Agenda for week 2/28--3/4

Monday (C)/ Tuesday (G)
1. Announce: Quiz on Vocab Unit 4 will be on Friday (3/4)
2. Talk about Book Group Projects: "Study Guide"-->this week your group should hammer out a plan for what your study guide will look like and what it will consist of. I will bring the laptop cart to class two days this week so you can begin working on that. The tentative due date for this will be during the week of March 14th.
3. Book Groups & Journals--Be aware that I will/might collect a journal entry at the end of class when I give time to work on journals. Pay attention to details like date, journal #, page #s, signature of the person doing your 2nd half. We are aiming to finish the books and all journals by March 11th.
4. For the essay (tentative due date is also March 11th), you will create your own interpretation of the quotation and use the book to explain/support it. What question do you have about the book? What has been troubling to about a theme in the book? Your thesis will be your answer to your driving question about the book.

Wednesday
1. talk about registration for next year--have conferences
2. work in groups--dialogue journal + study guide
3. read silently
4. hand in DJ (C block-5+6) (G block-4+5)

for hw-keep reading & doing your Djs

Thursday
1. (lightning will combine with thunder from 10:50-11:20) Meet in groups and do double entry journals.
2. use laptops to work on study guide

HW: study for Quiz on Vocab Unit 4 + keep reading and doing DJs

Global HW

Due Friday 2/18:
1. unit 4 of vocabulary

Over break:
Continue reading & following your group reading/journal schedule.

Friday's Plan + Weekend (2/11) HW

Friday G block:
Meet in groups and finish up Africa project

C block:
before lunch--prepare your presentation
after lunch--do presentations

HW:
review Vocab Unit 3 words:

Quiz on Monday(C)/Tuesday(G)

Week of 2/7--2/11/11

We will be finishing the speeches this week, in addition to finishing the group projects.

I am still working on the book groups and will have those ready for when we finish the speeches, either Tuesday or Wednesday. Once I post the groups, you will have till Monday 2/14 to get your copy of the book. I will have copies of 1984 and Bastard of Istanbul to lend.

Monday's & Tuesday's HW is to do all exercises in the orange vocabulary book for Unit 3. Check out the words at:
This is due on Wednesday, so remember to bring your book. There will be a quiz next week.

There will also be a journal entry (1.5-H; 1-I; .5-II) due by Friday. In this journal entry, you will reflect upon your experience with choosing, writing, and performing your soph speech. What did you find challenging? What did you learn?