Ms. Geiss ’ English III Class - PowerPoint Presentation

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Ms. Geiss’ English III Class

Agenda –

BELLWORK: Complete an information card providing the following info…

Full Name & Nick Name

Birthday

SCHOOL email address

Which of the following digital tools have you used?

Animoto

/

GoAnimate

/ Movie Maker / PowerPoint /

PowToon

/ Prezi /

Weebly

If you had to choose a way to show what you know, which would you prefer? Choose 1-2 answers.

Essay / Individual Project / Group Project / Test

What is your favorite book, magazine, graphic novel, poem, song, or other form of writing? Name the title and what style of writing it is.

What is your favorite part of English class and/or what are you best at?

Homework: Bring back signed syllabus & class placement letterSlide2

SyllabusOpt-Out Form

FolderClassroom ExpectationsSlide3

The bright, shining first thing

BEFORE THE BELL1) Check the projector for directionsHW turn-in remindersPick up assignmentsBellworkQuiz Reminder2) Turn in HomeworkTeacher will specifically ask for HW. Work turned in after this point, will be late.

If you are late, it is your responsibility to remember HW turn-in

3) Return Work

Each week there will be a newly designated student to hand back work during the Bell Work time OR during “down-time.”Slide4

Location Location

Trash Can vs Recycling BinAssignment Turn-inWork to ReturnComputer, Printer, and Printer Paper Stapler, hole punch, and other stuffHall PassesSlide5

Grading

The WHOLE English Department uses the following system for grading. Literature 35% Composition 35%Grammar/Vocab 10%Speak/Listen 10%Homework 10%Slide6

Online Turn-in

We will create Weebly tomorrow in classStudent Weebly PageHW/Classwork (Optional)Projects (Mandatory)

Post as Link

Essays (Mandatory)

Post as ATTACHMENTSSlide7

Cough cough – I am sooo

sickMake-Up WorkWork is posted on my website & sent via email EVERY DAY.

Time to Make-Up

Rules

Whose

Responsibility?

Classwork & HW

1 absence = 1 extra

day

2+ absences = 2 extra days per absence

Yours!

Quizzes

& Tests

Next Husky Help or a planned time after school.

First Deadline: 2/20

If you return from an absence

on a planned quiz or test day, you will still need to take the assessment.

Yours!

Projects & Papers

Due the day your return to school.

Excused Absence:

bring in parent or doctor’s note & completed major assignment the day that you return. No note means that the assignment will considered late.

Unexcused

Absence:

Project or Paper will be considered late once submitted.

Yours!Slide8

Late Work

10% per day for late Students who turn in the assignment after three (3) days cannot receive better than 70% of the earned grade. Students must be aware of school-wide late work cut-off dates.Q3 – 2/20, 3/13

Q4 – 4/24, 5/29Slide9

Retake Policy

Tests are not a large component of the English programOne of the three major essays written in each English class may be re-written for grade improvement after a conference with the teacher.Slide10

General Rules No cell phones or information looker uppers without prior explicit approval

No talking while teacher or student is speaking to the class.Don’t open the door without an okayNo Food. No lidless drinks.Generally, just be respectfulSlide11

I am going to explode.Pick an appropriate time

Not during directions, lecture, or reading.Potty ProcedureFill out passBring it to meI will signSlide12

A note on respectClassroom should be a comfortable place where everyone can openly express themselves.

If you get the giggles = step outIf you are being rude = step out and write up.Slide13

So bad.First Warning

Verbal/WarningSecond WarningName on board/Visual WarningEmail HomeThird WarningCheck by name

Move to different seat

Call Home

Fourth Warning

Leave the room/See Administrator

Call Home & Write-Up

Good behavior can get your name erased from the board.Slide14

I win!Point System

Group with most points at end of every week wins prize.

Ways to Win

Entire group has HW or is on task during class work

Sitting and working at bell

Answer questions correctly or reading out loud

Kind Acts

General

AwesomenessSlide15

Plagiarism1

st Violation: Zero on assignment with additional assignment averaged. Parent/guardian contact. Documented in teacher grade book.2nd Violation: Same as first with addition of documentation in disciplinary program.

3

rd

Violation: Same as 1

st

and 2

nd

violations with addition of appearance before five panel Honor Court.

Consequences may range from the following:

Loss of privilege to attend extra-curricular activities (dances, games, etc.)

Loss of privilege to drive to school

Loss of privilege to determine how you will spend Husky Help or lunch

Denial of future access to dual enrollment opportunities

Detention/OSS on the discipline scaleSlide16

Pre-Exams and Final ExamsPre Exams:

Reading – Homework GradeGrammar – 93% or higher on exams will exempt you from all grammar homework.Final Exam: 20% of final gradeSlide17

CommunicationMonthly Calendars

Shame WallWebsite: www.englishwithgeiss.weebly.comNightly emailsClass assignments and Homework will be emailed to you and your parents/guardians nightlySlide18

Divider LabelsThe class will be as paperless as possible.

You will need 5-6 dividers! Holy Humongous!Divider OR Notebook for Journals Divider for Notes (Vocab, Grammar, & Literary Devices)4 Dividers for the 4 UnitsSlide19

Project Based Learning Units

College Applications Unit – 2½ WeeksGraphic Novel StoryCollege EssayAmerican Dream – 6½ Weeks Read The Great Gatsby and Black BoyMulti-Genre Magazine Project – built in Argumentative Essay

Exam on “The Great Gatsby”

Satire in Society – 4 Weeks

Read excerpts from

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

and

The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass

Satire Video

Compare and Contrast Essay

Identity of the Individual – 4 Weeks

Read

Their Eyes Were Watching God

and

The Crucible

Create a Movie Soundtrack – built in Literary Analysis EssaySlide20

2nd Period

Table 1: Edoardo, Gustavo, Joshua, MadisonTable 2: Daniel, Jessica, Quentin, WilliamTable 3: Duncan, Hayden, Parker, StevenTable 4: Anna, Kakia

, Taylor, Zach, Mariah

Table 5: Angelo, Bryanna,

Lamari

, James

Table 6: Britnee

, Hannah, Maxwell

Table 7: Justin,

Channie

, Serena, Nicole

Table 8: Ariana, Charles, StephenSlide21

4th Period

Table 1: Amanda, Caila, Keven, Njava, Tariq Table 2: , Jack, Hannah, Kellan, Garry, SydneyTable 3: Jason, Devyn, Seth, Gabriella

Table 4: Briana, Kevin, Jillian, Taylor

Table 5: Cole, Anne, Terri, Arianna

Table 6:

DeVante

, Katherine,

Natausha

Table 7:

Legacie

, Megan, Jordan, Anthony

Table 8:

Jerrel

,

LaShara

, Janae, KelseaSlide22

Claude McKay, who was born in Jamaica in 1889, wrote about social and political concerns from his perspective as a black man in the United States, as well as a variety of subjects ranging from his Jamaican homeland to romantic love.

Poem: If We Must DieSlide23

If We Must Die

Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948

If we must die—let it not be like hogs

Hunted

and penned in an inglorious spot,

While

round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making

their mock at our accursed lot.

If

we must die—oh, let us nobly die,

So

that our precious blood may not be shed

In

vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall

be constrained to honor us though dead!

Oh

, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;

Though

far outnumbered, let us show us brave,

And

for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!

What

though before us lies the open grave?

Like

men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,

Pressed

to the wall, dying, but fighting back! Slide24

If We Must Die

Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948 If we must die—let it not be like hogs

Hunted

and penned in an inglorious spot,

While

round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making

their mock at our accursed lot.

If

we must die—oh, let us nobly die,

So

that our precious blood may not be shed

In

vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall

be constrained to honor us though dead!

Oh

, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;

Though

far outnumbered, let us show us brave,

And

for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!

What

though before us lies the open grave?

Like

men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,

Pressed

to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

TPCASTT

T

itle

–

Before reading the poem, consider what the poem may be about based upon the title?

P

araphrase

–

What are the literal meanings behind each line?

C

onnotation

–

What Figurative Language do you see? What is its purpose?

A

ttitude/Tone

–

What does the author think/feel about the topic?

S

hift

–

Are there any significant changes in the poem? Why might the change occur?

T

itle

–

Know that you have interpreted the poem, what does the title mean?

T

heme

–

Combine your findings above to write a SPES or other form of paragraph analyzing the poem.Slide25

If We Must Die

Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948 If we must die—let it not be like hogs

Hunted

and penned in an inglorious spot,

While

round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,

Making

their mock at our accursed lot.

If

we must die—oh, let us nobly die,

So

that our precious blood may not be shed

In

vain; then even the monsters we defy

Shall

be constrained to honor us though dead!

Oh

, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;

Though

far outnumbered, let us show us brave,

And

for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!

What

though before us lies the open grave?

Like

men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,

Pressed

to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

Title

Paraphrase

Connotation

Attitude/Tone

Shift

Title

Theme