Friday, December 20, 2019

Last day of Nisei Daughter unit

Friday, 12/20

Today we:

  1. Took a vocab quiz. If you were absent, you need to arrange to make up the quiz by January 15.
  2. Worked through a self-assessment of our own writing, had a peer edit our work, checked our work against the rubric, and then submitted final drafts of the paragraph. If you were absent, you will need to work through this process on your own and submit your work via Teams. If you were absent, this work is due ASAP.

EQ2 Paragraph

Due Thursday, 12/19: your completed paragraph about EQ2.
Due Friday, 12/20: the graphic organizers for EQ2.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Monday, 12/16: Writing about EQ1

Today we worked on completing two graphic organizers and then writing a first best draft of a single paragraph response that demonstrates how Kazuko's grows, changes, or evolves in regards to EQ1.

Absent students need to complete the graphic organizers.

Then ALL students need to upload their first best draft of the paragraph into TEAMS (login through office.com using your ISD login info) by 11:59 pm on Tuesday.

Reminder about quiz retakes: read the document posted on Mrs. Dragavon's website, then you must EMAIL Mrs. Dragavon to pre-arrange completing the retake.

Friday, December 13, 2019

How to Raise Your Reading Quiz Grades

Please review this document that explains how you can raise your reading quiz grades. We will go over this in class on Monday.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Vocab Quiz #2

Click here to find the Quizlet to help you study for our vocab quiz on Friday, 12/20!

And here's a Kahoot.

Nisei Daughter Chapters 10-12

Friday, 12/6: Chapter 10 part 1:

  • We learned more about the 442nd Infantry Combat Unit
  • We read this article in class and completed the handout (look in the absent work binder)


Tuesday, 12/10: Chapter 10 part 2

Today we went over how to do journal entries better for the next submission. Entries for chapters 7-12 are due on Thursday! Click here to see the slides that break down EQ 1-2.

We then completed a graphic organizer about the tea party. Find those directions at the end of this linked document.

We also took the vocab quiz. If you missed the quiz, you need to arrange to make it up!

Thursday, 12/12: Chapters 11-12

We took our last reading quiz. If you missed it, arrange to make it up ASAP!

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Vocabulary Quiz!

On Tuesday, December 10, you will have a vocab quiz covering words from ch 3-7.
Here is a link to a Quizlet that covers these words only.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Monday, December 2, 2019

Chapter 9 Parts 1-2

PART 1:

To complete today's work, you will need access to the following links:

StoryCorps: Couple Moves On From Silence About Time in Japanese Internment Camps

Asian Honor and Suicide

If you were absent, you need to:
  1. Get the vocab you missed
  2. Get the handouts from the absent work binder and complete the work
PART 2:

Today (12/4) we watched a documentary and completed an assignment. You will need to create an account on the website Facing History in order to access the documentary. You cannot complete this work without watching the documentary. Watch from 8:22-30:24.

Week of June 15, 2020

Please find this week at a glance here .  Please watch this video (the password is liberty--lowercase L) explaining what's happening...