1. Settle in
2. Citizenship Survey
3. Item presentations
4. Book exchange

OVER BREAK!
Find an independent reading book for 3rd quarter! 

1. Settle in
2. Independent Reading paragraph CHALLENGES
   1. Choose two IR updates to revise. Copy them onto new documents for these revisions.
      1. VIDEO TIP Revise one paragraph to eliminate wordiness and make the writing more concise. Look for repetition, words or phrases that don't add anything to the meaning of the text, or shorter ways to say what you mean. 
      2. Revise one paragraph to remove any "be" verb-- am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being. Use more interesting verbs. 

HOMEWORK
Prepare for your Finals contribution & paragraph

1. Settle in
2. Final?
   
3. Continue essay work-- turn in when finished

HOMEWORK
Prepare for final

1. Settle in
2. Turn in Indep Rdg Projects
   
3. Guided Revisions & Editing Slideshow
4. Finish essay

HOMEWORK
OPTIONAL: bring a book for a class book exchange on Tuesday

1. Settle in
2. Writing day-- tomorrow we will do some guided revisions and editing, so if you can finish your first draft by the end of the period, tomorrow will be polishing! 

HOMEWORK
Indep Rdg project due Friday (we will do our project share on Monday)

1. Settle in
2. Writing time
3. Tone words

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Indep Rdg Project due

1. Settle in
2. Essay work/planning time
   1. You will have writing time on both Weds and Thurs
   2. We will look at revising and editing on Thursday

HOMEWORK
POSTPONED: Indep Rdg project due FRIDAY

1. Settle in
2. Resources: Insight Question Stems, Essay Planner
3. Make some decisions-- is your essay going to be about character? plot? mood? setting? 
4. Write a 1st draft thesis statement for each prompt
   1. include prompt words in each
   2. underline the prompt words that address the question 
5. Write 1st draft paragraph topics for each thesis
   1. what will each paragraph be about? summarize it in a few words
   2. what will your evidence in each paragraph be? make notes, don't write answers

HOMEWORK
Indep Rdg Project due Thursday

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1. Settle in
2. Parsing the prompts-- strategies for figuring out how to answer the prompt

• Brainstorming as many details and answers to the question as possible
• Asking questions-- how does _____ match the prompt? what is the ____ in the story? 

1. Turn in all essay prep work/notes

HOMEWORK
Thurs--> Indep Rdg project due

1. Settle in
2. Indep Rdg-- work on project

HOMEWORK
12/14--> Indep Rdg project due

1. Redondo Beach Police Press Release regarding the incidents at RUHS
2. Settle in
3. Essay Prompts analysis and planning
   1. Not a list of differences or similarities
   2. Each paragraph should be an insight connecting the topic to the theme
4. Finding evidence for your topic of choice

HOMEWORK
12/14--> Indep Rdg project

1. Settle in
2. Essay "formula" review review
3. Theme analysis--meet in debrief groups to discuss
4. Macbeth essay-- process paper, done all in class from this point forward, collected at the end of every period.
5. Macbeth essay prompts 

HOMEWORK
12/14--> Indep Rdg Project

1. Settle in
2. Intro Q2 Indep Rdg Choice Board project-- due 12/14 DO NOT DO THE SAME PROJECT YOU DID FOR Q1
3. Essay "formula" review (copy THIS slideshow )
4. Review Macbeth essay prompts
5. Theme Analysis WS (continued from Friday)

HOMEWORK
Finish Theme Analysis WS 
12/14--> Q2 Indep Rdg Project due

1. Settle in
2. Debrief Groups-- share and discuss your annotations on Aristotle's Poetics/Tragedy
3. Crash Course: "Tragedy Lessons from Aristotle"
4. Theme Statement Brainstorming

HOMEWORK
Choose a theme from Macbeth and identify the details and textual evidence that leads the reader to that theme.
​12/14--> Indep Rdg Project S2 due