Monday, January 31, 2011.
Per. 5:
1. Voc. Quiz 17 (XVII)
2. Work in groups on Farewell to Manzanar Study Guide packet.
Per. 7:
Work in groups on Farewell to Manzanar Study Guide Packet.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011.
1. Period 5: Attended presentation for the Apartheid Memorial Event in the Multipurpose Room. Speakers' discourse related to racism and prejudice in South Africa before the apartheid laws were changed.
1. Period 7: Worked in groups on Farewell packet.
2. Vocabulary Quiz XVII (17).
Test on Farewell Ch. 1-11 postponed for Tuesday due to presentation.
1. Period 5: Attended presentation for the Apartheid Memorial Event in the Multipurpose Room. Speakers' discourse related to racism and prejudice in South Africa before the apartheid laws were changed.
1. Period 7: Worked in groups on Farewell packet.
2. Vocabulary Quiz XVII (17).
Test on Farewell Ch. 1-11 postponed for Tuesday due to presentation.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 9-11 Discuss envents and sentiment leading up to riot in camp as well as division and animosity between Japanese "patriots" and people who cooperated with the camp authorities and MPs considered "inus" collaborators or informers.
Notes: Loyalty oath and paths toward exiting the camp: infantry, back to Japan, or relocation to the interior of the country warranting a sponsor.
Notes: Greatest disgrace for Japanese man: charge of disloyalty.
Notes: Effects of Manzanar internment on Jeanne and Wakatsuki family:
What they lose:
1) freedom
2) home/property
4) Family closeness/unity
5) Father (gone for nine months and when he returns, he is abusive.)
6) Life in the real world/society/normal school/healthy food
7) Peace
Passed out study guide for Chapters 6-11.
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11: Monday, 1/31/2011
Reminder: Complete Workbook Lesson 17 (XVII) sentences and definitions. Quiz: Friday, 1/28
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 9-11 Discuss envents and sentiment leading up to riot in camp as well as division and animosity between Japanese "patriots" and people who cooperated with the camp authorities and MPs considered "inus" collaborators or informers.
Notes: Loyalty oath and paths toward exiting the camp: infantry, back to Japan, or relocation to the interior of the country warranting a sponsor.
Notes: Greatest disgrace for Japanese man: charge of disloyalty.
Notes: Effects of Manzanar internment on Jeanne and Wakatsuki family:
What they lose:
1) freedom
2) home/property
4) Family closeness/unity
5) Father (gone for nine months and when he returns, he is abusive.)
6) Life in the real world/society/normal school/healthy food
7) Peace
Passed out study guide for Chapters 6-11.
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11: Monday, 1/31/2011
Reminder: Complete Workbook Lesson 17 (XVII) sentences and definitions. Quiz: Friday, 1/28
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2010 and
Tuesday, January 25.
1. Farewell to Manzanar Chapter 5: Check study guide for chapters 3-5.
Discuss effects of Manzanar internment on Wakatsuki family.
2. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6-8.
Vocabulary for this week: Manter Hall Workbook Lesson 17 XVII.
Reminder: Keep up with log and independent reading of novel.
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 Monday, 1/31
Tuesday, January 25.
1. Farewell to Manzanar Chapter 5: Check study guide for chapters 3-5.
Discuss effects of Manzanar internment on Wakatsuki family.
2. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6-8.
Vocabulary for this week: Manter Hall Workbook Lesson 17 XVII.
Reminder: Keep up with log and independent reading of novel.
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 Monday, 1/31
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011.
1. Divide students into assigned groups Per. 5: [1-8] and Per. 7: [1-7].
2. Work on Farewell to Manzanar Comprehensive Question Study Guide packet. Foreward - Ch. 5 Most students completed 14 questions, worth aprox. 7 pts. each.
Number of questions correct divided by 14.
If more or less, the score will be adjusted accordingly.
3. Follow Rule 4 and following expectations:
1. Everyone must be on task.
2. Do not divide questions or work in isolation.
3. DO NOT skip questions.
4. Use pen and respond thoughtfully with detail.
Note: You will be graded on the quality of your work, not the quantity.
REMINDER: Study reverse side of Farewell to Manzanar Glossary for quiz tomorrow.
1. Divide students into assigned groups Per. 5: [1-8] and Per. 7: [1-7].
2. Work on Farewell to Manzanar Comprehensive Question Study Guide packet. Foreward - Ch. 5 Most students completed 14 questions, worth aprox. 7 pts. each.
Number of questions correct divided by 14.
If more or less, the score will be adjusted accordingly.
3. Follow Rule 4 and following expectations:
1. Everyone must be on task.
2. Do not divide questions or work in isolation.
3. DO NOT skip questions.
4. Use pen and respond thoughtfully with detail.
Note: You will be graded on the quality of your work, not the quantity.
REMINDER: Study reverse side of Farewell to Manzanar Glossary for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011.
1) Copy notes:
a) Wakatsuki family moves from Ocean Park, CA, an all Caucasian neighborhood to
b) Terminal Island, populated exclusively by recent Japanese immigrants, uneducated and speaking only Japanese. Jeanne and Kiyo were bullied in this place.
c) All Japanese families are evacuated from Terminal Island due to its proximity to the Long Beach Naval Station.
d) From Terminal Island, the family moves to Boyle Heights, a L.A. Downtown ghetto neighborhood, where Jeanne first encounters racial prejudice from her second grade teacher.
e) From Boyle Heights the family is finally bused to Manzanar, an all-Japanese internment camp.
TERMS: Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish.
The Japanese internees' motto was "Shigata ga nai" which means It cannot be helped. / It must be done.
2. Read silently Farewell... Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5. Most students read through chapters 3/4.
If you were absent, try Googling "Farewell to Manzanar" to access novel online.
3. Farewell... Chapters 1-2 focus question handout was passed out.
REMINDER: Study the words from your Farewell... Glossary (continued) handout, reverse side of last week's words.
1) Copy notes:
a) Wakatsuki family moves from Ocean Park, CA, an all Caucasian neighborhood to
b) Terminal Island, populated exclusively by recent Japanese immigrants, uneducated and speaking only Japanese. Jeanne and Kiyo were bullied in this place.
c) All Japanese families are evacuated from Terminal Island due to its proximity to the Long Beach Naval Station.
d) From Terminal Island, the family moves to Boyle Heights, a L.A. Downtown ghetto neighborhood, where Jeanne first encounters racial prejudice from her second grade teacher.
e) From Boyle Heights the family is finally bused to Manzanar, an all-Japanese internment camp.
TERMS: Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish.
The Japanese internees' motto was "Shigata ga nai" which means It cannot be helped. / It must be done.
2. Read silently Farewell... Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5. Most students read through chapters 3/4.
If you were absent, try Googling "Farewell to Manzanar" to access novel online.
3. Farewell... Chapters 1-2 focus question handout was passed out.
REMINDER: Study the words from your Farewell... Glossary (continued) handout, reverse side of last week's words.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011.
1. Introduction to Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir about the Japanese internment camps in America during WWII. Read Ch. 1 and take notes. Please get notes from peer if you were absent.
Terms to copy from Pg. 8 in book:
Issei:
Nisei:
Sansei:
Notes: Please retrieve notes from peer.
2. View film clips on Pearl Harbor and Japanese interment at Manzanar (background).
REMINDER: Vocabulary for this week are the words on the reverse side of the Farewell...glossary handout from last week.
1. Introduction to Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir about the Japanese internment camps in America during WWII. Read Ch. 1 and take notes. Please get notes from peer if you were absent.
Terms to copy from Pg. 8 in book:
Issei:
Nisei:
Sansei:
Notes: Please retrieve notes from peer.
2. View film clips on Pearl Harbor and Japanese interment at Manzanar (background).
REMINDER: Vocabulary for this week are the words on the reverse side of the Farewell...glossary handout from last week.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011.
1. Check 29 sentences for Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary.
2. Pick up Night poem typed. Staple brainstorm web to back of poem.
3. Read "Montgomery Boycott" literature book p. 968-979.
Discuss degrading, boycott, militant, perpetuation, and coercion.
Discuss Thoreau's words: "We can no longer lend our cooperation to an evil system" as well as Dr. King's thoughts: "He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
REMINDER: Study vocabulary on Farewell to Manzanar Glossary handout:
abate to turbulent 29 words. Quiz tomorrow.
1. Check 29 sentences for Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary.
2. Pick up Night poem typed. Staple brainstorm web to back of poem.
3. Read "Montgomery Boycott" literature book p. 968-979.
Discuss degrading, boycott, militant, perpetuation, and coercion.
Discuss Thoreau's words: "We can no longer lend our cooperation to an evil system" as well as Dr. King's thoughts: "He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
REMINDER: Study vocabulary on Farewell to Manzanar Glossary handout:
abate to turbulent 29 words. Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
1. Answer questions 7-16 from "Notes from a Novice" p. 7 in Preparation for TAKS workbook.
Write down next to selected answer where/how you found answer.
2. On a sheet of paper, answer 17, 18, and 19. Use ACES.
A- Answer the question.
C- Cite evidence.
E- Explain evidence.
S- Summarize without going off topic.
REMINDER: Bring sentences for words on vocabulary list for Farewell to Manzanar.
REMINDER: Night poem due tomorrow.
1. Answer questions 7-16 from "Notes from a Novice" p. 7 in Preparation for TAKS workbook.
Write down next to selected answer where/how you found answer.
2. On a sheet of paper, answer 17, 18, and 19. Use ACES.
A- Answer the question.
C- Cite evidence.
E- Explain evidence.
S- Summarize without going off topic.
REMINDER: Bring sentences for words on vocabulary list for Farewell to Manzanar.
REMINDER: Night poem due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011.
1. Complete active reading of "All the Years of Her Life" with side annotations.
2. Complete 1-6; check in class.
3. Passed out vocabulary; ask for handout when you return from absence.
Write a sentence with each word and bring on Thursday.
Quiz: Friday, 1/14 Do not bring workbook lesson this week.
1. Complete active reading of "All the Years of Her Life" with side annotations.
2. Complete 1-6; check in class.
3. Passed out vocabulary; ask for handout when you return from absence.
Write a sentence with each word and bring on Thursday.
Quiz: Friday, 1/14 Do not bring workbook lesson this week.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Distribution of Independent Reading Log handouts. Make sure you have a book to show me on Monday, 1/10 and your log signed by your parent or guardian.
1. Check homework: Lesson XVI + sentences and definitions. Brainstorm words for poem while homework is being checked and stamped.
2. Review of Vocabulary Lesson XVI (16) pp. 27-28 + definitions + sentences.
3. Clarification/explanation of "Night" poem assignment. Due: Thursday, 1/13
Note: If absent, please ask for handouts.
REMINDER:
a. Voc. Quiz on Lesson 16 [+ eleven "Night" words] tomorrow.
b. Bring independent reading log and physical novel tomorrow.
Distribution of Independent Reading Log handouts. Make sure you have a book to show me on Monday, 1/10 and your log signed by your parent or guardian.
1. Check homework: Lesson XVI + sentences and definitions. Brainstorm words for poem while homework is being checked and stamped.
2. Review of Vocabulary Lesson XVI (16) pp. 27-28 + definitions + sentences.
3. Clarification/explanation of "Night" poem assignment. Due: Thursday, 1/13
Note: If absent, please ask for handouts.
REMINDER:
a. Voc. Quiz on Lesson 16 [+ eleven "Night" words] tomorrow.
b. Bring independent reading log and physical novel tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011.
Turn in two compositions: "Resolutions for 2011" and "Fighting With Parents."
1. Discuss from NIGHT p. 940 Can Humanity triumph over evil? Discuss whether there is more good than evil or vice-versa.
2. Read excerpt from Ellie Weisel's memoir Night pp. 942- 947. Read the Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on page 948. We will discuss this acceptance speech tomorrow.
REMINDER: Bring Vocabulary Lesson XVI + sentences and definitions tomorrow.
Add the following words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz Friday, 1/7
Turn in two compositions: "Resolutions for 2011" and "Fighting With Parents."
1. Discuss from NIGHT p. 940 Can Humanity triumph over evil? Discuss whether there is more good than evil or vice-versa.
2. Read excerpt from Ellie Weisel's memoir Night pp. 942- 947. Read the Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on page 948. We will discuss this acceptance speech tomorrow.
REMINDER: Bring Vocabulary Lesson XVI + sentences and definitions tomorrow.
Add the following words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz Friday, 1/7
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tuesday, January 4
Happy New Year 2011!
English 2B Expectations: Copy these on a sheet of paper.
1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.
2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk and talking across the room even in a low volume during class is unacceptable.
3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.
4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.
5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.
6. I am expected to be careful with the following homonyms:
their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are
your - belonging to you
you're - you are
its - belonging to it
it's - it is
too - also, very (degree)
7. I will avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.
Composition: Title: "My Resolutions for 2011"
Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed 10th grade level paragraphs elaborating on:
1) Your goal(s),
2) Why these goals are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.
Please ask for handout when you return.
Bring completed Vocabulary lesson XVI pp. 27-29 in Manter Hall workbook. Don't forget to write out definitions and a sentence [that shows the meaning of the word] for each word.
Add the following words to the words from lesson 16:
Vocabulary for this week: Words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz on Lesson XVI and words from the Night list: Friday 1/7
2. Read article "Fighting with Parents" respond with one page reflection. See handout.
Complete the two writing assignments and bring tomorrow, Wed. 1/5
3. Browse, search, ask your friends, or go to the library to find a novel (fiction) of your choice 300+ pages. You will be reading and completing a project over this novel.
Happy New Year 2011!
English 2B Expectations: Copy these on a sheet of paper.
1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.
2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk and talking across the room even in a low volume during class is unacceptable.
3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.
4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.
5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.
6. I am expected to be careful with the following homonyms:
their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are
your - belonging to you
you're - you are
its - belonging to it
it's - it is
too - also, very (degree)
7. I will avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.
Composition: Title: "My Resolutions for 2011"
Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed 10th grade level paragraphs elaborating on:
1) Your goal(s),
2) Why these goals are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.
Please ask for handout when you return.
Bring completed Vocabulary lesson XVI pp. 27-29 in Manter Hall workbook. Don't forget to write out definitions and a sentence [that shows the meaning of the word] for each word.
Add the following words to the words from lesson 16:
Vocabulary for this week: Words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz on Lesson XVI and words from the Night list: Friday 1/7
2. Read article "Fighting with Parents" respond with one page reflection. See handout.
Complete the two writing assignments and bring tomorrow, Wed. 1/5
3. Browse, search, ask your friends, or go to the library to find a novel (fiction) of your choice 300+ pages. You will be reading and completing a project over this novel.
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