**IMPORTANT UPDATE!! NO SCHOOL TUES. 2/11 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER!!! PLEASE READ BELOW CAREFULLY....

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK'S UPDATED SCHEDULE (**WK #6 UCHS**; WK #5 YHC):

• **TUES. 2/11: AP/ENG 1102; SCHOOL CANCELLED**
• WED. 2/12: AP/ENG 1102
• THURS. 2/13: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 2/14; UCHS HALF DAY/EARLY RELEASE**

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**AP LANGUAGE STUDENTS, FOR CLASS WED. 2/12: 

• I'LL HAND BACK/GO OVER YOUR GRADED/SCORED AP LANG EXAM RHET. ANALYSIS TIMED PRACTICE RESPONSES FROM LAST WEEK!

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ALSO, ATTENTION *ENG 1102 (*only) STUDENTS:

• *1102 (*only) KIDS: IF YOU HAVE NOT YET, MAKE SURE YOU'VE COMPLETED THE FRONT SIDE OF THE *SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS PRACTICE SHEET* BEFORE COMING TO CLASS THURS. 2/13; REMEMBER THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR A GRADE!

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FINALLY, EVERYONE 1102/AP: THE 'ASSIGNMENT' YOU ALL NEED TO WORK ON/INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUES. 2/11 ENG 1102/AP IS THE FOLLOWING:

• DO NOT DO THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR "SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENT!" I REPEAT, DO. NOT. DO THE BACK SIDE! Thanks! 

• instead, please continue working REMOTELY/via email, text, Google Doc, etc. on your ENG 1102 INDEPENDENT READING GROUPS on your "INDEPENDENT READING MINI LESSON" 
• **STILL DUE THURS. 2/13 (we will reassess Wed. 2/12 if needed, but for now, PLAN ON THIS DUE DATE!) for one of the four titles assigned to you:

• Just Mercy, Brian Stevenson (NF)
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexi (CREATIVE NF/MEMOIR)
• The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore (MEMOIR)
• Educated, Tara Westover (MEMOIR)

****ENGLISH 1102 GRADED GROUP "INDEPENDENT READING MINI LESSON" INSTRUCTIONS REQUIREMENTS**** 

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE OVER-ARCHING QUESTIONS/'BIG IDEAS' TO GUIDE THIS MINI PROJECT:

• ASK YOURSELVES AS YOU CREATE THIS LESSON: 
• What do we want others to know about this book? (**consider the AUDIENCE/PURPOSE/CONTEXT of this lesson presentation!)

• What important points, themes, lessons, character traits, observations, etc. come forth from our reading? 

• How best can we produce and present a 10-12 minute presentation that shows our audience the points we want others to entertain/be aware of within this book?

• groups of NO MORE THAN FOUR (4); EVERYONE must have some sort of speaking part for this lesson

• DO NOT MERELY SUMMARIZE THE PLOT OF YOUR BOOK IN THIS PRESENTATION!! (*you can, however, have ONE SLIDE/'AREA' of your presentation that gives some *BASIC* summary for introduction of your lesson points)

• this "MINI LESSON" should be delivered to your audience (me/the rest of our ENG 1102 class) via some sort of VISUAL PRESENTATION; choose either: 
• a SLIDE/PPT/PREZI presentation shared with me to project on the overhead (*depending on group size, 4-8 slides--just make sure you cover everything in your lesson)
• a "THUMBNAIL" HARD COPY to present to each person in the class (i.e., MAKE COPIES) as well as share with me to project on the overhead
• a POSTERBOARD presentation that is readable and neatly put together

• MUST INCLUDE "TEXT EVIDENCE" from your book to back up your assertions/themes/ideas you are conveying to your audience (#).

• plan on 10-12 minutes for your group lesson/presentation, and I'll be asking questions as you present
• **NOTE: embedded videos/interviews/etc. should exceed no more than 2-3 minutes of the presentation

• AT THE END/BOTTOM OF YOUR GROUP PRESENTATION, INCLUDE A CORRECT/ACCURATE 8th ed. MLA WORKS CITED LIST OF the following TWO (2) sources:
•  your BOOK TITLE (citation for "Book with One Author")
• **[at LEAST] ONE OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCE TO ADD TO YOUR RESEARCH TO ADD TO THE TOPIC YOU FOCUSED ON IN YOUR BOOK (**see me for approval as well!)
• *USE THE PURDUE OWL (*linked listed on the right side of this blog) for correct MLA citation information

• IMPORTANT MINI LESSON GRADING NOTES: 
• as each group presents, the rest of the class will be evaluating their presentation and ask questions they may have; **THESE WRITTEN EVALUATIONS MADE BY EACH STUDENT FOR EACH PRESENTATION WILL BE TURNED IN TO ME AFTER EVERY PRESENTATION HAS BEEN MADE, AND THEY COUNT TOWARD YOUR GRADE!
• Additionally, at the close of the presentations, each of you will complete a *WRITTEN EVALUATION OF EACH OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS MINI LESSON (*only seen by me/private); THESE GROUP MEMBER EVALUATIONS WILL ALSO COUNT TOWARD YOUR GRADE FOR THIS PRESENTATION

**MINI LESSON/PRESENTATION DUE DATE: STILL THURS. 2/13**

**So, you need to be working on this presentation OUTSIDE of class TUES. 2/11, as the MINI LESSON DUE DATE IS THURS. 2/13!!!! (**we'll reassess Wed. 2/12 if needed/when we meet again)
**AND AS ALWAYS, SEE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE; DO. NOT. WAIT. UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO COMPLETE THESE PRESENTATIONS OR ASK ME FOR HELP!!

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**ATTENTION EVERYONE RE: YOUR 'INCLEMENT WEATHER DAY' ASSIGNMENT FOR TUES. 2/11 and important reminders for WED. 2/12 when we return to school; PLEASE READ ALL CAREFULLY:

• LOOK AGAIN AT YOUR "THE PEDESTRIAN" LITERARY ELEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING TASK, assigned to you all last Tues. 2/4 (notes or WRITING section of binder) and due TODAY as an initial visual assessment/FOR DISCUSSION

--THE HIGHLIGHTING ASSIGNMENTS:

• LIGHT imagery
• DARK imagery
• COLD/TOUCH imagery
• FIRE/LIGHT/WARM imagery
• specific SYMBOLS
• **EVERYONE LOOK FOR A THEME/THEMES at work within the story (**RE: technology, dystopias, knowledge vs. ignorance, following the status quo, FEAR of the unknown, etc.)

• in visually assessing this highlighting task Mon. 2/10 in class, the results were SPARSE OR LACKING for most of you, and your highlights/deep reading and thinking for each type of imagery/symbolism could have been more in depth; your findings/work did not reflect the level of critical thinking I'm confident you all can achieve!

• with this in mind, TO ADD TO THIS GRADE FOR DISCUSSION/RESPONSE and VALUABLE VOLUNTEERING OF ANSWERS ON THURS. 2/13, I would like for you all to return to Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" and DOUBLE--AND PERHAPS EVEN TRIPLE--the AMOUNT OF DETAILS/IMAGERY/SYMBOLISM (whichever you were assigned) YOU HIGHLIGHT

• PLEASE NOTE: I MAY ALSO TAKE UP YOUR COPY OF "THE PEDESTRIAN" WITH YOUR HIGHLIGHTS ON WED. 2/12, SO PLEASE BE PROACTIVE AND COMPLETE YOUR ASSIGNED WORK!!
• expect your results and work for this "THE PEDESTRIAN" ASSIGNMENT ADDITION to then be checked in class via discussion on THURS. 2/13!
• THINK CRITICALLY and be ready to volunteer your findings/what you've highlighted and why!

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ALSO, AS OF THIS EVENING, MON. 2/10, PLAN ON THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE FOR WED. 2/12 (**CHECK BACK AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT IN CASE THIS CHANGES):

--ATTENTION ALL FOR CLASS WED. 2/12: we'll be meeting in the FINE ARTS FACILITY BAND ROOM at the beginning of class/ALL BLOCK for our **COLLABORATION LESSON WITH MR. STAFFORD'S 4th BLOCK BAND CLASS**

• INSTRUCTIONS and a QUICK OVERVIEW WITH THE "JOURNAL #6 SHORT STORY COLLABORATION LESSON" SHEET (WRITING SECTION) for what we'll be doing was given in class Mon. 2/10, so be ready for the following:

• **BRING YOUR CLASS BINDER; *you'll be using the "JOURNAL #6 SHORT STORY COLLABORATION LESSON" SHEET given to you Mon. 2/10/in your WRITING SECTION during the block to complete a GRADED ASSIGNMENT, so MAKE SURE you have it with you!

• more in-depth instructions during the actual lesson, but just know we'll be composing SHORT STORIES based on the creative process of musical inspiration/lyrical composition and how it relates to both sentence-level and idea-level creation of stories

• **THIS LESSON AND WHAT YOU'LL BE PRODUCING AS WE WORK IS FOR A GRADE, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY TO LISTEN AND WORK/VOLUNTEER YOUR RESPONSES

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**SO, OVERALL: 

• INCLEMENT WEATHER ASSIGNMENT FOR TUES. 2/11 DUE THURS. 2/13 FOR MAJOR DISCUSSION ADDITION POINTS/A GRADE: add to/'VAMP UP' your highlights for "The Pedestrian" elements assigned in class
• and, BE READY THURS. 2/13 to show this assignment addition/your work to me AND contribute to discussion of the story and your J#5 RESPONSE!
• **NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU WHO OWE ME ASSIGNMENTS/have 'skirted' around not showing me what you need to in order to be responsible honors-level students; KNOW THAT I AM ON TO THIS BEHAVIOR! IF YOU OWE ME SOMETHING, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OWN UP AND SHOW ME YOUR WORK. THANK YOU!

• AND FOR **WED. 2/12: MEET IN THE BAND ROOM 4th block/during class FOR OUR COLLABORATIVE LESSON with Mr. Stafford's 4th band RE: creative music composition and short stories
• **if this collaboration lesson date changes, I'll amend and make note here ASAP! Check back by Tuesday night....

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY!