Ms. Geiss’ English III Class

Agenda – BELLWORK: Complete an information card providing the following info…

1) Full Name & Nick Name

2) Birthday

3) SCHOOL email address

4) Which of the following digital tools have you used?

Animoto / GoAnimate / Movie Maker / PowerPoint / PowToon / Prezi / Weebly

5) If you had to choose a way to show what you know, which would you prefer? Choose 1-2 answers.

Essay / Individual Project / Group Project / Test

6) What is your favorite book, magazine, graphic novel, poem, song, or other form of writing? Name the title and what style of writing it is.

7) What is your favorite part of English class and/or what are you best at?

Homework: Bring back signed syllabus & class placement letter

• Syllabus• Opt-Out Form• Folder

Classroom Expectations

The bright, shining first thing

BEFORE THE BELL 1) Check the projector for directions

HW turn-in reminders Pick up assignments Bellwork Quiz Reminder

2) Turn in Homework Teacher will specifically ask for HW. Work turned in after this

point, will be late. If you are late, it is your responsibility to remember HW

turn-in 3) Return Work

Each week there will be a newly designated student to hand back work during the Bell Work time OR during “down-time.”

Location Location

Trash Can vs Recycling Bin Assignment Turn-in Work to Return Computer, Printer, and Printer Paper Stapler, hole punch, and other stuff Hall Passes

Grading

The WHOLE English Department uses the following system for grading. Literature 35% Composition 35% Grammar/Vocab 10% Speak/Listen 10% Homework 10%

Online Turn-in

We will create Weebly tomorrow in class

Student Weebly Page HW/Classwork

(Optional) Projects (Mandatory)

Post as Link Essays (Mandatory)

Post as ATTACHMENTS

Cough cough – I am sooo sick

Make-Up Work Work is posted on my website & sent via email EVERY DAY.

Time to Make-Up Rules Whose Responsibility?

Classwork & HW

1 absence = 1 extra day2+ absences = 2 extra days per absence

Yours!

Quizzes & Tests

• Next Husky Help or a planned time after school.

• First Deadline: 2/20

If you return from an absence on a planned quiz or test day, you will still need to take the assessment.

Yours!

Projects & Papers

Due the day your return to school.

Excused Absence: bring in parent or doctor’s note & completed major assignment the day that you return. No note means that the assignment will considered late.Unexcused Absence: Project or Paper will be considered late once submitted.

Yours!

Late Work

10% per day for late

Students who turn in the assignment after three (3) days cannot receive better than 70% of the earned grade.

Students must be aware of school-wide late work cut-off dates. Q3 – 2/20, 3/13 Q4 – 4/24, 5/29

Retake Policy

Tests are not a large component of the English program

One of the three major essays written in each English class may be re-written for grade improvement after a conference with the teacher.

General Rules

No cell phones or information looker uppers without prior explicit approval

No talking while teacher or student is speaking to the class.

Don’t open the door without an okay

No Food. No lidless drinks. Generally, just be

respectful

I am going to explode.

Pick an appropriate time Not during directions, lecture, or reading.

Potty Procedure Fill out pass Bring it to me I will sign

A note on respect Classroom should be a comfortable place where everyone

can openly express themselves. If you get the giggles = step out If you are being rude = step out and write up.

So bad.

First Warning Verbal/Warning

Second Warning Name on board/Visual Warning Email Home

Third Warning Check by name Move to different seat Call Home

Fourth Warning Leave the room/See

Administrator Call Home & Write-Up

Good behavior can get your name erased from the board.

I win!

Point System Group with most

points at end of every week wins prize.

Ways to Win Entire group has HW or is on task during class

work Sitting and working at bell Answer questions correctly or reading out loud Kind Acts General Awesomeness

Plagiarism

1st Violation: Zero on assignment with additional assignment averaged. Parent/guardian contact. Documented in teacher grade book.

2nd Violation: Same as first with addition of documentation in disciplinary program.

3rd Violation: Same as 1st and 2nd violations with addition of appearance before five panel Honor Court.

Consequences may range from the following: Loss of privilege to attend extra-curricular activities (dances, games, etc.) Loss of privilege to drive to school Loss of privilege to determine how you will spend Husky Help or lunch Denial of future access to dual enrollment opportunities Detention/OSS on the discipline scale

Pre-Exams and Final Exams

Pre Exams: Reading – Homework

Grade Grammar – 93% or higher

on exams will exempt you from all grammar homework.

Final Exam: 20% of final grade

Communication

Monthly Calendars Shame Wall Website:

www.englishwithgeiss.weebly.com Nightly emails

Class assignments and Homework will be emailed to you and your parents/guardians nightly

Divider Labels

The class will be as paperless as possible.

You will need 5-6 dividers! Holy Humongous! Divider OR Notebook for Journals Divider for Notes (Vocab, Grammar, & Literary

Devices) 4 Dividers for the 4 Units

Project Based Learning Units

College Applications Unit – 2½ Weeks Graphic Novel Story College Essay

American Dream – 6½ Weeks Read The Great Gatsby and Black Boy Multi-Genre Magazine Project – built in Argumentative Essay Exam on “The Great Gatsby”

Satire in Society – 4 Weeks Read excerpts from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The

Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass Satire Video Compare and Contrast Essay

Identity of the Individual – 4 Weeks Read Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Crucible Create a Movie Soundtrack – built in Literary Analysis Essay

2nd Period

Table 1: Edoardo, Gustavo, Joshua, MadisonTable 2: Daniel, Jessica, Quentin, WilliamTable 3: Duncan, Hayden, Parker, StevenTable 4: Anna, Kakia, Taylor, Zach, MariahTable 5: Angelo, Bryanna, Lamari, JamesTable 6: Britnee, Hannah, MaxwellTable 7: Justin, Channie, Serena, NicoleTable 8: Ariana, Charles, Stephen

4th Period

Table 1: Amanda, Caila, Keven, Njava, Tariq Table 2: , Jack, Hannah, Kellan, Garry, SydneyTable 3: Jason, Devyn, Seth, GabriellaTable 4: Briana, Kevin, Jillian, TaylorTable 5: Cole, Anne, Terri, AriannaTable 6: DeVante, Katherine, NataushaTable 7: Legacie, Megan, Jordan, AnthonyTable 8: Jerrel, LaShara, Janae, Kelsea

Claude McKay, who was born in Jamaica in 1889, wrote about social and political concerns from his perspective as a black man in the United States, as well as a variety of subjects ranging from his Jamaican homeland to romantic love.

Poem: If We Must Die

If We Must DieClaude McKay, 1889 - 1948

If we must die—let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

If We Must DieClaude McKay, 1889 - 1948

If we must die—let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

TPCASTTTitle – Before reading the poem, consider what the poem may be about based upon the title?

Paraphrase – What are the literal meanings behind each line?

Connotation – What Figurative Language do you see? What is its purpose?

Attitude/Tone – What does the author think/feel about the topic?

Shift – Are there any significant changes in the poem? Why might the change occur?

Title – Know that you have interpreted the poem, what does the title mean?

Theme – Combine your findings above to write a SPES or other form of paragraph analyzing the poem.

If We Must DieClaude McKay, 1889 - 1948

If we must die—let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

1.Title2.Paraphrase3.Connotation4.Attitude/Tone5.Shift6.Title7.Theme