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August | 2015 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. 2015-16 Week 2 – Introducing allegory and Animal Farm. Week 2 is here already! Just a quick overview of our activities this week:. Monday – Read and understand “ Allegory of the Cave. 8220;, then journal: How are we chained to the wall? Tuesday – Prepare to understand. By exploring relevant Russian Revolution history. Journal: begin t-chart of Russian Revolution parallels to. Wednesday – Explore your ideas for what would make a perfect society and begin reading. Next, we wil...
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August | 2013 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Fall 2013 Welcome to 9th Lit/Comp! Week 1 August 7 – 9. Compose first draft of partner bio. Discuss and list elements of good bios and bad bios. Revise and write final draft of bios. Reveal who’s who – Mrs. Ledwell vs. Mrs. Irving. Discuss syllabus DUE TUESDAY. Notes on how to present effectively. People, Tigers, Traps! Introduce one another by presenting bios. Can helping someone else help you? Use an anecdote to support your opinion on this issue. Mrs Ledwell's Blog. Follo...
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February | 2013 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Spring 2013 Weeks 7 – 8 Feb 18 – March 1. To complete Survival unit, watch Hunger Games and discuss the survival themes as they relate to the characters in the film. Students who did not complete their essays will type in the interdisciplinary lab. Complete “Hunger Games”. Students who are not finished will complete their essays in lab 706. Journal: Write about the most important person in your family. Describe that person and describe your relationship. Discuss how family f...
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Spring 2013 ~ Week 13 ~ April 2-5 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Spring 2013 Week 13 April 2-5. EOCT Prep Lesson 16. Complete work from Friday:Continue comparison of The Odyssey. Discuss compare/contrast essay structures. Video on writing an essay without focus @ http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? First step in getting focused: Knowing your prompt. Discuss next major essay prompt and how to use the prompt to write a thesis: Choose one character from the Odyssey. And his or her archetypal counterpart from O Brother, Where Art Thou? Looking at y...
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Spring 2013 Week 14 April 15-19. EOCT Prep lesson 22 and 23. Discuss elements of a good conclusion @ http:/ prezi.com/ewk3v-jfivgg/conclusions/. OR http:/ prezi.com/73p2cms-3mzs/writing-effective-conclusions/. 3 Writing an ECHO conclusion Put on outline:. Echo your hook Summarize your Three Points So What? 4 Folks who are not caught up GET CAUGHT UP! Checkpoints thus far: THESIS, INTRODUCTION, TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, CONCLUSION. EOCT Prep lesson 24 and 25. Enter your comment here.
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March | 2013 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Spring 2013 Week 13 April 2-5. EOCT Prep Lesson 16. Complete work from Friday:Continue comparison of The Odyssey. Discuss compare/contrast essay structures. Video on writing an essay without focus @ http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? First step in getting focused: Knowing your prompt. Discuss next major essay prompt and how to use the prompt to write a thesis: Choose one character from the Odyssey. And his or her archetypal counterpart from O Brother, Where Art Thou? Looking at y...
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Fall 2013 ~ Welcome to 9th Lit/Comp! | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. Fall 2013 Welcome to 9th Lit/Comp! Week 1 August 7 – 9. Compose first draft of partner bio. Discuss and list elements of good bios and bad bios. Revise and write final draft of bios. Reveal who’s who – Mrs. Ledwell vs. Mrs. Irving. Discuss syllabus DUE TUESDAY. Notes on how to present effectively. People, Tigers, Traps! Introduce one another by presenting bios. Can helping someone else help you? Use an anecdote to support your opinion on this issue. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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05 | August | 2015 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. This week we are working on developing a community. We began the week by collaborating on the solving of two crimes: one murder mystery and one bank robbery. Next, we will interview one another using self-created, personal, engaging questions and use the results of those interviews as the fodder for brief bios we will use to introduce one another to our class. We will upload those bios and pictures of each of us to this class Padlet wall. Here’s to a great semester! Follow &...
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2015-16 Week 1 | Irvingsclass's Weblog
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Kick Back and Read Every Day. This week we are working on developing a community. We began the week by collaborating on the solving of two crimes: one murder mystery and one bank robbery. Next, we will interview one another using self-created, personal, engaging questions and use the results of those interviews as the fodder for brief bios we will use to introduce one another to our class. We will upload those bios and pictures of each of us to this class Padlet wall. Here’s to a great semester! Persuasi...