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Timeline for New Media – April, May, June
The following document is a timeline; due dates for work will be adhered to as best as possible; some dates may change:
NEW timeline: May 23
Protected: The Machine Stops Project
Tuesday, Wednesday – April 25, 26
Agenda:
Tuesday:
- Grammar Test
- Finish listening to Airship
- Review of the annotations expectations
Wednesday:
- Work-day for:
- Annotations on the side of the page
- the questions at the end of Part One
- transfer your Dystopian characteristics from your annotations to the Word document
- Part One annotations are due on Thursday, April 27
Monday, April 24
Agenda:
- Homework check for the Grammar Review
- we will listen to Part One, The Airship – after the test tomorrow, you will have time to work on the questions and annotations; all materials are on the New Media tab of the class blog, including the audio of the story
Thursday, April 20
Agenda:
- we will listen to Part One if The Machine Stops – The Airship
- Monday, April 24 – Grammar Review is due for a homework check and review
- Tuesday, April 25 – the Grammar test on Sentences
Tuesday, Wednesday – April 19, 20
Agenda:
- Chomp Chomp #1 is due today
- Chomp Chomp #2 is due tomorrow (Wednesday) #9 in the list of grammar docs in the Eddy Documents tab under the heading: Sentence Structure Documents
- start working on the Grammar Review Sheet – due Monday, April 24
- the Grammar Test is on Tuesday, April 25
- Discussion of Dystopian Fiction
- Introduction to the story The Machine Stops
Monday, April 17
Agenda:
- Toxic Technology is due to TEAMS now!
- discuss above
- Chomp Chomp #1 is due tomorrow – Tuesday, April 18
Thursday, Friday – April 13, 14
Agenda:
- homework check and discussion of the video assignment from yesterday – for Thursday
- New Assignment in the New Media Tab – under Introduction to The Machine Stops #4 – this is due Monday, April 17 to TEAMS – Toxic Technology questions
- Don’t forget that the Grammar Package on Run on Sentences – #7 in the Eddy Documents Tab under Sentence Structure documents – this assignment is due Friday, April 14
Wednesday, April 12
Agenda:
- continue with Sentence Package #1 review
- new grammar package – Run on Sentences – #7 in the Eddy Documents Tab under Sentence Structure documents – this assignment is due Friday, April 14
- continue with yesterday’s New Media assignment – in the New Media tab; the entire document is due tomorrow (Thursday, April 13)