Finals Day

Today's Goal: Try not to be too sad that it's the end of the year.

The plan:

1. Take your test
2. Read this letter

I won't be at Sage Creek next year. I will miss you all very much. Keep me posted on all the amazing and wonderful things I know you are going to do. 

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(There are other ways to get in touch with me but my Carlsbad email will eventually stop working. :/ Sorry.)

Final Review!

Today's Goal: Prepare for the rest of the week. I believe in you.

A few things should happen today:

1. No Red Ink - due by the end of the day
2. Of Mice and Men character chart (on Google Classroom) - due by the end of the day
3. Study for your finals

You have been provided with your study guide for the final.

I highly suggest you make yourself some quizlets for the vocab and literary terms and characters of Of Mice and Men.

Last Essay

I believe in you!

You have the whole period for your essay. If you are absent, you have only a few days to make it up. Please speak with me ASAP.

Social Issues that Affect Characters from Of Mice and Men... A day for essay preparation

Today's Goal: Gather evidence and prepare for your final in-class essay, which will take place tomorrow in class.

Please see Google Classroom for all resources you may use to play for your essay tomorrow.

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Thursday, June 9
• We will use this day to prepare for your essay.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.
• You will receive more information on this later this week.
• Monday, June 13
• Character Chart Due
• Last NoRedInk assignment due (the one you got on June 7)
• We will go over things to review for the final
• FINALS:
• Period 4: Thursday, June 16, 8am
• Period 5: Thursday, June 16, 10:20am

Book Chat #2

Today we participated in our 2nd book chat of the trimester.

If you were absent today, you'll need to make up the Oral Communication half of your Book Chat grade when you return. After school.

See yesterday's post for important dates/reminders.

The Allegory of Of Mice and Men

Today's Goal: Identify the connections between the social issues we've been reading about and the characters in Of Mice and Men

We shall share out our reading first, and you as a listener will take notes on the important points that the speaker makes, without judgement or opinion. (This is an opportunity to listen and absorb, not argue or persuade.)

Then, when this is done and you have submitted your jigsaw notes to me, you have three options:

1. Work on Book Love (Our chat is tomorrow. If you come with an empty document, you will not get to participate. You will not get the points for Oral Communication.)
2. Begin working on your Essay Prep.
3. Complete your last No Red Ink activity (your final WILL have things related to the most recent assignment)

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tuesday, June 7
• Article Jigsaw Document due on Google Classroom at the end of the period
• You will also receive a short NoRedInk Assignment that is directly associated with some of the content of your final exam. Do it for your own benefit.
• Wednesday, June 8
• Book Love Book Chat
• You will not get the in-class points if you do not show up with a complete Book Chat Document.
• The document for this can be found in your Google Classroom folder in Drive, or on Google Classroom.
• Thursday, June 9
• We will use this day to prepare for your essay.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.
• You will receive more information on this later this week.
• Monday, June 13
• Character Chart Due
• Last NoRedInk assignment due (the one you got on June 7)
• We will go over things to review for the final
• FINALS:
• Period 4: Thursday, June 16, 8am
• Period 5: Thursday, June 16, 10:20am

Social Issues in Our World

Today's Goal: connect the dreams, ideas, and messages from Of Mice and Men to the current and historical figures and data in our society today.

The Plan:

1. Debrief of the ending of Of Mice and Men
2. "Begging" - An article about poverty
3. A social issues jigsaw (I will explain) (You will need the document on Google Classroom)

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tuesday, June 7
• Article Jigsaw Document due on Google Classroom at the end of the period
• You will also receive a short NoRedInk Assignment that is directly associated with some of the content of your final exam. Do it for your own benefit.
• Wednesday, June 8
• Book Love Book Chat
• The document for this can be found in your Google Classroom folder in Drive, or on Google Classroom.
• Thursday, June 9
• We will use this day to prepare for your essay.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.
• You will receive more information on this later this week.
• You will receive your study guide for the final on this day.
• Monday, June 13
• Character Chart Due
• We will go over things to review for the final

Vocab Quiz/Finish our novella!

Today's post is a short one:

We're going to take our vocab test, and then we're going to finish Of Mice and Men. Brace yourselves; a lot happens in the last twenty pages.

This weekend, please work on:

1. Book Love! (Book chat takes place on Wednesday, June 8)
2. Character/Social Issues Tracker (This WILL help you on your final in-class essay. We will talk more about this next week)

Don't fall behind! Finish the year strong! I will see you Monday. Have a beautiful weekend.

Crooks

Today's Goal: Meet Crooks, the man of color on the farm George and Lennie work on. Evaluate the many characters, their motivations, and their conflicts. 

The Plan:

1. Quickwrite (You have 5 minutes from when the bell rings)
2. 10 minutes to work on two-chunk paragraph from yesterday (you should have comments. If you don't, I couldn't open it. Please share the document with me directly)
3. Read Chapter 4
4. Google Classroom Exit Ticket and work on our character chart on Google Classroom - You've met most, if not all, of the characters in some capacity.

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tonight, June 2
• Work on your character chart
• Study your vocab. You have a quiz on Friday
• Your words: attract, traction, extract, detract, contract, abstract, fratricide, incision, excision, genocide, homicide
• Friday, June 3
• TRACT/CIDE Vocab Quiz
• 10-point revision due, if choosing to take the opportunity.
• Click here for the document you need.
• You will need to PRINT it, ATTACH it to your original essay, and TURN IT IN by 2:45pm on Friday, June 3.
• Wednesday, June 8
• Book Love Book Chat
• The document for this can be found in your Google Classroom folder in Drive, or on Google Classroom.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.

Analyzing Mood

What's the mood of this scene?

Today's Goal: Practice identifying the mood of a scene in Of Mice and Men, followed by a partner two-chunk paragraph.

The Plan:

1. Read a short passage from Chapter 3.
2. Write a two-chunk paragraph.

MOOD: the feeling or atmosphere that is created for the audience. Mood refers to how the reader is supposed to feel when reading, watching, or listening to a text. The character might be happy, but that doesn't necessarily mean the audience is supposed to feel happy, too.

You might start your paragraph with a sentence that looks like this one:

In the scene where ______________, Steinbeck creates a __________ mood through his effective use of _________ and __________.

IMPORTANT DATES/ASSIGNMENTS

• Tonight, June 1
• Make sure you have finished chapter 3 (up to page 66). There is audio on Youtube!
• There are a lot of new characters in that chapter, and many relationships (and conflicts) building. Work on your character chart. Take note of all of these interactions.
• Study your vocab. You have a quiz on Friday
• Your words: attract, traction, extract, detract, contract, abstract, fratricide, incision, excision, genocide, homicide
• Friday, June 3
• TRACT/CIDE Vocab Quiz
• 10-point revision due, if choosing to take the opportunity.
• Click here for the document you need.
• You will need to PRINT it, ATTACH it to your original essay, and TURN IT IN by 2:45pm on Friday, June 3.
• Wednesday, June 8
• Book Love Book Chat
• The document for this can be found in your Google Classroom folder in Drive, or on Google Classroom.
• Friday, June 10
• Your last essay of the school year. It will be in-class, just like the moral courage essay.