Salome Milstead
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office hours: most lunches and after school by appointment. I'm also available by email 7 days a week for questions or assistance with homework.
| Class | Assignment | Notes | Due Date |
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| 2nd and 4th period | IN-CLASS OPEN NOTE ESSAY | HEADS UP! SEE ME IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE NOTES FROM THE UNIT ON ADVERTISING. 2nd period will have some time in class on Monday to review notes. I will be in my classroom on Monday at lunch and after school. You can come in and finish copying notes from the slides. If you don't have notes, you will not be able to pass the essay. | Tuesday 3/17 |
| 2nd Period | Find an ad and complete the questions on the handout - there are 7 questions total - each is marked with a bullet point and under the heading "guiding questions" | the handout is below in a .pdf in the event that you've misplaced it. bring in the ad, the answers, and the handout stapled together to class. | Thursday2/19/09 |
| 4th period | find an ad and complete the questions on your handout | the handout is below in a .pdf in the event that you've misplaced it. bring in the ad, the answers and the handout stapled together to class. | 2/17/09 |
| 4th period | complete the theme worksheet for short film: Rabbit | add up the hints from character, setting, and plot and come up with a sentence that outlines one theme from the film. | 2/10/09 |
| 2nd and 4th periods | bring in 5 subject notebook | start the new semester right: bring in your new 5 subject notebook by 1/28 (2nd period) or 1/29 (for 4th period) to collect 10 easy points. | 2nd: 1/28 4th: 1/29
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| 2ND AND 4TH PERIODS | FINAL EXAM REVIEW | FINAL EXAMBelow are skills you learned and practiced this semester. Anyone of them may come up on the final exam. · Checking your grade online · Checking your school email· Talk to text (annotation) · Compare and contrast · from the Money and Happiness project: specificity in arguments & surveys and interviews · CAHSEE-style questions: how-to (reading questions before you read the passage/when to skim)· Plot structure in short film (rising action, conflict, climax, resolution)· Tone · Satire: how to know something is satire (Global Cupcakes article in Time Magazine)· Logical thinking guide · Think in threes: three types of questions (text, reader, world/other literature)
| January 14th and 15th |
| 2nd and 4th periods | write three questions on a passage of your choice. bring in questions and passage. | find a short article, story, or passage from a book or newspaper or magazine. make a copy to bring to class. attach a separate sheet of paper with three questions - one text, one reader, and one world/other lit. Be sure to indicate which question is which type. | for 2nd period: 1/8 for 4th period: 1/7 |
| 2nd Period | Create your own Word document by copying the layout of the "Milo Template" document (attached at the bottom of this page). | The template below is a guideline for you to follow for your own Word doc. Use Photo Booth first, if you would like, or go online and find a photo of your choice. You will then embed that image into the Word doc and write a page of text to go with it. | 11/25/08 |
| 4th period | Complete plot outline for short film: The Mozart of Pickpockets ALSO write the ending for the film.
| Recall that the film is cut off at the very end. Write the ending as you see fit. | 11/10/08 |
| 4th Period | Letter to President Obama, letter to the editor, speech, or poem | Here are the topics we came up with: fuel in independence, gay marriage, economy, education, war, perception of the US in the world, distribution of resources, global warming, and immigration. Write passionately and persuasively that your issue should be one of the main issues solved by the new administration. | 11/07/08 |
| 4th period | rough draft for essay - Money & Happiness *essay prompt attached below. | remember, this is just a 1st draft. also, include a discussion about the findings of your survey. | 10/31/08 |
| 2nd period | rough draft for essay - Money & Happiness | remember, this is just a 1st draft. also, include a discussion about the findings of your survey. | 10/30/08 |
| 2nd Period | Surveys/interviews | make sure you've surveyed as many people as possibl! | 10/23/08 |
| File | Description | File size |
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 Ad Questions | handout for media literacy unit | 44 Kb |
| Milo Template | Follow this format exactly for creating your own Word doc. | 44 Kb |
| money & happiness essay | 24 Kb |
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