Friday, September 29, 2017

September 29 and October 2

1. vocab warm up: admonition, facilitate, ethos
2. anticipation questions: What's something positive you get out of spending your day in classrooms? What's something frustrating about spending your day in classrooms?
3. What are some other ways to learn besides as a student in a classroom?
4. next rite of passage reading: the gap year
5. plan your own gap year

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

September 27 and 28

vocab warm up: vice, cohort, foray
anticipation set: What's the point of prom? How is prom a rite of passage?
watch/ read about "first integrated prom"
complete solo questions

Friday, September 22, 2017

September 22 and 26

We took the first vocab quiz today.
We took notes on "Introduction to making a claim."
We read the article "Prom Spending Rises."
We completed text questions in teams.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

September 20 and 21

We all did a vocab review using synonyms and antonyms (quiz next class!)

1st block: We did a second reading on quinceanera and answered more text dependent quesitons (this time on our own).

2nd and 3rd block: We had a discussion on quinceanera using Kahoot to share our responses. After that we went over the requirement for the final writing assignment in which we will write argumentative essays on one rite of passage.

September 18 and 19

We did the last four vocab words: affluent, differentiate, defer, hiatus

We read our first piece on rite of passage (the quinceanera)

In teams we answered text dependent questions and turned them in on google classroom

Thursday, September 14, 2017

September 14 and 15

Three new vocab words today: lavish, prevalence, disparity

Intro to Rites of Passage: define, brainstorm examples, analyze each example

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

September 12th and 13th

We began our "Rites of Passage" vocabulary study. We started with the first three words: ritual, endorsement, and fathom. We will read these words in the texts and also try to use them in our argumentative papers.

After that, we took a pre-test on conventions. Keep track of your data, so you know which areas you will need to study for the post-test.

Also, more name practice!

Friday, September 08, 2017

September 8th and 11th

More learning of names!

After that, we wrote letters of introduction.

I'm looking forward to learning more about you than just your name.

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

September 6th and 7th

Today we learned about the course. We went over the syllabus and class procedures. After that Mr. Wilson tried to learn all your names.

Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Welcome the the 2017-18 school year!

Come here to see the daily agenda of each class. You will also find some helpful links in the margins.