Manfra's Wolves

Watch one of the following candy movies based on your groups number: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Period 1: *Watched documentary on Witch hunts and completed worksheet *Completed essay on The Crucible Period 2&5: *Watched short bio video on Nelson Mandela *Read Nelson Mandela Noble Peace Prize speech *Discussed similarities to other Nobel Prize winners *Answered assessment questions by October 27 *One Billion Acts worksheet *Read about Peace Corps Period 3,4,6: *Collected Wallstreet Journal assignment *Free response question on Sex Ed *Read John Locke's Political Society *Watched lecture from Harvard about John Locke *Answer assessment questions by October 27 *Read excerpt from "Spirit of Laws" (Periods 4,6) *Answer assessment questions by October 29 (Period 4,6) Remember Membean for this week will count for the second nine weeks.

Period 1: *Finished reading Act 4 of the Crucible *Commonlit assessment questions for the passage of the Salem Witch Trials *Read article about the girls from Le Roy and began writing essay that compared those girls to what happened in the play Period 2 & 5: *Read Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech and answered questions from Commonlit *Presented Nobel Peace Prize presentations *Collected PeaceJam letters for event on November 11th Period 3,4,6: *Completed body paragraphs for Abigail Adams prompt *Analyzed the Star-spangled banner *Wrote a comment about the Star-spangled banner on the class website *Watched a video dealing with digital citizenship and values matter *Membean October assessment #2 is available on Friday, October 20th **Wallstreet Journal assignment due next class College Fair will be October 24th during last block. End of the nine weeks is October 26th. Teacher work day October 27th.

We have analyzed text and visuals for rhetoric, but before we finish the nine weeks it would not be right to forget about song lyrics.  Most songs impact us in some way so lets see why. Click on the link below to read the history behind our national anthem: Star Spangled Banner article In class we have gone over the complete lyrics of the national anthem. After our discussion in class and reading the article, I want you to post a comment below with your thoughts about this song.  Are you surprised with what you learned?

Period 1: *Practice for PSAT *Intro quiz on the Crucible (notes and Acts 1&2) *Finished reading Act 3 *Start working on Crucible project Period 2 & 5: *Took PeaceJam survey *Watched video on the Nobel Peace Prize *Issued Nobel Peace Prize project (researching a particular winner) *Read Malala Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (Commonlit) *Answered assessment questions Period 3,4,6: *Practice for PSAT *Visual Rhetoric -- Mirror and Window effects *Showed advertising campaigns and discussed their impacts and whether they were successful or not ( Dove campaign , Nike , Pepsi ) *Created checkology.org accounts *Reviewed Banneker rhetorical analysis scores *Working on annotation using another AP Prompt *Issued Wallstreet Journal assignment

Once we finish reading the play you will be responsible for completing one of the following projects: Choices-- A. Create an alphabet book where each letter of the alphabet represents something from the play.       Example: A for Abigail -- one of the main girls that is accusing women in the town of being a witch. B. Create the front page of a newsletter for Salem where you write at least four articles.  Your articles can explain events from the play, analyze a character(s), and/or give an opinion about the events. C. Create a collage that represents different ideas from the play.  You can have images of people that represent the characters, symbols that represent the themes, etc. to create the collage. D. Create a Bio-Poem for one of the characters from the play.  Use the following format: Line 1: Your first name Line 2: Four words you would use to describe yourself Line 3: Begin your line with “Related to” and tell about 3 family members you ...

PeaceJam survey Please click on the link above to complete the survey.