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Integrated
Project Syllabus 2008-2009;
Integrated Project Assignment 1 Rubric;
Integrated Project Assignment 2 Rubric;
American Freedom Essay Contest |
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MLA Format;
Thesis Ladder;
Informational Essay Format;
Informational Essay Rubric;
Persuasive Essay Version 1 Format;
Persuasive Essay Version 2 Format;
Persuasive Essay Rubric;
Verbs for Essays; Writing
Don'ts |
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9-01
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Labor Day |
9-15
Monday |
Laptop
Cart: Creating PPLNs (Professional/Personal
Learning Networks); Create, verify, and
link Edublogs
student accounts |
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9-02
Tuesday
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10th Grade
Orientation |
9-16
Tuesday |
Laptop
Cart: IP Class: Introduce IP Project; review
syllabus |
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9-03
Wed.
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Opening Day Activities; Abridged Schedule;
Honors English 11 Course Outline;
PPLN Online Survey
[complete by 9-19]; AM/PM Adjusted Schedule |
9-17
Wed. |
Laptop
Cart: Creating PPLNs: Finish creating,
verifying, and linking Edublogs; customize blogs;
Create an
Edmodo
account; join your class period; add class to
your "locker"; create an Honors English 11
folder on H Drive; use Edmodo to transfer files/links into English 11
folder |
| 9-04
Thurs. |
Laptop
Cart: Discuss
Social Media, PPLN Survey, and Building a
Community of Learners; Create
Skype accounts
and develop class communities; Create
Pageflakes
accounts; Import widgets, customize home page,
and add English 11 page |
9-18
Thurs. |
Laptop
Cart: Final completion assessments for Edublogs;
set up English 11 Folder on H Drive using Edmodo:
MLA Format;
Thesis Ladder;
Informational Essay Format;
Informational Essay Rubric;
Persuasive Essay Version 1 Format;
Persuasive Essay Version 2 Format;
Persuasive Essay Rubric;
Verbs for Essays; Writing
Don'ts; set up students' MLA essay
templates and rubrics (name changes); verify and
link Edublogs accounts to
Learning Curve;
PPLN
Survey
at end of the blog) due today--must be taken
online; continue Grammar Review [Periods 1, 3, 4];
continue Grammar Review |
| 9-05
Friday |
Laptop
Cart: Complete Skype accounts/friend exchange;
Complete
Pageflakes accounts; Import widgets, customize
home page |
9-19
Friday |
Laptop
Cart: IP Class: (substitute); Verbals (Grammar
Review) and IP team formation, pivitol moment
selection; work on Assignment 1 due October 7;
PPLN
Online Survey due today; IP Lunch Meeting
with The Twenties |
| 9-06 |
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9-20 |
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9-21 |
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| 9-08
Monday |
View/discuss
Common Craft
Social Media and Twitter,
TwittEarth universe; Distribute and record
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
[video worth watching; click title]; Discuss
roles for IP |
9-22
Monday |
Picture
Day--Classes Abridged: Period 1
[8:05--8:15]; Period 3 [9:39--9:49]; Period 4
[10:15--10:25]; Period 7 [1:10--1:20]; Period 8
[2:15--2:25]; Computer Lab 2 IP Class:
establish communication system and include teachers;
discuss citation makers:
Zotero,
Citation Maker,
EasyBib, and Sourceaid; IP
Lunch Meeting with the Nixon Era/Watergate |
| 9-09
Tuesday |
Revisit
PPLN Survey [due 9-19] and Spreadsheet; Discuss
Google Docs;
Begin Grammar Curriculum Review: How
can I respond personally and effectively? How
does my audience affect my writing? Grammar for More
Effective Writing: Sentences According to Content;
Sentence Classification Advance Organizer |
9-23
Tuesday |
Computer
Lab 2 IP Class: work on
Assignment 1 due October 7 and script for
October 2 Newseum
Field Trip
green screen event; take
Virtual Tour and view
14 theaters to maximize your field trip
research; see me to sign out 3 cameras in advance |
| 9-10
Wed. |
Grammar
Curriculum: How can I respond personally and
effectively?
Grammar Review: Grammar for More Effective Writing:
Sentences According to Form; Review Parts of Speech |
9-24
Wed. |
Library:
Reading Apprenticeship / Academic Literacy
Curriculum: Reading / Literature Curriculum:
What Lies Beneath? What can I do to make sense of the text?
Review metacognition; establish climate; role
modeling; interactive visual think-aloud; report out
on RA strategies used; model talking to the text
with students completing the activity; IP Lunch
Meeting with Nixon--Watergate |
| 9-11
Thurs. |
Grammar
Review: Grammar for More Effective Writing:
Punctuation [Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon; Hyphen, Dash];
connecting Grammar and Punctuation to Effective Writing |
9-25
Thurs. |
Open House; Library:
Academic Literacy:
How do I make the invisible visible? Discuss and
model 4 Kinds of Schema; explore schema via cartoons and
headlines; complete a "Before and After" with a
challenging text |
| 9-12
Friday |
Guest
Teacher Mrs. Toth: Understanding/Registering for
the PSAT |
9-26
Friday |
Library: Academic Literacy:
What can I do
to make sense of a text? Discuss reading strategies
for understanding nonfiction / academic texts;
baseline survey of RA strategies |
| 9-13 |
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9-27 |
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| 9-14 |
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9-28 |
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9-29
Monday |
P/SAT/PSSA
Curriculum: How can I respond personally and
effectively? Reading Comprehension
Strategies for Critical Reading Test, Examples, and
Sample Test; Homework: complete sample test;
American Freedom Essay Contest assigned; due
10-14 |
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Blog Post Video |
9-30
Tuesday |
Review / Collect Homework; PSAT: Reading Comprehension Strategies for Sentence Completion, Five-Steps, Examples, and Sample Test; Homework: complete sample test |