Miss Bass' Class

 Welcome back to school!  I hope you had a great summer.

You will find all the necessary documents about Policies and Procedures in our class by clicking on the documents on the left.  Share these with your parents.

I am looking forward to a great year.

Monday, December 13 to December 17, 2010

Monday, December 13

Handout Article of the Week

Finish Act III

Tuesday, December 14

Quiz Act III

Begin Act IV

Due: Act III Questions

Wednesday, December 15

Finish Act IV

Thursday, December 16

Watch Crucible

Vocab Practice 1

Friday, December 17

Watch Crucible

Vocab Practice 2

Due: Article of the Week

Monday, December 6 to December 10, 2010 

Monday, December 6

Quiz Act I

Article of the Week handout

Begin Act II

Due: Questions in packet pages 1-4

Tuesday, December 7

Read Act II Crucible

Wednesday, December 8

Read Act II Crucible

Thursday, December 9

Read Act II Crucible

Friday, December 3

Read Act II Crucible

Due: Act II review questions & Article of the Week

Monday, November 29 to December 3, 2010 

Monday, November 29

Presentations for Ethnography

Quiz on Guilty by Suspicion

Background information on Crucible

Tuesday, November 30

Read Act I Crucible

Wednesday, December 1

Read Act I Crucible

Thursday, December 2

Read Act I Crucible

Friday, December 3

Read Act I Crucible

Act I review questions pages 1-4 due on Monday

Due: Article of the Week

Monday, November 22

Watch Guilty by Suspicion Preface to The Crucible

Tuesday, November 23

Watch Guilty by Suspicion Preface to The Crucible

Wednesday, November 24

No School Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 25

No School Thanksgiving

Friday, November 26 

No School Thanksgiving

November 15 to November 19, 2010

Monday, November 15

Hand out Article of the Week

Work on Projects

Tuesday, November 16

Work on Projects

Wednesday, November 17

Work on Projects

All Projects Due

Thursday, November 18

Begin Presentations

Friday, November 19

Finish Presentations

Discuss Article of the Week

Due: Article of the Week 

NEXT WEEK YOUR ETHNOGRAPHIES ARE DUE

November 8 to November 12, 2010

Monday, November 8

Read

Review writing

Read Deconstructing the Horse stopping briefly to write in WN

Handout Article of the Week

Tuesday, November 9

Read

Begin Research

What makes a good source for researching

Wednesday, November 10

Continue Researching

Thursday, November 11

Introduce Annotated Bibliographies

Research for Ethnography

Friday, November 12

Finish Research

Due: Article of the Week 

NEXT WEEK YOUR ETHNOGRAPHIES ARE DUE

November 1 to November 5, 2010

Monday, November 1

Revise Straw into Gold Essay

Hand out Article of the Week

Due: Observations and Interviews

Tuesday, November 2

Revise Straw into Gold

Mini Lesson on leads

Wednesday, November 3

Register for Turninit.com

Submit papers to turnitin.com

Thursday, November 4

Read

Work on Straw into Gold if not finished

Friday, November 5 

Discuss Article of the Week

Work on Ethnography Updrafting

Due: Article  of the Week

 October 25, 2010 to October 29

Monday, October 25

Brainstorm Straw into Gold and begin writing

Tuesday, October 26

Field trip Poetry Slam Workshop in Gunnison

Due: Interview #2 

Wednesday, October 27

Read

Write Straw into Gold

Thursday, October 28

Read

Writer's workshop Straw into Gold

Friday, October 29

Read

Workshop Writing

Due: Observations 6 & 7

October 18 to October 22

Monday, October 18

Workshop products one for next observation

Tuesday, October 19

Introduce Straw into Gold assignment (read essay)

Due: Interview #1

Wednesday, October 20

Brainstorm for personal essay

Thursday, October 21

Begin writing essay

Friday, October 22 

Workshop Straw into Gold

 Due: Observations #4 and #5

October 11 to October 12

Monday, October 11

No School!

Tuesday, October 12
Read

Discuss Interviews

Due: Observation and write-up

Wednesday, October 13

Watch "Hoop Dreams"

Thursday, October 14

Continue "Hoop Dreams"

Due: Notes and 5 interview questions

Friday, October 15
Create products for Observations and interviews

October 4 to October 8

Monday, October 4

Continue Ethnography:

Finish writing Plans

Go over research questions

Introduce two-column notes & mapping

Tuesday, October 5

Complete a practice observation

Discuss observation & create snapshots

Wednesday, October 6
Read

Review mapping

Review field notes

Review proposals and plans

Thursday, October 7
Read

Read sample ethnography

Due: Revised proposals and plans

Friday, October 8
Read

Continue with ethnography

Due on Tuesday: First observation with write-up and notes

September 27 to October 1

Monday, September 27

Read "House for the Homeless" and "Tribe Apart"

Tuesday, September 28

Quiz on House for the Homeless

Wednesday, September 29

Discuss ethnography methodology 

Write Proposals

Due at the end of class: Proposal

Thursday, September 30

Plans

Friday, October 1

No class float building

September 20 to September 24

Monday, September 20

Read "Nacirema" and discuss

Tuesday, September 21

Finish "Nacirema"

Introduce Ethnography Show samples (see sample links on right

Wednesday, September 22

Hand out Ethnography Assignment

Thursday, September 23

What Subcultures do you belong to?

Brainstorm Subcultures

Friday, September 24

 Read sample ethnogrpahy "House for the Homeless"

September 13 to September 17

Monday, September 13

Immigration Presentations

Tuesday, September 14

Background on Essay

Read "What is an American?"

Discuss

Wednesday, September 15

Continue "What is an American?"

Thursday, September 16

In-class essay -- American and you (see directions to the right)

Friday, September 17

Revise in-class essay.

September 6 to September 10

Monday, September 6

NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY

Tuesday, September 7

Quickwrite

Discuss "The Kitchen"

Turn back "I am from" poems

Mini Lesson.

Share poems

Wednesday, September 8

Immigration Project

Thursday, September 9

Continue Immigration

Friday, September 10

 Immigration Project due at the end of the hour.

August 30 - September 3

Monday, August 30

Policies and Procedures

Homework: Don't forget to e-mail me your parents' e-mail address, a poem/song lyrics.

Tuesday, August 31

Discuss Quotes on wall

Create a family crest.  (I can give you directions.) 

Homework:  Complete your family crest and write a description in your Writer's Notebook about it.  Read Frederick Douglass.  While reading circle any words or phrases you do not understand.  At the bottom, please write a 3-5 sentence summary of the reading.

Wednesday, September 1

Share Family Crests

Writing Prompt: What is good about you?

Discuss Douglass

Listen to "Where I'm From" and read sample poems

Homework: Reread Douglass and answer questions.

Thursday, September 2

Writing Prompt:  Draw your scars.  What internal and external scars do you  have?  Draw and describe them.

List what is bad about you?

Discuss Douglass and questions you answered.

Friday, September 3

Writing Prompt:  List places and things that you are from.

Discuss Where I'm From: Why isn't this just a kindergarten poem.  Word choice, format, voice.

Begin writing own poems due at the end of class.

Homework: Read "The Kicthen".  Highlight detail.  Complete reading tasks and answer reading questions.