Last Day!!

Wow! It is our last day together! Hard to believe how fast it all went by!

Please take a few moments to complete this feedback survey today - I really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions!

Then, time for some final reminders about your final:

• make sure you are proving a point, not just showing examples
• make sure you are using quotations correctly
• make sure you proofread
• make sure you know and adhere to the deadline

Final week of classes - STAR test

We are going to take the STAR reading test today. Please do your best on this reading comprehension test. Again, this is so we can understand how you read and learn. Do your best.

• Click here to go to the link for the test.
• For your username, use the same name you are logging into the Chromebooks and computers with.
• Your password is your student ID number - but ONLY the number - i.e. 121XXXX - if you are unable to gain access after TWO tries, please ask for help before trying a third time.
• You will be presented with two choices - select STAR Reading
• Sometimes, the system will request a “Monitor Password.” If this happens to you, the password is “admin”
• If you are presented with a list of teachers, please select “Rigler”
• Take the test! Do the best you can!

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The rest of the day is set aside for you to work on your final essay - good luck with it!

All Quiet on the Western Front - the Final

Here is a link to your final exam essay about All Quiet on the Western Front

Here are the different handouts we used to prep for your essay about A Tale of Two Cities. I am not revising them - I am just posting them here for your reference. Use them however you want!

• Thesis workshop
• Thesis revision
• Thesis and evidence collection
• Sample paragraph
• Introduction and conclusion

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 13

Today we'll finish looking at our use of quotations, based on the work you did yesterday. For the rest of the period you have two choices:

• If you need to finish reading chapters 11 and 12, go ahead and do that.
• If you are finished, find a group of 2-3 other people and start work on this activity: creating a monument

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 12

Happy Tuesday!

Yesterday I mentioned that your work with the essays for A Tale of Two Cities was excellent. However, the one main area that people need work on is with the use of quotations. So, today's work with chapter 10 will focus on that.

• All Quiet on the Western Front - use of quotations activity for chapter 10

For tonight, please start reading the final two chapters of the novel, 11 & 12.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 11

Happy Monday!

Please take some time to review your essay for A Tale of Two Cities - the comments and rubric are both attached to your essay in turnitin.

We'll have the rest of the period to finish reading chapter 10.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 10

Today you will work in your groups to create a series of found poems based on the ideas in chapters 8 & 9. Here is a link to the handout describing the activity.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 9

Here is the link to today's writing about chapter 7.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 8

Happy Monday! Happy reading day!

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 7

Greetings!
Today we will work in groups to look at various layers of meaning in the novel.

• Literal vs Figurative meaning in All Quiet on the Western Front

Over the weekend, please start reading chapter 7 of the novel. You need to complete it by Tuesday.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 6

Happy rainy Wednesday morning!

Today you'll have time to read - you'll need to have finished chapter 6 by tomorrow.

Before we get to that we'll spend some time looking at some details from the start of chapter 5, including the men picking lice from their bodies and clothes. We'll also re-read pages 55-56 to continue to think about the changing lives of the soldiers.

For tonight, please finish reading chapter 6.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 5

Happy Tuesday!
Last night you read the battle scene at the end of chapter 4. Today we'll take a close look at it and compare it with a description of battle we saw earlier in the year.

We'll look at this collection of statistics together to help us frame our work.

Then you'll go to this link this excerpt from An Iliad. Read it and then in a new document respond to these questions:

1. How is the battle described? Think about people, weapons, places, and death. Use a quotation in your response.
2. What perspective is used to describe this scene? A narrator? A specific character? How does that impact your sense of what is happening? Use a quotation in your response.
3. What feelings are you, as a reader, left with after reading this scene?

Next, re-read the battle scene from last night - pages 65-70.  Answer the same three questions in the same document.

Lastly, respond to these questions:

1. How do these descriptions of battle compare? How are they similar / different?
2. How has war changed from the time of the Greeks to WWI?

Submit your work to turnitin. We'll follow that with a short discussion and some reading time.

For tomorrow, please read chapter 5.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 4

Happy Monday! Happy May! It is great to be back - I missed you last week. Thank you for your messages of caring and support - I really appreciate it.

Today we'll get back into the book with a little bit of writing.

For tomorrow, please finish chapter 4, pages 62-74.

I'll post full calendars later this week.

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 3

Greetings!
Today you will work with a group - here are the new groups:

1st period

Brendan Jenna Luke Erin	Paige Israel Ariel Blake	Jennifer Sean Max Morgan
Kyla Mickael Grace	Eli Jordyn Asher	Bailey Warner Emmy Sam

3rd period

Cate Rayan Emily Jocelyn	Megan Alex Isaac	Elijah Bree Lindsey Tommy
Boris Shira Ava Josh	Sofia Nick Joey Logan	Sydney Brett Anabel

Here is the link to the work for today.

Over the weekend, read pages 51-62 of chapter 4.

I look forward to seeing you on Monday!!

All Quiet on the Western Front - Day 2

Greetings!
Today is a reading day - with a little time for some writing. At some point during the period, whenever you want, you need to stop and write in your journal (paper notebook, not digitally) for 10 minutes or so. You can do this at the start or end or at any point during the period. The topic is up to you, but here are some suggestions:

• Focus on a character
• Focus on an event
• First impressions
• Questions
• Connections to other events outside the world of the book
• Personal reactions

Remember you need to have finished reading chapters 1-3 for class tomorrow. Whatever you do not finish during class today, please read for homework.