MS. SHAFER 7th PERIOD
NOTE - As of 3/30 Ms. Shafer has taken back this class, please refer to her website, and email her any missing assignments.
Week of 2/10 - 2/14
Students will finish the unit on A Small Place
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Monday, 2/10: Advertising Techniques (PPT below)
HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY 2/11: Find a website or advertisement. If it is a picture turn that in, if it is a website then write the entire URL. Write down 3 persuasive techniques that are used and the specifics of how the ad uses those techniques (1 sentence each).
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Tuesday, 2/11: Small Group Discussion
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Wednesday, 2/13: Unit Exam (short answer)
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Tuesday, 2/14: Adverting Poster Mini-Project
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Week of 2/24 - 2-28
Students will begin the Night Unit
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Monday, 2/24: Night Unit Introduction and Background
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Tuesday, 2/25: Today we introduced vocabulary #1 for Night. The quiz will be on Friday, 3/6. We then watched the Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Path to Nazi Genocide.
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https://www.ushmm.org/learn/holocaust/path-to-nazi-genocide/the-path-to-nazi-genocide/full-film
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Students checked out their books, Chapter 1 (pages 3 - 22) is due this Friday, 2/28 (there is no class Thursday due to the assembly).
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Friday, 2/28: We reviewed Chapter 1 key points and completed a worksheet, Defining Identity, that asks students to analyze the reading. Chapters 2 and 3 (pages 22-46) are due Tuesday, 3/4.
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Week of 3/2 - 3/6
We are continuing the Night Unit
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Monday, 3/2: We discussed the cumulative project for this unit which will be a found poem, and watched an interview with Ellie Wiesel. A found poem is a poem that is created from taking word for word lines from different sources and creatively constructing a poem, including a visual representation of your work. You are essentially taking “found” lines and using them to make poetry. A source for one of your lines will be the interview we watched today, which can be found at the link below:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SwArNTM_KA
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Tuesday, 3/3: We took a reading quiz on Chapters 2 and 3. We did a Webquest to introduce the Found Poem culminating assignment which will be due Monday, March 16th. Information is included in the PPT below and in addition you will receive a more detailed rubric on Thursday, 3/5. This found poem must include quotes from at least two of the Webquest sources on the document below.
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NOTE: Chapters 4 (pages 47 - 65) is due Thursday, 3/5.
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Thursday, 3/5: Today we discussed the Found Poem rubric and reviewed a couple examples of visual poetry. These are included below. Students also completed a reading guide for Chapter 4.
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Friday, 3/6: Today we took vocabulary quiz 1. Students had the opportunity to get a head start on reading homework or work on their found poems.
NOTE: Chapters 5-6 (pages 66-97) are due Monday, 3/9.
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Week of 3/9 - 3/13
We are continuing the Night Unit
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Monday, 3/9: Today we discussed Chapters 5&6. Students completed a partner activity answering analytical questions related to Chapters 1-6.
I introduced Vocab 2 - the vocab quiz will be Friday, 3/13.
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NOTE: Chapters 7-9 (pages 98-115) are due Thursday, 3/12.
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Tuesday, 3/10: Students had a work day for the Found Poems assignment, or to get a head start on the Chapter 7-9 reading due Thursday.
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Thursday, 3/12: Students are not in class until Friday, April 24th. At this point I am unsure if there will be content delivered online or another format. After I receive information from the district on next steps I will update this website.
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Week of 3/23 - 3/27:
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Hello Students!
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Each week you will receive a set of activities that will help you maintain important skills through the duration of our school closure. This first week will have you practice understanding propaganda techniques and rhetorical techniques.
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As this week’s activities are based on techniques presented earlier in the semester under Ms. Shafer, your work will be reviewed by her. This work will not be graded, nor will other work completed during the duration of this closure. If you would like feedback, please send Ms. Shafer your finished products with specific questions and she can give you feedback to help you continue to build your skills and improve.
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Also, if you have your Holocaust found poems finished from before the closure, please email them to me as soon as possible. Also, if you have missing assignments, please email me and I will see if I can help you earn some points.
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Take care!
Ms. Gale
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