ENGLISH
In Writer’s Notebook, fill in the blanks. Policy reminder
1. It is _________ responsibility to makeup work when I am
absent.
2. Where do I find the makeup work?
3. I have ___ days for every day I miss to complete and submit
assignments when I return.
4. Makeup work is important because ___________________.
5. True or false? I need to make up quick writes that we do in the
writer’s notebook.
6. _______ is the best time to speak with my teacher about my
grade or any makeup work.
7. Lunch corral is __________. (What is it? Purpose? Process?)
8. If I skip lunch corral ______________ is the result /
PRE-AP
In Writer’s Notebook, fill in the blanks. Policy reminder
1. I have ___ days for every day I miss to complete and submit
assignments when I return.
2. Where do I find the makeup work?
3. Makeup work is important because ___________________.
(Please explain reasons beyond your grade…)
4. True or false? I need to make up quick writes that we do in the
writer’s notebook. Why?
5. _______ is the best time to speak with my teacher about my
grade or any makeup work.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST
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Finish History Channel Truce
While watching:
1) What are the biggest similarities and
differences you see between the text and film?
2) What
can you take from this visual
representation of the truce and apply to
your life?
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND
•Watson ELA – Turn in One Pager to inbox. 
•The word beekeeper contains five e’s. In
the next five minutes, brainstorm as many
words as you can that repeat one letter
three or more times. ☺
NEWSPAPERS
• No I think…..It just is that way – Example “WWI (not WW1) was justified as it led
to ………”
• Make sure all summaries are in your own words.
• Primary Sources? Many of you failed to use a primary source or cite sources at all.
What are primary sources?
1. Diaries/journals
2. Speeches/interviews
3. Letters/memos
4. Autobiographies/memoirs
5. Books/articles written the time of the event
6. Government documents
7. Photographs
8. Documentaries
9. Art (from the time period)
10.Maps (from the time period)
TUESDAY CONTINUED ☺
•Trade and discuss response questions from yesterday.
•While reading chapter 6 of Truce, answer:
a) Look back at the pictures in Truce. Which picture
made the biggest impact on you? Explain.
b) How can you connect your reading of Truce to
the idea of doing the right thing in difficult
circumstances?
c) What is the most important idea you can take away
from Truce, and how can you apply it to your
life?
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD
1.
2.
Pick up a handout from the Outbox and tape
it into your Writer’s Notebook. Review it and
use it as a guide to apply changes to the
sentence below.
Summer is my favorite time of year. Make this
sentence better (more interesting).
SIMPLE SENTENCES IMPROVED
Compete against other teams with the whiteboards ☺
WEDNESDAY CONTINUED
 PLEDGE
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Annotate
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What would you change, add?
What are the most important ideas in
the pledge?
How can you apply it to other things
we’ve discussed?
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Rhetorical précis over the pledge following the 4
sentence structure. Homework as needed. ☺
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X
2cs8gnb42A&safe=active
Why did I show this? How can you
connect it with any assessment?
No Red Ink (MLA Practice)
NO RED INK CODES
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1st – MLA Citation
2nd – Commonly Confused Words
3rd – Sentences and Fragments
CREATE Works Cited Page
(EasyBib or Citation Machine)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH
QW – Than and then are easily confused. Although the
words sound similar, their meanings are entirely
different. Use than – comparisons (Andrea is taller
than her sister). Use then – for time (First you
moisturize, then you apply foundation).
Which one?
1. If you think Sharon’s the winner, ___ you’re crazy.
2. Geraldine arrived, _______Allan showed up.
3. I ate breakfast; ______I went for a run.
4. I would rather eat breakfast ______go running.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH
• ELA - 10 SENTENCE STRUCTURE (include
varied sentence structures)
• PAP – 12 SENTENCE STRUCTURE (include
two or more varied sentence structures)
10 SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Introduction with hook and background
information. Claim. Reason #1.
Supporting evidence with explanation.
Reason #2. Supporting evidence with
explanation. Counter-argument. Rebuttal
evidence. Strongest Reason. Re-word
Claim with emotional appeal.
Months away from your family and friends while the
smell of death surrounds you, and you have an
opportunity to take a break, but do you take it?
World War I soldiers were away from their
families, and being with other people and trading
presents with them made them less homesick,
built camaraderie, and gave them a chance to
get out of their trenches which made them
happier; soldiers should have participated in the
Christmas truce because it boosted morale.
Camaraderie seems irrelevant during war, but building a
team unit builds trust, and focus was declining. War
creates an environment where trust in each other is
imperative for a unit’s survival, and Mr. Hill, World War II
veteran, outlined this clearly from his war time
experiences; “The times we spent playing cards,
hanging out, and trying to create normal conditions,
allowed us to build friendships and trust among our unit.”
Although happiness would have been short lived, a truce
would allow a rebirth of beliefs in humanity. Lives were
shattered, and the glamorous war they had envisioned
became a nightmare of evil they couldn’t awake from; “It
served as heartening proof, however brief, that beneath the
brutal clash of weapons, the soldiers’ essential humanity
endured” (History Channel).
Some people might say that conversing with the
enemy would cause soldiers to forget their
mission. Although this is a rational idea, soldiers
understood their mission, and they went back to
their required task after their break from the
horror that surrounded them, and while the truce
may have extended or been repeated until New
Year's Eve, it's clear that most soldiers were
reporting 'business as usual' by early January.
There is no such widespread repetition in 1915 or
the following years (Seaton and Brown 3).
Sacrifice is a word soldiers and their families
understand the meaning of, and are rarely
appreciated for, so a day to break from the
darkness of war to remember their beliefs,
cherish family memories, and rebuild their
unit morale provided a brief taste of
normalcy they were starving for.
YOUR TURN
Create based on the War Prompt
• Write the 1st
sentence
(following the
format) with
your team
guiding you
• 3rd and so on
• You are in
charge of the
2nd sentence
with team’s
guidance.
#1
#2
#3
#4
• 4th so on and
continue
rotating