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	<description>How do you know? And how do you know that you know?</description>
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/13/english-9-class-notes-388/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freshmens, we met with counselors today to discuss registration for next year; here&#8217;s the link to the Course Descriptions Handbook so you can review your options over the break. The last half of the period, you had the option ofo working out your course choices for 2010-2011 or reading your liberry books.
Have a nice break. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/12/apelc-class-notes-287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Second and fourth APELCers, you did the same your first and third period peers. I&#8217;d ask you to read their notes from yesterday regarding performance on the exam. 
I said I post these reminders again regarding your worldview drafts due the day we get back so there&#8217;d be no excuse for misunderstanding my expectations for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/11/apelc-class-notes-286/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: APELCers 1) completed a critical reading assessment, and 2) assessed their thinking, reading, and writing skills.
First and third period, you completed the multiple-choice section of the practice exam today and you calculated your overall scores. As I suspected, there were plenty of fours and threes, with some a handful of scores on the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/10/english-9-class-notes-387/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: Freshmen identified and explained literary concepts in autobiography.
We completed the short Angelou piece today, freshmens, and you had time to begin your homework based on the reading.
Here&#8217;s more on &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing&#8221;, also known as the Negro National Anthem: The song was featured on an NPR broadcast several years ago as part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/10/apelc-class-notes-285/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/10/apelc-class-notes-285/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Same as yesterday, kids. Have your work highlighted for next class so we can figure your composite scores after the multiple-choice practice.
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/09/apelc-class-notes-284/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/09/apelc-class-notes-284/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: APELCers wrote a rhetorical analysis and an argument.
So did you as the objective states, first and third. We talked over your impressions of your own work with the little time we had before you were dismissed. Highlight and score your essays for next class when you&#8217;ll figure your overall score after completing the multiple-choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/08/english-9-class-notes-386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: Freshmen identified and explained literary concepts in autobiography.
We continued with &#8220;Graduation&#8221; today, freshmens, and we discussed a bit about the differences between the &#8220;black&#8221; and &#8220;white&#8221; schools in the text and Mr. Donleavy&#8217;s expectations of the different groups of students. I asked if expectations of young minority men have changed much since the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/08/apelc-class-notes-283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Objective: APELCers completed a synthesis essay.
You did as stated in the objective. Highlight and score the essay yourself; bring it Thursday or Friday. You&#8217;ll bring the highlighted and scored rhetorical analysis and argument you&#8217;ll complete tomorrow then, too.
You have a process due next class.
See you then.
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/05/english-9-class-notes-385/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/05/english-9-class-notes-385/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: Freshmen identified and explained literary concepts in autobiography.
Freshmens, we began a new short piece today by Maya Angelou. We did with this much as we&#8217;ve done in the past, read and listened to the narration and studied the passages closely. These&#8217;re familiar tasks and will take us to the end of the quarter. We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/05/apelc-class-notes-282/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/05/apelc-class-notes-282/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Periods 2 and 4, we did the same as yesterday. What would Malcolm X think of the situation of black in America today? How would he regard our President? Here&#8217;s a brief piece about how one personality and activist is approaching State of the Black Union in 2010: &#8220;PBS host Smiley calls meeting to urge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/04/apelc-class-notes-281/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/04/apelc-class-notes-281/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: AEPCLers 1) processed an autobiography, and 2) researched their worldviews.
We finished The Autobiography of Malcolm X today with little fanfare, first and third. Cody asked a question about race, pigmentation, and designation when he entered class that was relevant to our reading and connected to our discussion of identity last week nicely. It made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/03/english-9-class-notes-384/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/03/english-9-class-notes-384/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: Freshmen wrote expository-analytical paragraphs about theme.
You did as the objective states, freshmen, bringing to close our long conversation with creeper William Shakespeare and his obsession with teen love. Well done, boys and girls. We&#8217;ll begin to tackle non-fiction next class; it&#8217;s time we spent some time in the real world.
See you Friday.
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/03/apelc-class-notes-280/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/03/apelc-class-notes-280/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Periods 2 and 4, we did much the same as your peers in 1 and 3 yesterday. Check their notes for objectives and details.
Bailey in fourth handed me this opinion by George Will (&#8221;The Equity of Inequality&#8221;) the other day: &#8220;Lack of character often is just that, not a disability&#8221;. She astutely connected it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APELC Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/02/apelc-class-notes-279/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/02/apelc-class-notes-279/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: APELCers 1) processed a correspondence, and 2) processed a correspondence.
We completed the process of the King text today which led to our continued examination of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which we will complete next class. Several of you asked about the differences between theology of the Nation of Islam and that of true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English 9 Class Notes</title>
		<link>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/01/english-9-class-notes-383/</link>
		<comments>http://learn.robgirard.net/2010/03/01/english-9-class-notes-383/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Girard</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://learn.robgirard.net/?p=3113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Objective: Freshmen began writing expository-analytical paragraphs about theme.
We reviewed your potential themes for Romeo and Juliet today, freshmen, and it appears that many of you were closer to the target than not. You worked in pairs to work your themes into topic sentences and began searching for evidence to support your argument. You&#8217;ll finish your [...]]]></description>
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