Book Review

Good Morning!

Welcome back and I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving vacation!

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

Today, as promised, you will have time to work on your book review.  The book review is due NO LATER than midnight tonight.

Please follow the rubric for the book review.  Once you post it on Goodreads, be sure to submit it to me by filling out the form on my blog.    

Tomorrow we begin the play, Twelve Angry Men. 

"The Sociology of Leopard Man"

Good Morning!

“I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”
-- Johnny Depp

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due no later than November 30th. Late book reviews will NOT be accepted.

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Being absent is not an excuse for missing work or not turning it in. Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better. 

2.  "Leopard Man" --  Complete Activity #11 on your response sheet.  Respond to just question #1 for Logos, Ethos, Pathos.  Complete the "Summary of Informational Text"  (handout).  Discuss in your group of four to complete this summary. I will collect.

Today, I will collect the packet, the copy of the text, and your response sheets.  Make sure that your have your name on ALL sheets.  Staple the text and the response sheets together with the text ON TOP.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Book Review.  You will have time on the Monday, November 30th to complete your review.

"The Sociology of Leopard Man"

Good Morning!

“The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity. ”
                                                                 Deepak Chopra

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due November 30th.

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Being absent is not an excuse for missing work or not turning it in. Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better. 

2.  "Leopard Man" --  We have read this essay twice and have annotated the text and have answered questions on the text.  We also did a descriptive outlining showing how the essay is divided into parts according to topics addressed.  TODAY, we will complete the second half of Activity #10 and then Activity #11.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"The Sociology of Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
If there is anything the noncomformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
                                                             Bill Vaughan 

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due November 30th.

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better. 

2.  "Leopard Man" --  Complete Activity #7 which is annotating the text while you give it a second reading. THEN you will complete Activity #9 which is "Mapping the Organizational Structure" (1-5). After you have mapped the essay, complete Activity#10 -- but only the RESPONDING part.  You will summarize this essay on another handout.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"The Sociology of Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow.

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due November 30th.

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better. 

2.  "Leopard Man" -- Yesterday you fully completed Activity #5.  Next we will complete Activity #7 which is annotating the text. We will do Activity together in discussion. Then you will complete Activity #9.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading 

Leopard Man

Good Morning!
You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. - Doug Floyd

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell.  Book Review is due November 30th.

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

I am not a label

2. Expository Reading & Writing Course Unit -- Please complete Activity #4 on the handout (p.3).  Preview the questions in Activity#5.  Then we will do a first reading of the essay and come back and answer the questions.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Book review is due November 30th.

Leopard Man

Good Morning!
Whoso would be a man, must be a noncomformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness.  Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
                                                                -- Emerson

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

2. Expository Reading & Writing Course Unit -- We will finish the group activity by sharing your responses to the questions you answered yesterday.

3. Complete Activity #2 & #3 on the sheet that I gave you.
     We will read the article on Monday.

HOMEWORK:  The book reviews are due on Goodreads by November 30th.

Leopard Man

Good Morning!

The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

                                     Robert Anthony

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

2. Expository Reading & Writing Course Unit:  You have received a packet for this unit of study.  It is several pages long so please keep track of it.  Put it in your notebook.  You will be making written response to the activities.  For that purpose, I have distributed a handout for your activity responses. 

3.  You have completed Activities #1 & #2.  
     Before we go on to the text, today we are going to think of
     and discuss some ideas relating to the reading.  You are going
     to do this in groups of four.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Leopard Man

Good Morning!

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

                                                                   John F. Kennedy

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

2. Expository Reading & Writing Course Unit:  You have received a packet for this unit of study.  It is several pages long so please keep track of it.  Put it in your notebook.  You will be making written response to the activities.  For that purpose, I have distributed a handout for your activity responses. Yesterday, you responded to the painting "The Wanderer."  Before we read the text "Leopard Man," we will complete Activity #1, #2, and #3.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Leopard Man

Good Morning!

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

2.  Narrative quiz and paper return.  Please keep all papers in case I have made any error in recording.

3.  Expository Reading & Writing Course Unit:  You will receive a packet for this unit of study.  It is several pages long so please keep track of it.  Put it in your notebook.  You will be making written response to the activities.  For that purpose, I am distributing notebook paper which you will use. 

ACTIVITY #1: Before we begin with the Quickwrite in the packet, please respond in writing to the following painting.  Describe every you see as significant to help you interpret the painting. Interpret.


 HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Literacy Assessment

Good Morning!

 Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

LITERACY ASSESSMENT: Only a few of you finished this test yesterday because the netbooks were SO SLOW.  If you did not finish, please do so today.  If you have, please read your independent reading book or work on something else quietly.  Thank you for your patience!

Student Directions: 

1. Go to: illuminate
2. Login with your district username and password, the same one you use to login to the netbooks. 
3. You should see Pending Assessments on the right.
4. Choose Literacy Interim Assessment -Grade 10.
5. Read the directions carefully as you work through the assessment. 
6. Read your book or work on homework for another class when you finish. 

  HOMEWORK:  Independent reading

Literacy Assessment

Good Morning!

 Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

LITERACY ASSESSMENT: As I indicated to you on Monday and Tuesday, you are taking the district mandated literacy assessment test today.  It is not a timed test, so if you do not complete it today, you can finish it tomorrow. The following are the directions for you to follow once you log on to your netbook. Go to my blog and click on the provided link below.

Student Directions: 

1. Go to: illuminate
2. Login with your district username and password, the same one you use to login to the netbooks. 
3. You should see Pending Assessments on the right.
4. Choose Literacy Interim Assessment -Grade 10.
5. Read the directions carefully as you work through the assessment. 
6. Read your book or work on homework for another class when you finish. 

 

Narrative Test

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1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

NOTE: Yesterday I collected the assignments on "The Window."

2.  Test on Narrative -- take a few moments to review the terms that you should have in your notebook.  I reviewed them with you yesterday.   When you are done with the test, please read your independent reading book.

3. NOTE -- Tomorrow you will be taking a mandated district literacy test.  It might take two days to complete.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"The Window"

Good Morning!

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better.   

NOTE: Yesterday I collected the assignments on "The Bracelet."

2.  "The Window" -- Explain how the setting contributes to the theme of the story.  What is the theme?  What is the irony?  Use the back of the handout for your responses.

3.  Review for test on narrative texts -- the test is tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:  Review terms for the test on Narrative.

"The Bracelet"

Good Morning!
I hope that you had a great weekend! 
". . . but the powerful and sensual genius who creates and nourishes the marvels of childhood, who gradually weakens, then dies mysteriously within us, did not even stir." 

1.  Independent Reading -  Please begin at the bell 

NOTE: Please refer to my blog if you are absent from school.  Turn in any missed assignments promptly when you return.  Please use abaltrushes@sandi.net for correspondence.  Speaking to me in person is better. 

2.  "The Bracelet"  -- This story was assigned to you on Friday and you completed the graphic organizer on the different elements of the story.  We will discuss this assignment, and then I will collect it. 

NOTE:  Test on Narrative Unit will be on Wednesday.  We will review the terms we have used as we read the stories and others that have not been mentioned frequently.  Study the list of terms that you have.

HOMEWORK: 1. Review the list of terms for narrative text
                         2. Independent Reading