Due: Bless Me, Ultima end of novel. Prepare for test. 

Canterbury Tales Re-mix: the Wedding toast (submit to google classroom). Print out a hard copy as well.

Bless Me, Ultima chapter 15 due.

Canterbury Tales: Toast Rough Draft is due.

Test: Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale. Make sure you pick up your Close Reader before the end of school.

 Due: Bless Me, Ultima, chapters 12 & 13 due. Prepare for in-class quiz.

 

Due: Close Reader "The Pardoner's Tale"

Due: Bless Me, Ultima, chapters 4-7

Due: Bless Me, Ultima chapters 1-3

Due: Personal Statement (College essay(s) due. Don't forget to include the prompt. Specify either Common App or UC Prompt(s). Include word count.

Due: The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales. Using your character chart, analyze the following characters: the Franklin, the Wife of Bath, the Miller, the Summoner and the Pardoner.

Go online to PinkMonkey.com and read Barron's Book Notes Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 

You are searching for the section titled "Geoffrey Chaucer: the Author and His Times"

You are required to know this for class, test, final, etc... End at "Note" at the bottom of the Poem page

 

Your assignment -- download this rubric for your college essay/essays and bring a printed copy to class.

 

 

"What's Next: Thinking About Life After High School"

Activity 17: Making predictions and asking questions

Assignment: generate 10 questions re career/college path that you believe can be answered by a Web Site. Type and bring to class on Friday.

 

Read "What Colleges Really Look For" Provide 5 key details that stood out to you (separate sheet of paper)

TEST: Readings from Collection 1 of your textbook

"Marita's Bargain"

"The Secret to Raising Smart Kids"

"A Walk to the Jetty"

*Review vocab as well.

Due: Textbook:"A Walk to the Jetty" from Annie John (Novel by Jamaica Kincaid)

Pages 31-44. Know questions and prepare for a quiz.

Complete and share out vocab for the article "What's Next? Thinking About Life After High School." Read the essay. As you work your way through the essay, stop and take a few minutes to write down whatever thoughts you have-questions, observations, ideas, comments, stories, things the text reminds you of.

Activity 8: After you have filled out the dialectical journal, write a one-page description of an event or moment when you were less than perfect and explain to a reader what your response to that moment says about your character, values or potential for work and study.  

Homework: Complete Activity 4 questions:

1. Why did you rank them as you did?

2. What do your words tell you about your opinion of yourself in terms of readiness for work or college?

3. What would someone who knows you well think of the words you chose?

4. Based on your analysis of your key concepts, predict what you will need to learn more about to achieve your goals.

5. Predict how well your key concepts will work for you as you move into the next stage of your life. For example, if one of your word is "stubborn," write about how that concept may work for you or against you as you consider your future. The more you reflect on the significance of the words you choose to identify yourself, the more information you will have as you build your final portfolio.

 

Compete activity 5 questions:

Discuss your words with someone you trust, and ask them about the words you have chosen. As they talk about your words, take note of their comments by letting them talk for a while and then writing down the gist of what they say. Your job is to try and capture their thinking and extend your understanding of the words you have selected as representing your values, beliefs, or goals.

Capture at least three (3) reactions from what someone else said about your words, and bring them to class.

Due: Close Reader pages 7-10 "A Right to Choose Single-Sex Education".

Take careful note of directions:

Review the "To be young, rich & Chinese in America"  article from the LA Times.

 

Circle key vocabulary terms.

 

Look up the terms you don't know. 

 

Underline 5-10 key ideas related to the article. 

Literary Terms quiz

Watch the 'Charter Schools' clip & review the questions you received in class.

 

Here is the link: https://youtu.be/l_htSPGAY7I

Complete questions #4, 6, 8 and 9 for "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" by Carol Dweck

 

Due: Textbook: Read "Marita's Bargain" an essay by Malcolm Gladwell on pages 3-16. Be prepared to answer questions on page 16 in class.. 

Due: Collage. I will provide card stock for you. Include 13-15 special things about you but be specific. Include a "key" on the back telling me about the significance of the event/object.

Due: covered "Collections" textbook and workbook