3/23/20

Below you will find a link to this week's learning activity. Remember to email Mrs. Santos your found poem if you have not already done so. Don't forget that this should include a paragraph explaining the choices you made for your poem.


March 23rd Weekly Activity

3/13/20

Hello students.

I hope you are all staying healthy and safe during these crazy weeks. At this time there is no official guidance on what your learning will look like during the closure.

Please remember to turn in your Holocaust Found Poem. You can email me a picture of this anytime between now and next Friday the 20th. If you have technology or other issues that make this difficult, please email me.

Thank you!

3/12/20

Today students chose one article from Elie Wiesel along with his Nobel acceptance speech and analyzed the message he tries to share with the world. If absent, please answer the questions in the slide below.

Speech analysis questions 

Most Important Lesson

Indifference is not an option

**Please sign up for the Turnitin account below. This will be where you turn stuff in for the rest of year.

Class id:24206500
Enrollment key: Motif

3/10/20

Today students worked in groups to review chapters 7-9. We also did some practice with analyzing quotes from the book and had some time to brainstorm ideas for the found poem.

If absent: Please answer both the review questions and do the quote work from today's discussion. (slides 2-3) Answers can be emailed to Mrs. Santos.

Chapter 7-9 Discussion

Remember we will have work time for the found poem on Friday. You should come prepared with any materials you will need (printed pictures or words, paint, coloring tools, poster/canvas/other supplies).

Homework due Thursday: Read Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Upcoming Dates: 

3/12: Wiesel's Nobel acceptance speech due (located at end of memoir)

3/16: Found Poem due (work time will be given Friday)

3/9/20

Today students participated in a graded discussion on chapter 1-6 of Night. If Absent choose 4 of the questions below and submit a written response to the questions to Mrs. Santos. Email is fine if students are home for health concerns.

Please read chapters 7-9 for tomorrow.

What do you appreciate about Wiesel’s writing?
•What themes have you seen so far in the text? Why are they significant? Use specific evidence to support each one.
•How does Elie’s relationship with his father change? How does it compare to other fathers and sons?
•Why are we still reading Night today and learning about the Holocaust? What is Wiesel’s purpose for writing Night?
•What moments in particular in the memoir have been the most striking to you, or shocking? What makes these moments significant?
•How has Elie’s faith changed throughout the course of the memoir? Use text evidence to track it.
•What is the role of fire throughout Night?
•Why is the memoir titled Night?

Upcoming Dates: 

3/10: Chapters 7-9 Due

3/12: Wiesel's Nobel acceptance speech due (located at end of memoir)

3/16: Found Poem due (work time will be given Friday)

3/6/20

Today we took our vocab 1 quiz. Students then had reading time for chapter 6.

Upcoming Dates:
3/9: Chapter 6 due: Graded discussion on chapter 1-6
3/10: Chapters 7-9 due (short chapters)

3/5/20

Today we discussed chapters 4 and 5 of Night. Students also worked in groups to identify examples of the themes and motifs present thus far in the memoir.

If absent, you will need to schedule a time to make up the reading quiz!

Chapters 4-5 discussion questions

**Vocab 1 quiz tomorrow!!

Upcoming Dates:
3/6: Vocab 1 quiz
3/9: Chapter 6 due: Graded discussion on chapter 1-6

3/3/20

Today students worked on the Holocaust webquest. Students should visit as many of the websites in the document below as they can. Write down at least 5 new things you learn about the Holocaust and try to gather 10 potential phrases for your found poem from the various sources.

Holocaust webquest

Remember to read chapters 4 and 5 for Thursday.

Upcoming Dates:
3/5: Chapters 4-5 due
3/6: Vocab 1 quiz

3/2/20

Today we discussed chapters 2 and 3.  Students recorded answers to the discussion questions on the note sheet linked below.

Chapters 2-3 Note sheet

Tomorrow we will be in the library to work on our Holocaust webquest.

Chapters 4 and 5 are due Thursday.

Upcoming Dates:
3/5: Chapters 4-5 due
3/6: Vocab 1 quiz

2/28/20

Today students had time to work on their vocab and read chapters 2-3. Vocab one is the last slide of the Chapter 1 class notes.

Upcoming Dates:
3/2: Chapters 2-3 due
3/6: Vocab 1 quiz

2/27/20

Today we discussed chapter 1 of Night.

Chapter 1 class notes

Upcoming Dates:
3/2: Chapters 2-3 due
3/6: Vocab 1 quiz

2/25/20

Today we went over the requirements for the Found Poem (see the last three slides of yesterdays powerpoint). We then watched Elie Wiesel's interview with Oprah at Auschwitz. The link to the video is below. The is one of the sources for the Found Poem. If absent, watch the video and write down at least 5 impactful phrases that you could potentially use in your poem.

Elie Wiesel interview

Homework Due Thursday: Read chapter one of Night

Upcoming Dates:
2/27: Chapter one due
3/2: Chapters 2-3 due

2/24/20

Today we introduced and checked out our next novel, Night by Elie Weisel. Students were given context on the holocaust and introduced to important themes to watch for in Night.

Night Intro

Upcoming Dates:
2/27: Chapter one due
3/2: Chapters 2-3 due

2/14/20

Today students worked in groups to create satirical advertisements for Antigua that portrayed Jamaica Kincaid's tone in A Small Place. If absent, follow the instructions below to create an advertisement on a regular piece of paper and give to Mrs. Santos after the break.

•Pretend you are Kincaid tasked with creating a tourism advertisement for Antigua in poster form. 

•Create a print advertisement (poster form) that satirically conveys Kincaids tone toward tourists in Antigua, based on your knowledge you’ve gained from reading her excerpt of A Small Place. 

•Your poster MUST meet the following requirements:

•Use of Text

•Use of Images 

•Use of Color

•Demonstrate understanding of Kincaid’s satirical tone toward tourists

•Use at least 2 advertising techniques and 1 rhetorical appeal accurately in your ad.

2/13/20

Today students took their short answer exam on A Small Place.  If absent, you have been placed in Mrs. Santos' flex time for Tuesday Feb. 25th. If you would prefer to take the exam before or after school, please email Mrs. Santos.

Students also turned in their reading questions.

2/11/20

Today students participated in a graded discussion on A Small Place and then we reviewed for the exam.

If absent, answer 3 of the 7 questions below to make up the discussion and hand in to Mrs. Santos.

1.What sentences in the excerpt most moved you as a reader, or impacted you in some way? Why?

2.Summarize the content of the excerpt. What is this excerpt mostly about and why? What’s Kincaid’s point? Do you think she’s right? Why?

3.In what ways, besides size, is Antigua “small”?  Why do you think Kincaid chose the title A Small Place for her work?

4.Does tourism enhance or detract from the lived experience of Antigua, both for the tourist and for the inhabitants of the island? How does Kincaid feel about the tourists? How do you know?

5.What is the significance of the buildings or locales that Kincaid dwells on: e.g. the lavatory, the library, the country club, the bank, the airport, the hotel, the taxicab, the beach?

6.Describe the way that Kincaid’s style conveys her tone. How do you know how she feels?

7.How does this text make you think about yourself as a tourist when you travel to another country? How can we avoid being the “ugly American” stereotype?

Short Answer exam on A Small Place and advertising on Thursday!

Upcoming Dates:
2/13: A Small Place short answer exam

2/10/20

Today we discussed various advertising techniques and how they are used. Students looked at ads and resort websites to identify the techniques being used.

Advertising Techniques class notes

Tomorrow is our graded discussion on A Small Place. Students should come prepared with their reading questions for check-off.

Upcoming Dates:
2/11: A Small Place Graded Discussion (questions checked off)
2/13: A Small Place short answer exam (questions turned in)

2/7/20

Today students had time to read A Small Place and work on their questions (see below).

• On your own paper, respond to the Understanding and Interpreting questions 1-9 on page 863, as well as Analyzing Language, Style, and Structure on pg. 864 # 1, 2, 5 & 8. You do not need to rewrite the questions.

Upcoming Dates:
2/11: A Small Place Graded Discussion (questions checked off)
2/13: A Small Place short answer exam (questions turned in)