Saturday, August 4, 2018
DAY 4
ACCORDING TO PRO SKILLS BASKETBALL WEBSITE, COLLEGE COACHES LOOK FOR THESE 3 KEY QUALITIES IN A PLAYER, IN THIS ORDER:
1. TOUGHNESS AND ATTITUDE:
-POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG OR GET SUBBED OUT -DIVING FOR LOOSE BALLS
-HUSTLES EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE BALL
2. GOOD ACADEMICS - IF THEY CAN'T GET INTO UNIVERSITY, THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PLAYER
3. SKILL SET - NO MORE 1 DIMENSIONAL PLAYERS
-HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT, DEFEND, PASS, DRIBBLE, REBOUND
Best of the Playoffs
ACCORDING TO PRO SKILLS BASKETBALL WEBSITE, COLLEGE COACHES LOOK FOR THESE 3 KEY QUALITIES IN A PLAYER, IN THIS ORDER:
1. TOUGHNESS AND ATTITUDE:
-POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG OR GET SUBBED OUT -DIVING FOR LOOSE BALLS
-HUSTLES EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE BALL
2. GOOD ACADEMICS - IF THEY CAN'T GET INTO UNIVERSITY, THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PLAYER
3. SKILL SET - NO MORE 1 DIMENSIONAL PLAYERS
-HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT, DEFEND, PASS, DRIBBLE, REBOUND
Best of the Playoffs
DAY 3
SHOOTING
1. HAVE YOUR FEET SET BEFORE YOU RECIEVE A PASS
2. TOES POINTING AT THE RIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
3. TRY TO JUMP STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN - LAND IN THE SAME SPOT
4. SHOOT THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL WITH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR HAND
NBA Shooters
Mechanics
SHOOTING
1. HAVE YOUR FEET SET BEFORE YOU RECIEVE A PASS
2. TOES POINTING AT THE RIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
3. TRY TO JUMP STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN - LAND IN THE SAME SPOT
4. SHOOT THE MIDDLE OF THE BALL WITH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR HAND
NBA Shooters
Mechanics
DAY 2
EVERYONE LOVES TO PLAY WITH A GREAT PASSER
1. MASTER THE 4 BASIC PASSES - BOUNCE, CHEST, BASEBALL, ONE HANDED PASS
2. THROW A CATCH-ABLE PASS
3. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP - USE ALL YOUR TEAMMATES'
Best Passes
EVERYONE LOVES TO PLAY WITH A GREAT PASSER
1. MASTER THE 4 BASIC PASSES - BOUNCE, CHEST, BASEBALL, ONE HANDED PASS
2. THROW A CATCH-ABLE PASS
3. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP - USE ALL YOUR TEAMMATES'
Best Passes
DAY 1
KEYS TO A BETTER HANDLE
1. DRIBBLE WITH EYES UP
2. BE ABLE TO DRIBBLE WITH BOTH HANDS - WORK YOUR WEAK HAND
3. DEVELOP WRIST STRENGTH AND CONTROL BY DRIBBLING AS HARD AS YOU CAN AND AS FAST AS YOU CAN IN DRILLS - DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOSE THE BALL
NBA Handles
KEYS TO A BETTER HANDLE
1. DRIBBLE WITH EYES UP
2. BE ABLE TO DRIBBLE WITH BOTH HANDS - WORK YOUR WEAK HAND
3. DEVELOP WRIST STRENGTH AND CONTROL BY DRIBBLING AS HARD AS YOU CAN AND AS FAST AS YOU CAN IN DRILLS - DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOSE THE BALL
NBA Handles
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
Weekend Homework - Fri Feb 9
2D1
-bring a magazine for Monday and finish the assigned questions from "Eye Spy"
-get 3 signatures - due Tuesday
3C1
-get 2 signatures
-review Element of Fiction #1 note on conflict
AS SAID IN CLASS - NEXT WEEK THE SAD END TO THE BLOG WILL COME TRUE AND THE MIRACULOUS ARRIVAL OF LMS WILL BEGIN
HOWLING WIND
-bring a magazine for Monday and finish the assigned questions from "Eye Spy"
-get 3 signatures - due Tuesday
3C1
-get 2 signatures
-review Element of Fiction #1 note on conflict
AS SAID IN CLASS - NEXT WEEK THE SAD END TO THE BLOG WILL COME TRUE AND THE MIRACULOUS ARRIVAL OF LMS WILL BEGIN
HOWLING WIND
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Welcome to Semester 2
While I have fought the good fight resisting LMS, I may move to using that over this blog.
But how can I leave the 250,000+ people who visit and rely on the blog hanging? It's a difficult decision!
In any event, welcome to Semester 2.
On this blog you will find many useful things:
-links to etexts of the stories we will study in case you forget your books at school
-useful links like MLA style guides, dictionaries, extra reading about topics we are studying
-daily work that was covered in class will be listed as well as any homework assigned (so you can check if you are absent from school and know what you missed)
-reminders about upcoming assignment due dates and expectations, and upcoming tests
This is a helpful blog for both students as well as for parents/guardians so they can be aware of content covered and upcoming assignment and test dates.
I'm sure you will enjoy this class and the content in it—as long as you bring a positive attitude and some enthusiasm to it. Cheers. D'angela.
But how can I leave the 250,000+ people who visit and rely on the blog hanging? It's a difficult decision!
In any event, welcome to Semester 2.
On this blog you will find many useful things:
-links to etexts of the stories we will study in case you forget your books at school
-useful links like MLA style guides, dictionaries, extra reading about topics we are studying
-daily work that was covered in class will be listed as well as any homework assigned (so you can check if you are absent from school and know what you missed)
-reminders about upcoming assignment due dates and expectations, and upcoming tests
This is a helpful blog for both students as well as for parents/guardians so they can be aware of content covered and upcoming assignment and test dates.
I'm sure you will enjoy this class and the content in it—as long as you bring a positive attitude and some enthusiasm to it. Cheers. D'angela.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Good Luck on your exams
Exams outline - check
Exam review (how to write short answer/sight passage questions and essay reminders) - check
Now up to you to review
Period 1 - Wednesday
Period 3 - Friday
Period 5 - Tuesday
Good Luck!
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Presentation Reminders
Speak to us, don't read to us.
Move around, use gestures. Can only do this with some practice - go in your room alone and practice.
Use cue cards, not 8x11 paper.
Craft your speech to be 5 minutes long—4:30 min - 6 minutes max - one of the universities pet peeves is students can't keep to the expected confines when writing or speaking.
Eye contact - use the 3-4 zones of the classroom.
Try to use tone, pace and pause to your advantage.
Look like you are enjoying it. Don't bring us down, bro.
Take time to understand what you are saying - don't use words you don't know, be sure you are pronouncing them properly. It should not sound like its the first time you are seeing and reading it.
Practice reading aloud to avoid the "likes," "ahs," and "you knows."
Don't reread the essay. Present the findings to us and explain how it enhances our understanding of the play. Sleep zone—population 24 of us.
Use a lead
Introduce yourself
Give us the title and author
What is the thesis?
How does the author support it (from Hamlet)
Insights into the story? New understandings? Interesting takes? In depth analysis?
Do you agree with the author's claim, did they prove it?
Apply a critical approach to it.
Transition to the conclusion
Have a logical conclusion that sums up the presentation
Definite end (so we can give you a pity clap)
Presentations
Tues Jan 16 - Aubert-DiFronzo
Wed Jan 17 - Floris-Mahdian
Thurs Jan 18 - Menna-Vo
Move around, use gestures. Can only do this with some practice - go in your room alone and practice.
Use cue cards, not 8x11 paper.
Craft your speech to be 5 minutes long—4:30 min - 6 minutes max - one of the universities pet peeves is students can't keep to the expected confines when writing or speaking.
Eye contact - use the 3-4 zones of the classroom.
Try to use tone, pace and pause to your advantage.
Look like you are enjoying it. Don't bring us down, bro.
Take time to understand what you are saying - don't use words you don't know, be sure you are pronouncing them properly. It should not sound like its the first time you are seeing and reading it.
Practice reading aloud to avoid the "likes," "ahs," and "you knows."
Don't reread the essay. Present the findings to us and explain how it enhances our understanding of the play. Sleep zone—population 24 of us.
Use a lead
Introduce yourself
Give us the title and author
What is the thesis?
How does the author support it (from Hamlet)
Insights into the story? New understandings? Interesting takes? In depth analysis?
Do you agree with the author's claim, did they prove it?
Apply a critical approach to it.
Transition to the conclusion
Have a logical conclusion that sums up the presentation
Definite end (so we can give you a pity clap)
Presentations
Tues Jan 16 - Aubert-DiFronzo
Wed Jan 17 - Floris-Mahdian
Thurs Jan 18 - Menna-Vo
Sunday, January 7, 2018
West Side Story - Review Questions for Chapter 4 and 5
Chapter 4
1. Who hooks up on the dance floor?
2. Who grabs Tony and throws him to the floor? Why?
3. T/F Bernardo is so angry at Maria that he slaps her.
4. Who does Bernardo tell to take Maria home immediately? Anita or Chino
5. The two gangs agree to meet later at the _______________ Pot because it is _______________ territory.
6. Just like Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria meet up later at: a party or on her balcony?
7. What time do Maria and Tony agree to meet tomorrow? 12 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm
8. Surrounded by other Sharks and their girls, Anita and Bernardo argue over their experience in _______________________.
Ch 5
1. Baby John brings up which two superheroes: Batman, the Flash, Superman?
2. _________________ interrupts Riff and Bernardo while they are discussing the terms of the rumble.
3. He gets the terms of the rumble to be what? Which two members are chosen?
4. Who interrupts and demands to know where the rumble will take place?
1. Who hooks up on the dance floor?
2. Who grabs Tony and throws him to the floor? Why?
3. T/F Bernardo is so angry at Maria that he slaps her.
4. Who does Bernardo tell to take Maria home immediately? Anita or Chino
5. The two gangs agree to meet later at the _______________ Pot because it is _______________ territory.
6. Just like Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria meet up later at: a party or on her balcony?
7. What time do Maria and Tony agree to meet tomorrow? 12 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm
8. Surrounded by other Sharks and their girls, Anita and Bernardo argue over their experience in _______________________.
Ch 5
1. Baby John brings up which two superheroes: Batman, the Flash, Superman?
2. _________________ interrupts Riff and Bernardo while they are discussing the terms of the rumble.
3. He gets the terms of the rumble to be what? Which two members are chosen?
4. Who interrupts and demands to know where the rumble will take place?
Thursday, December 21, 2017
What to do over the break
Relax and have fun...but also:
3C1
-read the rest of chs 4 and 5 of West Side Story and complete the corresponding questions
4U1
-read and answer questions for Act 4, scenes 1-5 for Hamlet
-work on your ISU presentation (you will still have a full week after you return from break to work on the package and presentation)
-prepare for test on Hamlet, Acts 1-3 plus PPT info on the Wednesday upon your return (test outline will be Monday)
Have a great Christmas Holiday!
3C1
-read the rest of chs 4 and 5 of West Side Story and complete the corresponding questions
4U1
-read and answer questions for Act 4, scenes 1-5 for Hamlet
-work on your ISU presentation (you will still have a full week after you return from break to work on the package and presentation)
-prepare for test on Hamlet, Acts 1-3 plus PPT info on the Wednesday upon your return (test outline will be Monday)
Have a great Christmas Holiday!
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
After the Break 4U1
Jan 8-12
-Hamlet Acts 4 and 5, test after Act 4 (test outline, Monday, test Wednesday)
Jan 15-19
-Finish reading the play on Monday, Presentations Tuesday-Thursday, Movie on Friday/Monday
Jan 22 and 23
-movie, exam outline, essay writing review
Jan 30
-exam
-Hamlet Acts 4 and 5, test after Act 4 (test outline, Monday, test Wednesday)
Jan 15-19
-Finish reading the play on Monday, Presentations Tuesday-Thursday, Movie on Friday/Monday
Jan 22 and 23
-movie, exam outline, essay writing review
Jan 30
-exam
After the Break 3C1
3C1
Mon Jan 8 - Fri Jan 12
-read WSS
Mon Jan 15-Wed Jan 17
-read WSS, prepare for culminating #2 and watch film version
Thurs Jan 18
-CA #2 - preperation
Fri Jan 19
-CA#2
Mon Jan 22 and Tues Jan 23
-review for exam/exam outline
Wed Exam Period 1
Fri Exam Period 3
Mon Jan 8 - Fri Jan 12
-read WSS
Mon Jan 15-Wed Jan 17
-read WSS, prepare for culminating #2 and watch film version
Thurs Jan 18
-CA #2 - preperation
Fri Jan 19
-CA#2
Mon Jan 22 and Tues Jan 23
-review for exam/exam outline
Wed Exam Period 1
Fri Exam Period 3
Friday, December 15, 2017
Weekend Homework and Last Week before Christmas
3C1
-read ch 2 and answer questions
Monday - ch3 and quiz review
Tuesday - Culminating 1, chapter 4
Wednesday Quiz, chapter 4
Thursday and Friday - ch 4 (chapter 4 is along one!)
PS Great to see Ethan and Al back on the blog...good memories from grade 11 past
Will Ferrell sings West Side Story
4U1
-read Act 3, scenes 1 and 2 and complete questions
Monday - in library
Tuesday - review Act 3, 1 and 2
Wednesday - Act 3, scenes 4 and 5
Thursday and Friday - Act 4
-read ch 2 and answer questions
Monday - ch3 and quiz review
Tuesday - Culminating 1, chapter 4
Wednesday Quiz, chapter 4
Thursday and Friday - ch 4 (chapter 4 is along one!)
PS Great to see Ethan and Al back on the blog...good memories from grade 11 past
Will Ferrell sings West Side Story
4U1
-read Act 3, scenes 1 and 2 and complete questions
Monday - in library
Tuesday - review Act 3, 1 and 2
Wednesday - Act 3, scenes 4 and 5
Thursday and Friday - Act 4
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Soliloquy "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!"
Read the soliloquy and do the following:
1. Look at your note on the 4 purposes of a soliloquy. Show how each purpose is addressed in this soliloquy. Be specific and use a quote to prove each purpose.
2. Find 3 rhetorical devices used in the soliloquy - list, define and explain how the device achieves a purpose to help us better understand the soliloquy.
dr who as hamlet delivering the soliloquy
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
IMPORTANT DATES
3C1
-quiz on West Side Story after chapter 2 and 10 (2 quizzes)
-CA #1 - Tues Dec 19 - Based on Short Stories Unit
-CA #2 - Week of Jan 15-19 - Based on Business Writing and West Side Story
4U1
-Hamlet test after Act III
ISU
Intro - Thurs Dec 14 (in library)
Research - Mon Dec 18 (in library)
Submission of article - Wed Dec 20
Presentations
Tues Jan 16 - Aubert-DiFronzo
Wed Jan 17 - Floris-Mahdian
Thurs Jan 18 - Menna-Vo
-quiz on West Side Story after chapter 2 and 10 (2 quizzes)
-CA #1 - Tues Dec 19 - Based on Short Stories Unit
-CA #2 - Week of Jan 15-19 - Based on Business Writing and West Side Story
4U1
-Hamlet test after Act III
ISU
Intro - Thurs Dec 14 (in library)
Research - Mon Dec 18 (in library)
Submission of article - Wed Dec 20
Presentations
Tues Jan 16 - Aubert-DiFronzo
Wed Jan 17 - Floris-Mahdian
Thurs Jan 18 - Menna-Vo
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Rest of the Week
3C1
Thursday
-in library - West Side Story Web Quest Assignment
Friday
start reading chapter 1
4U1
Wednesday
-watch Act 1
Thursday and Friday
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Weekend Homework, Dec 1
3C1
-start studying for Wednesday's test on Romeo and Juliet
-complete 5,3 questions
-read over all your Act questions from 1-5
-on Monday and Tuesday you can work on your official review (timeline/character chart), or you can start it this weekend if you wish
**essays were due today (Thursday) - please complete and submit on Monday if you did not hand it in Thursday
4U1
Hamlet
-complete I.ii questions
-read and complete questions for I.iii
-start studying for Wednesday's test on Romeo and Juliet
-complete 5,3 questions
-read over all your Act questions from 1-5
-on Monday and Tuesday you can work on your official review (timeline/character chart), or you can start it this weekend if you wish
**essays were due today (Thursday) - please complete and submit on Monday if you did not hand it in Thursday
4U1
Hamlet
-complete I.ii questions
-read and complete questions for I.iii
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Intro to Hamlet
Scroll down to the ghost entry and see what it means to dream of certain ghosts. Remember, Freud says dreams are a gateway to your subconscious desires, your personality and pathology (what ails you). while Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet, says dreams are meaningless. Take your pick:
Scroll to ghosts
Take a few minutes to scroll through the wide worls of the Internet to see if you can find three (3) reasons why ghosts appear to humans. Answers can range from earthly to philosophical—if that makes sense.
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Scroll to ghosts
Take a few minutes to scroll through the wide worls of the Internet to see if you can find three (3) reasons why ghosts appear to humans. Answers can range from earthly to philosophical—if that makes sense.
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