COLLEGE ENGLISH
Today in class we went over the definitions for the cultural idioms you were asked to research.....the test for this will be next THURSDAY....
I collected the feature stories for those who were out due to the blood drive, etc the other day....
Please check InfiniteCampus and make sure everything looks right for your grade! See me with any questions!
MR. GOLDSMITH'S ENGLISH CLASS (jgoldsmith@winslowk12.org)
Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
Today we finished the BAND OF BROTHERS episode featuring "Bastogne...." and we will continue with the reading on Monday....
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we got a new list of Greek and Latin root words....these are words you can find in chapter 2 of the vocab workbooks.....the quiz will be next Friday, and we will do some more review on next Wednesday...
We did not continue with HEROES reading today, but we will on Monday, when we will read and write a response....
Today we finished the BAND OF BROTHERS episode featuring "Bastogne...." and we will continue with the reading on Monday....
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we got a new list of Greek and Latin root words....these are words you can find in chapter 2 of the vocab workbooks.....the quiz will be next Friday, and we will do some more review on next Wednesday...
We did not continue with HEROES reading today, but we will on Monday, when we will read and write a response....
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
Today in college English we had a "work day" due to the fact that many were working at the school's blood drive.
The feature stories were due today and they were collected
There was no new reading, etc. to do
Today in college English we had a "work day" due to the fact that many were working at the school's blood drive.
The feature stories were due today and they were collected
There was no new reading, etc. to do
Monday, March 27, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
1. Presenting Information
-do and go over reading "887" questions and discuss why the answers were what they were...
-go over rubric for the feature story that is due Wednesday....remember to follow the rubric that is given to you on the bottom of the "Presenting Information" handout I gave you way-back-when...pay special attention to your introduction and make it interesting (think Q.A.Q.S.)
2. Cultural Literacy Idioms-we wrote these down in class and 'walked around' asking people if they knew...
Kangaroo court
catch 22
pandora's box
Monday Morning QB
banker's hours
Busman's holiday
rule of thumb
drink the koolaid
jump the shark
caveat emptor
carpe diem
when in Rome
Midas touch
Achilles heel
ad hoc
bite the bullet
black sheep
Dutch treat
1. Presenting Information
-do and go over reading "887" questions and discuss why the answers were what they were...
-go over rubric for the feature story that is due Wednesday....remember to follow the rubric that is given to you on the bottom of the "Presenting Information" handout I gave you way-back-when...pay special attention to your introduction and make it interesting (think Q.A.Q.S.)
2. Cultural Literacy Idioms-we wrote these down in class and 'walked around' asking people if they knew...
Kangaroo court
catch 22
pandora's box
Monday Morning QB
banker's hours
Busman's holiday
rule of thumb
drink the koolaid
jump the shark
caveat emptor
carpe diem
when in Rome
Midas touch
Achilles heel
ad hoc
bite the bullet
black sheep
Dutch treat
Friday, March 24, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
Today we read pages 77-91 of TheLongestWinter and we worked on a timeline showing acts of heroism, contributions of characters other than Bouck, and important historical events...
Mr Record came in and shared his expertise with us about winter survival training in the army....thanks Mr Record!!
COLLEGE PREP12
A reminder that the vocabulary test is next TUESDAY
Today we read in HEROES up through page 51and you were to write about which conflict you find to be the most prevalent in the story so far: man vs man, self, or nature....this was done in class and collected as a participation grade!
Today we read pages 77-91 of TheLongestWinter and we worked on a timeline showing acts of heroism, contributions of characters other than Bouck, and important historical events...
Mr Record came in and shared his expertise with us about winter survival training in the army....thanks Mr Record!!
COLLEGE PREP12
A reminder that the vocabulary test is next TUESDAY
Today we read in HEROES up through page 51and you were to write about which conflict you find to be the most prevalent in the story so far: man vs man, self, or nature....this was done in class and collected as a participation grade!
Thursday, March 23, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
1. Presenting Information
-go over types/styles of feature stories listed on the handout I gave you
-go over format of paragraphs for SUBTOPIC in writing a feature story
-go around room and share what you reported on today, and then tell what sort of "style" of feature story it fits
-collect the precis and questions that were due today!
-begin "887" questions, etc....PLEASE BRING THESE NEXT TIME as we will go over them then
-view and discuss other examples of feature stories
*Susan's fish and chips
* BoomGoesTheDynamite
-we will continue on Monday....please note that your own feature story will be due next WEDNESDAY
1. Presenting Information
-go over types/styles of feature stories listed on the handout I gave you
-go over format of paragraphs for SUBTOPIC in writing a feature story
-go around room and share what you reported on today, and then tell what sort of "style" of feature story it fits
-collect the precis and questions that were due today!
-begin "887" questions, etc....PLEASE BRING THESE NEXT TIME as we will go over them then
-view and discuss other examples of feature stories
*Susan's fish and chips
* BoomGoesTheDynamite
-we will continue on Monday....please note that your own feature story will be due next WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
Today we read the rest of chapter 5 and filled out the rest of the study guide questions (9-12)
We went over the questions and the reading....
Then, to put it in perspective, we viewed part of a History Channel documentary on The Battle Of The Bulge...
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we worked with the vocabulary books doing Exercises 1, 2, 3, and 4 starting on page 8...these were done in class and collected as a participation grade....
The test will be next TUESDAY, not this Friday....
We did not read any of HEROES today.....
Today we read the rest of chapter 5 and filled out the rest of the study guide questions (9-12)
We went over the questions and the reading....
Then, to put it in perspective, we viewed part of a History Channel documentary on The Battle Of The Bulge...
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we worked with the vocabulary books doing Exercises 1, 2, 3, and 4 starting on page 8...these were done in class and collected as a participation grade....
The test will be next TUESDAY, not this Friday....
We did not read any of HEROES today.....
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
Today we continued our discussion of ethos, pathos, and logos, and how it is used to make informational writing more effective ....we went over the "Football Island" report that we watched last time, and discussed how these rhetorical devices were used....
We continued with the "Black Dolphin" documentary, taking notes on how ethos, pathos, and logos are used....also, we took note of the subtopics of the documentary
Your assignment for next class is to find your own example of a "feature story" and do two things with it. First of all, write a precis of it. Secondly, answer the four questions that exist on the original "handout" I gave you for the Presenting Information unit (see me if you are confused!)
ALSO, see me if you dont understand what, fully, a "feature story" is....
Today we continued our discussion of ethos, pathos, and logos, and how it is used to make informational writing more effective ....we went over the "Football Island" report that we watched last time, and discussed how these rhetorical devices were used....
We continued with the "Black Dolphin" documentary, taking notes on how ethos, pathos, and logos are used....also, we took note of the subtopics of the documentary
Your assignment for next class is to find your own example of a "feature story" and do two things with it. First of all, write a precis of it. Secondly, answer the four questions that exist on the original "handout" I gave you for the Presenting Information unit (see me if you are confused!)
ALSO, see me if you dont understand what, fully, a "feature story" is....
Monday, March 20, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
Today we read chapter 5 of THE LONGEST WINTER...we went over the questions on the study guide...we will finish the rest on Wednesday, starting on page 64 of the book
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we took notes on the new vocab Greek roots and their accompanying words....this test will be on Friday....
In HEROES, we began reading on page 26 and the goal was simply to read to the end of the chapter on page 37 AND complete a Point, Question, Connect sheet on the reading...if you didnt give it to me today, be sure to give it to me at the start of next class
Today we read chapter 5 of THE LONGEST WINTER...we went over the questions on the study guide...we will finish the rest on Wednesday, starting on page 64 of the book
COLLEGE PREP 12
Today we took notes on the new vocab Greek roots and their accompanying words....this test will be on Friday....
In HEROES, we began reading on page 26 and the goal was simply to read to the end of the chapter on page 37 AND complete a Point, Question, Connect sheet on the reading...if you didnt give it to me today, be sure to give it to me at the start of next class
Friday, March 10, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
1. Presenting Information
-we went over the enumerative sentences and the subtopics for the "Maine paper" article...
-the precises you wrote on that article were collected
-we tried outlining some big topics--with their sub topics--for fun...for example....
SNOW
*Snow is a source of recreation for many in the state.......
* Snow is a huge problem in affecting school years this year.....
*Snow is a giant source of revenue for the state of Maine...
-I passed out the article from Men's Health magazine "The cardinal rules of fitness".....I would like you to read this article and answer the first THREE questions under the "Response Questions" section of the original "Presenting Info" guide that I passed out...
-you do not need to do a precis for this!
1. Presenting Information
-we went over the enumerative sentences and the subtopics for the "Maine paper" article...
-the precises you wrote on that article were collected
-we tried outlining some big topics--with their sub topics--for fun...for example....
SNOW
*Snow is a source of recreation for many in the state.......
* Snow is a huge problem in affecting school years this year.....
*Snow is a giant source of revenue for the state of Maine...
-I passed out the article from Men's Health magazine "The cardinal rules of fitness".....I would like you to read this article and answer the first THREE questions under the "Response Questions" section of the original "Presenting Info" guide that I passed out...
-you do not need to do a precis for this!
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
1. Presenting Information
-collect 'eyewitness report' in class
-give 'Presenting Information' syllabus/handout/rubric
-give handout/directions on 'precis'
-read and discuss article on 'education philosophy' and pick out topic sentence for each of the 8 paragraphs
-give news article about Maine and its paper industry....do these three things
1. find topic sentences
2. pick out ENUMERATIVE paragraphs and sections
3. write a quality PRECIS on this article!
1. Presenting Information
-collect 'eyewitness report' in class
-give 'Presenting Information' syllabus/handout/rubric
-give handout/directions on 'precis'
-read and discuss article on 'education philosophy' and pick out topic sentence for each of the 8 paragraphs
-give news article about Maine and its paper industry....do these three things
1. find topic sentences
2. pick out ENUMERATIVE paragraphs and sections
3. write a quality PRECIS on this article!
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
1. Vocab quiz taken in class today
2. THE LONGEST WINTER
-we continued to read on in chapter 1
-we read on in chapter 1 and tried to finish as much of it as we could
-we took notes on the descriptions and characteristics of Lt Bouck, Sgt Slape, Kalil, Leopold, and Milosevich
COLLEGE PREP 12
1. We took the vocab quiz in class today
2. HEROES
-we worked on a 'judging' activity--using magazines--to start exploring how "character" is revealed through literature
-we continued reading and finished the first chapter, ending on page 11
1. Vocab quiz taken in class today
2. THE LONGEST WINTER
-we continued to read on in chapter 1
-we read on in chapter 1 and tried to finish as much of it as we could
-we took notes on the descriptions and characteristics of Lt Bouck, Sgt Slape, Kalil, Leopold, and Milosevich
COLLEGE PREP 12
1. We took the vocab quiz in class today
2. HEROES
-we worked on a 'judging' activity--using magazines--to start exploring how "character" is revealed through literature
-we continued reading and finished the first chapter, ending on page 11
Monday, March 6, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
1. Take vocab quiz in class!
2. Composition
-go over eyewitness report directions...
-look on page 44 of purple books and go over types of writing strategies, etc
"It is clear that the students of WHS have a unique appetite indeed....."
or
"If there is one thing WHS students can agree on it is that the teachers here are really terrible...."
-go out 'into the field' and do some 'eyewitnessing' and collect data for your composition
-pay attention (as we went over) to the importance of the beginning!!
-the composition is due WEDNESDAY
1. Take vocab quiz in class!
2. Composition
-go over eyewitness report directions...
-look on page 44 of purple books and go over types of writing strategies, etc
"It is clear that the students of WHS have a unique appetite indeed....."
or
"If there is one thing WHS students can agree on it is that the teachers here are really terrible...."
-go out 'into the field' and do some 'eyewitnessing' and collect data for your composition
-pay attention (as we went over) to the importance of the beginning!!
-the composition is due WEDNESDAY
Thursday, March 2, 2017
ORANGE DAY
COLLEGE ENGLISH
Today we continued work on our "Presenting Information" unit by studying composition...
The "directions on how to do something" was collected at the end of class....
In addition to these directions being collected, other writing--done in class--was collected:
We worked in the purple books and discussed paragraph types on page 27...then you were asked to choose a type (chronological, spatial, order of importance, logical order) and write about something involving 'food.'.....
We read the excerpt on page 42 and we answered questions 1, 2, and 3 on the following page...we discussed the "eyewitness report" and starting to go over how you will be writing one on Monday
DONT FORGET to study for vocab test on Monday!
Today we continued work on our "Presenting Information" unit by studying composition...
The "directions on how to do something" was collected at the end of class....
In addition to these directions being collected, other writing--done in class--was collected:
We worked in the purple books and discussed paragraph types on page 27...then you were asked to choose a type (chronological, spatial, order of importance, logical order) and write about something involving 'food.'.....
We read the excerpt on page 42 and we answered questions 1, 2, and 3 on the following page...we discussed the "eyewitness report" and starting to go over how you will be writing one on Monday
DONT FORGET to study for vocab test on Monday!
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
BLACK DAY
ENGLISH 12
Today we finished our vocabulary word definitions...the quiz will not be on Friday....on Friday we will do some review...
We began our new book THE LONGEST WINTER by taking some notes on military terms and terms related to World War 2....we did not begin the reading...we will do that next time
COLLEGE PREP
Today we reviewed our vocab words for the quiz on FRiday by putting all the words into sentences....we shared our definitions aloud...
The vocab test will be on FRIDAY
We began our new book HEROES today by reading the first few pages aloud....we will continue on Friday....
Today we finished our vocabulary word definitions...the quiz will not be on Friday....on Friday we will do some review...
We began our new book THE LONGEST WINTER by taking some notes on military terms and terms related to World War 2....we did not begin the reading...we will do that next time
COLLEGE PREP
Today we reviewed our vocab words for the quiz on FRiday by putting all the words into sentences....we shared our definitions aloud...
The vocab test will be on FRIDAY
We began our new book HEROES today by reading the first few pages aloud....we will continue on Friday....
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