Semester One Calendar/CyberEnglish9
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Ms Hogue's CyberEnglish classes meet 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 7th hours. |
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9/3 |
9/4
Today is Connections Day. Mini schedule: Introductions and brief overview. |
9/5
Seating chart Get web permission form; due 9/7 or earlier. Look at web site; overview of class. |
9/6
Get logged in and set up. About your e-mail account. Surveys.
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9/7
Web permission form due. About independent reading.
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9/10 Get Intro to Internet Assignment |
9/11
Intro to Internet is due today.
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9/12 Begin work on student web pages. Review: setting up your web pages. Learn FrontPage. |
9/13 Web page building.
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9/14
Independent novel choice by today; have your novel with you! ThinkBook #1 |
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9/17
Web page building. |
9/18
Web page building. |
9/19 Web page building. Your web page is due today. Make sure your web site measures up. Check the rubric.
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9/20 Write your first CyberJournal entry. This is to be finished by the end of the hour.
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9/21
ThinkBook #2 |
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Mr. Gross will teach html & web design. Html & Web design. Html & Web design. This was three days. maybe not for 2007/08 | 9/24
Start to think about your education and career goals.Career prep; visit WisCareers with Ms. Jarosch. |
9/25 Start to write your personal statement.
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9/26 Personal statement is due at the end of the hour. |
9/27 ThinkBook #3 |
9/28
No School
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10/1
Begin Hypertext assignment. Read directions and begin. |
10/2
Write your note to email to your cyber partner; review the directions. |
10/3 Homework: get your parents' email address by next Wednesday. Finish answering the questions and email it to hand in. |
10/4
Write your hypertext paragraph. |
10/5 Midquarter ThinkBook #4 Biography of another; |
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Speak Unit Begins This Week |
10/8 Finish and publish your hypertext paragraph. All hypertext assignments are due today. |
10/9
Start Speak ; Get books & first reading assignment. Read pages 3-24 for 10/12. |
10/10
Login in to Lit_space. Get Syllabus and talk about rereading strategy.
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10/11
Online & in-class discussion of pages 3-24. Read pages 24-51 for 10/16. |
10/12
Send Midquarter report to parents
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10/15
Online & in-class discussion of pages 24-51. Read pages 52-92 for 10/19. |
10/16
Begin working on vocabulary assignment. Due 10/25. |
10/17
Activity: Word choice: great verbs--going beyond the ordinary. |
10/18
Online & in-class discussion of pages 52-92. Read pages 95-126 for 10/23. |
10/19
ThinkBook #5 Silent Reading |
10/22
Online & in-class discussion of pages 95-126; Finish novel (Speak) by 10/30. |
10/23
Analyzing the Pledge of Allegiance Activity: What are we really saying?
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10/24
Speak vocabulary assignment is due. Finish Pledge activity if needed.
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10/25 No school--teachers' convention
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10/26 No school--teachers' convention
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Discussion questions are due today. | 10/29 Online & in-class discussion of pages 127-end.
Independent novel log booklet #1 is due on or before today! Get a new book. |
10/30
Begin work on Speak Literary Analysis essay |
10/31 October CyberJournal due today.
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11/1
Work on Speak essay. |
11/2
ThinkBook #6 Fictionalized journal entry
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Choose your new independent novel by 11/10. Bring your book to class. |
11/5
Word tutorial--how to use the comment/editing feature. Email your essay by the end of the hour today. Begin peer review. |
11/6 Send your cp's essay back (cc: teacher) today. Start looking at the comments you got. Begin revising and getting ready to publish. Revisit directions.. |
11/7
Revise your own Speak essay
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11/8 Work day! Get caught up.
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11/9 1st quarter ends. ThinkBook #7 Silent Reading Bring your new novel with you: title due today!
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Parent Teacher Conferences |
11/12
Hand in Speak books.
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11/13 Review the Independent novel unit requirements. This quarter, your project is due on January 4. |
11/14 NCTE Review and revise all web documents. You and your cyberpartner can do an optional peer review if you like, or choose one of your classmates instead. |
11/15 NCTE Bring your independent novel to read if you've finished early. |
11/16 NCTE ThinkBook #8 Silent Reading
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11/19
November CyberJournal due at end of hour today |
11/20
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11/21
No School |
11/22
Thanksgiving: No School |
11/23
Thanksgiving: No School |
11/26
Begin Scarlet Ibis |
11/27
Scarlet Ibis |
11/28
Scarlet Ibis |
11/29
Finish Scarlet Ibis. |
11/30 ThinkBook #9: Scarlet Ibis packet is due today. Lit terms pkt due today. Silent Reading |
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To Kill A Mockingbird unit begins. See this calendar for reading assignments and other important dates. |
12/3
Begin TKAM: Look at unit plans and create web pages needed for the unit.Students get TKAM books and listen to 1st chapter. Read chapters 1-7 by 12/7. |
12/4
Make first annotation for TKAM web. Students do a web search for two more sites and finish the annotated links.
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12/5
Lit terms quiz today.
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12/6 Lit_Space "Quiz" on ch. 1-7;
discuss section; assign ch. 8-11 for 12/11.
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12/7 Send Mid-quarter report to parents; Silent Reading |
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12/10
Lit_Space "Quiz" for ch. 8-11; discuss section; assign ch. 12-15 for 12/14. |
12/112
Reading day |
12/12
Reading Day; work on packet |
12/13
Lit_Space "Quiz" on ch. 12-15; discuss section; read ch. 16-20 for 12/18. |
12/14
ThinkBook: Job Application for a character Silent Reading |
12/17
Lit_Space "Quiz" on ch. 16-20; discuss section; assign ch. 21-24 for 12/21. |
12/18
December CyberJournal due today. Silent Reading; work on packet
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12/19
Web page work day; start planning your project. |
12/20
Lit_Space "Quiz" on ch. 21-24; discuss. Read chapters 25-31 (rest of the novel) by January 2. Packet is due January 2. |
12/21 Silent Reading Winter Break Begins this afternoon @ 2:00
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12/24
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12/25
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12/26
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12/27
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12/28
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TKAM
project grade goes on second semester. |
12/31
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1/1
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1/2
School resumes Discuss ch. 25-31 of novel; discuss. TKAM novel packet is due. Using Inspiration to brainstorm an essay. |
1/3
Prewrite and begin first draft of essay.
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1/4 Finish draft of TKAM essay. Begin planning genre pieces. 2nd Independent Novel project due |
1/7
Get study guide for semester exam. Web page work day. |
1/8
Web page work day. |
1/9
Web page work day. |
1/10
Web page work day.
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1/11
ThinkBook Web page work day.
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1/14
Peer review: you and your cyber partner proofread each other's web site, including TKAM project and give advice on how to improve. |
1/15 Web page work day. TKAM web project is due today. Turn in TKAM books. |
1/16 Choose a novel for third quarter!
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1/17
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1/18 ThinkBook
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1/21
Semester Exam Review: Moodle quiz on lit terms. Read about exam structure. |
1/22
semester exams |
1/23
semester exams |
1/24
semester exams |
1/25
No school; teacher work day |
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