January
Agendas
Week 5
half-way through 3rd quarter.
Monday
January 31
English 10C
HW: None
31
January
MONDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: BaC Seminar is Wednesday- prepare discussion questions; Nonfiction jars are due Friday
31
January
MONDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read to chapter 18 by Monday
31
January
MONDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10H
HW: Finish reading
31
January
MONDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Week 4
you got this.
Friday
January 28
NWEA Schedule
AP Language
HW: Finish reading Born a Crime by next week- we’ll have a seminar!
28
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read to chapter 18 by Monday
28
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
Thursday
January 27
NWEA Schedule
English 10C
HW: None
27
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Wednesday
January 26
NWEA Schedule
10C NWEA Reading
221
Adv. NWEA Reading
224
AP Language
HW: Finish reading Born a Crime by next week- we’ll have a seminar!
26
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read to chapter 18 by Monday
26
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
Tuesday
January 25
Journal Prompt 1/25
What’s your aesthetic/vibe?
English 10C
HW: None
25
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Finish reading Born a Crime by next week- we’ll have a seminar!
25
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Ch. 13-18 by next Monday
25
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10H
HW: None
25
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Monday
January 24
NWEA Schedule
Week 3
Hang in there.
Friday
January 21
English 10C
HW: Happy Weekend
21
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 15-18 by next Monday
21
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 8-12 by next Monday
21
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10H
HW: Happy Weekend
21
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Thursday
January 20
Journal Prompt 1/20
If you were a Disney character, which one would you be and why?
English 10C
HW: None
20
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 15-18 by next Monday
20
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 8-12 by next Monday
20
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10C
HW: None
20
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Wednesday
January 19
English 10C
HW: None
19
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 15-18 by next Monday
19
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 8-12 by next Monday
19
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10H
HW: None
19
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Tuesday
January 18
Journal Prompt 1/18
If you had to cast an actor/actress to play you in a movie of your life, who would you cast and why? Which actors/actresses would play the other important roles in your life?
English 10C
HW: None
18
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 15-18 by next Monday
18
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters
18
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style expository writing preparation.
English 10H
HW: Be to page 108 by next Monday (digital versions are located on Canvas in the Kindred module)
18
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Week 2
just power through
Friday
January 14
English 10C
HW: None
14
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Big chill.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 9-14 by Monday
14
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style MC preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 in TEWWG by Monday; AP Classroom MC Prep Due 1/14 by 11:45PM
14
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Poetry analysis. Understanding the transition between romanticism and realism (and accompanying characteristics).
English 10H
Drone Technology. Satellite Imagery. Digital/Precision Agriculture. Blockchain (Basically High-End, Collaborative Stats.). Graphene-Based Plant Sensors. Vertical Farming. Concave Mirroring in Greenhouses. GMO Mosquitoes. Gravity-Fed Filtration. Biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Agroforestry. Improving Germplasm. The Economics of No-Till Farming.
HW: Read to page 51 by Monday
14
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Thursday
January 13
Journal Prompt 1/13
Who is the coolest person who ever lived (according to you)?
English 10C
HW: None
13
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 9-14 by Monday
13
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style MC preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 in TEWWG by Monday; AP Classroom MC Prep Due 1/14 by 11:45PM
13
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Poetry analysis. Understanding the transition between romanticism and realism (and accompanying characteristics).
English 10H
HW: Read to page 51 by Monday
13
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Wednesday
January 12
English 10C
HW: None
12
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 9-14 by Monday; AP Classroom MC Due by 1/12 at 11:45PM
12
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style MC preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 in TEWWG by Monday; AP Classroom MC Prep Due 1/14 by 11:45PM
12
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Poetry analysis. Understanding the transition between romanticism and realism (and accompanying characteristics).
English 10H
HW: Read to page 51 by Monday
12
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
Tuesday
January 11
Journal Prompt 1/11
What is your opinion regarding New Year’s Resolutions? Do you practice them or not so much? If you do, what are your NYRs?
English 10C
HW: None
11
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Write routinely over a period of time. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 9-14 by Monday; AP Classroom MC Due by 1/14 at 11:45PM
11
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style MC preparation.
AP Language & Composition
Contemporary life is marked by controversy. Choose a controversial local, national, or global issue with which you are familiar. Then, using appropriate evidence, write an essay that carefully considers the opposing positions on this controversy and proposes a solution or compromise.
AP
Argumentative
ESSAY 3
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 in TEWWG by Monday
11
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Poetry analysis. Understanding the transition between romanticism and realism (and accompanying characteristics).
AP Literature & Composition
Having read “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, in a well-organized essay, analyze the techniques the poet uses to reflect on the relationship between Death, Immortality, and the speaker.
AP
Poetry Analysis
ESSAY 1
English 10H
HW: SOAPSTone Analysis notes for Freakonomics due tomorrow
11
January
TUESDAY
Objective
Integrate new vocabulary into everyday language. Read a variety of texts. Analyze rhetoric.
Monday
January 10
English 10C
HW: None
10
January
MONDAY
Objective
Integrate new vocabulary into everyday language. Read a variety of texts. Analyze themes.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 9-14 by Monday
10
January
MONDAY
Objective
Enhance vocabulary knowledge. Practice reading comprehension through advanced style MC preparation.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 5-7 in TEWWG by Monday
10
January
MONDAY
Objective
Poetry analysis. Understanding the transition between romanticism and realism (and accompanying characteristics).
English 10H
HW: None
10
January
MONDAY
Objective
Integrate new vocabulary into everyday language. Read a variety of texts. Analyze rhetoric.
Week 1
from the top
Friday
January 7
English 10C
HW: Have a good weekend
7
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 1-8 by Monday
7
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Literature
HW: Read Chapters 1-4 in TEWWG by Monday
7
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
English 10H
HW: Have a good weekend!
7
January
FRIDAY
Objective
Read a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grade 10. By the end of grade 10, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.
Thursday
January 6
Journal Prompt 1/6
How was your winter break? How did you end up spending your break?
English 10C
HW: Presentations tomorrow
6
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 1-8 in Born a Crime by Monday
6
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Literature
Novel Assessment (1984, Frankenstein, or Heart of Darkness) is tomorrow
HW: Read Chapters 1-4 in TEWWG by Monday
6
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
English 10H
HW: None
6
January
THURSDAY
Objective
Read a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grade 10. By the end of grade 10, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.
World Food Prize Categories
Below are a list of categories indicating current issues around the world.
-Plant Production -Water & Sanitation -Policy & Governance
-Water Scarcity -Dietary Diseases -International Trade
-Lack of Renewable Energy Resources -Malnutrition -Foreign Aid
-Animal Health -Infectious Diseases -Infrastructure
-Climate Volatility -Populations
-Sustainable Agriculture -Conflict
-Animal Agriculture -Human Rights
-Spoilage & Waste -Education
Wednesday
January 5
English 10C
HW: Presentations on Friday
5
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Language
HW: Read Chapters 1-8 by Monday
5
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
AP Literature
Heads-up: Timed Writing Tomorrow; Novel Assessment (1984, Frankenstein, or Heart of Darkness) is Friday
HW: Read Chapters 1-4 in TEWWG by Monday
5
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.
English 10H
HW: None
5
January
WEDNESDAY
Objective
Complete the final assessment of semester one key concepts and demonstrate mastery of ELA standards.