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The Witch Hunt

Agenda: Warm-up: A Few Words from the Witchfinder General The Witch Hunt Time for the vocab site Homework: Vocab list is due next week at 75% completion Grades close by the end of next week.  Check to see what you owe.

Art Thou a Witch?

Agenda: Warm-up: Fragment Practice 17 Signs You Would be Considered a Witch (handout for notes) Workshop time for the vocabulary.com site Homework: SPOTTTS for the poem was due today Vocab site is due to 75% by Friday

Atwood's "Half-Hanged Mary"

Agenda: Background Overview of Mary Webster and Margaret Atwood (PPT) Reading Atwood's poem for understanding Mark what you believe is important or what you have questions about as you listen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYM947eQkg SPOTTTS brief intro Paraphrase your assigned portion of Atwood's poem Homework: Continue your work on the vocab site Make sure you have submitted your Part 3

Intro to the Years Following Settlement: Half-Hanged Mary

Agenda: Intro. to the Witch Trials: Half-Hanged Mary https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07JCVFY1S/ref=atv_hm_hom_2_c_obwan_2_1 The history behind the episode: http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mary-webster-witch-hadley-survives-hanging/ Homework: Continue working on the vocabulary site.  You should be up to about 40% at this point.

Puritans Test

Agenda: Test Vocab site when finished Homework: Continue to work on completion of vocab site to 75%

Kahoot Review

Agenda: Warm-up: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Comic Kahoot Review Vocab site Homework: Review for tomorrow's test Vocab site needs to be at 75% completion next week (more = extra credit) Part 3s on Bradford are overdue

Analyzing Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Commercials

Agenda: Warm-up: Video--use to check your definitions  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_G82HH9Tg&list=PLt2BvYQpqnoxQ9kDc9YTglKb7XHTrOohz Complete the chart based on this playlist  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc&list=PLt2BvYQpqnozPTsNzmUmVC-2UqiU2rC5f&index=1 Exit Ticket: Which video is most persuasive?  Which uses ethos, pathos, and logos well? Homework: Part 3s are overdue...make sure that you have turned them in Bring devices for tomorrow There will be a test on Thursday  

JCC Expectations and Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Agenda: Mrs. Hanson's visit about honors Ethos, pathos, and Logos Notes Homework: Make sure definitions are filled in on the back Review your notes for Thursday's test You need to have started the vocab site...you will have to get it to 75% completion.  Anything additional is extra credit

Informational Part 3 Day 2

Agenda: Finish Part 3 Work on the vocab site when finished Homework: Whatever is not finished of the Part 3 is due on Monday at the beginning of class

Informational Part 3

Agenda: Apostrophe Pick Six Practice Review STICCCS from yesterday Writing an intro together Completing  Of Plymouth Plantation  response (due tomorrow for 2nd) Homework: Finish Bradford Part 3 for Monday...you need to have the worksheet quotes and the introduction done for tomorrow

Vocab Practice--PSAT Day

Agenda: Continue working on the vocab site Homework: Review notes The vocab site will be due towards the end of the month

Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation

Agenda: Warm-up: Apostrophe Comic from The Oatmeal STICCCS Review and Extension to Informational Text Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation  reading and completion of STICCCS Homework: Review your Puritan notes Make sure you have in the Bradstreet response (blue sheet)

Benchmark Self-Evaluation and Continued Passage Sharing

Agenda: Warm-up: Reviewing the benchmarks and self-checks Sharing of Honors passages Homework: Vocab site needs to be to 75% completion by the deadline on the site Make sure that you have handed in the blue writing prompt on Bradstreet.  Those are now overdue. If you did not originally get me a passage, you need to turn in the alternative to sharing assignment on Tuesday

Sharing Literature We Love

Agenda: Apostrophe warm-up Sharing circle stories Reviewing our passages: narrowing it down to a half of a page that we liked best Homework: Review your notes Be prepared to share your passage tomorrow Blue sheets are overdue; hand them in as soon as possible You should have a vocabulary account at this point

Circle Story for Crucible Vocabulary

Agenda: Warm-up: Review previous apostrophe rules-- Apostrophe podcast  https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/apostrophe-catastrophe-part-two Circle story using The Crucible vocabulary Homework: Blue sheet writing due tomorrow Vocabulary site will be due later in October.  Please make sure you have a username and that you have accessed the first assignment. Review Puritan Notes.

Test Review and The Crucible Vocabulary

Agenda: Add the 10 listed words to your vocabulary sheet (6th and 9th only) continue benchmark test and workshop time Review of the test from a couple of weeks ago Extra time to work on writing prompts or the vocabulary site Homework: Review your Puritan notes You should have at least logged onto the vocabulary site and opened the assignment Bradstreet writing prompt now is due on Wednesday

Benchmark Testing (Thurs. and Fri.)

Agenda: Complete benchmark Go on to work on the Puritan writing response Complete the vocab assignment Homework: Puritan writing responses are due Monday For the vocab site, you need to have an account and you need to have looked at the first assignment. 

Puritanism Writing Task and Intro to the Vocab Site

Agenda: Announcements Puritan Writing Task Setting up vocabulary accounts **Pictures at various times for each class.**   Homework: Benchmarks are tomorrow and Friday Writing Task is due on Monday You should have created a vocabulary.com account...see useful links on my teacher page to sign up

Puritan Review and "Huswifery"

Agenda: Warm-up: white board review of Puritanism Discussion: Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" "Huswifery" Analysis (see your half sheet from class for what to look for) Homework: Finish marking up "Huswifery" Review Puritan notes