Ms. Deanna Swank's Classroom Site

 AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ARE ASSIGNED A WEEK ADVANCE. ALL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS ARE LISTED IN THE RIGHT COLUMN, IN ITALICS. HOMEWORK DUE DATES ARE LISTED IN BOLD IF THE DUE DATE IS NEXT CLASS.

 Fahrenheit 451 Audio Recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq781NLWGZk 

socratic seminar 3.odt socratic seminar 3.odt
Size : 21.736 Kb
Type : odt

 GIIGs


Fri April 5 ( a day) and Mon April 8 (b day) 



Review low benchmark responses; Writing Strategies 1.4 and Reading 1.1

Regular:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqela10.pdf

Answer questions 57 on page 47 (60%), 64 on page 46 (74%), 78 on page 54 (65%) and 81 on page 55 (60%). 



Tue April 9 (a day) and Wed April 10 ( b day) 

Regular:

Review the following standard:Writing Strategies 1.5

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqela10.pdf


Answer questions 80 on page 54, 86 on page 57 and 91 on page 60.
















Thur April 11 (a day) and Fri April 12 ( b day)



Regular:

Review the following standard: Writing Strategies 1.9

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqela10.pdf


Answer questions 61 and 62 on page 45, 69 on page 48 and question 70 on page 50.






 CLASS AGENDA

Fri April 5 ( a day) and Mon April 8 (b day) 


1. GIIG - Review C.S.T. 
2. Review "main idea" videos
3. Building a Body Paragraph Activity
4. Complete "Body Paragraph Questions" 
5. Begin first body paragraph of essay








Tue April 9 (a day) and Wed April 10 ( b day) 


1. GIIG - CST Review

2. Review Works Cited Formatting 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX38SFB_efg (pass out portfolio work) 

3. Explain 4th Quarter Portfolio Assignment 

4. Body Paragraph 1 Peer Edit 
Round 1: Check MLA formatting
Round 2: Color code
Round 3: Circle all transition phrases
Round 4: Split up all contractions
Round 5: Check for spelling, grammar and content. 

5. Murder Mystery Activity: Developing common sense and reading between the lines -  (copy and paste link)






Thur April 11 (a day) and Fri April 12 ( b day) 

1. GIIG - CST Review - W.S. 1.9
2. Review Parallelism
3.Setting Up a Paper with MLA Formatting:
4. Finish Murder Mystery Activity - Reading for Context
5. Review structure of body paragraph and corrections for essay

TS : include prompt, topic and importance


CD: transition phrase, support for TS


CM: explain your reasoning for the CD to support your TS


CD: transition phrase, opposing/counter argument


CM: explain your reasoning for the CD to support your TS


CD: transition, counter your counter. Prove why the counter is wrong. Persuade your reader.


CM: explain your reasoning for the CD to support your TS


CS: 

 Basic writer: Restate your TS

Advance: transition from your current body paragraph into your next


6. Start body paragraph 2. 










 HOMEWORK


Fri April 5 (a day) and Mon April 8 ( b day) 

Complete first body paragraph


Daily: Organize portfolios 







Tue April 9 (a day) and Wed April 10 ( b day) 


Revise first body paragraphs, if necessary.

Organize Portfolio. See link above.  






















Thur April 11 (a day) and Fri April 12 ( b day) 


Complete second body paragraph


Daily: Organize Portfolio. See link above.  
















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