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Welcome to Quarter One of Your Sophomore Year

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Syllabus 2023 (in depth)

Common Syllabus Semester 1 2023

Wed. July 19

• Welcome Back
• Get to know you
• Policies and Procedures
• Bathroom passes/Phone station numbers/signing out/passwords
• Turnitin.com/remind/membean/albert io
• Q1 goals
• Syllabus 2023  
• Bumper sticker

Thurs. July 20

• More get to know you
• Finish Bumper sticker
• Share parts of it (hang on wall for parent night)
• Discuss writing process

Fri. July 21

• Finish bumper sticker/share
• Writing Process 
• Generate Questions
• Notecard Activity
• Share

Mon. July 24

• Albert IO Lang/Read Preassessment

Tues. July 25

• Prepositions Handout
• Prepositions Practice #1
• Literary Devices (Kahoot)
• Go Over Argument (Claim)
• Launch Text pg. 130
• Word Network "Outsider"

Wed. July 26

• Membean (15 minutes)
• Prepositional Phrase Practice #2
• Coping with Cliques Article
• Bulleted summary
• What will you take away from it? 

Thurs. July 27

• The Doll's House   pg. 200
• Doll's House Activity

HW: Prepositional Phrase Quiz tomorrow 

Fri. July 28

• Prepositional Phrase Quiz
• Doll's House Activity
•  Membean 15 minutes 

Mon. July 31

• Subject/Verb practice
• Helping and Linking Verbs List
• Podcast
• Summary of Podcast

Tues. Aug. 1

• Poem Google Presentation
• Poems

Thurs. Aug. 3

• Membean 15
• Poem Google Presentation
• Subject/Verb Practice 2
• Sonnet Writing 2023

HW - Bring something to read every Friday starting tomorrow 

Fri. Aug. 4

• Membean 15
• Friday Reading
• Independent Reading Log

Mon. Aug. 7

• S/V Review
• MLA Citations Practice
• Finding Credible Sources
• MLA Citation Machine
• Argument Writing Assignment and Brainstorm
• Argument Essay Rubric

HW: S/V Quiz Tomorrow 

Tues. Aug. 8

• S/V Quiz
• Membean 15
• Argument Writing Assignment and Brainstorm

Thurs. Aug. 10

• Membean 15
• Argument Writing Assignment and Brainstorm
• Argument Essay Rubric
• Work Day

Fri. Aug. 11

• Read 15
• Independent Reading Log
• Work on essay 

Mon. Aug. 14

• Picture Day
• Argument Essay Rubric
• Finalize Essays (bring rough draft completed by tomorrow)
• Make sure you have at least 3 difference in-text citations within your text

HW: Come prepared with a final rough draft on Tuesday

Tues. Aug. 15

• Clauses Practice 1
• Argument Essay Rubric
• Peer Edit Argumentative Essay
• Revise Essay

HW: Membean Quiz Thurs. 

Thurs. Aug. 17

• Membean quiz 1
• Peer Edit Argumentative Essay
• Last questions for essay - look over rubric/formatting, etc
• Revise Essay
• What is the "American Dream"
• America and Americans Article
• Socratic Seminar  

HW: Don't forget Reading material tomorrow/ Essay due Sunday night at midnight

Fri. Aug. 18

• Read 15
• Independent Reading Log
• Migrant Worker Timeline 2023
• Migrant Worker Article

HW: Argumentative Essay due to turntin.com by Sunday at 11:59 pm

Mon. Aug. 21

• Migrant Worker Timeline 2023
• Migrant Worker Article

Tues. Aug. 22

• Membean 15
• America and Americans Article
• Socratic Seminar Questions

HW: Phrase/Clause Quiz Thurs. 

Thurs. Aug. 24

• Phrase/Clause Quiz
• Membean 15
• OMM Chapter 1
• Chapter 1 Study Guide
• "Recurring Images" as a class

HW: Bring Reading Material for Tomorrow/ Simple and Complex quiz tomorrow

Fri. Aug. 25

• Read 15
• Independent Reading Log
• Chapter 1 Study Guide  
• Chapter 1 Writing Activity - Choose One

Mon. Aug. 28

• Sentence Types S and CX Prac 1
• Start Chapter 2 OMM
• Illustrate while reading (17-25)
• Character Chart
• "Recurring Images"

Tues. Aug. 29

• Sentence Types S and CX Prac 1
• Membean 15
• Finish Chapter 2 (26-37)
• "Recurring Images"
• Character Chart
• Ilustration of chapter

Thurs. Aug. 31

• S and CX Prac 2
• Reflection of essay on turnitin.com
• Membean 15
• Chapter 3 (37-48)
• Chapter 3 studyguide
• Found Poem OMM
• Podcast (if time permits)

Fri. Sept. 1

• Homecoming Assembly
• Read 15-20
• Independent Reading Log

Mon. Sept. 4

No School 

Tues. Sept. 5

• Simple, Complex, Compound Prac 1
• Finish Chapter 3
• Chapter 3 study guide 
• Membean writing with your words

HW: Membean quiz Thursday

Thurs. Sept. 7

• Membean quiz 
• Grammar practice
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 4 Study guide
• Podcast and making connections
• Bio Poem

HW: grammar quiz Friday

Fri. Sept. 8

• Grammar quiz 
• Read 15-20
• Independent Reading Log

Mon. Sept. 11

• Grammar Practice 1
• Read Chapter 5 OMM
• Chapter 5 and 6 Study Guide OMM
• Theme Statements
• If time permits, membean paragraphs

Tues. Sept. 12

• Grammar practice 2
• Membean 15
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 5 and 6 Study Guide OMM
•  "Recurring Images"
• Finish Study Guide - Discuss Ending Movie Clip

HW: Grammar Quiz Thursday

Thurs. Sept. 14

• Membean 15
• Grammar Quiz
• Go Over Newspaper Assignment
• Sophomore units auditorium

Fri. Sept. 15

• Read 15-20
• Independent Reading Log
• Newspaper

Mon. Sept. 18

• Tabloid Assignment

Tues. Sept. 19

• Mindfulness Room

Thurs. Sept. 21

• Tabloid Assignment  
• OMM and Final Assessment 

HW: Tabloid assignment to turnitin.com by tonight (one person submits)/ Membean Quiz tomorrow

Fri. Sept. 22

• Membean Quiz 
• Read 15/ IRP Log
• Reading Summary and Bookmark Activity
• Bookmark Activity

Mon. Sept. 25

• PSA Activity
• PSA Rubric

Tues. Sept. 26

• PSA Activity
• PSA Rubric

Thurs. Sept. 28

• PSA Activity
• PSA Rubric
• Mental Health Check In
• Stop the Stigma Posters
• Stress Balls
• Turn in Bathroom Passes

Fri. Sept. 29

• Fall Assembly 
• Clean Class

HAVE A GREAT FALL BREAK!