Today's agenda:
1) Scary Short Stories
2) Brainstorm for project
3) Goldstein EZ Notes

Tonight:
1) Work on your Article project
2) Blog posts due Thursday
3) Seminar on Friday
4) Vocabulary journal due on Friday

Based on my reading of your previous papers, I have recognized that we need to do some more work on writing and constructing an argument. With this in mind, I am going to be shifting some due dates to give us more time before your next papers are due.

Thursday of this week: your next blog post is due.
Here is the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/opinion/how-texas-teaches-history.html
Here are the questions for the blog post:

1. Summarize the argument that the author makes in this article. (4-5 sentences)
2. Do you agree with the author’s argument? Why or why not?
3. Connect this idea to 1984. How is this issue similar to the techniques of obfuscation used in Oceania?
4. Write your own level 3 question and thoroughly answer it.

Tuesday: Nov 8: Articles due
Friday, November 18: 1984 paper due

Vocabulary schedule will not change, so you will have a vocabulary journal due next week.

​Today's agenda:
1) Silent reading
2) Grade and review reading quizzes from yesterday
3) Seminar for e-text books
4) Discuss 1984

This weekend: Read through page 217 in 1984 and work on finding articles for your project. 

Today's agenda:
1) Opening poem
2) Finish 1984 jigsaw activity
3) Reading quiz

Tonight:
1) Complete your blog posts for this evening. Prepare for your seminar tomorrow. 
2) Read pages 157-185
3) Find articles for your project 

Today's agenda:
1) Silent reading
2) Introduction of appositive phrases
3) Review 1984
4) 1984 Jigsaw activity using the packet from yesterday. We will continue this activity tomorrow. 

Tonight:
1) Make sure you are caught up on your reading!
2) Complete your blog post for Thursday
3) All make up work must be turned in by Friday. I will not accept anything after that date. 

Today's agenda:
1) Silent reading
2) Minimum wage seminar
3) Review 1984--what questions do you have?
4) Discuss doublethink passage (see attached)

Tonight:
1) Finish the four questions on the double think passage. We will use those, and the rest of the packet, in class tomorrow 
2) Complete your blog post for Thursday
3) Make sure that you are caught up with your reading. 
4) All make up work must be turned in by Friday. I will not accept anything after that date. 
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Today's agenda:
1) Benchmark 2! 
This took up most of the period, so we will have the minimum wage seminar tomorrow. I will be creating a new 1984 calendar so that we can account for the days lost to testing. You should receive this tomorrow. 

Tonight:
1) Read through page 156 in 1984. We will discuss these pages in class tomorrow, and we will be going back to cover the earlier pages as well. 
2) Complete your blog post for this week. It will be due on Thursday afternoon by 2:30. This will be the first homework grade for the new quarter. The seminar on Friday, however, will count for Quarter 1. It will be your final opportunity to get those seminar grades for this quarter. www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/technology/coursesmart-e-textbooks-track-students-progress-for-teachers.html?_r=0

1. Summarize the technology described here. What are the benefits of such a system?
   
2. What is your opinion on the use of this E-reader tracking system? Why? 
3. How does the author use tone to reveal his personal opinions about his topic? Discuss his diction in particular.
   
4. Does this article suggest that we are moving more towards and society like 1984? Why or why not? Do you agree that this is “Big Brother, sort of, but with a good intent”?  

3) All make up work must be turned in by Friday. I will not accept anything after that. I will not complete any grade changes after grades are entered on Friday. 

Today's agenda:
1) Opening poem
2) Vocabulary and grammar quiz

This weekend:
1) Prepare for your benchmark on Monday
2) Read through page 150 in 1984
3) Prepare for your seminar on the minimum wage--we will have this seminar after the benchmark on Monday

Today's agenda:
1) Opening Poem
2) Benchmark 2 practice (see attached)
3) Discuss 1984

Today's agenda:
1) Silent reading
2) Review the calendar and introduce the project
3) Review the participle practice
4) Work on your blog post
5) Review 1984
6) Read example paragraphs that analyze 1984 in preparation for the benchmark (see attached)

Tonight:
1) Finish reading through page 69 in 1984
2) Complete your blog post for Thursday afternoon
3) Read and complete the paragraph handout from the end of class today