Friday

• Beowulf
• Section 2 tests were returned. Here is the key for the multiple choice section.
• The section 3 test will be combined with the section 4 test.
• Discussion of section 3
• Study Guide
• Prep idea for vocab: Collaborative vocabulary list! You can add to this and share and / or save a copy on your own Google Drive to customize. BUT REMEMBER that you need to do something to get the notes in your brain!
• 1B Vocab list for Beowulf Section 3
• 4B Vocab list for Beowulf Section 3

• College Admissions Essays


• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• Apply Texas Topics 
• Grammarly
• HW due Tues. 10/3/17: Write the rough draft of your college admissions essay. Create a folder on your Google Drive titled, "College Admissions Essays" and share the folder with me. Make sure I have the ability to edit. Put your draft in the folder by class time on Monday.
• VIDEOS TO HELP WITH THE ESSAY
• College Essay Advisors
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
• Organizing Applications
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Research Schools

Wednesday

Beowulf

Section 3 Study Guide 

Be prepared for review on Fri. 9/29/17

College Admissions Essays

• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• Apply Texas Topics 
• Grammarly
• HW due Tues. 10/3/17: Write the rough draft of your college admissions essay. Create a folder on your Google Drive titled, "College Admissions Essays" and share the folder with me. Make sure I have the ability to edit. Put your draft in the folder by class time on Monday.

• VIDEOS TO HELP WITH THE ESSAY
• College Essay Advisors
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)

• Organizing Applications
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Research Schools

Monday

YOU WILL ATTEND THE COLLEGE FAIR AT WHS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BARCODE YOU PRINTED WITH THE COUNSELORS.

• Beowulf
• TEST today on section 2
• HW due Wed. 9/27/17: Revisit section 3 of the text, lines 1905 - 2541. Make new notes on vocab., characters, literary devices, and questions/clarification points.

College Admissions Essays

• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• Apply Texas Topics 
• HW due Wed. 9/27/17: Research the colleges where you plan to apply and make a list of the essay topics you know you will have to write for them.  Prioritize by ranking them most to least challenging to write. 
• VIDEOS TO HELP WITH THE ESSAY
• College Essay Advisors
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
• RESOURCES TO ORGANIZE APPLICATIONS
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Research Schools

Sunday Live Stream Study Session

Today's live study session was short and sweet! You can view it here.

If you also want to watch Thursday's study session, you can see that here.

Thursday Live Stream Study Session

You can watch tonight's study session for Beowulf section 2 here.

Thursday

• Beowulf
• Section 2 Review (class skits & study guide)
• Section 2 Study Guides returned. Complete and turn in to me on Monday 9/25/17 if you want to improve your grade.
• Section 2 TEST will be Monday, 9/25/17. It will also include the information from the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons". 
• HOW TO GET YOUR BEST SCORE:
• I will do live study sessions on Thursday night at 8 pm and Sunday afternoon at 3 pm. I will tweet the link and post it here on the weblog an hour before going live. Have your questions ready.
• Remember that reviewing and analyzing your section 1 test can help you improve your section 2 score!
• Worried about VOCABULARY? Try this: Get a study group together (people you know will be helpful and work well together) and make a list on a Google doc of all the words in the section that you think are challenging words. Work together to define them AND / OR share and study them using a flashcard app or website. Here are a few good ones:
• Brainscape (free- uses spaced repetition method - also has iOS and Android app)
• Quizlet (free- also has an iOS / Google Play app)
• Cram (free- also has an iOS / Google Play app
• HW due Mon. 9/25/17: Watch and take careful notes on the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons".  There will be a few questions from the videos on the section 2 test.
• Playlist on YouTube
• Videos on Google Drive
• Checklist of topics for notes

• College Admissions Essays
• 🔉LISTEN TO ME INTRODUCE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HERE
• Search to find application requirements (including essays) by university
• Scoring Guide for essay
• Sample essays
• Apply Texas Topics 
• HW due Wed. 9/27/17: Research the colleges where you plan to apply and make a list of the essay topics you know you will have to write for them.  Prioritize by ranking them most to least challenging to write. 
• VIDEOS TO HELP WITH THE ESSAY
• College Essay Advisors
• 5 College Essays That Suck (SuperTutorTV)
• What Colleges are Looking For (SuperTutorTV)
• RESOURCES TO ORGANIZE APPLICATIONS
• Steps2College
• MakeMeAFreshman
• Application Tracker Spreadsheet to Download
• Printable Application Tracker (PDF)
• Research Schools

Tuesday

• Beowulf Section 2
• In-Class Assignment: Beowulf Section 2 skit If you were absent, see me for an alternate assignment.
• TEST will be Mon. 9/25/17

• HW due Mon. 9/25/17: Watch and take careful notes on the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons". 
• Playlist on YouTube
• Videos on Google Drive
• Checklist of topics for notes
• TEST on Mon. 9/25/17

Friday

• Beowulf section 1 tests were returned and discussed. You can check your multiple choice answers here.

• The rest of the period was spent in the computer lab with the counselors on the Apply Texas. We will begin the essay portion in class next week.

• HW due Mon. 9/25/17: Watch and take careful notes on the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons". 
• Playlist on YouTube
• Videos on Google Drive
• Checklist of topics for notes

**NOTE: I have to return to jury duty on Monday 9/18/17, so I will be out again unless I am informed that the case was settled. There will be an assignment on section 2, so be prepared.

Wednesday

• In-class assignment: Complete the review guide for section 2 of Beowulf on your own and turn it in for a grade at the end of the period.

• HW due Mon. 9/25/17: Watch and take careful notes on the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons". 
• Playlist on YouTube
• Videos on Google Drive
• Checklist of topics for notes

Monday

• TEST on part 1 of Beowulf

• HW due Wed. 9/13/17: Review and add to your annotations for section 2 of Beowulf, lines 1062 - 1904). Be sure to increase your notes in the following areas:
• vocabulary
• summary / reaction notes
• literary devices and their effects
• questions / clarification points

• HW due Mon. 9/25/17: Watch and take careful notes on the video series, "Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons". 
• Playlist on YouTube
• Videos on Google Drive
• Checklist of topics for notes

• In 4B today we were talking about scholarships and the financial aid process. We will have this discussion in 1B on Wednesday, but here are some resources if you are getting started with your applications / letters of recommendation, etc.
• If you need to work on a resume, here are some good resources:
• Resume Workshop at Purdue University
• Sample Resume for high school student
• Resume writing tips

• Am I "Pell Grant Eligible"?
• The Pell Grant is available to undergraduate students, working on their first bachelor's degree who have an EFC under approximately 5400. The maximum EFC (Estimated Family Contribution on FAFSA- Financial Aid) for 2017-2018 was $5,920. You can estimate your EFC by plugging in a few pieces of information on this FAFSA 4Caster.

Saturday Night Live Stream

Here is the link for the Saturday live stream study session for Beowulf section 1. It will start at 8 pm. Have your book, study guide, and questions ready! 

There were some problems getting started, but I did end up getting the live study session going. You can view it here (but there are big spans of time with me trying to fix / understand the problem, so you might want to skip ahead to the 17:00 mark).

Thursday Night Live Stream

Don't forget tonight's live stream study session for the Beowulf section 1 test at 8 pm. You can join in here.

If you couldn't tune in live, you can watch the video here.

There will be another live stream study session for B day classes on Saturday 9/9/17 at 8 pm. I'll put the link on the weblog and Twitter an hour beforehand.

Thursday

• Section 1 of Beowulf (lines 1-1061)
• Discussion / Q&A from HW rereading
• Study guide
• Beowulf character pronunciation (handout) (video)
• TEST on section one will be Mon. 9/11/17.  The test will have multiple choice questions as well as short written responses. At least one question will come from the Study guide
• There will be vocabulary on the test, but I will give the context for the word on the test. That means I will give the whole sentence where the word appears and ask you to explain the meaning of the word as it is used in the sentence.

Tuesday

• Beowulf timeline group discussion
• Group share of events on timelines-- add those you didn't have.
• Group research to add more items to the timeline in the areas of:
• world exploration / expansion
• the growth of the English (Anglo-Saxon) language
• inventions / discoveries
• worldwide events / notable people on multiple continents
• literary contributions at this time
• world religions

• HW due Thurs. 9/7/17: Review the first section of Beowulf (ln. 1-1061). Add to your original annotations by enriching your notes on:
• vocabulary
• summary notes
• literary devices used and their effects on the poem / reader
• note question / clarification points to ask about on Thursday.