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This Year's Raffle Prizes

Two Great seats at a Dodger Game
Two View Seats at an Angel Game
Two Free Passes to Knott's Berry Farm
Two Passes Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Two Free Rounds with cart at Glen Ivy
Two Free Rounds with cart at Glen Ivy
Two Free Rounds at Jurupa Hills
Two Free Rounds at Indian Hills
Four Free Brunches at Taps Fish House and Brewery
Two Night Stay at Aquarius Resort Laughlin
$100 in Tutoring at My Learning Studio
Two Night Stay at Avi Resort in Laughlin
Four Mission Grove Theater Passes
$50 in Merchandise from Wal Mart
Two Whale Watching Passes from Davey's Locker
One Half Day Deep Sea Fishing from Davey's Locker
One night stay and Buffet from Morongo Resort
Two Night Stay South Point Las Vegas with dinner
Four Tickets for Wild Child at Fox Theater
Four tickets for Don McLean at Fox Theater
Four tickets for Happy Together Tour at Fox Theater
Four Tickets for Beatles vs Stones at Fox Theater
$10 Gift Card to Cheesecake Factory
$10 Gift Card to Cheesecake Factory
Thirty 30 minute passes to Sky Zone
Two Concert Tickets to Hollywood Bowl
Two Night Stay at Four Queens Las Vegas
Family Pass to Fiesta Village

And over $2000 in electronics
Two Samsung Galaxy 3 Tablets
Two Kindle Fire Tablets
One Go Pro Hi-Def Extreme Video Camera
Two Samsung Chromebook Computers
Three 32 Inch LED Televisions

Chapter 11 Presentation.

If you borrowed a LOTF Book from me can I have it back???

Objective:  The students will discuss Chapter 10 and its use of Comic relief.

1.  Chapter 10 Presentation
2.  Read Chapter 11 (Poor Piggy!)

Outside Book:  Due next Friday!!! 

Good Luck today Softball!

Remember:  Friday is your last chance for Extra Credit!!!!  Seniors, Staff and Softball Against Cancer game at 3 PM on JV Softball Field.  FREE!!!  Come out and win a great prize for donating.

1.  Chapter 9 Group.
2.  Read Chapter 10

Wow Softball! Yuo didn't play very nice yesterday!

Objective:  The students will continue teaching one another about the important aspects and development in LOTF.

1.  5 minutes to prep.
2.  Chapter 8 Presentation
3.  Read Chapter 9

Note:  We will present Chapter 9 on Tuesday so that we can finish the book next Friday.

Some very good presentations so far!

Objective:  The students will continue teaching one another about the important aspects and development in LOTF.

1.  5 minutes to prep.
2.  Chapter 7 Presentation
3.  Read Chapter 8

Note:  We will present Chapter 9 on Tuesday so that we can finish the book next Friday.

Period 3 Presentersgave a CLINIC on how to present yesterday! Let's seee if someone can match them!

Objective:  The students will present their chapters.  Other groups will listen respectfully and ask questions and participate in discussion of chapters.

1.  Allow 5-10 minutes for set up.
2.  Presentation (Hints:  Speak loudly, smoothly and clearly).  Take your time and relax.If someone asks a question, think it out and answer.  If you don't know the answer, that's OK, I will help with that.
3.  Chapter 7 reading after presentation.

Essays Back:  Graded by 11th Grade AP Students using an AP Nine Point Rubric (attached to your paper).  5-9 is passing.  4 and below is not.

AP Scale:  9=100, 8=95,  7=91, 6=85, 5=80 , 4=75, 3= 70, 2=65, 1=60

My points will be 10 points higher.

First Presentations

Objective:  The students will present their chapters.  Other groups will listen respectfully and ask questions and participate in discussion of chapters.

1.  Allow 5-10 minutes for set up.
2.  Presentation (Hints:  Speak loudly, smoothly and clearly).  Take your time and relax.If someone asks a question, think it out and answer.  If you don't know the answer, that's OK, I will help with that.
3.  Chapter 6 reading after presentation.

I bet you missed me!

Objective:  The students will discuss the important details of Chapter 4 of LOTF with the teacher and then go on to chapter 5 (and presenters will make sure that they are ready for tomorrow).

1.  LOTF Quiz Chapters 3-4
2.  CST 26
3.  Discuss chapter 4
4.  Chapter 5

Outside Books are coming quickly!  June 6.

LOTF Chapter 3

Good Morning!!!

Objective:  The students will complete a dialectic journal for Chapter 3 all by themselves without any help from me.

1.  Dialectic Journal for Chapter 3.  Complete your own.  And we will compare your's to mine afterward.

2.  Turn in Chapters 1-3 Dialectic for 100 points.

4.  Read Chapter 4 Tonight.

Hello everyone!

Objective:  The students will discuss the important plot and character developments of chapter 2.

1.  No CST Today.
2.  Chapter 2 Quiz
3.  Discuss Group Project Requirements
4.  Chapter 2 Dialectic

Outside Book due June 6.  Don't forget!

Lord of the Flies Groups picked.

Objective:  The students will see how to complete a Dialectic Journal for Lord of the Flies.

1.  CST #25
2.  LOTF Quiz Chapter 1
3.  LOTF Dialectic Journal

4.  Chapter 2

Dialectic Sample Link: 

Sample Dialectic Journal

Our Last Book!

Objective:  The students will know important background information before beginning chapter 1 of LOTF.

Get lit book and folder:

1.  Hand in essay to red basket.
2.  CST #___
3.  Book Checkout and return
4.  Intro Notes
5.  Rad Chapter 1 for quiz and discussion tomorrow.

OK We have spent a week on it. So Finish!

Objective:  The students will finish writing the essay, type it up, edit and publish.

1.  If you need me to read anything, let me know.
2.  It is due TYPED MLA on Monday.

 Bring Night and Lit Books on Monday to return to library.  WE have one last book to go before we're done.

Have a great weekend.

Write it up!

Objective:  The students will finish the essay.

1.  Complete the essay.  Type it.
2.  Due Monday.  And no I won't take it late.  You guys are getting bad about late work.

Lord of the Flies starts Monday

How will you convince me? You have to set up a good argument!

Objective:  The students will continue organizing their paper.  Then they will start writing.

1.  Get all your stuff for the essay.
2.  I am purposely not telling you my thoughts on this issue for a reason.  Or how I would argue my point.  I want to to have original ideas and put them into your own argument.

But, here is the way that I would do it:

1.  Think of 3 things that someone who thinks opposite of me would use for their argument.  3 solid things that they would say that would prove their point.  These would be my three CONS that would be my body paragraphs.  Then I would figure out my PROS and refutations that would "SHOOT DOWN" their ideas.

It is actually pretty simple if you look at it that way.  SO GET BUSY.  If I see you wasting time, then it's due Friday.  And we will do something else tomorrow.  YOUR CHOICE.

I know that you can argue verbally, now do it in writing!

Objective:  The students will know how to set up an argumentative essay, see a good one, and then begin to pre-write their essay.

1.  Notes on Argumentative Essay
2.  See a greatargument
3.  Write your thesis
4.  Come up with 3 of the opposing views points
5.  Come up with your opposing point
6.  Come up with your proof (refutation)
7.  Write your intro

No I didn't grade the tests yet!

Objective:  The students will read two articles to use as evidence in this week's essay.

1.  Get the packet.
2.  Read both articles.  Highlight information that you can use in the essay to prove your thesis.

We will begin writing tomorrow.

Ahhhh!!! The weekend!

Objective:  The students will show that they know Night by passing the test.

1.  Turn in your Haiku (typed only!).

2.  Get Test and Answer sheet.  Complete MC and Characters on the back.

3.  Do NOT write on the Test. 

Read some outside book.  The other classes are almost done with LOTF.

Night Due. Test tomorrow.

Good Morning!

Objective:  The students will discuss (in an Extra Credit Game-lke Situation) all parts of Night as a review for tomorrow's test.

Info:  Last Book Report:  June 6.    And NO MORE EXTRA CREDIT...  Except....

1.  Put your packet in this order:

a)  Characters
b)  Vocab
c)  Study Questions
d)  Themes
e)  Social Commentary

2.  Extra Credit Discussion Game:  Left Side V Right Side
3.  Night Final Tomorrow.  Do Not return book.  We will use it for an essay next week.