Friday Level G Class Page

Drop-in help is available on Mondays from 6:00 – 6:45- pm. Use the class Zoom link.

Jason
Darin
Mahika
Rimsha
Janika
Trish

Please do not resolve any comments made by Ms. Moyano. Instead, you should reply, “Corrected”. If you have an incorrect answer, you will find a RED X next to it. If there is no mark, it is correct. When you see a red X, you are responsible for making the correction within one week.

To join the online Zoom class, please click the button below Fridays from 5:00-6:45.

The passcode is: 888626

Zoom Meeting – Live

How Technology Has Changed the Way Humans Learn
 Research angles: AI, online learning, attention span, education studies

How Food Choices Impact Human Health and the Environment
Research angles: processed foods, agriculture, sustainability, health data

How Music Influences Mood, Memory, and Behavior
Research angles: neuroscience, psychology, studies on productivity and emotion

Let’s Tackle the Essay Part 5 Notes 2Download
Winter Week 10m :
  • Warm up
  • Grammar
  • Outline P1-3

NOTE: Homework is due by 7 am on the morning of your class, NOT when you get home from school on the day of class. I will

Winter Week 9:
  • Finish warm up
  • Vocabulary
  • Fix grammar week 8 – (DC)[IC]
  • Finish paragraph one of essay outline – thesis, categories, & attention getter x 5
  • Fill in research gaps based on categories
Winter Week 8:
  • Finish warm up
  • Finish grammar
  • Research and annotate for your expository essay
  • NO CLASS NEXT WEEK – PRESIDENTS’ WEEK!
Winter Week 7:
  • Finish warm up
  • Fix grammar if needed
  • Finish vocab
  • Finish personal narrative #2 through final

A Moment That Shifted How I See the World
 (Perspective, fairness, responsibility, empathy)

A Time I Failed—and What That Failure Taught Me
 (Academic, social, athletic, or personal)

A Memory That Still Stays With Me (Not dramatic, just meaningful)

Winter Week 6:
  • Finish warm up
  • Finish grammar
  • Finish free verse poem 1

1. The Object That Knows Too Much

Write a free verse poem from the perspective of an object that has been present during an important moment in your life (a backpack, a phone, a chair, a window, a pair of shoes).

2. The Day Something Felt Different

Write about a day that started normally but felt different by the end.

3. If I Could Freeze One Moment

Choose a single moment you wish you could pause

Winter Week 5:
  • Finish warm up
  • Vocab
  • Fix narrative as needed
  • Finish any past homework
Winter Week 4:
  • Finish warm up
  • Grammar
  • Fix persuasive as needed
  • Write and edit rough draft of personal narrative – 500-1000 words (you will read next week). It must include sensory details, follow the 1/5 rule and the 80/20 rule (active vs. passive voice), and include some internal dialogue. 
  • Finish any past homework
Winter Week 3
  • Finish warm up
  • Vocabulary
  • Fix persuasive as needed
  • Blueprint your personal narrative

Let’s finish this up…

Is your essay the best you are capable of?

  • Follow the ⅕ rule?
  • Cite your sources?
  • Use varied sentence structure?
  • Use concrete words?
  • Third person?
  • Followed your outline?
  • Flows and is logical?
  • If yes, make a note at the top telling me it is your BEST work.  If you aren’t telling me the whole truth, there will be homework added next week.
  • If no, add this to your homework this week and get it done. Since you are getting an extra week, I am going to be VERY picky.
The 1:5 Rule Sheet (2)Download
Let’s Tackle the Essay Part 5 Notes 2Download

Week 12

  • Mimimums are now in effect. Warm ups = 400 words, vocabulary = 250 words.  
  • Finish outlining P2
  • Grammar week 11 & 12
  • Vocabulary week 12
Week 11
  • Mimimums are now in effect. Warm ups = 400 words, vocabulary = 250 words.  
  • Finish outlining P1
  • Write P1 through final draft
  • Fill in any research you might need – after the break, we will be outlining the body paragraphs
  • No class next week – Thanksgiving break
Week 10
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 10, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Complete LTE- P2 & 3 plus color coding your research and adding to it as needed

Don’t forget to assign each of your reasons a color, and then, color code your research to make next week much easier.

Focus on things you can use for evidence in your body paragraphs.

Week 9:
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 9, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Complete your research and thesis statement

Choose one of the topics below:

  1. Should professional eSports players earn as much money as traditional athletes?
  2. Should governments make renewable energy the only energy source?
  3. Should social media companies be responsible for harmful content online?
Week 8:
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 8, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Enjoy the super light week! You earned it. 
Week 7:
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 7, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Finish editing rough draft for H
Week 6
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 6, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Finish rough draft for Halloween story

Week 5:

  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 5, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Make any revisions needed to guide after feedback
  • Finish blueprint for Halloween story

The three endings that are not allowed are: it was all a dream, they lived happily ever after, and everyone died.

Week 4:
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 4, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Design your guide and add the text once you have made your final corrections
  • Select your Halloween story idea
Week 3:

NOTE: Homework is due by 7 am on the morning of your class, NOT when you get home from school on the day of class. I will check and correct midday. If the work is not done, additional work will be added as discussed.

  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 3, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Finish rough drafts of your guide & edit both halves. Final due next week.
The 1:5 Rule Sheet (2)Download
Week 2
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 2, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Start the rough drafts of your guide – do a minimum of 50%
Week 1
  • Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 1, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
  • Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
  • Finish brainstorming ideas for your kindness guide, and begin planning out some of the areas. Come up with a catchy, clever name for your guide. Your planning should be in fragments and bullet points only. NO complete sentences or paragraphs.

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. If a word can wear a name tag—or you can point to it, count it, or talk about it—it’s probably a noun.

Quick ways to spot a noun
  • The article test
  • Pronoun swap
  • Counting/amount: Can you count it or measure it?
  • Preposition check: Does it fit after a preposition
Tricky spots to watch

– Capitalization: Proper nouns get capitals: Monday, Google, Africa.
– Abstract & noncount nouns: trust, courage, usually no plural
– Verb vs. noun look-alikes: Run (verb): We run daily. Run (noun): I went for a run.
– Possessives vs. plurals:
students (plural) vs. student’s (one student owns) vs. students’ (many students own)