Week 22 September 2014 Vocabulary

Week 9-15-14

1.       Intention – purpose, reason

2.       Sequence – order of occurrence

3.       Prose – ordinary form of spoken or written language

4.       Trait – characteristic

5.       Theme – main subject or idea of literary work

6.       Thesis – topic to be discussed or proved

7.       Summary –  brief or comprehensive description

8.       Quote – to repeat words exactly

9.       Skim – to look over briefly

10.   Speculate – to think about, consider

Week 9-22-14

1.       Investigate – examine

2.       Irrelevant – unimportant

3.       Method – procedure

4.       Monitor (verb) – observe

5.       Monitor (noun) – supervisor

6.       Presume – count on

7.       Primary – basic

8.       Procedure – process

9.       Reveal – tell

10. Tone – pitch, volume

12 September 2014 - English III

Social Contracts

As a part of setting up the culture of our classroom, the students played a primary role in establishing the criteria by which our classroom environment would be governed. Students were divided into four groups (each consisting of 7 - 9 students) and explored the answers to the following questions:

1. How do you want to be treated by me (leader)?
2. How do you want to be treated by me (leader)?
3. How do you think I (leader) want to be treated by you?
4. How do we want to treat each other when there is conflict?

Here are the results:
Period 1 - English III

Period 2 - English III

Period 4 - English I

Period 5 - English I

Period 6 - English I

11 September 2014 - English III

11 September 2014 - English I

9 September 2014 - English I

9 September 2014 - English III

8 September 2014 - English III

8 September 2014 - English I

5 September 2014 - English I

Whiteboard:

If you were absent today, you have until Friday, 12 September 2014 to make up your Vocabulary Test.

5 September 2014 English III

Whiteboard:

If you were absent today, you have until Friday, 12 September to make up your Vocabulary Test.

Denny Wenny

Today we will begin "Denny Wenny" and learning about what it means to be a rhetorical reader. Over the next 15 school days (or so), we will examine images and formulate responses to questions such as "What do I see? and What does this mean/Why is this important?" While we are only examining images at this point, the important key elements of the assignment are that we learn how to support our opinion with the facts we see before us. It is equally important that we learn to effectively communicate our higher level thinking. If  you are working from home, feel free to view the color images below as this might make the assignment more vivid.

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