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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! :)

Personal Reviews

5/21/2019

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Want a personal paper review to see where you stand and what to fix?
A notebook check? Or help on your How to Write a Research Paper?
Any tutorial or any lunch. Bring a hard copy and let's chat. :) 
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Final Weeks!!

5/13/2019

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House of the Scorpion: Finish book.
Time to silent read in class

Test- Tuesday May 28th.
This Week:
Monday 5/13- Silent Reading,
Introduction and last section in class

Wednesday 5/15- Silent Reading,
Typed Rough Draft Hard Copy Due IN Class
we will write conclusion in class

Friday 5/17- Silent Reading, Time to work on the computers finishing paper- uploading final draft
Time to work on Notebook

Next Week:
Tuesday 5/21- Silent Reading, Movie. Last Day for Extra Credit for uploading Final Draft Early
Thursday 5/23- Silent Reading, Final Draft due- in notebook and on Turnitin.com
Finals Week! Yay!
Monday- No School :)
Tuesday: Test on House of the Scorpion
Finals begin at 8 A.M.

Finals: 1/3 - Performance Task Essay
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Finals: 2/5 - Performance Task Essay
Finals: 4/6 - Performance Task Essay
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Culture Weeks 1&2

4/28/2019

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These two weeks are weeks of fun connecting to what we want to preserve, protect, share, and celebrate.
Monday 4/29:
  • Silent reading: read chapter 13- at least 20 min.
  • Use Chromebooks to work on finding a good cultural article and work any StudySync assignments that you need to catch up on. Culture articles should be signed by a foreign language or other cultural expert.  At least 30 min. on your own.
  • Then research your food with a partner if you desire. What goes into its history and contribution to culture? Sign-ups will be on Wednesday just so I know who is doing what, but overlap is okay. 
  • Begin your slide show for your food presentation. Citations mandatory. See Google Classroom. Due May 9th. 
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Wednesday:
  • Bring signed annotated culture article. Make sure that you have science and history as well. Update your packet. I will check it off. 
  • Reading Chapters: 14-15
  • Possibly finish Robin Hood
Friday: 
  • Culture StudySync Paragraphs due
  • Reading Chapters 16
  • Begin putting paragraphs in one document and organizing paper
  • Tentatively: Zorro
Mexican War for Independence-History.com
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Your Sophomore Research Paper

4/25/2019

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Now that we have been looking at the pieces, it is time to look at how it all comes together. Below is a slide show on the book and paper. It reviews the notes and discussions.
If you are in a good place, finish the history section this week, then all we have left is fun: culture, food, and symbolism. If you are behind, this is the perfect time to catch-up!
Paper packet dates, outlines, paragraph sheets, introduction and conclusions-
​on Google Classroom. :)
House of the Scorpion- Slides
Food Presentation: May 9th
Full Typed Rough Draft Hard Copy due on May 17th. 
Final Draft Due: May 23rd.
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The Real Life of The House of Scorpion

4/18/2019

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Important conversations...
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The Importance of Eating Together Family dinners build relationships, and help kids do better in school.
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Chinese Scientist Says He's First To Create Genetically Modified Babies Using CRISPR
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Can the Legacy of Trauma be Passed Down the Generations
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'Farming While Black': A Guide To Finding Power And Dignity Through Food-NPR
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How Poverty Changes the Brain The early results out of a Boston nonprofit are positive.
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Food Historian Reckons With the Black Roots of Southern Food
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College Admissions Scam Fallout: What Happened to Everyone in the Scandal- 2019 (Farmer 84).
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The Communal Table In Milpa Alta, Mexico, the faithful eat, pray, and celebrate to keep life whole.
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Saving The Story Of Grits, A Dish Born Of Poverty Now On Fine-Dining Menus
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British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons
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Research Suggests Loneliness Is As Bad for You as Smoking Nearly a Pack of Cigarettes a Day
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Polish Grandma Making Awesome Drawings to Preserve Ancient Tradition
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Our Research Paper

4/5/2019

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What responsibility do we have for what we create?
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Farmer shows us dramatically what it looks like when we do not take responsibility... Is this good?
Chapter 1-Allusions- Due 4/8
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Chapter 2- Symbols- Due 4/10
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Farmer uses lots of symbols and allusions to make her point. Watch for them. 
Pick the best examples and compare them to their counterparts. 
Assignments on StudySync. Do your best! They are rough drafts for your research paper.
Science Article due- 16th
Signed and annotated
Chapter 3- Science- Due 4/18
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History Article due-4-23
Signed and annotated
Chapters 3-5- History- Due 4/25
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The 8-Year-Old Chinese American Girl Who Helped Desegregate Schools—in 1885

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Mamie Tape's bid to desegregate San Francisco schools went to the California Supreme Court seven decades before Brown v. Board.
Link to article Link to video
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The House of the Scorpion

4/2/2019

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Our last book and paper!! 
Work through the sources that I have gathered for you and gather your own quality sources. We will be working on a paper to articulate your thoughts on the novel. We will read most of it in class. Take notes, gather sources and take your own notes or annotate, and be prepared to discuss the meaning of the book and its relevance today.


Because it isn't the books themselves that matter as much as it is what you see in them. It is how they weave together human experience and offer you a glimpse of another life-- allowing you to question, argue, and determine meaning for yourself.

Ray Bradbury: "Number one, as I said, quality of the information.
Number two, leisure to digest it.
And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the inter-action of the first two."
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National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, Newbery Honor Book, Printz Honor Book. 

Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster--except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself 

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect (Simon and Schuster).
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The House of the Scorpion- Paper

4/18/2018

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Scorpion Paper PowerPoint
Scorpion Paper Handout & Due Dates
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The House of the Scorpion- Our last unit and paper!

4/10/2018

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National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, Newbery Honor Book, Printz Honor Book. 

Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster--except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself 

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect (Simon and Schuster).
What responsibility do we have for what we create?
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Farmer shows us dramatically what it looks like when we do not... Is this good?
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Farmer uses lots of symbols and allusions to make her point. Watch for them.
Pick the best examples and compare them to their counterparts. 
Assignments on StudySync. Do your best! They are rough drafts for your research paper.
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Scorpion Papers due Wednesday :)

5/15/2017

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Turnitin.com is open!

Turnitin.com
Thank you for all the great rough drafts and for all those who worked with me one-on-one!
It has been a pleasure. :)
Don't forget that if you did a one-on-one, that you highlight and post a note on the turnitin.com copy or that you turn in your signed rough draft with the hardcopy. :)

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