Day 103 - Friday

1. Complete your SSR Book Log (book talks on March 6th)
2. SAT Prep- Subject + Verb Agreement
3. Self-Eval
4. Gatsby Chapter One: QUIZ
5. PROJECT: Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should be wrapping up this project!!!

Day 102 - Thursday

1. SSR
2. Vocab- finish your chart for words 4-6
3. Gatsby: Chapter 1: Read to page 16
    Rest of the chapter is on YOU
4. PROJECT: Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should be finding pictures for WeVideo
    -You should also begin recording some of the parts for your video
    For now...let's assume you will have class time through Friday 

HW: Final Draft for "Americans Greedy" writing assessment Due FRIDAY
         Gatsby: Chapter one QUIZ on FRIDAY (if you take notes on paper while reading, you may use them)
         

Day 101 - Wednesday

1. SSR
2. SAT Practice Quiz #1
3. PROJECT: Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should be finding pictures for WeVideo
    -You should also begin recording some of the parts for your video
    For now...let's assume you will have class time through Friday 

HW: Final Draft "Americans Greedy" DUE Friday

Day 100 - Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Vocab- Disarray, Transpire, Ramification- hear them in context and complete chart
3. Continue Chapter 1 of Gatsby
4. Last Chance: Are American's Greedy
    You have 10 more minutes to type/revise from your rough draft
5. PROJECT: Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should FINISH answering the questions in the document
    -Tomorrow you should be ready to work with WeVideo

HW: 1- RESEARCH- you need to have all your research for the project (we are starting with WEVIDEO tomorrow)
        2- FINAL DRAFT "American's Greedy" Writing Assessment DUE Friday

Day 99 - Monday

1. SSR
2. SAT Prep- Possessive Determiners
3. Final Draft- type out your final draft on your "Greedy" document.  If you have not submitted a rough draft, you cannot type a final copy.
3. PROJECT: Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should answer the questions provided in the document from yesterday
    By the end of class tomorrow you should be almost done with your research 
    (filling out the document)

Day 98-Friday

1. Book Log (you should already have this).  Book talk will be on March 6th
2. SAT Prep: Possessive determiners
3. Begin The Great Gatsby
    Here are the three themes we will investigate
            1- attaining/not attaining the American Dream
            2- the past affects the future
            3- shallow/rude/irresponsible/dishonest behavior of the wealthy
4. Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
    -Today you should definitely pick the company
    -Take sometime to learn about the company READ!!!
    -Begin to answer the questions provided in the document from yesterday
    YOU are working on this project as a group to answer the questions in the Doc!

Day 97-Thursday

1. SSR
2. Vocab 
    You will read your situation examples from Tuesday to the table.  They will figure out which is the example and which is the non-example.  You will do all 3 words then go to the next person.
3. FINISH Reading "Basics of Industrialization
    -All highlighted words should be defined/reexplained in the margins!!
4. Capitalism: Corporate Bad Behavior
   A. Students read about the "Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire"
   B. Video about the fire
   C. We explain THE PROJECT
   D. Students take about 15 min to research a modern day company
   E. GET STARTED!

Homework: Are Americans Greedy? Rough Draft Due Friday
                      Button Button and $1,000 Due Friday
                      Basics of Industrialization annotations Due Friday

Day 96-Wednesday

1. SSR
2. SAT Prep- Possessive Determiners 
3. Are Americans Greedy?: Writing Assessment
   YOU have 20 minutes for your rough draft
4. Complete "Basics of Industrialization" reading
    Every highlighted word needs to be annotated!!
    
Homework: Are Americans Greedy?: Rough Draft Due Friday
                     Basics of Industrialization Due Friday
                     Button Button and $1,000 also Due Friday

Day 95-Tuesday

1. SSR
2. Let's help and EAST student out
3. Vocab: Using your three words (marred, reproach, and tactless) you will do the following:
     - Write a sentence describing a situation that illustrates your word
     - Write a sentence describing a situation that DOES NOT illustrate your situation

Example: Affable: friendly, good-natured-easy to talk to

Situation 1- a person you woke up at 300 am
Situation 2- the kid who is the life of the party
Question- which situation demonstrates an affable person?

4. Writing- finish your Are Americans Greedy Writing
    YOU should have finished the pre-writing document walking in today
    YOU have 20 minutes today to write on paper
    YOU will have 20 minutes tomorrow and then rough draft is due Friday.
5. Continue: Capitalism through Industrialization
    Reading: "Basics of Industrialization: 1900's"
    Read some as a class and then silently alone...
     This reading will be your FIRST QUIZ grade.  
     You simply need to read it in class
     Explain the meaning of each bold/highlighted (Annotate in the Margins)

Homework: Are Americans Greedy? Rough Draft Due FRIDAY
                      Button Button and $1,000 also Due Friday
                      Capitalism Through Industrialization reading due FRIDAY

Day 94- Friday

1. SSR
2. Vocab Sentence Writing: 
     You will write two sentences for each word (marred, reproach, and tactless).  
     You can write them on your packets.  
3. Are Americans Greedy writing
    You need to work on this over the three day weekend.
    You will have some time on Tuesday & Wednesday but that's it for time in class.
4. When Companies swallow each other up...
    Corporate Consolidation
5. Capitalism through Industrialization
    Reading: "Basics of Industrialization: 1900's"
    A. We need to have basic knowledge of WHY and HOW the United States industrialized in the early 1900's if we want to understand Industry today and how you are affected as a consumer and worker.
    B. We need to read, because 20 minutes a day will improve your knowledge and SAT score
    C. We need to practice the SAT skill "Words in Context"
     This reading will be your FIRST QUIZ grade.  
     You simply need to read it in class
     Explain the meaning of each bold/highlighted (Annotate in the Margins)

Day 93- Thursday

JUNIOR YEAR COURSE SELECTION!!

Half of you will be with your counselors and then we will flip flop!!

1. SSR
2. Continue working on FIRST MAJOR Writing Assignment
     "Americans are Greedy" 
3. Major Understandings
    What does 2nd Semester Look Like? 
4. Presentation on Capitalism and some famous examples
    -As a class lets list some major US companies today
    -The Top 5 players of the 1900's.


    

Day 92- Wednesday

1. SSR- No FAKE reading.  
    Most of you literally just got this book yesterday!
2. SAT Prep - Pronoun Agreement
3. Short Story"One Thousand Dollars"
    - Finish Reading
    -Complete questions
4. First Writing Assignment (TEST GRADE)
    Are Americans Greedy writing
    

Day 91- Tuesday

Media Center- You will be in the Media Center period 1 or 9 to select an SSR book.  Select a good one that will keep your interest.  We will have book talks again like last semester.

Second half of class
1. Elective Department Videos for Senior Year!! Art Elective Video 
2. Complete Button Button questions
3. Begin short story "One Thousand Dollars"

Day 90- Monday

1. SAT Prep- Pronoun Agreement
2. QUICK SURVEY
3. Are Americans greedy? 
    Begin and Complete Part III
4. Begin Reading Button, Button 
    -Reading together
    -Complete questions

Day 89 - Friday

1. SAT Prep - Pronoun Clarity
2. 2nd Semester Final Exam Exemptions
3. Text Analysis- Are Americans Greedy? PART III
4. Lesson on Capitalism and Upward Mobility (35 min)
    Invisible People (55 min)

Day 88 - Thursday

1. Vocab- Complete REPROACH and TACTLESS on your vocab sheets
2. Poem: Luxury
    - Complete the Theme section
    We are collecting this for a grade tomorrow
    Make sure the chart and the Theme are complete skip #4

3. Continue Text Analysis- .Are Americans greedy?
    - Finish Part 2
       This is where YOU provide evidence and research some evidence

4. Lesson on Capitalism and Upward Mobility (22 min today)
    Invisible People (55 min)

Day 87 - Wednesday

1. SAT PREP 10 min - Pronoun Clarity
2. What does your SAT score mean? (10 min)
        -Passalino/Diebold tirade on SAT Scores,The Rich, &Upward Mobility
3. Poem: Luxury (25 min)
    -Read together
    -Read alone and punctuate 
    -Complete Images and Symbols Chart
4. Continue Text Analysis- .Are Americans greedy?
        -Complete Part 1
        -Begin Part 2

Homework: Continue working on Part I and Part II of the "Are Americans greedy"

Day 86 (Sem2) - Tuesday (Jan 7th)

1. Welcome Back.  There are some changes:
     Ms. Passalino - WHO AM I?? WHAT AM I DOING HERE??

     - GET A NOTEBOOK FOR CLASS...all of our writing will be on paper

     - Be in your seats, heads up, BE a STUDENT

     - Let's Review Grades...Turning in and Redo Policy 

2. What does 2nd Semester Look Like?

3. Create some new folders:

       - Unit 4: Upward Mobility via Capitalism

       - Unit 5: Revolution and Rebellion

       - Unit 6: Social Movement Project

4. Vocab: Marred, Reproach, Tactless- Listen to Mr. D and Ms. Passalino describe the words, see if you can figure out the meaning from context

     - Complete MARRED on the vocab hand out

5. The Demon of Consumerism 

    Video

6. First Assignment...Are Americans greedy?

     This will take several days, we will begin Part 1 today.