Drop-in help is available on Mondays from 6:00 – 6:45- pm. Use the class Zoom link.
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 Mondays from 6:45-8:30.
The passcode is: 888626
Topics choices:
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing the Workforce
Research angles: automation, job displacement, new careers, economic data - How Social Media Shapes Identity and Self-Perception
Research angles: mental health studies, algorithms, teen psychology
3. How Major Historical Events Continue to Shape Modern Society (WWII, Industrial Revolution, Civil Rights Movement, etc.) Research angles: policies, culture, economics, long-term impact
Winter Week 10:
- Warm up
- Grammar
- Outline P2-4
- Write paragraph 1 – focus on flow of ideas without repetition of ideas
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.
Winter Week 9:
- Finish warm up
- Vocabulary
- Fix grammar week 7 as needed
- Finish paragraph one of essay outline
- Fill in research gaps
Winter Week 8:
- Finish warm up
- Finish grammar
- Research and annotate for your expository essay
- NO CLASS NEXT WEEK 2/16 – PRESIDENTS’ WEEK!
Winter Week 7:
- Finish warm up
- Fix week 6 grammar if needed
- Finish vocab
- Finish personal narrative #2 through final
Topic choices:
1. A Moment That Quietly Changed Who I Am
(Not flashy, but transformative)
2. A Time I Had to Choose Between What Was Easy and What Was Right (Moral tension, internal conflict)
3. A Personal Experience That Shaped One of My Core Values (Integrity, resilience, compassion, independence)
Winter Week 6:
- Finish warm up
- Finish grammar
- Finish free verse poem 1
Choose ONE prompt:
- An Ordinary Place, Revisited
Write about a place you know well, but see differently now. - The Moment Before
Capture the moment just before something changes. - What I Don’t Say Out Loud
Write about something held back, unspoken, or restrained.
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 – you will read next week
- Finish any past homework
Winter Week 3:
- Finish warm up
- Vocabulary
- Fix persuasive as needed
- Blueprint your personal narrative
Persuasive Review: Time to finish this up…
Make sure to take some time to go over the following and do an honest assessment:
-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.
Winter Week 2:
- Finish warm up
- Grammar
- Fix Outline as needed
- Write your rough draft & edit over the break
- Remember, no class for the next two weeks. I will see you on January 5th.
Winter Week 1:
- Finish warm up
- Vocabulary
- Fix Outline P2 & 3
- Outline P4 & 5
- Fix week 12 grammar
Week 12:
- Finish warm up if not done
- Vocabulary
- Grammar week 11 & 12
- Outline P2 & 3
- Write the rough draft for P1 (if you didn’t do it during the break)
Week 10:
- Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 10, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
- Finish Vocabulary
- Finish Grammar (Week 9)
- Complete LTE- P2 & 3 plus color coding your research and adding to it as needed
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 (At least 10 sources – links and annotations/notes should be on the research page. Make sure to read it carefully and choose from unbiased sources that are credible.)
Topic Choices:
- Does competition help students succeed, or create too much pressure?
- Should colleges stop requiring standardized test scores (SAT/ACT) for admission?
- Should humans have the right to use animals for testing, entertainment, or food?
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. Essays begin next week.
Week 7:
- Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 7, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
- Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
- Edit rough draft for Halloween story & be ready for submission next week
Week 6:
- Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 6, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
- Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
- Make any revisions needed to guide after feedback
- Finish rough draft for Halloween story
Also, do not worry so much about going over the word limit. We can edit down to make the count work. If you worry about it now, you may cut out important parts of the 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
This week, we will begin the blueprints for our Halloween Contest stories. Please use bullet points and fragments. You also need to color code the parts of your story to match the story hill below.
Remember, your story is only as good as your plan, so spend the time to make sure you have a well thought out plot line.
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:
- Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 3, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
- Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
- Finish the second half of the rough draft of your guide & edit both halves
Below is the 1/5 rule sheet for your reference:
Week 2 Homework:
- 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 Homework:
- 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 survival 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)
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