Day 26: Wednesday, July 24, 2019
- Work on Plato Work - 70% by Friday! You can do i!
Day 24: Tuesday, July 23, 2019
- Submit personal narrative if you have not already done so
- Individual conferences with Mr. Ambrose to set goals
- Work on assigned tasks
Day 23: Monday, July 22, 2019
- Submit personal narrative if you have not already done so
- Invidual conferneces with Mr. Ambrose to set goals
- Work on assigned tasks
Day 22: Friday, July 19, 2019
Hour 1: Personal Narrative
Hour 2: Plato work
Day 21: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Hour 1: Personal Narrative
Hour 2: Plato work
Day 20: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Work on the computers with Mr. Yorke
Day 19: Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Hour 1: Work on individually assigned tasks
Hour 2: Hike on Mustang Trail with Ms. Sanford's class
Day 18: Monday, July 15, 2019
Goal #1:
- Polish your personal narrative and share with me
- 500-750 words
Goal #2:
- Complete one unit activity
Day 17: Friday, July 12, 2019
Online Learning
Personal Narrative
- workshop and polish narrative
- 500-750 words
- submit via Google Drive
Day 16: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Online Learning
Personal Essay Workshopping
Day 15: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Online Learning
- goal: get to 40% completed
- try unit post-tests to improve grades
Personal Essays
- College Essay prompts
- Brainstorm as large group
- Pair and share ideas
- 10 min. quiet freewriting on prompt of your choice
Day 14: Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Online Learning
- goal: get to 40% completed
- try unit post-tests to improve grades
Period 2 - Isaiah Blake presents project for extra credit
Snapshots
- Period 1 - analyze quotes about short stories
- 15 minute narrative writing based on Snapshots images
Day 13: Monday, July 8, 2019
Online Learning
- goal: get to 40% completed
- try unit post-tests to improve grades
Individual Grade Conferences
- progress report distribution
Day 12: Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Hour 1:
- Hero's Journey Test
- 35 multiple choice questions
- 3 open response questions
- open notes
- When you are done with your test, you may use computer for online learning until hour 2 begins.
Hour 2:
- Nature poetry outside with Ms. Sanford's class
Day 11: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Hour 1:
- Plato online learning
- Status bar goal: 36%
Hour 2:
Day 10: Monday, July 1, 2019
Hour 1:
Hour 2:
- Online learning - 9 modules completed, 33%
- Dismissal at 11:30
Day 9: Friday, June 28, 2019
Hour 1:
- Complete stages 9-12 on your hero's journey project
- Send me your final product - dambrose@medford.k12.ma.us
Hour 2:
- Complete 8th module on online learning
Day 8: Thursday, June 27, 2019
Hour 1:
- Complete stages 5-8 on your hero's journey project
Hour 2:
- Complete 7th module on online learning
Day 7: Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Hour 1:
Hour 2
- online learning - 6th module
Day 6: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Hour 1: Hero's Journey
Hour 2: Online Learning
Day 5: Monday, June 24, 2019
Hour 1: Hero's Journey
10 Minutes of Outside Reading
Hour 2: Online Learning
Day 4: Friday, June 21, 2019
Hour 1: Hero's Journey
10 Minutes of Outside Reading
Hour 2: Online Learning
Day 3: Thursday, June 20, 2019
Hour 1: "Protecting Freedom" from 2017 MCAS
- Opener: Read article, underline/highlight PERSUASIVE LINES
- Review PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES
- ETHOS - appeal to authority - look for mention of Supreme Court, Constitution, etc.
- PATHOS - appeal to emotion - look for things that make you sad or mad
- LOGOS - appeal to logic - look for facts and statistics
- DICTION - elevated vocabulary - look for big words
- OPPONENT'S ARGUMENT
- With partner, identify FIVE PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUESS
- List paragraphs for each technique on board
- Write and submit open response question
Hour 2: Online Learning
- Make sure pretest is complete
- Complete unit 1, module 1
- Be at 2/27 progress
Day 2: Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Hour 1: "Buried in the Sky" from 2017 MCAS
- Opener: Read article. Highlight/underline 3 risks and 3 rewards.
- T-chart on board: risks vs. rewards
- Write open response
- Shaare open respone and answer multiple choice with partner
- Hand in sheet with open response and multiple choice, keep reading packet
Hour 2: Online Learning
- Get login and sign in
- Access online material - syllabus, orientation
- Complete Unit 1 pre-test
- Be at 1/27 progress
Day 1: Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Welcome to class!
Review summer school syllabus
Getting to know you survey
Review long composition prompts and brainstorm together (books, movies, TV series)
Writing diagnostic - write for 45 minutes on one of two long composition prompts
Creative & Critical Thinkers
