ESOL American Literature Week of October 29 - November 2

We will listen to speeches and complete a quick unit on Edgar Allan Poe in honor of Halloween this week. You received two activities from the Poe unit on Thursday and Friday of last week which will be due on Wednesday.

ESOL World Literature Week of October 29 - November 2

We will focus on the Argumentative Essay this week while reading a few pieces from the Springboard book. I will post links as necessary.

Link to Evidence Activity

ESOL US History Week of October 29 - November 2

We will begin Domain 6 on Monday. This is our last domain and the one we will spend the most time on. We will start with notes as usual. The quiz on the 50's will be Friday.

ESOL American Literature Week of October 22 - 26

Our main focus this week is writing and presenting the Argumentative speeches. You must have your outline completed by Wednesday, so that you can type it when you go to the computer lab. Again, Wednesday is not for composing your speech; it is for typing your speech. Remember that use of rhetorical devices will be a big part of your grade for this project. We will begin the presentations on Thursday, and will take 45 minutes of class on Thursday and Friday to hear speeches. Next week, we will have a short unit on Edgar Allan Poe in honor of Halloween.

Link to Claim, Counterclaim and Rebuttal Powerpoint

ESOL World Literature Week of October 22 - 26

We will finish Persepolis this week, and the test over Unit 2A (Cultural Narrative) will be Wednesday. I know I announced that it would be Tuesday, but it has not been completed by the collaborative team of 10th Lit teachers yet. As soon as the test is finalized, I will post a review game on this blog post.

We will continue to work on our argument essay about preteens and social media as well.

Link to Claims, Counterclaims, and Rebuttals


Go to newsela.com/quickjoin/#/66BU3G
Read the three articles from Newsela and fill in the Graphic Organizer for 3 of the sources. Then go to the following link and choose 1 more article to analyze in the graphic organizer.


Link to Argument Webquest

Link to Newsela

Link to Unit 2A Test Review

ESOL US History Week of October 22 - 26

We will be learning about World War II this week, with the final test over Domain 5 on Friday. As always, we will start with notes over WWII and then move into activities to deepen your understanding. I will check your notebooks for Domain 5 immediately following the test on Friday. Please have them ready for me before you come to class on Friday. Remember to study your quizzes for WWI and Between the Wars, as these questions will be on the test. I will post the review game by Wednesday evening.

Link to Questions about Holocaust

Link to Domain 4 Big Biz Organizer (for those who are missing it)

Link to Domain 5 Test

ESOL American Lit Week of October 15 - 19

We will focus on the writing process for your argumentative speeches this week. We will also talk about elements of a good speech. You need to have a written draft of your speech ready by October 23, when we will go to the computer lab to type them.

ESOL World Literature Week of October 15 - 19

We will finish Persepolis this week and have a test over it early next week. We will begin to learn about argumentative writing and rhetorical devices to prepare to write an argumentative essay.

ESOL US History Week of October 15 - 19

We will be studying the years between World War I and World War II this week, and will have a quiz on Friday over the material. We will start on Monday with notes and watching America:Story of Us-Cities.

ESOL American Lit Week of October 8 - 12

We are still working on the second half of Unit 2 which focuses on speeches. Last Friday, I introduced you to the ProCon website and students who were present chose  topics for their speeches. The written portion of your speech is due Monday, October 22 so that you can give the speeches in class throughout that week.

Link to ProCon

Link to I Have A Dream Speech

ESOL World Literature Week of October 8 - 12

We will continue to read and discuss Persepolis as well as some readings from the Springboard book. The next Embedded Assessment is writing an Argumentative Essay. As a class, we will examine the effects, positive and negative, of Social Media on teens.

Link to ProCon Social Media

ESOL US History Week of October 8 - 12

We will begin working on Domain 5 today. This is a long, but very interesting domain which includes World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. As usual, we will begin with notes and move on to individual and group activities from there.

Link to Life in a Trench (WWI)

WWI in Photos

CNN Fast Facts about WWI

Footage from WWI

Battle of Somme

Scene from War Horse

Treaty of Versailles History Channel

ESOL American Literature Week of October 1 - 5

We talked about modern-day witch-hunts and did a quickwrite about them on Monday. We also learned about rhetorical appeals. On Tuesday, we saw a Ted-talk about procrastination and analyzed the Ted-Talk for rhetorical appeals. We also discussed the Gettysburg Address which we will have a quiz over on Wednesday. The rest of the week, we will continue to work through Unit 2 of Springboard and prepare to give speeches next week.

ESOL World Literature Week of Oct 1 - 5

We will continue to read from Persepolis. We had a Common Formative Assessment on a CommonLit Article on Tuesday. We learned about participles and will continue to work on those. Narratives were due on Tuesday.

ESOL US History Week of October 1 - 5

We will finish Domain 4 and take the test on Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will finish the unit and review for the test.

Link to Flipquiz