24 December

Good morning, and happy Christmas Eve!

Sadly, I have even less voice today than I did yesterday, so I will not be able to talk to you very well.

You have a packet to read and complete about the Hero's Journey and how "The Wizard 
of Oz" connects to it. Please complete the packet. When you are finished, you may leave.

I still have a TON of printing I have to do for the portfolios, so I will be in and out of the classroom today. I'm sorry about this.

If you have questions about office hours for Sunday or Monday, see the email I sent yesterday.

I brought in candy to share. Please only take 1 piece, as it is for your class AND the boys' class. IF you can't eats nuts, you should not take one, because they are made with peanut butter.

It has been wonderful to work with you this semester and I wish you all the best for next semester and your college career!

Thank you, ladies!

BONUS

Bonus (worth 60 points in your choice of Classwork or Quizzes):
Submit your answers to me in a shared Doc (Google).

1. Research Project Gutenberg.
1. How did they get started?
2. What is their mission?
3. How does it work?
4. Why is it called Project Gutenberg?
5. What are five titles other than The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that you can get through Project Gutenberg?
2. Research Technicolor.
1. What is it?
2. How does it work?
3. When was it first used?
4. Is it still used today?
5. How is Technicolor related to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
3. Research Gregory Maguire.
1. Who is he?
2. What does he have to do with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
3. How is he connected to Broadway and the West End theatrical communities?
4. What are the songs (all of them) that are a part of this connection?
5. What awards (specifically) have been earned by the Broadway and West End productions?

11 December

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

~ Emily Dickinson

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? What is a thing with feathers? How is hope like a thing with feathers? Do you believe hope sings and never stops singing? Choose one example from your own experience that shows how hope has not stopped singing.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Reading Progress Test 1

Mission 5

• Watch "The Wizard of Oz."

10 December

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

~ Dr. Seuss

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? In what ways have reading and learning helped you to know more and go places? Choose one example from your own experience that shows that reading and learning have given you more opportunities.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Complete "Oz the Great and Powerful."

Mission 5

• Practice Cornell Notes
• "What Are Those Floaty Things in Your Eyes?"
• Complete the practice test questions in your Course Book, p. 468-470.
• Answer the comprehension questions here.
• Reading Test is on Thursday.
• Listening Test is on Sunday.

Mission 7

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 8

• Spelling

9 December

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? Have you ever "been stupid" with old friends? Write about it.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling

Mission 6

• Accuplacer Practice Day 6

Mission 7

• Practice Cornell Notes

Mission 8

• Watch "Oz the Great and Powerful" and take notes for Essay 3.
• Information on the movie can be found on the Internet Movie Database.
• The notes sheet can be found here.
• Essay 3
• Paragraph 1 - same as Paragraph 1 from Essay 2 (sample essay on Course Book p. 368). Instructions on how to write this paragraph are on pages 332-339. SKIP the information on theme.
• Paragraph 2 - same as Paragraph 2 from Essay 2 (sample essay on Course Book p. 368). Instructions on how to write this paragraph are on pages 334-359. Write about differences only (contrast).
• Paragraph 3 - what is your opinion? Which of the two movies is best? Which of the two movies is most like the book? Why do you believe that movie is the best?

7 December

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, 

you'll never get it done.

~ Bruce Lee

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? How can love protect your from age?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Accuplacer Practice Day 5

8 December

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

~ Willa Cather

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Can the dead speak to the living? Can the old speak to the young? Why would Willa Cather say that the old trying to speak to the young is like the dead trying to speak to the living.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling
• Dictation
• Lesson

We will break at 9:00am for 30 minutes. After break, go to the library computer lab for your WritePlacer Exit Essay. We will start the essay at exactly 9:30. BE ON TIME!

Mission 6

• WritePlacer

Once you have finished your essay AND CHECKED YOUR WORK for spelling, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, and capitalization, you may go on break. Remember that Lab with Luolwah starts at 12pm.

4 December

Life is a song - sing it. 

Life is a game - play it. 

Life is a challenge - meet it. 

Life is a dream - realize it. 

Life is a sacrifice - offer it. 

Life is love - enjoy it.

~Sai Baba

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? How can love protect your from age?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing
• You will use the information on the form above to complete a Venn diagram here.
1. Select 2-Circle
2. Type your name and number where it says [type your name here].
3. Give the diagram the title Comparing Two People where it says [Title/Notes].
4. Rename [factor 1] as the name of your first person and [factor 2] as the name of your second person.
5. Put the information about just the first person in the first person's circle (on the left).
6. Put the information about just second in the second person's circle (on the right).
7. Put the information about both the first and second people in the middle.
8. Send this to me.
1. click on the "Embed into blog/ webpage" button (it looks like a silver flower).
2. On the next screen, you will have a URL that starts with http://. Copy the whole thing and send this to me as an email (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).

Mission 4

• Accuplacer Practice Day 4

3 December

Age does not protect you from love. 

But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

~ Jeanne Moreau

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Do you agree with the quote? How can love protect your from age?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing
• You will use the information on the form above to complete a Venn diagram here.
1. Select 2-Circle
2. Type your name and number where it says [type your name here].
3. Give the diagram the title Sydney and James where it says [Title/Notes].
4. Rename [factor 1] as Sydney and [factor 2] as James.
5. Put the information about just Sydney in the Sydney circle (on the left).
6. Put the information about just James in the James circle (on the right).
7. Put the information about both Sydney and James in the middle.
8. Send this to me.
1. click on the "Embed into blog/ webpage" button (it looks like a silver flower).
2. On the next screen, you will have a URL that starts with http://. Copy the whole thing and send this to me as an email (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling

Mission 6

• Accuplacer Practice Day 3

Mission 7

• Cornell Notes - Modeling - "The Mystery of Motion Sickness."

Mission 8

• Cornell Notes - Practice - "How Sugar Affects the Brain."

Mission 9

• Answer the FPU reading test practice questions in your Course Book (pp. 464-465).

Mission 10

• Answer the comprehension questions for "How Sugar Affects the Brain."

2 December

You are always a student, never a master. 

You have to keep moving forward.

~ Conrad Hall

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? How can you always be a student? How does this idea make you feel?

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Complete Signal Words II Mastery 6.

Mission 5

• Complete Inferences Mastery 6.

Mission 6

• Lesson on Cornell Notes
• How to Spot a Liar
• Questions

Mission 7

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 8

• Spelling Lesson

Mission 9

• Accuplacer Practice Day 2

1 December

Memory awakens hope.

~Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Seek That Which is Above, 1986

Mission 1

• Write a paragraph responding to the quote above. What does this mean to you? Has there been a time when a memory has given you hope? Tell me about it.

Mission 2

• Daily Language Review

Mission 3

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 4

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 5

• Spelling

Mission 6

• Complete Capitalization Practice 3.

Mission 7

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement Test 1.

Mission 8

• Complete Accuplacer Practice Day 1.

30 November

Mission 1

• Complete Combined Skills Test 4.

Mission 2

• Read "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton, Langan pp. 395-397.
• Answer the Vocabulary Questions, Langan pp. 398-399 in your book.
• Answer the Reading Comprehension Questions, Langan pp. 400-402 in your book.
• Complete the Summary, Langan pp. 402-403, Langan pp. 402-403 in your book.
• Complete the writing tasks here.

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling
• Dictation
• Lesson

27 November

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mission 1

• Daily Language Practice

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson

Mission 5

• Complete Capital Letters Practice 2.

Mission 6

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement Practice 2.

Mission 7

• Practice Presentations

Mission 8

• Revise your essay.
• Make sure: 
• ALL words are spelled correctly.
• ONLY words that need to be capitalized are capitalized.
• ALL verbs are in present tense.
• ALL subjects and verbs agree with each other.
• Make sure your WHOLE paper, including your header and heading (yes, you need these), is in Times New Roman 12pt font.
• See our post from 18 November if you don't know how to make a header or heading and/or if you don't know how to change your font.
• ALL ESSAYS will be graded based on what is completed by 11:59 p.m. today!

26 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling

Mission 5

• Complete Capital Letters 1.

Mission 6

• Complete Subject-Verb Agreement 1.

Mission 7

• Make a reference page for your essay.
• This must include the book, the movie, the page for the theme you chose, and the imdb page for the cast and crew.
• Here's how.

25 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness (yesterday & today)

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson (yesterday & today)

Mission 5

• Complete Signal Words II Mastery 5.

Mission 6

• Complete Inferences Mastery 5.

Mission 7

• Complete Argument Mastery Test 2.

Mission 8

• Revise your essay and/or your presentation.
• Tomorrow, we will have practice presentations and we will create a reference page for our essays!
• Presentations will be on Sunday at 8am!

24 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing
• Go to Moodle.
• Click on "Courses."
• Click on "ENGL09713."
• Go down to the last assignment in "Classwork," which says 6+1 Writing November 24.
• Complete the graphic organizer diagram.
• Organization: Use a graphic organizer to group similar details and to plan the order of your sentences.
  Think of a problem in your school or community. How would you solve it? Use the problem-and-solution diagram here to organize your ideas. Send this completed diagram to bruce.p@gust.edu.kw as an attachment.

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson

Mission 5

• Complete Vocabulary in Context Mastery 6.

Mission 6

• Complete Argument Review 2.

Mission 7

• Complete Combined Skills Test 3.

Mission 8

• Use your answers from the form yesterday (in your gmail) and this template to compose your presentation.

23 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness

Mission 4

• Spelling
• Dictation
• Lesson

Mission 5

• Select a review of "Persuasion" from imdb.com.
• Read the review.
• Use this form to complete this mission.
• Identify any unknown words and look them up.
• Paraphrase the review - what is it saying?
• Do you agree with the reviewer's opinion, or do you disagree?
• Give three reasons why you agree or disagree.

Mission 5

• Read Langan pp. 310-311.
• Complete Argument Practice 4.

Mission 6

• Read "Rosa: A Success Story" by Edward Patrick in Langan pp. 385-388
• Answer the questions here.

20 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Review

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Complete Signal Words I Mastery Test 6.

Mission 4

• Complete Combined Skills Test 2.

Mission 5

• Phonological Awareness - Counting Syllables

Mission 6

• Spelling Lesson - Doubling Rule

Mission 7

• Peer Evaluations
• Review checklist for body paragraph
• Access assigned classmates' essays (gmail)
• Read assigned classmates' body paragraph
• Score assigned classmates' body paragraph using the checklist. 
• Explain why she got that score!

Mission 8

• Review checklist for conclusion (Course Book p. 324)
• What theme did you pick?
• Do you have a story from your life or your observations that connects to this theme?
• Write the story using the 5 Ws and the 5 senses.
• Make sure you organize the story with a beginning, middle, and ending.

19 November

Reminder: 

Tomorrow after break, 

Dr. Ilene will be observing me teaching you. PLEASE do not use mobile phones, 

speak in Arabic, 

or visit web pages (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) 

that are not part of the class during the 

30-45 minutes that she will be here.

Mission 1

• Daily Language Practice

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness catch up

Mission 4

• Spelling catch up

Mission 5

• Review of the body paragraph check list (Course Book p. 324).

Mission 6

• Review Comparison/Contrast paragraphs explanation (CB pp. 357-359

Mission 7 

• Comparison/Contrast mini-lesson

Mission 6

• Complete the Literary Analysis Common Elements: Comparison/Contrast Paragraph worksheet (CB pp. 354-355).

Mission 7

• Complete the Literary Analysis Common Elements: Comparison/Contrast Paragraph worksheet (CB p. 356).

18 November

Mission 1

• Daily Language Practice

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonological Awareness (yesterday & today)

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson (yesterday & today)

Mission 5

• Create a gmail account.
• If you don't already have one, go here and follow the steps to make one.
• SAVE YOUR PASSWORD IN A SAFE SPOT!!!
• Write it down and put it in your wallet.
• Save it into the "notes" section on your phone.

Mission 6

• Go to Google Drive.
• Click "New."
• Select "Folder"
• Name this folder "ENGL09713."
• Click on your ENGL09713 folder.
• Click "New."
• Select "Google Docs."
• When the new doc pops up, click on "Untitled Document."
• Name this doc "IDNumberENGL09713Essay2."
• Example: 12345ENGL09713Essay2
• Click "OK."
• Click the blue "Share" button on the top right of the page.
• Type my email - bruce.p@gust.edu.kw - and make sure "Can edit" is showing.
• Click "Done."

Mission 7

• Create your Header and Heading for your essay.
• Click "Insert."
• Click "Heading."
• Right align by clicking the right align button.

• Change your font to "Times New Roman" and 12

• Type your student ID number. No zeroes. No name.
• Example: 12345
• Press the space bar.
• Insert a page number.
• Click "Insert."
• Click "Page Number."
• Click "Top of Page."
• Click once under the grey line.
• The grey line should disappear.
• Change your font to "Times New Roman" and 12
• Yes, you have to do this a second time.

• Change your spacing to "Double."
  
  
  
• Make sure you have left alignment.

• Type your student ID number. No zeroes. No name.
• Example: 12345
• Click "Enter" or "Return" or "New Line" (or whatever else your keyboard might say).
• Type my last name.
• Example: Bruce
• Click "Enter."
• Type the class and section.
• Example: ENGL09713
• Click "Enter."
• Type the semester and year.
• Example: Fall 2014
• Click "Enter."

Mission 8

• Create an introductory paragraph for Persuasion and "Persuasion."
• Look at the introductory paragraph on Course Book p. 368 for guidance.
• Don't forget to indent the paragraph by pressing the "Tab" button on your keyboard!