Happy Thanksgiving Week! I know it’s only three days, but we have lots to do! Let’s Get busy…

Bellwork Periods 3 & 4 Monday, November 21, 2016 While I am returning speeches, please finish up your first paragraph about the chapter in the packet from The Glass Castle. If you are finished with the paragraph, read the chapter from Me Talk Pretty One Day. New writing prompts: 1. Sedaris is very sarcastic, but almost everyone can find humor in his writing. What did you find the most humorous about his description of his French class? 2. If you have ever taken a language class, how was/is it similar to Sedaris’ experience and how was/is it different? 3. Where does the author’s joy come from at the end of the chapter? Be sure to cite textual evidence in your response.

Classwork Monday, nov 21, 2016 Tier 2 words for November: relate 2 = to show or make a connection between two things modify 2 = to change develop 3 = to elaborate or expand in detail separate 2 = disconnect or disassociate compare/contrast 2 (3 with textual evidence) = to find likenesses and differences distinguish 2 = to set apart Use each of the words in a DOK question or writing prompt about the works we have read and the literary terms we have studied.

Classwork Period 6 Monday, November 21, 2016 If you submitted a rough draft on Friday, please make sure you get it back from me and work on your corrections and improvements. EVERYONE: Please hand me your finished speech by the end of class today.

Classwork Periods 3& 4 Tuesday, November 22, 2016 If you submitted a rough draft on Friday, please make sure you get it back from me and work on your corrections and improvements. EVERYONE: Please hand me your finished speech by the end of class today.

Classwork Tuesday, nov 22, 2016 Tier 2 words for November: relate 2 = to show or make a connection between two things modify 2 = to change develop 3 = to elaborate or expand in detail separate 2 = disconnect or disassociate compare/contrast 2 (3 with textual evidence) = to find likenesses and differences distinguish 2 = to set apart Use each of the words in a DOK question or writing prompt about the works we have read and the literary terms we have studied.

Bellwork Period 6 Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Please finish up your first paragraph about the chapter in the packet from The Glass Castle. If you are finished with the paragraph, read the chapter from Me Talk Pretty One Day. New writing prompts: 1. Sedaris is very sarcastic, but almost everyone can find humor in his writing. What did you find the most humorous about his description of his French class? 2. If you have ever taken a language class, how was/is it similar to Sedaris’ experience and how was/is it different? 3. Where does the author’s joy come from at the end of the chapter? Be sure to cite textual evidence in your response.

Bellwork Wednesday, November 23, 2016 If you had to write a memoir about an event in your life, what would it be about? Would it be sad or funny? What three pieces of information would you be sure to include?

Classwork Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Please finish up your paragraph about the chapter in the packet from Me Talk Pretty One Day. If you are finished with the paragraph, organize your binders. Remember there are five sections: Bellwork and Exit Tickets Notes Handouts Graded Essays and Assessments (quizzes and tests) Vocabulary (including your Tier 2 assignments) I will do a quick binder check to make sure everything is in order.

Group work Wednesday, November 23, 2016: For today’s activity, you have the following options: Work alone Work with a partner Work in a group no larger than THREE people Review your notes from the semester and skim the texts we have read from your textbook: Write questions at each of the DOK levels with the following blueprint: THREE DOK Level 1 questions FOUR DOK Level 2 questions TWO DOK Level 3 questions ONE DOK Level 4 question Please base your questions on the information/texts we have engaged in during first and second quarters.

First semester texts: “The Monkey’s Paw” “Content of a Dead Man’s Pocket” “Like the Sun” “The Open Window” From Swimming to Antarctica Maus “The Masque of Red Death” “The Fall of the House of Usher” Speeches by JFK, RFK, Reagan, and Bush

Sophomores… Preview of next week (11/28-12/2): Finish DOK Review Questions for semester exam. Answer your DOK Review Questions. Write a one to two page memoir.