ESOL US History Week of December 16 - 20

Monday and Tuesday-Forrest Gump
Wednesday--Vietnam War Veterans guest speakers

Link for Domain 3 Kahoot

ESOL World Literature Week of December 16 - 20

Final exam on Friday morning.

Link to review for Things Fall Apart

Link to Kahoot for Final Exam Review

ESOL US History Week of December 2 - 6

EOC Prep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Link to GADOE Milestones Prep

ESOL American Lit Week of November 18 - 22

This week will be dedicated to EOC prep. The EOC begins on the Monday we get back from Thanksgiving break.

Link to GaDoe EOC prep materials

ESOL World Literature Week of November 18 - 22

We will continue to read Things Fall Apart and work on the Multi-genre Research Project

Link to Unit 2B Kahoot

ESOL US History Week of November 18 - 22

We will finish Domain 6 and start on EOC Prep this week. The Domain 6 test will be Friday.

Link to Article on Segregation

Link to Domain 6 Kahoot

ESOL Am Lit Week of November 11 - 15

We will spend this week finishing the "Does America Provide Access to the American Dream" essay and EOC practice.

Link to GaDOE AmLit Milestones Practice Packet

ESOL World Literature Week of November 11 - 15

We will continue to work on Things Fall Apart and the Multi-genre Research Project.

ESOL US History Week of November 11 - 15

We will be focusing on the domestic developments in the last half of the 20th century this week. We will cover the Civil Rights movement, the Women's Movement, etc. We will have an open-note quiz on Friday. Next week, we will combine some of the events since 2000 with some EOC prep. The Domain 6 Test will be Friday, November 22.

ESOL Am Lit Week of November 4 - 8

This week we will begin discussing the American Dream and Money, reading several pieces from Springboard. The body paragraphs for American Voices were due early last week and the body paragraph for immigrants were due this past Friday. Please get those in as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

Link to "Wealth Inequality in America"

ESOL World Lit Week of November 4 - 8

We will continue to read Things Fall Apart and work on the research project.

Link to audio of Things Fall Apart

ESOL US History Week of November 4 - 8

We will begin Domain 6 which covers the Cold War through now. We will begin with notes on Monday. This is our last unit, and once we are finished with it, we will do an extensive review before the EOC.

ESOL US History Week of October 28 - Nov 1

We will study WWII this week. The Domain test will be Friday, Nov. 1

Link to Domain 5 Kahoot

ESOL World Lit Week of October 28 - Nov 1

We will finish Persepolis on Monday. On Tuesday, we will go to the Computer Lab to begin working on the research paper. The test over Persepolis will be on Friday, November 1. We will also begin Unit 3 in Springboard this week. I'm posting a link to the Unit 1 Kahoot because several of you failed the Unit 1 test. I'm going to have those who failed it retake it on Wednesday. If you failed it before, the maximum grade is 80. If you are taking it for the first time (Alicia and Jaime) you can get full credit.

Link to Unit 1 Kahoot

Link to audio version of Things Fall Apart

Link to Commonlit Scramble for Africa

Link to Newsela Assignment

Link to White Man's Burden

ESOL American Lit Week of October 21 - 25

This week, we are focusing on whether America allows access to the American Dream for immigrants. We are focusing on immigrants who came through Ellis Island in the late 1800s and early 1900s. We will complete this section by writing a body paragraph for our essay.

ESOL US History Week of October 21 - 25

This week is all about the Great Depression. We took notes on the Great Depression, completed a fun simulation about the Depression, and watched America:Story of Us-Bust. We will have a quiz on Friday, and finish this unit next week by studying WWII.

Hitler's Rise to Power

ESOL World Lit Week of October 21 - 25

Link to 2B Kahoot

ESOL US History Week of October 14 - 18.

We will begin Domain 5 about World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II on Monday. This will be a three week unit, with quizzes on October 18 and October 25 and the Domain test on November 1.

ESOL World Lit Week of Oct 14 - 18

We will be in Computer Lab 146 on Monday and Tuesday to finish the Argument essay. We will learn about writing the Introductory and Concluding paragraphs as well. We will then continue with Persepolis and readings from Springboard.

Hook

Link to Hook Youtube Video

ESOL American Lit Week of Oct 14 - 18

We will continue to work on "The American Dream" Unit. I will be out on Thursday and Friday and will arrange for you to work on your collage assignment then.

ESOL US History Week of Oct 7 - 11

We will continue with Domain 4 and will test on Friday.

Link to Domain 4 Kahoot

ESOL World Literature Week of October 7 - 11

We will continue to read Persepolis until we complete it. We will start on Unit 2B, Argumentative writing. There are several Springboard readings for this. We will start the essay on Thursday in the Computer Lab.

Characterization Youtube

Counterclaim and Refutation Youtube

ESOL American Lit Week of Oct 7 - 11

We will finish Transcendentalism on Monday by reading Self-Reliance by Emerson. On Tuesday, we will begin Unit 1 from Springboard by unpacking the embedded assessment. This will be a three week unit.

ESOL US History Week of Sept 30 - Oct 4

We will begin Domain 4 on Monday. This is a 2 week unit, so plan for a quiz this Friday and the test on Friday, Oct 11.

ESOL World Lit Week of Sept 30 - Oct 4

We will finish Unit 2A on narrative this week. We will have a test on Unit 2A on Wednesday, and finish the cultural narratives you are writing this week. We will continue with Persepolis until we finish it.

Link to Unit 2A Kahoot

ESOL Am Lit Week of September 30 - October 4

We will finish our speeches on Monday, and start on a 2 week unit on Transcendentalism  as soon as all speeches are completed.

ESOL US History Week of September 16 - 20

We will complete Domain 3: Antebellum period through Resconstruction this week. We will begin with Reconstruction notes and end with a test on Friday.

Domain 3 Kahoot

ESOL World Literature Week of September 16 - 20

We will continue to work on Unit 2A this week, and work on the Cultural Narrative. We have discussed adding dialogue, and will discuss adding sensory language and figurative language.

ESOL American Lit Week of September 16 - 20

We will finish the Speech unit this week by focusing on writing the speeches. I gave everyone one resource to use for the topic you picked. You need to have the outline completed before you go to the Computer Lab Wednesday and Thursday to type the speech. We will also have a Touchstone that compares the Declaration of Independence and MLK's  "I Have a Dream" Speech. This touchstone will count as a grade.

Links to other articles you might use for your speeches

Cyberbullying

Gun control laws

Banning one-time use plastics

Separating families at border

ESOL US History Week of September 9 - 13

We will be learning about the American Civil War this week. We will finish the notes on the Civil War as well as working on several activities about the war. The quiz over the Civil War will be on Friday.

ESOL World Literature Week of September 9 - 13

We will continue reading selections from Springboard Unit 2A and the graphic novel, Persepolis. On Monday, we will be in the computer lab to work on your narratives. If I haven't gotten your Cultural Identity Essay yet, your grade is showing it. This week is the end of the grading period, so get the essays in ASAP. We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday over the Unit 2 narrative terms.

ESOL American Lit Week of September 9 - 13

We will continue working on Springboard Unit 2B: Speeches. We will continue to review rhetorical appeals and devices as we study famous speeches from US history. We will also unpack the embedded assessment so that you can begin planning your own speech.

George W. Bush 9-11 Speech

Video of Planes hitting towers

ESOL US History Week of September 3 = 6

We will begin Domain 3 on Tuesday with the Antebellum notes. There will be a quiz on Friday over the Antebellum notes.

ESOL World Literature Week of September 3 - 6

We will begin Unit 2 on Tuesday by learning some background information about Persepolis and beginning to read it. There will be Chapter questions for each chapter.

ESOL American Lit Week of September 3 - 6

We will finish with The Crucible Unit on Tuesday by taking the Act IV test and finishing Zootopia. There will be a Quickwrite comparing the "witchhunt" in Zootopia to the events in The Crucible.

We will begin the new Unit on Persuasive Speeches on Wednesday.

ESOL US History Week of August 26 - 30

We will finish Domain 2 on Friday with a test. On Monday, we will complete the Expansion notes. There is one more open book, open note quiz before the test on Friday. On Wednesday, after class, I will post the link to the review game.

Link to Domain 2 Review game

ESOL World Lit Week of August 26 - 30

We will finish Unit 1 this week. We only have 1 more reading to do from Springboard. We will be in the lab on Thursday to finish the Cultural Identity Essay and to work on the Name Piece. The Unit 1 test will be on Friday.

Link to Unit 1 Flipquiz

ESOL American Lit Week of August 26 - 30

We will finish The Crucible this week. During the week, we will have quizzes over Acts 2 - 4.

Link to How to Write a Hook

ESOL US History Week of August 19 - 23

We will begin Domain 2 on Monday. This will be a two week unit, with the quiz over the first half on Friday. Remember, if you are one of the new ones in my class, you will take the Domain 1 Test on Tuesday.

ESOL World Literature Week of August 19 - 23

We will continue in Unit 1 of Springboard this week. On Monday, we will begin to read "By Any Other Name." We talked about how the title is an allusion to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Link to Oh, the Places You'll Go

ESOL American Lit Week of August 19 - 23

We will continue reading and watching The Crucible this week. We have a narrative writing assignment due this week, based on Act 1. We will have the Summative quiz over Act 1 this week also.

Dialogue Instruction

ESOL US History Week of August 12 - 16

We will finish Domain 1 this week and have the Domain 1 Test on Friday. Monday, we will start on the Revolution notes. Later in the week, I will post the review game on this blog.

13 Colonies Review

Link for Flipquiz Game for Domain 1

ESOL World Literature Week of August 12 - 16

We will continue working on Unit 1 in Springboard this week. On Monday, each group needs to be ready to share out their thoughts on their question from the reading "Two Kinds." We will have a Vocabulary Quiz over the Unit 1 words on Wednesday.

ESOL American Lit Week of August 12 - 16

This week we will begin reading The Crucible and discussing Puritan literature. We will spend three weeks on this unit, which is Unit 2 in Springboard.

ESOL US History Week of August 5 - 9

We will be working on Domain 1, Colonization through the American Revolution, for two weeks. We will have a quiz on colonization on Friday, August 9 and the Domain test over the whole domain will be Friday, August 16. On Monday, we will begin the Colonization Cloze notes and continue working on the Colonization rotation project.

ESOL World Literature Week of August 5 - 9

This week, we will get started on Unit 1 in Springboard about cultural identity. We will unpack the embedded assessment and read selections from the Springboard textbook.

ESOL American Lit Week of August 5 - 9

We will be working on the Native American mini-unit. The summative assessment for this unit is an origin narrative. Throughout the week, we will be reading Native American origin myths and discussing symbolism, narrative form, and sensory language.

Link to Day and Night

Link to For the Birds

Symbolism Slides

ESOL US History Welcome Fall 2019

Welcome back to school! US History is a challenging class, but if you do your classwork and study for tests, you should do very well. We do have a class set of the textbooks this year that will stay in the classroom, but the great news is there is also digital access.

Link to Digital Textbook

ESOL World Lit May 13 - 17

Flipquiz for Final Part 1

ESOL US History Week of May 4 - 10

Monday is the last day to prepare for the EOC. Remember, if you want extra credit for the EOC prep packets, they need to be turned in by Monday afternoon. Also, USAtestprep has many, many!!!!! assignments you can do to prepare for the EOC. After the EOC, we will be watching movies that are related to US History. I will provide more opportunities to get extra credit relating to the movies. On Wednesday, May 15, my father and his friend will come to speak to us about the Vietnam War.

ESOL American Lit Week of May 6 - 10

We will continue reading Their Eyes Were Watching God  as well as beginning the movie. As long as people are using class time wisely to work on the multi-genre research project, I will give time in class. I will teach you about APA style as well.

ESOL World Literature Week of May 6 - 10

Monday we will have a regular class with a teacher and students again. Yay!! Be prepared to work. You will need to turn in the Independent Reading Tic-Tac-Toe from last week. We will work on Unit 4 from Springboard and I will give you another Tic-Tac-Toe for this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I will be proctoring the EOC for US History during 1st block, so you will again be without a teacher. Work on week 2 Tic-Tac-Toe. Thursday and Friday, we will begin discussing the final and continuing with excerpts from Unit 4.

ESOL US History Week of April 29 - May 3

We will be working on EOC prep until the EOC on May 7 and 8, which gives us 6 days. Each day, you will be responsible for a Study Guide. I will give extra credit for completed Study Guides, but only if you finish them before the EOC. I would suggest that you work in small groups and divide and conquer. I am fine with collaborative work, but not with one person doing all of the work and others copying.

USAtestprep has assignments for all domains now. Logon when you get a chance and practice.
Some of you haven't created accounts yet.
Go to usatestprep.com.   Create account   Account ID is always wheeler   the temporary password is newton74   It will prompt you to set up your own username and password. When you log back in, you'll have to join the class by first choosing Vivian Huntington as your teacher and then joining US History Spring 2019.

Domain 1 Flipquiz
Domain 2 Kahoot
Domain 3 Flipquiz
Domain 4 Flipquiz
Domain 5 Flipquiz

ESOL American Lit Week of April 29 - May 3

The EOC is Monday - Wednesday during 1st, 3rd, and 2nd Blocks. We will have D lunch at the end of the testing period. On Thursday and Friday, we will get started on the Harlem Renaissance Unit.

Link to an example of a multi-genre project

Link to audio of Their Eyes Were Watching God

ESOL World Lit Week of April 29 - May 3

I will be doing EOC proctoring during 1st block Monday - Wednesday. I will put a sign on my door telling you which room to go to. I know that Monday is room 2042. Work on the Independent Reading project I assigned. On Friday, the project for Week 1 is due. You will only have Monday - Wednesday to work on it in class, so I would advise working rather than playing.

ESOL US History Week of April 22 - 26

We will finish Domain 6 this week by discussing the 21st Century. The domain test is Friday, April 26

Flipquiz for Domain 6 Test

ESOL American Lit Week of April 22 - 26

We will be focusing on EOC prep this week. The EOC is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week. You will go to Computer Lab 2009 for 1st block those days. Be sure and let your 1st Block teachers know that you will miss those days.

GaDoe Milestones Study Guide

ESOL World Lit Week of April 22 - 26

The main objective this week is to complete the research paper. We will be in the computer lab on Thursday to type the paper.

Edgar Allan Poe-The Raven- Read by James Earl Jones

ESOL US History Week of April 15 - 19

We finished talking about the Cold War last week. This week, the focus will be on the Civil Rights movement and the time period between the 1970s and now. The test over Domain 6 is April 26

ESOL American Lit Week of April 15 - 19

We will continue with EOC prep and studying poems and stories from the 1800s and early 1900s, including Twain and Poe.

ESOL World Literature Week of April 15 - 19

We will focus on The Dominican Republic and Julia Alvarez this week as well as continuing with the research paper.

Interview With Julia Alvarez, 2009 F. Scott Fitzgerald Award Honoree

ESOL US History Week of March 25 - 29

This week is all about World War II which will complete Domain 5. We will have the test for Domain 5 on Friday. On Wednesday, I will post the review game to the blog.

Link to Review Game for Domain 5

ESOL American Lit Week of March 25 - 29

We will finish Unit 1 on the American Dream this week. Our reading this week will focus on immigration and the American Dream. We will be writing quite a bit this week: a body paragraph about immigration, a body paragraph about money, and completing the "American Dream"Essay on Thursday in Computer Lab 2009.

ESOL World Literature Week of March 25 - 29

We will start on Unit 3 this week, which is about cultures in conflict. We will read several short stories from different cultures around the world. We will start with the story "A Private Experience" by Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie from Nigeria. On Thursday, we will go to Computer Lab 2009 to complete the Argument Essay.

Link to "A Private Experience"

ESOL US History Week of March 18 - 22

We will discuss the "Between the Wars" period this week, including the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. We will also get started with World War II by the end of the week. The Domain 5 test will be Friday, March 29.

ESOL American Lit Week of March 18 - 22

We will continue with Springboard Unit 1 on the American Dream. We will continue reading from Springboard and analyzing how different pieces could be used in the Synthesizing Essay. We have this Thursday and next Thursday in the Computer Lab to complete the Synthesizing Essay.

Link to The New American Dream Ted-Talk

ESOL World Literature Week of March 18 - 22

This week we will finish Persepolis. We will be in the Computer Lab on Thursday to finish the Argument Essay. We will take the Unit 2B Test on Friday. I will link the review game to this post on Wednesday.

Link to 2B Flipquiz Game

ESOL US History Week of March 11 - 15

We are marching right along with the other US History classes. We will begin Domain 5, covering the time period of World War 1 through World War II. This will be a three week unit that will end the Friday before Spring Break. This is always one of the most interesting units, but of course, it is filled with a huge amount of information. There will be a quiz over World War I this Friday.

ESOL American Lit Week of March 11 - 15

We will begin our three week unit on the American Dream this week. We will begin the week by unpacking the Embedded Assessment which is a synthesizing essay about the question, Does America still provide access to the American Dream? We will have time to complete the essay in the computer lab. In this essay, it will be necessary for you to include evidence from several other readings that we will do in class from our Springboard books.

ESOL World Literature Week of March 11 - 15

This week, we will be concentrating on Unit 2B which is Argumentative Writing and on finishing Persepolis. On Thursday, we have time in the Computer Lab to begin your Argument Essays. We have a total of two days in the lab to complete them. The lessons this week will focus on writing an argument and on reading passages that demonstrate argument and persuasion.

ESOL US History Week of March 4 - 8

We will finish Domain 4 with a test on Friday. I will post the Review Game on the blog later this week.

Link to Domain 4 Review Game

ESOL American Lit Week of March 4 - 8

On Monday, you will present your argumentative speeches and we will begin the short, one week Transcendentalist Unit. On Wednesday, you will have an open-note quiz over the Transcendentalism cloze notes you took on Tuesday.

Link to Ted-Ed talk about meaning

ESOL World Literature Week of March 4 - 8

We will continue reading Persepolis and begin on Unit 2B. The focus of 2B is argument, so we will be focusing on rhetorical appeals and devices and the Embedded Assessment is an Argumentative Essay.

Link to PPT for Rhetorical Appeals

Link to Unit 2A test review

Link to Unit 2A Test Review Game mode

ESOL US History Week of February 25 - March 1

We will begin Domain 4: The Gilded Age and Industrial Growth on Monday. This unit covers the end of the 1800s and the early 1900s. We will start with Cloze notes on Monday. The test over Domain 4 will be Friday, March 8.

Gilded Age Webquest

Link to Political cartoong

ESOL American Literature Week of February 25 - March 1

We have two goals for the week: completing the Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" Rhetorical Analysis project and writing the persuasive speech. On Tuesday, we will be in the computer lab to work on the speech. Remember to follow the outline template in writing your speech.

ESOL World Literature Week of February 25 - March 1

We will be finishing Unit 2A on the Narrative and continuing with Persepolis. On Tuesday, we will go to the computer lab to work on the personal narrative. On Friday, we will have the Unit 2A test.

Link to Plot Diagram of Cinderella

ESOL US History Week of February 11 - 15

We will be finishing Domain 3 this week. We will be focusing mostly on Reconstruction after the Civil War. The test for Domain 3 will be Friday. I will post the review game near the end of the week.

Link to Civil War Kahoot

Link to Domain 3 Test

ESOL American Lit Week of February 11 - 15

We will be working on Speeches this week. On Monday, we will go to the Computer lab to work on a Webquest for Researching.

Link to Webquest

Link to ProCon

ESOL World Literature Week of February 11 - 15

We will start the week by going to the Computer Lab on Monday and finishing the Name Piece. The rest of the week, we will focus on Persepolis and readings from Springboard. We will have a vocab test on Thursday.

ESOL US History Week of February 4 - 8

Link to Unit 2 Kahoot

After the test on Monday, we will get started on Domain 3. It looks like we will still have class Tuesday and Wednesday after Access Testing, so we will continue working on Domain 3 the rest of the week.

ESOL American Lit Week of February 4 - 8

On Monday, we will review for the Crucible test on Friday. I will post the review game to my blog after we play it on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday are Access testing. On Thursday, we will start on Unit 2 part B in the Springboard book.

Link to Review game for The Crucible

ESOL World Literature January 28- February 8

Link to Unit 1 Test Review Game

After the test on Monday, we will go to the computer lab and work on your Name Pieces. Tuesday and Wednesday are Access Testing. On Thursday, we will start on Persepolis and Unit 2 in Springboard.

ESOL US History Week of January 22 - 25

This week we will learn about the new nation after the Revolutionary War was over. We will have a quiz on Friday.

New Nation Kahoot

ESOL American Lit Week of January 22 - 25

Origin/Creation Narrative myths are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday. We will begin reading Act 1 of The Crucible. We have two weeks to complete The Crucible.

ESOL World Literature Week of January 22 - 25

On Tuesday, we will go to the Media Center Computer lab to work on the Cultural Identity Essays. We will continue to read from Springboard and will have a Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.

ESOL US History Week of January 14 - 18

We will finish Domain 1 this Friday with a test over Domain 1.

Link to Domain 1 Test Review Game

ESOL American Lit Week of January 14 - 18

We will complete our Native American mini-unit on Friday of this week. The unit will culminate with you writing your own Creation/Origin Narrative.

Link to Youtube The Owl Moon

MLA Formatting

ESOL World Literature Week of January 14 - 18

This week, we will continue to discuss cultural identity and read several passages from Springboard. We are working towards our reflective essay on cultural identity.

US History Week of January 7 - 11

Link to ESOL Subject Glossaries

Colonization Kahoot