AIM: How can we use Bloom's taxonomy to analyze test questions? ASSESSMENT IN CLASS; Selection test If you miss the exam, please come for a make-up test, period 8 Thursday HOMEWORK: Complete any missing work. Reading Log: 20 minutes Independent Reading & Response Journal … [Read more...]
Class assignment 9/17
Objective: More practice conjugating verbs! Handouts Due at the end of the class period. If you were absent, ask Profe Soto for the handout. … [Read more...]
Homework 9/18
If you were an American Colonist living in the mid-1700's how would you react to the laws and acts placed on you by the British? Do you feel these laws/acts are fair? Explain your reasoning. **Must be a minimum of 3 paragraphs … [Read more...]
**Reminder – 1st Exam
**Reminder - your first exam is Tuesday, September 24, 2012. … [Read more...]
Course Syllabus
Your course syllabus was given out in class today. Please be sure to return the signature page to class tomorrow signed. It counts as a homework assignment. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Expectiations-Fall-2013-US-cahillfelix.doc"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Expectiations-Fall-2013-US.doc"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Expectiations-Fall-2013-US-AP.doc"] … [Read more...]
September 17th Aim and Assignments
Aim: How did revolution change Absolutism in England? Homework: go to this link http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/civilwar/Cromwellheroorvillain.pdf Complete all of the tasks on page 2 on a separate sheet of paper with the proper heading. AP students – In addition to this assignment you must find one online source that looks at Oliver Cromwell as a villain and another online source that looks at him as a hero and compare the two sources in a well developed paragraph (6-8 sentences). If you need assistance in completing this assignment please stop by during 8th period office hours (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) or by appointment. … [Read more...]
Junior English Homework #3
AIM What are the 4 Types of Questions and how can they help us analyze and discuss the central ideas and themes in A Raisin in the Sun? EXTENSION ACTIVITY / HOMEWORK HW #3: Students will complete every aspect of the 4 Types of Questions based on “Children’s Story” and A Raisin in the Sun and hand it in tomorrow. … [Read more...]
Aim & Homework
AIM: How do you write a grievance letter, citing an employment contract? Homework: Using the persona of one of the main characters in the short story, "Who Said We All Have to Talk Alike?", write a grievance letter from either the nanny or employer, to each other, about the conflict . … [Read more...]
Aim and Notes and Homework: Tuesday, September 17th
Hola, mis estudiantes. In case you missed class today (shame, shame), here are the notes and the day's aim. Today we began reading Fahrenheit 451 and began dissecting two characters for literary analysis. Aim: How do catalysts affect our lives? Catalyst: an agent of change Below you will find a link to a PDF file of the book. We read up to the paragraph that ends "One time, when he was a child, in a power-failure, his mother had found and lit a last candle and there had been a brief hour of rediscovery, of such illumination that space lost its vast dimensions and drew comfortably around them, and they, mother and son, alone, transformed, hoping that the power might not come on again too soon ...." Please read this if you … [Read more...]
Senior English Language Arts Announcements
Thank you for checking the website. It's going to help you in the long run, especially if you have missed a day of school. Here are the notes from Monday, September 16th, just in case you missed them. Aim: Why is it important to know the history surrounding a fictional novel? Notes: Fahrenheit 451 and the 1950s Originally published in 1953 -8 Years after atomic bombs dropped on Japan American economy was booming Television becoming big business Korean War ongoing during writing -Over 36,000 Americans dead Beginning of mass communication Cold War ongoing -Between the U.S. and Soviet Union -Caused constant anxiety among the masses -Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) Ray Bradbury Born August 22, 1920 Died … [Read more...]