Grade 11 - October

  Period 1 Sample Essay; Period 4 Sample Essay; Period 7 Sample Essay; Period 8 Essay    

10-01 Wed.

Review P/SAT Multiple Choice Sample Test; Distribute P/SAT Practice Test; Homework: complete sample test 10-17 Friday Return P/SAT Review Test and review all sections for test prep (substitute)

10-02 Thurs.

Catch up and review for P/SAT Sentence Completion; Multiple Choice review 10-18  Sat. PSAT Tests

10-03 Friday

Mid-Marking Q1; Review Multiple Choice handout; collect Sentence Completion and Multiple Choice for assessment; distribute P/SAT Test due Thursday 10-19  
10-04

 

10-20 Monday Computer Lab 3: Introduce Scribd (iPaper); discuss Movie Trailer Commercial description and rubric
10-05   10-21 Tuesday Computer Lab 3: Discuss Paint (PC) and Keynote (Mac) for text file creation with .jpeg extensions
10-06  Monday

Computer Lab 3: PSAT / PSSA Curriculum: How can I simplify complex informational writing?  Introduction to informational essay writing (use Informational Essay Template)

10-22 Laptop Carts: Continue to work on Movie Trailer Commercial; trouble-shoot Animoto in Education full-length accounts
10-07  Tuesday Computer Lab 3: Continue Informational Essay Writing using Informational Essay Template 10-23 Laptop Carts: Continue to work on Movie Trailer Commercial; preview 2 completed projects; trouble-shoot text file creation; early collection of Independent Reading Books for bonus point
10-08  Wed. Computer Lab 3: Take Academic Literacy: Baseline Survey (Learning Curve blog--Grade 11 Blog tab); proof your Edublogs link under Blogroll of Learning Curve blog; customize Edublogs; complete P/SAT review test (Section 2 through entire handout) due tomorrow; read Independent Reading Book 10-24  Friday High School Musical 7:30 PM; Library: Return Quarter 1 Independent Reading Books; select Quarter 2 Independent Reading Books; continue to work on Movie Trailer Project due Monday, 10-27
10-09 Thurs.

Computer Lab 3: Work on Informational Essay Writing using Informational Essay TemplateReview; collect P/SAT Review Test (Section 2 in its entirety) for assessment

10-25  Sat.

High School Musical 7:30 PM

10-10  Friday

Computer Lab 3: Finish Informational Essay

10-26  Sunday High School Musical 2:00 PM
10-11

 

10-27  Monday Shared Laptops: Embed Animoto code in blog; explain tagging; tag blogs
10-12

 

10-28 Tuesday Homeroom Extension: AM Compressed Schedule; Shared Laptops: Finish Animoto Movie Trailer Commercials
10-13 Monday Schools Closed: Professional Development Day

10-29 Wed.

Shared Laptops: Work on unfinished trailers; begin viewing trailers

10-14  Tuesday Laptop Carts: Create Animoto in Education (full-length video) accounts; preview Animoto's features 10-30  Thurs.

 

Pep Rally (Periods 7--8) Homecoming Weekend Kickoff: Bonfire and Powderpuff Game 6:30; Finish viewing Movie Trailer Commercials

10-15 Wed. English Department Meeting (all-day substitute); submit Sample Informational Essays (make-up day); discuss project; work on gathering images 10-31 Friday

 

Homecoming Weekend; Early Dismissal 12:15; AM Classes: Independent Reading Day
10-16  Thurs. Height, Weight, Vision Screenings; Independent Reading day and/or work on gathering project images; begin making text slides/images