KCC

HW reminder and date change -- the next section of text reading and note-taking will now be due Friday, November 4th.  We finished the Claim/Evidence ("circles") analysis page on the Nash article for a score.  Take E.Q. notes (and C.Q. questions) from the two articles provided on the topic of slavery, and do the same on the 8-minute clip from the film Amistad that depicts the Middle Passage -- warning: the clip depicts the gruesome voyage.  Prepare yourself before viewing.  Students began work on part 4 of the Unit-Closure Work Page to close out the study guide portion -- finish for homework as needed.  We'll be in the lab on Monday to research.

World History

Argumentative (E.Q.) writing is due today -- highlighted hard copy with score sheet; score yourself on the score sheet in pencil.  It also needs to be submitted electronically (without highlighting) to turnitin.com for the originality check.  The metacognitive writing is due Monday.  Chart your research score on your Skills Tracking page.  NOTE: you can correct, clarify, and add to your research and resubmit it to improve your score if needed/desired.  Students self-assessed their performance on each bullet-point item for each of the six skills, again as a further focus on continually improving performances.  Folder clean-out!  Sort all of your many papers from this unit into these categories: UCWPs, Claim/Evidence, Context/Lens, Research (instructions and score sheets), Writing, Socratic.  You also have a "basic class stuff" pile, but there's nothing new to add to it.  On a 1/2-sheet of paper students listed the historical errors they could find on the Minions timeline poster in the classroom -- grand prizes to be awarded on Monday.

U.S. History

Finish note-taking (onto the EQ page) from the two assigned articles about slavery.  Pick up and complete the fourth and final part of the UCWP -- due Monday.  6th hour also got caught up by reading the "11 Nations" packet and adding 4-5 questions to CQ pages.  Next week we will USE the CQ page for research and the EQ page for writing; so, if you've not been on top of your game, get caught up well this weekend.  ; )

KCC

We discussed the Minions poster historical errors, and prizes were awarded.  The last group shared their Treckel essay picture notes.  We continued our individual, scored work on the Nash essay -- to be finished in class tomorrow.

World History

Today is our last lab day for finishing the argumentative writing on the unit essential question.  Be sure to use your many samples, notes, and feedback.  Use the "Edit My Writing Now" on the first printout.  After editing and printing your truly final draft, then do the same highlighting on it before turning it in with the score page.  Score yourself in pencil on the score page.  Be certain, also, to submit the paragraph (withOUT highlights) on turnitin.com.  As students finished this assessment, they were given a 1/2-sheet instruction page for "Metacognitive Writing" -- specific prompts for casual-style writing about their own thinking and their own learning.  Be sure to have the argumentative assessment (E.Q. writing) ready to turn in at the start of class tomorrow.  The metacognitive writing should be turned in no later than Monday.

U.S. History

The minions historical errors contest answers were discussed and prizes distributed.  6th hour read the "11 Nations" article and added 4-5 questions to their C.Q. pages.  All classes viewed the Middle Passage clip from the film Amistad and read two articles about slavery -- for all three sources, add E.Q. bullet-point notes and also C.Q. questions.  As time permitted each hour we reviewed parts 1-3 of the UCWP.

KCC

Students shared their picture notes for Treckel's essay.  They then continued their individual (scored) analysis ("circles" page) for the Nash essay -- to be finished in class tomorrow.

World History

Writing day -- #2 in the lab.  We'll be back in the lab for a final writing day.  The paragraphs will be due at the start of class on Friday -- a highlighted hard copy (see "Edit My Writing Now" handout of instructions) and also submitted to turnitin.com for the originality check. 

U.S. History

2nd & 6th hours finished their 3rd viewing of the Crash Course video.  In all classes we charted it as a practice round on the Skills Tracking Page, edited the thesis per the key on the SMARTboard, self-scored according to my instructions and scale, and then used our understanding of the film to add to the Unit-Closure Work Pages, part III, number 20.  We then filled in the answer on the UCWP, part I, #9 (the thesis for Loewen's Chapter 2), and used that answer to edit as needed students' individual, scored, returned papers from that reading work.  Time was given in class to ask me questions about their individual scores and work.  (Chart this as our first score for Reading Claim & Evidence.)  We then read a short article about "The 11 Nations..." while recording 4-5 curiosity questions onto our C.Q. pages -- finish for homework as needed. 

KCC

We discussed the students' picture notes for Treckel's essay.  We read an easy layering-to-today article about the subcultures of the various regions of the United States; make notes on E.Q. page as relevant and questions onto your C.Q. page.  We began a scored Claim & Evidence work page ("circles" page) for the last "red book" essay of this unit -- that by Nash -- to be continued in class tomorrow.

World History

Career Day field trip!  Back to the lab for writing tomorrow!

U.S. History

We played a quick game of "find the historical errors on the minion poster" -- answers revealed and awards given in class tomorrow.  We discussed together their work yesterday on the "Jamestown letter," and added notes to our E.Q. pages from the collective list we built together on the SMARTboard.  We finished round 2 of the Crash Course viewing and analysis and got part-way through the 3rd and final viewing (no pausing) -- to be finished in class tomorrow.

MONDAY -- KCC

Finish the Treckel article -- collaborative, computer-generated picture notes (collages).  

MONDAY -- World History

Writing day in the computer lab!  Make good use of your many, many writing aids (highlighted papers, outline page, previous writing with feedback, etc.).  We'll be in the lab on Wednesday (when sophomores are all back at school) to finish the writing.

MONDAY -- U.S. History

We'll come back to the Crash Course video analysis tomorrow when Mrs. Cluver is back.  Today, read the "A Jamestown..." packet and on your own sheet of paper answer the 5 questions at the end of the packet.

KCC

Students collaborated on themes and clarification as needed from the notes they took from the white text assignment.  They then finished the part III work page from yesterday and we discussed it together as needed.  We then began collaborative group work to digest Treckel's essay (in the red book), "The Empire of My Heart."  As students read, they are to create picture "notes" on a shared group Google doc. (Copy from the web and paste images that represent the key ideas of the essay.)  If you were absent, your group should have included you on the "share" so you can read and see how far they got with the "notes."  This will be continued in class on Monday. 

World History

We continued our instruction and learning on argumentative writing and then began to work on our new E.Q. paragraphs.  Pick up the "Edit My Writing Now" handout and use it to analyze the "Human" paragraphs returned yesterday, and add relevant reminders on your "Writing Notes to Self" note page (also set up and begun yesterday).  Pick up the outline handout and use it to organize your information for the new writing assignment.  The score sheet was also provided.  A substitute teacher will be in the lab with you on Monday as you continue the writing work, and I'll be back with you in the lab on Wednesday to complete the writing.  (Tuesday all Sophomores will be gone from school for their trip.) 

U.S. History

Crash Course analysis -- to be finished in class Tuesday.  (There will be a new, student-driven, individual activity on Monday to accommodate my absence.) 

KCC

We finished part II of the UCWP and some E.Q. notes from my slideshow.  We nearly finished part III -- to be wrapped up tomorrow in class.

World History

We discussed together the "Target" writing samples and did the same with a new handout -- "Writing Tutorial."  Meet up with me or a reliable classmate for the discussion on it and to replicate the highlighting, outlining, and marking with asterisks.  Students set up a new sheet of paper with the heading "Writing Notes to Self" and using the feedback they received today on their E.Q. writing ("What does it mean to be human?") made a bullet-point list of pointers specific to themselves to use on tomorrow's E.Q. writing and into the future.  I offered notes via SMARTboard also about "3rd person formal voice."  A bit more on writing tomorrow before we begin our next go at it...