ONLINE UPDATE

IF YOU CHECK HERE, CLASSES WILL BE RUN THROUGH THE 1984 GOOGLE CLASSROOM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SET UP. PLEASE CHECK THERE AT THIS POINT FOR ALL CLASS INFORMATION!

ERWC: Friday, March 13

1984 vocab 2 crossword due
did you finish 1984 DEEP QUESTION 1 + 2 responses
PACKET DUE
1984 ch. 8 pt. 1 reading--> with 1/2 page summary
1984 ch. 8 pt. 2 on your own--> with 1/2 page summary
finish all work from W-TH-F, put packet together
HW:
1984 vocab 2 test TBD
1984 part 1 reading test TBD
-->review 1984 part 1 chapters
***IF WE GO ONLINE, CHECK HERE FIRST
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https://youtu.be/jSHtpjpRkKM

ERWC: Thursday, March 12

1984 ch. 6/7 reflections due by EOP
1984 DEEP QUESTION 1 + 2 responses
-->as per instructions in GC
1984 vocab 2 crossword
HW:
finish DQ1 + 2 responses
finish 1984 vocab 2 crossword
1984 vocab 2 test MONDAY

ERWC: Wednesday, March 11

Any more 1984 ch. 4/5 reflections?
1984 vocab 2 due, review
1984 chapter 6 & 7 reading
start 1984 chapter 6 & 7 reflections
HW:
finish 1984 chapter 6 & 7 reflections
1984 vocab 2 test MONDAY

ERWC: Tuesday, March 10

1984 vocab test 1w/cover sheet!!!
finish 1984 chapter 5 reading, ch. 4/5 reflections in GC, get stamped
start 1984 vocab 2
HW:
did you finish ch. 4/5 reflections???
finish 1984 vocab 2

ERWC: Monday, March 9

GFBF final draft due... WITH REVISION WORKSHEET & TURNITIN.COM
(IF TIME) 1984 chapter 5 reading...
HW:
1984 vocab test 1 TOMORROW

ERWC: Friday, March 6... PACK DAY

1984 vocab 1 crossword due
any more 1984  chapter 4,  3/4 page summaries?
ANALOGY COMPETITION
>brains & dictionaries ONLY
HW:
finish
GFBF final draft due MONDAY
>WITH REVISION WORKSHEET & TURNITIN.COM
1984 vocab test 1 TUESDAY

ERWC: Thursday, March 5

1984 ch. 2/3 reflections due, stamp
silent read 1984  chapter 4 + 3/4 page summary
>get stamped & get 1984 crossword
start 1984 vocab crossword
>finish? work on GFBF essay
HW:
finish 1984 vocab 1 crossword
GFBF final draft due MONDAY
>WITH REVISION WORKSHEET & TURNITIN.COM
1984 vocab test 1 TUESDAY

ERWC: Wednesday, March 4

AV2 test, work due
read 1984 chapter 3
1984 ch. 2/3 reflections (GC)
HW:
did you finish 2/3 reflections?
GFBF final draft due MONDAY
>WITH REVISION WORKSHEET & TURNITIN.COM
1984 vocab test 1 TUESDAY

ERWC: Tuesday, March 3

some GFBF essay examples
continue GFBF essay peer response,
start editing/revising GFBF essay
>MUST FILL OUT REVISION WORKSHEET
HW:
AV2 test TOMORROW, bring work
GFBF final draft due MONDAY
>WITH REVISION WORKSHEET & TURNITIN.COM

ERWC: Monday, March 2

1984 ch. 2: 3/4 pg. summ due
AV2 crossword due
MOP UP: GFBF, 1984, typed draft of essay
GFBF essay peer response, revision
HW:
GFBF final draft due WEDNESDAY
AV2 test WEDNESDAY

ERWC: Friday, February 28

1984 ch. 1 q’s due
1984 vocab 1 assignment (GC)
>due by EOP, get stamped
Silent read 1984 ch. 2, AV2 crossword
HW:
1984 ch. 2: 3/4 pg. summ
AV2 crossword, test Wednesday

ERWC: Thursday, February 27

any more 1984 web quests?
AV2 War & Peace practice due, review
silent read 1984 ch. 1 (pt. 1 & 2 videos on 1984 page)
work on 1984 ch. 1 reflections (Google classroom)
>you can listen and answer q's as they come up
HW:
finish 1984 ch. 1 reflections (if you didn't in class)
AV2 test TUESDAY

ERWC: Wednesday, February 26

TYPED draft of GWD essay due-- TURN IN
1984 Ted Talk DUE (stamped)
1984 is it possible web quest
(see Padlet on 1984 page on website)
start AV2 practice
HW:
finish 1984 web quest
AV2 War & Peace practice

ERWC: Tuesday, February 25

any more 1st drafts?
GFBF packet 2 due
GWD essay typing/printing
1984 Ted Talk (in Google classroom)
HW:
finish 1984 Ted Talk assignment
TYPED draft of GWD essay due TOMORROW BOP

ERWC: Monday, February 24

GWD 1st draft DUE: intro, BP1, BP2, BP3, concl.
JOIN GOOGLE CLASSROOM for 1984
begin TYPING 1st draft of GWD essay (use PR form as guide)
HW:
GFBF packet 2 due tomorrow
TYPED draft of GWD essay due WEDNESDAY BOP

1984 google classrooms

PERIOD 4: 5ebqlvc

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PERIOD 5: fmszqmr

ERWC: Friday, February 21

GWD BP 3 1st draft DUE
AV2: WAR AND PEACE
GWD: intro/conclusion writing...
-->can you turn in 1st draft by EOP?
HW:
PRIORITY 1: have 1st draft DONE

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INTRODUCTION
1-2 sentences:
>What is the issue or problem that is of concern or needing attention?
1-2 sentences:
>What are the arguments? Why is there contention about addressing the issue?
1 sentence
>THESIS: take a stand in the debate you will be arguing

CONCLUSION
1 sentence:
>Restate the THESIS, but address its significance to society
2-3 sentences:
>Why is this solution most reasonable?
>Why is one side right and the other side wrong?
>What is really at stake here and why does it matter?

ERWC: Thursday, February 20

GWD BP 2 1st draft DUE
GWD BP 3 1st draft writing
HW:
did you finish GWD BP 3?

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ERWC: Wednesday, February 19

GWD BP 1 1st draft DUE
GWD BP 2 1st draft writing
HW:
did you finish GWD BP 2?

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ERWC: Tuesday, February 18

last call GWD brainstorm DUE
GWD BP 1 1st draft writing
HW:
did you finish GWD BP 1?

ERWC: Fri-YAY, February 14

FATHEAD MOP UP
GWD brainstorm: MT, BT's, evidence by EOP
HW:
GWD essay writing starts TUESDAY

ERWC: Thursday, February 13

AV2 FBFW test, work due
more FATHEAD... finish???
GWD brainstorm: figure out MT, BT's...
HW:
GWD brainstorm will be due EOP tomorrow...

ERWC: Wednesday, February 12

more FATHEAD... finish???
HW:
AV2 FBFW test TOMORROW, work due

ERWC: Tuesday, February 11

GFBF source 4 OR 5 SPACECAT or SOAPSTONE due
AV2 FBFW crossword DUE
quick pass back, brainstorm introduction
more FATHEAD
HW:
AV2 FBFW test THURSDAY, work due

FATHEAD (in case you're absent)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcNPfZlrZs&has_verified=1

SPACECAT

Good Food/Bad Food: the great weight debate

After reading all five articles and watching the documentary Fathead, you have become more aware of the debate over the weight struggles of many Americans, which some have labeled as an "obesity epidemic." Based on the research and information from these sources, should the government have a say in our diets?

Part 1: Argue two aspects of this issue (2 BP's), using at least TWO properly documented pieces of evidence from the reviewed sources for each sub-claim.

Part 2: Explain one argument of the other side's point of view, identifying at least TWO pieces of evidence THEY employ, properly documented, why they think this supports their point, and discuss the flaws and shortcomings of this argument.

ERWC: Friday, February 7

GFBF source 5 due
GFBF final writing overview
intro to FATHEAD
GFBF source 4 OR 5 SPACECAT or SOAPSTONE (EOP?)
start crossword?
HW:
did you finish SPACECAT or SOAPSTONE?
AV2 FBFW crossword, test THURSDAY

ERWC: Thursday, February 6

AV2: FBFW practice due, review
GFBF source 4 due
GFBF source 5
Read this article:
https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/parents-not-schools-should-decide-what-to-pack-for-lunch/
(or see on our class website)
Answer these questions:
What is this author's main claim?
Identify TWO subclaims AND the evidence he uses, including what TYPE of evidence it is.
What APPEAL does this article most favor? How do you know? (min. 40 words)
(LABEL EVERYTHING CLEARLY) (WILL STAMP EOP)
HW:
did you finish source 5 work?

We have the freedom to choose what we eat - so let’s savour it

The Child Poverty Action Group's belief that poor equals fat is nonsense

By Graeme Archer

8:15PM GMT 25 Jan 2013

What did you have for breakfast? I bet you didn’t know that you had little choice in the matter. At least Imran Hussain, of the Child Poverty Action Group, seems to think so. When the public health minister, Anna Soubry, pointed out that there are too many obese people, he agreed, but angrily: “Rather than blaming parents, ministers should look at the piles of evidence that make it absolutely clear that the real reason why our obesity problem is going to get bigger in the years ahead is because our child poverty problem is going to get much bigger as a result of the Government’s own policies.” 

We’ll come back to Mr Hussain, because his words are worth savouring. 

A central problem of existence is the wriggling attempt made by each of us to determine the limits of our autonomy. How “free” are we to choose our path through life? It’s at the heart of our politics: what is taxation, but a surrogate for the chains that bind us each to the other? They may be chains forged of love (aka “social justice”), but they restrict movement, nonetheless. No man is an island. 

The same problem in the emotional sphere lies behind at least two entire industries: daytime television (“I wanted to be a good father, but in the end I had to be free to be me”), and self-help books (“You don’t have a choice over work colleagues’ behaviour; but you do have a choice in how you respond!” is the useless advice offered by these mantras of “empowerment”, a particularly ghastly anti-word used to beat down wage slaves). 

Nearly every decision we make is constrained by consideration of its effect on others; and our reasoning up to the point of that decision will be similarly affected by all the other decisions made before. There may be no such thing as free will. 

This connectivity is the species’ strength (love thy neighbour; do unto others…) but it can also be the individual’s tragedy. The older we become, the fewer degrees of freedom are available to us, the more we yearn for some independence. The Left’s moral fury at the Right’s dislike of taxation is based on a fundamental misreading of human nature: what they see as greed, we see as an important battle in the endless fight between freedom and order, between chaos and control. 

Of course, a Leftist would argue, money drives autonomy, so just give more of it to the poor. Mr Hussain’s words mark the end point of such reasoning, the elevation of statistical correlation into natural law; he implicitly suggests that you don’t have control over what you choose to eat. That more poor people are obese is in itself held as proof of this law: there are “piles of evidence”, he says, that poverty drives fatness (relative poverty, presumably: I doubt Comic Relief will be raising money in order to establish branches of Weight Watchers in Africa). 

And since we’re all connected to one another, the corollary is that it’s your fault when your neighbour gets fat, so you should be made poorer (through taxation) in order both to give the neighbour money (so that he will become thin, the converse of the poverty equals fat law) as well as to assuage your moral guilt. (Of course, the same law implies that you will become fatter, as taxation makes you poorer; thank heavens for the longevity of lobby groups.) 

I reject Mr Hussain’s arguments for the superficial political reasons alone – his text is a prime example of the special pleading by politicised lobbyists which dominates programmes such as Today on Radio 4: “Here is a Bad Thing which my group exists to defeat, through policies that require public expenditure. So if you don’t support increased spending, then you are a Bad Person.” 

But a more profound reason to reject Mr Hussain’s argument over diet, more important than rejection of the Left’s simplistic “Only public spending is morally good” approach, is existential. None of us is completely free: about that both Left and Right agree. It is therefore important to cherish those decisions which are available to us, if only in order to give ourselves the resilience required to get up in the morning and endure the hours of workplace slavery, where no action is determined by the self alone (because we’re “empowered” to do as we’re told). Degrees of freedom matter, and shutting off the choices that are available is an unnecessary victory for order over freedom. 

And surely one act over which we relatively prosperous Britons have complete control is one of the most fundamentally important choices available to the human animal: that of deciding what we put into our mouths, and eat. If the relatively poor are choosing to eat worse diets, on average, then it’s worth wondering why, but only up to a point; the point being where we patronisingly recast individuals as mere actors of the statistical poor-equals-fat law. 

The existentialists were right: you are what you eat. Not only that. it is you who decides what to eat, so it is you who decides who you are. Cherish that freedom, and break Mr Hussain’s law.

ERWC: Wednesday, February 5

"NLLB" SPACECAT DUE, packet due
TYPED FD "ATOE" precis due, with all steps
GFBF source 4:
Read this article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/9827100/We-have-the-freedom-to-choose-what-we-eat-so-lets-savour-it.html
(or see on our class website)
Answer these questions:
What is this author's main claim?
Identify TWO subclaims AND the evidence he uses?
What APPEAL does this article most favor? How do you know? (min. 40 words)
(LABEL EVERYTHING CLEARLY) (WILL STAMP EOP)
HW:
did you finish source 4 work?
AV2: FBFW practice

ERWC: Tuesday, February 4

finish AV2: For Better or For Worse
"NLLB" SPACECAT
HW:
finish "NLLB" SPACECAT
TYPED FD "ATOE" precis due TOMORROW
GFBF packet ONE due TOMORROW
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BRODY PRECIS EVAL:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nUQyeMEaA58W5XyK8Or33H7Mz0Wvl6ah9Mddx2Mvd7I/edit?usp=sharing

ERWC: Monday, February 3

"ATOE" printed precis DUE, peer eval
AV2: For Better or For Worse
start precis revisions...
HW:
TYPED FD "ATOE" precis due WEDNESDAY
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BRODY PRECIS EVAL:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nUQyeMEaA58W5XyK8Or33H7Mz0Wvl6ah9Mddx2Mvd7I/edit?usp=sharing

ERWC: Friday, January 31

"NLLB" annotation, bias/prejudice handout DUE
paper pass back
"ATOE" precis writing, get stamped
start typing "ATOE" precis... print for Monday
HW:
"ATOE" precis: finish & print

ERWC: pre-Friday, January 30

"ATOE" Main Claims/Sub claims due, review
"CMCM" test, packet due
"NLLB" bias/prejudice sheet
>includes annotating article w/a follow up question
HW:
finish "NLLB" bias/prejudice handout

ERWC: Wednesday, January 29

paper pass back
"BFTIASV" final précis DUE: all stages
"ATOE" SAYING & DOING due, review
"ATOE" Main Claims/Sub claims
(if time, review AV2 Quizlets)
HW:
did you finish the "ATOE" MC's/SC's
"CMCM" test TOMORROW w/packet

ERWC: Tuesday, January 28

"CMCM" crossword due
"ATOE" 2nd read & chunking
"ATOE" charting SAYING... finish by EOP???
HW:
did you finish "ATOE" SAYING???
"ATOE" DOING
"BFTIASV" final précis due TOMORROW: bring all stages
"CMCM" test Thursday w/packet

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Precis review LINK: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p1w05WiLrtAbOVSdvKTs7Vz81BhG_hSYkZ1XBGBxgDA/edit?usp=sharing

ERWC: Monday, January 27

"ATOE" 1st read & annotation due
typed "BFTIASV" precis DUE, peer check & edit
"CMCM" crossword
HW:
finish "CMCM" crossword, test Thursday w/packet
"BFTIASV" final précis due Wednesday
PRECIS REVIEW LINK: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1p1w05WiLrtAbOVSdvKTs7Vz81BhG_hSYkZ1XBGBxgDA/edit?usp=sharing

ERWC: Friday, January 24

"BFTIASV" DOING: 2nd column DUE
"BFTIASV" precis 1st draft due
sentence type TEST... turn in packet
Saying/Doing Review
(if time) "ATOE" 1st read & annotation
-->vocab, reaction, hi-lite evidence & label type
HW:
finish "ATOE 1st read & work
type in "BFTIASV" precis, bring typed draft MONDAY

ERWC: Thursday, January 23

DA #3 due, review... Analogy packet due
"BFTIASV" DOING: 1st column DUE
"BFTIASV" DOING: 2nd column
"BFTIASV" precis 1st draft
HW:
sentence type TEST TOMORROW, sentence type practice packet due
finish "BFTIASV" DOING: 2nd column
finish "BFTIASV" precis 1st draft

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SENTENCE TYPE LINKS
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http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/satzType.htm
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sentence-types-quiz
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-senttype.html
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did you miss the Sentence Type Mock Exam??
>https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16v0JC0eup55P_k68SWkWn9ChyuyoOVMKD4wer72bAvU/edit?usp=sharing
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ERWC: Wednesday, January 22

AV2: Country Mouse, City Mouse practice due, review
DA #3... Analogy packet due TOMORROW
start "BFTIASV" DOING: 1st column
HW:
finish "BFTIASV" DOING: 1st column
sentence type TEST Friday, sentence type practice packet due

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SENTENCE TYPE LINKS
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http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/satzType.htm
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=sentence-types-quiz
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-senttype.html
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did you miss the Sentence Type Mock Exam??
>https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16v0JC0eup55P_k68SWkWn9ChyuyoOVMKD4wer72bAvU/edit?usp=sharing
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ERWC: Tuesday, January 21

final sentence type practice due, review
entire "BFTIASV" SAYING due, review
sentence type MOCK exam
HW:
sentence type TEST Friday
AV2: Country Mouse, City Mouse practice

ERWC: Friday, January 17

paper pass back
"BFTIASV" SAYING, 1st column due, review
AV2: Country Mouse, City Mouse
finish "BFTIASV" SAYING
HW:
finish  "BFTIASV" SAYING
(18; 19; 20-21; 22-24; 25; 26-28; 29-31; 32)
(yes, do the last two on your own paper)
final sentence type practice

ERWC: Thursday, January 16

paper pass back
Difficult Analogy #2 due, review
"BFTIASV" diction & tone due, review
"BFTIASV" annotating due, chunking/blocking review
start "BFTIASV" SAYING
HW:
finish "BFTIASV" SAYING, 1st column only
(1-3; 4-5; 6-8; 9-11; 12-16; 17)

ERWC: Wednesday, January 15

OTTAWA side Sentence ID due, review
C2BK quiz, turn in work
Difficult Analogy #2
"BFTIASV": box EVERY guess/speculative/predictive word
"BFTIASV" diction & tone
HW:
finish "BFTIASV" diction & tone

ERWC: Tuesday, January 14

Pauline & Bruno sentence ID DUE, review
"BFTIASV" initial read & annotate
(if time) "BFTIASV" diction & tone
HW:
OTTAWA side Sentence ID
C2BK quiz TOMORROW, bring work

ERWC: Monday, January 13

C2BK crossword due
GF/BF introduction due
Difficult Analogy #1 due, review
Pauline & Bruno sentence ID
HW:
finish P&B Sentence ID
C2BK quiz WEDNESDAY, bring work

ERWC: Friday, January 10

C2BK PRACTICE due/review
SUBCON WS + SC due
Difficult Analogy #1
Good Food/Bad Food introduction
HW:
finish GF/BF introduction
C2BK crossword

ERWC: Thursday, January 9

pr. 5: C2BK PRACTICE due
prepositions word search + sentences DUE
COMPLEX/COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences notes
>subordinating conjunction word search + sentence creation
(if time) Good Food/Bad Food introduction
HW:
finish SUBCON WS + SC
pr. 4-->AV2: Cruel To Be Kind practice (crossword not assigned)

ERWC: Wednesday, January 8

Analogies practice 3 due, review
SIMPLE/COMPOUND sentences notes
prepositions word search + sentence creation
HW:
finish PWS+SC
AV2: Cruel To Be Kind practice (crossword not assigned)

ERWC: Tuesday, January 7

Analogies practice 1 & 2 due, review
AV2: Cruel To Be Kind
start Analogy practice 3
HW:
Analogy practice 3

ERWC: Monday, January 6

welcome back!
analogies, overview & practice
HW:
did you finish both sides of the analogy practice
(including test sentences)