Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Unit 5 Essay Minutae

Watch the video below and ace the quiz!

Also, remember that you have an outline due tomorrow.



Saturday, February 15, 2014

February 15, 2014

Please watch the following video and complete the Quiz

Do not forget to do the reading of Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".

Remember that we will also have a Mid Unit Assessment on Wednesday 2.19.14 where we will be covering the following:

Irony, Dialect, Diction, Theme, Plot, Characterization, Point of View, Grammar (Commas, Independent Clauses, Dependent Clauses, Subject/Verb, Coordinating Conjunctions, etc)


Friday, February 14, 2014

Today's Meet Links for Gilman, "The Yellow Wall Paper"

Use this site to ask questions you want discussed in the next class.

Remember to use your number or your name to post your question so we can track your participation and give you a grade.


Ms. Williams' 3rd Period: http://today.io/kx6v
Ms. Williams' 4th Period: http://today.io/kx6w

Mr. Smith's 3rd Period: http://today.io/kxkx
Mr. Smith's 4th Period: http://today.io/kxl0
Mr. Smith's 6th period: http://today.io/kxl2


This is your chance to ask the questions we all know you have about the reading, but you're too shy to ask in class.  You CANNOT be successful if you do not ask questions about things you do not understand.


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Flipped Video over Bierce, Plot, and POV

Watch the video below, complete the quiz, and read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Remember, you need to complete your PIXTON comic and share it with Mr. Smith or Ms. Williams.

Whether you are reading the hard copy of the story or reading an electronic version, you need to be annotating for point-of-view, stream of consciousness, and plot structure.


Friday, February 7, 2014

Flipped Video for Twain and "Regional Color"

Watch the video below, complete the quiz, and read "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Whether you are reading the hard copy of the story or reading an electronic version, you need to be annotating for irony and "regional color"/dialect.


Thursday, February 6, 2014

Unit 5 Introduction Flipped Video for February 6

Watch the video, take notes, ace the quiz.

Notes should cover:

1865-1914
  • The Frontier and Expansion
  • Immigration
  • Industrialization & The Social Classes
  • Literature
    • New characters
    • New styles
      • Realism
      • Naturalism



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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Unit 5 Vocabulary

Here are the words you should have for Unit 5 in Section 1 of your notebook.


Here is a sample of what your Vocabulary Notebook will look like as we work through it.



February 5, 2014

Please complete the following Vocabulary Inventory