Course Syllabus

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

• NCFE: English I Fiction Practice [40 minutes -- 10 questions total]

Week Nine's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 6/5 at 3:45 p.m.

There will be NO EXTENSIONS for late work [from this week as well as from past weeks]!

• NCFE: English I Poetry Practice [40 minutes -- 5 questions total]

• NCFE: English I Drama Practice [40 minutes -- 7 questions total]

• NCFE: English I Nonfiction Practice [40 minutes -- 6 questions total]

• Week Nine's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!
• There will be NO EXTENSIONS for late work [from this week as well as from past weeks]!

Thank you all for giving me the privilege of being your English teacher this school year. I'm so proud of all of your accomplishments, and I loved watching each of you grow, despite the way that this school year has come to a unique conclusion. I wish each of you the very best in your future endeavors and I'm always here for you if you ever need anything! :) 

**Happy Memorial Day, English I students!**

Let us all take the day to honor those who gave their lives for our country. 

• Grammar: Review the mini-lesson Google Slides presentation on parentheses, apostrophes, quotation marks, and italics. 

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 6: Watch the video, complete the virtual vocabulary cards, and play the vocabulary game.

• TED Talk Unit: Watch one peer's TED Talk and complete the Evaluation Form! Please make sure that you read over the expectations for this underneath this week's assignment extremely carefully! 

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Capitalizing and Formatting Titles 1."

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 6: Complete the 'Read and Respond' assignment.

• TED Talk Unit: Watch a SECOND peer's TED Talk and complete the Evaluation Form! Please make sure that you read over the expectations for this underneath this week's assignment extremely carefully! 

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Is the Possession Shared or Unshared?"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 6: 
• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 73497
• In case you missed the live game and you want to review on your own, find my Quizlet for this week by clicking this link here.

• TED Talk Unit: Watch a THIRD peer's TED Talk and complete the Evaluation Form! Please make sure that you read over the expectations for this underneath this week's assignment extremely carefully! 

• Grammar: Complete the Canvas grammar assignment that's been linked here. In order to be successful, you will complete ten sentences incorporating this week's grammatical skills! :)

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 6: Complete the 10 question vocabulary quiz and submit to Canvas.

• TED Talk Unit: Complete a TED Talk rubric for your own finished product! :) Again, please make sure that you read over the expectations for this underneath this week's assignment extremely carefully! 

ALL of Week Eight's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

• Grammar: Review the mini-lesson Google Slides presentation on commas, semicolons, dashes, and hyphens.

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 5: Watch the video and complete the virtual vocabulary cards.

• TED Talk Unit: Review the TED Talk Rubric and begin the TED Talk Planning Document.

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Correcting Commas Splices and Fused Sentences."

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 5: Play the vocabulary game!

• TED Talk Unit: Finalize the TED Talk Planning Document.

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Hyphens for Clarity."

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 5: Complete the 'Read and Respond' assignment.

• TED Talk Unit: Using your finalized TED Talk Planning Document, write a draft for your TED Talk incorporating each of the elements present on the TED Talk Rubric.

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Connecting Clauses with THAMOS 1."

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 5: 
• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 70221
• In case you missed the live game and you want to review on your own, find my Quizlet for this week by clicking this link here.

• TED Talk Unit: Using your TED Talk draft, practice and film your TED Talk via YouTube! :)

• Grammar: Complete the Canvas grammar assignment that's been linked here. In order to be successful, you will complete a Quizlet! :)

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 5: Complete the 10 question vocabulary quiz and submit to Canvas.

• TED Talk Unit: Submit the YouTube URL to your TED Talk here to Canvas! Next week, your TED Talk will be reviewed by three of your peers before being scored by me! :) Stay tuned for more information on this!

ALL of Week Seven's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

• Grammar: Review the mini-lesson Google Slides presentation on Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons.

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4: Watch the video and complete the virtual vocabulary cards.

• TED Talk Unit: Complete the TED Talk Formula Assignment.

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Recognizing Fragments in Dialogue."

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4: Play the vocabulary game!

• TED Talk Unit: Complete the TED Talk Topic Assignment and submit to Canvas ASAP in order to obtain approval!

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Sentences and Fragments with 'That,' 'Which,' and 'Especially.'"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4: Complete the 'Read and Respond' assignment.

• TED Talk Unit: Watch this video which will begin to prepare you for the upcoming research that you will conduct in order to create a successful Ted Talk.  

• Grammar: No Red Ink "What Does the Appositive Refer to?"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4:
• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 12216

• TED Talk Unit: Begin the TED Talk Research Assignment.

• Grammar: Complete the Canvas grammar assignment that's been linked here. In order to be successful, you will complete a Google Slides Presentation! :)

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4: Complete the 10 question vocabulary quiz and submit to Canvas.

• TED Talk Unit: Finish the TED Talk Research Assignment.

ALL of Week Six's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

• Grammar: Review the mini-lesson Google Slides presentation on Parallel Structure and Modifiers (Links to an external site.). 

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3: Watch the video and complete the virtual vocabulary cards.

• TED Talk Unit: Watch two TED Talks of your choosing!

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Identifying Parallel Elements 1"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3: Play the vocabulary game!

• TED Talk Unit: Watch a final TED Talk of your choosing and complete the assignment found underneath the 'assignments' tab!

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Matching Parallel Elements 1"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3: Complete the 'Read and Respond' assignment.

• TED Talk Unit: Select ONE topic [pros & cons of testing, grit & success, kindness & empathy, or the power of introverts] and watch the TED Talk linked to you in today's document underneath the 'assignments' tab!

• Grammar: No Red Ink "Interpreting Dangling Modifiers"

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3: 
• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 26261
• In case you missed the live game and you want to review on your own, find my Gimkit by clicking this link here.

• TED Talk Unit: Analyze the nonfiction article that accompanies the TED Talk topic that you selected/ watched a video on yesterday. Analyze the nonfiction article with the nonfiction level annotations provided to you underneath the 'assignments' tab!

• Grammar: Complete the Canvas grammar assignment that's been linked here (Links to an external site.). In order to be successful, you will complete a S'More Flyer! :)

• SAT Vocabulary Lesson 3: Complete the 10 question vocabulary quiz and submit to Canvas.

• TED Talk Unit: Respond to the six synthesis questions that will bring your video from Wednesday and its accompanying nonfiction article together. Respond to these questions in the document provided to you underneath the 'assignments' tab!

ALL of Week Five's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for the first 90 minutes of Week Four:

1. No Red Ink Grammar Mini-Lessons: Identifying Coordinating Conjunctions; Identifying the Function of FANBOYS; Identifying commas with FANBOYS
2. SAT Vocabulary Lesson 2 on Flocabulary: Watch the video; complete the vocabulary cards; play the vocabulary game
3. Read "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 12
4. Complete "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 12 guide by responding to the essential questions

The first 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due by WEDNESDAY, 4/29 at 8:30 a.m.

• Work on the first 90 minutes worth of assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 4. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• The first 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due WEDNESDAY, 4/29 by 8:30 a.m.!

• The first 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due THIS MORNING by 8:30 a.m.!

Assignments for the second 90 minutes of Week Four:

1. Grammar Activity on Canvas: Part of Speech Graphic Organizer
2. SAT Vocabulary Lesson 2: Read and Respond activity on Flocabulary; Optional Gimkit game Thursday, 4/30 at 1:00 p.m.; Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, 5/1
3. Lord of the Flies Assessment 

• The second 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due FRIDAY, 5/1 by 3:45 p.m.!
• In order to provide you more time on the vocabulary quiz and the LOTF assessment, they will remain open and available on Canvas until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 5/4! :)

• Work on the second 90 minutes worth of assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 4. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 36781
• In case you missed the live game and you want to review on your own, find my Gimkit by clicking this link here.

• The second 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due FRIDAY, 5/1 by 3:45 p.m.!
• In order to provide you more time on the vocabulary quiz and the LOTF assessment, they will remain open and available on Canvas until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 5/4! :)

• You will be assigned a Lord of the Flies assessment at 8:00 a.m. today. This assessment must be completed by 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 5/4!
• An excellent public Quizlet to review Lord of the Flies material can be found by clicking this link.

• You will be assigned a vocabulary quiz on the Flocabulary SAT Lesson 2 words at 8:00 a.m. today. This quiz must be completed by 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 5/4!

• The second 90 minutes of Week Four's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!
• In order to provide you more time on the vocabulary quiz and the LOTF assessment, they will remain open and available on Canvas until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 5/4! :)

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for the first 90 minutes of Week Three:

1. No Red Ink Grammar Mini-Lessons: Identifying Active Voice Verbs; Identifying Passive Voice Verbs; Is This Sentence Active or Passive?
2. SAT Vocabulary Lesson 1 on Flocabulary: Watch the video; complete the vocabulary cards; play the vocabulary game
3. Read "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 9 and 10
4. Complete "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 guides by responding to the essential questions

The first 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due by WEDNESDAY, 4/22 at 8:30 a.m.

• Work on the first 90 minutes worth of assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 3. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• The first 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due WEDNESDAY, 4/22 by 8:30 a.m.!

• The first 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due THIS MORNING by 8:30 a.m.!

Assignments for the second 90 minutes of Week Three:

1. Grammar Activity on Canvas: Analyzing an article for active vs. passive voice
2. SAT Vocabulary Lesson 1: Read and Respond activity on Flocabulary; Optional Gimkit game Thursday, 4/23 at 1:00 p.m.; Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, 4/24
3. Read "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 11
4. Complete "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 11 guide by responding to the essential questions

The second 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due FRIDAY, 4/24 by 3:45 p.m.!

• Work on the second 90 minutes worth of assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 3. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• LIVE Gimkit: https://www.gimkit.com/play
• Code: 68763 

• The second 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due FRIDAY, 4/24 by 3:45 p.m.!

• Take the vocabulary quiz entitled "Flocabulary: SAT Lesson 1 Quiz" that's on Canvas underneath the 'Quizzes' tab. This quiz must be completed before 3:45 p.m. today!

• The second 90 minutes of Week Three's Assignments are due THIS AFTERNOON by 3:45 p.m.!

Happy Get Moving Monday Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! Macy and I go outside to play catch everyday -- can you spot the tennis ball?! :)

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Two:

1. No Red Ink Grammar Mini-Lessons: Formatting In Text Citations and Recognizing Strong Topic Sentences
2. Read the Nonfiction Article "Children's Psychology of Fear," complete six annotations according to the nonfiction leveled annotations, and respond to the two synthesis questions
3. Read "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 8
4. Complete "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 8 guide by responding to the text dependent questions and the other essential items to consider
5. Participate in the "Lord of the Flies" Chapter 8 Canvas Discussion 

Week Two's Assignments are due by THURSDAY, 4/9 at 11:59 p.m.

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Gannon, Ava, Natalie, MacKenzie, Ashlyn, Harrison, Dustin, Annika, Jack, Carleigh, Ifeoma, Elise, Sydney, and Lori
• Block 5: Ellie, Meredith, Melanie, Meghana, Michael, Elise, Luke M., Gabby, Amy, Aneesh, Swinson, and Megan

To conclude Virtual Spirit Week, thank you to all of our Hometown Heroes who are on the front lines during this pandemic! We are so lucky to have these heroes who put the lives of others before their own! 

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 2. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Jenna, Zoe, Aiden, and Zach
• Block 5: Aiden B., Matthew, Lorelai, Olivia, Rachel, Hannah, Jack, and Sonalica 

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 2. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Darek, Ashley, Link, Kuenne, Ben S., Ben W., and Josh
• Block 5: Anish, ElleAnn, Nick, Aidan C., Luke S., Panayiotis, and Gabriella

• Week Two's Assignments are due by at 11:59 p.m. TONIGHT!

• NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break begins! :) We will resume with Week 3 of Remote Learning on Monday, 4/20!

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Happy First Day of Remote Learning Everyone!!!!! :)

Assignments for Week One:

1. No Red Ink Grammar Mini-Lesson: Mechanics of Quotations
2. Read "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 6 and 7
3. Complete "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 6 and 7 guide by responding to the text dependent questions
4. Participate in the "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 6 and 7 Canvas Discussion incorporating what you've learned from the reading and the grammar mechanics of quotations mini-lesson 

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Zoe, Casey, Ava, Natalie, Colin, MacKenzie, Ashlyn, Link, Dustin, Annika, Jack, Devin, Ifeoma, Spencer, Sophie, Sydney, Lori, Ben W.
• Block 5: Ellie, Melanie, Matthew, Aidan C., Max, Michael, Colin, Luke M., Rachel, Hannah, Laura, Amy, Jack, Swinson, Megan

Happy Therapy Animal Thursday Everyone!!!!! This little girl stays right by my side everyday while I'm participating in remote learning! :)

• Work on assignments for Remote Learning Week 1. Submit when ready for feedback! :)
• Office Hours will take place on Monday, 4/6 from 12-1 if questions arise.

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Darek, Gannon, Jenna, Aiden, Carleigh, Nikolas, Zach, Elise, Bella, Ben S.
• Block 5: Meredith, Aiden B., Nick, Lorelai, Julia, Olivia, Sadie, Gabby, Shaan, Aneesh, Sonalica, Panayiotis, Gabriella

Unfortunately, I did not build a fort today for Virtual Spirit Week, but if you did, I'd love to see yours! :)

• Work on assignments for Remote Learning Week 1. Submit when ready for feedback! :)
• Office Hours will take place on Monday, 4/6 from 12-1 if questions arise.

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Completed their Lord of the Flies Chapters 6 and 7 Guides:

• Block 3: Darek, Natalie, MacKenzie, Annika, Carleigh, Zach, Ben S., Sydney, and Lori
• Block 5: Anish, Meredith, Nick, Melanie, Meghana, Lorelai, Olivia, Michael, Carter, Luke M., Gabby, Amy, Aneesh, Sonalica, and Megan

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Earned 100's on the No Red Ink Grammar Lessons Today:

• Block 3: Nathan, Harrison, Josh
• Block 5: Anish, ElleAnn, Meghana, Elise, Luke S.