Tangerine Week #5

Season's Greetings! I hope you all had a wonderful and fulfilling Thanksgiving. We are now down to the last few weeks before the holidays and what I can only assume is a much-needed Winter Break. Also, by the time Winter Break comes, we will be through with Tangerine. I hope you have all caught up to speed in the book. If not, you need to kick it into high gear! The semester is almost over!

Monday, December 1
1. Read pages 155-199 by Thurs. 12/4
2. Theme Of the Week: Family Relationships & Loyalty
3. Reading Quiz
4. Group Presentations
5. Assign Suffix list

Tuesday, December 2
1. Journal #2
2. Group Presentations

Wednesday, December 3
1. Group Presentations
2. Suffix flashcards due

Thursday, December 4
1. Study Guide due
2. Collage due
3. Part 2 Quiz
4. Assign Editorial News Article

Friday, December 5
1. Read pages 203-230 by Mon. 12/8
2. Assign Quickwrite #2
3. Journal #3
4. Suffix quiz

Tangerine Week #4

Hola! I hope you are all still enjoying Tangerine. Now that we're in the fourth week, you should be around page 100 at least. You need to be to page 126 by Wednesday. Also, don't forget you have an essay due on Wednesday. We will have time to do last-minute revisions before it's due. I think we've been moving a little fast and since this week is short, we are going to slow it down and I've postponed a few assignments in order for everybody to stay on task. So, here's the next week's schedule:

Monday, November 24
•TOW: Popularity & Honesty
•Journal #5

Tuesday, November 25
•Assign collage

Wednesday, November 26
•Read pages 126-155 by Mon. 12/1
•Journal #8
•ESSAY DUE

Tangerine Week #3

Hello. I hope you all are safe and well. I know this weekend has been a little out of the ordinary and pretty high on the crazy scale. But, that is why we face hard times, so that we know we can get through them and move on to the next challenge. If you need anything, please let me know.

And now back to your regular scheduled programming...Since we have lost a day, I have shifted some things around and cancelled an assignment. You may notice from the outline of things to do this week, we will not be writing a review of a movie or piece of music. Don't be sad, we'll make it up elsewhere. You have many assignments to take care of. Remember, please stay organized and work out your time management so you that you don't get behind or end up having to do everything the night before!

Tuesday, November 18
1. Collect Study Guides for pages 33-65.
2. SSR
3. Assign pages 65-94 plus study guide for that section.
4. Group Presentations (8-10 min.)
Period 2: Group 1 presenting on Confronting Fears
Period 3: Group 5 presenting on Confronting Fears

**Each group member should have a presentation rubric. I just highlighted the sections on the rubric and then added them up. Total comes out to 40 points.

5. Review study guides and correct answers for Study Guide for pages 1-33.

**Any leftover time is for silent reading/working on study guides, essays, or packets. The groups that are presenting on Wednesday and Thursday are allowed to work together to make sure their presentation is ready to go.

Wednesday, November 19
1. Collect Quickwrites
2. SSR
3. Journal entry
4. Group Presentation (8-10 min.)
Period 3: Group 9 presenting on Sibling Rivalry
5. Hand out prefix list #2. Flashcards are due on Thursday (the next day). They are mandatory and not extra credit. Prefix test is on Friday.
6. Any leftover time is for silent reading/working on study guides or packets. The groups that are presenting on Thursday are allowed to work together to make sure their presentation is ready to go.

Thursday, November 20
1. SSR
2. Record people who have their flashcards.
3. Group Presentations (8-10 min.)
Period 2: Group 6 presenting on Prejudice
Period 3: Group 8 presenting on Prejudice
4. Pass out rubrics for essay. They are basically the same as the last essay.
5. Any leftover time is for silent reading/working on study guides, essays, or packets.

Friday, November 21
1. SSR
2. Collect Study guides for pages 65-94.
3. Prefix quiz
4. Part 1 Test
5. Journal entry
6. Assign pages 97-126 and study guide due Tuesday the 25th.
7. Any leftover time is for silent reading/working on study guides or packets. You have a personal narrative essay due on Wednesday the 26th so if you need a peer edit sheet, please ask for one!

*******PERIOD 2!!!!! DON'T FORGET WE HAVE A GOAL FOR THE CANNED FOOD DRIVE OF 5 CANS PER STUDENT PER DAY.*******

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

-Robert Cushing

Tangerine Week #2

Howdy! I LOVE that you guys love the book!! I think it's a great book and I am so glad you are enjoying it. Also, thank you for working so diligently and being focused on your work. You have definitely pleasantly surprised me. By the way, your sports articles are quite impressive. You did a swell job on them. Now, even though this week is short, we still have a lot to accomplish. Here's what the week looks like:

Wednesday, November 12
1. Theme Of the Week: Sibling Rivalry
2. Sibling Rivalry Worksheet (in class work)
3. Study Guide due for pages 1-33
4. Assign Political News Article
5. Prefix #1 list
6. Assign flashcards for prefixes

Thursday, November 13
1. Read pages 33-65 by Mon. 11/17
2. Assign Tangerine essay #1
3. Review Prefix #1 list
4. Flashcards due

Friday, November 14
1. Group Presentation
2. Political News Article due
3. Prefix test

Any questions, Allison_Takeda@csu.fullerton.edu!!!!!

So let us now praise teachers who today are all so fine

And yours in particular is totally divine.

-Roald Dahl

Extra Credit Opportunity for 3 points: 1608 – 1674 was an English poet, prose polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. Best known for his epic poem, Paradise Lost

Who is this person?

2nd Quarter - Week #1

Hello! Welcome to the 2nd quarter of your high school life. We will now dive into our novel unit with Tangerine. For the months of November and December we will be covering the novel and relating it to our everyday lives. A number of written assignments will be required, so please be on top of everything and be organized! Your attendance is CRUCIAL to survival because there will be multiple assignments going on everyday.

Here is this week's schedule:

Monday, November 3rd
1. Introduction to Edward Bloor
2. Introduction to Tangerine, Florida
HOMEWORK: Tangerine worksheet

Tuesday, November 4th
1. Read pages 1-33 by Wed. 11/12
2. Introduction to Tangerine ongoing assignments
DUE: Tangerine worksheet

Wednesday, November 5th
1. Introduction to Tangerine themes
2. Begin reading Tangerine aloud
3. Assign sports new article
HOMEWORK: Read Tangerine and write sports news article

Thursday, November 6th
1. Introduction to theme group projects
2. Continue reading Tangerine
HOMEWORK: Read Tangerine and write sports news article

Friday, November 7th
1. Assign Quickwrite #1
DUE: Sports News Article
HOMEWORK: Read Tangerine

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can email me or see me at break in P-30 or lunch in room 207.