PowerPoints for English 2
09/08/2014: Welcome!
09/09/2014: Make Your Voice Heard!
09/10/2014: Reading Strategy
09/11/2014: Getting to Know You
09/12/2014: Reading Strategies and Prologue
09/15/2014: Prologue (con't.)
09/16/2014: ...Noah and the Flood (#1 of 2)
09/17/2014: ...Noah and the Flood (#2 of 2)
09/18/2014: A Deluge of Flood Stories
09/19/2014: Writing News Articles...
09/22/2014: The Williams Sisters
09/23/2014: Identifying with Hero Stories
09/24/2014: Theseus as the Classic Hero
09/29/2014: Momotaro and Japanese Values
09/30/2014: Putting Medea on Trial
10/01/2014: Using Words Well
10/02/2014: Caesar: The Ultimate Dragon
10/03/2014: Writing Effective Sentences
10/06/2014: Analyzing Cassisus's Persuasive Pitch to Brutus
10/07/2014: Developing a Profile of Julius Caesar
10/08/2014: Shaping a Paragraph (#1 of 2)
10/09/2014: Understanding the Significance of Roman Superstitions
10/10/2014: Shaping a Paragraph (#2 of 2)
10/14/2014: Evaluating Brutus's Leadership Qualities
10/15/2014: Comparing Portia and Calphurnia
10/16-10/17/2014: Caesar's Fateful Decision...
10/20/2014: Examining Suspense Techniques
10/21-10/22/2014: Identifying Mark Antony's Objective and Motive
10/23/2014: ...Julius Caesar in Review
10/27/2014: Organizing a Compare-Contrast Essay
10/28/2014: Altruism v. Egoism in Slaying the Dragon
10/29/2014: Altruism v. Egoism in Slaying the Dragon (con't.)
10/30/2014: Using and Citing Evidence
10/31/2014: Study Island (Revision)
11/05/2014: The Constructed Response
11/06-11/07/2014: The Vision Quest
11/12/2014: Writing to Persuade
11/13/2014: "The Book of Ruth..."
11/17/2014: Understanding the Topic Sentence and Specific Details (#1 of 2)
11/18-11/19/2014: Choosing Subjects for an I-Search Paper
11/24/2014: Taking an Essay Test
11/25/2014: Understanding the Topic Sentence and Specific Details (#2 of 2)
11/26/2014: Creating Source and QNQ Banks
12/01/2014: The Griot
12/02-12/04/2014: "Reaching the Summit..."
12/08-12/09/2014: Longing -- A Return to the Past
12/10/2014: Writing to Persuade
12/11/2014: Death -- The Ultimate Journey and Transformation
12/15/2014: Introduction to Poetry
12/16/2014: Poetry Workshop
12/17-12/23/2014: "A Christmas Carol"
01/05/2015: Cats Paragraphing Activity
01/06/2015: Figurative Language and Love
01/07/2015: Using Metaphors in Poetry
01/08/2015: Expressions of Perspective...
01/12/2015: Interpreting Movie Reviews
01/13/2015: Imagery and Figurative Language in Poetry
01/14/2015: The Form of Poetry
01/15-01/20/2015: Sonnet Writing Workshop
01/21/2015: The Ramayana
01/22-01/23/2015: Chivalry and The Legend of King Arthur
01/26/2015: Poetry of Love
01/27/2015: Nelson Mandella...
01/28/2015: "Everyday Use"
02/02/2015: "The Nameless Hero..."
02/03/2015: Interpreting Anthems and Speeches
02/04/2015: What's in a Name in Animal Farm?
02/09/2015: Orwell's Use of Irony in Animal Farm
02/10/2015: Orwell's Portrayal of Propaganda
02/11/2015: Introductory Paragraphs
02/17/2015: Documenting the Battle of the Cowshed
02/18/2015: Writing Concluding Paragraphs
02/20-02/24/2015: Snowball Versus Napoleon in Animal Farm
02/25/2015: Debating the Differenes Between Snowball and Napoleon in Animal Farm
02/27/2015: The Relationship Between Literacy and Power in Animal Farm
03/02/2015: Writing a News Article
03/03-03/04/2015: The Revision of History in Animal Farm
03/06/2015: Dramatizing Adaptations in Animal Farm
03/09/2015: The Rise and Fall of Comrade Napoleon
03/10/2015: Eulogizing Boxer in Animal Farm
03/11-03/12/2015: Replacing Napoleon's Government in Animal Farm
03/13/2015: Presenting Epilogues in Animal Farm
03/16-17/2015: Animal Farm -- The Morals of the Story
03/18-04/2015: Of Mice and Men (chapter 1, #1 of 2)
03/20/2015: The Myth of Baldur and the Permanence of Death
03/24/2015: Orpheus and Gilgamesh: Myths of Faith and Humanity
03/30/2015: "The Return of Oisin" and the Chance for Immortality
04/06/2015: The Black Death
04/08/2015: Inferences and Conflict in "The Book of the Dead"
04/10/2015: "The Book of the Dead" and the Egyptian Book of the Dead
04/21-22 and 04/24-27/2015: Of Mice and Men Project
04/28-04/29 and 05/01-05/06/2015: "The Cold Equations"
05/06-05/07/2015: Making Predictions (#1 of 2)
05/08-05/11/2015: Making Predictions (#2 of 2)
05/12-05/13/2015: Conflict
05/14-05/19/2015: Theme
05/19-05/20/2015: Point of View
05/22-05/26/2015: Plot