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Week of 3-7 October, 2016

9/30/2016

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We continue poetry and poetic devices by composing and performing original slam poetry.  This project grade counts as a major assessment.  Project rubric and other details are in Google Classroom.  Here's how the week pans out:
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Math Vocabulary Terms for Slam Poetry
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Week of 26-30 September, 2016

9/23/2016

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We begin a two-week session on poetry, culminating in students performing their own, original work in a poetry slam.  The first week looks like this:
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Figurative Language Terms Sheet
Todd Rundgren's Onomatopoeia
Lincoln High Slam Poets at TEDxLincoln
Figurative Language Presentation
Song Lyric Analysis Instructions
Example Student Lyric Analysis
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19-23 September, 2016

9/13/2016

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CHANGE 1, (19 September)  reflected below:  Test is moved to Thursday due to Friday deadline for grade posting.

​This week, we'll read, analyze, and talk about two stories from our textbook:  "Clean Sweep," by Joan Bauer; and "The Tell Tale Heart," by Edgar Allen Poe.  Reflections assignment will count as a quiz grade; test on Thursday will count as an assessment grade.  Library book checks Tuesday-Friday for grades. Vocabulary words, links to the text, and audio versions of the stories are below. Here's how it in weekly calendar format:
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Vocabulary Words:  Define in your journal.  All the words will be on test on Thursday
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Text: Tell Tale Heart
Text: Clean Sweep
Reflections
Pre-AP Reflections
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Week of 12-16 September, 2016

9/9/2016

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We'll do some expository writing this week, eventually creating two works. At the end of the week, students will have the opportunity to present one of these works to the class.  Here's how it looks in graphic format:
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Week of 6-9 September, 2016

9/1/2016

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We come off Labor Day with a short week, a week we'll spend continuing to explore the question "Who Am I?"  Specifically, we'll read two stories from the textbook:  "Medicine Bag," and "Who Are You Today, Maria?"  We'll complete "Reflections" on these stories, and, on Friday, have a test on content, connections, and vocabulary.  Here's how the week pans out:
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Link to textbook stories
Weekly Vocabulary
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Reflections:  Medicine Bag and Maria
Pre-AP Reflections
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