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I chose "Cheese" by Sushma Joshi for my first Informational Short Story.

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-main point
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-questions not answered
-most confusing area of topic

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For my Choice Book Project, I chose to read “Divergent”.

Before Reading: I wanted to read “Divergent” again.  It has been awhile since the last time I read the book so I have forgot most of the book.  I liked the book when I last read it and I want to see if I like it just as much as I did last time.

During Reading:  So far, I like the book.  Typically, I am fascinated by dystopian novels.  Therefore, "Divergent" is kind of right up my alley because I find it interesting to see the author's imagination when they wrote the book.  Although I like the book so far, the dialogue seems a bit awkward at times.  For instance, when Beatrice (now Tris) was talking with her mother...

After Reading:  Overall,...

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"George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy" (South Dakota Book/Book 2)

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"George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy" (South Dakota Book/Book 2)

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For my South Dakota Book Project, I chose to read "George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy".

Before Reading:  I chose this book because I wanted to learn more about George McGovern.  I look forward to learning more about George McGovern's life and his legacy.

During Reading:  I like the book.  "George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy" is much more interesting than "Profile in Courage".  This book is more captivating because this book provides more backstory about how he was raised in Mitchell, South Dakota.  This book is much more in-depth than "Profiles in Courage".

After Reading:  I liked the book.  The book had a lot of new vocabulary.  I found that it was pretty interesting. "George McGovern: A Political Life, A Political Legacy" talked about how George McGovern was born and raised in South Dakota.

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"Profiles in Courage" (Pulitzer Prize Book/Book 1)

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"Profiles in Courage" (Pulitzer Prize Book/Book 1)

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For my Pulitzer Prize Book Project, I chose to read "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy.  (The links to the project are at the bottom of this post.)

Before Reading: I am looking forward to reading this book to learn about the courageous acts that have taken place in the history of the United States.

During Reading: In the book, John F. Kennedy uses words most people don't use in daily life.  This makes it difficult to read the book.  This also makes it difficult to comprehend the events that are taking place in the book.  However, as I have gotten further into the book, it has become easier to read.  Although the book is becoming easier to read, it is still fairly difficult to comprehend the events that take place in the book.

After Reading: I wasn't very satisfied with the way "Profiles in Courage" was.  This book simply used too complicated of a vocabulary for easy comprehension.  I also felt this book was much too political for my liking.

Link to "Profiles in Courage" Google Slides:
https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/presentation/d/1bKYp3mL5oKRGphK92h3wBgY8xidDWKo10xyyB5hCgZ8/edit?usp=sharing

Link to Vocabulary Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/document/d/11ZWjteCsX3_X8-lofc-mAxRNc9ibbKnKZ3bbsdgWVwc/edit?usp=sharing

Link to Annotations Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/document/d/13gTiHMSCXgXkDuhOZK6UvsXjB8Jc2tF-71xsL-gd35U/edit?usp=sharing

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Week 19 Recap:  This week I continued working on my first book project (Pulitzer Prize).

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Week 18 Recap:  This week I continued working on my first book project (Pulitzer Prize).

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Week 17 Recap: This week I continued working on the American Literature Research Paper Unit.  I also continued working on my first book project (Pulitzer Prize).

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Week 16 Recap: This week I continued working on the American Literature Research Paper Unit.  For my Research paper, I evaluated sources and gathered evidence. I also typed up my outline. I also started my first book project (Pulitzer Prize).

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Week 15 Recap:  This week I finished the reading for "Profiles in Courage".

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Week 14 Recap:  This week I started the American Literature Research Paper Unit.

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Week 13 Recap:  This week I read 24 pages in "Profiles in Courage", my Pulitzer Prize book project (my first book project in English 11).

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Week 12 Recap:  I completed Week 17 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 17, I learned more about subjects and verbs.  After I completed the Week 17 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.  I completed Week 18 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 18, I learned more about verb tense.  After I completed the Week 18 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.
I completed the CAA English 11 Mechanics Diagnostic on NoRedInk.  After I completed the CAA English 11 Mechanics Diagnostic, I ended up with a 94% quiz average.

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Week 9 Recap:  This week I read 42 pages of "Profiles in Courage", my Pulitzer Prize book project (my first book project in English 11).   I completed Week 13 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 13, I learned about phrases and dependent, restricted, and non-restricted clauses.  I learned that if you use "which" in a sentence, you have to put a comma in front of it.  An example would be "Profiles in Courage, which is my first book project, is very wordy."  After I completed the Week 13 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.   I completed Week 14 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 14, I learned about phrases and dependent, restricted, and non-restricted clauses.  At first, I was kind of struggling with the use of singular and plural pronouns.  I had trouble with "each".  An example would be "Each of the girls brought her sunglasses."  However, once I got it, it wasn't too bad. After I completed the Week 14 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.  I redid the Week 8 Quiz. I learned about more about MLA.  After I redid the Week 8 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.  I completed Week 15 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 15, I learned more about punctuating conjunctions.  Week 15 consisted of FANBOYS, SWABIs, and THAMOs.  After I completed the Week 15 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.  I completed Week 16 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 16, I learned more about capitalization and possessives.  After I completed the Week 16 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 95% quiz average.

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I like how thorough your posts are, it shows that you put a lot of effort into your work!

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Week 8 Recap: This week I read  32 pages of "Profiles in Courage", my Pulitzer Prize book project (my first book project in English 11).  I completed Week 9 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 9, I learned about parts of speech.  After I completed the Week 9 Quiz on NoRedInk, I ended up with a 93% quiz average.  I also completed Week 10 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 10, I learned more about sentences, fragments, subjects, and verbs.  After I completed the Week 10 Quiz of NoRedInk, I ended up with a 94% quiz average.  I also completed Week 11 of NoRedInk by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 11, I learned more about lists and parallel structure.  After I completed the Week 11 Quiz of NoRedInk, I ended up with a 94% quiz average.  I also completed Week 12 by doing the practice and taking the quiz.  In Week 12 of NoRedInk, I learned more about prepositions as well as misplaced and dangling modifiers.  After I completed the Week 12 Quiz of NoRedInk, I ended up with a 94% quiz average.

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Monday
-Read 12 pages in "Profiles in Courage"

Tuesday
-NoRedInk Week 7 Connecting Clauses and Contractions Practice and Quiz (1 hour)
-NoRedInk Week 8 Embedding Quotes MLA and Hyphens Practice and Quiz (1 Hour)
-NoRedInk Week 8 MLA Practice and Quiz (45 minutes)
-Read 14 pages in "Profiles in Courage"

Wednesday
Worked on Chemistry

Thursday
Worked on Chemistry

Friday

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1.5 hours

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NoRedInk Week 6 Components of a Sentence Practice (20 mins) and Quiz (25 mins)

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1 hour

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NoRedInk Week 5 Commonly Confused Words Practice (1.5 hours)... and Quiz (15 minutes)...

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Completed Week 4 and added evidence to Padlet (Link to Week 4 Evidence Presentation on Google Slides below)

https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/presentation/d/1-w1qRjpBM_-dJT4STEhlyFUxEk_3F_RuqoMT6sYSYVY/edit?usp=sharing

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Completed Week 4 for www.noredink.com

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Chose “Profiles in Courage” by John F. Kennedy

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Watched the MARS Video and took the quiz

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Completed Week 3 and added evidence to Padlet (Link to Week 3 Evidence Presentation on Google Slides below)

https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/presentation/d/1CZmofcYYectqYQJRwrqJizF7ZAd1J_1Qmujix_nFu6U/edit?usp=sharing

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Read and Annotated “Narrative by Owen Burdick” and annotated the Reading that I did this week in “Profiles in Courage” by John F. Kennedy.  (Link to google doc below)

https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/document/d/1-1xRvyQdHD3BRC8UXZOk9Z6yuG-i1ffqORJIKAPA_ZQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Completed the Google Slides Scavenger Hunt.  (link to my copy down below)
https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/document/d/1t5SD-U3XGnfnrBltzQcccIjFQ7DTfCsOzuyxOUdQOOg/edit?usp=sharing

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Completed the Google Slides Scavenger Hunt.  (link to my copy down below) https://docs.google.com/a/watertown.school/presentation/d/1Ehv-l27Uf0dVJ9hOjH5sNDg0uKk0sW1qsBnfneXdw-g/edit?usp=sharing

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Completed No Red Ink Appositives and Capitalization

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Updated my Symbaloo CAA English 11 page

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Padlet Week 2 Evidence

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Padlet Week 2 Evidence

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Padlet Week 2 Evidence

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I already knew about most of the content that was covered in the videos because all the content creators that I watch have mentioned Copyright and fair use several times throughout their time on YouTube. For instance, one YouTuber (CaptainSparklez) used to create Minecraft parodies of songs. There were about two or three that were taken down since the parodies were too similar to the original tracks. There were not enough differences to legally upload the videos. Which, in turn, caused the videos to have to be taken down for awhile during the time that it took to remix the track and make more differences so the video was less likely to get copyrighted. If a parody is copyrighted, it is likely that the listeners cannot tell a difference between the original instrumental and the parody.  I also already knew about Copyright because my friend (Nick Hartman) uploaded a couple videos to YouTube and two of them were copyrighted within a matter of days. One Video he uploaded was a recap of an NBA game where he went over the stats of the game and played a highlight reel on his computer screen and just recorded that footage without any permission from the highlight reel's owner. There was a similar incident where he recorded the computer screen again and this time iCarly was playing. This was the second video that was copyrighted.  As a result, Nick's channel, Sportsdude12, received two Copyright strikes. Personally, I liked Video #4 the best.

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Watched Copyright and Fair Use Video #4

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Watched Copyright and Fair Use Video #3

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Watched Copyright and Fair Use Video #2

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Watched Copyright and Fair Use Video #1

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Picked up the book from library and bookmark from Mrs. Bach

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Visited the WHS Library Catalog to find book near my lexile level

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Visited www.lexile.com to try and find a book suggestion

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Bookmarked www.lexile.com to Symbaloo

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Completed Week 2 for www.noredink.com

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Explored www.loc.gov (Library of Congress)

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Added www.loc.gov (Library of Congress) to Symbaloo

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Connected Diigo to www.literatureproject.com

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Joined the CAA English 11 Group in Diigo

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Created a Diigo account for CAA English 11

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Downloaded Diigo and placed it in the "CAA English 11" Folder

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Downloaded GradeProof and created an account. It was then placed it in the "CAA English 11" Folder

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Created a Folder called "CAA English 11"