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Hello all!

Based on your feedback and our discussions yesterday, I have posted a schedule with assignments and due dates. Never stress out. Email me if ANYTHING becomes an issue. It was so nice to see your faces yesterday. Let's keep on keepin' on. We will try it and see if it brings us joy. Week to week we will adjust and pivot to make it work. Focus on your health first-- remember that we've got this and we will get through it. : )

Thursday, March 26th	Monday, March 30th	Tuesday, March 31st	Wednesday, April 1st	Thursday, April 2nd
Creative Writing: 1.Two truths and a lie - In Google Classroom. 2. Submit your open-ended assignment by THIS FRIDAY in Turnitin.com The class ID: 24219265 Enrollment password: Chufo 3. Create a Google Document and label it your Writer's journal - Participate in our first writing assignment. Due to share out on Tuesday during our shared discussion.	Honors English Period 3: Google Hangout at 11:00 AM Discussion of Chapters 2 & 3 in LOF WOOHOO! (OPTIONAL) link: https://meet.google.com/dip-cvmf-jjn Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 865-272-4616 and enter this PIN: 443 041 348#	Creative Writing: Just posted TWO writing prompts for you for this week. Check Google Classroom. Google Hangout to share our writing progress from 11 to noon. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/rrz-xuod-ist Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 507-690-2122 and enter this PIN: 634 943 263#	Honors English Period 3: Google hangout at 9:00 AM (OPTIONAL) link: https://meet.google.com/dip-cvmf-jjn Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 865-272-4616 and enter this PIN: 443 041 348#	Creative Writing: Questions about your grade or the prompts that are due before break:? Join the Google Hangout to share our writing progress from 11 to noon. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/rrz-xuod-ist Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 507-690-2122 and enter this PIN: 634 943 263#
Honors English Periods 3 & 4: 1. Read and annotate Chapters 2 & 3 from Lord of the Flies. Check Google Classroom for annotation directions. Annotations are DUE by MONDAY 2. Participate in Two Truths and a Lie - In Google Classroom 3. Participate in the discussion Questions in Google Classroom. 3. Find a Rubber chicken or rubber chicken placeholder for our discussion on Monday.	Honors English Period 4: Google Hangout at 1:00 PM Discussion of Chapters 2 & 3 in LOF WOOHOO! (OPTIONAL) link: https://meet.google.com/prd-jphj-oet Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 423-516-0676 and enter this PIN: 178 581 807#	Value	Honors English Period 4: Google Hangout at 10:00 AM Discussion of Chapter 4 in LOF WOOHOO! (OPTIONAL) link: https://meet.google.com/prd-jphj-oet Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 423-516-0676 and enter this PIN: 178 581 807#

Google meet ups online will be tomorrow, WED, March 25th starting from 2 PM (see the class times below). This is just for fun to get our feet wet. I have also posted info in the google classrooms--- check it out!

Google Code: 44h2vcq : CREATIVES: Period 2: Lets try to meet up at 2 PM: To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/rrz-xuod-ist
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 507-690-2122 and enter this PIN: 634 943 263#

Google Code: v4pyllb : H ENGLISH SMARTIES: Period 3: Meet up at 3 PM: To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/dip-cvmf-jjn
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 865-272-4616 and enter this PIN: 443 041 348#

Google Code: cck7a27 : H ENGLISH SMARTIES: Period 4: Meet up at 4 PM: To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/prd-jphj-oet
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 423-516-0676 and enter this PIN: 178 581 807#

Hello classes!

I wanted to reach out to you today as this past week has required a ton of pivoting-- I am sure-- with your families and your friends. Know that I am sending you good thoughts and well wishes and the number one priority this week and the weeks to come is to focus on your health, to practice social distancing and to take care of your tribes. I have been homeschooling my triplets and we have been baking, working with clay, painting, writing and reading (of course). I will post some classic pictures as we move forward to keep you laughing while I attempt to each 3rd grade math in Spanish. : )

Over this past weekend the district folks have asked that we begin to shift to online learning. We will start VERY slowly with opportunities to check in-- but I feel like we have GOT this. I told you the day we parted that we would make it work and we will. I will post a discussion in each class tomorrow. If you have access, give it a whirl and reach out. Remember, don't panic EVER in the online world. I am here for you and we will get everyone going in the coming weeks. What's most important right now is your health and your family. Get outside, make art, read and do everything that brings you joy. And, if you've got the time, jump in to our online classroom.

For students who do not have electronic devices at home, schools will be checking out Chromebooks. Look for emails from Adam Camacho with information on how this will work. If you have friends who you think might not see this message, I’d appreciate it if you could pass this note on to them.
Between now and when we kick off our online learning, please:

Download the Google Classroom and Google Hangout Meet apps to your smartphone or tablet (if you have one) and allow notifications. Of course, you can access these tools from a computer, too

Take care, and “see” you soon,

Ms. C

Dearest Students,

This is a stressful time but remember that we have each other AND this too shall pass. It will. Take this time to connect with what brings you joy from the inside. Read amazing books, keep a journal, Facetime and connect with your loved ones. This is a time of reflection and an opportunity to find the BEST in a challenging time. I have lived through the epicenter of an earthquake and local fires while teaching-- schools closed and people rose up and did the best for each other. Amidst the craziness and the fear there is a calm-- you must find it in yourself and act accordingly. Be patient with everyone as you walk through this time. I am here online to get you through the academic side of life once we (the teaching tribe at SDA) know what our directive is. Stay tuned.

Once we (the teachers) get clear direction on how to help you complete the semester, I will connect with you in THREE spaces: This website, the Google Classroom, and Turnitin.com. If the district decides to move us to an online curriculum plan, I want to assure that we've got this. I am prepared to help you through whatever school looks like in the coming weeks. Until then, reflect, be patient and take great care of yourselves. I am sending all the good vibes, and well wishes that I possibly can. Happiest Friday to all. We will be in touch very soon.

- Best,
Ms. Chufo

Monday, 3/9/2020	Tuesday, 3/10/2020	Wednesday, 3/11/2020	Thursday, 3/12/2020	Friday, 3/13/2020
Creative Writing: Keep working on your Open-ended project. We looked at John Irving today and discussed his advice. This week we are looking at authors and their specific writing style. Find an author that you LOVE and bring a sample of your author to class by Wednesday.	Creative Writing: The Muse: Ray Bradbury List Twist Technique random noun generator The Read: "What the Genius of Ray Bradbury Can Teach Us About Writing" Find an author that you LOVE and bring a sample of your author to class by Wednesday. BRING IN SOMETHING TO READ FOR JOY AS WELL.	Creative Writing: Daily Muse: Litbowl Sharing our favorite writers and what we love about them with each other. Sign up to read open ended assignment.	Creative Writing: Lainey & Courtney offered the Daily Muse: Write about a clothing material or an experience you have had with a clothing item. Large block of writing time for the Open-Ended Assignment Sign up to present for MONDAY - Bring snacks. Turn your piece in to TURNITIN.com by NEXT FRIDAY.	Creative Writing: Daily Muse: Write about how you find the calm amidst the storm of Covid 19. HW: Please turn in your final draft of your open-ended assignment by next FRIDAY to BOTH Turnitin.com: Class ID: 24219265 Enrollment key: Chufo AND Google Classroom: 44h2vcq
Honors English: Tomorrow is your final quest! Study with your team, your tribe. We spent nearly the entire period reviewing so you should be in great shape.	Honors English: Read and take notes Chapter 1 in *Lord of the Flies.*	Honors English: WOTD Re-read Chapter 1 and take notes on *Lord of the Flies* as you read. Try to make sense of something and track several ideas after you jot down the basic character list and island details. Annotation check tomorrow for sure!	Honors English: WOTD Add to your notes on Chapter 1. Take care with your notes. Finish your portion of the presentation. They are due tomorrow. Review the 6 types of presenters article. Pilfer a great idea and run with it for tomorrow. Period 3: Literary Lenses Period 4: Literary Lenses	Honors English: Today we will make sure you are all online and ready to roll so that whatever happens, we can get this done. We've got this! Period 3: Google Classroom: v4pyllb Turnitin.com: Class ID: 24219702 Enrollment key: Chufo Period 4: Google Classroom: cck7a27 Turnitin.com: Class ID: 24219776 Enrollment key: Chufo

Monday, 3/2/2020	Tuesday, 3/3/2020	Wednesday, 3/4/2020	Thursday, 3/5/2020	Friday, 3/6/2020
Creative Writing: Read two blogs to share out feedback in class. Blind read for draft two of OPEN ENDED PROJECT due on FRIDAY. Bring in a printed copy. Tuesday Muse: Malin Wednesday Muse: Izzy.	Creative Writing: Make sure to spend time on your open ended project. The blind reading draft will be due on FRIDAY of this week. Print it out, please. I'll be grading blogs all this week. Thursday Muse: Izzy.	Creative Writing: Writing time today. Work on finishing your blog reflections if you have not done so.	Creative Writing: Please bring in snacks for our blind reading of your independent project. BRING IN A PRINTED COPY BEFORE CLASS, please.	Creative Writing: We will finish our draft readings on Monday. Style analysis will begin next week.
Honors English: Review your notes. The Iron Poet Competition Starts tomorrow. We discussed "You Begin" by Margaret Atwood today and touched upon our discussion of "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath from last Friday.	Honors English: Day 2 of Iron Poet starts tomorrow. There can be only ONE IRON POET Final Quest for poetry shall be next Tuesday. Woohoo!	Honors English: Iron Poet competition is tomorrow. Don't forget about all the details. Final poetry quest will be Tuesday.	Honors English: Great job today! Woohoo! Winners decided tomorrow in class. Yes! Spend 20 minutes looking at the William Carlos William poet study.	Honors English: Study all vocabulary connected to poetry. Also, gather together all of the poems I have given to you in class.

Monday, 2/24/2020	Tuesday, 2/25/2020	Wednesday, 2/26/2020	Thursday, 2/27/2020	Friday, 2/28/2020
Creative Writing: Muse Tuesday: Conrad Wednesday: Chase Thursday: Malin Friday: Izzy Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due FRIDAY Last few days of the blog assignment: Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Wednesday: Chase Thursday: Malin Friday: Izzy Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due FRIDAY Last few days of the blog assignment: Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due FRIDAY Last few days of the blog assignment: Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due tomorrow. Please bring a PRINTED VERSION of what you have BEFORE class. Last few days of the blog assignment: Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Today we shared or worked on our Open-Ended Assignment Next steps are to have a blind revision and reading next Friday. Your next version is due on Friday. Your blog assignment should be complete unless you revised your plan and are starting this week. Please let me know when you are done so I can begin to grade your blogs.
Honors English: 20 minutes study and figure out "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" - Dylan Thomas Don't study the other two poems on this handout as it will blow your mind. Spend another 10 minutes looking at what you don't understand and preparing questions for me. Woohoo! ORB time - Don't forget your outside reading book. Poetry Final Quest shall be next week!	Honors English: Discussion around "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" Spend 20 minutes on "Subverted Flower" by Robert Frost ORB time - Don't forget your outside reading book. Poetry Final Quest shall be next week!	Honors English: Study for 20 minutes: "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves" by Emily Dickinson If you have time review your notes for questions.	Honors English: Tour Emily Dickinson's home here. Discussion around Dickinson's poems. Here are the notes from today. Your short explication is due tomorrow in class. Remember to connect device to meaning. And, don't forget to cite directly from the text. Woohoo!	Honors English: Tour Emily Dickinson's home here. Discussions around poems about birth. Spend 20 minutes reviewing your poetry notes. Come in with questions or curiosity. Your final quest in poetry will be a week from Monday. Woohoo!

Tuesday, 2/18/2020	Wednesday, 2/19/2020	Thursday, 2/20/2020	Friday, 2/21/2020
Creative Writing: Keep on Blogging. Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Carry on with your blog assignment. The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please Consider your larger project-- the first draft will be due next Friday. You will have a free period tomorrow to work.	Creative Writing: Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due next FRIDAY Carry on with your blog assignment. The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please	Creative Writing: Muse Project starts Monday. Here our the fearless leaders for next week: Monday: August Tuesday: Conrad Wednesday: Chase Thursday: Malin Friday: Izzy Open-Ended Assignment - first draft is due next FRIDAY Carry on with your blog assignment. The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please
Honors English: Study your handouts, notes and term for 20 minutes.	Honors English: WOTD Organize your notebook. Study your handouts, notes for 20 minutes. Bring in a sharpie and a sheet of writing that inspires you for our Black Out Poetry Project. Bands will perform on Friday!	Honors English: WOTD We discussed "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning in class today. Organize your notebook. Study your handouts, notes for 20 minutes. Bring in a sharpie and a sheet of writing that inspires you for our Black Out Poetry Project. Bands will perform on Friday!	Honors English: Band break up on Monday. New families will be forming! Bring in your Outside reading book. One more week of poetic forms then our Final Poetry Quest and Iron Poet Competition.

Monday, 2/10/2020	Tuesday, 2/11/2020	Wednesday, 2/12/2020	Thursday, 2/13/2020
Creative Writing: This is a writing conference at CCA. It is excellent. Woohoo! Click here to sign up. Your Blog assignment should start NEXT TUESDAY. Tuesday to the following Monday. Lying - Here is a link to a sample memoir that might inspire this morn. *Your FINAL VERSION of your biographical vignettes will be due THIS THURSDAY* FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment Bring in a signed syllabus as well.	Creative Writing: Our Google Classroom Code is: 44h2vcq Read for inspiration: "A Four Week Experiment That Will Change Your LIfe" (HuffPost) Read for inspiration as well: "Lifestyle Experiments" Or read: "30 Examples of 30 Day Challenges that will Change Your Life" The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please *Your FINAL VERSION of your biographical vignettes will be due THIS THURSDAY* FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment	Creative Writing: The biographical Vignettes (500 word or a bit more each with one thread of connection) are due tomorrow. PRINT THEM OUT BEFORE CLASS, UNLESS YOUR NAME IS CONRAD. FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment	Creative Writing: Biographical vignettes are DUE in class. Here's a sample blog idea and post for you. How to create a blog in Weebly How to create a blog in Wordpress the Blog assignment should start this upcoming TUESDAY! Woohoo! The Blog Assignment Blog Link Sheet- Sign up, Please
Honors English: In class: Satire in "Barbie Doll" and "A Work of Artifice" by Marge Piercy. HW: Woohoo! Your memory poem is due tomorrow. Remember the layers: Final version on top with three older versions below. All stapled and printed BEFORE class.	Honors English: Memory Poems are due in class today. Tonight you need to analyze Robert Frost's "Design" Human or Machine? Who wrote these sonnets?	Honors English: Work with your tribe to make the perfect sonnet about a couch. Remember that I care about the form and the meter. You will have 30 minutes to finalize your high art and then perform it before the adoring crowd.	Honors English: Revise and tweak your sonnet so that you have ONE clean print out by next TUESDAY. You will have 15 minutes in class to label it to perfection with your group. Poetry Quest on Tuesday. Don't prepare. Just be here with your notes. Dramatic readings will follow.

Monday, 2/3/2020	Tuesday, 2/4/2020	Wednesday, 2/5/2020	Thursday, 2/6/2020	Friday, 2/7/2020
Creative Writing: Biographical Vignette: Draft 1 & a Signed Syllabus. Don't forget to print your draft 1 of the biographical vignette.	Creative Writing: With a partner or trio Peer Editing Day 1 Bird by Bird -Anne Lamott HW: Make a real draft, edit or make a second memory. Same criteria as the first: Biographical Vignette:ory	Creative Writing: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Do you know who you write like? HW: 1. Edit, revise, tweak, your first vignette. Consider structure, beginnings, and endings. 2. Think about your blog assignment. Have an idea festival. Your FINAL VERSION of your biographical vignettes will be due next THURSDAY (a week from tomorrow). FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment	Creative Writing: BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT! Bring in a copy of your second vignette! Take inspiration from our prompts today. Your FINAL VERSION of your biographical vignettes will be due next THURSDAY (a week from tomorrow). FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment Bring in a signed syllabus as well.	Creative Writing: Click here to sample Dave Egger's A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Your FINAL VERSION of your biographical vignettes will be due next THURSDAY (a week from tomorrow). FYI: Here is the rubric for our vignette assignment Bring in a signed syllabus as well.
Honors English 1. Revise and push your memory poem into a very specific NEW direction. NOTES from class. We also read and got inspired by Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" Play with the strong "c" sound like Hayden or the temperature. 2, Print & sign the syllabus too! 3. Don't forget a reading book.	Honors English: WOTD Let your poems lie fallow for the night. Band practice tomorrow. Bring your A game. Rest. Spend time with your family. Bring in your outside reading book.	Honors English: WOTD Revise for VERSION 3 of your memory poem. Take it in another direction. Bring your print out to class by Friday! Back to school night is tomorrow!	Honors English: Print out a THIRD version of your poem that is pushed in a distinct direction. Bring a print out to class tomorrow. Bring in a signed syllabus as well.	Honors English Today we learned about satire in poetry. Woohoo! Analyze "A Work of Artiface" DUE TUESDAY! TWEAK, adjust and fine tune your FINAL VERSION. On your final copy, label everything you have included in your piece: sound devices, metaphor, simile, assonance, consonance, alliteration, symbol, enjambment, caesura, etc. Yes, it should be in MLA format. Turn in all three versions UNDERNEATH your final version. I want to see your progress. We will have a read out or share out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Bring in a signed syllabus as well.

Monday, 1/27/2020	Tuesday, 1/28/2020	Wednesday, 1/29/2020	Thursday, 1/30/2020	Friday, 1/31/2020
NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL	Creative Writing: Write about why you are here in this class. Bring in a journal that brings you joy. Bring in a book that is fun for you to read.	Creative Writing: Don't forget to bring a journal that brings you joy. Bring in a book and a pen/pencil as well. HW: Finish one to two pages of dialogue between TWO of the characters you created today from our pareidolia experiment. (Click here to access the ppt) AND bring in an object or picture from your childhood that inspires memories.	Creative Writing: HW: Eavesdrop on a few conversations this weekend. Listen to how people really talk. What is left out? Print & sign the class syllabus. It is linked below. Classwork: Consider your dialogue: ttps://jerryjenkins.com/how-to-write-dialogue/
NO SCHOOL	NO SCHOOL	Honors English: WOTD: peruse, copious, abundant. How to Take Efficient & Neat Notes (watch this video and take notes) - that's funny. Look up 5 facts about Plato that are worth remembering. Yes, add to your notes from today.	Honors English: Read and take notes on the two poems by Rita Dove. Mark up the text. Try to figure out what is happening in EACH stanza. Do not spend more than 30 minutes on these poems. Be efficient with your time. WOTD List is HERE	Honors English: WOTD List is HERE Memory Poem Assignment - Bring in one printed draft of your memory Don't forget your ORB book (the book you want to read for fun),. HERE IS THE TPCASTT method from class.