1. English III Honors Second Semester Transparent light effect (Basic)
To reproduce one of the shapes on this slide, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout and then click Blank.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Basic Shapes click Oval (first row, second option from the left).
Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and then select No line in the Line Color pane.
Press and hold SHIFT to constrain the shape to a circle, and then drag to draw a circle on the slide.
In the Type list, select Radial.
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:
Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in slider.
Click the button next to Direction, and then click From Center (third option from the left).
Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 60% (third row, fourth option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 0%.
Select the second stop in the slider, and then do the following:
In the Transparency box, enter 80%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 40% (fourth row, fourth option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 50%.
Select the third stop in the slider, and then do the following:
In the Transparency box, enter 70%.
In the Position box, enter 100%.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shape Effects, point to Soft Edges, and then click 10 Point.
In the Transparency box, enter 100%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 40% (fourth row, fourth option from the left).
To reproduce the other shapes on this slide, do the following:
Select the circle on the slide. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process to create a total of 10 circles.
For each circle, press and hold SHIFT and then drag the adjustment handles to resize as needed.
On the slide, drag the circles to position them at random intervals.
To reproduce the different color and transparency effects in each of the shapes, do the following:
In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane. Under the Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in the slider, and then do the following:
Select the shape. On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher.
For the first and third (small circle below larger circle) circles from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 90%.
In the Transparency box, enter 85%.
For the fourth circle from the left (large circle above third circle):
For the second circle from the left, do not change the Gradient stops settings in the Format Shape dialog box.
For the fifth circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 88%.
In the Transparency box, enter 71%.
For the sixth circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 84%.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 227, Green: 209, Blue: 143.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 223, Green: 205, Blue: 75.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 214, Green: 195, Blue: 84.
For the seventh circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 60%.
For the ninth circle from the left (small brown circle below larger blue circle):
For the eighth circle from the left, do not change the Gradient stops settings in the Format Shape dialog box.
For the tenth circle from the left (large blue circle above ninth circle):
In the Transparency box, enter 74%.
To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following:
Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until two stops appear in the slider.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 65, Green: 68, Blue: 97.
Click the button next to Color, and then click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 99%.

2. January 7th, 2015 Rhetoric Review- ethos, pathos, logos
“Rap Lyrics on Trial”- Read and answer questions.

3. 1.Is the article Ethos, Pathos or Logos?
2.What is the tone of the article?
3.What is the author’s purpose of the article?
4.What rhetorical language does the author use?
5.Describe Mr. Skinner’s character as it is developed by the prosecutor.
6.What claim is being made?
7.List 2 supporting evidence details that support the claim.
8.What is the theme of the article?
9.State (1) allusion used in the article.
10.State the counterclaim and rebuttal used in the article.

4. January 8th, 2015 Grade 11 ELA Reading and Listening Assessment
Please Do not Write on the Test
Read President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
Answer Questions 1-11 on you paper
30 minutes into class, we will listen to the audio and answer questions
Please do the best you can. You will receive a grade for this test. It will not be curved.

5. January 9th, 2015 Into the Wild
Finish Grade 11 ELA Reading and Listening
Finish up “Rap Lyrics on Trial”- Please complete the questions.
Novel – Vocabulary
Introduction to Novel Themes
Double Entry Journal

6. January 12th, 2015 Finish Grade 11 ELA Reading and Listening
Finish up “Rap Lyrics on Trial”- Please complete the questions.
Sentence Correction
Collection 3
Goals- Determine themes in poetry.
 Analyze structure of poetry.
Song of Myself- poem p. 177

7. January 13th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Formative Assessment- Think of Whitman’s topics and the ideas he expresses in his poetry. Why is free verse the best vehicle for his poetry? Explain.
SAT Practice 2 & 3
Free verse
Textbook- from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman on page 177
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

8. January 14th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Formative Assessment- Think of Whitman’s topics and the ideas he expresses in his poetry. Why is free verse the best vehicle for his poetry? Explain.
Textbook- Continue questions on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman on page 178
Tuesday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

9. January 15th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Formative Assessment- Think of Whitman’s topics and the ideas he expresses in his poetry. Why is free verse the best vehicle for his poetry? Explain.
Textbook- Continue questions on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman on page 181(5th) page 180(6th)
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

10. January 16th, 2015 The Individual and Society- Into the Wild
Vocabulary
Argument
Reading Schedule
Anticipation Guide
Double Entry Journal
Read

11. Into the Wild PDF Google Search- Into the Wild PDF

12. January 20th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Formative Assessment- Think of Whitman’s topics and the ideas he expresses in his poetry. Why is free verse the best vehicle for his poetry? Explain.
Textbook- Continue questions on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman on page 183
Close Read Application- small groups
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

13. January 21st , 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Please turn in Close Read Application from yesterday.
Formative Assessment- Think of Whitman’s topics and the ideas he expresses in his poetry. Why is free verse the best vehicle for his poetry? Explain. Page 185 #6
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

14. January 23th, 2015 The Individual and Society- Into the Wild
Stampede Trail - Video
Argument- Take notes.
Reading Schedule- We will read 2-3 chapters every Friday.
Anticipation Guide- Return to you.
Double Entry Journal-Begin chapter one.
Read Chapter 2-3

15. Into the Wild PDF Google Search- Into the Wild PDF

16. January 26st , 2015 The Individual and Society English III Honors
“I Hear America Singing” and “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman. (pages 37-40) Complete each and every detail.
Extra Time?- Remember the Whitman Practice which is due Friday. (worth 4 home work grades)
More time? Save the Into the Wild PDF into your Dropbox, so you can read it anywhere.
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
(Basic)
Transparent light effect
To reproduce one of the shapes on this slide, do the following:
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout and then click Blank.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Basic Shapes click Oval (first row, second option from the left).
Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and then select No line in the Line Color pane.
Press and hold SHIFT to constrain the shape to a circle, and then drag to draw a circle on the slide.
In the Type list, select Radial.
Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:
Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in slider.
Click the button next to Direction, and then click From Center (third option from the left).
Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following:
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 60% (third row, fourth option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 0%.
Select the second stop in the slider, and then do the following:
In the Transparency box, enter 80%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 40% (fourth row, fourth option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 50%.
Select the third stop in the slider, and then do the following:
In the Transparency box, enter 70%.
In the Position box, enter 100%.
On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shape Effects, point to Soft Edges, and then click 10 Point.
In the Transparency box, enter 100%.
Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Dark Blue, Text 2, Lighter 40% (fourth row, fourth option from the left).
To reproduce the other shapes on this slide, do the following:
Select the circle on the slide. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process to create a total of 10 circles.
For each circle, press and hold SHIFT and then drag the adjustment handles to resize as needed.
On the slide, drag the circles to position them at random intervals.
To reproduce the different color and transparency effects in each of the shapes, do the following:
In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane. Under the Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in the slider, and then do the following:
Select the shape. On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher.
For the first and third (small circle below larger circle) circles from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 90%.
In the Transparency box, enter 85%.
For the fourth circle from the left (large circle above third circle):
For the second circle from the left, do not change the Gradient stops settings in the Format Shape dialog box.
For the fifth circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 88%.
In the Transparency box, enter 71%.
For the sixth circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 84%.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 227, Green: 209, Blue: 143.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 223, Green: 205, Blue: 75.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 214, Green: 195, Blue: 84.
For the seventh circle from the left:
In the Transparency box, enter 60%.
For the ninth circle from the left (small brown circle below larger blue circle):
For the eighth circle from the left, do not change the Gradient stops settings in the Format Shape dialog box.
For the tenth circle from the left (large blue circle above ninth circle):
In the Transparency box, enter 74%.
To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following:
Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:
Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until two stops appear in the slider.
Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 65, Green: 68, Blue: 97.
Click the button next to Color, and then click Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).
In the Position box, enter 99%.

17. January 27th , 2015 The Individual and Society
Ms. Schmeckenbecher!(took all period)
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
(moved to Wednesday) Close Reader- Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember the Whitman Practice which is due Friday. (worth 4 home work grades)
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

18. January 28th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Close Reader- Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Whitman Practice is due Friday. (worth 4 home work grades)
Thursday- Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman by Ralph Waldo Emerson

19. January 29nd, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Clear your desk except for you text book and notes.
No phones or electronics in sight.
Selection Test on from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden” Due Tuesday.

20. Into the Wild PDF Google Search- Into the Wild PDF

21. January 30th, 2015 The Individual and Society- Into the Wild
Read Chapter 2-3 of Into the Wild and write a double entry journal for each chapter. Remember to write two quotes per chapter and use SQUIDS(pink paper).
Argument- Highlight the text and save.
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden” Due Tuesday.

22. February 2nd, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Whitman Practice
Close Reader- Emerson
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden” Due Tuesday.

23. February 3rd, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Warm Up- FSA Language Practice #1
Need grades? Close Reader- Whitman and Emerson, Whitman Practice
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden”
HW- Argument: Thoreau, Wilder and Dickinson
February 10th - Meet in the Media Center Lab for EPAT

24. February 4th , 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine themes in poetry and analyze structure of poetry.
Warm Up- FSA Language Practice #1
Wrap Up- Close Reader: Whitman, and Emerson, and Whitman Practice
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden”
FSA Language Practice Quiz Monday
Argument-Thoreau, Wilder, and Dickinson
February 10th Meet in the Media Center Lab for EPAT

25. February 5th, 2015 The Individual and Society
Goals- Determine the central ideas. Determine author’s purpose. Summarize.
Warm Up- FSA Language Practice #1
Close Reader- “Spoiling Walden” p.49
Argument-Thoreau, Wilder, and Dickinson
TBA- From Walden by Henry David Thoreau p.207
If you do not have a way to read Into the Wild at home, please let me know.
FSA Language Practice Quiz Monday
February 10th Meet in the Media Center Lab for EPAT

26. February 6th , 2015 The Individual and Society- Into the Wild
FSA Language Practice #1
Read Chapter 4-5 of Into the Wild and write a double entry journal for each chapter.
If you do not have a way to read Into the Wild at home, please let me know.
Next week- Read Chapter 6-7 of Into the Wild and write a double entry journal for each chapter.
Argument- Highlight the text and save.
FSA Language Practice Quiz Monday
February 10th Meet in the Media Center Lab for EPAT

27. February 9th, 2015 THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Goals- Determine the central ideas. Determine author’s purpose. Summarize.
FSA Language#1 Quiz
FSA Language Practice #2
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau p.207
Argument-Thoreau, Wilder, and Dickinson
Tomorrow- Meet in the Media Center Lab for EPAT.
Friday- Be ready to discuss Into the Wild chapters 6-7

28. February 10th, 2015 EPAT
Media Center Lab
All students must take EPAT.

29. February 11th, 2015 THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Goals- Determine the central ideas. Determine author’s purpose. Summarize.
FSA Language #1 Quiz- Retake
FSA Language Practice #2
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau p.207
Argument-Thoreau, Wilder, and Dickinson

30. February 12th, 2015 THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Goals- Determine the central ideas. Determine author’s purpose. Summarize.
FSA Language Practice #2
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau p.207
Argument-Thoreau, Wilder, and Dickinson

31. February 13th , 2015 The Individual and Society- Into the Wild
Goals- Determine the central ideas. Determine author’s purpose. Summarize.
FSA Language #2
Read Chapter 6-7 of Into the Wild and write a double entry journal for each chapter.
Remember to write two quotes per chapter and use SQUIDS (pink paper).
FSA Language Quiz #2 Monday