American Literature Week of December 12 - 15

We will finish the Unit on the Harlem Renaissance and work on the research project that is your final exam.

Link to Hurston Video

World Literature Week of December 12 - 15

We will finish the Research Paper by Friday and read as much as possible of The House on Mango Street. On Friday and Monday, we will review for the cumulative final exam.
Hispanic culture paragraph from google drive

Link to Final Review part 1

Link to Final Exam Review part 2

World History Week of December 12 - 15

The Unit 11 Packet is due Thursday, December 14. On Friday and Monday we will review for the cumulative final exam.

Link to Zora Neal Hurston documentary

Final Part 1

Final Part 2

American Literature Week of December 4 - 8

EOC Testing Monday and Tuesday. We began the movie Their Eyes were Watching God on Tuesday and will finish on Wednesday. We will continue to discuss the Harlem Renaissance and I will assign the final mini-project.

World Literature Week of December 4 - 8

We are writing our research papers and finishing The House on Mango Street. Since we lost both Monday and Tuesday of this week to EOC testing, I will extend the deadline for the research paper to next Wednesday.

Body Paragraph 1 of Hispanic culture research paper

Purdue Owl

World History Week of Dec 4 - 8

We are continuing Unit 10 and will test on Thursday. I will post the Kahoot and the Flipquiz Wednesday after class. On Friday, we will begin Unit 11.

Flipquiz for Unit 10

Link to Kahoot for Unit 10

ESOL American Lit Week of November 13 - 17

Only one more week before the Thanksgiving break. We will finish Transcendentalism and discuss narrative writing this week. We will also work on EOC preparation. The EOC has been moved to December 4 and 5, and there is an EOC Blitz that will help prepare you for it on Saturday, December 2 from 9am to 11am.

ESOL World Literature Week of November 13 - 17

We will continue with The House on Mango Street and researching skills. On Monday, we will go to the media center for a murder mystery research activity. The rest of the week, we will work on research and research writing skills. Remember your Mango Street projects are due on Dec 1.

ESOL World History Week of November 13 - 17

Only one more week before the Thanksgiving break. We will complete Unit 9 (Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, WWI) this week and test on Friday. I will add the link to the Review game later in the week.UNIT 9 GAME

ESOL American Literature Week of November 6 - 10

Your speeches are due on Monday. Monday is the day set aside to presenting your speeches to the class. You will get 2 grades for your speeches--one for Speaking and Listening and one for Writing Summative. Remember no school on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will start our new unit on Transcendentalism and also on EOC preparation.

ESOL World Literature Week of November 6 - 10

Your Argumentative Essays are due on Monday. I will help with formatting issues before you print your final papers. We will begin the next Unit and focus on The House on Mango Street after that. We will do a research project in addition to the rest of the Mango Street project.

Link to Flipquiz on Persepolis

ESOL World History Week of November 6 - 10

Remember that there is no school on Tuesday. On Monday, we will finish Unit 8 and review for the test, and start Unit 9. Wednesday will be the test on Unit 8 and then time to do the Word Wall Words. I will post the link to the review Kahoot soon.

Link to Unit 8 part 2 test review

ESOL American Literature Week of October 30 - November 3

We are working on our Embedded Assessment for Unit 2 which is an argumentative 2-3 minute speech. You will give your speeches on Monday, November 6.

ESOL World Literature Week of October 30 - November 3

On Friday, we will have a Unit 2 summative test mostly over the graphic novel, Persepolis, which we finished reading early this week. I will post a link to a review here. Also, we are working on the argumentative essay, which is due Monday.

ESOL World History Week of October 30 - November 3

We are working on Unit 8, Revolutions around the World, this week. We had a 10 question Part 1 test on Monday and will take the rest of the test on Monday.

ESOL American Literature Week of October 23 - 27

Our main focus will be on preparing for our speeches, due November 2. We will look at some speeches in our textbook, as well as covering rhetorical appeals and techniques. We will have a summative test over The Crucible on Friday, October 27.

Link to Pro/Con Gun Control

Link to Pro/Con on Gun Control
Link to Border Wall Pro/Con

Link to Kneeling for Anthem Pro/Con

Link to Pro/Con website

ESOL World Literature Week of October 23 - 27

This week we will complete Persepolis. As usual, we will have a vocabulary quiz on Monday, and a common formative assessment on Tuesday. We are focusing on preparing for the Argumentative Essay that will be due on November 2. I need everyone to turn in their T-charts on Monday. Remember that one piece of your Mango Street project is due Friday, October 27.

Link to Pro/Con

ESOL World History Week of October 23 - 27

We started Unit 7 on Asia, which is a mini-unit. The summative grade will be a combination of a final quiz and the group project that we started on Friday. You will have part of class Monday and Tuesday to work on the projects and present them. The quiz will be Wednesday, and then we will start on Unit 8, which is a super-unit that covers a whole lot of information. I will continue to post helpful links to this blog.



Link to Video about Enlightenment

ESOL American Literature Week of October 16 - 20

We will focus on finishing The Crucible and Unit 2 for the next two weeks in preparation for writing and giving a speech. I will hand back your Unit 2 Embedded Assessment Synthesis papers on October 16, and we will discuss some of the skills we need to work on for the next writing assignment. We will have an Act 1 Quiz on Monday. We reviewed for it pretty extensively on Friday.

Remember that from now on, class will begin with ten minutes of independent reading. Get your books from the drawer and be ready to read when the bell rings.

Link to Chart about Rhetorical Appeals

ESOL World Literature Week of October 16 - 20

I had previously announced that the Mango Street project would be due on October 27. Because we have not read much of the novel, I am going to have the October 27 date be the due date for only one piece of the project. There are 3 assignments you must do, so I'll leave it up to you to decide which one to turn in first. The other 2 assignments will be due at the end of November, when we will have read more of the novel.

We will be focusing on finishing Persepolis and writing an argument in the next two weeks. Monday, October 16 will be the weekly vocabulary quiz.

World History Week of October 16 - 20

The test that was going to be Tuesday will now be Wednesday. We will do some extension activities on Monday and review on Tuesday. After the test on Wednesday, I will give you the new Word Wall words for Unit 7. The remainder of the week will be on introductory material (notes, activities) for Unit 7. I will be posting the review game for the Unit 6 test on Monday.

Link to Unit 6 Review game

American Literature Week of October 9 - 13

We will continue to read The Crucible as well as watching the movie version of it as we go. We will have quizzes over Acts 1 and 3. We will also discuss rhetorical devices in preparation for our Embedded Assessment for Unit 2 which is giving a persuasive speech. I will continue to post links to power points, etc. as the week progresses.

Link to Conflict Video

World Literature Week of October 9 - 13

The Vocab quiz will be tomorrow, October 9. We will continue reading Persepolis and The House on Mango Street. We will meet on Wednesday after the PSAT/PACT testing, but we will not meet Thursday because of early release. Remember to work on the Mango Street project.

Link to Film clip about Iranian Revolution  Argo

Link to Persepolis Trailer

World History Week of October 9 - 13

We started on Unit 6, The Americas and Exploration, on Wednesday. We will have the test on either Friday the 13th or on Tuesday, October 17. This week will be a little crazy. On Wednesday, we will not meet because of PSAT and PACT. Thursday is early release, so we will have class during 2nd block. Throughout the week, I will post links to activities and the Review game for the test.

ESOL American Literature Week of October 2 - 6

Welcome back from Fall break! I hope it was great.

We will be starting on Unit 2 in the textbook. The theme is persuasion and the text we will be studying is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It is a play about the Salem Witch Trials in 1692, but it is also about McCarthyism in the 1950's. I just visited Salem on Saturday, so I learned all about the history of the event. We will begin by studying some Puritan primary documents to understand the religious beliefs that led to the witch trials.

Full text for Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Characterization PPT

ESOL World Literature Week of October 2 - 6

I hope everyone had a great break!

We will continue reading both Persepolis and The House on Mango Street this week. Remember to get started on your Mango Street Project. I will assign new Vocabulary words on Monday, and the quiz will be next Monday.

ESOL World History Week of October 2 - 6

I hope you all had a great break and are ready to work!

This week, we will study the second half of Unit 5--the Reformation. We will have a test over this material and average the grades from part 1 and part 2 for the final test grade. I will continue to add links to this blog as the week progresses, including a link to the study game when we get closer to the test. I will let you know the date of the test as soon as get it from the other World History teachers.

The Part 2 test will be on Wednesday, Oct. 4

Link to Flipquiz for Unit 5

Only the last 2 categories, Reformation 1 and Reformation 2, will be on this test.

For anyone who needs to make up Medieval vs. Renaissance
Link to Medieval vs. Renaissance

Early America Notes PPT

ESOL American Literature Week of September 18 - 22

Be prepared to work hard on the Summative Essay this week. It is due on Friday. We will continue to read from the Springboard textbook and work on the essay piece by piece this week. We will finish Unit 1 on Friday, and start Unit 2 when you come back from the Fall Break.

Link to website about argumentative essay

Link to Perdue Owl in text citations

How to cite the Declaration of Independence

Embedded Quotations

Passcode for Springboard--XRGUWM

To get started with Springboard, go to cobbga.springboardonline.org

ESOL World Literature Week of September 18 - 22

We just began Unit 2 in the Springboard textbook and will continue to work through it. The vocabulary test will be on Tuesday this week. We will also really dive into The House on Mango Street. 

ESOL World History Week of September 18 - 22

Great job on the Unit 4 test. If you didn't turn in the Unit 5 Word Wall words on Friday, make sure you do it on Monday. Everyone turned them in for Unit 4, so this seems to be a success. We will be talking about the Reformation and the Renaissance for Unit 5. Since we lost 2 days last week, I'm not sure how we will alter the schedule. I'll keep you posted about the timeline after the World History teachers meet on Tuesday.

We will have the Part 1 test over just the Renaissance and Humanism on Friday, Sept. 22. It will be 20 questions. The Kahoot also covers the Reformation. The Flipquiz only covers whats on Unit 5 Part 1 Test

Link to Renaissance PPT

Link to Review Kahoot

Link to Flipquiz for Unit 5 test part 1

ESOL World Literature (10th Grade Literature) Week of September 11 - 15

The student who kept insisting that we would get time off for the hurricane was right. We have Monday and Tuesday off, which changes the dates of assignments and quizzes. The Vocab 2 quiz will be Wednesday instead of Monday. We will begin Unit 2 on the persuasive argument on Wednesday as well. I found a great internet game that teaches about the persuasive argument. Here is the code to enter the game.

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Link to site to play the Last readers

When you get there, sign up as a student.

ESOL American Literature (11th Grade Lit) Week of Sept 11 - 15

So we get Monday and Tuesday off for Hurricane Irma. That, of course, will change all of the dates that we had planned. We still need to finish EA#2, the Synthesis Essay, before our September break. When you come back to school on Wednesday, we will do an activity from the Springboard textbook on the Declaration of Independence. There is a common formative assessment, in the form of a quiz, associated with this activity. We will also continue to learn about writing an argumentative essay.

I found a great game that teaches about creating an argument. The code to enter the game is

2HF1BN
Link to site to play The Last Readers

When you get there, sign up as a student.

ESOL World History Week of September 11 - 15

Since we have Monday and Tuesday off, our test will no longer be on Wednesday; it will now be on Friday, September 15. I have already included the link to the Review Kahoot. We will finish and review Unit 4 on Wednesday and Thursday. Good work on your 100 Years' War posters.






Kahoot for Unit 4 Review

American Literature (11th Lit) Week of September 5 - 8

The Definition of an American essay is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday. Several of you did not turn in the "Pink Houses" Annotation, and since it was the only grade in Speaking/Listening, it dropped your grades considerably. Turn those in for credit. We will continue to work through Unit 1, by focusing on the Declaration of Independence, and reading other writings that focus on the American Dream. We will finish "The Great Gatsby" movie this week and complete some quickwrites about how it speaks to the idea of the American Dream.

Claim and Counterclaim

ESOL World Literature (10th Lit) Week of September 5 - 8

This short week will be a busy week. Tuesday is the Vocab Quiz for the Vocabulary Football League competition. Wednesday will be the Unit 1 Summative Assessment, and we will complete the collaborative writing assignment by Friday. Also, this is the end of the first grading period, so be prepared to receive progress reports next week.

ESOL World History Week of September 5 - 8

We took the Unit 3 test on Friday, and many of you did very well on it. The key to success seems to be paying attention during the reviews and playing the games posted on my blog. We started Unit 4, The Middle Ages, on Thursday. Be sure and turn in your Word Wall words on Tuesday. This will be the Mining the Standards activity for this unit.

PPT for Feudalism and the Rise of the Church

ESOL American Literature (11th Lit) Week of August 28 - Sept 1

We are working toward writing the Embedded Assessment #1 essay, Defining an American. We will begin this early in the week and will complete it before the end of the week. Remember to include in your essay the four ways to define an intangible term: function, negation, exemplification, and classification.

ESOL World Literature (10th Lit) Week of August 28 - September 1

We are working toward completing Embedded Assessment #2 for Unit 1 early next week. Keep in mind that the activities and readings that we are working on are to help you with that assessment. We are also going to start a Fantasy Football Vocabulary competition with the other 10th Lit classes theis week. We will form teams on Monday.
Last week, we learned about allusion, colons, semi-colons, and dashes. We also talked about the introductory paragraph of an essay including the hook, background information, introducing your specific topic, and the thesis statement.

World History Week of August 28 - September 1

We will finish Unit 3 on the Byzantine Empire, Mongol Empire, Islam, and Africa this week. As of now, the test is planned for Thursday, August 31. We still have to take notes on Africa, and we have a few other learning activities as well. I will post the link for the Review Game by Tuesday.

Islam Learning Stations

Unit 3 Review Game

American Literature Week of August 21 - 25

We are soon approaching Embedded Assessment #1, the definition essay which will be due Monday, August 28. We will be learning some specific writing skills such as proper MLA formatting, the hook, the thesis statement, and the SOAPSTone method of organizing. We will continue to work in Unit 1 in the Springboard textbook in preparation for this assessment.

World Literature Week of August 21 - 25

We will be working on specific writing skills such as proper MLA formatting, the hook, and the thesis statement. We will continue to work on Unit 1 from the textbook to prepare for Embedded Assessment #2, the synthesis essay.

World History Week of August 21 - 25

We start Unit 3 this week. Monday was basically a free day since 0 students showed up. Hope you all enjoyed the eclipse. Tuesday we began the unit by assigning Mining the Standards to groups. On Wednesday, we will write definitions from the other groups and complete notes on Byzantium, Russia, and the Mongols. We will continue for the rest of the week  with notes and activities related to the unit.

ESOL American Lit (11th Lit)

We will continue talking about the American Dream in preparation to complete Embedded Assessment #1, the extended definition of the American Dream. On Wednesday, we will take the first Touchstone test on I-Respond.

ESOL World Lit (10th Lit) Week of August 14 - 18

We will continue to learn about Culture in preparation to complete Embedded Assessment #1 on Wednesday. You will also get access to the online version of the book this week.

World History Week of August 14 - 18

We will continue to study Ancient Greece and Rome, with a final test on Friday. On Monday, we will complete the Frayer Model project before jumping into learning more about Greek philosophers. I will add the link to the review game on Wednesday.

Unit 2 Review Game

ESOL American Literature (11th Lit) Week of August 7 - 11

Welcome back to Wheeler High School. It was great to see all of you last week. We worked on an introductory unit that involved a business style letter of introduction, annotation, and imagery. On Friday, we jumped into the new Springboard textbook by completing Exercise 1.1.

This week we will continue to  move forward in the textbook as we prepare to write the definition essay about the American Dream.

ESOL World Literature (10th Lit) Week of August 7 - 11

Welcome back to Wheeler High School. Last week, we worked on an introductory unit that focused on annotation and archetypes, specifically focusing on the hero's journey.

We will begin the first unit in the textbook on Culture this week. The first Assessment for this unit will be August 16.

ESOL World History Week of August 7 - 11, 2017

Welcome back to Wheeler High School. We jumped into our first unit last week and the first test is Tuesday, August 8. Study notes and be familiar with Mining the Standards terms and questions. Here is a link to a review game that will help you study. Remember that Mining the Standards is due Tuesday.
Unit ! Review Game

After the test, you will get the Unit 2 Mining the Standards. We will work on Unit 2 for the rest of the week.

World History Ted-Ed

Ted Ed The Atlantic Slave Trade

World History May 15 - 24

It's almost over! We're reviewing for the final in the last few days.

Flipquiz Final A

Flipquiz Final B

World History Week of May 8 - 12

We will finish Unit 10 and test on Thursday. We will cover the material in Unit 11 and review for the Final Exam for the rest of the semester. I'm not sure when the SLO will be, but it will be in the next two weeks. On May 17th, my father, John Overcash, will come to talk to us about the Vietnam War.

Flipquiz WWII

Kahoot for WWII

World Literature Week of May 8 - 12

On Monday, we will finish watching the two movies we started and begin an essay about To Kill a Mockingbird. We will finish reading The House on Mango Street this week and write a Literary Analysis essay.

PPT for Writing an Essay

World History Week of May 1 - 5

The test over Unit 9 is Tuesday, May 2. I will post the Kahoot and the Flipquiz for it after class on Monday. We will quickly get started on Unit 10 and plan to test Tuesday or Wednesday of the next week. Sorry for the crunch, but all of the World History classes are experiencing this. I'm proud of the way you are meeting the challenge.

Unit 9 Flipquiz

Unit 9 Kahoot

World Literature Week of May 1 - 5

We will continue to read Mango Street until we finish it. We will have a short unit on Chinese Literature that we will start this week. We will learn about writing a literary analysis essay  that will be due after we finish Mango Street.

World History Week of April 24 - 28

This week, we will begin Unit 9 on Industrialization, Imperialism, and World War I. This will be a fast unit, and I will announce the test date as soon as I have it from the group of World History teachers.

World Literature Week of April 24 - 28

On Tuesday, we will have the test on Indian Literature. We will continue to read from Mango Street and begin learning about literary analysis. This will culminate in a five paragraph essay on Mango Street. The vocab test will be Friday, so we will also review for that.
Chinese Literature PPT

World History Week of April 17 - 21

We will finish Unit 8 on the Revolutions with a test on Friday, April 21. During the week, we will finish notes for the unit and review. I will post the link to the review game after we have played it on Thursday.
Unit 8 Kahoot 1

Unit 8 Kahoot 2

World Literature Week of April 17 - 21

We will finish the unit on Indian Literature this week and have a quiz on Friday. We will continue to read and analyze The House on Mango Street and have presentations of Mango Street projects.Link for Indian Literature Test Review Kahoot

World History Week of March 27 - 31

We will begin our new unit on Asia and the Muslim Empires on Monday, but the test over Unit 6 (the unit we just finished) will be Tuesday. This next unit will not have a unit test. There will be a project that will be due Friday, and we will have a quiz rather than a test.

World Literature Week of March 27 - 31

This is a big week. We will have the Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, the Unit 1B test on Tuesday, and the Mango Street Project is due Friday. Other than that, we will continue in the Mango Street book and begin the next unit in the textbook.

Unit 1B Kahoot

World History Week of March 20 - 24

This week is a one week unit on Exploration and the Americas. I will be out Monday, and I've left work for you to do. On Tuesday, we will have the notes over the unit, and the test will be Friday. I'll add the link for the review game after we've played it once.

Unit 6 Flipquiz

World Literature Week of March 20 - 24

I will be out on Monday, but I've left plenty of work for you to do. Complete the Vocab exercises and read and complete work on the story, Sundiata. We will continue to work on Mango Street and Wisdom Literature. Our Vocab Quiz will be Friday, and our unit test over Wisdom Literature will be Tuesday, March 28.

World History Week of March 13 - 17

We will continue to work on Unit 5 - The Renaissance. After my meeting on Wednesday, I will tell you when the test will be. After we play the review game, I will post the link to the blog.
Unit 5 Kahoot

Reformation Map

World Literature Week of March 13 - 17

We will continue to work on Wisdom Literature. The formative assessment over Rumi (5 questions) will be on Friday. The summative assessment on Unit 1B will be next week, probably mid week. Keep working on the Mango Street Project, and we will continue to read and add to the Figurative Language Journal. A new Vocab list will be handed out on Monday, with the Vocab quiz on Friday, March 24.

World History Week of March 6 - 10

As previously announced, the test on Unit 4 will be Tuesday, March 7. On Monday, we will do review activities, including a Kahoot game. I will post the link to the game on the blog after we play the game in class. Starting Wednesday, we will begin Unit 5 on the Renaissance. Several of you still haven't turned in the Mining the Standards from Unit 3.

Unit 4 Kahoot

Renaissance Webquest

World Literature Week of March 6 - 10

We will continue with the unit on Wisdom Literature this week as well as reading vignettes from The House on Mango Street. The Mango Street project has been assigned and is due on March 30. If you are absent, remember to ask a classmate about the Figurative Language journal. The Vocabulary Quiz is on Friday, March 10. We will continue to work on Vocab games to review for it.

World History Week of February 27 - March 3

Welcome back from the Winter Break. We will start on Unit 4, the Middle Ages in Europe, on Monday. We will have a reading guide for chapters 13 and 14 rather than a Mining the Standards assignment for this unit. There are also some other mini projects for this unit. We will finish the Mongol DBQ on Monday and give some time for presenting the Constantinople projects as well.

World Literature Week of February 27 - March 3

Welcome back from Winter Break. I hope you all relaxed and had a great time. We will be starting on a unit called Wisdom Literature in World Literature. We will continue reading The House on Mango Street as well. I will assign the Mango Street Project on Monday, which will be due at the end of March. We will also continue to work on various grammar topics and argumentative writing.

World Literature Week of February 13 - 17

We will read The Book of Ruth from the Old Testament of the Bible and read more from The House on Mango Street. The end of the grading period is Thursday, so work on and turn in any missing work.

World History Week of Feb 13 - 17

We will finish Unit 3 and test on Friday. Remember that your Constantinople projects are due on Friday also. The end of the grading period is Thursday, so get any missing work to me ASAP.

Unit 3 Flipquiz

World History Week of February 6 - 10

We finished Unit 2 on Friday, and I was really pleased with the grades. No one failed! What a huge improvement from Unit 1. We will start on Unit 3 The Rise of Islam on Monday. If you have not turned in your Mining the Standards from Units 1 or 2, it is really hurting your grade. Also, I only received the Roman Republic and Roman Empire Reading Guide from one person last week. Please get it in ASAP.

Link to Survey

World Literature Week of February 6 - 10

Access testing is over! We lost 3 days to Access testing, so we need to jump  back in on Monday. We will definitely be starting The House on Mango Street this week. We will finish up with Gilgamesh, and read about the flood story from the Old Testament of the Bible and compare the two accounts. We will have a vocab test on Friday. Also, we will write our Biopoem this week. Anyone who hasn't turned in their Logo Piece needs to do that. It is a major assignment.

World History Jan 30 - Feb 3

This week is Access testing, but it shouldn't affect our class because none of you are scheduled to take it during 2nd Block. We will be studying the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire (yes, they are different) this week and the unit test over Ancient Greece and Rome will be Friday. Many of you did great on the mid-unit benchmark. Several 100's. Great job for those who studied.

Link for Unit 2 Flipquiz

World Literature Week of January 30 - February 3

Well, Access testing is upon us this week. Especially for World Literature, the testing is going to require some flexibility. On the days we have class, we will work on Gilgamesh, vocabulary, and grammar, but on the days of Access testing, when I am proctoring tests, you will work on learning about Sandra Cisneros, the author of The House on Mango Street, and begin familiarizing yourself with figurative language in preparation for reading the book.

I was very proud of you for sharing your Logo Pieces on Friday. Bravo! I learned so much more about each of you.

World History Week of January 23 - 27

We had our first unit test on Thursday. Hopefully, you were able to get an idea of what to expect for next time. I would suggest that you pay attention during our review games and be prepared to study. On Friday, I gave you a graphic organizer chart for River Valley Civilizations that will count up to 10 points toward your Unit 1 test grade and counts as a daily formative assignment. Please use this opportunity to improve your grade. We will begin the notes and activities for Unit 2, Greece and Rome, on Monday.

World Literature Week of January 23 - 27

We had our first Vocab Quiz on Thursday. Scores were very good. Good job. This week, we will learn about important literary terms, finish Gilgamesh, and work on vocabulary and grammar. Remember that your Logo Pieces are due Friday. I will give some time for you to work on them in class, but you will probably need to work on it at home as well.

World History Week of January 17 - 20

I hope you gave some thought to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the weekend. We will read an excerpt from his "I Have a Dream" Speech and write about it. On Tuesday, we will take the SLO in the computer lab. If there is time left, we will review for the test, which was going to be Wednesday, but will now be Thursday because of the SLO. We will do some review on Wednesday, but will also go ahead and start Unit 2 on the Greeks and Romans.

Flipquiz Review

World Literature Week of January 17 - 20

I hope you all reflected on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the weekend. We will read part of the "I Have a Dream" speech this week and write about it. Because of the snow days last week, we did not have the SLO pre-test. We will do that on Wednesday. We will continue reading and analyzing Gilgamesh, working on sentence fragments and run-on sentences, and vocabulary. Remember that there is a vocab quiz on Wednesday. We will also get started reading The House on Mango Street.

World History Week of January 9 - 13

Welcome to World History. As I said in class, this class is going to move fast. We have to cover the history of the world in one semester. There are 11 units, so tests will come every week and a half to every two weeks. We will also have some projects that will count as test  grades. We began Unit 1 with the Mining the Standards and the Mesopotamia and Egypt Cloze notes. Also in this unit is the study of ancient India and China. The test is scheduled for Friday, January 13.

Important Links

Mesopotamia and Egypt PPT

Mesopotamia and Egypt Cloze Notes

Ancient India and China PPT

Ancient India and China Cloze Notes

World Literature Week of January 9 - 13

Welcome to 2017 and World Literature! This course includes literature from around the world from all time periods. We will start this week with the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is one of the first known epics. We will also take the SLO pre-test, and get started on a pre-test for the class. (I know, too much testing--I'm with you completely.) Typically, our class periods will be a mixture of reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Language Arts covers a lot of ground.

These are the Learning Questions we will cover this week.
- The historical and cultural context for the literature we will read from this time period.
- The types, elements, and conventions of an epic - How to analyze an epic for the archetype of the hero’s quest
-What is the function and use of the archetypal setting in ancient literature?

Important Links
Gilgamesh Study Questions

Gilgamesh Study Question discussions