English 11 week of January 26

Monday - grade sheet; questions on Strategy for Guessing
Tuesday - Question stem analysis - group activity.
Wednesday - Panic strategy reading and reflecting
Thursday - questions on Best Practice for Reading article
Friday - Post test and Learning Target

If reading Old Man and the Sea - summative assessment will be February 24!

Technical Writing week of January 26

Monday - notes on brochures
Tuesday - notes on brochures continued, practice with Microsoft Publisher
Wednesday - Create a brochure based on your project
Thursday - work on brochure
Friday - peer review of brochure

Technical Writing week of January 19

Monday - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Students will be working on their final exam.

Wednesday -

Presenting:

Using your research and itinerary, create a Prezi presentation for the class. Presentations should include highlights of your trip as well as why you chose the places you visited and what you hoped to learn from your trip. Presentations should be approximately 5-7 minutes. Your presentation should use a theme that works well with travel and should provide images of the places you visited. Be prepared for questions afterward.

Presentation times:

1.     Jose Alvarado             9:30-9:40

2.     Brooke Chappell         9:42-9:52

3.     Diana Gaspar              9:54- 10:04

4.     Tyshonia Jones           10:06 – 10:16

5.     Linnea Martinez          10:18-10:28

6.     BeomJun Ok               10:30-10:40

7.     Elijah Padilla               10:42-10:52

8.     Kailey Polotto             10:52-11:02

English 11 week of January 19

Monday - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - 1st and 2nd hour exams; full day of school

Wednesday - 3rd and 4th hour exams; full day of school

Thursday - 5th and 6th hour exams; dismiss at 11:00

Friday - 7th and 8th hour exams; dismiss at 11:00

English 11 exam will contain:

1. Online testing through Schoolnet. There are 9 questions; two are short answer. The majority of the questions deal with Theme and Central Idea.

2. Book Review - using a book that you finished last semester, student will write a review. Students are encouraged to bring the book with them to the exam so they may use it to write the review. Otherwise, students should bring the author and title of the book.

3. There will be two samples of Satire that students will need to find the different satirical literary devices and identify theme, central idea, and human vice

4. Students will complete a post self-evaluation for the Satire unit as well as write a short response providing specific information that they learned during the unit.

Students are encouraged to bring their single subject notebook as well as their binders to the exam. They will be able to use any materials that they have been given to complete the exam.

English 11 Wednesday, January 14

If you are focusing on Inference or Generalization Complete the practice Reading test at
http://www.test-guide.com/component/com_bfquiz_plus/Itemid,558/catid,293/view,bfquizplus/

If you are focusing on Detail of Context Clue, Complete the practice Reading test at
http://www.test-guide.com/component/com_bfquiz_plus/Itemid,559/catid,294/view,bfquizplus/

If you are focusing on Main Idea, Complete the practice Reading test at
http://www.test-guide.com/component/com_bfquiz_plus/Itemid,557/catid,292/view,bfquizplus/





Identify how many questions you get correct.

Using your Learning Target sheet
B. Practice - 1/14 - Practice Reading at test-guide.com

Plot a point that intersects the B and

4 if you got them all correct

3 if you got 1 question wrong

2 if you got 2 questions wrong

1 if you got 3 questions wrong

0 if you got 4 or more questions wrong

English 11 Monday, January 12

1. Go to http://www.readingsoft.com/index.html#results to complete the speed reading test.
 

Write down or remember your reading speed. Now answer some questions about the previous text to perform your comprehension test. Luttke will record your wpm and your comprehension percentage. 2. Now that you have identified your Learning Target for Reading Strategies at high school level, find a website that will help you learn more about your target area (Details, Inference, etc):       1.Send Ms. Luttke an email       2. The subject should be your Learning Target area       3. In the email, provide a link to the website and a 6 word summary of what you learned. 3. Try the ACT question of the day at http://www.act.org/qotd/. You might want to favorite this website for future reference. 4. Complete one of the reading passages that you didn't do before or try one again at http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/reading/read_01.html.

English 11 week of January 5

By Thursday, create a 2015 Reading Challenge at Goodreads. The minimum amount of books for your goals is 2.

Monday - Learning goals
Tuesday - ACT video
Wednesday - Speed reading test and additional online activity
Thursday - Question stems assignment
Friday -Reading Strategies group work

Technical Writing week of January 5

Monday - Receive information on travel research project
Tuesday - research destination
Wednesday - continue research - commit to location
Thursday - Receive more information regarding travel research project
Friday - Continue to research