Parker English III

  REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS COMING IN FOR HYBRID INSTRUCTION ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS, YOU MUST BRING YOUR CHROMEBOOK. Don't forget the charger. Donner Party the setting of our story is 1850 Learning Targets: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain . I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text . I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed) . I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figu...

In preparation for reading the short story The Outcasts of Polka Flat by Bret Harte, we are reviewing vocabulary as a class. Your assignment:       You are to select 10 of the vocabulary words and compose a well-written, gramatically correct, complete sentence that clearly demonstrates an accurate context of the word. This is due by 6 pm Wednesday.  Please make sure that you have proof read for capitals, punctuation and tense.  Models: sotto voce (adjective)  low voice.... They didn't want anyone to hear them talking, so they spoke sotto voce.                  to beguile (verb)-to charm or enchant Upon reaching the summit of the mountain, they were no longer exhausted by the trek, but were beguiled by the mystical view of the valley below.   1.  promiscuous- (adj) a person having many transient relationships        2.    garret- (noun)attic room       ...

  All received material is up-to-date and in power school. Please check your grades now. If there is something that I have missed, please share with me NOW.   Moving on````` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Targets:  I can c ite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings ************************************************** In class:  WHAT IS AN EXTENDED METAPHOR? First: review of a simile: a figure o...

  Patricia Noah, Trevor's mom We are going to conclude Born a Crime , culminating with a violent incident that transformed the family's lives.  Part 1: Below is a synopsis of what has transpired, before this culminating incident. 1. Trevor's mom had married Abel, and when Trevor was nine years old, his step-brother, Andrew was born.  2. Trevor's life was unaffected for the most part with the arrival of Andrew.  3. After a visit to Abel's parent's home, however, there was a shift in the family dynamics.  4. The relationship between Patricia and Abel became strained as they were on two opposite sides of a shifting cultural view.  5. She was a free spirit whereas his tradition taught him to reign in his wife. Eventually, this relationship soured even more.  6.He grew violent and hit her after a drinking spree one night. The police would hear none of it and blew it off casually. 7.  Patricia moved away to Trevor's grandmother place to live there. 8....