Independent Reading Homework Sept. 28, 2012

Please continue to read - your second book should be completed by October 12.
You have the option to do one book if your book is 400 pages or longer.

Pre-Crucible Presentations - Building context for The Crucible

I  Presentations due Friday when you walk into class!!

    In order to prepare for The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller written in the 1950's, we will be doing some background investigation into some of the topics surrounding the play. 

1.   Communism in the 1950’s
2.   Cold War Period (focus on 1950’s)
3.   Rise and Effects of McCarthyism
4.   Mass Hysteria
5.   Arthur Miller
6.   Puritan New England
7.   Salem Witch Trials

a. With your group collaborate on a 3-5 minute presentation consisting of 8-10 slides about your assigned topic.

b. Divide your topic among your group and delegate responsibility for the creating of different slides. Consider history (origins), definitions, examples, important facts, impact on society, future significance, important individuals,

c. Incorporate (and cite) images related to your topic to make your presentation interesting to your audience. Use MLA format 

d. Create three multiple choice questions that someone would be able to answer after listening to your presentation. Consider “why and how” questions first.

e. Each person in your group will be presenting this at least once to another group of peers. 

Homework: work on your part of the presentation 
Article 4: Five factors about the election annotation & 2 paragraph reflection due this Friday 

Journal 5 - September 21, 2012 Story of an Hour reflection

1. Today, complete the story of an hour reflection. What is the author's message and how do you know? Provide 3 quotes / descriptions from the story to show how you know this.

2. You should have completed the following

• 5 journal entries 
• 3 annotations (Obama, Cell Phones, Story of an Hour) - share these with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com 

3. HOMEWORK: Fill out expert project form (on right hand side of blog)
Begin blog or research question

Reading Story of an Hour Thursday - September 20, 2012

1. Open Firefox and google "women in 1894" - what was happening to women during this time period?

2. Go to your view only folder
Go to file make a copy
On the copy - Read and Annotate Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour"

3. Find the theme and evidence for that theme in your annotations

4. Homework: English Journal - Respond to the following question
September 20, 2012 Story of an Hour
What was Kate Chopin trying to tell her audience and how do you know. Include 3 pieces of evidence and how you came to know this.

Wednesday September 19, 2012

Write a 2 paragraph reflection on "The Sadness of Conformity" in your English journal based on the fishbowl discussions you saw today. Use the reflection directions to guide your paragraph.

You should title your journal with:
September 19, 2012 Article 3: "The Sadness of Conformity" reflection

Monday - September 17, 2012 Conformity

Today, we are reading about conformity in preparation for the Unit on Fear and Conformity in America.

Monday - September 17, 2012 - The Sadness of Conformity

1. On the back of your article

What is conformity? Is conformity beneficial for society? 

2. Read and annotate the copy of the article with questions you have
Questions:

• use why and how questions (try to avoid what, when, where surface questions) 
• use questions to push back at the author's argument 

Ex: why does the author consider _____ to be_____? 

Why hasn't the author thought to include _____ in the article? 

Why does the author state? ___________ 

Homework: Finish annotation for homework 

Homework Friday Sept/ 14th

1. Cell Phone article - should be read and annotated (on computer or printed out on paper)
2. Write a 2 paragraph reflection following directions I gave you. See view only folder in google docs / drive.
3. Bring a book you want to stick with on Monday.

Talking about the expert project

1. Please make sure you share your English Journal with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com
you only have to share once

2. Homework: begin writing your reflection of the cell phone article in your English journal. 2 paragraphs - follow writing reflection directions.

3. Let's create a Blog!  Here is where you will share your findings about what you are learning about your topic. 

• Describe what you have seen, heard, listened to
• Share what you have learned or what insights you have gained 
• So what? What does this mean for you, the community, the world? What do you want to look at for further investigation? What do you want others to look at? 

TODAY -

•  sign up for an account at Blogger.com and sign up for a blog account. 

Use your gmail username and password.

• Title it Expert Project or the Title of your topic 
• web address (appropriate) 
• and template 
• find a layout 
• Enter your first post: What topic (s) would you like to explore and why is it worth exploring?

Need inspiration for your own project - look at what these guys chose to explore: 

• Here is a guy who loves music and suggests that there is no original song. Look at what he has researched to prove this. 
• Charlie Todd wanted to explore how to make people happy, laugh, or just wake up. Look at his experiment. 
• Adam Savage, host of mythbusters, was obsessed with the dodo bird, but found something different. 
• Shea Hembrey wanted to explore what to paint and ended up becoming 100 artists 

Quickwrite: what makes an Expert / Begin Article 2: Cell Phones Wednesday Sept 12, 2012 - Introduction to the Expert Projects

Put the following title ABOVE the AOW 1 reflection you completed yesterday.

A.

September 12, 2012 Quickwrite:
What makes someone an expert on a subject? How does a person become an expert? 

• Answer the question in your journal 

• share your journal with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com 

B. Here's a video looking at an example of how a person becomes an expert. Notice 3 parts to the speakers talk. How does he know so much about his topic? Watch this video with Kent Larson talking about cities After the video: Learn about the expert project: Brainstorm topics you would be interested in becoming an expert  about. 

C. Check out View Only Folder Homework: Begin reading and annotating article 2 in your view only folder. Write a summary / reflection following the same format as article 1. Title it: Article 2 Reflection Cell Phones 
Due: Friday 

Make a copy of article 1 / Begin English Journal - Monday, September 10

Welcome Back - Hope you had a great weekend!


1. Make a copy of the article 1
Go to “File/Make a copy” to create your editable version of this text.
You can store this in a collection you call 11th grade English if you want to separate it from your other documents
a. annotate article by clicking Ctrl + Alt + M and then click on comment
annotate for:

• purpose
• problems, reasons, and solutions
• lines you agree or disagree w/
• where the writer states this is significant

2. Begin English Journal
a. go to google drive (next to google email)
b. create new document
c. upper left hand corner click on untitled document and re-title it: Per first and last name english notebook 
example: 6jenmurphyenglishnotebook
d. put today's date in 14 font
e. Write a reflection that includes:

Article reflection should include

Paragraph 1 - analysis (4 sentences) a. WHAT is author's' main argument b. HOW the author develops his argument c. The author’s purpose d. who the audience is and what the author wants the to think or do

Paragraph 2 - personal reflection points you agree or disagree with WHY is this important & what are the implications (conclusions, connections)

Frames you can Use Example

a. introducing the argument   In the article “__________ “(title), ___(date) ___________(author) asserts / argues / claims / poses the question, suggests THAT ______________ (main argument)	In her essay “Women Who Write too Much” from Remembered Rapture  (1999), bell hooks suggests that all dissident writers, particularly black female writers, face enormous time pressures: if they are not prodigious, they are never noticed by mainstream publishers.
b. explain how the author develops argument (state in chronological order) The author develops his position by first describing___; second, explaining _____; and lastly, by emphasizing____________. or The author develops his argument by including facts about.______, statements by.____, and opinions about________.	She supports her position first by describing her early writing experiences that taught her to “not be afraid of the writing process”; second, by explaining her motives for writing, including “political activism”; and lastly, by affirming her argument, stressing that people must strategically schedule their writing and “make much of that time.”
c. author’s purpose followed by what the author is trying to do His / her purpose is to __________ or _______(author’s last name), describes this _____ in order to _______	Her two-pronged purpose is to respond to critics and to encourage minority writers to develop their own voice.
d. audience: who the writer speaks to and why Speaking to _________, the writer establishes a ______ relationship to _____ ________(author) addresses ________ (men, women, liberals, democrats in this essay) to _____________.	Although at times her writing seems almost didactic, Hooks ultimately establishes a companionable relationship with her audience of both critics and women who seek to improve the effectiveness of their own writing.

Paragraph 2 - Agreeing and disagreeing with points Disagreeing, with Reasons I think X is mistaken because she overlooks _____. I disagree with X’s view that ____ because recent events / research have shown, ___. By focusing on _____, X overlooks the deeper problem of _____. Agreeing X is correct in saying “_______” because recent events / research have shown that __ I agree that _____, since so many people believe ____. Agreeing and Disagreeing Simultaneously Although I agree with X up to a point, I cannot accept his overall conclusion that _____. Although I disagree with much that X says, I fully support his final conclusion that ____.

Why is this important X matters/is important because ______. Although X might seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in terms of today’s concern over ___. Ultimately, what is at stake here is ____. Although X may seem of concern to only a small group of ______, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about _______.

Homework for Friday September 7th

1. Complete student data form if you have not
2. You should have turned in My Life as a Reader Form
3. Bring a book to read on Monday - find the independent reading books you want to start with for the next 6 weeks.

Annotating Obama & the Latino Vote

1. Today, go to good reads and add 5 books you have read and rate them.
HW: Begin thinking about 2 books you want to read for this 6 weeks. Bring a book for independent reading on Monday. Check out the recommended reading list. Talk to me.

2. Obama article
a. Open up the article
b. grab the url
c. Open a second tab and go to awesomehighlighter.com 
d. paste the url into the search bar and click on highlight page (this will open up another page)
e. use the yellow highlighter to highlight ideas in the article
d. click done and leave page open

Annotations should highlight the following:

• subject / purpose of the article
• WHAT is author's' main argument
• HOW the author presents the problem (reasons and solutions)
• points you agree or disagree with 
• WHY is this important

Introduction to Netbooks

Today you will be exploring some tools you will be using on the netbooks. Please do the following:

1. bookmark this blog in Firefox
2. Read Syllabus and netbook agreement
3. Fill out student data form (you can only submit this once - once you submit you cannot change answers)
3. Sign up for an account on goodreads
a. Send me a friend request (by clicking under the people icon, click find friends from, search my email jenmurphy11@gmail.com and add as a friend)
b. rate 5 books you have recently read (these should be different from last year if you were on goodreads last year)
c. Write a review for one book you have read
Read sample review

Homework: Complete and Turn in My Life as a Reader Form
Find a 2 books to read for this six weeks -
one free choice
one from recommended list of American authors or check with me

Remember to...

1. Read article 1 for Friday
2. Read syllabus by Thursday
3. get a gmail account and / or remember your password by Thursday
use your name as a username (not ilikethebeach@gmail.com)

First Day

It was great meeting you all today. I enjoyed the small stories from those who shared.
Today's Reading was "Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie. (click here for reading As many of you figured out from the reading...

• I have high expectations for you 
• Reading is an important cornerstone of life and for this class
• We read and learn in different ways and I want to honor that 

Homework:
Read Syllabus