ELA 2015-2016

Short Story Choices - LINKS

5/26/2016

http://www.mrswatersenglish.com/2014/05/40-excellent-short-stories-for-middle-school/

https://americanliterature.com/middle-school-short-stories

https://letterpile.com/writing/Very-Short-Stories-For-High-School

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Some more Symposium Surveys to take.

5/18/2016

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Hi students. We're right in the middle of Symposium Season (or closer to the end of it, and we would really appreciate it if you could take a few more surveys online!) Thanks!

SPORTS CORRUPTION
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_2NRhQ48JcP_1RLgQAP7sU3V0wUAISkfu2MKD5mrnw0/viewform

ORIGINS OF GREED
https://docs.google.com/a/sausdlearns.net/forms/d/1sqLFiDOTfe3RQLFwZCFJxkkzHvv72V_A_mnJQrgNF6E/viewform

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Hello students,

CLICK HERE to access the Poetic Devices Packet that we reviewed and annotated in class. Be sure to fill in the definitions and example on your pink POETRY UNIT Packets. You will need these definitions as you start to analyze your own poems with your group members. Thank you.

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WPW #10 Suffixes

3/15/2016

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Page 21 of your Emerald Journals + CONCEPTS TO STUDY TONIGHT!

2/18/2016

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I hope you all ACE tomorrow's exam! The test is online. Please do not open the test. I can see if you did.

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THE LAND OF OZ MAP - Part II - and p. 18 (for per. 5-6)

2/17/2016

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PERIOD 1-2 and 3-4 have already completed page 18 - symbolism notes as a class. Therefore, if you are in 1-2 or 3-4, you do not have to work on page 18. You only have to work on the map whereas period 5-6 has to complete both the map and the symbolism notes on page 18. These will be checked tomorrow, Thursday, February 18th, 2016.

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JOURNAL CHECK #2

2/8/2016

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YOUR ANSWERS - THE POPULIST PAIR-ABLE

2/3/2016

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Hi students! Here are the notes from our discussion on Tuesday. Somehow, I forgot to take a picture for period 3-4, but it's okay. Here are the pictures for periods 1-2 and 5-6. These notes go in your Emerald Journals (page 12).

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COLLABORATIVE TIMELINE - Historical Context for THE WIZARD OF OZ Unit

1/28/2016

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Here are the photos of the collaborative timeline you worked on today!
I have also included all of the events typed out below, so you don't have to squint at the images. Your timeline (pages 2-3 in your journals) is due tomorrow. Please remember that you must turn in your Populist Parable Assignment on Canvas by 9pm tonight. The google doc must be filled out completely. We will go over the answers in class tomorrow. Have a great day!

1880 (still the 19th century!)

James A Garfield (Rep.) is elected president.
The second wave of homesteaders who surged onto the Great Plains in the 1880’s planted trees, first around their homes and later, fences for their fields.
The People's Party encouraged farmers to believe that the climate of the great plains was changing.
The 1800’s and 1890s were the years of unprecedented technological innovation, mass immigration, political partisanship, disputes over currency tariffs, political corruption and patronage, and railroads and business trusts.

1881-

Thomas Edison+Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company
Tuskagee Institute (Booker T. Washington)- Tuskegee, Alabama

1882-

Garfield shot-dies 2 months later
Droughts from 1879-1882 forced most of the first wave of homesteaders to leave the Great Plains abandoning homes, schools, and churches
The Standard Oil Company Trust of John D. Rockefeller is begun when Rockefeller places his oil holdings inside it.

1883-

Vaudeville begins- Boston, MA
The wet stage of the weather cycle had begun.
Railroad companies divide the nation into 5 time zones
Pendleton Civil Service Act - a federal law that decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation (Anti-corruption law on politicians)
Railroads expand!
Supreme Court finds part of the 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional, allowing individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race

1884-

First roller coaster opens in New York.
Federation of Organized trades and labor unions 8-hr work day.
Long distance telephone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York (March 27)
Grover Cleveland becomes president.

1885-

Rock Spring, WY mining incident 150 white miners attack Chinese co-workers (28 die hundreds leave)
The Washington Monument is dedicated
Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor

1886-

A Series of dry years began in the Southern Great Plains.
In May 1886, Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia.
Haymarket Riot
AFL forms (American Federation of Labor
Plessy v. Ferguson: “Separate but equal” is okay
1st modern Olympic games
1896 William McKinley - R - wins the presidential election
Geronimo and the Apaches surrender, ending warfare between the U.S. Army and Indian tribes
The drought in Texas was so bad in 1886 that farmers could not harvest enough seed to plant their 1887 crops

1887-

The drought in Texas was so bad in 1886 that farmers
Pearl Harbor Navy base created
By 1887 drought had spread to the central great plains and eastward toward the prairies

1888-

By the 1888 elections, the People’s Party was using the union labor party label
The Washington Monument officially opens to the public
Benjamin Harrison becomes President
The phonograph prototype is created by Thomas Edison and work begins on the first motion picture camera

1889-

Casa Grande Ruin in Arizona Territory is protected (natural preservation)
Deadly flood in Jameston, PA - 2,200 die!
The first long distance electric power line is completed in Oregon
First Wall Street Journal is published

1890-

1865-1890s - Americans settle 430 million acres in the far West
Thomas Edison - motion picture strip created ; radio is patented

1891-

Delegates from farm and labor organizations met in Cincinnati
Carnegie Hall opens
Rock Creek Park is created in D.C. (Natural Preservation)
International Copyright Laws created
Battle of Wounded Knee
Wright Brothers - Dayton Tattler (African American writer - Paul Lawrence Dunbar)
It was in these mid-western border states that dissident and independent third parties initially challenged the traditional political establishments in the 1890s elections

1892-

Pledge of Allegiance in Public Schools (on 400th anniversary of Columbus Day)
Grover Cleveland becomes president
Ellis Island opens
A convention was held in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Populist Party was formed
Great Britain and the U.S. signed a treaty for seal hunting
Populist convention held

1893-

4th of five land runs (OK Dash)- Cherokee Strip Land Run (purchased for 7 million dollars)
Chicago World Fair closes after 179 days - the GREATEST National Event
Women in Chicago are granted the right to vote
New York Stock Exchange collapses (creating an economic depression for four years)
Queen Liliukalani is overthrown (Hawaii)
Chicaco World Expo begins
The Census Bureau was able claim that the entire western frontier was now occupied.

1894-

The populists vote in the 1894 congressional elections increased to 1,471,000 as the party gained momentum
Edison-Kinetoscope
500 March in D.C. (unemployed people)
Pullman Strike - car factory workers
General Electric Company is founded

1895-

Frederick Douglass dies
the first U.S. patent for an automobile is given to Seldon
The first rolling lift bridge is created

1896-

The 1896 Election undermined agrarian insurgency, and a period of rapidly rising farm prices helped to bring about the dissolution of the Populist Party.
In the election, the populists and the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan for president

1897-

Oil is discovered in Indian Territory (Osage tribe)
Klondike Gold Rush
Underground Subway (Boston, MA)

1898-

“Remember the Maine” → Spanish American War
Teddy Roosevelt resigns as assistant president for the navy to fight in Cuba
Puerto Rico is bombed by the American Navy → Spanish American War (US gets Puerto Rico)
Peace Treaty in Paris - Cuba becomes independent, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines become part of U.S. territory
Aspirin is created

1899-

Fram Baum’s book called Father Goose becomes a top selling title
Mt. Rainier is established in Washington State (Natural Preservation)
Open Door Policy with China is declared
Voting machines in elections
Filippino declares independence from the U.S.

1900- TURN OF THE CENTURY (into the 20th century)

The Wizard of Oz is published. Two years later, it would be made into a popular Broadway musical, and by 1939, it would be reenvisioned as an iconic film that still influences popular culture today.

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Dr. MLK Jr.'s LEGACY

1/15/2016

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As you look at this momentous photograph, I want you to focus on the people in the audience who were able to witness a historical event and leave inspired to promote positive change in their world. What communities, neighborhoods, schools, churches, and cities will these people impact? Today, we watched MLK's speech during class and we took collaborative Cornell Notes on google docs (with our groups). As you enjoy your three-day weekend, I want you to think about that Essential Question that was at the top of your Cornell Notes. How does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message resonate with us today? What or who should we serve, fight for, or give a voice to TODAY? Let's be people who impact, act, improve, speak, change, and DO.

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Poetic Devices Packet

WPW #10 Suffixes

Page 21 of your Emerald Journals + CONCEPTS TO STUDY TONIGHT!

THE LAND OF OZ MAP - Part II - and p. 18 (for per. 5-6)

JOURNAL CHECK #2

YOUR ANSWERS - THE POPULIST PAIR-ABLE

COLLABORATIVE TIMELINE - Historical Context for THE WIZARD OF OZ Unit

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