February 2020
Key: All Classes, Seniors, Juniors, Special Announcements
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Monday, February 3
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11 CP: Read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," (pages 269-274) as a class.
ERWC: Finish the Sumerian WebQuest from last Friday. This assignment can be found on Google Classroom |
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Tuesday, February 4
One Hour Delayed Start |
11 CP: Take the "Civil Disobedience" quiz.
Pass out the article on Edward Snowden, then watch two videos from edpuzzle.com. To view at home, you will have to create a free account, login, and enter the following classroom number to view the videos. (Classroom: dGMKGK) HW: Prepare for tomorrow's in-class writing assignment! ERWC: Go to the library to check out The Epic of Gilgamesh. Watch the following 25 minute video, "The Epic of Gilgamesh," and answer the questions on the corresponding worksheet. https://www.learner.org/series/invitation-to-world-literature/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/ |
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Wednesday, February 5
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11 CP: Watch the following biography on Mahatma Gandhi and complete the worksheet about it
https://youtu.be/bq2-Su7L9KA ERWC: Begin reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Thursday, February 6
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11 CP: Watch the video "Letter from Birmingham Jail" at
https://youtu.be/XIpfCVt2eb4 Then read "Meet the Writers: Gandhi and King," (pages 276-277) Read the Literary/Reading/Writing Skills Focus (on page 277) Read Gandhi's speech "On Nonviolent Resistance," pages (278-279) Read the Literary/Reading/Writing Skills Focus (on page 280) Read Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," (pages 281-282) Take an open book quiz over these works when finished. ERWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Friday, February 7
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11 CP: Take the Vocabylary 13 quiz and complete next week's Vocabulary 14 worksheet when finished
ERWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Monday, February 10
Lincoln's Birthday Holiday- No School |
No School
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Tuesday, February 11
One Hour Delayed Start 6th Emergency Drill Progress Reports Due Substitute |
11 CP: Prepare for tomorrow's In-Class Writing assignment.
ERWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Wednesday, February 12
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11 CP: Complete today's In-Class Writing Assignment on Transcendentalism
ERWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Thursday, February 13
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11 CP: Discuss slides 12-15 from the Literary Periods PowerPoint, then read "The Civil War Divides a Country," pages 402-403, "The Country Rebuilds," pages 404-405.RWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Friday, February 14
Valentine's Day |
11 CP: Watch the A&E Biography on Frederick Douglas.
https://youtu.be/qWcbqlSTYegyoutu.be/qWcbqlSTYeg ERWC: Continue reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Monday February 17
Washington's Birthday Holiday- No School |
No School
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Tuesday, February 18
One Hour Delayed Start |
11 CP: Read "Spirituals," pages 432-433, then look at "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (page 437) and discuss how it was encoded to lead slaves North to freedom. You can hear a good rendition of the spiritual when you follow this link: https://youtu.be/g8FE_4OFbsQyoutu.be/g8FE_4OFbsQ
This was the spiritual heard in Friday's A&E Biography. Next read "Meet the Writer: Frederick Douglass," pages 414-415. Then read along with the audio "from the Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass," pages 416-420. Take an open-book quiz over the piece ERWC: Finish reading The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Wednesday, February 19
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11 CP: Take the Vocabulary 14 quiz that was moved from last Friday. Finish the Open Book quiz over Frederick Douglas. Then begin reading on your own:
"Meet the Writer: Harriet A. Jacobs" and her "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," (pages 424-430). ERWC: Review two powerpoint presentations about Gilgamesh in anticipation of the Unit Exam, then watch the following video: https://youtu.be/2pGhEu9elnA |
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Thursday, February 20
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11 CP: "Meet the Writer: Sojourner Truth" and "Ain't I a Woman?" (440-442). Take an open-book quiz over Sojourner's piece and Harriet Jacob's piece from yesterday.
ERWC: In pairs, take the Gilgamesh Unit Exam |
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Friday, February 21
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11 CP: Read pages 451-453 ("The Rise of Realism"/ "Connecting to Realism"/ "Analyzing Sequence of Events") and pages 454-455 ("Meet the Writer: Ambrose Bierce"). Complete next week's Vocabulary 15 worksheet.
ERWC: Read Chapter 18: Gods of the Northland (pages 262-274) in Myths and Their Meanings and answer questions 1-20 on pages 276-277. |
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Monday, February 24
Substitute |
11 CP: Begin reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (pages 456-462).
ERWC: Finish your work from Friday. Additionally, read pages 3-13 in the purple book and take the open book quiz over the Anglo-Saxons |
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Tuesday, February 25
One Hour Delayed Start |
11 CP: Finish reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," (pages 462-464). Watch the last nine minutes of the 1962 movie and take a quiz.
http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?p=68ec20c3-5591-11e3-91bc-002219bf28ec ERWC: Beowulf, Lesson 1: Introducing the Anglo Saxons Podcast by Dr. Masullo https://youtu.be/Yby0ZylJAKk |
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Wednesday, February 26
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11 CP: Students will read: pages 608-613 in your Literature book ("The Age of Realism," "New Settlers Go West," "The Perils of Prosperity"). Students will also read pages 619-623 ("Regionalism," "Predicting," and "Meet Bret Harte,"). Begin reading "The Outcasts of Poker Flat."
ERWC: Beowulf, Lesson 2: The History of the Beowulf Poem Podcast by Dr. Masullo https://youtu.be/lXm1bzrEU-A |
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Thursday, February 27
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11 CP: Finish reading "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," (pages 624-632) and answer questions 1-17 on page 633.
ERWC: Beowulf, Lesson 3: The Language of the Beowulf Poem Podcast by Dr. Masullo https://youtu.be/n2Itsfli8EI |
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Friday, February 28
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11 CP: Review/discuss "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," then take a quiz over the story and the Vocabulary 15 quiz.
ERWC: Beowulf, Lesson 4: Literary Devices Used in the Beowulf Poem Podcast by Dr. Masullo https://youtu.be/vAbcxgCAxjA |
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