1984

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool.

Assignments for 1984 -- I gave you a Reading Response Journal to record details from the novel.  For each reading assignment, you will record three parts that caught your attention. 

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 1 -- We have taken two days to read Chapter One.  We will read Chapter Two today and you will record three parts in your Response Journal.

Happy Spring Break!

1984

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool.

NOTE:  We checked out 1984 from the library yesterday. If you were absent, please go to the library and check the novel out.

Assignments for 1984 -- I gave you a Reading Response Journal to record details from the novel.  For each reading assignment, you will record three parts that caught your attention. 

You have read Chapter 1 (to p. 20) and recorded 3 parts that caught your attention. QUIZ ON CHAPTER 1.

1984

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool.

NOTE:  We are checking out 1984 from the library today. Please be ready with your ID.

Assignments for 1984 -- I am giving you a Reading Response Journal to record details from the novel.  For each reading assignment, you will record three parts that caught your attention.  We will get started reading together today.  

HOMEWORK:  Read to page 20 (where Ch. 1 ends).  Record three parts that caught your attention. 

Introduction to 1984

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 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool.

NOTE:  We will be checking out 1984 from the library tomorrow.  Please be ready with you ID.

Today, I will be sharing with you some background information to the novel, 1984.  There are two recent articles that discuss the relevance of this novel to our world today.


George Orwell, 1984

1984 a must read

Rhetorical Precis

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool. 

Rhetorical Precis Assignment-- Before I collect your work, I would like some of you to share the texts that you discovered.  If it is TedTalk, we can view it.  I would like your selections to have more of an audience than just me!

NOTE:  We will check out 1984 on Wednesday.

Rhetorical Precis

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool. 

NOTE:   I will accept no late assignments at this point with the exception of the very last text we read.


 Rhetorical Precis Assignment--  I am changing the due date on this assignment to Monday.  Work in class and at home to complete this assignment.  A hard copy will be turned in on Monday. Be sure to include the proper formatted heading.

NOTE:  Turn in the RESPONSE JOURNAL to the module on Language, Gender, and Culture if you have not done so yet -- TODAY!

NOTE:  Next week we check out 1984
  

Rhetorical Precis

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE: Please keep up with your assignments as we go through this second semester. My blog HERE is where you check to see if you have missed an assignment in the event of an absence, not after it is posted on PowerSchool.  


 Rhetorical Precis Assignment--  I am changing the due date on this assignment to Monday.  Work in class and at home to complete this assignment.  A hard copy will be turned in on Monday. 

NOTE:  Turn in the RESPONSE JOURNAL to the module on Language, Gender, and Culture if you have not done so yet.

NOTE:  Next week we check out 1984