Week Seventeen Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2016 General Paper and English 1

Announcements No food or drink for the rest of the year! (if you bring it, especially sugary drinks, it goes on the table in my office and you can get it at the end of the period. Did you take me up on my sweet, once-in-a-lifetime, Cyber-Monday, twirl my bro-stash, slap my face and teach me to walk backwards, Deal of the Century? Well, then, turn it in!!...Like,, Now! Scarlet Ibis One pager Due tomorrow! Your Midterm will be a GP Mock essay exam. We will likely do it in two parts, based on the exam schedule.

Day 66 Monday, November 28,2016 Bellfun Power Verbs (51-55) Classfun 1. Review the rubric as a class. And then review a sample graded essay 2. Pick a partner to swap papers with (or do a 3-WAY SWAP OF YOUR PAPERS) 3. First read through—make notes in LEFT column about “Content” (intro, ideas, examples, …) 4. Second read through—make notes in RIGHT column about “Conventions” (grammar, spelling, punctuation) Homefun 1. GP AoW # 12 2. GP Mock Exam re-write—due Monday December 5th

Day 67 Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Bellfun turn in your Scarlet Ibises, Ibici, Ibicisses? Finish grading your partners paper (GP Mock exam) Classfun 1. QW---What does freedom mean to you? What freedoms that we have are the most important to you? 2. class discussion about “Freedom” 3. 1984 Introductory Power point—take C-Notes, fastidiously. Homefun 1. GP AoW # 12 2. GP Mock Exam re-write—due Monday December 12th

Day 68 Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Bellfun QW: What can take away freedom? Classfun 1. class discussion on freedom lost” 2. 1984 Introductory Power point—take C-Notes, fastidiously. Homefun 1. GP AoW # 12 2. GP Mock Exam re-write—due Monday December 5th

Day 69/70 TH/F, December 1 or 2,2016 Bellfun Finish 1984 Introductory Power point—take C-Notes, fastidiously. Classfun 1. Set-up two sets of Cornell notes, according to next slides 2. begin reading the novel together 3. Brain gym (figure 8) 4. Read again Homefun 1. GP AoW # 12—due Monday 2. GP Mock Exam re-write—due Monday December 12th

Chapter one notes format #1 Title 1984 Notes, Part 1, Chapter I Left side write the following words on the left hand side, putting approximately 5-7 lines between them. Setting (time and place, descriptions of setting) Characters (who are they, what is their job/importance, physical descriptions…) “Depressing, Dystopian Descriptions” (details the narrator gives that reveal a dystopian world) Right side While we are reading, take notes using theses headings

Chapter one notes format #2 Title: “1984 Vocabulary and Key Concepts” Left side write the words and for either of the two types of words below 1. key terminology—”airstrip one” etc. 2. new/unfamiliar words Right Side write the definition