The Holocaust: Day Two

Today's Objective:

Students will read and analyze a series of print and film texts dealing with The Holocaust in order to review target HSA indicators dealing with appropriate research and documentation strategies while preparing for third quarter benchmark exam.

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Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:

"Night" by Elie Wiesel (pages 9-12)

"I Have Lived A Thousand Years" (chapter six) by Livia Bitton-Jackson

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Today's Lesson Notes:

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Tonight's Homework:

Summarize The Ghetto Story (on www.Edmodo.com)

1) Visit this website: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005059.

2) Read this brief article about life in the ghetto.

3) Click "TURN IN" to post your five-sentence summary of this article.

The Holocaust: Day One

Today's Objective:

Students will read and analyze a series of print and film texts dealing with The Holocaust in order to review target HSA indicators dealing with appropriate research and documentation strategies while preparing for third quarter benchmark exam.

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Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:

"Night" by Elie Wiesel (pages 2-4)

"Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry (chapter one)

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Today's Lesson Notes:

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Tonight's Homework:

Summarize a Holocaust Story (on www.Edmodo.com)

1) Visit this website: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/a2z.php?type=idcard.

2) Pick a Holocaust victim with a last name that starts with the same letter as your own.

3) Read their biography, and click TURN IN to post a five-sentence summary of their life.

Slam Poetry

Today's Objective:

Students will read, write, and analyze slam poetry in order to review target HSA indicators and prepare for third quarter benchmark exam.

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Works Studied in Today's Class:

"Wordplay" by Jason Mraz
"Comeback Kid (That's My Dog)" by Brett Dennen
"Invincible" by Machine Gun Kelly
"All of the Lights" by Kanye West

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Today's Lesson Notes:

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Tonight's Homework:


Login to www.Edmodo.com.


Using the "TURN IN" button, please submit a link to video of a battle rap or slam freestyle poem.

Here's how to submit:

1) Find your videos on YouTube and copy the address to the video.
2) Click "TURN IN."
3) Click the "ATTACH LINK" icon to paste the link to the video.
4) Click "TURN IN ASSIGNMENT."

Poetry Portfolio

Today's Objective:

Students will write, edit, and revise original poems for inclusion in their poetry portfolios in order to review target HSA indicators and prepare for third quarter benchmark exam.

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Works Studied in Today's Class:

"How To Save A Life" by The Fray

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Today's Lesson Notes:

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Tonight's Homework:

Finish working on the poems that will be included in your poetry portfolios. Completed portfolios MUST contain each of the poems discussed in your guidelines. Portfolios are due on Tuesday, Feb. 14 ("B" Day) and Wednesday, February 15 ("A" Day).

Click here to download a digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Figurative Language

Today's Objective:

Students will read and analyze author's use of tone and mood across a series of imagery poems in order to review target HSA indicators and prepare for third quarter benchmark exam.

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Works Studied in Today's Class:

"Eye of The Hurricane" by David Wilcox
"The Flea" by John Donne
"The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson
"Patrolling Barnegat" by Walt Whitman
"When I Dream of Michelangelo" by The Counting Crows
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

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Today's Lesson Notes:

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Tonight's Homework:

Continue working on the poems that will be included in your poetry portfolios. Completed portfolios MUST contain each of the poems discussed in your guidelines. Portfolios are due on Tuesday, Feb. 14 ("B" Day) and Wednesday, February 15 ("A" Day).

Click here to download a digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines