Transcript week 4 - english 12x - Flushing Community Schools

Monday, September 28, 2015
English 12
Notebook:
•
None Today
Objective:
•
Daily Quote:
•
“There can be as much value
in the blink of an eye as in
months of rational analysis.”
• Malcolm Gladwell
•
Agenda:
•
•
•
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
Practice writing college
entrance essays and discuss
what you can do to be
successful
Discuss author’s purpose and
Orwell’s purpose with
George Orwell Intro
• History
• Political Views
• Purpose
Pass Out Books
College App Essay #3
BEGINNING 1984 – INTRODUCTION TO GEORGE ORWELL
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
15 of 180
College Application Essays
Lehigh University
“What is your favorite riddle and why?”
-
-
“Describe your favorite ”Bazinga”
moment.”
“You’ve just reached your one millionth
hit on your YouTube video. What is the
video about?”
“If your name were an acronym, what
would it stand for and how would it
reflect your strengths and personality?”
-
-
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAYS
Avoid writing that does not emphasize the
writer's strength of character
Avoid essays that make every effort to portray
the writer as "perfect" and just try too hard.
Avoid essays that don't reflect the writer's
passion, curiosity and inspirations.
Avoid essays that look too much like everyone
else's. Common topics like community service in
a foreign country, overcoming an obstacle and
winning, a relationship with a close relative
where the relative is the emphasis of the essay,
winning a sporting event must remain unique
with a well-told story.
Avoid writing what you think admission officers
want to read and therefore not your true self using a thesaurus to impress
Avoid use of slang or relaxed language
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
15a of 180
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
English 12
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
Notebook:
• None Today!
Daily Quote:
Objective:
• “An escalator can never
break – it can only
become stairs. You would
never see an “Escalator
Temporarily Out of Order”
sign, just “Escalator
Temporarily Stairs. Sorry
for the convenience.””
• Mitch Hedberg
•
•
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
1984 – CHAPTER 1
•
•
•
To improve our reading
comprehension of challenging
texts
Make inferences
Understand 1984’s connection
to pop culture and references
to “Big Brother”
To examine our world critically
Examine author’s purpose
Agenda:
•
Begin Reading:
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Unit Terms
• Author’s Purpose
• Read Chapter 1
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
16 of 180
Unit Terms
• Propaganda:
• the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organization
or movement; information deliberately spread
• Dystopia:
• a society characterized by human misery
• Utopia:
• any visionary system of political or social perfection; an ideal place
• Totalitarianism:
• absolute control by the state
• Socialism:
• all goods in a country are shared with others, no one has more than
others
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
UNIT TERMS
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
17a of 180
George Orwell’s Purpose
Why did he write 1984?
• “One can look at Nineteen Eighty-Four as a cautionary tale against
totalitarianism and in particular the betrayal of a revolution by those
claiming to defend or support it. However, as many reviewers and critics
have stated, it should not be read as an attack on socialism as a whole,
but on totalitarianism and potential totalitarianism.”
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
GEORGE ORWELL’S PURPOSE
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
17aBof 180
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
English 12
Notebook:
• None Today!
Daily Quote:
• “A reader lives a thousand
lives before he dies. The
man who never reads lives
only one.”
• George R.R. Martin
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
1984 - SUMMARIZE CHAPTER 1/BEGIN CHAPTER 2
Objective:
•
•
Understand exposition and
identify elements
Identify author’s purpose and
make inferences regarding
author’s choices
Agenda:
•
1984
• Summarize Chapter 1
• Discuss character,
setting, etc.
• Read Chapter 2
• Make connections with
the modern day
• Surveillance
• Police, etc.
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
17 of 180
Thursday, September 24, 2015
English 12
Notebook:
• None Today
Daily Quote:
• “All tyranny needs to gain
a foothold is for people of
good conscience to
remain silent.”
• Thomas Jefferson
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
1984 – CHAPTER 3/4
Objective:
•
•
•
Discuss successes and failures
with reading Orwell’s prose
Provide detailed summaries of
complex texts
Continue to make connections
with literature and fiction
Agenda:
•
1984:
• Read Chapter 3-4
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
18 of 180
Friday, September 25, 2015
English 12
Notebook:
• Arizona Baseball
Commentary & Privacy
Daily Quote:
• “Well, I sort of don’t trust
anybody who doesn’t like
Led Zeppelin.”
• Jack White
Objective:
•
•
Agenda:
•
•
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Mr. McGregor
TEACHER
TODAY’S TOPIC IS
1984 CHAPTER 3-4 SUMMARY/ARGUMENT WRITING
Summarize a complex piece of
fiction
Craft arguments that includes
claims, evidence, and reason
Notebook:
• Argue that the
commentators were in
their right to comment
on the ladies, or if it was
a violation of privacy/in
bad taste
Summarize Chapter 3-4 of
1984
WE ARE CURRENTLY HERE
19 of 180