"STAY GOLD, PONYBOY"  

Happy Second Semester!  Woohoo!  

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Tuesday, 2/19/2019	Thursday, 2/21/2019
Honors English Periods 1 & 5: Please finish reading and annotating Chapter 4 in The Outsiders For ALL CLASSES (1,3& 5):  Review your WOTD as we will be having a quest in 2 weeks. Don't forget to bring your Outside Reading Book as well!	ALL CLASSES Book Spin is next TUESDAY. WOTD QUEST in TWO WEEKS. Honors English periods 1 & 5 Read and annotate Chapters 5 & 6 in The Outsiders English 7 (Period 3)  Read and annotate Chapter 5 in The Outsiders

Tuesday, 2/12/20109	Thursday, 2/14/2019
All PERIODS: Please read and annotate Chapter 2 in The Outsiders. Consider what the girls add to the novel?  What do they do to the plot of the story?  Why are they important? Or are they? Book Spin will be in TWO WEEKS. . . keep reading for fun!	ALL PERIODS: Happy Valentine's Day  : )  Please read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The Outsiders Book Spin in TWO WEEKS. ​

Monday, 2/4/2019	Tuesday, 2/5/2019	Thursday, 2/7/2019
HW: Family night!! ​Don't forget to bring your ORB book for class tomorrow!	HW for all CLASSES: Click here to access the Rubric for your presentations. Practice, practice, practice with a family member.  Woohoo!	Wow!  Great presentations today.  HW for ALL CLASSES: Read Chapter 1 of The Outsiders and take notes on the major characters and setting. Don't forget to bring in that outside reading book!!

Wednesday, 1/30/2019	Thursday, 1/31/2019
HW FOR ALL PERIODS: NONE Spelling Bee Winners report to the GYM on THURSDAY FOR THE PTMS BEE Today we read one Article of the Week: "An Epidemic of Loneliness" - The Week And watched a TedX Talk: "Connected but Alone"	HW for ALL PERIODS : Research Project - Research your team slides for our text The Outsiders.  You should complete your content by Monday.  The presentation will be due next THURSDAY. ​Don't forget to bring in an ORB by Monday too.

Turnitin.com Log-in Information:
Period 1: 19452299
Period 3: 19452314
​Period 5: 19452318
Enrollment Key (for all classes): Chufo

Monday 1/21	Tuesday 1/22	Thursday 1/24
MLK Holiday!	Spelling Bee practice WORDS are here!  ​HW for ALL CLASSES: Study for Poetry Terms Quest (Quizlet here!) Finish your group's Iron Poet AND have one copy printed out at the start of class.	Enjoy your long weekend!  Email Mr. Zollars if you have any questions with grades.

Monday 1/14	Tuesday 1/15	Thursday 1/17
Today's literary terms (green) and Memory Poem final edit classwork HW for ALL CLASSES: Write and submit your final draft of your memory poem (make sure you copy the second draft and SAVE AS so that your final draft is independent from the second).  You may re-add the five removed lines if you feel they are important to the rest of the poem.  Included in your poem submission (from front to back): final draft, second draft, first draft, peer edits on checklist.	Today's literary terms (yellow) HW for ALL CLASSES: Catch up for the end of the semester!	Today's literary terms (red) ​HW for ALL CLASSES: ​Study for the Poetry Terms Quest on Thursday, Quizlet here!

Monday, 1/7	Tuesday, 1/8	Thursday, 1/10
Welcome Back!  Please review the poetry terms for your poetry joy.  Bring your ORB book as well!	Poetry Party <--Check here for the memory poems! HW for ALL CLASSES: Memory Poem Assignment​   Remember to bring a PRINTED copy of your poem to class on Thursday OR​ email to Mr. Zollars by 11:59 PM Wednesday night.​  Worth 25 points just for having it by the start of class!  Also bring your ORB book :)	Memory poem checklist <-- Check if you do not have the paper copy from class! HW for ALL CLASSES: Write a second draft of your memory poem (make sure you copy the first draft and SAVE AS so that your second draft is independent from the first).  Second draft must have FIVE lines removed but still at least 15 lines total (you may need to add a few more new lines).  ​Due Monday.

Tuesday 12/18	Thursday 12/20	Friday 12/21
Peer Edit Rubric <-- Click Here! HW for ALL CLASSES: Print out final draft of The Giver essay with first draft, Super Chart, and peer feedback attached. ​Submit draft to Turnitin.com (see above for log-in info). Bring The Giver book!	HW for ALL CLASSES: Bring in your independent reading book tomorrow!	HW for ALL CLASSES: Enjoy your break!!!

Monday 12/10	Tuesday 12/11	Thursday 12/13
HW for ALL CLASSES: NO HOMEWORK! (have The Giver annotations ready to check Tues.)	Theme and Thesis Instructions <-- Click here! HW for ALL CLASSES: ​Study for WOTD Team Quest	Super Chart <-- Click Here! Super Chart Evolution <-- Click Here! HW for ALL CLASSES: Finish first draft of The Giver essay (includes thesis statement and two body paragraphs with one claim for each paragraph,  All quotations must be blended!) Print by start of class for peer edit on Tuesday.

Monday 12/3	Tuesday 12/4	Wednesday 12/6
HW for ALL CLASSES: NO HOMEWORK! ​	HW for ALL CLASSES: Read and annotate Chapters 20 - 21 of The Giver Here is a WOTD QUIZLET, thank you, Jayden!!	HW for ALL CLASSES: Read and annotate Chapter 23 Study for WOTD Team Quest (Thursday 12/13), check WOTD Quizlet

Monday 11/26	Tuesday, 11/27	Thursday 11/29
HW for ALL CLASSES: NO HOMEWORK!	HW for ALL CLASSES: Read and annotate Chapters 16 - 17 of The Giver.	HW for ALL CLASSES: Read and annotate Chapters 18 - 19 of The Giver, reading quiz Monday

Monday, 11/12	Tuesday, 11/13	Thursday, 11/15
No School!  ​Happy Veteran's Day	HW for ALL CLASSES: Please tell your parents about the new app we are Beta-testing: MINGA. Read and take notes on Chapters 13 - 15 in The Giver.	HAPPY BREAK. . .. WOOHOOO!

Monday, 11/5	Tuesday, 11/6	Thursday, 11/8
HW for all classes: ​Review your WOTD LIST ​!! We have a quiz next Thursday!! Read and take notes on Chapters 7 & 8 for The Giver. ​	Woohoo! Check out the two student samples of Literary Analysis paragraphs that followed the CEE format BELOW. Both of these samples are great because they addressed the CEE format, used MLA properly, embedded evidence and then analyzed the evidence.   HW for all classes: Finish reading Chapters 9 & 10 in The Giver	HW for all classes: Finish reading and annotating Ch. 11-12 Remember that there is an annotation check. Check out the sample literary analysis papers below if you have questions about your scores.

Monday, 10/29	Tuesday, 10/30	Thursday, 11/1
HW for all classes: ​Review your WOTD LIST ​!! We have a quiz next Thursday!!  Be sure to check out your book The Giver in class.	HW ALL CLASSES: Read and take notes on Chapter 3. Review your WOTD! Here is a Quizlet for practice	HW FOR ALL CLASSES: Read and take notes THROUGH Chapter 6 in The Giver Reading Quiz will happen on Monday for Chapters 1 - 6 ​WOTD Quest on Thursday. ​Here's a Quizlet for practice

READERS FOR TOMORROW'S HORROR STORIES WILL BE:
PERIOD 1:
Sophi Shi, Emily Khossravi,
Charolotte Chen & Shannon Fleming
Katie Schleisier, Isabel Faix, Kiana Nakhai
Chiara Galima, Shruti Malladi, Nika Pasternak
Karly & Gianna

PERIOD 3:
Solia Reyes, NIki Egan, Mia Song
Clara Caetano, Rocco Pool & Avaa Elleraas

Period 5:
Amy Wang, Pauline Sevel, and Keala Minna-Choe
Nethra Mahendran
Vivian Ye

Monday, 10/22	Tuesday, 10/23	Thursday, 10/25
Bring in THREE copies of your horror story to participate in a Writer's Workshop on Tuesday.	ALL CLASSES: HW for THURSDAY: Print ONE final draft on your horror story -- BEFORE CLASS STARTS.  AND submit your final draft to the Google Classroom as well.  Next Thursday -- WOTD QUEST 2 - Get ready and study your words.	ALL CLASSES: Your Horror Story Mash-Up is due today!  HW:  Please answer all of the discussion questions in your notebook.  Remember to use evidence from the TEXT BELOW.  : )  If you need to listen to the story again, click here. Here is a copy of "Harrison Bergeron"

Monday, 10/15	Tuesday, 10/16	Thursday, 10/18
HW: WORK ON YOUR CONCEPT AND MAYBE START WRITING. . . DAY 1 - HORROR WRITING FINAL PROJECT Remember, WRITING DAY 1 is ON TUESDAY.  Use your assignment sheet to guide you!  Here is a fun, quick read to inspire you!  Five Writing Tips to Help Scare Your Readers.	Watch the Twilight Zone Episode if you missed it. HW: NEW. . .Work on writing 1 or 2 pages of your story.  You will have a large block of class time to write on Thursday.  Yes, you should start writing EVEN IF you did not have a stamp on your plotline.	HW All classes: Work on your drafts for your horror mash up-- 3 PRINTED copies are due on TUESDAY.   Remember - Use the assignment sheet  for guidance. ​

Monday, 10/8	Tuesday, 10/9	Thursday 10/10
NONE - FAMILY NIGHT!!	WOTD LIST ​HW for all classes: Revise your literary analysis body paragraph for class and print ONE copy to bring to class. We have one last day to revise. Woohoo!	HW for all classes: Revise your literary analysis body paragraph, SUBMIT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM and have a print out for class on MONDAY.   We will start our horror stories on Monday. . .

Monday, 10/1	Tuesday 10/2	Thursday 10/4
WOTD QUIZ tomorrow! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet. Here's the AOW we discussed in class. Everyone: This is the last week to make up your Literary Terms Quest.  Thursday is the last day.  Honors:  Pineapple pencil winner announced tomorrow!	Honors: Congratulations Pineapple Pencil Winners! Honors HW: Please finish reading and annotating our story: Here is the reading for "The Lady, or the Tiger?" - Adapted from Frank R. Stockton Here's the video from today.	ALL CLASSES: WOTD LIST  Honors English: Please create a draft of your literary analysis paragraph and print it out for class. Remember that the assignment is posted in Google Classroom. Period 1 Period 5  CP English: Print & review this assignment sheet for Monday. Remember to review it--there will be a quiz!

Monday, Late Start 9/24	Tuesday 9/25	Thursday 9/27
College Prep: Please start to review the WOTD ​Honors 7: Please start to review the WOTD and spend 30 minutes on the discussion questions.	ALL CLASSES:  Hey there! Check your literary terms quest online to see if you need to re-test.  ​WOTD QUIZ next Tuesday! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet.  Honors 7: Email me: (jeannie.chufo@sduhsd.net) your paragraph by Wednesday night if you want to win. Writing Assessment this Thursday!  You only need one paragraph but it must be perfect.	ALL CLASSES: WOTD QUIZ next Tuesday! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet.  ​ Just Honors English: Join Google Classroom: Honors 7 Period 1: 7a47a4y3lg Honors 7 Period 5: 5qwfr9​y3lg

Monday, Late Start 9/17	Tuesday, 9/18	Thursday, 9/20
Both Honors & CP Step It Up Challenge!  Write a one page response to the following article of the week. Yes, title your paper in MLA format. Yes, you should handwrite it ONLY. Yes, it's due tomorrow. : )	Both Honors & CP ​Remember that there is a Literary terms. Quest on THURSDAY.  Woohoo!  Bring in our ORB book too!	WOTD for both classes!  Quest grades are posted! Honors 7  Please read "All Summer in a Day" (Ray Bradbury). Be sure to mark up the figurative language & look up words you don't know. English 7 CP Please read "All Summer in a Day" (Ray Bradbury) - look up word you don't know.

Monday	Tuesday, 9/11	Thursday, 9/13
NO SCHOOL	Both Honors & CP Practice your Literary terms. ​ for 30 minutes using Quizlet. ​​Bring in an outside reading book.	Both Honors & CP Practice your Literary terms. ​ for 30 minutes using Quizlet. ​​Bring in an outside reading book.

NO School!  Happy Labor Day!	Tuesday, Sept. 4th  ​BLOCK 1, 3, 5	Wednesday, Sept. 5th  BLOCK, 2, 4, 6	Thursday, Sept. 6th BLOCK 1, 3, 5	Friday, Sept. 7th BLOCK 2, 4, 6
NO SCHOOL!	BOTH CP & HONORS Question of the day: Do animals have their own language?​ WOTD: Review from last week. We watched this  TEDx video by Mac Barnett around how books offer secret doors for us.  Check out this film of the mongoose and a cobra. CP & HONORS HW: Bring in an outside reading book.  Write down one goal for the year on the index card I handed out in class. Practice - ​quizlet.com/_54jtk4​​ ​​	At the district office.  Will not be at school today. Here is my back to school night presentation!  Thank you, parents! ​	BOTH CP & HONORS Question of the day: Do animals have their own language?​ WOTD: draggled, cowered, gait, archetype. We finished watching this  TEDx video by Mac Barnett around how books offer secret doors for us. We took notes on some of our Literary terms. (first 25) CP & HONORS HW: Practice your literary terms for 20 minutes on Quizlet.	At the district office.  Will not be at school today. ​

MONDAY 27th	TUESDAY 28th ​SINGLE PERIOD	WEDNESDAY 29th SINGLE PERIOD	THURSDAY 30th ​BLOCK (1, 3, 5)	FRIDAY, 31st ​BLOCK (2, 4, 6)
NO SCHOOL!  ​ ​	(BOTH H & CP) WOTD: peruse & potable HW: Review my class expectations, syllabus (see above) (SIGN BY TUESDAY the 4th) Have a section for English in your notebook & bring a free reading/outside reading book. Remember how to put an MLA heading on your papers. (Hee hee) ​ Here is my first day of school presentation.	​​(BOTH H & CP) WOTD: slipshod, dilly-dally, behoove, ​allegory, facetious 1- Do you remember how to head your paper in MLA format? 2-Ask your parents about the craziest parenting strategy they have tried on you.  Did it work?  Think of my whipped cream example.   HW: Bring in an English notebook.  Take notes on Plotline from the images above. Bring in a Silent Reading Book by Tuesday the 4th. Woohoo &  Don't forget to sign your syllabus (see below)	(BOTH H & CP) ​WOTD: cantonment, mongoose, bungalow 1 - Review Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" if need be and how it relates to Plotline. HW:  ​Fill out plotline chart with "Allegory ot the Cave" quizlet.com/_54jtk4​- Play the quizlet  on your literary terms 5 times for fun. Try the Matching game. Use your WOTD. Bring in an outside reading book and sign that syllabus. (see below)   Woohoo! ​​	​At the District Office TODAY.  Email Chufo if you have questions.