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Honors English IV

turnitin.com class ID: 20322300 enrollment key: Thomas
Remind app: text   @4e389d   to   81010

Thursday, May 16

1. 

Wednesday, May 15

1. Time to work on Graduation Project presentation

2. Outside team building

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Sign up for in-class presentation

Tuesday, May 14

Time to work on Graduation Project presentation

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Sign up for in-class presentation

Monday, May 13

Time to work on Graduation Project presentation

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Sign up for in-class presentation

Friday, May 10

Time to work on Graduation Project presentation

Thursday, May 9

Outdoor team building

Wednesday, May 8

1. Read "Marionettes, Inc." by Ray Bradbury

2. Answer associated questions

Tuesday, May 7

Outdoor team building

Monday, May 6

Time to work

  • Put finishing touches on GP portfolio

  • Finish Hamlet soliloquy written analysis

Friday, May 3

Time to work

  • Put finishing touches on GP portfolio

  • Finish Hamlet soliloquy written analysis

Thursday, May 2

Time to work

  • Put finishing touches on GP portfolio

  • Finish Hamlet soliloquy written analysis

Wednesday, May 1

NO SCHOOL: Teacher Work Day

Tuesday, April 30

1. Time to study for vocabulary test

2. Vocabulary test

3. Check answers

4. Hamlet Soliloquy: Articulation of Analysis

  • Using the soliloquy you analyzed last week with your group, you will work to write one cohesive response (each) that synthesizes these points:

    1. What is the speech about?​

    2. What is revealed/learned about the character speaking?

    3. Significance of te soliloquy in the larger context of the play

    4. What emotions and thoughts (of the character) are revealed?

    5. How does Shakespeare's language use (syntax, diction, figurative language, etc.) impact/reinforce what's being said or what is learned?

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Monday, April 29

Time to work on GP portfolio and product

Friday, April 26

1. Time to work on GP product and portfolio

2. Outdoor teambuilding!

Thursday, April 25

1. Review "To be or not to be" soliloquy

2. Answer analysis questions

3. Review answers

4. Groups:

  • Read and analyze new soliloquy

  • Answer analysis questions for discussion

Wednesday, April 24

1. Review components

2. Work on GP

3. Outside team building :)

Tuesday, April 23

*Mr. Thomas out sick

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1. View Hamlet film

2. Work on Graduation Project

Monday, April 22

1. Review components for GP portfolio

  • Cover page with title, name, and image

  • Letter of intent

  • Outline

  • Research Paper

  • Works Cited

  • Product log

  • Product evidence

2. Work on finalizing research paper (due by 8:30am tomorrow!)

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April 15-19; SPRING BREAK

Friday, April 12

1. Finish reading Hamlet

2. Fill in missing scene summaries

Thursday, April 11

1. Continue reading necessary scenes of Hamlet

2. Fill in missing scene summaries on summary guide

3. Review scene summaries

Wednesday, April 10

1. Hamlet...a sprint to the end!

2. In groups:

Tuesday, April 9

1. Get 3 colored utensils

2. Notes:

  • Syntax: Sentence structure

    • Shakespeare uses commas, dashes, colons, semicolons, question marks, and periods to show emphasis and communicate TONE​

3. Make a color key on your copy of the TO BE OR NOT TO BE Soliloquy

4. Mark every item of punctuation with your first color

  • Read the soliloquy out loud at your tables, changing readers at each punctuation

  • Listen to model reading

5. Highlight unfamiliar words with your second color

6. Highlight figurative language with your third color

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary

Monday, April 8

1. Make up vocabulary quizzes

  • Work on GP, if you took the quiz Friday

2. Complete Act 2 work from Friday

3. Begin reading Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Friday, April 5

*Mr. Thomas out at county meeting

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1. Review vocabulary words

2. Vocabulary quiz

3. Read Hamlet Act 2

4. Answer Act 2 Study Guide questions

5. Complete DEJ #3 and DEJ #4

Thursday, April 4

1. Continue reading Hamlet

  • Act 1, scenes 3-5

  • Review​

2. Complete Act 1 Study Guide Questions

3. Complete DEJ #1 and DEJ #2

4. View first scenes of film

 

Homework:

-Study vocabulary words for tomorrow's quiz

Wednesday, April 3

1. Finalize group sonnet

2. Transfer to large paper for display

3. Begin reading Hamlet

  • Act 1, scenes 1 and 2

4. Review: What do we know so far?

Tuesday, April 2

1. Review Shakespearean Sonnet form

  • 14 lines

  • 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet

  • Usual rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

  • Iambic pentameter: 5 measures of 2 syllables per line

2. Sonnet paraphrasing practice

3. Write your own!

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Monday, April 1

1. Vocabulary Units 9 & 10:

  • "Cred" = Trust, believe

  • Credible -(adj) worthy of belief; reliable

  • Credential -(n) something that gives or recommends credit or confidence

  • Incredulous -(adj) not ready to believe; doubting; skeptical

  • Creditor -(n) a person to whom money or goods are due; one to whom a debt is owed

  • Creed -(n) any statement of faith or principles

  • "Pass"/"Pat" = Feel, suffer

  • Passive -(adj) not resisting, yielding, or submitting to the will of another

  • Passionate -(adj) having or showing strong feelings

  • Pathos -(n) quality that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness; power of evoking tender or melancholy emotion

  • Pathology -(n) study of the causes and nature of diseases

  • Patronize -(v) to treat in a haughty, condescending manner

2. Review GP tasks upcoming

  • Keep track of product hours of completion

  • Review presentation guide (on GP page)

  • Review speech outline (on GP page)

3. Work on GP components

 

Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

-Work on GP 

Friday, March 29

As you enter, please prepare for your vocabulary quiz

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1. Time to review

2. Vocabulary quiz #7

3. Shakespearean Sonnets introduction

4. Outside fun :)

Thursday, March 28

1. Prepare for presentations

2. Group presentations of allegories

3. Vocabulary review: Kahoot!

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Wednesday, March 27

1. Create your own Allegory!

  • Groups will present their allegories on Thursday

2. Work on GP paper revisions

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Tuesday, March 26

1. Create your own Allegory!

  • Groups will present their allegories on Thursday

2. Work on GP paper revisions

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Monday, March 25

1. Vocabulary Lists 7 & 8:

  • Pro = much, for, a lot

  • Proclivity - n; a natural propensity or inclination; predisposition

  • Prodigal - adj; recklessly wasteful; extravagant

  • Prodigious - adj; impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous

  • Prolific - adj; producing a great number of something

  • Propitious - adj; favorable; giving or indicating a good chance of success

  • Form = shape

  • Formative - adj; in a state of development; not complete

  • Formality - n; strict attention to outward forms and customs

  • Transform - v; to change in form or appearance

  • Formation - n; a way in which something is formed; arrangement; structure

  • Formulaic - adj; based on or consisting of formulas; routine; non-varied

2. GP Rough drafts...

  • My notes are suggestions

  • Have you shared your paper with your adviser? Do it!

  • Begin making revisions

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary

Friday, March 22

1. Finalize and turn in work for "WAYG, WHYB?"

  • TQE chart

  • Summaries of literary criticisms

2. Create your own allegory

  • Choose an aspect of humanity ("WAYG, WHYB?" is allegorical in depicting how one transitions from childhood to adulthood)

    • Government

    • Religion​

    • Death

    • Politics

    • Social movements

    • Growing up

  • Construct a story in which your comment/views on that aspect are presented symbolically

3... Work on GP:

  • What do you need to do for your product?

  • Share your rough draft with your adviser

  • Begin creating your presentation

Thursday, March 21

1. Read/annotate Bob Dylan song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"

2. Listen to song

3. Discuss similarities and connections to "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

4. Split into groups:

  • Read assigned criticism

  • Record:

    • Title and author​

    • Main idea(s) of criticism

      • Summary of support (specific to the story)​

5. Regroup!

  • Now, relay the information in your assigned criticism to your other classmates

  • Record the information from the other four criticisms on your paper

6. What are your thoughts? Record on your paper!

7. Discuss criticisms

Wednesday, March 20

1. Recap song and story from yesterday

2. Discuss story so far

  • How are characters changing?

  • How is the mood changing?

  • What are your predictions?

3. Continue reading/completing TQE chart; Finish story!

4. Discuss

  • TQEs

  • Significance?

5. Closer look:

  • Group 1: References to music/sound

  • Group 2: Symbols

  • Group 3: Connie

  • Group 4: Arnold Friend

6. Share findings/thoughts

7. Allegory: a story that uses symbolic figures, objects, and actions to present a generalization of humanity

  • How could this story be allegorical?

    • Write individually

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, March 19

1. Read/annotate lyrics: "The Cave"

2. Everyone share: What is your research focus? What is your product?

3. Listen to song

4. Annotate/discuss lyrics together

5. Plato's Allegory of the Cave

6. Using this knowledge, what do you think the song is about? Write it on our lyrics.

7. Discussion of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

  • Continue reading, stop at checkpoint 6

  • Try to think of this story in terms of allegory

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Monday, March 18

You have two tasks:

  • Read "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" through checkpoint 4

  • Finalize your GP research paper rough draft

    • Submit your paper to turnitin.com before 8:30am tomorrow​

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You may use your time today however you see fit, as long as you are prepared tomorrow!

Friday, March 15

Take a few moments to prepare for today's vocabulary quiz

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1. Vocabulary Quiz 5

2. Time to work on research paper

Thursday, March 14

On a sheet of paper:

  • Title the page "WAYG, WHYB?"

  • Respond to these four questions:

    • Describe the "typical" teenager in today's society. What does he/she care about?

    • Describe your relationship with your parents/guardians. How has it evolved over time?

    • In what ways are you different at home vs. when you are out with friends?

    • Are you eager to grow up? Explain.

  • Discuss responses

  • Draw a line under your responses, then title the next section of your paper "Paintings"

  • View the three paintings. For each, record:

    • What do you see?

    • What does it make you think?

    • What does it make you feel?

    • What do you think it means?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Discuss responses

  • On the back of your paper, make three columns: T. Q. E.

  • Begin reading "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

    • Stop at the 1 check point, and record your TQEs for that section

  • Discuss

  • Repeat for sections 2 and 3

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Homework:

-Study for vocabulary quiz

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Wednesday, March 13

Time with laptops

  • Work on character analysis essay

  • Work on Graduation Project

Tuesday, March 12

Time with laptops

  • Work on character analysis essay

  • Work on Graduation Project

Monday, March 11

1. Vocabulary words (10 this week!)

  • Plic, Plicit, Plex = To make complex; to tangle

  • Duplicitous - adj; speaking or acting in two different ways with the intent to deceive; double-dealing

  • Complicit - adj; the state of being an accomplice; partnership in wrongdoing

  • Complicate - v; to make complex, intricate, or difficult

  • Duplicate - v; to make an exact copy of

  • Implicit - adj; implied rather than expressly stated; suggested

  • Div = Separate, break

  • Diverge - v; to go or extend in different directions from a common point; to branch out

  • Divisive - adj; creating discord, dissension, or disagreement

  • Divorce - n; the legal dissolution of a marriage

  • Diverse - adj; differing one from another

  • Diversion - n; something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains

2. Review feedback on character analysis essay

3. Work on revising essay (due Wednesday night)

4. Work on Graduation Project research paper (rough draft due Tuesday at 8:30am)

 

Homework:

-Work on character analysis essay

-Work on GP

Friday, March 8

*Mr. Thomas Out at UNCW

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Two Sides to Every Story
Consider this quote by Aristotle: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Easy to say, but putting the beliefs of this quote to test by analyzing a controversial topic, researching different points of view on that topic, and making a personal opinion on it may be challenging.

 

Today, I want you to try this practice on a topic of your choice. You will choose and read about a controversial topic in today’s society. You will turn in to me (on turnitin.com) one document that has:

  • Your name and the date (duh)

  • Summary of Pro arguments

  • Summary of Con arguments

  • Your commentary on the arguments (what you agree/disagree with, what you think is completely out of line, etc.)

  • Your opinion on the topic, supported with facts/findings from your reading

 

To do this, I want you to visit the site www.ProCon.org and explore their topics.

 

Directions: When you get to the site, scroll down to where the topics are listed by category. Here, you can get a sense of all the topics covered on this site. Explore some, then choose one. When you have chosen, click on the topic and you will be taken to a new page. You will see a button called “Top Pro & Con Arguments” on the right of the page. Read through AT LEAST the top 10 arguments listed (it isn’t as much as it seems, Cameron!), then complete the above bulleted list of tasks.

 

*When you have finished and submitted your work to turnitin.com, please work on graduation project

Thursday, March 7

Start-Up: High School Experience; How easy/hard/both has high school been for you? How have these experiences impacted you as a student?

 

*When you have finished, review your vocabulary words for tomorrow's quiz

 

1. Share/discuss responses

2. Article: "When Helping Hurts"

3. Reflection questions:

  • Do you feel this article is accurate in presenting a common issue in education? Why or why not?

  • Describe a time when you received (or observed another student receive) help that may have been negative.

4. Turn in Start-Up/Reflection questions sheet

5. Confederate Monument articles

6. Get with someone who read a different article, and discuss what you read and how you feel

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

Wednesday, March 6

1. Sign on to a laptop

2. Log into turnitin.com

3. Submit your essay (if you haven't)

4. Peer edit essays

5. Begin high school reflection

  • Freshman year

    • First day

    • Classes

    • Friends

    • Interests/activities

    • What were you like?

  • Sophomore year

  • Junior year

  • Senior year

  • Below are some reflection questions to help you brainstorm. I do not expect you to answer or address all of these questions--they are to help you should you need it.

    •     What teachers have impacted you (positively and negatively)

    •     What classes have you enjoyed most? Which have you enjoyed the least?

    •     What accomplishments have you achieved throughout high school?

    •     What obstacles have you overcome?

    •     When did you do something that you aren't proud of? Did you learn something from this?

    •     If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?

    •     What lessons have you learned throughout high school? Consider academic and personal.

Tuesday, March 5

1. Work on Character Analysis Essay

  • Clear thesis

  • Argument is supported with textual evidence

  • Textual evidence is explained clearly/thoroughly

  • Enough pertinent context is given

  • Spelling/grammar/punctuation

    • Delete your name from the document before you submit!

    • Submit to turnitin.com before class tomorrow

2. Work on Graduation Project

  • Research

  • Outline

  • Begin draft

  • Product to-do list

 

Homework:

-Finish character analysis essay

-Delete name from essay document, submit to turnitin.com

-Study vocabulary words

-Work on GP

Monday, March 4

*Mr. Thomas out

 

1. Library: Session from visiting librarians

2. Vocabulary List 4

  • "Cede/Cess" = Go, yield

  • Precedent -(n) Any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations.

  • Recede -(v) To go or move away; retreat; withdraw

  • Incessant -(adj) Continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending

  • Intercede -(v) To act on behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition

  • Concede -(v) To acknowledge as true, proper, or just; to admit

3. Work on essay

Friday, March 1

1. Review "Hunters in the Snow"

2. Discuss characterization of these three men

3. Your task: Write a character analysis essay of one of the characters

  • Show a change from beginning to end of the story

  • How did he change?

  • Then consider: Why did he change? What was Tobias Wolff trying to do by having this character change in this way?

4. Work on brainstorming

5. Work on CEJ #1

Thursday, February 28

1. Continue discussion/analysis of "Hunters in the Snow"

  • Recap plot

  • Who is the least trustworthy? Why?

  • How are these characters products of our society?

    • Pursuit of happiness

    • Helping oneself

    • Individualism

  • List moments when there's a disconnect between what the characters think/feel/assert and the reality of their situations. Are the characters actually lying? Deluding themselves?

    • Kenny thinks he's going to the hospital, but isn't

    • Tub thinks Kenny is going to shoot him

      • All of their misbeliefs/lies set us up not to trust any conclusions they reach

2. Time to work on Current Event Journal #1 or Graduation Project

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

-Work on CEJ #1 and GP

Wednesday, February 27

1. In your discussion groups from Monday:

  • Finalize answers for the 5 reflection questions of "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolff

  • Identify a prominent theme in the story. Write an explanation of how that theme is present (use textual evidence!) on a sheet of large paper. We will share and display these.

2. Complete a Current Event Journal (directions on "Topics" page of this site)

  • For this first CEJ, you can choose an article on any topic

  • Due Friday

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

-Work on CEJ #1 and GP

Tuesday, February 26

Time to work on Graduation Project

Monday, February 25

Have out your TQEs and then complete the vocabulary predictions

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1. Vocabulary List 3

  • "Magn" = Great

  • Magnanimous- (adj) noble of mind and heart; generous in forgiving; above revenge

  • Magnitude- (n) greatness of rank, position, or influence

  • Magnetize- (v) to exert strong influence upon

  • Magnate- (n) a powerful or influential man or woman, especially in business or industry

  • Magnum Opus (n) a great work, especially a literary or artistic masterpiece

2. Copy these reading questions:

  1. Describe the power dynamic between the men at the beginning of the story.

  2. Describe the three men: Tub, Frank, and Kenny. Consider physical descriptions and how those descriptions help us understand the characters.

  3. How does the cold, hostile environment in the story relate to its meaning?

  4. How does the power dynamic shift? How is this shift symbolized?

  5. Why does Tub not tell Frank what he learned from the farmer and his wife sooner?

3. Groups:

  • Discuss the five questions

  • Brainstorm theme(s) for this story

4. Work on Graduation Project

 

Homework:

-Study vocabulary

-Work on Graduation Project

Friday, February 22

1. Vocabulary Quiz 1: "Bene" and "Fac/fic"

2. Read "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolff

  • While you read, keep a list of Thoughts, Questions, and Epiphanies (TQEs)

  • Consider:

    • How Wolff characterizes these three men

    • Power; How it shifts throughout the story

    • Significance of setting?

    • What could the story be exploring, on a larger scale?

3. Work on Graduation Project

 

Homework:

-Finish reading and recording TQEs

Thursday, February 21

1. Distribute returned Letters of Intent

2. Lesson from Shanti: Culture of Nepal

3. Review vocabulary words for tomorrow's quiz

Wednesday, February 20

*Class shortened due to ACT administration

 

 

Open class period to work on Graduation Project components

Tuesday, February 19

*Class displaced to the Media Center and shortened due to testing

 

Start-Up: Academic Inspiration; Who is someone that inspires you academically? What is it about him/her that inspires you in terms of education, and how has their presence in your life impacted you? Explain.

 

1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. Copy the following statements

  • Theme vs. Moral vs. Cliche vs. Topic

    • Don't trust strangers, they may not be honest.

    • Good is more powerful than Evil.

    • Children can do great things when supported.

    • Regrets can prevent one from growth and happiness.

    • Always treat others with kindness.

    • What goes around comes around.

    • Don't judge a book by its cover.

    • Love magnifies the good in others.

    • You can't always get what you want.

    • Abuse of power

3. Short notes:

  • Topic = Idea

  • Moral = Life application, message, rule

  • Cliche = Tired.

  • Theme = [Topic] + [Author's opinion about that topic]

4. Identify each statement as either a theme, moral, cliche, or topic

5. Discuss

6. Identify a prominent theme in this week's lyrics

7. Explain​

Monday, February 18

Please sit with your smartphones article group, and then:

  • Complete the vocabulary predictions sheet

 

1. Vocabulary List 2: "Fac/fic"

  • Facade- (noun); A false, superficial, or artificial appearance.

  • Facilitate- (verb); To make easier or less difficult; to help.

  • Faction- (noun); A group of persons in a political party, church, or club acting together for a common purpose.

  • Fickle- (adjective); Changeable, especially with regard to affections or attachments; inconstant; capricious.

  • Facility- (noun); Something designed, built, or installed to serve a specific function.

  • "Fac/Fic" = to do or make 

2. Lyrics: "Only One"

  • Read independently

  • Listen and annotate

  • Discuss as a class

3. Work on Letter of Intent (due tomorrow by 8:30am)

 

 

Homework:

-Finalize Letter of Intent, if needed

Friday, February 15

Start-Up: First Full Week; Take a moment to reflect on your first full week of the new semester. How has it been? Are your classes what you expected, so far? Why or why not? Which classes do you think will be your most and least favorite? Explain.

 

*When you have finished, please wait quietly for further instructions

 

 

1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. Laptops:

  • Complete this Reading Inventory

  • Utilize the internet to research potential topics for your graduation project

    • For each topic, brainstorm potential products that you could complete

  • Work on Letter of Intent

    • Due Tuesday

  • Work on group smartphone project

3. Discuss work

 

Homework:

-Work on GP

-Work on smartphone project

Thursday, February 14

Start-Up: Love; This day is typically used as a time to celebrate love, but love can come in many different forms. Make a list of people, places, and things that you love. Then, give a brief explanation of the differences of your love for these different things. (2-3 sentences)

 

*When you have finished, please have out this week's lyrics

 

1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. SOAPSTone notes

  • Speaker: Who is "saying" the words of the poem/song? This is NOT the singer/poet

  • Occasion: What happened before the speaker said these things? What is happening right now?

  • Audience: Who is this intended for? This is NOT "whoever hears it"

  • Subject: What is literally being discussed?

  • Tone: The author's attitude toward the topic

3. Practice identifying a THEME in the lyrics

4. Discuss Smartphones article

5. Group assignment:

  • Take the information learned from the article and turn it into action

  • Groups will present their results/findings/experiences to the class on Tuesday

6. Brainstorm possibilities

7. Work on Graduation Project

  • Get signature of your adviser

  • Work on letter of intent (due Tuesday)

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Homework:

-Work on GP

-Work on group project

Wednesday, February 13

Start-Up: Personality; (3-5 sentences) How would you define “personality”? How would you describe your personality? When thinking of someone else’s personality, what do you pay attention to? Explain.

 

*When you have finished, have out the cell phone survey from yesterday, and then please take a moment to make sure your school materials are organized. Upcoming due dates? Homework tonight?

 

1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. Finish phone survey

  • 9.    About how much time per day and per week do you spend on homework? Explain how this time is typically divided or how it fluctuates. 

  • 10.    Tell me about your social media usage. Be detailed.

  • 11.    Do you think that you are a “typical” social media user, or are you atypical? Explain.

  • 12.    Record your statistics for “Screen Time”. 

    • o    iPhone: 

      • o    Settings > Screen Time > NAME’s iPhone

    • o    Android:

      • o    Pull down Quick Settings panel > Tap battery icon > Tap on Screen

3. Read Smartphones Article

4. Reflection questions:

  • 13.    Make a T chart of pros and cons of smartphones

  • 14.    What is the purpose of the article? Who is it intended for? How do you know?

  • 15.    Identify and explain two concessions (concessions are presenting arguments from the other side)

  • 16.    What are your thoughts on the article? Explain. (5-7 sentences)

5. Discuss responses

6. Brainstorm: How can you take the information presented in this article and turn it into action?

 

Homework:

-Brainstorm (#6 above)

-Finish question responses, if you didn't in class

-Work on graduation project

Tuesday, February 12

Start-Up: An Accomplishment; (3-5 sentences)Describe a time when you accomplished something that was important to you. Was it easy or was it difficult? Did anyone help you? How did you feel after you finished the task?

 

*When you have finished, please have out a sheet of notebook paper and review your vocabulary words
 

1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. Vocabulary questions? Quick review

3. Review homework questions on happiness article

4. Lyrics: "Shake it Out"

  • Read

  • How to annotate

  • Discuss as a class

  • SOAPSTone elements

    • Identify

    • Give textual evidence

5. Begin cell phone survey

  • 1.    Do you have a smartphone? How long have you had it? Were you one of the first of your friends or the last?

  • 2.    What do you primarily do with your phone (camera, music, text, Snapchat, email, watch funny reaction videos, use the internet)?

  • 3.    What is your data plan like, and does this affect the answer to question #2?

  • 4.    Do you sleep with your phone?

  • 5.    Do you use it as an alarm clock?

  • 6.    When do you usually check your phone? How often during class? Be honest!

  • 7.    Do you use it as a clock? And if so, how often are you ACTUALLY checking the time versus just pretending to?

  • 8.    Do you consider yourself to be a social person? Explain why or why not. How often do you “hang out” with friends and what do you usually do?

 

Homework:

-Work on graduation project ideas

-Finish/turn in any work you haven't yet

Thursday, February 7

Welcome to Honors English IV!

 

1. Find your name on a desk

2. Attendance

3. Distribute and review SYLLABUS

4. Student Survey​

  • My full name is...

  • You can call me...

  • I grew up in…

  • How does your living situation impact your school work? Do you travel between more than one home? Do you have a good place to study outside of school? Do you have access to a computer or internet at home?

  • Responsibilities I have outside of school are...

  • Something(s) you should know about me--physically or mentally (health conditions, allergies, concerns, etc.)--are.... 

  • My hobbies include…

  • If I could go anywhere in the world right now, I would go...

  • I think English/Language Arts is…

  • My favorite subject is usually…

  • The last book I read (be honest!) is...

  • The last TV show I watched is…

  • The last movie I watched is…

  • The last song I listened to is…

  • My favorite movies/TV shows are…

  • My favorite musical artists/bands right now are…

  • My favorite candy or snack food is...

  • Something I am very interested in is...

  • Goals I want to accomplish are…

  • I want to be remembered as…

  • Mr. Thomas, the three songs you HAVE to listen to are…

  • Currently, my plans for after graduation are...

  • What does "honors" mean to you?

  • Why did you choose to take honors English IV?

5. Interview classmates

6. Introduce classmates

7. Graduation Project brainstorming handouts

8. Q&A with Mr. Thomas

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Homework:

-Brainstorm GP ideas​

Friday, February 8

Each day you will have a Start-Up prompt projected when you enter. Please begin a Start-Up page. In the left margin record the day’s date, then record the italicized title for the prompt. You do not need to write the questions, simply read them and then respond on your paper.

 

Start-Up:Valuable Lesson; What is a valuable lesson you have learned? What was the context in which you learned this lesson? Who taught you this lesson? How has this impacted your life since?

 

*When you have finished, please clear your desk and wait for further instruction

 

1. Share/discuss start-up

2. Graduation Project forms folder

  • Review forms

  • Faculty Advisor form to be turned in by next Friday, February 15

  • Letter of Intent due Tuesday, February 19

3. Writing Prompt: How does one reveal character? 

  • What is character?

  • How would you assess your own character?

  • Do you consider character to be constant or ever-changing?

  • Do you feel character is important?

4. Discuss responses

5. Essay Assignment: Write an essay in which you 1) describe how one reveals character and 2) how you have/continue to develop and establish your character. When answering the general question, you may choose to contextualize this question (in an athletic setting, as a friend, etc.) or use literary examples to illustrate your point. When analyzing your own character, be honest and give specific personal examples when possible. 

  • Due Sunday by midnight (on turnitin.com)

6. Laptops

7.    Tasks:

  • Take the ENNEAGRAM TEST

    • Click on the "Enneagram Test" button (Not "Enneagram Test 2" button)

  • Go to the Enneagram Institute and read about your type

  • Complete enneagram test reflection sheet

    • Turn in to Mr. Thomas

  • Set up TurnItIn.com account for this class

    • Class ID= 20322300

    • Enrollment key= Thomas

  • Enroll for class Remind

    • Text: @4e389d

    • To: 81010

  • Utilize the internet to research potential topics for your graduation project

    • For each topic, brainstorm potential products that you could complete

  • Work on Character essay

 

 

Homework:

-Complete Character essay (due to turnitin.com by midnight Sunday night)

-Read Graduation Project handbook

-Brainstorm GP ideas

Monday, February 11

Start-Up: Happiness; How would you define happiness? Obviously, happiness is different for everyone. What contributes to your personal happiness? Has this changed over time? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

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*When you have finished, please have out a sheet of paper and wait quietly for further instructions

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1. Share/discuss Start-Up

2. Vocabulary List 1: "Bene"

3. Happiness Article

  • Read

  • Discuss

4. Complete reflection questions

5. Laptops:

  • Complete all tasks from Friday

  • Work on Letter of Intent

    • Utilize the internet to brainstorm research/product ideas

6. Turn in:

  • Happiness article questions

  • Enneagram results reflection sheet

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Homework:

-Study vocabulary words

-Work on Graduation Project

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