Day 23 (10-17-2017)
- Common Summative Assessment 02
- Click the link below to gain access to the second Common Summative Assessment for English/Language Arts I.S.T.E.P.+ Lab
- Click the link below to gain access to the second Common Summative Assessment for English/Language Arts I.S.T.E.P.+ Lab
- Vocabulary Activity
- Lesson 4 - Context: Expression (Worksheet)
- aesthetic, aura, charisma, cliche, conceive, emphatically, fabricate, impediment, martial, mediocre, opportune, paradox, prolific, qualm, reactionary, recipient, stamina, wan, zealous, and zephyr
- Lesson 4 - Context: Expression (Worksheet)
- Achieve 3,000 Article (Student Choice)
- Be sure to show your scores to Mr. Anthony next class period.
Day 22 (10-13-2017)
- Bell-Ringer Journal
- Length: 6-8 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Prompt: Recently, Mrs. Hills should have visited your English 11 classes to hold a discussion with you about registering for Khan Academy as well as College Board. Are you registered with both of these programs? What are their benefit to you as a student? Additionally, Mrs. Hills should have given you information about how the EVSC will be providing a free administration of the SAT. In what ways will this be beneficial to you and your plans for the future?
- Bell-Ringer Journal Discussion
- Review for Common Summative Assessment 02
- Next class period, we will be taking our second Common Summative Assessment this year.
- This assessment is designed to test your abilities with many of the skills that we have been working on during this unit.
- The review today will consist of two different nonfiction articles that cover these skills.
- The articles are listed below, and there are questions attached to each of the articles. Be sure to label the article correctly to correspond with your answers to the questions using the following example:
- "Article Title"
- #1
- #2
- #3
- Etc.
- "Article Title"
Day 21 (10-11-2017)
Day 20 (10-04-2017)
Day 19 (10-02-2017)
Day 18 (09-28-2017)
Day 17 (09-26-2017)
Day 16 (09-22-2017)
Day 15 (09-20-2017)
Day 14 (09-18-2017)
Day 13 (09-14-2017)
- Completion of E.L.A. I.S.T.E.P.+ Lab - Common Summative Assessment 01
- After you complete the assessment, be sure that you have completed the Achieve 3,000 LevelSet Assessment
- After you have completed both the C.S.A. 01 and the Achieve 3,000 LevelSet Assessment, your job will be to check R.D.S. to ensure that you do not have any missing assignments so far for this grading period.
Day 007 (08-28-2017)
- Bell-Ringer Journal
- Length: 6-8 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Prompt: List the four different methods that one can use as a context clue to determine the meaning of an unknown word or phrase. Additionally, discuss some "tips" that one might use in conjunction with those methods.
- Length: 6-8 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Bell-Ringer Journal Discussion
- Synonym
- Antonym
- Details
- Rewording
- Synonym
- Double-Check N.W.E.A. (Fall Administration)
- If you were not in class this day, please be sure to speak to Mr. Anthony.
- If you were not in class this day, please be sure to speak to Mr. Anthony.
- Context Clues Practice
- If you were not in class this day, please be sure to speak to Mr. Anthony.
- If you were not in class this day, please be sure to speak to Mr. Anthony.
Day 006 (08-24-2017)
- Completion of Fall Administration of N.W.E.A.
- When Finished with N.W.E.A. . . .
- Go to "Day 005 (08-22-2017" on this web-page (below) and click the link for "Powder".
- Your task will be to complete the Close Notes that we started last class and use them to answer the questions that follow the story.
Day 005 (08-22-2017)
- Review: Context Clues Jeopardy
- Reading: "Powder"
- Completing Close Notes: "Powder"
- Completing Guided Reading Questions: "Powder"
- The guided reading questions are located below the passage for "Powder"
Day 004 (08-18-2017)
- Double-Entry Bell-Ringer Journal
- INITIAL RESPONSE
- Length: 3-4 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Prompt: Think of three different words that you know but may be challenging for another student to know. You may use a dictionary or the internet for assistance with this. Then, once you know what three words you want to use, you will use them in one sentence each without explicitly revealing the definition of that word. BE SURE TO UNDERLINE THE WORD THAT YOU HAD ORIGINALLY PICKED IN EACH OF THE THREE SENTENCES!
- RESPONSE TO INITIAL RESPONSE
- Length: 3-4 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Prompt: Once you have a paper in front of you that is not yours, you will write a one sentence response to each of the original sentences provided to you. Your sentence will need to tell what the underlined word means as well as which of the four methods of "hunting context clues" you used to figure that out (hint: look back at your notes from last class). BE SURE TO UNDERLINE BOTH WHAT YOU THINK THE WORD MEANS AND WHAT METHOD YOU USED TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
- INITIAL RESPONSE
- Double-Entry Bell-Ringer Journal Discussion
- Skill Review: Context Clues
- Distribution of Close Notes for: "Powder" and Reading "Powder"
- Do not complete the questions attached to the "Powder" link below. We will do those at a later time.
- Do not complete the questions attached to the "Powder" link below. We will do those at a later time.
Day 003 (08-16-2017)
- Bell-Ringer Journal
- Length: 6-8 complete thoughts/sentences/independent clauses
- Prompt: Discuss at least two different areas where you have difficulty in a typical English/Language Arts class. How do you know you have difficulties in these areas? This could be a skill (like citing text evidence). It could be a habit (like forgetting to complete a class reading). It could even be something more complex (like having difficulty understanding deeper symbolism within a text). After addressing these two areas, discuss two areas where you find yourself to be skilled in a typical English/Language Arts class. How do you know you are skilled in these areas?
- Bell-Ringer Journal Discussion
- Review: Context Clues
- Below, you will find a link to the PowerPoint presentation given in class in regard to Context Clues. You will also find the Close Notes that we completed over this PowerPoint presentation.
- Fiction Pretest
Day 002 (08-14-2017)
- Collection of Signed Class Syllabus
- Class Information Discussion
- Several students have posed two different questions to me. The questions and answers are as follows:
- Question: Do I have to be in this class all year long?
- Answer: We will be taking the ISTEP+ in December. If you pass the ISTEP+ at that time, you will no longer be in this class, and you will instead take an elective.
- Question: Is there a final exam in this class?
- Answer: Yes, there will be a final exam in this class.
- Several students have posed two different questions to me. The questions and answers are as follows:
- "Seven Love Letters" & "Spartan's Creed"
Day 001 (08-10-2017)
- Distribute Class Syllabus & Expectations
- Go Over Class Syllabus & Expectations
- Inspirational Video
- Ice Breaker Bingo Activity
- Nonfiction Pretest
- Interview Questions
- Students will write 5 different questions that they would ask Mr. Anthony during an interview - things they want to know about him, this class, or anything else at Central High School.
- Students will write 5 different questions that they would ask Mr. Anthony during an interview - things they want to know about him, this class, or anything else at Central High School.