ESOL US History Week of April 27 - May 1

I posted a new assignment on Google Classroom called Civil Rights Graphic Organizer that is due April 30.

ESOL World Lit Week of April 27 - May 1

Keep reading Part-time Indian and answering questions.

ESOL AmLit Week of April 27 - May 1

There is an assignment called Quotes from Thoreau on Google Classroom due April 30.

ESOL US History Week of April 20 - 24

I uploaded a quiz for the Cold War notes that is due April 21 and a Power Point for the Final Lectures due April 23. Rather than have you fill in Cloze Notes since many of you don't have printers, I will have you summarize the notes.

ESOL World Lit Week of April 20 - 24

This week, just keep working on your Part-time Indian Questions. I will put the grades in the gradebook in 3 separate grades Chapters 1 -10, Chapters 11-20 and Chapters 21-30. Each section will be worth 50 points, for a total of 150 points if you complete all of the book and questions. We will also have a final narrative that you can do. I will explain the details of that later. It will take the place of a final exam.

ESOL American Lit Week of April 20 - 24

I have posted three new assignments in Google Classroom for this week. They should be fun assignments that involve a real or virtual nature walk and listening to music. Check them out!

ESOL US History Week of April 13 - 17

This week we will start on the last domain, Domain 6. This will take us through the Cold War and up to the present. I will post the assignments for the week on Google Classroom. I have heard from many of you, but not all of you. If you have not contacted me, please do so that I know you are well. Love you and miss you!

ESOL World Lit Week of April 13 - 17

I have posted the remaining chapters and due dates for the questions on Google Classroom. Many of you are working diligently and communicating with me. I'm proud of those of you who are consistently working. Keep up the good work. If you have not contacted me, please do so that I know you are well. Love you and miss you!

ESOL American Lit Week of April 13 - 17

We will start on the next unit about Transcendentalism this week. This will be a short unit, lasting 2 weeks. I will post the assignments for this week on Google Classroom. I still haven't heard from some of you. Please reach out and at least let me know you're OK. Miss you all!

ESOL US History Week of March 30 - April 3

This week we will focus on World War II. I am creating a World War II Webquest that I will put on Google Classroom sometime tomorrow. There is a PPT and Cloze notes for WWII on Mr. Moss's blog that you can access here. ​http://www.cobblearning.net/mrmoss/

I have heard from about half of the class. I need to hear from the rest of you and you need to send me some work. If you have questions about what you should have already done, feel free to text me at 404-375-4392.

I added the WWII webquest to Google Classroom. If, for some reason, you cannot get onto Google Classroom, please let me know, so that I can help you get on. The webquest is due on Friday along with the cloze notes from WWII.

ESOL World Lit Week of March 30 - April 3

You should have finished Persepolis and sent me pictures of your completed question packet by Friday, March 27. If you have not done it, then you need to work hard at completing that. We will begin to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian this week. We'll follow the one chapter a day schedule that we did with Persepolis. I have posted reading questions and Youtube videos of  audio-readings of the first three chapters. I will continue to post them as we progress through the week.

ESOL American Lit Week of March 30 - April 3

This is the last week to work on the American Dream unit. If you were at school on Thursday, March 12, then you got the folder with most of the materials for the unit. So far, I have heard from very few of you and as far as the body paragraphs and essay are concerned, I have gotten one body paragraph from one student. You are going to need to really step it up this week. There will be no online instruction over Spring break. Please go to Google classroom and look at the resources I have posted there. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to text me at 404-375-4392.

Tuesday-I added several new resources to Google Classroom to help you write your essays.

ESOL US History Week of March 23 - 27

Welcome to week 2 of digital learning. I have only heard from one of you. Please contact me either through Remind or my email, vivian.huntington@cobbk12.org.

I would love to hear from you to know your status. I added a short lecture about how the Treaty of Versailles impacted World War II. I will continue to record and add other lectures about World War II this week. Please understand that this was my first attempt at recording a lecture; at the end, I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. Feel free to laugh!
Tuesday, March 24: Here's a Youtube video about how to turn in assignments on Google Classroom. If this digital learning extends into more than a few weeks, I'll be using Google Classroom for assigning and receiving your work.

Youtube video about Google Classroom

Friday, March 27: Just added a lecture about the Great Depression to Google Classroom. Check it out.

ESOL World Lit Week of March 23 - 27

Welcome to week 2 of digital learning. I have had several of you send your answers to the Persepolis questions through remind. Thanks!! It's great to see you all reading. If you stay on track, reading one chapter per day, you will finish Persepolis on Friday. Next week, we will begin reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. 

Check Google Classroom for links to Youtube audio videos of Persepolis, especially if you did not get a copy of the book.

If I have not heard from you in the past week, please contact me either through remind or my email, vivian.huntington@Tuesday, March 24: Here's a Youtube video about how to turn in assignments on Google Classroom. If this digital learning extends into more than a few weeks, I'll be using Google Classroom for assigning and receiving your work.

Youtube video about Google Classroom

Thursday, March 26, 2020: Adding questions for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian to Google Classroom

ESOL American Lit Week of March 23 - 27

Welcome to another week of digital learning. I have only heard from a couple of you since we started this. Please get in touch with me either by emailing or through remind. My email is vivian.huntington@cobbk12.org

For this week, continue to work on the packet I sent home with the American Dream unit. I had one student turn in the America's Voices paragraph. Let me know how the rest of you are doing with that. Ideally, you should be finished with the materials for America's Voices and working on America and Immigrants this week.

Let me know how I can help you!
Tuesday, March 24: Here's a Youtube video about how to turn in assignments on Google Classroom. If this digital learning extends into more than a few weeks, I'll be using Google Classroom for assigning and receiving your work.

Youtube video about Google Classroom

Youtube video about Google Classroom

ESOL AmLit Week of March 16 - 20

To join the class Remind, text @amlitf2 to 81010

Most of you were there on Thursday to get the packet that I sent home. The work in there should be enough for the next three weeks. I will send reminds and add to the Google Classroom anything that I think will be helpful.
Remember that the Independent Reading project was always due on April 3, so keep working on that.

ESOL World Lit Week of March 16 - 20

To join Remind, text @cg9f369 to 81010

If you were at school on Friday, I checked out copies of Persepolis and gave you the question packet to complete. For this week, read one chapter in Persepolis per day (Monday - Friday) and answer the questions in the packet. I will post the questions on the Google Classroom platform for those of you who weren't there on Friday. 

Also, remember that the Independent Reading project was always set to be due on April 3, so keep working on that.

Schedule for next two weeks for Persepolis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2RDXlPLIt454R01cR-SGNv8-5m6ovJlcmHZNis6W9byT4Oxy-JcFeDdWSsceNDUjHiElzcUTFaXRp/pub

ESOL US History Week of March 16 - 20

The US History teachers are working together as a collaborative team to help all students to develop a better understanding of the history of the United States and how it continues to affect our daily lives.   Please click on the link to the following site to get information about U.S. History: ​http://www.cobblearning.net/mrmoss/
To join Remind, text @f5ba439 to 81010
On Mr Moss's blog, you will find most of the things you will need during the next few weeks. Go there to find the Power Point slides and cloze notes for World War 1, which is where you should start. If you were at school on Friday, I gave you a printed copy of the cloze notes to fill in.
Wednesday, March 18: I just added a World War I Webquest to Google Classroom. Follow the instructions.

A Raisin in the Sun 2008 AmLit

ESOL US History Week of March 9 - 13

We  will conclude Domain 4 this week with a test on Friday, March 13. We have one more set of notes for this unit. The Big Biz graphic organizer will also be due on Friday. When we finish watching Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the viewing guide will be due. You will have a quickwrite about the movie as well.

Domain 4 Kahoot

Google Classroom class code: f2tmk6m

ESOL World Literature Week of March 9 - 13

We have one more selection to read in Springboard for Unit 2A: The Narrative. On Tuesday, we will go to the computer lab to do final edits for your narratives. This computer time should be dedicated to fixing grammatical and usage errors, not for composing your story.

The test for Unit 2A will be Friday, March 13. The Kahoot will be posted on Wednesday.

Unit 2A Kahoot

Google Classroom class code: hluiq2q

ESOL American Lit Week of March 9 - 13

On Monday, you will present your 2-3 minute speeches. Then, we will move on to the American Dream Unit, which we will conclude on the Friday before Spring Break. Remember to highlight and label pathos, ethos, logos and three rhetorical devices in your speeches.

Google Classroom class code: npncxaf

The New American Dream

ESOL US History Week of March 2 - 6

We begin Domain 4 on Monday. This is the shortest unit and the test will be Friday, March 13. We will have a quiz this Friday. We will watch the movie, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee during this unit.

ESOL World Lit Week of March 2 - 4

Our last time in the Computer Lab to work on the narratives is Tuesday. We will continue to read Persepolis and excerpts from Springboard.

ESOL American Lit Week of March 2 - 6

We will finish the unit on speeches this week. We will be in the Computer Lab on Tuesday and Thursday to type the speeches. On Friday, we will present our speeches. Wednesday will be a Touchstone about MLK's "I Have a Dream"Speech and the Declaration of Independence.

The next Unit that will end right before Spring Break is the "American Dream" Unit.

Video about "The Hook"

ESOL US History Week of February 24 - 28

We have one more week on Domain 3. This week, we will discuss the Reconstruction Era from 1865 to 1879. The test will be on Friday, February 28.

Kahoot for Domain 3

ESOL World Lit Week of February 24 - 28

We will continue reading Persepolis and answering the chapter questions. We will also begin reading selections from the Springboard text for Unit 2B on narrative. We will have some time in the Computer Lab to continue working on the narratives you are creating.

ESOL American Lit Week of February 24 - 28

We have 2 more weeks to work on our speeches. We will learn background information and look at the  documents for Martin Luther King, Jr vs. Malcolm X and W.E.B. Dubois vs. Booker T. Washington. You will choose one of the two topics and give a 2 to 3 minute speech arguing who had the best plan for America. We will also be analyzing MLKs "I Have a Dream Speech" for rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices.

Link to WEB Dubois vs Booker T Washington

Link to Actors Reading Declaration of Independence

ESOL US History Week of February 10 - 14

Since we lost Friday due to the power outage, we will have the open-note quiz over the Antebellum Era on Monday. Then we will begin learning about the Civil War this week. We will have one more week in this unit when we get back from the February break.

ESOL World History Week of February 10 - 14

Since we lost Friday due to the power outage, we will have the Unit 1 test on Monday. We will continue introducing Persepolis and learning about using dialogue rules in writing.

ESOL American Lit Week of February 10 - 14

We started the new unit on Speeches on Friday by listening to the Ted-Talk, "Inside the mind of a master procrastinator." We will continue to work on rhetorical appeals and devices this week and apply this knowledge to famous speeches. We will have two more weeks to work on this unit when we come back from the February break.

Link to "Inside the mind of a master procrastinator"
Link to Dubois/Washington DBQ

ESOL US History Week of February 3 - 7

Because of Access testing, many of you will not be in class Monday and Tuesday. We will mostly work on making up missing material and watching America: Story of Us episode 4. On Wednesday, we will begin Domain 3 which is a 3 week unit.

ESOL World Literature Week of February 3 - 7

With Access testing Monday and Tuesday, we will be missing several students. We will work on review of Unit 1. On Wednesday, we have 1 more piece to read from Springboard before we take the unit test which will be Thursday. Then we will start on Unit 2 which will include reading the graphic novel, Persepolis.

Kahoot for Unit 1 Test

Run on sentences PPT

ESOL American Lit Week of February 3 - 7

We have Access testing February 3 and 4. Ms. Loible will be in class with you while I proctor the Access test. You should primarily work on your Act 1 narrative assignment which is due on Thursday. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will finish up The Crucible. The Act 3 quiz will be Wednesday, and the Act 4 quiz will be Thursday.

ESOL US History Week of January 27 - 31

We will complete Domain 2 this week and have the test on Friday. This week, the focus will be on expansion and learning about Andrew Jackson as president. I will post the Kahoot Review game on Wednesday after school.

Kahoot for Domain 2

ESOL World Literature Week of January 27 - 31

We will continue to read selections from the Springboard text to prepare for the Unit 1 Summative Assessment. On Tuesday, January 28 and Wednesday, January 29, we will go to the Computer Lab to finish the "This is Me" Cultural Identity Essay. This will be a 100 point Summative Writing grade, the biggest grade so far this semester.

ESOL American Lit Week of January 27 - 31

We will complete the unit on The Crucible this week. We will finish watching the movie and do some more reading in the book. There are several assignments associated with this unit:
Four 25 point Act quizzes--Summative Reading grades
Dialogue Formative Assessment--Formative 10 points
Narrative Writing Assignment--Summative Writing Grade 50 points
Movie Viewing Guide-Formative 20 points
Character descriptions--Formative 20 points
Title Quickwrite--Formative 10 points

Yay, we have a little more time to finish. Now, we need to be finished by Thursday, February 6.

Link to Blog about title of Crucible

ESOL US History Week of January 21 - 24

We will begin Domain 2 on Tuesday. We only have 9 days to complete this unit, so we will be working hard each day. There will be an open-note quiz on Friday, January 24.

ESOL World Literature Week of January 21 - 24

We will continue working on Unit 1 in Springboard. We will have a formative assessment over "Ethnic Hash" and "Two Kinds" on Wednesday.

ESOL American Lit Week of January 21 - 24

We will start on The Crucible on Tuesday. We will be reading the book and watching the movie. The summative assessment for this unit is a narrative writing that will focus on sensory language and dialogue.

ESOL US History Week of January 13 - 17

This week we will learn about the time period between the French and Indian War and the end of the American Revolution. This will complete Domain 1. The Domain 1 test will be on Friday, January 17. I will post a link to the Review game on Wednesday.

Link to Domain 1 Kahoot

ESOL World Lit Week of January 13 - 17

Monday-- finish Ideal Culture Group project
Tuesday-we will go to the Media Center to check out Independent Reading books.
Wednesday--Vocab Unit 1 Quiz
All week, we will continue to read pieces from the Springboard textbook.

ESOL American Lit Week of January 13 - 17

We will begin the Daily Grammar Bellringers this week as well as the Daily Independent Reading.
We will continue working on sensory language, plot diagram, and Native-American myths. The Origin Myth Summative Assessment will be due on Friday.

ESOL US History Week of January 6 - 10

Welcome back to school! I am excited to dive into another semester of US History. This is a challenging class that moves quickly, so coming to school is crucial for your success. We will begin this week with the syllabus and jump right into Domain 1. Expect a Unit test every 2 to 3 weeks, and quizzes on Fridays when there isn't a domain test.

ESOL World Literature Week of January 6 - 10

Welcome back. I am excited for a new semester of learning about world literature. We will begin with some activities to get acquainted with each other and with the syllabus. We will have independent reading time every day, so come prepared for that.

ESOL American Lit Week of January 6 - 10

Welcome back! I hope you had a great winter break and are ready to learn. This week, we will start with getting acquainted activities and the syllabus. We will quickly move into the mini-unit on Native-American mythology. We will be doing independent reading every day, so be prepared to have your independent reading book with you at all times.

Link to Sensory Language Video