This Week: T 1/21 - F 1/24

** Note: you are welcome to look ahead, but I reserve the right to change things and let you know of those changes as the week progresses.

Tuesday, January 21

DO NOW: Get a computer and go to the website RushE4P8.blogspot.com.

CW: Complete the writing assignment: "WHAT WOULD YOUR PAPERWEIGHT BE?"
  • Be sure that you use your school GoogleAccount to log in.
  • Write your response in a GoogleDoc just in case your comment doesn't save.
  • This must be posted by tomorrow at 7:50am.
HW: 1. Complete writing assignment started in class. 2. Begin reading 1984 Chapters V-VIII. ThoughtLog will be graded at the beginning of Monday's class.

Wednesday, January 22

DO NOW: What do you think is the most significant difference between how Julia sees the world and how Winston sees the world. Talk to your elbow partner and be ready to share.

CW: Discussion of 1984 Chapter III-IV quotes.
  • I have chosen these quotes because I think they connect to the Big Ideas of the novel. What details in passage lend themselves to Big Ideas? What are those Big Ideas?
  • Gather at a quote. Add a comment about the connection between the quote and the big ideas of the novel. Examine the context of the quote, character traits and character developments, as well as conflict explicit in the passage or implied in the passage.

Here is the list of passages: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WjCO2l6vT9_IYYoCtawfF55Tv73ojeOB_xaZeneZIVI/edit?usp=sharing


Let's share!

HW: Continue reading 1984 Chapters V-VIII. ThoughtLog will be graded at the beginning of Monday's class.


Thursday, January 23

DO NOW: Grab your computer. Go to the class blog, to this page, and click on both articles.

CW: Preview each article and decide which one you want to read.
  • Read the article. Then, complete the writing assignment on the class blog.
  • Summarize the article's thesis, evidence, and reasoning. Use the SUMMARIZING WHAT “THEY SAY” "They Say / I Say" template to write your paragraph.
  • Then, Make a judgment about the article's thesis. Use at least one bullet point from the THREE WAYS TO RESPOND: STRUCTURING “I SAY” from the "They Say / I Say" template
HW: 1. Finish writing about the article. It is due tomorrow at 11:59pm. 2. Continue reading 1984 Chapters V-VIII. ThoughtLog on 1984 Chapters V-VIII will be graded at the beginning of Monday's class. There might be a Reading Check as well.

Friday, January 24

DO NOW: Get out your novel and your ThoughtLog.

CW: Silent reading of 1984 Chapters V-VIII. ThoughtLog will be graded at the beginning of Monday's class.

HW: 1. Finish writing about the article. It is due TONIGHT at 11:59pm. 2. Finish reading 1984 Chapters V-VIII. ThoughtLog will be graded at the beginning of Monday's class.

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