10th World Lit August 15-August 19

Monday: First 10- Discuss Minority Report so far -Finish reading “Minority Report” Last 10- Discuss last (essay) question in packet

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab 2 -Watch “Minority Report”

Wednesday: -Watch “Minority Report”

Thursday: First 10-  Finish Minority Report -Annotation Instructions -Begin New York Times Article

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -Continue New York Times Article Last 10-Finish Article for Homework

Honors World Lit August 15-August 19

Monday:  First 10- Vocab 2 -Compare and contrast “10 Reasons why we need heroes” and “Why are we obsessed with superheroes?” -Details lesson

    Last 10- Finding Details in The Alchemist

Tuesday: First 10- Go over Alchemist details -Assign Alchemist Socratic Seminar -Media Center Last 10-Socratic Sem Article Check Wednesday: First 10- Annotated Bib Rubric and Example -Work in Media Center Last 10- Format Check Thursday: First 10- Go over rules for Socratic Seminar - Socratic Seminar Last 10-  Vocab Exercises Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -Read and Annotate Pulling Children from Nepal's Prisons Last 10-Stoplight activity

10th World Literature August 8-August 12

Monday- Groups finished body Pargraphs, Wrote Paragraphs on posters; offfered feedback on posters
Tuesday- Began Minority Report
Wednesday- Read "Minority Report;"
Thursday- "Minority Report;" Vocab Review
Friday-Vocab Quiz; Finish Minority Report; Practice Essay Instruction

Honors World August 8- August 12

Monday- Finished analyzing "Batman Begins"
Tuesday- Practice Annotating "Hero of a Thousand Faces" Map Santiago's Journey
Wednesday- Archetype notes; Write paragraph in groups;
Thursday- Analyzsed "Not Everything's a Hero's Journey" as a class and students began brainstorming for an argumentative essay
Friday- Took Vocab Quiz; Took Alchemist Quiz; Finished practice brainstorming; Received "10 reason why we need heroes" and "Why Do We Need Super Heroes?" to annotate over the weekend

10th World Literature August 1- August 5

Monday- Introduce course; discuss flags as symbols; students created individual flags
Tuesday- Students created mission statements and symbols; global scavenger hunt; students put their symbol on part of the world (on map) that they have a connection to
Wednesday-Students review hero's journey; students are put into group and assigned a type of hero to create a poster with examples for
Thursday- Students presented posters as groups; writing instruction; Prompt "What type of hero is Odysseus?" is given to class; Brainstorm as a class for essay
Friday- Reviewed brainstorm from previous day; Wrote a thesis and body paragraph as a class; students got in groups from previous 2 days and wrote group paragraphs that support the thesis statement created at beginning of class

Honors World Lit August 1-August 5

Monday- Introduced course; discussed flags as symbols; created individual flags
Tuesday- reviewed hero's journey; Discussed types of heroes; students created posters in groups of examples of hero type they were assigned
Wednesday-Writing instruction;Students (in the same groups as yesterday) wrote group thesis statements and paragraphs
Thursday-Discussed rubric;Wrote group paragraph on poster; gallery walk-groups gave each other feedback; group re-wrote paragraph
Friday- Watched Batman Begins; analyzes Batman hero type and Batman's hero's journey

Coming back from the break

Hello all! I hope you were able to enjoy a week off from school. It won't be much longer for the return of Mrs. Magnus, so there are a few things we need to focus on going forward.

World Literature

Your papers are due Monday, April 11th. I need the following items when you turn in your assignment:  the final draft of your paper, annotated bibliography, a rough draft of your work, your two outside sources printed out and annotated, and your rubric.

Please make sure you have composed your final draft in MLA format. 

We will be starting Macbeth for Unit 3. This is a short unit. Also, we are scheduled for testing on Tuesday, April 12th. Please bring your headphones.

Honors World

Your papers are due Monday, April 11th. Your Unit 2 test will be Tuesday, April 12th. Monday will be a review day for the test. Wednesday, I plan to start Unit 3 with the anchor text In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. I highly encourage  you to pick up your own copy so you can annotate it.

-Mr. J