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Tuesday, June 14 Last Day

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    All grades are completed. Thank you for the work that was submitted by last Friday. Calls have been made home. You should check your school e-mail for summer school registration, if needed. Please note the limited time frame. As well, be aware there are limited spots available.   New announcement                                                 2021 PROCESS FOR REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL: 1.  Grades 9 - 11 ➢ Parent/Guardian receive failure call from teachers indicating student will need summer school 2.  Teachers email summer school pre-registration Google Form to student email addresses ○ https://forms.gle/mFFyQyGysJFRiTpu8   3. Summer school IS NOT at SOTA this summer. It will be held at School #3 whi

Monday, June 14-Penultimate Class: a couple of MAD LIBS

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In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. This is our penultimate class. What does that word mean? As I shared with you, I am not in school today. Ms. Cooley will take over. Below you will find a couple of MAD LIBS.  As a class, see what you can do with them. You can put your responses into the that. You are encouraged to be creative! Lots and lots of work was received by midnight on Friday. These addtions will soon be tallied. MAD LIBS      The Three Musketeers There is no more rousing story  in (adjective) _______________ than The Three (plural noun) _________________________. This (adjective) romance, by the great French  (noun)________________________ Alexander Dumas, tells the story  of  d’Artagnan , a/ an (adjective) young (noun)_________________________ who  arrives in  seventeeth-century Paris riding a/an (noun)_______________________

Tues-Friday, June 8 to 11: satire and semicolons

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  Reminder: all late work is due by this Friday, June 11 at midnight. No late work will be accepted after that time. Late work is worth a maximum of 75 points. That includes the short writing response based upon Jacob Lawrence's "Migration Series" that was due yesterday. (Note: this was assigned last Friday and prepped for last Thursday) #################################################### What is satire? Satire  is the  use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Satire  is synonymous with mockery, derision, scorn and caricature; however, there are nuances among these; so be aware. Satire may be written (literature), graphic (political / social cartoons) and performances.  What unifies all these forms is their purpose: constructive criticism, so as to effect change. Throughout  history, political cartoons have played a significant ro

Tues, June 1 to Monday, June 7 Jacob Lawrence, The Great Migration Series

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VERY, VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!  All GRADES FOR THE 4th QUARTER CLOSE ON FRIDAY,  JUNE 11 AT MIDNIGHT! NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT TIME. Tonight's Long Way Down book circle link:  https://rcsdk12.zoom.us/j/98816351042?pwd=eTVSR25QV1dra1ZFUmJscHRtZ3dNZz09 6 to 8 Thursday...only those who have previously signed up may participate. Check your e-mail. There is a note from Ms. Aspenleiter. "Most of my work depicts events from the many Harlems that exist throughout the United States. This is my genre. My surroundings. The people I know . . . the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind . . . I am part of the Black community, so I am the Black community speaking."   Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence interview 1:40 1) Back Ground Reading / content questions vocabulary:  1.to chronicle (verb)- to record in a factual and detailed way 2. impoverished (adjective)-made poor OR deprived of strength and vitality 3. dynamism- (noun)- the quality of being characterized by vi