For homework: finish reading through Ch. 15: worksheet link
Today: Start by reading or re-reading Ch. 12 (pages 117-126) "Annadale"
Next: Complete the chapter summary form for this chapter (due today)
PLEASE WRITE COMPLETE, AP QUALITY ANSWERS!
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Quiz 1 (and only)--Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
You will have the entire 40 minutes (and only) to work after the directions are given. YOU SHOULD HAVE A BOOK WITH YOU.
Directions:
Choose ONE of the prompts from quiz page and complete within the timed writing period. (You do not need 3 full pages as the guidelines suggest, it is just a suggestion). No prompt is worth more than the others.
Level A--90-100
Level B--80-89
Level C--70-79
Level D--65-69 (not on chart)---hopefully this won't apply to anyone.
Directions:
Choose ONE of the prompts from quiz page and complete within the timed writing period. (You do not need 3 full pages as the guidelines suggest, it is just a suggestion). No prompt is worth more than the others.
Level A--90-100
Level B--80-89
Level C--70-79
Level D--65-69 (not on chart)---hopefully this won't apply to anyone.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Walden Day 2
**You were supposed to finish Walden sheet 1/questions for homework over the weekend--please turn those in--today we will work on worksheet #2--focus on vocabulary etc.---IT IS DUE BY THE END OF CLASS!!!
--We will start together and then complete it with a partner!
Lastly---please take your practice exam with you and finish by Friday--the last day to turn in the first 5 weeks! It counts as a test grade.
--We will start together and then complete it with a partner!
Lastly---please take your practice exam with you and finish by Friday--the last day to turn in the first 5 weeks! It counts as a test grade.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Quotes/pink worksheet
1. "It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances"
2. "nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future"
3. "Leave him alone! He's a grown man!"
4. "He figured all of that on his own, and I felt sure he'd figure out Alaska, too" (46).
5. "Available to anyone till I know more about his death for he was not just the common wayfarer" (48).
6. "'Look Mr. Franz,' he declared, 'you don't need to worry about me...I'm living like this by choice'" (51)
7."He is wearing jeans and an immaculate white t-shirt, a decorative tooled-leather belt of his own creation, white socks, scuffed loafers"
8. "Nobody, however, was affected more powerfully by his or her brief contact with the boy than Ronald Franz, who was eighty years old when their paths intersected in January 1992" (48).
9. "All nature is your congratulations, and you have... momentarily to bless yourself"
10. "My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp..." (57)
11. Relieved that he had again evaded the impeding threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it" (55).
12. "Westerberg's latter conjecture, as it turned out, was a fairly astute analysis of the relationship between Chris and Walt McCandless...Given Walt's need to exert control and Chris's extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable..."
2. "nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future"
3. "Leave him alone! He's a grown man!"
4. "He figured all of that on his own, and I felt sure he'd figure out Alaska, too" (46).
5. "Available to anyone till I know more about his death for he was not just the common wayfarer" (48).
6. "'Look Mr. Franz,' he declared, 'you don't need to worry about me...I'm living like this by choice'" (51)
7."He is wearing jeans and an immaculate white t-shirt, a decorative tooled-leather belt of his own creation, white socks, scuffed loafers"
8. "Nobody, however, was affected more powerfully by his or her brief contact with the boy than Ronald Franz, who was eighty years old when their paths intersected in January 1992" (48).
9. "All nature is your congratulations, and you have... momentarily to bless yourself"
10. "My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp..." (57)
11. Relieved that he had again evaded the impeding threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it" (55).
12. "Westerberg's latter conjecture, as it turned out, was a fairly astute analysis of the relationship between Chris and Walt McCandless...Given Walt's need to exert control and Chris's extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable..."
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Ch. 6 and 7
Today we will attempt to complete the reading of Ch. 6 and 7
(First we will finish our conversation from yesterday regarding "Should We Still Care About Chris McCandless?)
Begin on page 47-69 (we will not read all of this together--you are responsible for reading whatever we do not read in class on your own)
Add a minimum of 4 quotes (2 per chapter) to your dialectical journal (write your best one on the slip of paper provided and turn it into me with the page number--I will compile a list and post tomorrow---we will vote on the best one and that person will receive 5 extra-credit points)
A look ahead:
Wednesday: We will work on the next prompts on our book assignment sheet (pink sheet in the yellow folder)--please bring in permission slips so I can compile a final list!!
Thursday: Field trip--meet at 9 am by the aud/movie (finish missed work)
Friday: Thoreau worksheet
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Mon-Thoreau sheet #2
Tues--Quiz #1 Into the Wild/ch. 8-9
Wed--ch 10-11 prompts
Thursday--Ch. 12
Fri---end of first 5 weeks! Last day to turn in any work from 1st 5 weeks!
Over the break you should finish reading the remainder of the book and complete all prompts through Ch. 18 off the pink sheet---it will be due by the first Friday after break! (1/4/19)
(First we will finish our conversation from yesterday regarding "Should We Still Care About Chris McCandless?)
Begin on page 47-69 (we will not read all of this together--you are responsible for reading whatever we do not read in class on your own)
Add a minimum of 4 quotes (2 per chapter) to your dialectical journal (write your best one on the slip of paper provided and turn it into me with the page number--I will compile a list and post tomorrow---we will vote on the best one and that person will receive 5 extra-credit points)
A look ahead:
Wednesday: We will work on the next prompts on our book assignment sheet (pink sheet in the yellow folder)--please bring in permission slips so I can compile a final list!!
Thursday: Field trip--meet at 9 am by the aud/movie (finish missed work)
Friday: Thoreau worksheet
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Mon-Thoreau sheet #2
Tues--Quiz #1 Into the Wild/ch. 8-9
Wed--ch 10-11 prompts
Thursday--Ch. 12
Fri---end of first 5 weeks! Last day to turn in any work from 1st 5 weeks!
Over the break you should finish reading the remainder of the book and complete all prompts through Ch. 18 off the pink sheet---it will be due by the first Friday after break! (1/4/19)
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