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Welcome to our Sophomore class blog!

Here you will find out what we are up to every week. Want to learn to build a website or be a journalist? You will get your chance! :)

the case of butterflies on the wall...

2/29/2016

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Chapter 7- the agony of coming home and being lost. A Look at PTSD.
AQW- Outside Sources
This American Life- Deep Dark Open Secret
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This week's focus :)

2/29/2016

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#1 All Quiet on the Western Front- you have been doing a great job comparing All Quiet to the other texts- King Arthur, Tristan, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, but this week we just want to focus on our main text and make some good progress.

#2 Notebooks- we don't do what we do to be good sophomores. We do what we do so that we can be independent readers and writers. It is time to reflect on our year, make plans for the end of the year, and keep the most important notes that we need for the years to come. :)

Begin to type notes and organize notebook: 1st notebook check- 3/3-4.
Sample Table of Contents
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First Knight

2/23/2016

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Due this week: Boy in the Striped Pajamas- essay and packet
Plus First Knight notes
(MLA): characters, comparison to Tristan and Isolde, comparison to All Quiet, symbols- Camelot, Round Table, King's burial. Did "being a hero" for their country make the world a better place for Bruno's father or Paul and his friends? How are these stories' messages (All Quiet on the Western Front, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Tristan and Isolde, and First Knight) the same or different?

All Quiet on the Western Front: You should start the week on page 29 and finish chapter 6 by Wednesday.

Heads up for the future: make sure that you have your symbol notes handy. We will be typing those too! We are going to start organizing our notebook for next year's English class and the close of this one. So far you have: How to Read, Literary Terms, and Symbol notes. :) Any 1-2" binder will do. Feel free to use what you have at home. :)
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2/19 and 2/22

2/18/2016

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Period 3 and Period 4 & 6- Sophomore English
  1. Silent Read
    1. Friday: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (last day okay, but hopefully reading AQW instead)
    2. Monday: All Quiet on the Western Front through page 29
  2. Watch: First Knight
    1. Set up notes with MLA format.
    2. Take a page of notes on characters, settings, symbols, chivalry, and how it relates to All Quiet (opposite maybe?)
  3. Homework:
    1. Finish annotating All Quiet on the Western Front to page 29 “ We are forlorn like children…I believe we are lost” (Remarque 29).
    2. Finish study guide packet for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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This week's- big items

2/16/2016

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Junior Registration Due- Wednesday and Thursday- be prepared to go with your class.
Literary Terms Test #2- Wednesday and Thursday- before going to counseling for registration
Finish reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas- you have one more week to complete your packet
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A.P. Recommendations

2/12/2016

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A.P. is a wonderful challenge for those who are ready for it, but it is a tough class whether you are ready or not. You should demonstrate an ease with the Sophomore curriculum, constantly achieving over 100%. I give out a lot of extra credit for amazing work, so there are always people with an A+ in the course. Also, be aware that you cannot switch out of the class, and that while students should always challenge themselves, your transcript grades are important too.

If you would like to know more about A.P., Ms. Bell is hosting both a sample test and discussion time. The preference is that students come in for a total of one hour:
half hour for the essay and half hour for the multiple choice. 

The times for essays and multiple choice are as follows:
Thursday 2/18:   7-8:30 am and 12:25 -12:55
Friday 2/19:   7-8:30 am
Opportunity to talk with current AP students,
especially those who have come from CP classes the previous year. 
Friday 2/19 at 12:25 - 12:55.
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Progress Reports

2/5/2016

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Class Averages: Period 3: 83.38%   Period 4: 84.55%   Period 6: 81.53%
46 People have an A+ to an A- in the three classes.
That is more than an entire class of students! Excellent job!
Most low grades are due to missing essays- that we wrote in class. If this is you, please type and submit to turnitin.com. Because they are two weeks late now, please let me know that you turned it in. Thank you. Remember that you can fix a poor essay and resubmit for up to a B. You will also have a chance to raise your grade on the lit. terms on February 17-18.
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"Nothing like that could happen again...." -Boyne

2/5/2016

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Classwork 2/5 and 2/9: watch the videos and take notes to add to your thoughts on The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Homework: read, work on study guide, find two of your own articles from anytime period, about any country or peoples and annotate.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas packet due 2-25/26.
Study literary terms- Test: 2/17-18.
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Why would an Irish author write a story on the Holocaust?

2/1/2016

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Sinead O'Connor- Famine

"See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes
All of the other food, meat, fish, vegetables
Were shipped out of the country under armed guard
To England while the Irish people starved

And then on the middle of all this
They gave us money not to teach our children Irish
And so we lost our history
And this is what I think is still hurting me
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And if there ever is gonna be healing
There has to be remembering and then grieving
So that there then can be forgiving
There has to be knowledge and understanding"
(O'Connor).

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