Students will continue their study of Stephanie Ericsson's essay The Ways We Lie from the following PowerPoint:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to answer critical thinking questions about rhetorical fallacies.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013: 12th Grade Classes - Senior Project Time!
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to continue their senior project work. Today, the focus is on the Career Goals Essay:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to write a formal essay about their personal choices and communicate those ideas using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and diction.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to write a formal essay about their personal choices and communicate those ideas using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and diction.
Monday, September 23, 2013: 11th Grade AP English Lang
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to begin their study of fallacies:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to complete a self-assessment of current academic progress; additionally, students will be able to critically analyze a nonfiction article and it's spin on truth-telling in our society.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to complete a self-assessment of current academic progress; additionally, students will be able to critically analyze a nonfiction article and it's spin on truth-telling in our society.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Seniors in periods 3-4, 6-7, and 8-9 will be in the Student Success Center to register for the SATs. Students will receive 25 points toward their class participation grade for their attendance at this session.
Juniors will complete the following Friday Checklist:
Juniors will complete the following Friday Checklist:
1. Make sure your weekly
paper is complete: What it means to be a kid and/or What it means to be a
grown-up (one on one side of the paper, one on the other) – 100 points
2. If you were absent on
Wednesday, you can make up that assignment. Go around to the posters on the boards and answer those
questions in your notebook.
3. BONUS: Answer the
following in your notebook: What
are two great features (things!) about living in Philadelphia? What are two of
the worst things about living in the city? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be
and why? Write at least 8
sentences.
Thursday, September 19, 2013: 11th Grade AP English Language (PD 1 & 10)
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to learn about making claims and hypotheses using the technique of enthymeme:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to make claims based on arguments of degree using a writing technique called enthymeme creation.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to make claims based on arguments of degree using a writing technique called enthymeme creation.
Thursday, September 19, 2013: All Senior Classes (AP & English 4)
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to complete the rough draft of their Personal Introduction for their Senior Projects:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to write a formal, five paragraph essay about a personal topic using appropriate grammar, punctuation, and diction.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to write a formal, five paragraph essay about a personal topic using appropriate grammar, punctuation, and diction.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013: Periods 1 & 10 - Invasion of Privacy
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to continue their study of laws related to invasion of privacy and privacy rights:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to provide evidence from life experience to support opinions on controversial topics.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to provide evidence from life experience to support opinions on controversial topics.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013: Senior Classes: IT'S SENIOR PROJECT TIME!
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to begin their work on the Senior Project:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to use high level vocabulary to describe personal attributes and write a rough draft of their personal introduction.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to use high level vocabulary to describe personal attributes and write a rough draft of their personal introduction.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013: All Classes - Who's Spying On You?
Students will work through the following PowerPoint to continue their study of rights to privacy and invasive spying on their rights:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to argue two sides of an issue using evidence from a nonfiction text.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to argue two sides of an issue using evidence from a nonfiction text.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013: ALL CLASSES: Invasion of Privacy!
Students will work from the following PowerPoint to cover a few grammar basics and continue their brief study of invasion of privacy by the government and bad laws that result from such:
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to apply grammar rules to a variety of writing and identify evidence from nonfiction text to support an opinion.
Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to apply grammar rules to a variety of writing and identify evidence from nonfiction text to support an opinion.
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