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English 11 Class Notes

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Date
What you need to do.
What happened.
1
12/19/2024
Final Grade Proposal
Students read their letters to the class.
I read
my letter
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to the class.
Final grade proposal.
2
12/17/2024
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Students read their letters to the class.
Work time.
3
12/13/2024
Work on your Letter to the Class.
I went over a powerpoint (on Classroom) to give instructions for the Letter to the Class.
We went to the auditorium to write.
Work time.
4
12/11/2024
Finish Tuesdays with Morrie.
Check Infinite Campus to see everything that will be due between now and the end of the term.
We watched these videos (
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) (
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).
We turned in our “Meaningful Conversation Reflections.”
We read the book.
Work time.
5
12/9/2024
Read pages 130-170 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Check Infinite Campus to see everything that will be due between now and the end of the term.
Start thinking about your “Letter to the Class.”
We watched
this video
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and wrote about it.
We read the book.
Work time.
6
12/5/2024
Read pages 100-130 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Check Infinite Campus to see everything that will be due between now and the end of the term.
Start thinking about your “Letter to the Class.”
We watched
this video
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and wrote about it.
We read the book.
Work time.
7
12/3/2024
Read pages 69-99 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Get the “Meaningful Conversations” paper from Mr. Merrill and begin working on it.
Get the “Gatsby Analysis Revision and Reflection” from Mr. Merrill and begin working on it.
We talked about what’s happening the rest of the term. (Don’t forget to do the “Polished Piece” and “Public Sharing” assignments.)
We read the book.
People began work on the assignments I introduced today.
8
11/26/2024
Read pages 54-68 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Begin making a list of big topics you grapple with. Or topics you think society should grapple with. (Similar to Mitch’s list on page 65-66.)
Start thinking of someone over the age of 60 that you could interview and talk with.
We read two great poems by Ada Limón. (The Conditional; Instructions on Not Giving Up)
We wrote about one of these three things: the poems, regret, or feeling sorry for yourself.
We read the book.
We played games.
9
11/22/2024
Read pages 40-54 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Go to a new section of your notebook, and follow the “Wisdom & Questions to Consider” instructions that are listed on Classroom.
We evaluated Mr. Merrill.
We read more of the book.
10
11/20/2024
Read pages 17-40 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
Do the Midterm Reflection.
We did a Midterm Reflection.
We read The Leash by Ada Limón.
We read more of the book.
11
11/18/2024
Read pages 1-17 of Tuesdays with Morrie.
We started the book.
We set new goals.
12
11/14/2024
“Fulfilling Writing”
We responded to letters and went to the auditorium to do some other writing.
13
11/12/2024
“Letter to Partner”
We read articles by Freya India and wrote letters to each other.
14
11/8/2024
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Final Analysis work day.
15
11/6/2024
Finish your paper by Friday.
Get a Gatsby Analysis Criteria sheet.
I reviewed MLA formatting and talked about submitting your paper.
16
11/4/2024
Work on your paper.
We did writer’s workshops.
17
10/31/2024
Work on your paper.
Work time.
18
10/29/2024
Submit your “Paper Proposal”
We talked about writing a thesis.
People proposed their paper idea.
19
10/25/2024
Nothing.
We did some analytical “digging.”
I showed examples of what digging looks like from some of my university papers.
20
10/23/2024
Talk to Mr. Merrill to know how to make up the “Walter Mitty” assignment.
We read a poem.
We talked about analyzing The Great Gatsby.
We looked at an analysis example (Walter Mitty).
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