Monday, February 27, 2017

OMAM Socratic Seminar

Socratic Seminar Instructions - CLICK HERE

To a Mouse
BY ROBERT BURNS
On Turning up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785(A farmer ran over a mouse nest with his plow while tending to his fields)

Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!

Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
          Wi’ bickerin brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee
          Wi’ murd’ring pattle! 
I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion,
          Which makes thee startle,
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
          An’ fellow-mortal! 
I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen-icker in a thrave
          ’S a sma’ request:
I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,
          An’ never miss ’t! 
Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
It’s silly wa’s the win’s are strewin!
An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,
          O’ foggage green!
An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin,
          Baith snell an’ keen! 
Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste,
An’ weary Winter comin fast,
An’ cozie here, beneath the blast,
          Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
          Out thro’ thy cell. 
That wee-bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble
Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
Now thou’s turn’d out, for a’ thy trouble,
          But house or hald,
To thole the Winter’s sleety dribble,
          An’ cranreuch cauld! 
But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
          Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
          For promis’d joy! 
Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But Och! I backward cast my e’e,
          On prospects drear!
An’ forward tho’ I canna see,
          I guess an’ fear!

Socratic Seminar Questions:

1.) Discuss the relationship between George and Lennie.
2.) Discuss the theme of loneliness throughout the book as applied to different characters.
3.) Discuss whether or not George was justified in killing Lennie.
4.) What is a hero/villain? Apply to characters.
5.) From where does courage come? Apply to characters.
6.) How do choices shape our character? Apply to characters.
7.) Discuss the relationship between this poem and the book. Why was Of Mice and Men named after this poem?

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Honors Big Question 2017 Third Quarter Timeline

Assigned: February 1st

Teacher conferences for question generation: First/second week of February
Info/Question Generation Handout

Annotated Bibliography Due: Week of March 6th-10th
- 4 artifacts all that need to be included/referenced/and cited in your final presentation
- Check the BigQuestion label for types of artifacts that you can use.
- Check the AnnotatedBib label for reminders on how to do your annotations correctly.
- Each Annotation should include: paragraph one- summary, paragraph two- how you will use it in your project and a quote that helps/supports your argument, or provides a counter argument.

Template: BQ Annotated Bibliography Template

Project Outline Due: March 13th-17th
- This will be step by step planning of your 8-10 minute presentation.
- Check the BigQuestion label, more info will come soon.

Presentations: March 20th-31st (hopefully)
- You will sign up for dates to present the week before.

More Examples:
http://irockenglish.blogspot.com/2015/05/sound-check-nick-gothard_11.html?q=Big+question
http://irockenglish.blogspot.com/2015/05/misshessenglish-block-6-rock-stars.html
http://irockenglish.blogspot.com/2016/03/natalias-bq-why-is-music-so-powerful.html
http://irockenglish.blogspot.com/2015/05/why-is-it-so-hard-to-be-different_8.html

Monday, February 13, 2017

Workshop 2/13 and 2/14

Today you will have about 45 minutes of work time. Please work on the following:

- Complete OMAM Chapter 3 Study Guide - This will be checked next class.
- Grammar practice - Chompchomp.com Exercises
- Honors BQ Prep and Research - All Past BQ Information
- Work on your PWP paper, rough draft due Friday/Monday (2/17 and 2/20). Remember, pick a genre that you have not done already. If you do not remember what you did last time, check your TurnItIn account. - Process Writing Assignment
- Start reading OMAM Chapter 4 - Last Link Listed - OMAM

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Workshop Time 2/9 and 2/10

Today you will have an hour of workshop time. During this time you must be doing one of the following:

- Grammar practice - Chompchomp.com Exercises
- Study Vocabulary List #5 - Quiz on Monday/Tuesday (2/13 and 2/14) - Vocab List #5
- Honors BQ Prep and Research - All Past BQ Information
- Start your next PWP paper, rough draft due next Friday/Monday (2/17 and 2/20). Remember, pick a genre that you have not done already. If you do not remember what you did last time, check your TurnItIn account. - Process Writing Assignment
- Finish reading OMAM Chapter 3 - Last Link Listed - OMAM


Friday, February 3, 2017

Vocab List #5

Vocab List 5 Quizlet


Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Five
Prefixes
auto-
self
autobiography, automobile, autocracy, automaton, automatic
co- / con-
with
co-worker, connect,  confide, conspire
inter-
among or between
interstate, intervene (come between)
intra-
within
intrastate, intramural
Roots/Bases
brev-
short
brief, abbreviate, brevity
cruc-
cross
crucifix, crucial, crucify
culp-
guilt
culpable, culprit
glyph-
vertical groove
Hieroglyphics—Egyptian “sky writing”
holo-
whole, entire
holograph, holocaust, holistic
iso-
equal, identical
isolate, isotope
mon-
warn
premonition, admonition
sed- / sess - / sid-
to sit
sedate, subside, sedentary, session
struct- / stru-
to build
misconstrue, structure, destruction



Suffixes