Week 16 - Yearbook (Class) - continued (see below)
Yearbook - (Group Project)
Good Yearbook
Cultural Articles on different Field Trips/Events/ Personal Interest Stories /Superlatives
Rough Draft due: Wednesday
Final Due: Friday
(I will make copies for everyone in class)
5 Groups
1) Collecting Class pictures – Collecting quotes – underneath each picture)
2) Writing on Field Trips – pictures / summary/anecdote (our class field trips) – Freedom trail / MFA
3) Superlatives (Voting) – Make a page with these designations (This year: What happened (New Stories page) At least 1 story inside MAIA and one story outside MAIA - (True)
4) Table of Contents – Class Summary (story Format) – in charge of making sure everything is in the Yearbook
5) About MAIA – Summary/special events – Include a Poem, which aptly describes your feelings of MAIA
Table of Contents for Yearbook
1) 2010-2011 (News summary – World and MAIA)
2) About MAIA
3) About our Class
4) Field Trips
5) Student Pictures (Quotes)
6) Superlatives
Monday, January 10
1) Watch the rest of 17 Again
2) Write about: What I learned from watching 17 Again
3) Tian Mi Mi Practice
4) Group Work Time (Take pictures/vote for superlatives)
6) Read a yearbook article – Example of News
Homework:
1) 1) Read the following essay and write a summary and response to the essay
2) Work on your group project
Obama Touts Education Reforms
VOA News
29 July 2010
The White House says President Barack Obama will deliver a major education reform speech at the National Urban League convention in Washington, Thursday.
It says Mr. Obama will discuss how his "Race to the Top" federal grant initiative program and other efforts are driving education improvements across the U.S.
"Race to the Top" provides financial incentives to states that address issues that include a focus on transforming the lowest-performing schools and employing effective teachers and principals. Mr. Obama unveiled the initiative last July.
Earlier this week, the National Urban League and six other civil rights groups released a report that voiced concern about some of the Obama administration's education programs, including "Race to the Top."
The rights groups said the grant process for the program highlights concerns about "an approach to education funding that relies too heavily on competition."
The White House says President Obama will also address what it calls "unprecedented support" for common education standards by a majority of states as well as the administration's commitment to developing effective education assessments.
Later Thursday, Mr. Obama will discuss consumer protection issues and attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.
Thursday, January 13: Journal-Reflection on field trip to high school choir
Week 15 – Newspaper Stories – MAIA
Weekly Assignment: Write about something that happened or will happen at MAIA. You need to have one primary resource (you need to interview someone for your quote)
Requirements:
- 2 drafts
- Proper Format (see page 161)
- Headline
- Byline
- Lead
- Caption
- Quotation
- Body
- Ending
FCA: Quotations
Monday
2) Write what happened in the song
3) Interview – a neighbor about their holiday(talk about tips)
4) Talk about this weeks assignment (Newspaper)
5) Dissect a newspaper article in Families – present the three parts – must label (first one that labels all the parts to their article wins)
6) Quotations – Talk about them
7) Find the corrections in the article
8) Time to start News Papers
Homework:
1) Newspaper 1st Draft due Tuesday
2) Journal: Write a summary of any news article – Diagram the news article (tell us what the Headline, Byline, Lead, Caption, Quotation, Body, and ending is) Include a quotation in your summary
Tuesday
1) Read a Journal
2) Interview a neighbor about their holiday (talk about tips) write a lead - Use Surprise Method about your neighbors holiday
3) Find correction in the article
4) Self Edit/Peer Edit
5) Review
6) Read
a. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/11/101119_witn_unesco_heritage_page.shtml - write a summary - with family
Homework:
1) Work on News Article
2) Journal: Should the government censor media?
Wednesday, January 5
1) Journals
2) Newspaper Article
3) Peer Edit/Self Edit
4) Review
5) Newspaper Summary http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/11/101119_witn_unesco_heritage_page.shtml
6) Review: Past Tense – feel, fight, find, fly, freeze, get, give, go, grow, have, hear, hide, hold, and hurt.
Homework:
1) Journal: Why should reporters be responsible?
2) Past Tense Quiz: feel, tight, find, fly, freeze, get, give, go, grow, have, hear, hide, hold and hurt.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
1) Journals
2) Quiz
3) Talk about a Chinese song – Thursday (next week)
4) School in America: Brainstorm
5) Different Extracurricular activities (Yearbooks)
6) In groups: Discuss why you need extracurricular activities (the most reasons wins)
7) Talk about Yearbook Activity
8) Assign part of the yearbook
Homework:
1) Start Project
2) Rough draft due Monday
3) Journal: Read first three comments on the blog http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/04/why-do-colleges-care-about-extracurricular-activities.html - write a response
5 Groups
1) Collecting Class pictures – Collecting quotes – underneath each picture)
2) Writing on Field Trips – pictures / summary/anecdote (our class field trips) – Freedom trail / MFA
3) Superlatives (Voting) – Make a page with these designations (This year: What happened (New Stories page)
4) Table of Contents – Class Summary (story Format) – in charge of making sure everything is in the Yearbook
5) About MAIA – Summary/special events – Include a Poem, which aptly describes your feelings of MAIA
Table of Contents for Yearbook
1) 2010-2011 (News summary – World and MAIA)
2) About MAIA
3) About our Class
4) Field Trips
5) Student Pictures (Quotes)
6) Superlatives
Friday, January 7
1) Journals
2) Write: What is your best memory of this year
3) Time for practicing Tian Mi Mi
5) Superlatives?
6) Read some of the script of 17 again http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/17-again-script-transcript.html
7) Watch 17 Again
Homework:
1) Rough Draft of group projects due
Writing Assignment: Week 14
Choose a prompt to write at least a three-paragraph essay.
Requirements:
1) Need an introduction, body, and a conclusion.
2) Use a quote in the introduction of each essay.
- Quotes about these topics are easy to find online.
- Just google “struggle and quote” or “truth and quote”, and you will find many famous quotes.
3) Need an Outline
4) FCA: Concluding Sentences /Transitions
a. prompt:
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."Thomas Paine
Assignment:
Do we value only what we struggle for? Plan your response, and then write an essay to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use personal examples or examples from your reading, observations, or, knowledge of subjects such as history, literature, science.)
b. Prompt:
“A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation.” C.E.Ayers
Assignment:
Is it always essential to tell the truth, or are there circumstances in which it is better to lie? Plan your response, and then write an essay...
Monday, December 20
1) Erica performs – Question and answer
2) Write about what you saw and learned about Erica – after she leaves
3) Talk about Assignment this week
4) Example Outline: (Introduction, Body, Conclusion)
5) Conclusions – Concluding sentences - transitions
6) Time in class to work
7) Glee – finish
Homework:
1) Journal: What are your pet peeves?
2) Finish paper
3)
Tuesday, December 21
1) Journals – talk about them (read a few) -
2) Essays – read a few - Discuss the pros and cons / Write the Concluding- sentences on the board
3) Time for writing
4) Review Game: Choose 5 people from each group
5) Movie - Glee - Reflection on Glee (In Journal) - Turn in Journal on my desk
Writing – Week 13
Assignment: Christmas Song
Individual Assignment: Analyze a Christmas song
Paragraph 1: Introduction (hook – Opinion)
Paragraph 2: History of Song
Paragraph 3: summary, quotes, and meaning, Answer the Question: Why is this a Christmas song?
Paragraph 4: Conclusion (Summarize and Refer back to the beginning)
(Must Use Easy Bib: 10 points of your grade – you need to research for history portion)
Group Assignment: For Friday- You must learn the winter wonderland song - 6 groups - each one verse http://xmasfun.com/Lyrics.asp?ID=62
Monday, December 13
1) Type 1 Writing: Glee Episode – Christmas We are on Island of Misfit Toys
2) Past Tense Quiz – (Words from last time)
3) Introduce new writing Assignment – Christmas Song
4) Write an introduction to Jingle Bells together
5) Grammar Corrections:
6) Time to write
Homework:
1) Journal: My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving; convince me that Christmas should be my favorite holiday.
3) Work on Paper
Tuesday, December 14
1) Journals
2) Read a few papers
3) Peer Edit/Self Edit (Those who did not do the paper have time to write now)
4) Work on writing the history of Jingle Bells
5) Grammar Corrections
6) Class story
7) Watch a little Glee
Homework
2) Read the article: Write a summary and tell me what the hook is.
3) Journal: Write a Spring Festival song- try to rhyme – talk about the traditions and feelings you have about Spring Festival (use a tune you already know)
Wednesday, December 15
1) Journals
2) Papers
3) Homework 2 (Mariah Cary)
Homework
1) Journal: What is the most wonderful time of the year?
2) Work on Revising/Group project
Thursday Plan:
1) Journal
2) Essay – Read a few
3) Timed Writing: Write about Christmas – Need Introduction
4) Read Christmas song –
5) Give me a sentence using those words
6) Glee
Homework:
1) Journal: What is a tradition you want to start in China and why?
2) Past tense Quiz Tomorrow
a. Begin
b. Catch
c. Chose
d. Come
e. Cost
f. Cut
g. Do
h. Draw
i. Drink
j. Drive
k. Eat
l. Fall
m. Feed
12 Week Assignment: Movie Review
Check List
1) Paragraph 1
a. Name of movie
b. Opinion about the movie
2) Paragraph 2
a. short summary of the movie
3) Paragraph 3
a. What I like/dislike about the movie.
4) Paragraph 4
a. What is the movie theme or message
F.C.A: Capitalization and Concluding Sentences (Transitions)
Monday, December 6
1) Movie Review Paper: FCA: Capitalization and Concluding Sentences/Transitions
2) Journal: Use the words Characters, Plot, Theme, Story line, Cliff Hanger, Critic, Climax (movie term), Villain, Hero, and Heroin
Tuesday, December 7
1) Rewrite Paper: Peer Edit/Self Edit
2) Capitalization Worksheet
a. What is the hook?
b. Write down 5 new words
c. Summarize this article
Wednesday, December 8
1) Journal: If I only could watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
2) Concluding Sentence worksheet
Thursday, December 9 -
1) Journal: Free (whatever you wang)
2) simple past and past participle of these verbs:
a. be
b. bear
c. beat
d. become
e. begin
f. behold
g. bend
h. bet
i bet
j. bid
k. bind
l. bite
m. bleed
n. blow
o. break
p. blow
q. break
r. breed
s. bring
t. build
u. burn
v. burst
w. buy
3) Write a summary of what we have watched in White Collar.
Friday, November 12
Writing Assignment (Week 11) Art
We are going to the MFA this week (December 3)
Two Assignments
1) I would like you to write about, why art is important to a society. (maybe you do not agree) Why is it important to preserve art?
- make sure you have an introduction/body/conclusion
- Also focus on Capitalization, Articles, Concluding Sentences, Past tense (All our FCAs)
2) Group Assignment: Write about your favorite artists, and one of his or her most famous pieces of art
Monday, November 29
2) Please describe this painting and write why you think this painting is popular
3) Finish your assignment
Tuesday, November 30
1) Journal: Answer this question: Who supports the MFA? Why do they support the Boston's MFA?
3) What is the hook in this article? How does the author relate the NH climate to the political climate?
Wednesday, December 1
1) Journal: Write a description of one famous piece of Chinese artwork (this could be a building, statue, painting, or anything that is considered art)
2) Re-write papers
3) Work on group papers
4) Correct paragraph -
Thursday, December 2
1) Journal: (Turn them in before you leave) How does art affect culture?
2) Turn in Papers before you leave on Friday
Writing Prompt (Week 10) November 22-24
Two Choices:
1) You are a turkey. Try to convince the reader that there should be a different kind of meat served on Thanksgiving (Write – Intro/Body/Conclusion) (4 sentences each paragraph)
2) Write about what you are most thankful for (Write – Intro/Body/Conclusion) (4 sentences each paragraph)
Monday, November 22
1) Journal: List of ten things you’re thankful for
2) Write first draft of Thanksgiving Assignment
Tuesday, November 23
1) http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_the.htm (Write down answers in your Journal – Title (Article Exercies)
2) Journal: If someone needs help, why should/shouldn’t you help them?
Wednesday, November 24
1) Summary of article and opinion http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2006/03/060306_fat.shtml
Week 9
Assignment: Work on old assignments: re-write for Portfolio
Portfolio
Requirements:
1) every major assignment in this class (corrected)
2) Table of Contents
3) Introduction (talk about writing, your work, and the assignments
4) In a folder or binder
5) Due at the end of the semester
Monday, November 15
1) 1st and 2nd paper corrected
2) Journal: If I could change one thing about this world (besides world peace)...
3) Write a summary of what we have learned from the movie John Adams
Tuesday, November 16
1) 3rd corrected paper
2) Journal: Write about the Revolutionary War and Boston's involvement in it.
3) Subject/Verb Agreement worksheet
Wednesday, November 17
1) 4th corrected paper
2) Journal: What is the most shocking thing about America?
Thursday, November 18
1) 5th corrected paper
2) Journal: What was the most important lesson you learned from your Mother?
3) Remember: Tomorrow is our Field Trip - You will be expected to explain to us the significance of the historical site when we reach your historical site.
(If your site is not on our route today, don't worry we will take another field trip in the spring to see the rest of the freedom trail!)
4) Make sure you wear warm clothes!!! Its going to be cold! Also, have enough money for lunch (20).
Freedom Trail Map: Along the way groups of students will explain the history of each site
Plan A
1) 9:00 Leave MAIA
2) 10:00 We will start at the Information Center and walk along the path heading for Faneuil Hall
3) 11:30 Faneuil Hall for lunch
4) 1:00 After lunch we will continue on our way on the trail and finish at the Old North Church
5) 3:00 Finish Tour of Freedom Trail
6) 4:00 Arrive back at MAIA
Friday, November 19
1) Write about your experience on the freedom trail. How does this field trip relate to Veteran's Day?
Monday, November 15, 2010
1) Type 1 writing: Tell me why we are watching John Adams?
2) Past Tense Verbs exercises worksheet
3) Talk about portfolio: Assignment this week
4) Listen to two presentations
5) Time for working on writing
6) Review
7) New Vocabulary from John Adams: Catch Phrase/Vocabulary Game
8) Watch John Adams
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
1) Read Journals
2) Conclusions hand out: go over
3) Write a conclusion to a short article
4) Presentations (2)
5) Time to work on writing
6) Review
7) New Vocabulary from John Adams:
8) Vocabulary Game
9) Watch John Adams
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
1) Read Journals
2) Subject/Verb Agreement worksheets
3) Time to work on revising
4) Review
5) New Vocabulary from John Adams
6) Write a paragraph using those words
7) Watch John Adams
Thursday, November 18, 2010
1) Read Journals
Paul Revere Reading
2) Read an introduction from a news article – what tools did the author use to catch the audience’s attention?
3) Page 251-254 (Ex 1 and 2)
3) Quiz (John Adams Vocabulary and Story)
4) Review
5) New Vocabulary John Adams
6) Write three sentences using that vocabulary
7) Watch John Adams??
Week 8
Assignment: Summary and PPT
FCA: Capitalization/Concluding Sentences
1) Write a Summary: Follow the handout on how to write a summary
a. Need a Bibliography (Easy Bib) - 2 sources
2) PPT: Five Slides (including title slide) - Teach us what your historical site is.
a. 5 slides
b. Fewer then 5 points on each slide
c. Include pictures
d. Answer the question: Why is this important to America.
Monday, November 8
1) Write a Summary - Topics: Paul Revere’s Ride, Boston Massacre, USS Constitution, Bunker Hill, Old South Meeting House, Faneuil Hall, Kings Chapel, and Old State House
2) Need a Bibliography (Easybib) of resources (2 sources)
3) What would you do if there were no rules?
Tuesday, November 9
1) Do the PPT for your topic
2) Journal: If Americans knew one thing about China, what would you want them to know?
Wednesday: No homework
Friday, November 12
1) Read a news article: Write a summary - list the Hook/Thesis/List the elements in the Conclusion
Week 7
Week Assignment: Compare and Contrast Democrats/Republicans
Requirements:
1) Intro, Body, and Conclusion (Remember: Intro needs to catch my attention)
2) All paragraphs need to be at least four sentences
3) FCA: Capitalization
Monday, November 1
1) Compare/Contrast Essay
2) Journal: If I could vote in America...
Tuesday, November 2
1) Write 10 sentence for 10 capitalization rules. Find the rules on this website. http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp
2) Journal: What does the Congress do? (Own Words)
Wednesday, November 3
1) Re-write Paper (Compare and Contrast)
2) Journal: Write with Idioms
a. An arm and a leg (very expensive) - Sentence: My new car cost me an arm and a leg, but I'm really happy I got it anyway.
b. All in the same boat (everyone is having the same experience) - Sentence: All of the Chinese students were in the same boat. They each had a lot to learn about America and American education.
(Do you see how I explained the idiom by my sentence?)
Thursday, November 4
1) Finish Capitalization worksheet
2) Journal: Whatever you want
Friday, November 5
1) Write a summary of a T.V. Show
2) Quiz on the White Collar Vocabulary.
Friday
Write a summary for this news article http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/08/100827_witn_sarkozy_page.shtml
Week 6
Monday
Comparison Essay (4 paragraphs)
Compare and contrast MAIA and your school in China (style of teaching).
FCA: Transitions and Subject-Verb Agreement
1) Journal 1: What I like to do in my spare time.
2) Read about American education (Answer Questions)
3) Write First Draft of Paper
Currently, in an American classroom the generally accepted method for instruction relies heavily on student participation. Teachers expect students to volunteer to answer questions. Critical thinking is emphasized over rote memorization, which means that questions are highly encouraged. Furthermore, the teacher believes that the students have much to contribute to the class, and that each student can learn a lot from each other. Likewise discipline and rules are established to encourage student interaction and learning. One of the most important rules in the class is that while one student is talking, no other students can talk. This rule is drilled into each student at an early age. Furthermore, to promote more interaction in the classroom, class sizes are kept at about 20 or fewer students. The goal of this method of teaching is to foster critical thinking and gain knowledge, which is cemented through application and interaction. This is the view of education I understand and know very well. When I taught in China, my eyes were opened to a different style of learning and teaching, which at times caused problems, but at other times was enjoyable.
Questions:
1) What is the method of American education?
2) What is the goal of American education?
3) What are some rules, which encourage student interaction?
4) What is the meaning of cemented?
5) How many students are in an average class?
Tuesday
1) Journal 2: Describe yourself. Use sensory detail and a simile
2) Grammar Practice: subject-verb agreement (hand out)
3) Read Intro: Tell what the hook (audience catching), and thesis.
So what is the closing argument of Barack Obama's Democrats before next Tuesday's midterm elections? The President is no longer the self-proclaimed "hope-monger" of 2008, who vaingloriously declared that his vanquishing Hillary Clinton marked "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal".
Wednesday
1) Journal 3: If you were to write an essay about your self - write your introductory paragraph
2) Rewrite Paper
3) Vocabulary quiz - Vampire Diaries (list on Vocabulary tab) (Test)
4) Find a Newspaper Article: Write down the hook and the thesis.
Thursday
1) Journal 4: Halloween Story (Scary Story)
2) Read Article for class and write a summary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/10/101022_witn_barbie_page.shtml
