English III
English III familiarizes students with the ways in which American history affects literature and culture in the United States. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of major American literary periods, key works and authors from each period, vocabulary, writing (both formal and informal), and oral communication skills.
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Google Classroom codes: Period 3= iv2odev Period 4= 2u8x1 Period 7= ew6233f
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Vocab Review and Practice ( our vocab lists are pre-loaded for you)
1st semester: https://quizlet.com/join/FE5GZSaZ6
2nd semester: https://quizlet.com/join/stRa6QXjr
Sign up to get text reminders and updates from Mrs. Holderbaum (your parents can sign up, too)
https://www.remind.com/join/hbaume3
Google Classroom codes: Period 3= iv2odev Period 4= 2u8x1 Period 7= ew6233f
Sign up to get text reminders and updates from Mrs. Holderbaum (your parents can sign up, too)
https://www.remind.com/join/hbaume3
Vocab Review and Practice ( our vocab lists are pre-loaded for you)
1st semester: https://quizlet.com/join/FE5GZSaZ6
2nd semester: https://quizlet.com/join/stRa6QXjr
Lesson Plans
PLEASE GO DIRECTLY TO THE STREAM OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.
Remote Learning Week 5: April 27-May 1 Assignments
1. View the overview video below.
https://www.loom.com/share/2c06cc907eea44e4a352e5bd8e079fed
2. Read Chapters 4 and 5 of Gatsby and WATCH the Intro video for each chapter as well as the post-reading discussion video after you have read the chapter.
3. Take the quiz over Gatsby Chapters 3, 4, 5.
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Remote Learning Week 4 Assignments (April 20-24)
1. View this video for an overview of the week
https://www.loom.com/share/0c5c9a655c8c4b52b2d270bf1a9ec03e
2. Gatsby Chapter 3 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 3 activities. You will find links to three videos.
There is no Article of the Week this week.
All assignments are due at midnight on Sunday, April 27. I will begin grading them Monday AM.
Have a great week!
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Remote Learning Week 3 Assignments (April 13-17)
1. View this video for an overview of the week:
https://www.loom.com/share/d884a9193ef84724b355316af642ea41
Holy smokes! Mitch Albom is writing a new book in real time! And it's free! Check it out!
https://www.loom.com/share/eac5332e9da34a3db567462b5bb21795
https://www.mitchalbom.com/human-touch-story/
2. Article of the Week: "What the World Looked Like in the 1920s", due by midnight Sunday
4. Gatsby Chapter 2 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 2 activities. You will find links to three videos.
All assignments are due by Sunday at midnight.
Have a great week!
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Remote Learning Week 2 Assignments
View this video for an overview of the week:
1. https://www.loom.com/share/9d4cfdd973ca429bba3747800515f6ef
2. Article of the Week #15: "When Fitzgerald Judged Gatsby by Its Cover", due by midnight Sunday night
3. Gatsby Chapter 1 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 1 document. You will find links to three videos.
Gatsby activities are due by Sunday night at midnight.
Have a great week!
________________________________________________
Remote Learning Week 1
View this video for an overview of the week:
https://www.loom.com/share/5c8aab9bbde54ee2b393c20c8d656c96
Monday, March 30 - TWM #8 Response due by midnight tonight
Tuesday, March 31 - Read and complete Article of the Week #14, due Monday, April 6
Wed. April 1 - Review Vocab. lists 8 and 9, quiz will be next Wednesday
CHANGE OF PLANS!
Thurs. April 2 - (Who really wanted to do SLOs anyway, right?)
Today, watch this video about the Sewall-Belmont House (the house where Alice Paul had her office when the 19th Amendment passed): https://www.c-span.org/video/?296811-1/sewall-belmont-house-museum-tour
Friday, April 3 - What was your favorite part of the video yesterday? This might be a fact that you learned or an artifact that you saw. Post a Flipgrid video by 6PM tonight (see link to this on Google Classroom). If you cannot get on Flipgrid, then please email me and let me know (and also tell me what your favorite part of the video was).
Next week....get ready! We start reading The Great Gatsby! (No, you do not need a copy of the book, just access to this website to video links, although IF you want to, you may purchase the book online)
_______________________________________________________________
PLEASE GO DIRECTLY TO THE STREAM OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.
Remote Learning Week 5: April 27-May 1 Assignments
1. View the overview video below.
https://www.loom.com/share/2c06cc907eea44e4a352e5bd8e079fed
2. Read Chapters 4 and 5 of Gatsby and WATCH the Intro video for each chapter as well as the post-reading discussion video after you have read the chapter.
3. Take the quiz over Gatsby Chapters 3, 4, 5.
______________________________________________________________
Remote Learning Week 4 Assignments (April 20-24)
1. View this video for an overview of the week
https://www.loom.com/share/0c5c9a655c8c4b52b2d270bf1a9ec03e
2. Gatsby Chapter 3 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 3 activities. You will find links to three videos.
- The first video is an introduction to the book/chapter 3.
- The second video is an audio of me reading the book as the PDF scrolls on the screen. You can skip that video if you prefer to read it on your own.
- The third video is an analysis of key events in the chapter.
There is no Article of the Week this week.
All assignments are due at midnight on Sunday, April 27. I will begin grading them Monday AM.
Have a great week!
__________________________________________________
Remote Learning Week 3 Assignments (April 13-17)
1. View this video for an overview of the week:
https://www.loom.com/share/d884a9193ef84724b355316af642ea41
Holy smokes! Mitch Albom is writing a new book in real time! And it's free! Check it out!
https://www.loom.com/share/eac5332e9da34a3db567462b5bb21795
https://www.mitchalbom.com/human-touch-story/
2. Article of the Week: "What the World Looked Like in the 1920s", due by midnight Sunday
4. Gatsby Chapter 2 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 2 activities. You will find links to three videos.
- The first video is an introduction to the book/chapter 2.
- The second video is an audio of me reading the book as the PDF scrolls on the screen. You can skip that video if you prefer to read it on your own.
- The third video is of me going over key points after the chapter has been read.
All assignments are due by Sunday at midnight.
Have a great week!
__________________________________________________
Remote Learning Week 2 Assignments
View this video for an overview of the week:
1. https://www.loom.com/share/9d4cfdd973ca429bba3747800515f6ef
2. Article of the Week #15: "When Fitzgerald Judged Gatsby by Its Cover", due by midnight Sunday night
3. Gatsby Chapter 1 activities: Go to Google Classroom and click on the Gatsby Chapter 1 document. You will find links to three videos.
- The first video is an introduction to the book/chapter 1.
- The second video is an audio of me reading the book as the PDF scrolls on the screen. You can skip that video if you prefer to read it on your own.
- The third video is of me going over key points after the chapter has been read.
Gatsby activities are due by Sunday night at midnight.
Have a great week!
________________________________________________
Remote Learning Week 1
View this video for an overview of the week:
https://www.loom.com/share/5c8aab9bbde54ee2b393c20c8d656c96
Monday, March 30 - TWM #8 Response due by midnight tonight
Tuesday, March 31 - Read and complete Article of the Week #14, due Monday, April 6
Wed. April 1 - Review Vocab. lists 8 and 9, quiz will be next Wednesday
CHANGE OF PLANS!
Thurs. April 2 - (Who really wanted to do SLOs anyway, right?)
Today, watch this video about the Sewall-Belmont House (the house where Alice Paul had her office when the 19th Amendment passed): https://www.c-span.org/video/?296811-1/sewall-belmont-house-museum-tour
Friday, April 3 - What was your favorite part of the video yesterday? This might be a fact that you learned or an artifact that you saw. Post a Flipgrid video by 6PM tonight (see link to this on Google Classroom). If you cannot get on Flipgrid, then please email me and let me know (and also tell me what your favorite part of the video was).
Next week....get ready! We start reading The Great Gatsby! (No, you do not need a copy of the book, just access to this website to video links, although IF you want to, you may purchase the book online)
_______________________________________________________________