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| 1 Welcome back to school. Expectations and introductions. | 2 Summer reading essay test. HW#1: Brainstorm the kind of information you think belongs on a resume. Then write a paragraph explaining what you want to do right after high school. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 No school Labor Day | 6 How do we write a good resume? | 7 Resume writing continued. HW#2 Bring a finished written draft of your resume to the writing center tomorrow. | 8 In the writing center we will be typing our resumes and doing revisions. | 9 Finishing resumes and working on cover letters in the writing center. | 10 |
| 11 | 12 EQ: Who am I? continue work in the writing center. | 13 Continue work in the writing center. HW#3 Bring in the application for your school or vocational establishment to be worked on in class. | 14 What do I need to include in my personal essay? | 15 Persoanl essay in class *Open House - 7:00PM | 16 Personal essay HW#4 Complete a first written draft of your personal essay to be worked on in the writing center next week. | 17 |
| 18 | 19 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 20 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 21 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 22 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 23 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays...half day, only period 1 will have class. | 24 |
| 25 | 26 Continue work on personal essays in the computer lab | 27 Guest speaker coming in to discuss interviewing skills. | 28 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays | 29 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays- Students should have handed in at least one draft that has been commented on by me. | 30 Computer lab for continued work on personal essays Period 6 will be visited by guidance to go over the application process. | |
| October 2005 | ||||||
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| 2 | 3 EQ: What do I want to accomplish? Interviewing skills HW#5 Write 3 sample questions that you think would be asked at a college interview. | 4 No School Rosh Hashanah | 5 No School Rosh Hashanah | 6 EQ: What do I want to accomplish? Interviewing skills HW#6 Prepare for the mock interview | 7 Start mock interviews HW#7 Write a short reflection on how you could improve your interview sills based on your mock interview experience. | 8 |
| 9 | 10 No School Columbus Day | 11 Continue mock interviews | 12 Continue mock interviews HW#7 Write a short reflection on how you could improve your interview sills based on your mock interview experience. | 13 No School Yom Kippur | 14 *Final drafts of College Essays are due today. Make sure to hand in all prior drafts.* Begin Animal Farm-background information Animal Farm information | 15 |
| 16 | 17 Continue the background information on Animal Farm HW#8 Look up the term proganda. Give an example of how propoganda is used in today's society or in other societies in the recent past. | 18 What is propaganda and how is it used to manipulate people? We will be working on many activities with propaganda. | 19 What is propaganda and how is it used to manipulate people? We will be working on many activities with propaganda. HW#9 Find a news article that uses negative or positive propaganda. Tell me what kind of propaganda is it and whether or not you think it is successful at convincing the public. | 20 What are the different literary techniques Orwell uses in Animal Farm? We will discuss: satire, allegory, irony, fable, and fairy tale. HW#10 Students will read chapter 1 (p.15-24) of Animal Farm. Do the study guide hand out for the chapter. | 21 What makes a good leader? HW#11 According to Old Major, what is the cause of all the animals’ problems? Do you agree with Major? Why or why not? What do you believe is the cause for our society’s problems? Be specific if possible. | 22 Homecoming |
| 23 | 24 What is the significance of Old Major’s speech? We will be examining Old Major's speech and its implications for the novel. HW#12 Read chapter 2 and answer the worksheet. | 25 How do the animals prepare for the rebellion? Work on the end of Chapter 1. HW#13 From what you know so far about the pigs and the other animals on the farm, speculate on what the future will be like for the animals. Make a few predictions using a double entry journal. One side will be the text and then make a prediction from the text on the other side. | 26 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur after the rebellion? Chapter 2 of Animal Farm | 27 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur after the rebellion? Chapter 2 of Animal Farm HW #13 Read Chapter 3 and fill out the handout. | 28 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What is the natural separation of power after the rebellion? | 29 |
| 30 | 31 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What is the natural separation of power after the rebellion? HW#14 Read Chapter 4 and complete the handout | |||||
| November 2005 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What happens in the Battle of the Cowshed? | 2 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What happens in the Battle of the Cowshed? HW#15 Read Chapter 5 and fill out the handout | 3 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur that make the shift in power evident? HW#16 You are snowball and Napoleon has just run you off the farm, write a journal entry about your concerns about what will happen to you and the rest of the animals once you have gone. Try to be specific to the facts. | 4 EQ: How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world? Motivation: What changes occur that make the shift in power evident? HW#1 Read Chapter 6 and finish the study guide for it. **end of the first marking period | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 Substitute- Ms.Sackstein is on a field trip. There will be an assignment left for chapters 6 and 7. Students may work together to complete the assignment. Make sure to read Chapter 7 for homework if you can't finish in class. | 8 No classes | 9 Chapter 6 review of work from Monday. HW#2 Read chapter 7 and complete the study guide handout. | 10 Chapter 7 review HW#3 Read chapter 8 and write a summary of the events that take place. | 11 No school - Veteran's Day | 12 |
| 13 | 14 Chapter 8 - Napoleon as a dictator | 15 continued work on Chapter 8. HW#4 Read chapter 9 Write a journal entry as Boxer describing what is going on. Make sure it is the first person. Draw a picture of the windmill. | 16 What happens to Boxer? Chapter 9. | 17 Continued work on Chapter 9. HW#5 Read chapter 10 Write a list of all the things that have changed since the revolution. Were you surprised by the ending? | 18 What is the resolution of the novel? Begin work on Chapter 10. | 19 |
| 20 | 21 Parent/Teacher Conferences 6:30-9:30PM Finish the novel. Timeline Project due HW#6 How does peer pressure play a big role in this novel? Focus on Boxer and the sheep. Have you ever experienced peer pressure? Explain how it has affected you. | 22 Half day of school Parent/Teacher Conferences Review for period 1... No class for period 6. | 23 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 24 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 25 No School- Have a nice Thanksgiving | 26 |
| 27 | 28 Animal Farm Exam. | 29 Animal Farm essay | 30 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays | |||
| December 2005 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays | 2 Writing Center - work on Animal Farm essays Essays are due. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 Last day before going out on Maternity leave Josh Montell's birthday We will be watching the animated movie Animal Farm | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Holiday Break begins - No school | 23 Holiday Break - No school | 24 |
| 25 | 26 Holiday Break - No school | 27 Holiday Break - No school | 28 Holiday Break - No school | 29 Holiday Break - No school | 30 Holiday Break - No school | 31 |
| January 2006 | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 No School-Holiday break | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| 15 | 16 No School- MLK day | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 Ms.Sackstein returns | 24 No Classes- Regents | 25 No Classes- Regents | 26 No Classes- Regents | 27 No Classes- Regents | 28 |
| 29 | 30 The Outsiders chapter 11. The stages of grief. HW Finish the writing assignment on grief given out in class. | 31 New semester The Outsiders chapter 12 HW Write a paragraph or two about a time when you had to straighten something out with a teacher. | ||||
| February 2006 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Essay exam brainstorm |
2 Essay exam in the writing center |
3 Essay exam in the writing center |
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| 5 | 6 Essay exam in the writing center |
7 Essay exam in the writing center |
8 Essay exam in the writing center |
9 Essay exam in the writing center |
10 Essay exam in the writing center | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 Half day | 18 |
| 19 | 20 Winter Vacation - No School | 21 Winter Vacation - No School | 22 Winter Vacation - No School | 23 Winter Vacation - No School | 24 Winter Vacation - No School | 25 |
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