Google Classroom Codes

Your Assignments and electronic versions of handouts are available on Google classroom. I'll post all work there and will link this blog to it as I need to.

Google Classroom Join Codes

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Final Revised Paragraph for "Woodchucks" 8/29 (A)and 8/30 (B)

Assignment: Compose one completely developed paragraph using template from class. Your Topic Sentence will combine your answer your free write question with a thematic idea from the poem (see my ANNOTATED copy from class).

Label each sentence according to the template. Do not skip any portion of the format, but do remember that the 2nd element of Global Commentary (Cm2 G) may take two or three sentences of elaboration as you establish and support the thematic idea.

Links: Paragraph format

            Annotated poem with themes

            

Scoring:  Three Grades

               Annotated poem (your annotations, not mine)

               1st draft response

                Final draft

"Woodchucks" by Maxine Kumin Due 8/26 (B) 8/27 (A)

After reading the poem, compose a 10 minute free write response to one of the four analysis

Questions listed at the end of the poem using the Schaffer paragraph model

Paragraph model format

Topic Sentence  - Answer the question directly and state how your answer also addresses the theme/meaning of the work as a whole (MOW)

Q1 - First quote of evidence embedded in your own writing.

Cm1 (L) - How the quote is relevant in the passage 

Cm2 (G) - How the quote also reflects a broader theme or view of the human condition

Transitional Sentence

Q2

Cm1 (L)

Cm2 (G)

Concluding sentence

Final Exam Due 5/13 or earlier - NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

FINAL EXAM AND 6 WEEKS TEST DUE 5/13 ALL CLASSES. 

This Accounts for 15% of your Total S2 GRADE and 15% of your C6 WEEKS grade. There can be no late work as grades are due on May 13th.

Each day in class after the AP exam is a student project work grade, so bring your technology and be prepared to work.

When you are finished properly label your film with your first and last name and share it to the appropriate folder using your personal Gmail account:

2nd Period Exam Folder

4th Period Exam Folder

5th Period Exam Folder

6th Period Exam Folder

7th Period  Exam Folder

8th Period Exam Folder

Prompt

Compose a 3.5 - 4 minute multimedia essay (video, photos, graphics, drawings, paintings, dance, and text) that answers the following question: In four  years what have you learned (no, not just in school) and has the journey been worth it?

EXAMPLES:

I have examples posted at:   25 Sample projects 

and here: jessupsenglish

TOOLS

https://www.wevideo.com/

WeVideo is probably the best free online video creation platform. There are some other decent tools on your computer:

iMovie

Windows Live movie maker

Video Editor/Movie Maker: Samsung Galaxy

And these are the best rated downloads for your desktop/laptop:

VSDC video editor. 

videopad

SHOTCUT

video editor online

All  are free. Reviews say that Shotcut is the easiest to master and both VSDC and Shotcut come with no watermarks or logos

I have examples posted at:   25 Sample projects 

and here: jessupsenglish

What will you need?  a composed narrative that effectively guides the viewer, photos, and videos that support/communicate your assertions, and music that helps create/set mood.

Tone Photo

Tone Exercise -  DUE 4/29 (A) and 4/30 (B) 

There's no time left for late work.

If you were absent: 

Complete the sentence below, then take a selfie for each tone word and post the sentence with the selfies to the appropriate class folder.

"Yesterday I was ______; today I am__________."

Please post your Tone Sentence selfies to: 2nd period folder
                                           
                                                                    4th Period folder
                                                 
                                                                    5th Period
                               
                                                                    6th period
                                             
                                                                    7th period
         
                                                                    8th Period

Uploading ASND Socratic Seminar as 1 document

Step 1: read directions for each assignment in Power School

Step 2:

To combine flies into one pdf  File Help

To organize s combined file so your paper and self assessment are the 1st page of their respective documents    Organizing

Step 3: upload

Sub assignments 2/20

As you already have your calendar and assignments, you know which are due Thursdar/friday.

1. Chapters 1 and 2 of Song of Solomon

2. All checklist questions from 1 and 2
3. "The people could fly"
      A. Reading and annotation
      B. Questions
      C. The column chart
           - column 1: magical elements
           - column 2: how that magical
             element exists in real life
              Flight =death/escape)
            - column 3: implications of the
               two.
            - minimum of 10 entries
4. Flight A-Z
5. 1st assignment from common lit.

Leave your streetcar packs in the box.