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.