English 12
Daily Agenda
September 6-9, 2022
September 6-9, 2022
Senior Class meeting Wednesday, September 7th during lunch in Ms. Elliott's classroom.
YEARBOOK COVER COMPETITION! Deadline is Oct. 7. Digital art or hand-drawings are OK - must be at least 8.5 x 11 inches, portrait design. This year's yearbook theme is Together Through It All. Winner receives $50 and a free yearbook.
Trio Upward Bound will be here from 11am - 2ish next Wednesday, September 7th. They will meet with current participants in the library during 4th period, and in the afternoon, and will recruit new members out in the quad during lunch.
FFA Chapter meeting Tuesday, September 13th during 7th period in Mr. Rourke's classroom.
Letterman Jackets - We have letterman jackets now available! Go here to purchase.
Homecoming - The 2022-23 Homecoming Theme is.... Grill the Dogs!
ASB meetings every Thursday @ lunch
September's featured book of the month:
Make sure you go to the AP Lit tab and use the code to access Collegeboard and begin your videos and questions.
Videos and checkpoint questions are due Sept. 26
Progress check window will open Sept. 27 and close Oct. 11
Quarter 1 Project is due Oct 11
The week's main objective: To analyze a protest speech and its messages about war to and make connections to what we also read in "Civil Disobedience."
Survey and start reading
No homework this week. AP students: use this to your advantage! Everyone else, no excuse on any remaining missing assignments by the end of the week.
Continue reading
No homework this week. AP students: use this to your advantage! Everyone else, no excuse on any remaining missing assignments by the end of the week.
Vietnam War Facts from Encyclopedia Brittanica:
The human costs of the long conflict were harsh for all involved. Not until 1995 did Vietnam release its official estimate of war dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., inscribed with the names of 57,939 members of U.S. armed forces who had died or were missing as a result of the war. Over the following years, additions to the list have brought the total past 58,200. (At least 100 names on the memorial are those of servicemen who were actually Canadian citizens.) Among other countries that fought for South Vietnam on a smaller scale, South Korea suffered more than 4,000 dead, Thailand about 350, Australia more than 500, and New Zealand some three dozen.
Continue reading
No homework this week. AP students: use this to your advantage! Everyone else, no excuse on any remaining missing assignments by the end of the week.
Finish reading
Collaborative Discussion questions (small groups - each take notes on guiding questions)
Preview of next week:
Finish Collaborative Discussion and whole-class sharing
Protest presentation project...