Wanderings of Odysseus: Quizlet!

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Lord of the Winds, Enchantress, and Land of the Dead Quiz

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Wanderings of Odysseus Link

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Veldt and Pedestrian Vocab Quiz

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Veterans Day Slideshow

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What Colleges Want in an Applicant

First two paragraphs from The Times:

What Colleges Want from an Applicant

The admissions process is out of whack. Just ask the heartbroken applicant, rejected by her dream school. Ask high school counselors, who complain that colleges don’t reward promising students for their creativity, determination or service to others. Even the gatekeepers at some famous institutions acknowledge, quietly, that the selection system is broken.

Ask five people how to fix it, though, and they’ll give five different answers. Sure, you might think colleges put too much stock in the SAT, but your neighbor’s kid with the near-perfect score thinks it should matter a lot. More than half of Americans say colleges shouldn’t give children of alumni a leg up, according to a recent Gallup poll; yet nearly half say parental connections should be at least a “minor factor.”

Pronoun Quiz Retake!

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Back to School Quiz

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Summer School: Day 19 - The Truman Show, Plato, Descartes, and The Matrix

- Watch and discuss the Matrix and compare the film to Truman Show, Plato, and Descartes
- Make-up work
- Link to The Matrix script

Summer School: Day 18 - The Truman Show and Plato's Cave and Rene Descartes

- Watch and discuss the short videos on Plato (What is real?) and Descartes (Can We Be Certain?)
- Watch and answer philosophical questions from The Truman Show

Summer School: Day 17 - The Truman Show and Plato's Cave and Rene Descartes

- Complete episode 12 questions from Serial
- Watch and discuss the short videos on Plato (What is real?) and Descartes (Can We Be Certain?)
- Watch and answer philosophical questions from The Truman Show

Summer School: Day 16 - Serial Episode 12, What We Know

- Complete news cast and notes on ISIS
- Read article on the LGBT community under ISIS
- Quiz on news cast
- Listen and discuss final episode of Serial: Ep. 12 What We Know
- Written Response to episode

Summer School: Day 15 - Serial Episode 11, Rumors

- Listen, read, and discuss episode 11, Rumors from Serial.
- Written response to the episode
- Notes on news cast on ISIS
- Take very good notes on the news cast
- Open note test on the news cast tomorrow

Summer School: Day 14 - Serial Episode 10, The Best Defense is a Good Defense

- Lessons 4-6 test
- Listen, discuss, and read episode 10: The Best Defense is a Good Defense
- Written responses to episode 10 in google drive
- Notes on news cast on ISIS

Summer School: Day 13 - Serial Episode 9, To Be Suspected

- Listen, read, and discuss episode 9: To Be Suspected

- Written response

- Lessons 4-6 review

- Lessons 4-6 test

Summer School: Day 12 - Serial Episode 8, The Deal With Jay

- Listen, read, and discuss Episode 8, The Deal With Jay
- Written Responses
- Work on vocabulary lessons 4-6 review sheet
- Quizlet review activites
- Vocabulary test tomorrow on lessons 4-6

Summer School: Day 11 - Serial Episode 7, The Opposite of the Prosecution

- Episode 7: The Opposite of the Prosecution
- Listen, read, and discuss
- Respond by writing
- Lesson 6 vocabulary
- Quizlet review activities

Summer School: Day 10 - Serial Episode 6, The Case Against Adnan Syed

- Listen, read, and discuss episode 6 of Serial: The Case Against Adnan Syed
- Written responses to episode 6
- Vocabulary lesson 6
- Quizlet activities

Summer School: Day 9 - Serial Episode 5, Route Talk

- Episode 5: Route Talk
- Vocabulary Lesson 5 worksheet
- Review answers
- Quizlet

Summer School: Day 8 - Serial Episode 4, Inconsistencies

- Listen, annotate, and discuss Episode 4, Inconsistencies
- Written response for the episode
- Lesson 4 vocabulary worksheet
- Review activities

Summer School: Day 7 - Serial Episode 3, Leakin Park

- Listen, discuss, and annotate Serial: Episode 3, Leakin Park
- Written Response
- Review for vocabulary test lessons 1-3
- Administer lessons 1-3 test

Summer School: Day 6 - Serial Episode 2, The Breakup

- Episode 2 of Serial: The Breakup
- Annotated notes on the transcript
- Written response to podcast
- Vocabulary review: Lessons 1-3
- Quizlet activities

Summer School: Day 5 - Technology and Ourselves

- Lesson 3 vocabulary
- Quizlet activities for lessons 1-3
- Episode 1 of Serial: Alibi
- Begin Our Computers, Ourselves

Summer School: Day 4 - Technology and Our Brain

- Complete Future Self and classwork
- Lesson 2 vocabulary
- Quizlet activities for lessons 1-2
- Begin Our Computers, Ourselves
- Link to transcript
- Complete classwork for Our Computers, Ourselves

Summer School: Day 3 - Future Self

- Vocabulary lesson 1-3 and review lessons
- Quizlet join link
- Listen and respond to podcast: TED Talk and Future Self
- Notes for Future Self

Summer School: Day 2 - Expectations

- Complete and review Fearless questions from yesterday
- Introduce and complete vocabulary lesson 1-2, pages 8-11.
- Create quizlet cards for base words
- Play quizlet activities
- Listen, annotate, and discuss: Batman episode
- Respond through writing

Summer School Day 1 - Fearless

- Google form information sheet
- Listening, annotating, and discussing: 1. World With No Fear 2. Disappearing Fear
- Responding by writing: Respond to questions in google drive, "Fearless"

MSND Complete Text

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The Wandering of Odysseus

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Back to School Quiz!

Lesson 2 Vocabulary Quiz Link

Lesson 2 Quizlet Link

Lesson 2 Review Exercise

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Reading Pre-Assessment Link

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Lesson 1 Quiz Link

Objective:
- Introduce Lesson 1 Vocabulary
- Create google accounts
- Create quizlet accounts
- Create a new quizlet definition set

Agenda:
- Collect summer assignments
- Pronounce lesson 1 vocabulary
- Explain lesson 1 definitions and examples
- Fill out student info form
- Setup google accounts and reset passwords
- Setup quizlet accounts
- Join Mr. Chiang's Google Classroom
- Create definitions and work on HW

Homework:
- Complete lesson 1 quizlet definitions
- Complete lesson 1 exercises A-B
- Bring in school forms

Objective:

- Introduce class expectations

- Introduce Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Agenda:

- Presentation on the class

- Pronounce lesson 1 vocabulary

- Explain lesson 1 definitions and examples

Homework:
- Bring in all supplies (notebook, binder, dividers)
- Bring in Freak the Mighty assignment and extra credit
- Bring in school forms

Summer School : Day 18

Listening and summarizing:

Best of Times, Worst of Times

Spanish Harlem

Good News versus Bad

A Dish Best Served Cold

Summer School: Day 17

Reading and Media:
- Read the poem by Horace, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
- Answer questions
- Watch the film, Restrepo
- Answer questions

Presenting:
- Continue presenting song lyrics

Grammar and writing:
- Absolute phrases

Summer School: Day 16

Reading and Media:
- Read the poem by Horace, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
- Answer questions
- Watch the film, Restrepo
- Answer questions

Presenting:
- Continue presenting song lyrics

Summer School: Day 15

Listening and Responding:
- Listen to "What I did for Love"
- Respond to questions

Listening, Close Reading, and Presenting
- Present annotated lyrics

Summer School: Day 14

Close Reading and Music:
- Read and listen to music from The Fugees
- Annotate lyrics to the songs
- Individual song lyrics annotation assignment
- Presentations

Writing and Grammar:
- Absolute Phrases

Summer School: Day 13

Media and writing:
- Finish watching The Matrix
- Complete comparison chart between Plato's Cave, The Truman Show, and The Matrix

Grammar and Writing:
- Absolute phrases

Essay writing:
- Revise and complete final draft of your essay

Summer School: Day 12

Grammar and Writing:
- Absolute Phrases in sentences

Writing:
- Complete essay on Plato's Cave and Truman Show

Media:
- Watch The Matrix
- Compare and contrast The Matrix, The Truman Show, and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

Summer School: Day 11

Grammar and Writing:
- Delayed adverb

Media:
- Complete The Truman Show

Writing:
- Respond to Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and The Truman Show

Summer School: Day 10

Responding to Literature:
- Allegory of the Cave responses

Media:
- Watch The Truman Show

Summer School: Day 9

Grammar and Writing:
- Opening adverb

Literature and Response:
- Read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
- Watch short youtube clip of "Allegory of the Cave"
- Answer questions

Summer School: Day 8

Grammar and Writing:
- Complete Delayed Adjectives

Reading and Listening
- Finish article on Narcissism

Literature:
- Begin Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

Summer School: Day 7

Media:

- Complete Smart House

Writing and Grammar:

- Opening and delayed adjectives

Nonfiction reading and writing:
- Narcissism

Summer School: Day 6

Grammar and Writing:
- Opening Adjective

Literature:
- Read "A Sound of Thunder"
- Written response to the short story

Nonfiction reading:
- Article summaries