternation (n)

A confused amazement or fear.

"When the fire-breathing dragon stormed the castle, the King trembled in consternation."

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Today's Soundtrack:

We have chosen NOT to enter class to a song today, as our story discusses the issues of handicaps. For this reason, today's instruction began in silence and in sign language in order to acclimate students with the various everyday challenges that are associated with physical and mental handicaps.

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Today's Warm-Up Question: (Is a timed race -- see notes)

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Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

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Tonight's Homework: Reflection paragraph: Why did Kurt Vonnegut write this story? What is the author's message here? What do you think he is trying to say through this story?