Agenda –
BELLWORK: Complete an information card providing the following info…
1) Full Name & Nick Name
2) Birthday
3) SCHOOL email address
4) Which of the following digital tools have you used?
Animoto / GoAnimate / Movie Maker / PowerPoint / PowToon / Prezi / Weebly
5) If you had to choose a way to show what you know, which would you prefer?
Choose 1-2 answers.
Essay / Individual Project / Group Project / Test
6) What is your favorite book, magazine, graphic novel, poem, song, or other form of
writing? Name the title and what style of writing it is.
7) What is your favorite part of English class and/or what are you best at?
Homework: Bring back signed syllabus & class placement letter
Ms. Geiss’ English III Class
Classroom Expectations
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Syllabus
Opt-Out Form
Folder
The bright, shining first thing
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BEFORE THE BELL
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1) Check the projector for directions
HW turn-in reminders
 Pick up assignments
 Bellwork
 Quiz Reminder
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2) Turn in Homework
Teacher will specifically ask for HW. Work turned in after this point, will
be late.
 If you are late, it is your responsibility to remember HW turn-in
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3) Return Work
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Each week there will be a newly designated student to hand back work
during the Bell Work time OR during “down-time.”
Location Location
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Trash Can vs Recycling Bin
Assignment Turn-in
Work to Return
Computer, Printer, and Printer Paper
Stapler, hole punch, and other stuff
Hall Passes
Grading
The WHOLE English
Department uses the following
system for grading.
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Literature
35%
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Composition
35%
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Grammar/Vocab
10%
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Speak/Listen
10%
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Homework
10%
Online Turn-in
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We will create Weebly
tomorrow in class
Student Weebly Page
HW/Classwork (Optional)
 Projects (Mandatory)
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Post as Link
Essays (Mandatory)
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Post as ATTACHMENTS
Cough cough –
I am sooo sick
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Make-Up Work
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Work is posted on my website & sent via email EVERY DAY.
Time to Make-Up
Rules
Whose
Responsibility?
Classwork
& HW
1 absence = 1 extra day
2+ absences = 2 extra
days per absence
Yours!
Quizzes &
Tests
• Next Husky Help or a
planned time after
school.
• First Deadline: 2/20
If you return from an absence on a planned
quiz or test day, you will still need to take
the assessment.
Yours!
Projects &
Papers
Due the day your return to
school.
Excused Absence: bring in parent or
doctor’s note & completed major assignment
the day that you return. No note means that
the assignment will considered late.
Unexcused Absence: Project or Paper will
be considered late once submitted.
Yours!
Late Work
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10% per day for late
Students who turn in the assignment
after three (3) days cannot receive
better than 70% of the earned
grade.
Students must be aware of schoolwide late work cut-off dates.
 Q3 – 2/20, 3/13
 Q4 – 4/24, 5/29
Retake Policy
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Tests are not a large
component of the English
program
One of the three major
essays written in each English
class may be re-written for
grade improvement after a
conference with the teacher.
General Rules
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No cell phones or information
looker uppers without prior
explicit approval
No talking while teacher or
student is speaking to the class.
Don’t open the door without an
okay
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No Food. No lidless drinks.
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Generally, just be respectful
I am going to explode.
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Pick an appropriate time
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Not during directions, lecture, or reading.
Potty Procedure
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Fill out pass
Bring it to me
I will sign
A note on respect
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Classroom should be a comfortable place where everyone can openly
express themselves.
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If you get the giggles = step out
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If you are being rude = step out and write up.
So bad.
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First Warning
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Second Warning
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Name on board/Visual Warning
Email Home
Third Warning
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Verbal/Warning
Check by name
Move to different seat
Call Home
Fourth Warning
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Leave the room/See Administrator
Call Home & Write-Up
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Good behavior can
get your name erased
from the board.
I win!
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Point System
 Group
with most points
at end of every week
wins prize.
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Ways to Win
 Entire
group has HW or is on task during class work
 Sitting and working at bell
 Answer questions correctly or reading out loud
 Kind Acts
 General Awesomeness
Plagiarism
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1st Violation: Zero on assignment with additional assignment averaged.
Parent/guardian contact. Documented in teacher grade book.
2nd Violation: Same as first with addition of documentation in
disciplinary program.
3rd Violation: Same as 1st and 2nd violations with addition of appearance
before five panel Honor Court.
Consequences may range from the following:
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Loss of privilege to attend extra-curricular activities (dances, games, etc.)
Loss of privilege to drive to school
Loss of privilege to determine how you will spend Husky Help or lunch
Denial of future access to dual enrollment opportunities
Detention/OSS on the discipline scale
Pre-Exams and Final Exams
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Pre Exams:
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Reading – Homework Grade
Grammar – 93% or higher on
exams will exempt you from all
grammar homework.
Final Exam: 20% of final grade
Communication
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Monthly Calendars
Shame Wall
Website: www.englishwithgeiss.weebly.com
Nightly emails
 Class
assignments and Homework will be emailed to
you and your parents/guardians nightly
Divider Labels
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The class will be as paperless as possible.
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You will need 5-6 dividers! Holy Humongous!
 Divider
OR Notebook for Journals
 Divider for Notes (Vocab, Grammar, & Literary Devices)
 4 Dividers for the 4 Units
Project Based Learning Units
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College Applications Unit – 2½ Weeks
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American Dream – 6½ Weeks
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Read The Great Gatsby and Black Boy
Multi-Genre Magazine Project – built in Argumentative Essay
Exam on “The Great Gatsby”
Satire in Society – 4 Weeks
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Graphic Novel Story
College Essay
Read excerpts from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Narrative Life
of Frederick Douglass
Satire Video
Compare and Contrast Essay
Identity of the Individual – 4 Weeks
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Read Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Crucible
Create a Movie Soundtrack – built in Literary Analysis Essay
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2
Period
Table 1: Edoardo, Gustavo, Joshua, Madison
Table 2: Daniel, Jessica, Quentin, William
Table 3: Duncan, Hayden, Parker, Steven
Table 4: Anna, Kakia, Taylor, Zach, Mariah
Table 5: Angelo, Bryanna, Lamari, James
Table 6: Britnee, Hannah, Maxwell
Table 7: Justin, Channie, Serena, Nicole
Table 8: Ariana, Charles, Stephen
th
4
Period
Table 1: Amanda, Caila, Keven, Njava, Tariq
Table 2: , Jack, Hannah, Kellan, Garry, Sydney
Table 3: Jason, Devyn, Seth, Gabriella
Table 4: Briana, Kevin, Jillian, Taylor
Table 5: Cole, Anne, Terri, Arianna
Table 6: DeVante, Katherine, Natausha
Table 7: Legacie, Megan, Jordan, Anthony
Table 8: Jerrel, LaShara, Janae, Kelsea
Poem: If We Must Die
Claude McKay, who was born in Jamaica in 1889, wrote about
social and political concerns from his perspective as a black
man in the United States, as well as a variety of subjects
ranging from his Jamaican homeland to romantic love.
If We Must Die
Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948
If we must die—let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die—oh, let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
If We Must Die
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Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948
TIfitle
– Before reading the poem, consider what the poem may be about based upon
we must die—let it not be like hogs
the title?
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
araphrase
What
aremad
the literal
meaningsdogs,
behind each line?
While
round us–bark
the
and hungry
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
– What
Language do you see? What is its purpose?
If onnotation
we must die—oh,
let usFigurative
nobly die,
Sottitude/Tone
that our precious
maythe
not
be shed
– blood
What does
author
think/feel about the topic?
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
hiftbe– constrained
Are there any to
significant
in the
poem? Why might the change occur?
Shall
honor changes
us though
dead!
Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
itle – Know
that you have interpreted
the us
poem,
what does the title mean?
Though
far outnumbered,
let us show
brave,
And
for their
thousand
one
heme
– Combine
your blows
findingsdeal
above
to deathblow!
write a SPES or other form of paragraph
What though
beforetheuspoem.
lies the open grave?
analyzing
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
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If We Must Die
Claude McKay, 1889 - 1948
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If we must die—let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die—oh, let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Title
Paraphrase
Connotation
Attitude/Tone
Shift
Title
Theme