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  • About Us
    • About Noe Dance
    • NTI Portal
    • About the Educator
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  • Classrooms
    • 6th Grade Dance - 2020
    • 7th Grade Dance - 20/21
    • 8th Grade Dance - 20/21
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  • CLI Studios
  • Contact Us
  • Curtain Call: A Blog/Newsletter
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Class Assignments

Meyzeek Middle School 2017-2018

Class Syllabus

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Class Binder Contents (click HERE)

Spring Semester
(click the link below for that week's assignments)

Week One - January 3-5, 2018

  • Personal River Project

Week Two - January 8-12, 2018

  • Personal River Project Presentations
  • Multiple Intelligences Inventory and Reflection

Week Three - January 15-19, 2018

  • Rorschach Inkblot Test

Week Four - January 22-26, 2018

  • IQ Test On Demand
  • Flowers for Algernon

Week Five - January 29-February 2, 2018

  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • Vocabulary Homework

Week Six - February 5-9, 2018

  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • Dialogue and Theme Homework

Week Seven - February 12-16, 2018

  • Flowers for Algernon movie + notes
  • Argument Writing: An Introduction

Week Eight - February 19-23, 2018

  • Chewing Gum in School's Argument
  • Trump's Wall Argument
  • Homework: Argument Writing Scavenger Hunt

​Week Nine - February 26 - March 2, 2018

  • Debate Preparation!

Week Ten and Eleven - March 5-16, 2018

  • Argument Essay
    • Debate Prewriting
    • Checklist of Guidelines
    • Peer Review

Week Twelve-Fifteen - March 19-April 16, 2018

  • Poetry Vocabulary Guided Notes
  • Poetry Packets
  • Spoken Word and Song Videos
  • Poetry Portfolio Assignment Sheet

Slave Narrative Unit - April 17-TBD, 2018

  • Frederick Douglass 
  • Sojourner Truth

Fall Semester
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Week One - August 14-18, 2017

  • Shield Projects

Week Two - August 21-25, 2017

  • Solar Eclipse
  • Letter to Future Self On Demand
  • "My Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie

Week Three - August 28-September 1, 2017

  • Holocaust Research Projects

Week Four - September 5-8, 2017

  • Holocaust Research Project Presentations
  • Holocaust Independent Reading Projects

Week Five - September 11-15, 2017

  • Holocaust Overview Slideshow and Guided Notes
  • Recipe for the Holocaust On Demand
  • Propaganda
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Holocaust Independent Reading Projects
  • Vocabulary Homework

Week Six - September 18-22, 2017

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (play version adapted by Frances Albert and Goodrich Hackett)
  • Holocaust Independent Reading Projects
    • Midpoint Assignment (AP Only!)

Week Seven - September 25-29, 2017

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (play version adapted by Frances Albert and Goodrich Hackett)
    • Act Two Theme Tracing
  • Holocaust Independent Reading Projects
    • Midpoint Assignment (RP Only!)

Week Eight - October 2-5, 2017

  • The Diary of Anne Frank​ Test and Study Guide

Week Nine - October 11-13, 2017

  • Holocaust Independent Reading Project Group Presentations
  • The Diary of Anne Frank​ Test Retake Study Materials

Week Ten - October 16-20, 2017

  • Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair, and Memory"
  • This I Believe
    • "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude"
    • "The Top 10 Lessons I Learned From Charlie Brown"
  • Prince EA

Week Eleven - October 23-27, 2017

  • This I Believe Jigsaw
  • Dialogue Structure

Week Twelve - October 30-November 3, 2017

  • Dialogue Structure
  • This I Believe Rough Draft

Week Thirteen - November 6-10, 2017

  • This I Believe Essay
    • Peer Review
    • Final Draft (due Friday 11/10) Formatting Guide
  • Dystopian Stories Unit Introduction

Week Fourteen - November 13-17, 2017

  • "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Mood, Tone, Diction, Connotation, Denotation

Week Fifteen - November 20-21, 2017

  • "The Lamb to Slaughter"
  • Independent Reading Project, Round 2
  • Thanksgiving Break Homework and Extra Credit

Week Sixteen - November 27-December 1, 2017

  • A History of the Insanity Plea
  • Reading Proficiency Assessment - Nov. 28-29, 2017

Week Seventeen - December 4-8, 2017

  • "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
  • "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury

Week Eighteen - December 11-15, 2017

  • "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Independent Reading Project Presentations (Dec. 13-15)
  • Binder and Notebook Checks!

Week Nineteen - December 18-19, 2017

  • Is the US a dystopian society?
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