Monday 2/29 ~ Stop and smell the Nonrestrictive?

Commas

• Please take notes from Bedford in "Punctuation" 32e  and Exercise 32-2a-e.
• EQ: What is the difference between a restrictive and a nonrestrictive element?

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What is a flagelante? 

• Read Mini-chapters 35-39 (hard copy pages 162-183).
• Review
• Ch.29 ~ Describe Diana. What does Adelina save her from and why? 
• Ch.30 ~ What is a flagelante? Why is mom doing it?
• Ch.31 ~ What differences are revealed between Adelina and Sebastian in this short chapter?
• Ch.32 ~ Would you have helped the woman and her dying boy? Does this remind you of another chapter? Why does Juana really miss the bus to TJ?
• Ch.33 ~ What is Don Ernesto saying to Adelina? How old is she now? 
• Ch.34 ~ How does Juana make it past border patrol to TJ?

HW: Read Mini-chapters 35-39

Block Day 2/24-25 ~ In-class essays pay in one day off!

IN-CLASS ESSAY

• You may use your Annotated Bibliography and your notebook.
• Your essay must answer one of two options?
• A: Please answer your research question and use evidence from your research.
• B: Please explain your opinion of what the biblical stance on U.S. immigration policy should be considering both your research and the scriptures.

HW

• Read! Please complete Mini-chapter 34 (or get to page 161 in the hard copy).
• Journal 16: Are you starting to see relationships in theme between Adelina and Juana chapters? Write a brief paragraph explaining the relationship between any two back-to-back chapters.
• Heads up! A project is coming...want to see?

Tuesday 2/23 ~ How do Juana and Ama's situation fit into the cycle of poverty?

GRAMMAR

• EQ: How do I get credit for the authors inside the text of my essay? A: Bedford 57 (see board)
• Now look at the example research paper from Mr. Holtzclaw. Move it to Notability and scan through the essay. Highlight all in-text citations. 

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Journal 14: Look over your research question and your Annotated Bibliography. Write a thesis by answering research question, followed by 2-3 reasons why. These sentences will become your topic sentences.
• You will have to write an essay in class on Block Day. (BTW-We have no school Friday so Wed and Thurs are our block days.) Be prepared with a solid thesis and topic sentences. You may want to review TIE method and the TIED paragraph structure. 
• Here is the rubric for the in-class essay.

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• Read! Before class tomorrow, please complete Mini-chapter 29 (read to page 125 in the hard copy).
• Journal 15: How do Juana and Ama's situation fit into the cycle of poverty? 

HW: Write your thesis in your notebook! No ipads during in-class essay next time! Complete Ch.29 & Journal 15 please!

Monday 2/22 ~ Are you ready for your in-class essay on Block day?

What is the legend of La Llorona anyway? Click here.

GRAMMAR

• Notes: Parenthetical Citation a.k.a. MLA In-text Citations
• EQ: How can I be "legally" lazy aka efficient about quoting material? A: Bedford 56a
• Example Research Paper from Mr. Holzclaw

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Proofread your Annotated Bibliography
• Use linked example and rubric from resource bar on this blog.

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• Read as far as we can in class.
• Complete mini-chapter 22 (or get to page 98 in hard copy book)

HW: Turn in your Annotated Bibliography on Turnitin.com AND bring a printed hard copy to school tomorrow (Tuesday). Read to Ch.22 (pg.98) please!

Block Day 2/18-19 ~ What do you think is the biblical stance on immigration policy?

EXTRA CREDIT OPP!

• What do you think the Bible would advise us about illegal immigration? Find a verse, write it down or print it out in large type on an 81/2x11 paper. Bring it in before someone else does with an explanation of how this verse informs your Biblical interpretation of an ethical solution. 3 pts. per unclaimed Bible Verse. GO!

GRAMMAR

• Take notes on Commas in "Punctuation" in 32c & 32d. 
• Practice with exercise 32-2 a-e

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Work time....TEN sources by Monday!!!

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• Read!!! 
• Note: Check out the Chapters key on the side bar.

HW: 10 sources by Monday!

Wednesday 2/17 ~ Comma, comma, comma chameleon...

GRAMMAR

• In your Grammar section, begin a new section called Commas.
• Please take notes from Bedford under "Punctuation" sections 32a & 32b.

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Credit: Seven articles done. 
• One more tonight!

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• Read together
• EQ: What do we learn about the coyote? Why do you think Grande chose to give him a filmy eye? Is this symbolic? 

HW: Focus on adding another article to your research (8 total by block).

Tuesday 2/16 ~ What is credibility anyway?

GRAMMAR

• Go over Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2
• Were you absent? Take it now please.

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Credit: Six articles done. 
• EQ: What makes a website legit? What is a disqualifier? More to guide you. And more.
• Don't let your credibility sentence be weak! Fix them now.
• Also, don't forget to rid your paper of personal pronouns.
• HW: Another article please! (This makes seven)

ACROSS A HUNDRED MOUNTAINS (up to page 45, first 10 mini chapters)

• What can you gather so far about Juana? 
• What can you gather so far about Adelina?
• Why do you guess that Adelina refers to her father's ashes as her redemption? (12)
• What do you guess of the old man coyote with the bad eye? 
• Do you think Anita's death was Juana's fault?
• What is the significance of the story Apa tells Juana on her birthday? (33-34)
• What is Miguel's main reason for leaving? Does he have other options?
• Talk about symbols: owl, plates

Read to page 53 (two more mini-chapters...12 total now.)

HW: Complete a seventh article and read to page 53.

Across a Hundred Mountains ~ Chapters Key

Ch.#   Character – First line starts with….         Pg. from book

1. Adelina - “That’s your father’s grave…                 1

2. Juana - Juana looked at her…                                 5

3. Adelina – Adelina listened…                                 12

4. Juana – “Juana, wake up…                                    13

5. Adelina- Adelina took out…                                  15

6. Juana- Juana watched the…                                   17

7. Adelina- Adelina hailed a…                                   22

8. Juana- “Come with me, Juana…                            26

9. Adelina- Don Ernesto decided…                           30

10. Juana - Apa bought a chicken…                          32

11. Adelina- “Adelina? Is that you?”…                     46

12. Juana- Whenever Juana…                                    48

13. Adelina- Adelina boarded…                                 54

14. Juana- Don Elias came…                                      57

15. Adelina- Adelina met…                                        63

16. Juana- Juana rummaged…                                    65

17. Adelina- Adelina stared….                                   76

18. Juana- From the rock…                                        78

19. Adelina- “Adelina? Dr. Luna is here”….             87

20. Juana- The next time Don Elias …                      89

21. Adelina- Adelina glanced at the ….                     93

22. Juana- Juana stood in the doorway…                  95

23. Adelina- Diana wasn’t in her bed. …                  99

24. Juana- Juana had walked Ama …                      101

25. Adelina- Don Ernesto had never…                    107

26. Juana- “So Dona Martina sent you?”…             110

27. Adelina- Diana sliced her wrists…                    116

28. Juana- Throughout the…                                   119

29. Adelina- She met Diana...                                 125

30. Juana- Juana remembered the…                       128

31. Adelina- Adelina was sitting….                        134

32. Juana- The baby cried and she…                       137

33. Adelina- Adelina sat beside…                           156

34. Juana- The bus pulled off the…                         158

35. Adelina- For a long time…                                162

36. Juana- It was dark. In the…                               167

37. Adelina- Miguel Garcia kept…                          171

38. Juana- “So they threw you….                             173

39. Adelina- Adelina watched…                               180

40. Juana- “Are you sure…                                       184

41. Adelina- She was now only…                             187

42. Juana- The knock on the…                                  188

43. Adelina- Adelina was afraid…                            196

44. Juana- Adelina wasn’t (skip this chapter)            201

45. Adelina- Adelina walked into the…                    220

46. Juana- Juana flicked on the light…                     222

47. Adelina- The taxicab ambled along…                 225

Block Day 2/11-12 ~ Who is Reyna Grande?

GRAMMAR

Meet our author, Reyna Grande

• Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2

IMMIGRATION RESEARCH

• Trade your work so far with a partner. Check their citation structure and annotation content. 
• EQ: Is this work going to set you up for an easily written research paper (quotes and statistics cited)?
• Work time 25 minutes or so...

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• Journal 13: Author Notes ~ Take half a page of bullet point notes on our author, Reyna Grande, while you watch this video.
• Review and read to pages 12-45. 

HW: By Tuesday, you must have read up to page 45 in the novel and at least SIX articles done. Credit will be given for completion of both.
Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday 2/10 ~ This and That...

GRAMMAR

• EQ: What is the "stickiest" rule about dangling modifiers? 
• Take notes on Clear Sentences 12e and practice in your journal:
1. At the age of ten, my parents took me on my first balloon ride.
2. To replace the gear mechanism, attached is a form to order the part by mail.
3. Nestled in the cockpit, the pounding of the engine was muffled only slightly by my helmet.
4. After studying polymer chemistry, computer games seemed less complex to Phuong.
5. When a young man, my mother enrolled me in tap dance classes, hoping I would become the next Savion Glover.
• Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2 on block!

RESEARCH

• Did you complete two annotated bibliography entries last night? 
• HW: Add one more entry tonight. 

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• Before you read...
• Opinion Poll (Agree/Disagree Activity)
• 1. It should is the responsibility of the oldest child to care for the younger siblings when the parents are working.
• 2. My parents have sacrificed something to give me a better life. 
• 3. Only through redemption can a person finally get rest and peace when there has once been a conflict.
• 4. There are some mistakes that cannot be redeemed.
• 5. I can stay up for 48 hours if I have to. 
• Read first ten pages (two chapters: Adelina and Juana)

HW: Complete entry number three and the first ten pages of reading. Dangling Modifiers Quiz 2 on block!

Tuesday 2/9 ~ Start your Research!

Journal Check! 

Grammar Notes

• EQ: What nuance words often get misplaced as modifiers?
• Using the Bedford link, click on "Clear Sentences."
• Please take notes on 12c & 12d.

Immigration

• EQ: Do you remember what goes into an annotation?
• EQ: What makes a website legit? What is a disqualifier? More to guide you. And more.
• EQ: How can you manipulate search words on Google to get more information? Click here to expand your brain!

Example
Let's practice: How would you approach this research question: What is the relationship between human trafficking and illegal immigration between Mexico and the U.S.?
EQ: What key words would you use?
EQ: What tricks could you use to narrow the findings?
EQ: What tricks could you use to make this search more academic?

Journal 11
Using your research question, record 5-8 key words you will use in your search.
Record a search entry that uses at least two tricks from this link. 

Journal 12 ~ Annotations Review
Copy this paragraph and work on the ordering of the sentences. What order should these sentences go in?

1. Krikorian says that he doesn't agree with immigrants “becoming an American just by them saying the oath of citizenship.” He believes that they should earn the right to serve in the armed forces by first forming their relationship with the United States.

2. The major question posed in this article is how people can expect illegal immigrants to fight for a country that is not theirs.

3. Author, Mark Krikorian is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues and Krikorian has been the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) since 1995.

4. More than 37,000 of green-card holders serve in the military account for about 3% of active-duty soldiers.

5. Krikorian states that they should avoid developing a mercenary army that is made up of illegal immigrants that are loyal to their countries. 

Research

• First, create a beautiful new Google doc, complete with heading, title (Annotated Bibliography), and drop indentations. See Example.
• Just under the title, type out your research question.
• Find, cite and annotate two articles!
• Turn them in on Google Classroom tonight. 

HW: Find, cite and annotate two articles tonight and upload them to Google Drive (10 pts. HW Category). BTW, you may want to include a quote in your annotation. It will save you time later.

*Bring your book tomorrow!

Monday 2/8 ~ Are you fluent in research?

Happy Chinese New Year! Click here to read what it's about!


Warm-up: While you take grammar notes, Mrs. West will consult with people and clear research questions. Make sure you've chosen one question to focus on (Journal 10).

Grammar

• EQ: What nuance words often get misplaced as modifiers?
• Using the Bedford link, click on "Clear Sentences."
• Please take notes on 12a & 12b.
• NOTE: You may not be able to view the Bedord site in Safari. Use Chrome or Firefox.

Immigration

• EQ: Do you remember what goes into an annotation?
• EQ: What makes a website legit? What is a disqualifier? More to guide you. And more.
• EQ: How can you manipulate search words on Google to get more information? Click here to expand your brain!

HW: If you're a slacker and haven't bought it yet...get it! Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande. If you're a rock star, start finding articles that can answer your research question. You will need ten eventually.

Block Day 2/4 & 5 ~ 100 Years of Immigration

GRAMMAR

• Dangling Modifiers Quiz

IMMIGRATION

• History Lecture: Immigration History  1900-1999
• Click here for lecture notes. You should draw images or add small notes to help you remember information for a quiz later next week. Today's lecture is taken from this source document. Click here for the power point.

Line to apply for the Bracero Program

Journal 8

1. Based on what you've heard in class today, brainstorm with a partner. What are the major Push/Pull factors in today's immigration surge?  How have these factors changed over the last 100 years?
2. Write a paragraph explaining why this issue is so historically complex, emotionally charged and seemingly impossible to solve.

Journal 9: Record the citation for the Time article.

• Let's review the annotation process by writing an annotation for a couple of interesting articles about the actual travel process. Click here for an example.
• These articles might fit this research question: What are the risks of crossing the border with a coyote?
• People Smugglers, Inc. (TIME Magazine)
• 'Coyotes': Criminals or Heroes? (USA Today)

EQ: What key research question would you like to focus on for your research project?

• What makes a good research question?       

HW: Journal 10: Write at least two possible research questions proposals.

Annotated Bibliography Review

How do I write an Annotated Bibliography?

Annotations Review
Citation Review
MLA Format Review
Annotated Bibliography Rubric (100 pts.)
Example.

Monday 2/1 ~ Immigration Vocabulary

GRAMMAR

• EQ: What is a dangling modifier? Make notes in your Grammar Journal.
• Then try this exercise.

IMMIGRATION UNIT

• EQ: Did you buy the book?
• Discussion: Go over Journal 5. Do you agree with your parents? 
• Journal 4: Immigration Vocab
• Carousel Vocabulary - Use the definitions hung around the room to record your own summarized definitions of some basic vocabulary before we continue to discuss the history of immigration in the U.S.
• Quiz - Now finish your journal by recording your score to this quiz to see how much you really know about the issue (Don't worry, it's not for a grade, just to open our eyes about the complexity of the issue).