Assignments 3/22

Use class today to work on and complete your drafts.



Pre-writing and completed rough draft are DUE AT THE END OF CLASS TODAY.

If you are absent, you should have made arrangements with me in regards to turning in your pre-writing and draft.


Enjoy your spring break! Be safe and have fun! 

Assignments 3/20

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING! :) 

For the rest of the week we will be working on drafting our literary analysis papers. 

For Today:

• Begin/Continue working on your pre-writing/block out handout
• When you have finished, show them to me, so that we can go over it
• Begin drafting and writing your analysis

Pre-writing AND a completed draft are due at the end of class on Friday 3/22. 

Assignments 3/18

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Agenda for today, 3/18:

• Night Quiz 3
• Short Discussion
• Read Pages 85-115 (Finish book)
• Blog Prompt
• Begin Literary Analysis Pre-writing

After you finish the book in class, respond to the blog prompt. Blog post is due at the end of class.

Prompt: In at least 100 words, reflect on Weisel's memoir. Write about whatever you feel appropriate. Some places you can start: What did you take away from it? What was the hardest part for you to read? What was it that allowed Elie to survive? Were there any themes or moments that stuck out to you? Did you learn anything knew about the Holocaust history or events? 

Please bring literary analysis pre-writing handout with you to every class. You will be turning this in with your paper on Friday, 3/22.

Quiz 2

If you were absent from class on Thursday March 14, here is the quiz you missed. Please print it out and complete it to turn in next week.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/177_vHFbGODiCqa0YkvJVH1qrlGqJNgStKHk1J4FbpSU/edit?usp=sharing

Assignments 3/14

Happy Pi Day! (Being an English teacher, I have to say, I wish it were actually Pie Day).

Assignments for Today:

• Quiz 2 (You can use your book):
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/177_vHFbGODiCqa0YkvJVH1qrlGqJNgStKHk1J4FbpSU/edit?usp=sharing
• Discussion over pages 23-65 (Mrs. Schacter? Gold tooth? Faith? Where is Elie now, what has he gone through?)
• Reading: Pages 66-84
• Blog Prompt. Due before class Monday 3/18

Blog Prompt:

Part I: Make a statement about the bond and relationship between Elie and his father. Is it stronger than ever, starting to weaken? How do you know? Provide at least one quote from the book to support your claim.

Part II: Quickly research one of the concentration camps that Elie has been in. Provide information such as name, location, size/population, and its conditions (what was it like for the Jewish people?).

Assignments 3/12

We are now full swing into our unit on Night, and I hope you all are enjoying this very powerful story.

Assignments For Today:

• Short Quiz over pages 3-22
• Discussion: Ignorance of Jews? Elie's Faith?
• Reading Assignment: Pages 23-65
• Respond to Blog Prompt:
• Part I: Discuss the significance of Mrs. Schacter. What does she symbolize? Provide at least one quote from the text to support your claim.
• Part II: Talk about Elie's "gold crown." What was that all about?
• Blog post is due before the next class period. 

Senior Comp. Vocab Test on Friday, March 8 and Homework Assignment!

The Vocab 3 Test will still be on Friday, March 8 as regularly planned. 

Use your handouts and Powerpoints to study. It would be a good idea to look at both blocks' PowerPoints.

1B:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eh7xczERfBPCAfrtwMoJSDwMbQWzr7ntmeSbiqqYn1Q/edit?usp=sharing

3B:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MwG60jaJUlOSx8rnLCjn03EChIxBAnbmxdSu0iEkKcM/edit?usp=sharing


FOR HOMEWORK Due Friday March 8.

We will be starting the memoir, Night, by Elie Weisel. Please find one biographical fact about Weisel and post it in the GoogleDoc for your class. Read through the facts posted by other students first, to make sure that no information is repeated!

Put your name by your information, so I know that you did it!


Senior Comp 1B click here to post:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oouk46FQDUMOs0m1ZzPu8lOTVTKhIQmO9gxEqdDs7f8/edit?usp=sharing



Senior Comp 3B click here to post:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aLoVW8n2-p8-EnEEVnS1BP9qNFonNGTTsZHGCUo0J-E/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy your snow day! :)

Digital Picture Pass

Blogging Activity:

Log into your student blog and start a new post. Label each section with a heading of "Part I," "Part II, Part III, Part IV." This activity will have four parts.

Part I: Answer the question: What do you know about the Holocaust?

Part II: You will have one minute to look at each picture. List everything that you notice. When time is up, I will ask you to come up with a keyword that sums up the entire picture. This section should look like this:

Image 1: prisoners in uniform forced to work, digging ditches, working behind a fence, trapped, all men.

Keyword: imprisoned. 

Do this for all images/videos.

Part III: Synthesize your observations about the images and video you saw. Come up with one sentence that summarizes all 3 insights, and type it. You should try and incorporate your "keywords" We will share these with the class. 

Example: Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to give up their belongings and abandon their homes to be imprisoned and forced to work under grueling conditions.

Part IV: Respond to blog prompt listed below.

Image 1:

Image 2:

Image 3:

Video Clip 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLK5OWU2YGw

Part IV: Using the visuals you have gained today, and what we have talked about, answer the following prompt. Take your time and answer thoughtfully:

You are a member of a small village in Eastern Europe in 1943. You have lived there your entire life. Sometimes you are mistreated because you are Jewish, but most of the time your life is happy and joyful. Even the current world war has not made a huge mark on your life; the fighting is far away and you know no one who has gone to fight. Until one day…when you wake up to find your village occupied by German soldiers who tell you to pack a single bag because you are being deported to work in a brick factory run by the Nazi army. What is your reaction to the news? What about your family? Your friends?....You, along with other friends and family members from the village, are crowded into a cattle car and travel for two days withoutfood or drink. There are so many people you are unable to even sit down. Look at the people around you. How are they acting?....You ask yourself where am I truly going? What will it be like?....By the time you reach your destination, the stench of the cattle car is unbearable, but as you exit the car you smellan even worse one. You look up to see smoke rising from tall chimneys and assign that says Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp in Poland…What is going to happen to you? Your best friend? Your brother? Sister? Mother and Father? (adaptedfrom Karma Sue Mitchell, 2005).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO34xTEjq5s&list=SP38D322EE144F8E2D - Boy In Striped Pajamas soundtrack

 

Assignments 3/4

Welcome to the 7th week of the semester! Since we are nearing close to half-way through, now is the time for some serious reflection.

Blogging Assignment:

Take a few moments and reflect on your performance this semester thus far.

What are some areas that need improvement and how can you improve? (attendance, effort, attitude, completing assignments, following directions, studying more?)

Reflect on the two major units we have completed so far, (narratives and scholarship essays or resumes/cover letters) How did you do?

What about the class blog? Do you find it helpful? Do you even look at it or know that it exists?

Do you follow Miss Spriggs on twitter? There are extra credit opportunities, if you do!

Vocabulary 3

Context Clues Handout:

Complete the Vocabulary 3 handout. Use context clues to figure out the definition. Then, check your definition with the handout, and correct the definition if you are incorrect. This handout must be turned in at the end of the period!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16gOCGeBWLzXl2zLkF-X9fzOqF_Dylk-Qj3u0yG9vEXk/edit?usp=sharing

Vocab Word Slide:

After you are finished checking your definitions, select one word from the board, and circle it. You will create a powerpoint slide for this word.
Information to include on the slide: Your name, vocab word, definition, sentence, image

Senior Comp 1B:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eh7xczERfBPCAfrtwMoJSDwMbQWzr7ntmeSbiqqYn1Q/edit?usp=sharing

Senior Comp 3B:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MwG60jaJUlOSx8rnLCjn03EChIxBAnbmxdSu0iEkKcM/edit?usp=sharing