Friday- Day 141

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2.  I know it has been a crazy two weeks.  Please spend about 30 minutes today completing any work from American Studies that you did not get done.  We will certainly back track a bit once we return to school!

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Thursday- Day 140

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. Video Message from Diebold - "Take a Walk and Exercise"

3. TODAY'S Lesson

   We are working on the final FOUR readings for this unit

    All four readings are linked HERE. (you should already have a copy)

Today you should do reading #4 "GI Bill from World War II"

This reading is a full article, the link is the the document you already have a copy!

Here's what I want you to do....ready???....I want a simple 8-10 sentence summary of this article.  Pick out the main points and summarize!! Type it right in the document!

NOW at this point you should have the first three readings all highlighted and the fourth one you have a summary....I WILL start grading these during Spring Break.  So consider the entire document due on the Monday we start Spring Break (March 30th)

Make sure the document is in your English Folder!!!

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Wednesday-Day 139

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. Find an article on-line that talks about the topic from Gatsby you have selected to write about. (spend about 20-30 minutes on this)

• Make sure you paste the link into the Gatsby Essay document (you should already have a copy of this)
• Read and annotate the article

I know that period 9/10 does not have their book (thanks lazy printing company).  Therefore, I found a digital copy of the book to help you.  Also, I gave a little summary of each chapter in order to help expedite your evidence finding.

Digital Copy of The Great Gatsby

Here is a summary of the chapters:

1- Intro to the characters as well as East and West Egg

2- Tom and Myrtle's party in the apartment

3- Nick goes to Gatsby's Party

4- Nick and Gatsby go to lunch and meet Wolfsheim and Jordan tells Nick about Daisy and Gatsby

5- Gatsby ad Daisy's date

6- Past about Dan Cody and Tom and Daisy go to Gatsby's party

7- The hotel and Myrtle is killed

8- Wilson kills Gatsby

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Tuesday- Day 138

Gatsby Died??? Horrible Book!!  Who Do you think is most responsible for Gatsby's Death?

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. Video Message #4 from Diebold "How to Clean a Toilet" oh yes my friends....

3. TODAY'S Lesson

   We are working on the final FOUR readings for this unit

    All four readings are linked HERE. (you should already have a copy)

Today you should do reading #3 "The Racist History of Minimum Wage Laws"

Directions are in the document linked above!

You should highlight for claims, evidence, reasoning

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Monday- Day 137

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. Gatsby Essay (please spend 20-30 minutes completing this)
    Complete PART 1

• Thesis creation
• Claim creation
• Find evidence

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

HEY!! IT'S THE WEEKEND!!! BUT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER WEEKEND SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DOING YOUR WORK DURING THE WEEK.....SO YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE GATSBY QUIZ AND THE FIRST TWO READINGS IN THE UPWARD MOBILITY DOCUMENT.

DO NOT FALL BEHIND....THAT'S WEAK

IF YOU SAW MR. ROSSETTI'S EMAIL YOU ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALLOWING YOU TO TURN IN THE "AMERICANS ARE GREEDY WRITING" LAST CHANCE PEEPS.

Friday-Day 136

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!

2. Video message from Diebold "Put your lil' brothers and sisters to bed"

3. Upward Mobility Chart (for reference)

TODAY'S Lesson

4. We are now going to begin the final FOUR readings for this unit

    All four readings are linked HERE. (make a copy) directions are in the document!!

Today you should do reading #2 Why Did FDR’s New Deal Program (National Recovery Act) Harm Blacks?

Directions are in the document linked above!

You should highlight for claims, evidence, reasoning

***Special note, next week when we finish all four readings I will hold a Google Meet to talk about them!!  And more important to just say Hi and check in with all of you!! I will give you a heads up as to which day and time....NOT 8:00 am (you crazy Rossetti) :)

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Thursday-Day 135

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. Gatsby Quiz- Do Questions 8-14- this is a continuation of the doc you started the other day!  (spend 20 minutes on the quiz).  Please try to have it completed for MONDAY.
- If you want to discuss the quiz as you take it, Click HERE

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Wednesday Day 134

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!

2. A Video greeting from Diebold "How to do Laundry" from washing to folding :)

3. Upward Mobility Chart (for reference)

TODAY'S Lesson

4. We are now going to begin the final FOUR readings for this unit

    All four readings are linked HERE. (make a copy) directions are in the document!!

   

    For today you only need to do reading #1  

The Decision to Exclude Agricultural and Domestic Workers from the 1935 Social Security Act

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Tuesday Day 133

1. TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE!
2. A video greeting from Rossetti
3. A video greeting from Diebold "Hobbies"

4. Gatsby Quiz- Do Questions 1-7 (spend 20 minutes working on the quiz)
     - If you want to discuss the quiz as you take it, Click HERE we will be on a live google meet platform at 800 am-900 am

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.
Reminder: Today Rossetti and I will begin grading the HomesteadAct/Sundown town writing sample.  Make sure its in your English folder! When we are done grading all of them (in a few days) we will notify you about revising them....but as soon as you see yours graded, you can begin revising

Monday Day 132

E-LEARNING
TAKE ATTENDANCE HERE! ONLY PERIOD 1/2
PERIOD 9/10 you need to take attendance through your period 2 class...not here!!


1. E-Learning Lesson- Please read each slide THOROUGHLY!
Every student today at West has this lesson from the Administration team with amessage from Mr. Sharos.

2. YOU need to complete the HomesteadAct/Sundown town paragraph.  Rossetti and I will begin grading them tomorrow!!

3. You will be talking part of a GATSBY Quiz tomorrow.  I will have a live chat set up from 8-9 am to work on it with you if you want!!!  Plan on joining the meet and being part of the conversation.

Please email any and all questions.  We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Friday- Day 131

Let's talk about E-Learning


1. Book Log- Last book talk will be on May 8th
2. Finish Chapter 8
3. Upward Mobility chart
    Finish Reading #3 "Public Housing"
    Highlight for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
    VIDEO (56 min)

  Your Homestead/Sundown Writing sample #2
   DUE: TODAY!!

Thursday- Day 130

BE SURE TO WISH MATT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1. SSR
2. Vocab-Answer the following:
- What are three things that are BOISTEROUS?
- What are three things that are PORTENTOUS?
- What are three things that are HARROWING?
   Share the example that BEST represents the word with your table and explain why
3. Gatsby Chapter 8
     Let's Read!
4. Upward Mobility - chart
    Reading #3 "Public Housing" We will read half today and half tomorrow
    Highlight for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
    VIDEO (56 min)

HW- Finish Chapter 8
          Your Homestead/Sundown Writing sample #2
          DUE: Friday


        

Wednesday- Day 129

Go to the Auditorium for Writers Week!

HOMEWORK: Your Homestead/Sundown Writing sample #2
                             DUE: Friday

Tuesday-Day 128

1. PICK A PARTNER
    -New Seating Arrangements
2. Homestead Act/Sundown Town Writing Sample #2
    -Last chance to work on this in class!!
    -Due this Friday in your English folder!!
    -2nd TEST GRADE = Muy Importante!!
3. Writer's Week
     

Monday-Day 127

1. Upward Mobility
    Writing Sample #2 for the Semester (Test Grade)
    directions (make a copy)
2. Go to Writers Week

Day 126-Friday

1. Book Talk-20 minutes- POST YOUR BOOK LOG HERE
2. SAT Prep- Frequently Confused Words
3. Chapter 7 Questions-   Chapter 7 Text
4. Begin Chapter 8
5. Upward Mobility
    Writing Sample #2 for the Semester (Test Grade)
    directions (make a copy)

Day 125-Thursday

1. SSR
2. Read you "example" or "non-example" story to your table
3. Chapter 7 Questions- Text up to 133
4. COUNSELORS coming in for YOU SCIENCE
5. Need to finish up "Sundown Towns" reading from Yesterday

HW- Finish Chapter 7

Day 124- Wednesday

New Construction in NYC

1. SSR
2. SAT Practice Quiz 3
5. Upward Mobility
    Part 2: 
Investigating numerous Federal laws that have held back certain Americans throughout History..
- Reading #2 of 4 "Sundown Towns" doc
      Highlighting for claims, evidence, reasoning

HW- Finish chapter 7 for FRIDAY

Day 123-Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Sentence Writing- Story of "examples" or "non-examples"
3. Chapter 7 Questions
4. Read Gatsby- chapter 7- Here is the text for those of you who need it
5. Upward Mobility
    Begin Part 2: 
Investigating numerous Federal laws that have held back certain Americans throughout History..
- Video on the “American Dream”
- Reading #1 of 4 "Homestead Act of 1862" doc
      Highlighting for claims, evidence, reasoning

HW- Finish Chapter 7 for Friday