Dittmann+English

XXX PM Voc. Eng. Class everyday. Ocean Bagley, Dan Saxby
 * Matt Williams dropped the class**
 * Most assignments will be on google classroom.**
 * There is very little homework in this class, most work is done in class**


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 * 2/4: Vietnam project Due Tuesday**


 * 1/26: Write a thank you letter to Mr. Luneau. Continue working on Vietnam project.**


 * 1/9: Homework Sheet for The Things they Carried, be thinking about the Vietnam presentation (will work on it in class next week), ENGLISH MIDTERM: You will be interviewing a Vietnam vet. Prepare questions. Grade will be based on interview.**

1/7: Read Chapt 1 of The Things They Carried, Start thinking about your web project

1/5: Brainstorm about what you know about Vietnam war. Think about what truth means

12/16: Work on the storyboard of your daily routine, take a picture with your ipad to represent each panel of your storyboard

12/9: Cover letter draft due today, Cover letter final Due thurs


 * 12/4: Daily edit. Went over what belongs in a cover letter. Cover letter quiz. 10 min writing exercise.**
 * HW: Find and print a job that you would be interested in applying for or could reasonably apply for!**


 * 11/25: Night shift project due today (in class time to work on it)**


 * 11/14: HW: Read Night Shift and start Night Shift Project!!**


 * 11/3: HW: On Google Classroom: Night shift story presentation sheet due 11/5, BoogyMan vocab due 11/7**


 * 1****0/31: watched video**

10/30: New Book: Night Shift. HW: Finish any work that needs to be done for the quarter

10/29: Class audio exam :HW: Finish any work that needs to be done for the quarter

10/28: In Class: review/ critique your portfolio. HW: Be prepared Wednesday to give an interview with Mrs. Dittman. It will be recorded. This is worth a project/ test grade -it is major!!!

10/27: In class: Finished the Glass Castle. HW: Be prepared Wednesday to give an interview with Mrs. Dittman. It will be recorded. This is worth a project/ test grade -it is major!!!

10/23: In Class: read from book HW: PORTFOLIO DUE TOMORROW

10/21: Free write writing prompt. Read next 10 pgs in book. Write a summery and 2 quotes.

10/20: In class: read aloud from the book HW: PORTFOLIO

10/16 In Class: book character discussion, read 226-227 & discuss. HW: bring ipad to next class, work on portfolio

10/14 In class and HW: Portfolio, book project, both on google classroom

10/8 Book project: find a series of quotes in a theme and illustrate them visually (find photos on the internet that illustrate the quotes). find at least 5 quotes that fit a theme in the book (fire, self reliance, don't be scared, promises made but not kept, survival of the fittest)

10/7 In Class: writing prompt. work on college essay. HW: portfolio

10/6 In Class: respond to Dali lama quote or free write. Everyone is assigned different pages to read & then report back to the group. HW: portfolio on google classroom, read pg 214-225 & do homework sheet

10/3 In Class: writing prompt: describe a person that has had significant influence on you. Choose an important quote from pg. 171-185 (handout). HW: read 186-195

10/2 In Class: work on college essay HW: Read 171-185

10/1: In class: work on vocab. Work on college essay. Read 164-170 HW: work on portfolio

9/30: In Class: Discussed reading. Everyone was handed a note card $ asked to answer what there essay was about and what you were trying to show about yourself. Work on a 2nd draft of the college essay -focus on adding details/description. Analyze 1st draft for place that could use details. HW: work on portfolio, ant. of vocab sheet

9/29: In class: write 2-4 sentences about the reading pgs 136-144, read pg 145-148, writing: finish draft of essay, work on portfolio work HW**:Q1 Portfolio due 10/29, read to page 163

9/26 In Class: finish writing prompt HW: work on portfolio on google classroom DUE OCT 24 This is a very big assignment, work on it everyday!!, Read 136-144

9/25 In class time to work on prompt DUE FRIDAY: 1 fully typed (1st draft quality) prompt

9/24 Vocab quiz, discuss reading HW: 1st typed draft of one of the writing prompts

9/23 Google classroom assignment: 1st draft (650 words) prompt DUE THURSDAY

9/22 In class writing prompt on google classroom HW: worksheet for reading pg 91-105

9/18 Into to google classroom HW bring in a small object or pic of an object that has meaning to you. Fill out reading summery sheet on google classroom.

9/17 Bring in Ipads to next class!!

9/16 Finish sentences on worksheet

9/15 In class: home town writing prompt. HW: read 54-63

9/12: in class: write 200 word essay

9/11 HW: parental debate sheet, 5 pages of autobiography due tomorrow

9/10 HW pg 42-50 & worksheet due 9/11, 5 pages of autobiography 1st draft (notebooks are kept in Emily's classroom) due Fri 9/9 HW -pg39 & worksheet

9/8-HW Read 19-28 & Worksheet

9/5 - Intro to class. HW Read pgs 9-14 in Glass Castle