Quarter 4, Week 9 of 9

Monday, May 19

Classwork
Learning Objective: W.11-12.10- Write routinely over short periods of time (a single day).

1. Do Now: Read the learning objective and target practice.
2. After: Use a computer to complete the reflection by clicking here.
3. Then: Read responses
4. Next: Graduation Practice Schedule

Target Practice: I can articulate my ideas in written form well enough to operate in the field I wish to enter. +/0/-
Homework

• Be the best person you can possibly be for as long as you possibly can for the rest of your life.  If you can use what you've learned at Kekaulike over the last four years, even better!

Tuesday-Thursday

• See the schedule for Graduation practice provided last week and earlier this week.

For the Prospective Graduates:

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to teach you Expository Writing and British Literature in your last year of formal public education.  For some of you, this has been a three year odyssey with me!  That's both good and bad, I'm sure! Thank you for bearing with me through my first year teaching seniors.  I hope you felt I was adequate to the task and that you learned something over this year that is, or will be, relevant to your life.  If not, I hope you let me know what I can do to change that for the next group!

If you're interested, here're my two cents about navigating the world: 

• Remember that life is ultimately about finding love and happiness, but that you will need to work hard, even suffer, to get to that point.  This is how you learn what truly makes you happy, not by always doing what feels good in the moment.  
• Having said that, moments are what life is made of. If you only prepare the future, you will never realize all the beautiful moments in your life or celebrate all that you have achieved. So, stop to smell the roses.
• Think about what you do before you do it.  Look down the road, across the ocean, upward to the sky, and far into the past before you decide what to do.  Once you've decided, though, stick with it.  These are the moments that truly matter.
• When you screw up, recognize it.  Take ownership of it. Learn from it, and don't do it like that again! 
• Kulia I Ka Nu'u. Reach for the stars. Be legendary.  Whatever mantra you choose, remember that these are just words.  Your actions are what bring them into focus and make them reality.
• Finally, remember that we will always be here for you- your Kekaulike family.  We love you and maintain all the hope in our hearts that you will be successful, thoughtful, and -most of all- happy in the world.

Aloha!

Quarter 4, Week 8 of 9

Enrichment Credit for The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree:

If you were in the play, you've got the enrichment.

If you were in the audience, write a short reflection about the play and turn-in hard copy by Thursday, May 15 @ 2:15!

Monday, May 12

Classwork
Learning Objective: L.11-12.6, Acquire and use accurately new academic and domain-specific words and phrases.

1. Do Now: G Level Vocabulary Unit 15, Quiz B (last one...ever)
2. After: Score Quiz
3. Then: Review weekly plan
4. Next: V for Vendetta pre-planning

Target Practice: I can use newly acquired words and phrases in my writing. +/0/-

Homework

• Enrichment: Complete the end of semester Vocabulary review by clicking here for Part A and here for Part B. After completing each with at least 75% accuracy, submit the results to: william_fisher@notes.k12.hi.us. Make sure your first and last names are in the box at the top, along with the period number. The activity must be completed by 2:15 on Thursday, May 15.
• Voluntary: Write a letter to the Junior class reflecting on your Senior year and giving them advice for navigating theirs.  These should be anonymous, and will be given to next year's Senior English teachers.  You may wish to use the questions at this link for some guidance.

Tuesday, May 13 and Wednesday, May 14

Classwork
Learning Objective: RL.11-12.1, Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

1. Do Now: Read the learning objective and target practice.  Then, complete the first page of this packet.
2. After: Watch V for Vendetta with reading strategy
3. Then: Discuss the film so far.
4. Next: Discuss end of year activities

Target Practice: I can identify and explain similarities between the film and two other literary pieces. +/0/-
Homework

• Enrichment: Complete the end of semester Vocabulary review by clicking here for Part A and here for Part B. After completing each with at least 75% accuracy, submit the results to: william_fisher@notes.k12.hi.us. Make sure your first and last names are in the box at the top, along with the period number. The activity must be completed by 2:15 on Thursday, May 15.
• Voluntary: Write a letter to the Junior class reflecting on your Senior year and giving them advice for navigating theirs.  These should be anonymous, and will be given to next year's Senior English teachers.  You may wish to use the questions at this link for some guidance.

Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16

Classwork
Learning Objective: RL.11-12.1, Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

1. Do Now: Read the learning objective and target practice.
2. After: Watch V for Vendetta with reading strategy
3. Then: Discuss the film so far.
4. Next: Discuss end of year activities

Target Practice: I can identify and explain similarities between the film and two other literary pieces. +/0/-
Homework

• Enrichment: Complete the end of semester Vocabulary review by clicking here for Part A and here for Part B. After completing each with at least 75% accuracy, submit the results to: william_fisher@notes.k12.hi.us. Make sure your first and last names are in the box at the top, along with the period number. The activity must be completed by 2:15 on Thursday, May 15.
• Voluntary: Write a letter to the Junior class reflecting on your Senior year and giving them advice for navigating theirs.  These should be anonymous, and will be given to next year's Senior English teachers.  You may wish to use the questions at this link for some guidance.

Quarter 4, Week 7 of 9

Books and Library obligations must be cleared by the end of the day on Monday, May 5!

1984 Activity Parts 1 & 2 are due by Friday, May 9 @ 2:15!

ALL LATE WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY, MAY 9 @ 2:15!

Monday, May 5 (Happy Cinco de Mayo!)

Classwork
Learning Objective: L.11-12.6, Acquire and use accurately new academic and domain-specific words and phrases.

1. Do Now: G Level Vocabulary Unit 15, Quiz A
2. After: Quiz Review 
3. Then: Pre-Reading Activity for That's No Phone.  That's My Tracker (p. 101, activity 41)
4. Next: Reading Activity for That's No Phone. That's My Tracker (p. 103, activity 45)

Target Practice: I can identify and use new academic vocabulary in my writing. +/0/-

Homework

• Complete Parts 1 & 2 of the 1984 Activity by Friday @ 2:15

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 and 7

Classwork
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.4, Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how the author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of the text.

1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice into your journal. Looking at That's No Phone. That's My Tracker,  address the following ideas in your journal: This article begins and ends with the question of what we should call smartphones and argues that “trackers” would be more accurate. Is that the real rhetorical purpose of the article? Do they really want us to rename our phones? If not, why did they frame the argument in this way?
2. After: Discuss Responses
3. Then: Mini-lesson on Part 2 of  1984 Activity
4. Next: Workshop time for Part 2 of  1984 Activity

Target Practice: I can think critically about and respond in written form to an article related to a novel. +/0/-

Homework

• Complete Parts 1 & 2 of the 1984 Activity by Friday @ 2:15

Thursday and Friday, May 8 and 9

Classwork
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.7, Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media formats as well as in words to address a question or solve a problem.

1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice into your journal. Then, copy and respond to the following prompt in your journal as you listen to Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Draw a picture of the cave in Plato's story.  Remember to include details as they are described in the story.
2. After: Looking at the trailer, what do you think the film V for Vendetta shares with this story?
3. Then: Looking at the trailer, What do you think it shares with 1984? 
4. Next: (time-permitting) Begin viewing the film V for Vendetta OR work on 1984 Activity

Target Practice: I can make connections between different stories to show how the author's address similar ideas in different ways. +/0/-

Homework

• Study for G Level Vocabulary Unit 15, Quiz B on Monday (LAST ONE...EVER!)
• Complete Parts 1 & 2 of the 1984 Activity by Friday @ 2:15

Enrichment: 

See the Kekaulike Dramatic Arts Production of The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree this Friday or Saturday @ 7:00 or Sunday @ 3:00 in the KKHS Cafe and write a short reflection of what you liked or didn't like afterwards!