Monday, November 27: Course 8: Complete quiz re-take at home for grade. I'll take the higher of the two attempts. Draft thesis and topic sentences for tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 28:  Course 6: Complete quiz re-take at home for grade. I'll take the higher of the two attempts. Draft thesis and topic sentences for tomorrow. 

Wednesday, November 29: Draft due for peer editing on Friday

Thursday, November 30:  Draft due for peer editing on Friday

Friday, December 1:   Final draft of essay due for next class.

Monday, December 4: Course 8: Read Orwell Bio. Research your spirit animal - write down how this animal embodies you and prepare to share with the class.

Tuesday, December 5:  Course 6: Read Orwell Bio. Research your spirit animal - write down how this animal embodies you and prepare to share with the class.

Wednesday, December 6: Course 6: complete classwork (reading/vocab)

Thursday, December 7:  Course 8 - if classwork is completed, then none.

Friday, December 8: Make a character chart for the major characters introduced. Finish reading chapters 1 and 2.

Read intro and preface

COURSE 8: Start vocab. Define words and use each in a sentence. All vocab due at the end of the unit. We will begin the novel on Monday.

COURSE 6:    1) Read chapter one. 2) Make a character chart in your journals. 3) Define vocab for chapter 1 in your journals *.

4) Journal entry #1: Summarize Old Major's speech. What is his call to action? Does he use Pathos? How? Cite examples. * Vocab due by journal collection (so it's optional).

Friday, December 9:    Read Chapters 5, 6, 7 and respond to EITHER of the following quotations in your journals: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson OR "He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear." –Claudian, Roman poet 

Friday, December 5: Read Chapter 5. Complete 3 out of 5 on Tone/Mood chapter 4 worksheet. In addition, find a commerical, print or digital ad, or a clip of a speech or a public service/awareness announcement. This selection should address TWO types of propaganda outlined in class. Journal about your clip/ad. What techniques are used? Why use these propaganda techniques? Are the effective? In what way is it effective or ineddective? Who is the target audience? 

Read Chapter 7 and respond to the following quote in your journals for Chapter 7:

"He who strikes terror into others is himself in continual fear." –Claudian, Roman poet

Respond to the following 2 quotes in your journals: 1) "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." –Anatole France, a French poet, novelist, and journalist

2) "Only the educated are free." from Discourses, by Epictetus (55 AD-135 AD), Greek philosopher

Monday, December 11: Course 8: Read chapters 3 & 4

Tuesday, December 12: Course 6: Read chapters 3 & 4. Complete vocab worksheet 4-6. Course 8: For Thursday, read Chapters 5 & 6 and complete vocab 4-6

Wednesday, December 13: Course 6: Read chapters 5 & 6

Thursday, December 14: Read chapters 7 & 8 and complete vocab

Friday, December 15: Read Chapter 9 and complete vocab for 9/10. Choose propaganda to present on Monday (course 8) or Tuesday (course 6). Propaganda Paragraph due Tuesday for both courses.

1) Make a character chart in your journals. 2) Define vocab for chapter 1 in your journals *.

3) Journal entry #1: Summarize Old Major's speech. What is his call to action? Does he use Pathos? How? Cite examples. * Vocab due by journal collection (so it's optional).

Tuesday, December 13: Read chapters 2 & 3. Complete two entries for Chapter 2 (you can connect to Ch 3 as well) in A.F. #1: Write about the symbolism behind the name of the following characters: Old Major, Napoleon, Moses, Boxer, and Squealer. #2: Respond to the following quote, connecting and reflecting to Chapter 2 - "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, December 14: Read Chapter 4 and respond to the following quote in your journals: "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." –Andre Gide, French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Thursday, December 15: Course 8: Read Chapter 4 and respond to the following quote in your journals: "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." –Andre Gide, French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Course 6: Read chapters 5 & 6 and respond to the following quotation in your journals: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

Friday, December 16: Course 6: Propaganda assignment - please complete. Course 8: Read chapters 5 & 6 and respond to the following quotation in your journals: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."