Monday, January 31, 2011.
Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 TEST
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 8-9 [Except Per. 1 who read through Ch. 8.] Discuss .
Notes: Effects of Manzanar internment on Jeanne and Wakatsuki family: What they lose:
1) freedom
2) privacy
3) home/property
4) Family closeness/unity
5) Father (gone for nine months and when he returns, he is abusive.)
6) Life in the real world/society/normal school/healthy food
7) Peace
Reminder: Study Farewell...Glossary words with * [See yesterday's blog] Quiz: Friday, 1/28
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 8-9 [Except Per. 1 who read through Ch. 8.] Discuss .
Notes: Effects of Manzanar internment on Jeanne and Wakatsuki family: What they lose:
1) freedom
2) privacy
3) home/property
4) Family closeness/unity
5) Father (gone for nine months and when he returns, he is abusive.)
6) Life in the real world/society/normal school/healthy food
7) Peace
Reminder: Study Farewell...Glossary words with * [See yesterday's blog] Quiz: Friday, 1/28
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2010 and
Tuesday, January 25.
1. Farewell to Manzanar Chapter 5: Check study guide for chapters 3-5. Per. 4 only.
Discuss effects of Manzanar internment on Wakatsuki family.
2. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6-7.
Vocabulary for this week: Fifteen Farewell to Manzanar Glossary Words with the * :
acquiescence, amorphous, appalling, benevolent, blanched, conjure, gaudiness, ludicrous, mortified, sedate, semblance, sustenance, tenacious, unscathed, volition. Quiz Friday, 1/28
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 Monday, 1/31
Tuesday, January 25.
1. Farewell to Manzanar Chapter 5: Check study guide for chapters 3-5. Per. 4 only.
Discuss effects of Manzanar internment on Wakatsuki family.
2. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6-7.
Vocabulary for this week: Fifteen Farewell to Manzanar Glossary Words with the * :
acquiescence, amorphous, appalling, benevolent, blanched, conjure, gaudiness, ludicrous, mortified, sedate, semblance, sustenance, tenacious, unscathed, volition. Quiz Friday, 1/28
Reminder: TEST on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 Monday, 1/31
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011.
1. Read Chapter 2
Take notes:
a) Wakatsuki family moves from Ocean Park, CA, an all Caucasian neighborhood to
b) Terminal Island, populated exclusively by recent Japanese immigrants, uneducated and speaking only Japanese. Jeanne and Kiyo were bullied in this place.
c) All Japanese families are evacuated from Terminal Island due to its proximity to the Long Beach Naval Station.
d) From Terminal Island, the family moves to Boyle Heights, a L.A. Downtown ghetto neighborhood, where Jeanne first encounters racial prejudice from her second grade teacher.
e) From Boyle Heights the family is finally bused to Manzanar.
TERMS:
Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish.
The Japanese internees' motto was "Shigata ga nai" which means It cannot be helped. / It must be done.
REMINDER: Study the words marked with the star from your Farewell... Glossary handout.
1. Read Chapter 2
Take notes:
a) Wakatsuki family moves from Ocean Park, CA, an all Caucasian neighborhood to
b) Terminal Island, populated exclusively by recent Japanese immigrants, uneducated and speaking only Japanese. Jeanne and Kiyo were bullied in this place.
c) All Japanese families are evacuated from Terminal Island due to its proximity to the Long Beach Naval Station.
d) From Terminal Island, the family moves to Boyle Heights, a L.A. Downtown ghetto neighborhood, where Jeanne first encounters racial prejudice from her second grade teacher.
e) From Boyle Heights the family is finally bused to Manzanar.
TERMS:
Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish.
The Japanese internees' motto was "Shigata ga nai" which means It cannot be helped. / It must be done.
REMINDER: Study the words marked with the star from your Farewell... Glossary handout.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011.
1. Introduction to Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir about the Japanese internment camps in America during WWII. Read Ch. 1.
Terms to copy from Pg. 8 in book:
Issei:
Nisei:
Sansei:
Notes: Please retrieve notes from peer.
2. View film clips on Pearl Harbor and Japanese interment at Manzanar (background).
REMINDER: Vocabulary for this week are the words with the star on the Farewell...glossary handout . This handout was passed out to every on level class except for period 2.
1. Introduction to Farewell to Manzanar, a memoir about the Japanese internment camps in America during WWII. Read Ch. 1.
Terms to copy from Pg. 8 in book:
Issei:
Nisei:
Sansei:
Notes: Please retrieve notes from peer.
2. View film clips on Pearl Harbor and Japanese interment at Manzanar (background).
REMINDER: Vocabulary for this week are the words with the star on the Farewell...glossary handout . This handout was passed out to every on level class except for period 2.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011.
1. Read "Montgomery Boycott" literature book p. 968-979.
[To access literature book online: http://my.hrw.com Username: nterry68 Password: p3x6x]
Discuss degrading, boycott, militant, perpetuation, and coercion.
Discuss Thoreau's words: "We can no longer lend our cooperation to an evil system" as well as Dr. King's thoughts: "He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
REMINDER: Study vocabulary for this week. See blog for Tuesday, 1/11. Quiz tomorrow.
1. Read "Montgomery Boycott" literature book p. 968-979.
[To access literature book online: http://my.hrw.com Username: nterry68 Password: p3x6x]
Discuss degrading, boycott, militant, perpetuation, and coercion.
Discuss Thoreau's words: "We can no longer lend our cooperation to an evil system" as well as Dr. King's thoughts: "He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
REMINDER: Study vocabulary for this week. See blog for Tuesday, 1/11. Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
1. Complete questions 7-16 from "Notes from a Novice" p. 7-9 in Prep for TAKS workbook. Write down next to selected answer wher/how you found the right answer.
2. On a sheet of paper, answer questions 17, 18, and 19. Use ACES.
A- Answer the question.
C- Cite evidence from the text.
E- Explain your evidence.
S- Summarize without going off topic.
3. Analyze student responses with document camera. Look at some responses critically to help students revise their responses.
REMINDER: Study vocabulary for this week. See blog for Tuesday, 1/11
1. Complete questions 7-16 from "Notes from a Novice" p. 7-9 in Prep for TAKS workbook. Write down next to selected answer wher/how you found the right answer.
2. On a sheet of paper, answer questions 17, 18, and 19. Use ACES.
A- Answer the question.
C- Cite evidence from the text.
E- Explain your evidence.
S- Summarize without going off topic.
3. Analyze student responses with document camera. Look at some responses critically to help students revise their responses.
REMINDER: Study vocabulary for this week. See blog for Tuesday, 1/11
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011.
1. Copy vocabulary for this week:
FAREWELL…VOCABULARY FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 10-14 Quiz Friday 1/14
abate: v. to lose intensity
alleviate v. to make more bearable
arrogance: n. overbearing pride
boisterous: adj. rowdy; noisy and high-spirited
internment: n. wartime confinement of people
ominously: adverb: threateningly
patriarch: n. male leader of a clan or family
pelt: v. to bombard; to hit sharply over a surface
making noise
sabotage: n. in wartime, a destructive act to aid the enemy
savory: adj. strongly flavorful
scuttle: v. to move quickly like a rabbit or an insect
sinister: adj. relating to evil
2. Read "Notes from a Novice" with side annotions.
3. Answer questions 7-16.
1. Copy vocabulary for this week:
FAREWELL…VOCABULARY FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 10-14 Quiz Friday 1/14
abate: v. to lose intensity
alleviate v. to make more bearable
arrogance: n. overbearing pride
boisterous: adj. rowdy; noisy and high-spirited
internment: n. wartime confinement of people
ominously: adverb: threateningly
patriarch: n. male leader of a clan or family
pelt: v. to bombard; to hit sharply over a surface
making noise
sabotage: n. in wartime, a destructive act to aid the enemy
savory: adj. strongly flavorful
scuttle: v. to move quickly like a rabbit or an insect
sinister: adj. relating to evil
2. Read "Notes from a Novice" with side annotions.
3. Answer questions 7-16.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011.
1. Essay on Sustained Silent Reading. (25 minutes)
2. Assignment: From Night and Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech.
With a partner, complete questions 1-11 on page 949---one paper with both names on it. Write neatly and follow Rule/Expectation #4. (25 minutes).
REMINDER: Study your vocabulary words from the selection "From Night" See blog for Tuesday, 1/4 for words if you lost the sheet.
1. Essay on Sustained Silent Reading. (25 minutes)
2. Assignment: From Night and Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech.
With a partner, complete questions 1-11 on page 949---one paper with both names on it. Write neatly and follow Rule/Expectation #4. (25 minutes).
REMINDER: Study your vocabulary words from the selection "From Night" See blog for Tuesday, 1/4 for words if you lost the sheet.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011.
Turn in composition: "Resolutions for 2011" or Letter of Negligence
1. Discuss from NIGHT p. 940: Can Humanity triumph over evil? Discuss whether there is more good than evil or vice-versa.
2. Read excerpt from Ellie Weisel's memoir Night pp. 942- 947.
3. Read the Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on page 948. We will discuss this acceptance speech tomorrow.
REMINDER: Study the following words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz Friday, 1/7
Turn in composition: "Resolutions for 2011" or Letter of Negligence
1. Discuss from NIGHT p. 940: Can Humanity triumph over evil? Discuss whether there is more good than evil or vice-versa.
2. Read excerpt from Ellie Weisel's memoir Night pp. 942- 947.
3. Read the Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on page 948. We will discuss this acceptance speech tomorrow.
REMINDER: Study the following words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Quiz Friday, 1/7
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy New Year!
English 2B Expectations: Copy the following on a sheet of paper:
1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.
2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk during class is unacceptable.
3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.
4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.
5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.
6. I will be careful with the following homonyms:
their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are
your - belonging to you
you're - you are
its - belonging to it
it's - it istoo - also, very (degree)
7. I will be avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.
Composition: "My Resolutions for 2011" Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed (10th grade level paragraphs) elaborating on
1) your goal(s),
2) Why these are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.
Vocabulary for this week: Words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Study parts of speech of these words and their definitions for quiz on Friday, 1/7
Happy New Year!
English 2B Expectations: Copy the following on a sheet of paper:
1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.
2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk during class is unacceptable.
3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.
4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.
5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.
6. I will be careful with the following homonyms:
their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are
your - belonging to you
you're - you are
its - belonging to it
it's - it istoo - also, very (degree)
7. I will be avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.
Composition: "My Resolutions for 2011" Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed (10th grade level paragraphs) elaborating on
1) your goal(s),
2) Why these are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.
Vocabulary for this week: Words "From Night"
1. din (N) a jumble of loud noises
2. emaciated (adj) extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation
3. interminable (adj) endless, or seemingly endless
4. notorious (adj) having a widely known, usually very bad reputation; infamous
5. stature (N) a person's height
6. reprieve (N) the delay of punishment; the state of giving relief from an execution
7. feeble (adj) weak
8. ration (N) a food allowance for one day
9. meager (adj) deficient in quality or quantity; very little in amount
10.inheritance (N) something passed down from one generation to the next
11.torment (verb) to cause severe suffering; to torture
Study parts of speech of these words and their definitions for quiz on Friday, 1/7
Monday, January 3, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
1. Read "from Night" Holt McDougal Literature textbook pg. 942-947 and take notes.
2. Discuss passages from memoir.
REMINDER: HOMEWORK:Study following words:
din (N)
emaciated (adj)
interminable (adj)
notorious (adj)
stature (N)
reprieve (N)
feeble (adj)
ration (N)
meager (adj)
inheritance (N)
torment (verb)
QUIZ: Friday, 1/7
1. Read "from Night" Holt McDougal Literature textbook pg. 942-947 and take notes.
2. Discuss passages from memoir.
REMINDER: HOMEWORK:Study following words:
din (N)
emaciated (adj)
interminable (adj)
notorious (adj)
stature (N)
reprieve (N)
feeble (adj)
ration (N)
meager (adj)
inheritance (N)
torment (verb)
QUIZ: Friday, 1/7
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