Ms. Bridges' ERWC Class

Monday, February 26th: Senior Presentation Rehearsals: 1. Stephanie McGee - Domestic Abuse Questions and Answers 2. George Gasparyan - Beating Childhood Obesity Questions and Answers 3. Benedict Jhu - Homelessness Questions and Answers Tuesday, February 27th:  Senior Presentation Rehearsals: 1. Katherine Quezada - "The Crisis of Rape on Campus" 2. Daylan Bailey - "Jazz Giants of the 20th Century: Armstrong, Gillespie, Davis" 3. Gabrielle Elvir - "Long Term Effects of Childhood Abuse" Wednesday, February 28th:   1 st Period: Senior Presentations: 1. Modi – Animal Conservation Slide show, presentation, Q & A 2. Gabby – Sexual Abuse Slide show, presentation, Q & A 3. Nick – Zombie Parasites Slide show, presentation, Q & A 4. Henry – Neonatal Addictions Slide show, presentation, Q & A 5. Doug Montes – Esports Slide show, presentation, Q & A Thursday, March 1st: 301A   (A...

Tuesday, February 20th: Presentations:  Friday, your slides are due! At 8:20 we will, as a class, go to #300, the Magnet office, to upload your slides in the laptops you will be using during your senior project presentation.  Please be sure to have your slides on google drive or a flashdrive.  During the presentation, students are to take notes which will be submitted to schoology.  Group 2: “Phylosophe”  Page 115; George, Precious, Wendy, Monai, Noelia, Nick  Group 3: “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”  Pages 116 - 119; Kaelyn, Kenneth, Jonathan, Douglas, Modi, Jaylan  Grammar Homework Assigned: Due Monday, February 26th.  Module 8 Juvenile Justice: Strengthening Verbs and Using Adverbial Clauses  Activity 2: Selecting Active Verbs Rewrite the following sentences (one through seven), replacing a weak verb with a stronger verb or eliminating "there is/there are". Activity 3: Adding Inform...

Kate Bridges ERWC -   2018 Spring Semester Student Names and Titles of Their Senior Projects Leonela Aguilar – Gentrification in L.A. Nicholas Arevalo – Mind Altering Organism Daylan Bailey – Jazz Giants of the Twentieth Century Johana Cervantes – Feminism Maybelin Cifuentes – The Value of Immigrants Gabrielle Elvir – Long Term Effects of Abuse Henry Flores – Addicted at Birth: The Effects of Prenatal Drug Abuse on Newborns George Gasparyan – Beating Childhood Obesity Modalysia George – Are Zoos the Best Option for Animal Conservation Ashley Grigoryan – Henrietta Lacks: Privacy and Consent Jaylan Hernandez – Gun Violence Benedict Jhu – Improving Shelters for the Homeless Alejandra Martinez – The Stigma of Mental Illness Melany Martinez – Animal Abuse Stephanie McGhee – The Adverse Effects of Domestic Violence Germain Mendoza – The Benefits of Learning Another Langu...

Monday, February 12th: Verify the title for your senior presentations Watch Tedtalks about the teenage brain Work on the Module Two grammar assignment - Activity 2 - 5 Tuesday, February 13 th : Divide into your groups and read your section of Language, Gender, and Culture. Then discuss and plan your presentation and your slides: Group 1: “Honor Code” pages 113 – 114; Henry, Leonela, Maybeline, Benedict, Ashley, Katherine C., Gabrielle Group 2: “Phylosophe” page 115; George, Precious, Wendy, Monai, Noelia, Nick, Group 3: “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” pages 116 – 119; Kaelyn, Kenneth, Jonathan, Douglas, Modi, Jaylan Group   4: “His Politenesss is Her Powerlessness”; pages 120 – 121; Stephanie, Daylan, Kayla, Shobhana, Alejandra, Johana Your project time log is due on Thursday, February 15th. Please submit your time log to schoology, and make sure you make multiple copies of the ori...

Monday, February 5th:  I am reassigning the grammar homework.  This will be due on Wednesday, February 7th ERWC Grammar Notebook (spiral notebook) Module 2 Pages 1 - 8 Activity 2: Correcting Run-On Sentences 1 - 8 Correct the run-on sentences by either using a period, a semi-colon, a comma and a coordinating conjunction, make one sentence a subordinate clause and join it with the main clause with a semi-colon and a common subordinating  word such as "because, since, when, etc." Activity 3: Correcting Subject - Verb Agreement Errors 1 - 9 Write each sentence and correct them. Underline the subject and  italicize the verb. Make sure that the verb corresponds with the subject. Activity 4: Combining Sentences 1 -  5 Combine the short choppy sentences into one sentence. Make sure that they are punctuated correctly and the subject - verb are in agreement. Activity 5: Editing Student Work Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the run-on sentences, and unde...