Integrated Lit. 2009-2010: Trimester I
Week 1
Monday 8.31
No School
Tuesday 9.1
Welcome Back!
- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - Read Aloud
- Comp Book Writing
- Prompt: We all have times that stand out in our memories. Some of them leave physical reminders while others remain hidden within the recesses of our minds. Write a story depicting a time you received either a physical or mental scar.
Wednesday 9.2
- A Long Way Gone - Read Aloud
- Comp Book Writing
- Main Character Profile
- Course Overview/Policies and Procedures
- Transpophotointernet Contract -- Due Friday
- File Management
Thursday 9.3
- A Long Way Gone - Read Aloud
- File Management
- Create a new folder in your U drive and title it "archive". Move all your files from last year into this folder
- Course Overview Questions
- Worklinks Photoshoot
- Worklinks
Friday 9.4
- Mug Shot Rendering -- Rogan's Mug
- Mug Shot Rendering -- Photoshop Exercise Photos can be found in various folders in P:\handouts\CSB\2009-2010\images\Photoshoot
- Worklinks
Week 2
Monday 9.7
Labor Day -- No School
Tuesday 9.8
- A Long Way Gone - Read Aloud
- Finish Mug Shot Rendering
- Finish Worklinks
Wednesday 9.9
- Check out Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Homecoming
- Things Fall Apart - Read Aloud
- Comp Books - Okonkwo Profile
- Reading Tonight: Finish Chapter 2
Thursday 9.10
- A Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Things Fall Apart -- Silent Reading -- read to chapter 5
Friday 9.11
- A Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Mini Open Lab -- Objectives:
- Finish Mugshot
- Finish and update worklinks
- Course Overview Questions
- Reading: Finish Chapter 7 -- Expect your first quiz on Tuesday
- Resume Profile
Week 3
Monday 9.14
No School
Tuesday 9.15
- Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Group Review for chs. 1-7
- Teach the class about your individual chapter
- Create 5 quiz questions for your chapter
Wednesday 9.16
- Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Group Teaching Lessons
Thursday 9.17
- Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Finish Group Teaching Lessons
- Slient Reading
- Reading for tonight: Finish chapter 9
Friday 9.18
- Long Way Gone -- Read Aloud
- Things Fall Apart Critical Response Quiz
Reading for the weekend: Finish Part I (pg. 125)
Week 4
Monday 9.21
No School
Tuesday 9.22
Wednesday 9.23
Thursday 9.24
- Print your resumes first thing!
- Silent Reading -- Finish Chapter 15
- Things your want to talk about? Discussion?
Reading for tonight: Finish Chapter 17 -- pg 148
Friday 9.25
- Resume Profile
- Resume
- Print your resume off at the end of the period!
Reading for the weekend: Finish Part II -- pg 167
Week 5
Monday 9.28
No School
Tuesday 9.29
- Resumes
- Hand back drafts
- A Long Way Gone Quiz Tomorrow over Parts I & II
Wednesday 9.30
- Things Fall Apart Quiz Parts I & II
- Log into your email to receive your Quia username and password
- Don't delet this email!!! We will use Quia throughout the year
- Guided Discussion of Things Fall Apart over parts I & II
- Comp Books -- Take notes
Thursday 10.1
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Silent Reading -- Things Fall Apart
- Comp Books — Reading Q's
Friday 10.2
- Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Open Lab Objectives
- Update Worklinks — see list of assignments below
- Complete/revise any assignments listed below
- Revise resumes — again
- Get ahead on the reading homework this weekend
Worklinks Update
Reading Homework for the weekend: finish chapter 24 — pg. 205
Week 6
Monday 10.5
No School
Tuesday 10.6
- Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Things Fall Apart Reading Questions
- Goal Writing — scroll down to see the Goal section — ignore everything else
Wednesday 10.7
- Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Review Reading Questions Things Fall Apart — Guided Discussion
- Goal Writing
Thursday 10.8
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Things Fall Apart Study Guide
Things Fall Apart Final Tuesday 10.13
Friday 10.9
- A Long Way Gone Read Aloud
- Open Lab Objectives
- Things Fall Apart Study Guide
- Goal Writing
- Complete missing assignments
- Revise assignments for a better grade
- Update your worklinks
Week 7
Monday 10.12
Columbus Day -- No School
Tuesday 10.13
- Things Fall Apart Final
- You will need your Quia log in and password — hopefully you didn't delete the email I sent you!
- When you finish the final, you may turn in your books in the drop box at the library
- Prepare for College
Wednesday 10.14
- A Long Way Gone Read Aloud
- Ishmael Beah Interview
- Portfolio and CSS Introduction
Thursday 10.15
- A Long Way Gone Read Aloud
- Portfolio and CSS Introduction
Friday 10.16
- Long Way Gone Read Aloud
- AWEPA
- Portfolio and CSS Introduction
Week 8
Monday 10.19
Professional Development/Inservice -- No School
Tuesday 10.20
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio and CSS Introduction
Wednesday 10.21
Bus Saftey Training in the AM
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio and CSS Introduction
Thursday 10.22
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Finish Portfolio and CSS Introduction
- Advanced CSS Styling
- Portfolio Sample
Friday 10.23
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio General Requirements
- Career Exploration
- Portfolio Example
Week 9
Monday 10.26
No School
Tuesday 10.27
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio
Basic Two Column Layout Exercise
Wednesday 10.28
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio
Basic Two Column Layout Exercise
Thursday 10.29
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio
Friday 10.30
- Portfolio
- Banner Tutorial
- Career Exploration
Week 10
Monday 11.2
No School
Tuesday 11.3
- A Long Way Gone — Read Aloud
- Portfolio
- Banner tutorial
- Education Research
- Portfolio General Requirements
- Portfolio Sample
Wednesday 11.4
Thursday 11.5
You can also find the complete files for the portfolio sample in: P:\handouts\CSB\jun_sen_port_mock
- Right click on the folder jun_sen_port_mock, copy, then paste in your U drive
Friday 11.6
You can also find the complete files for the portfolio sample in: P:\handouts\CSB\jun_sen_port_mock
- Right click on the folder jun_sen_port_mock, copy, then paste in your U drive
Week 11
Monday 11.9
Professional Development/Inservice -- No School
Tuesday 11.10
It's a short week, so make use of your time!!!
Wednesday 11.11
Veterans Day — No School
Thursday 11.12
- Portfolio
- BIS Student Exhibition Blog
- BIS Board Nomination Blog
It's a short week, so make use of your time!!!
Friday 11.13
It's a short week, so make use of your time!!!
Week 12
Monday 11.16
No School
Tuesday 11.17
Exhibition Night is this Thursday — Extra Credit opportunity for those who attend and do the following:
- Dress professionally – like you are going to a job interview – no jeans, collared shirt
- Bring an adult – i.e. a family member, business owner, community member – someone who has an interest in what we do
- Present your portfolio to the person you bring by covering the following:
- Introduce the concept of the portfolio
- Explain why you think a professional portfolio is an essential tool for students and how it can be used in soliciting a job
- Summarize the content in your pages and explain what you learned from each — i.e. a resume needs to pass a ten-second scan, U of O offers an excellent business program, and Microsoft has an excellent benefit package.
- Explain the skills you learned to design your portfolio
- Describe the challenges you faced in designing your portfolio
- Write this in a word document and send it to me as an attachment for the extra credit
Wednesday 11.18
Exhibition Night is this Thursday — Extra Credit opportunity for those who attend and do the following:
- Dress professionally – like you are going to a job interview – no jeans, collared shirt
- Bring an adult – i.e. a family member, business owner, community member – someone who has an interest in what we do
- Present your portfolio to the person you bring by covering the following:
- Introduce the concept of the portfolio
- Explain why you think a professional portfolio is an essential tool for students and how it can be used in soliciting a job
- Summarize the content in your pages and explain what you learned from each — i.e. a resume needs to pass a ten-second scan, U of O offers an excellent business program, and Microsoft has an excellent benefit package.
- Explain the skills you learned to design your portfolio
- Describe the challenges you faced in designing your portfolio
- Write this in a word document and send it to me as an attachment for the extra credit
Thursday 11.19
Exhibition Night is this Thursday — Extra Credit opportunity for those who attend and do the following:
- Dress professionally – like you are going to a job interview – no jeans, collared shirt
- Bring an adult – i.e. a family member, business owner, community member – someone who has an interest in what we do
- Present your portfolio to the person you bring by covering the following:
- Introduce the concept of the portfolio
- Explain why you think a professional portfolio is an essential tool for students and how it can be used in soliciting a job
- Summarize the content in your pages and explain what you learned from each — i.e. a resume needs to pass a ten-second scan, U of O offers an excellent business program, and Microsoft has an excellent benefit package.
- Explain the skills you learned to design your portfolio
- Describe the challenges you faced in designing your portfolio
- Write this in a word document and send it to me as an attachment for the extra credit
Friday 11.20
Thanks to everyone who came last night!
If you came to the event last night, take 10 minutes to do the extra credit write-up and email it to me (jeremy.sinks@district6.org)
- AWEPA Grade
- Portfolio
Week 13
Monday 11.23
No School
Tuesday 11.24
- Finish the portfolio — required components
- Worklinks Update — will be graded before the end of term!
Portfolios are due at the end of the day. If you don't finish ALL of the required components, you will receive an incomplete for the term.
Refer to the Course Overview if you have questions about the incomplete policy.
Wednesday 11.25
Last Day of the term!
Today's Schedule
| Period | Start – End Time |
| Period 1 | 8:55 – 9:37 |
| Period 2 | 9:41 – 10:23 |
| Period 3 | 10:27 – 11:09 |
| Period 4 | 11:13 – 11:55 |
| Period 5 | 11:59 – 12:41 |
| Lunch | 12:41 – 1:25 |
- Finish the portfolio — required components
- Worklinks Update — will be graded before the end of term!
Portfolios are due at the end of the day. If you don't finish ALL of the required components, you will receive an incomplete for the term.
Refer to the Course Overview if you have questions about the incomplete policy.