Reading the Crucible Act I

Big Idea: What is a witchhunt? What makes them dangerous?

Learning Target: Identify who is present in Act I

Reading: Your next book review will be due by the end of the third quarter. That gives you 28 days to read your book.

Agenda:

1. Work on your vocabulary for 5 minutes. It is due on Monday.
2. Watch the first 12 minutes of The Crucible.
3. Reading the crucible Act 1. We will continue where Studysync left off. We will start with an audiobook and then choose parts.
1. We will listen to the audio from 572-575 (audio 27:45)
2. We will read by choosing parts from 573-584
3. Characters needed:
1. Mr. Putnam
2. Mercy
3. Mrs. Putnam
4. Abigail
5. Parris
6. Mary Warren
7. Betty
8. Mr. Proctor
9. Rebecca
10. Giles

Homework:

1. Crucible vocabulary list #1

The Crucible Act I

Big Idea: What is a witchhunt? What makes them dangerous?

Learning Target: Identify who is present in Act I

Reading: Your next book review will be due by the end of the third quarter. That gives you 28 days to read your book.

Agenda:

1. Go to Studysync
1. Create a student account if you don't have one already.
1. PERIOD 3 group key: mvg422147
2. PERIOD 4 group key: veu422148
3. PERIOD 5 group key: csq422149
2. Start The Crucible assignment. You should be able to finish it in class today.
1. Make sure you listen to the audio.
2. For the write section, you only need one paragraph.

Homework:

1. Crucible vocabulary list #1

The Crucible Introduction

Big Idea: What is a witchhunt? What makes them dangerous?

Learning Target: Analyze a speaker's main points while listening to a TED talk.

Reading: Your next book review will be due by the end of the third quarter. That gives you 28 days to read your book.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Today you will finish the hyperdoc from yesterday.
1. The first checkpoint is the Apply for Part 2
2. The final checkpoint is Evaluate at the bottom of the doc.
3. If you finish early and can show me you have finished 50% of the vocabulary, you can catch up on other assignments.

Homework:

1. Crucible vocabulary list #1

The Crucible Introduction

Big Idea: What is a witchhunt? What makes them dangerous?

Learning Target: Analyze a speaker's main points while listening to a TED talk.

Reading: Your next book review will be due by the end of the third quarter. That gives you 28 days to read your book.

Agenda:

1. Go to the library to check out new books.
2. When you finish checking out your book, start on this introduction to our next reading called The Crucible.
1. Make sure you turn in your copy on Google Classroom when you are done.

Homework:

1. Crucible vocabulary list #1

Witch hunts and online shaming

Big Idea: What is a witchhunt? What makes them dangerous?

Learning Target: Analyze a speaker's main points while listening to a TED talk.

Reading: Your next book review will be due by the end of the third quarter. That gives you 28 days to read your book.

Agenda:

1. Watch this TED talk about online shaming.
1. Make sure you fill out the TED talk graphic organizer.
2. English Journal #23 Online Shaming
1. What are your thoughts about online shaming?
2. What happened to Justine Sacco?
3. Catch up time
1. Turn in book review
2. Work on Vocabulary

Homework:

1. Crucible vocabulary list #1

Iron Chef

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. Iron Chef activity
1. Make a copy of these slides
2. Each person in the group will have one slide
1. One person will title the sections of the article
2. One person will focus on the facts and figures
3. One person will present thoughts, questions, and epiphanies
4. One person will summarize the article
3. Upload your slides here.
2. You will have three minutes to present your slides.

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week.

Sports Advertising

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. Quizlet Live!
2. Annotate an article about advertising and junk food for a partner project we will do tomorrow.
   

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week.

IAB practice

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. IAB Listening and Speaking practice test (about 20 minutes).
1. If you can get a good score on the CAASPP test, you don't have to take the final exam at the end of the semester.
2. Begin your book review.

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week.

George Takei TED talk

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. Watch George Takei's TED talk about his experience in internment camps.
2. Thin Slides activity
1. One word and one image.
2. Here is your job:
1. One word to describe Takei's experience
2. One word to describe Takei's opinion of America
3. One word to describe the conduct of the Japanese soldiers during WWII

Homework:

1. SAT multiple-meaning words list #4

Analyzing Papa

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. Finish the following with a partner:
1. Answer the comprehension questions on page 712.
2. Create a slide deck with your partner.
1. Make eight slides.
2. On each slide, you have one of the following sentences:
1. Papa (does, says)___, and people think___.
2. The narrator says that Papa___.
3. Some people think___, but really____.
4. Fortunately,___, unfortunately___.
3. You should have a picture for each slide too.
4. You can't use the same sentence for every slide, but you can use a sentence more than once.
5. Turn in your slides using this Google Form.

Homework:

1. SAT multiple-meaning words list #4

Farewell to Manzanar excerpt

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. English Journal #21: Brain Dump
1. Today we will write for 8 minutes.
2. Write about these topics, in this order:
1. What do you know about Manzanar, Japanese internment, genocide, etc.
2. What is happening in the book you are reading?
3. What are you learning in your other classes?
4. What is going on in your life right now?
3. Try to write over 300 words today.
2. Read an excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar.
3. Answer the comprehension questions at the end of the reading selection.

Homework:

1. SAT multiple-meaning words list #4

Manzanar Hyperdoc

Big Idea: TBA

Learning Target: 

Reading: Your first book should be done by February 10th.

Agenda:

1. Today you will finish the Manzanar Hyperdoc.
1. Here are the lyrics for Kenji by Fort Minor.
2. The final project is on paper or digital format. You get the choice.

Homework:

1. SAT multiple-meaning words list #4