Common Core
English 10 Honors
Please take a syllabus for your class and a sheet of paper.
Syllabus Review
Class Flow
• Review syllabus, expectations, procedures.
• Questions, Comments, Concerns?
Homework
Page 12:
1. Portfolio due Monday August 11
2. Syllabus Signed – 08/05
3. Material next week.
CCE10H
Homework
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tenenglishhonors.weebly.com
Annotated Reading – bring all 3 to class tomorrow for timed
write essay (45 minutes).
SOAPSTone – answered all applicable questions, typed, MLA
answer. Posted a question to one.
Vocabulary – post one word to blog
If you have not completed the assignments by Thursday, you are
expected to be in office hours Thursday at 3:45
CCE9
• Due tomorrow, parent/guardian signed syllabus.
• Tomorrow, you have a quiz on expectations in class.
Warm-Up #1
• What is required on your part to be a successful 9th grader?
Period 5 Successful Strategies
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Always do your best
54min of 60 credits – sophomore shirt
Get enough rest
Prepare ahead of time for assessments
Organized and hard working
Follow Honor Code
Stay focused
Know expectations
Dedication
Never give up
Period 6 Success Strategies
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Finish all homework
Be confident
Don’t procrastinate
Open up to others
Always try your best
Ask for help when you need it
Plan ahead (study for test, review notes, read on time…)
Pay attention to your teacher
Focus
Study
Try hard
Be organized
MLA Heading
On left top heading:
Name
Ms. Haro
CCE9 Common Core English 9
04 August 2014
Exit Slip #1
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What should I know about you.
What should I know about your academic skills.
What are your academic goals?
What do you do for fun?
Warm Up #4
• Take out your copy of Woman Hollering Creek, the question
handout and study vocab for 2 minutes.
• Vocabulary assessment will be 2 grades, one for each
assessment and another for the standard. The standard grade
will be replaced.
• No makeups for vocabulary assessments.
Assessment Protocol
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Write your name in MLA format on the top left corner.
Use pen (black or blue).
Write neatly.
Do not talk to your peers. Ask Ms. Haro questions by raising
your hand.
• No notes, unless otherwise directed.
• Pay attention to the directions.
Correcting Peer Papers
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Only mark wrong ones neatly with an X over the number.
Write c/b at the BOTTOM of the paper.
Write the correct answer.
Wait until the end to ask for repeats.
Pass corrected paper back to owner and then collect tables
papers. Pass forward to Haro.
Warm Up #5 – please write in complete
thoughts and substantiate your responses.
In Woman Hollering Creek, Cleofilas mentions that she would like
to change her name.
• Do you like your name? Explain
• What perception do you think people have about someone
with your name?
• What kind of name is “Cleofilas”? Why do you think the
author chose it?
10 minutes to write.
Warm Up #6
Write in complete thoughts and elaborate with details if
necessary.
Using the words from Vocabulary List #1 – WRITE ONE of the
words to write a sentence that describes an event in your life.
You may use the iPad to access to vocabulary list.
tenenglishhonors.weebly.com
5 minutes. This is similar to the summer homework. AND you
will integrate at least ONE of the vocabulary words into your
summary or analysis.
Warm Up #7: Picture Time
• Look pretty and put down your backpack.
• We are leaving to take pictures after I take attendance.
Please do the following while Ms. Haro is waiting for EVERYone
to finish:
1. Get a handout from the center of your table.
2. Go over the handout for what needs to be in your summary
and what needs to be on your analysis. Analysis is for
homework.
3. Start the analysis of your quote. When I come in, I want to
see EVERYone working 
4. Monday and Tuesday we are taking the Lexile test.
Warm Up #8- How can you continue to improve
your Lexile level, be specific.
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Turn in your summary and analysis for Woman Hollering Creek, if they
are separate staple the summary and analysis together (in THAT
order).
2. Today you are taking your Lexile Levelset test. You will be given your
Lexile score today IF YOU WORK QUIETLY
3. After you are finished you will be working quietly on vocabulary list
#2 and The Wife of His Youth discussion question #1 (BOTH on
Weebly):
VOCABULARY:
a. Read all the words and the example sentences.
b. Write the word, definition and choose one other task:
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Draw an illustration, caption if needed.
Write a sentence using the word in context.
Find the synonym and antonym of the word and write a sentence using
one.
4. Find the Spanish cognate (word in Spanish) and write a sentence in
Spanish.
CW  HWK: THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH: Discussion question # 1
Warm Up #9 - How can you continue to improve
your Lexile level, be specific.
Your suggestions can be specific to you or general.
You will share with your table and choose ONE suggestion to
share with the class.
It will be recorded for future reference.
Period 1 CCE 10H Improved.
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Look up unfamiliar words. Use context clues.
Read books to challenge yourself.
Set a daily reading goal. 20 min.
Study vocabulary notes.
Read the dictionary. Word of the Day: Merriam- Webster
Every week, study new vocabulary words.
Read current news, ie. newspaper.
CCE 10 H – Period 3
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Read a book above your level, annotate for clarity.
Look up unfamilar vocab.
Read everyday (30 min). Summarize, analyze.
Re-read parts you do not understand.
Look up definitions of unfamiliar words.
Choose books that you enjoy reading so that it is not a burden.
Write to improve your writing skills.
CCE 10 H – Period 4
1. Read anything you can & read at a higher level (challenge
your reading).
2. Read newspaper articles.
3. Read a dictionary to learn words. Quiz yourself.
4. Read anything – different kinds of texts – car manuals,
cereal boxes, warrants, pamphlets…
5. Read at your reading level to understand and comprehend
what you are reading.
Warm Up #10
• Do you think it is better to tell the truth or to live with the
guilt?
• Write ½ page in the next 5 minutes explaining your reasoning.
To Do and Hwk.
• Today:
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Collect homework – summary and analysis on index card. MLA heading. On index or on
handout provided.
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Vocabulary Test. 15 items from list #2; 2 items from list #1. no words are repeated.
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DUE TODAY -Discussion questions for TWOHY, #2-11 (you should have already done #1) Weebly
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Vocabulary List #3 – Weebly
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Before class is dismissed, PLEASE place your portfolio in the appropriate location in the
bookcase. The portfolio is for work you are NOT using anymore, not for current work.
On the spine you should label:
Full name - Period
• Homework:
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STUDY TWOHY discussion questions and notes for assessment on Wed/Thurs.
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Vocab #3 - complete
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Read Chapter 15 of The Grapes of Wrath for Wednesday/Thursday class.
Warm Up # 12
1. If you did not come to Office Hours yesterday or this
morning – you need to come to Office Hours next Thursday
to make up for your faux pas and not reading directions
clearly…duh…”choose one from EACH period”
2. Please work in small groups to get some clarification on The
Grapes of Wrath, chapter 15. See the Weebly website for a
ppt lecture on The Grapes of Wrath.
3. Summary and Analysis due on Tuesday – Holiday Schedule.
4. Test for Vocab #3 is also Tuesday, study.
5. Enrique’s Journey is starting next week, be prepared to
interview your parents and others.
Warm Up #13, #14 - Weebly
Warm Up #15
1. Prepare to discuss your reading question
for the NYT article with your table mates,
the question was - What are some of the
factors that cause people to risk their lives
to leave home and enter the United States
illegally, and what can we learn from their
stories?
Character Matrix
1. Take out your character matrix.
2. Get markers (1 box per table and blue paper)
3. Choose a category from the character matrix:
• Childhood
• Confusion
• Rebellion
• Education
• Decision
• Goodbye
4. Fold your paper in half HORIZONTALLY/hamburger. You may write on
your paper VERTICALLY or HORIZONTALLY.
5. Write your category and name on the BACK or TOP of front.
6. WRITE in sentences your experience.
This will be on display for parents at “Back To School”
Prologue comprehension
questions
• Read the Prologue – as you are reading consider the following ideas: “Prologue”
— In this section of Enrique’s Journey, the author allows readers an inside view
of her creative process. Nazario reviews her background as the child of
immigrants, her inspiration for writing this story, and the process — both
logistical and compositional — that she begins as she prepares to research and
write Enrique’s story. The writer tells how and where she finds Enrique and how
he is representative of the children whose story she desires to tell.
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How did the author get the idea for this work?
What shift, that is a change from the 1980s, has taken place in the face of the
modern immigrant population?
Why has this change in the profile of the typical immigrant taken place?
What were some of the preparations the author took before beginning her
research for this story?
What “safety nets” did the author wish to have in place for her own personal
safety? Why were these “safety nets” necessary?
How did the maid’s son make the journey to America?
What does El Tren de la Muerte mean?
Warm Up #16
Take Out:
Prologue
Answers to prologue questions
Warm Up
Weebly – prologue
Warm Up #16:
What is something that you read in the prologue that made an
impact on you? We will be sharing…
Warm Up #17
Warm Up # 18
Agree/Disagree – copy the statements and explain each
one.
1.Central American governments are responsible (checks
and balances for poverty/crime, etc.) for the migrants
who are crossing daily into Mexico and the United States.
2.Only the wealthy are capable and willing to help out
those who are poor and in need.
3.If at first you don’t succeed, try again and again.
4.It is important to report gangsters violent activities
towards migrants to the local Mexican police.
Chapter One Assessment
• Written responses: Choose one question to respond to - write a paragraph or more. Due
day of Chapter One assessment.
• 1. How are Lourdes and Enrique's departures from Honduras similar? How are they
different? And what is your opinion on learning from a parents life experiences, do you
think that we learn from our parents or that we as children make the same mistakes?
Explain.
• 2. How does he idealize what his life will be like in the United States? What is the reality of
his mother's life in the U.S.? With everything that you know from the prologue and chapter
one, do you think that her life is better, similar or worse than her children's?
• 3. Have you, or do you personally know of anyone who has immigrated to the U.S.?
Describe where you/they started from and how they came to the U.S. Are your/their lives
what you/they expected?
• 4. What is your opinion on the treatment of unaccompanied minors? Do you think that
there should be special treatment (where they go, how they are treated, etc.) for minors
(17 and under) who are undocumented and traveling through Mexico and the United
States?
Warm Up #19
• Choose a word from Vocab list 5 that you feel the most
familiar AND unfamiliar with.
Write the # , word, definition and sentence for the unfamiliar
word.
JIGSAW Vocabulary
Divide into pairs or a single.
Each pair or single is responsible for one word.
You will do the vocab steps for that one word.
Option 1: Do it on a sheet of paper.
Option 2: Do it digitally and email me at
kharo@laalliance.org
It is due in 12 minutes.
After you are done you will work on #4 on Weebly agenda (Warm Up
#19).
Due at 1:45 pm
#20
• Period 4 and 6 -Today is the FIRST day of Fall, what are some
of the things you will miss about the summer or what are
some things you enjoy about fall.
Elaborate in complete sentences.
• Write 5 minutes.
• THEN…take out your homework – chapter 2 work.
Agenda
• 1. Warm Up #20 – Summer and Fall
• 2. Chapter 2 and Vocab #5 Assessment
• 3. Review your chapter 2 quote analysis before turning it in.
See Chapter 1 feedback.
• 4. Vocabulary List # 6 for homework.
Homework = Movie pass for Wednesday and Friday.
No homework for class, no film.
Wednesday homework, due Friday – read and notes for chapter
3 (61-81)
Due Monday/Tuesday – continue reading and taking notes (8199).
Wednesday
• All classes tomorrow
• No advisory. No iPad
• Dismissal at 1:30