While reading, complete and attached slide deck. Due dates:
Ch 8-10--Due 4/28
Ch 11-13--Due 4/30
Ch 14-15--Due 5/4

Respond to ALL of the questions below in complete sentences:
1. What discovery did Chris make about his parents in El Segundo? Why was this important?
2. What was Chris' emotional state during his last year of college?
3. Why didn't Chris contact his family after his disappeared?
4. What do you think of Chris attitude and that of his parents?


**COMPLETE SENTENCES!!

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While reading, complete the attached slide deck. Due dates:
Ch 1-3--Due W 4/14
Ch 4-5--Due T 4/20
Ch 6-7--Due M 4/26

Respond to all of the questions below in complete sentence:
1. Why did they send Krakauer (the writer) a letter from Ronald Franz?
2. What did Krakauer learn when he visited Franz. 

Respond to the questions below:
1. What happens when Chris/Alex drives the Datsun into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area?
2. What do his parents think?
3. By the end of this chapter, what do we learn about Chris/Alex' view about money and belongings?

Respond to the questions below:

What date does Jim Gallien pick up the
hitchhiker? 
By the time he drops off the hitchhiker
what does Jim Gallien think of him? 
By the end of the chapter what do you
know about the hitchhiker? 

**Be sure to write in complete sentences. 

Task Directions:Select and respond to one(1) of the questions below:
Think about your experience in hiking, backpacking, and/or existing in the wild. What are the benefits of any one of these activities? 
What alternative plans do you have to begin college immediately after high school? What might you do? Why would you do it, and for how long could you see yourself doing that activity? 
Think about an experience you have had when you were alone and made some misjudgments that could have led to disaster but didn’t. (It doesn’t have to be in the outdoors.) What miscalculations did you make and how did you avoid disaster?
**Be sure to write in complete sentences.

Task Directions:1. Read the Authors Note2. Form groups of three or four, and discuss the following questions: 
What might McCandless’s motives have been for his behavior (paragraph three)? 
How difficult would it be to invent a new life?
In paragraph four, Krakauer introduces some themes of the book. Discuss these themes. 
In paragraph five, Krakauer warns us that he will not be an impartial biographer. What does this mean? Are all biographers impartial? What might we expect from Krakauer? 
In the last paragraph, Krakauer introduces the complexity of Chris McCandless. 
3. After reading the author’s note, what do you expect to find in the rest of the book? (2-3 sentences)
4. Reflect on your group’s and the class discussion. Write your response to the author’s note (7-9 sentences).

1. Add a Slide to this presentation. 
2. Put your name on your slide 
3. Include the following on your slide:

Your favorite meme (keep in classy)
Your favorite corny joke 
If you could have dinner with a celebrity who would it be and why?--2-3 sentences 

*****Be prepared to share!   

1. Go to Flipgrid.com
2. Join with Google
3. Under the U7: Mock Newscast--Record a response (Allow to record audio and camera)
4. Click “Options”
5. Then, “Record Screen”
6. Now, begin presentation and start newscast!
**SUBMIT TO FLIPGRID--Mark this as done once submission is uploaded.

What are your plans for Spring Break?

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1. View the attached clip.
2. What was your initial reaction? Lost his mind? Bored? Wish you would have thought of it first?
**Responses should be thoughtful!! We will share Tuesday.

One(1) person in your group will make a copy of this slide deck and share with the remaining members (max 3).
**All group members must submit.

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1. View the attached Ted Talk.
2. What are your initial reactions? Agree, disagree, uncertain with the speakers argument?
**Responses should be thoughtful! We will share Tuesday.

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Submit Final U6: Editorial to Turnitin.com by 3/5 @ 11:59pm.

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1.Make a copy of your peer review draft.
2.Review your editorial and add in and highlight an example of logos, pathos, and ethos. --Must be highlighted on final submission.
3. Revise essay based on peer edit comments.
**Essay category--25 points.

1. Make a copy of Draft 1.
2. Share it with your peer with a “Can Comment” share setting.
3. Read through your peer’s Editorial and provide commentary as to whether they have met each of the major components of the Editorial. Look at the rubric to guide you.
4. Edit for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and formatting.
5. Attach your draft with your peer’s comments.
**10 points in participation

Use the template here to construct your Draft #1.
**Your goal for this draft is to put everything together into an editorial

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Respond to EACH of the following:
1.What common ground have you found, if any?
2.Where are the places of greatest disagreement?
3.How do you fit into the conversation?
4.How does Lam fit into the conversation?

Lam concludes his article with an ordinary neighborhood scene in San Francisco that transforms into a nightmarish vision of an apocalyptic future. What is the emotional impact of this conclusion on the reader?
**Response must be 3-5 sentences.

What contexts are important to Lam’s argument? Why? Consider social, economic, political, cultural, personal, or other factors.
**Response must be 5-7 sentences.

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Construct a 5-7 sentence summary of todays reading.

*King Arthur’s knights devote themselves to following the code of chivalry. Trying to live up to such high ideals can be a double-edged sword.
*What are the advantages and disadvantages of having such high ideals?

Requirements:
* Pre-collegiate academic vocabulary
*Complete sentences

1. One person in your group (3-4 people) make a copy of the presentation linked here (this person will also be responsible for submitting the presentation).
2. Share with remaining group members
3. Equally divide questions between group members

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Select and respond to ONE(1) of the questions below:
1. Compare and contrast what it means to be honorable today with what it meant to a medieval knight.
2. Are there similarities in the way we define honor today to a medieval knight’s definition of it?
3. Discuss how the idea of honor has changed and whether there are leaders today who might be thought of as modern-day knights.

*Make sure to write complete sentences and use pre-collegiate academic vocabulary (points will be deducted for incomplete sentences).

Review the text to help you construct your response.

What is the setting of Perrault's version of Cinderella? BE SPECIFIC!

See you after break!

a.Why might Othello kiss Desdemona before murdering her?
b.Why might Desdemona ask Othello to wait half an hour before killing her? (line 102)
c.How does Othello kill Desdemona? Why does he choose that method?
d.Why might Desdemona say that she killed herself?
e.How does Emelia’s role change in this scene? Her relationship to Othello? Her relationship to Iago?
f.Why does Iago kill Emelia?
g.How does Othello ask to be remembered? How does he describe himself in the final scene? To what extent is this characterization racially marked? Why is this significant?

**This will be a participation grade.

a.Why does Iago hope that Cassio and Roderigo will kill each other?
b.How is Cassio’s leg injured?
c.How is Roderigo killed?
d.What is Bianca’s role in this scene?

**This will be a participation grade.

a.Why does Othello not believe Emelia when she says Desdemona is faithful?
b.How does Desdemona respond to Othello’s accusations?
c.How does Emelia explain Othello’s behavior?
What effect might the dramatic irony in this scene have on an audience? What effect does it have an Iago?
d.What do we learn about Emelia’s character and her understanding of human nature in this scene?

**This will be entered as a participation grade.

a.Why is the lost handkerchief so important to Desdemona? To Othello?
b.Why does Emilia lie to Desdemona about the handkerchief?
c.What does Emilia’s explanation of Othello’s treatment of Desdemona reveal about her beliefs regarding typical relationships between husbands and wives?
d.Why does Cassio give Bianca the handkerchief?
e.Who says the word “handkerchief first?
f.Who says it the most?
g.What is the probable effect of Othello’s repetition of “the handkerchief” (103-114) on Desdemona? On Emilia? On an audience?
h.What do we learn about Othello’s state of mind in this exchange?


**This will be a participation grade.

1.Work with one(1) other person to complete this assignment.
2.One(1) person, make a copy of THIS document and share it with your partner. BOTH members must submit to Classroom.
**Submit by SUNDAY, 11/01 @ 11:59 pm.

d. How does Othello respond to Desdemona’s request regarding Cassio? What is his reasoning?
e. How often are the words “honest” and “honesty” used in this scene? What is the effect of that usage?
f. How does Othello’s feelings change toward Desdemona during the scene? What causes those changes?

a. What is Cassio asking Desdemona to do for him?
b. How might you characterize Emilia’s relationship with Desdemona? How do you know?
c. How might you characterize Iago and Emilia’s relationship? How do you know?
d. How does Othello respond to Desdemona’s request regarding Cassio? What is his reasoning?
e. How often are the words “honest” and “honesty” used in this scene? What is the effect of that usage?
f. How does Othello’s feelings change toward Desdemona during the scene? What causes those changes?

*This will be entered as participation.

a. Why has Cassio hired musicians and a clown?
b. How is Cassio’s characterization of Iago as “kind and honest” ironic?
c. Why does Othello wish to examine the fortifications?

BENCHMARK #1 During Tutorial TODAY, 10/22 @ 1-2:30pm:
1.Go to SchoolCity (https://student.schoolcity.com/studentprod04/gvusd)
2. Login:
*Username =ID Number
*Password =birthday (MMDDYYYY)
3.Begin “2020-21 English Benchmark 1”

TUTORIAL LINK: https://meet.google.com/azw-kmuz-iji

a.What do we learn about Cassio and his opinions about Desdemona during his conversation with Iago?
b.What do we learn about Iago’s plans for Cassio if he can get him drunk?
c.How does Montano respond to his belief that Cassio often drinks before he can sleep?
d.How does Othello respond to Iago’s description of how the fight began?
e.How does Cassio respond to Othello’s punishment of him? What concerns him the most?
f.What is Iago’s advice to Cassio?

a.Why is the description of the weather important at the beginning of this scene? How is weather important to the development of the plot?
b.What does Cassio’s response to the gentleman asking him if Othello is married tell us about Cassio and his feelings for Desdemona?
c.What does Iago’s description of his wife, and his discussion of women in general reveal about his character?
d.What does the conversation between Iago and Roderigo reveal about their relationship and their respective characters?
e.Why does Iago want Roderigo to believe that Desdemona loves Cassio?


**This will be a participation grade.

Attach your LOR here.

a.What is Brabantio’s reaction to Desdemona’s explanation?
b.What is Brabantio’s warning to Othello?
c.How does Iago persuade Roderigo not to drown himself?
d.What does Iago reveal about himself, his character, and his motivations in the soliloquy that ends act 1?
e. What was Brabantio’s relationship with Othello before he married Desdemona?

**This is a participation grade.

a.What emergency has caused the Duke to call a meeting of his Senators and Othello in the middle of the night?
b.How does Othello explain why Desdemona fell in love with him?
c.What is Brabantio’s reaction to Desdemona’s explanation?
d.What is Brabantio’s warning to Othello?
e.How does Iago persuade Roderigo not to drown himself?
f.What does Iago reveal about himself, his character, and his motivations in the soliloquy that ends act 1?
g. What was Brabantio’s relationship with Othello before he married Desdemona?

Attach your LOR here.

a.Why does Othello believe Desdemona’s father won’t be able to punish him for secretly marrying his daughter?
b.Why is Brabantio so upset about his daughter’s marriage?
c.What does Othello reveal about himself and his character as he responds to Iago?
d.What is Othello’s attitude toward Iago?
e.How might you characterize how Iago interacts with Othello?
f.How might you explain the differences between the Iago of scene 1 and the Iago we see here?

a. If Iago hates Othello as he claims, why does he continue to serve him?
b. How might you describe the relationship between Iago and Roderigo?
c. Why does Brabantio tell Roderigo that he is unwelcome?
d. Why does Iago leave before Brabantio discovers that Desdemona is gone?
e. What is Brabantio’s response to his discovery?

Attach your document here. EACH PARTNER MUST TURN IN THEIR OWN!!

3-5 sentences

Attache your resume HERE.

Be sure to title it "RESUME: First Name, Last Name"

Review and sign document before submitting.
Parent/guardian must sign even if you are 18+

Open Classroom-->Click on Classwork-->Open "Lesson Recordings" under Student Resources-->Watch 9/9 recording for answer

Attach the following here:
Draft #1 Per Edit
Draft #2 Peer Edit
Draft #3 Peer Edit

Complete the form and demonstrate the descriptive writing technique of showing, not telling.

Complete the form and demonstrate the descriptive writing technique of showing, not telling.

PLEASE USE THIS NEW DOCUMENT FOR TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT!!!

In They Say, I Say, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein argue that writers need to make a case for why their claims and evidence matter. We will now take some time to see how Graff does this in “Hidden Intellectualism,” because your final writing at the end of this module will have to explain why your experience matters to your future goals.

Directions:
Read the article “Hidden Intellectualism.”
Use the sentence frames as a guide to help you brainstorm initial thoughts on street smarts vs. book smarts.
*Be sure to write in complete sentences and use pre-collegiate academic vocabulary.

**An example has been provided for you at the bottom of the template.

In They Say, I Say, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein argue that writers need to make a case for why their claims and evidence matter. We will now take some time to see how Graff does this in “Hidden Intellectualism,” because your final writing at the end of this module will have to explain why your experience matters to your future goals.

Directions:
Read the article “Hidden Intellectualism.”
Use the sentence frames as a guide to help you brainstorm initial thoughts on street smarts vs. book smarts.
*Be sure to write in complete sentences and use pre-collegiate academic vocabulary.

**An example has been provided for you at the bottom of the template.

Read the article “Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail”
As you read this article, note where you think Pérez is giving advice you can use as you consider the best way to represent yourself to the community you want to enter (college, work force, military).
Then, complete the dialectical journal below.
-On the left, quote the advice Perez gives.
-On the right, explain what this piece of advice makes you think.
*Be sure to write in complete sentences and use pre-collegiate academic vocabulary.

**The first one has been done for you as an example.

Review the Syllabus here
Identify three(3) questions you have
Use Google Form to sign Syllabus (must use GVUSD.org email)

Task Instructions:
Using the template below, create a schedule for yourself in order to help you stay organized during distance learning.
Your schedule should include at least two(2) techniques which help you based on your learning style survey results from yesterday.
Highlight the two(2) techniques on your weekly schedule.

**Be sure to schedule at least 25-30 minutes for asynchronous learning.

“A learning style is an individual’s approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. And knowing yourself as a learner is important if you want to achieve to the best of your ability.”
Task Instructions:
Task Instructions:
Complete this or this survey
Copy and paste your results to “Learning Style Survey Results”

“A learning style is an individual’s approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. And knowing yourself as a learner is important if you want to achieve to the best of your ability.”
Task Instructions:
Task Instructions:
Complete this or this survey
Copy and paste your results to “Learning Style Survey Results”