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Phone Number:  (714) 986-7580 ext.  11205
Email (Contact):  [email protected]
Homepage (Daily Agendas and Homework): 
 
Schedule:
Period 0:  AP Language and Composition
Period 1:  English Language Arts II 
Period 2:  AP Language and Composition 
Period 3:  English Language Arts II
Period 4:  English Language Arts II
Period 5:  Conference
 
 
Tutoring:  Break, Lunch and After School by. Appt.
 
 
 

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AP Lang. (9/9/19)

-Correct AP M/C Practice Passages
-Test Corrections AP M/C Passages
HW:  Define Voice.  How do you develop voice?

ELA II 9/6/19 (Putnam)

-ID unfamiliar words in "I Have a Dream"

QW 1:  What are the rules/laws/issues/behaviors that MLK is challenging /questioning?

QW 2:  How does the imagery help to develop and clarify MLK’s purpose?

-ID and label 5 examples of imagery
-Begin SOAPSTone (will finish on Monday)

ELA II (9/5/19) Putnam

-MLK Bio.
-"I Have a Dream"  listen, read and annotate (message and imagery)

AP Lang. (9/5/19)

-Review Socratic Seminar expectations
-Socratic Seminar:  Outliers
-HWK:  Socratic Seminar Reflection
 

ELA II 9/4/19 Putnam

-Study Sync Intro. of Taking a Stand
-QW:  What makes a law just?  Explain your answer.
-Imagery Review (pairs)
-ID types and define
-Provide images for definitions
-Brief informal research on MLK

AP Lang. 9/4/19

-Finish Appeals Poster (Outliers)
-Present poster
HW:  Outliers Analysis Sheet (will use during tomorrow's Socratic Seminar)

ELA II (9/3/10) Putnam

-Finish SOAPSTone of "Reflections..." article
-Graded-Group Discussion
-Checkout Study Sync Unit:  Taking a Stand
-Introduce Essential Question of Taking a Stand (Study Sync)

AP Lang (9/3/19)

-Outliers SOAPSTone group discussion
-Aristotelian Appeals review
-Gladwell's use of Aristotelian Appeals (Begin Poster)

ELA II (8/29/19) Putnam Periods 1 & 3

Second reading of "Reflections:  Love of Books..."
Introduce SOAPSTone
SOAPSTone: "Reflections:  Love of Books..."
HWK:  Syllabus Signatures Due Tuesday

AP Lang. 8/29/18

-SOAPSTone Check
-Rhetorical Situation Slideshow & connect to SOAPSTone
 
 

ELA II Agenda: 8/28/19 - Mrs. Shimasaki

Review symbols, imagery, and allusions.
Review EQ: When is it appropriate to challenge the rules?
Read poem "The Haunted Oak"
 
HW: Paragraph on how this poem ("The Haunted Oak") connects with the EQ. **For full credit, you must be thorough and thoughtful. Do not forget to explain WHY.**

ELA II (Putnam- Periods 1 & 3) 8/28/19

-Discuss ELA II Syllabus
-Success Tone Setter
-Read/Annotate "Reflections:  Love...Success"
         -ID Unfamiliar words and provide one sentence summary for each
         paragraph.
HW:  Finish Annotations
 
 

AP Lang. 8/28/19

-Finish discussing Intro. to Rhetoric Slideshow
-Discuss syllabus
-AP student handout
 **Will Present Rhetorical Situation Tomorrow**