PICKING UP YOUR COMPUTERS

Hi everyone! I miss you all very much. Please fill out THIS FORM which we will start doing on a daily basis beginning 4/27.

Here is the information for SDUSD Laptop Distribution if you need a Chromebook.

On FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH, you can go to any of the following high schools to get your computer between 9 AM and 12:30 PM: 

• Clairemont 
• Crawford
• Hoover
• Lincoln
• Morse
• San Diego High
• Scripps Ranch 

The process:

• Please go to the school that's closest to your home. 
• Write your name and student ID number really big on a piece of paper (so it can be read from 6 feet away). 
• Try to wear a mask, scarf, or face covering. 
• You may walk or drive as there will be separate lines for people and cars. 

If you don't have internet at home:

• Your family can sign up for Cox internet. 
• Qualifying families within the Cox service area are encouraged to sign up for the Connect2Compete program offering free Cox installation and internet services for the next 60 days.
• Additional options will also be provided to you during your Chromebook laptop pick-up time.

Learning During School Closure

We can all be historians during this time away from school by journaling our observations and
keeping a record of what's happening through our eyes.

Daily Assignment: 

• Last week I sent you home with your journal. If you were absent on Friday, use lined paper or your phone notepad. 
• Your job is to chronicle the changes you observe as your community, the country, and the world respond to COVID-19. 
• Each day, take note of what you are seeing and hearing on the news, among your friends, within your family, and in your community. 
• Feel free to use video, written language, poetry, sketches, etc. as you document your experience during this global pandemic. 
• The questions below are to guide your thinking. You do not need to respond to all of them. And, you are encouraged to ask your own questions.
• When we return to school, you will be asked to turn in your journal of daily observations for extra credit. 

Guiding Questions:

• What did the government announce/declare/implement today?
• Does it make sense?
• Does it impact your life? Why or why not?
• How did your family respond?
• What is open in your neighborhood? What is closed?
• What does your neighborhood look like? Are people walking around?
• How is today different from yesterday for you, your family, our nation, the world?
• Do you see any examples of racism, privilege, and income inequality in any of the events that happened today? (Locally, at the state level, nationally, or the world?)
• Did you see anything today that gave you hope? Anxiety? Fear? (In person, in the news, or on social media?)
• What does your family need today that you might not have, have enough of, or have no access to acquire?
• What do you and your family have that others may need?

Your unique daily observations will serve as primary sources to the people in the future. 

We can create a book of our journals so that others can see the world through our eyes. 

Be authentic. Be honest. Be reflective.

As always, email me if you have any questions: cdaniel@sandi.net 

Source: 

Bryan Shaw, Mt. Diablo Unified School District 

COVID-19 School Closure Information

Welcome! I miss you all already. 

School will remain closed until April 6th and this post will remain here with information you can use to catch up on missing, incomplete, or late work from the quarter. 

Hungry while school is closed? 

There are 8 locations around San Diego that will have free lunch and a packaged breakfast for you to take for the next day beginning Monday, 3/16 from 11 AM - 1 PM. 

• Clark Middle - 4388 Thorn St, San Diego, CA 92105
• Cherokee Point Elementary - 3735 38th St, San Diego, CA 92105
• Sherman Elementary School - 301 22nd St, San Diego, CA 92102
• Zamorano Fine Arts Academy - 2655 Casey St, San Diego, CA 92139
• Kearny High School - 1954 Komet Way, San Diego, CA 92111
• Walker Elementary School - 9245 Hillery Dr, San Diego, CA 92126
• Farb Middle - 4880 La Cuenta Dr, San Diego, CA 92124
• O' Farrell Charter School - 6130 Skyline Dr, San Diego, CA 92114

Completing Your Work From Home:

• I sent everyone home with a grade printout on Friday. 
• If you have a missing score, low score, or zero anywhere on that sheet it should be your goal to improve whatever you can over the next three weeks. 
• My biggest suggestion for you is to go through each text we've read and complete all of the activities for those texts at once so they are fresh in your mind. 
• I have also uploaded a DIGITAL copy of each text in Google Classroom in case you were absent or do not have a copy of that text in your binder. 
• You are not being held accountable for any extra work; just the work we have done up to Friday, 3/14.
• Anything you complete the next few weeks can be done on paper or in Google Classroom - just email me when it's done. 
• I'm happy to FaceTime or Google Hangout with anyone who needs 1:1 help finishing an assignment (Monday-Friday from 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM). 

cdaniel@sandi.net

Daily Journals: 

• A few of you asked for our daily journals to continue. I will upload a daily journal prompt each day at the top of the blog post. 
• You can find previous daily journals posted HERE (beginning Tuesday).
• I will be happy to give extra credit for anyone who continues their daily journal over the break, but this is not required. 

Reminders: 

Stay safe and wash your hands. Here are some resources for you:

• San Diego Unified COVID-19 Website
• Center for Disease Control Informational Website
• Tracking COVID Cases in San Diego
• San Diego Department of Health FAQ Sheets

Preparing for School Closure

Goal: Finish yesterday’s written response; survey and read our next text

Agenda: 
Journal
COVID-19 Update
Written Response in GC
Reminders

1. Journal 
What is identity?

2. COVID-19 Update 

• We're going to watch this news clip of COVID-19 coverage from CNN 10 
• You can find informational updates on the San Diego Unified plan HERE 
• Please click HERE to update your contact information in case remote learning happens 

3. Written Response in GC 

• There is a question posted in Google Classroom for you to answer based on the identity charts you created yesterday. 
• Please answer the questions in complete sentences and refer to your chart to use as evidence. 

Reminders: 
School will resume April 6th (unless the closure gets extended). Take care of yourself, wash your hands, and stay safe!

Self-Portrait of You as a Learner

Welcome, Mr. Conaty! 

Goal: Get ready to begin our new unit by creating a self-portrait of you as a learner

Agenda: 
Journal
Identity Chart
Written Response in GC
Catch Up
Reminders

1. Journal 
What is your favorite quality about yourself?

2. Identity Chart 

• Mr. Conaty will pass out a copy of the Identity Chart to each one of you. 
• This is a self-reflective activity, so that means volume should be kept to a minimum. 
• Your job is to complete each of the seven sections with three different sentences. 
• By the end of completing this chart, you should have 21 sentences complete all about you. 
• The next we are reading is about identity, so we will refer back to this several times. 

3. Written Response in GC 

• There is a question posted in Google Classroom for you to answer using the identity chart you just created. 
• Please answer the questions in complete sentences and refer to your chart to use as evidence. 

4. Catch Up 
The following assignments should be finished:

• Last Thursday's questions in Google Classroom called "Responding to Questions: Diana Garcia Interview" 
• Performance Task option in Google Classroom (set of two poems, self-reflection, OR a feature article) 
• Check Powerschool to see if you have any outstanding assignments that need to be made up. 

Reminders: 
I will be back tomorrow and we will begin reading a new text and starting our final topic of the last two weeks of class.

Thinking About the Future

Goal: Finish performance tasks and podcast reviews; review classmates' performance tasks

Agenda: 
Journal
Review Classmates' Work
Check Yourself

1. Journal 
What is one important quality you will bring to your future career?

2. Review Classmates' Work 

• We are going to review poetry from your classmates. 
• They did an amazing job on their performance tasks so we are going to read their poems anonymously and praise/critique them together. 

3. Check Yourself: 
The following assignments should be finished:

• Last Thursday's questions in Google Classroom called "Responding to Questions: Diana Garcia Interview" 
• Performance Task option in Google Classroom (set of two poems, self-reflection, OR a feature article) 
• Check Powerschool to see if you have any outstanding assignments that need to be made up. 

Reminders: 

• I will not be here tomorrow because I will be at an English department meeting.
• You can access the San Diego Unified updated info on COVID-19 HERE. They're keeping info updated and they will post if there are any school closures.

Last Day of "On Leaving, On Staying Behind"

Goal: Wrap up the unit "On Leaving, On Staying Behind"

Agenda: 
Journal
Finish Your Podcast Form
Check Yourself

1. Journal 
What is your ideal future career?

2. Finish Your Podcast Form 
Answer these questions about one of the following podcasts >> HERE on this Google Form

• San Diego DA Seeking Death Penalty In Poway Synagogue Shooting And More Local News
• Todd Gloria Leads in San Diego Mayor’s Race And More Local News
• San Diego Colleges Cancelling Study-Abroad Due To Virus And More Local News
• Change In Felony Murder Law Means Freedom For San Diego Man And Other Local News

3. Check Yourself: 
The following assignments should be finished:

• Last Thursday's questions in Google Classroom called "Responding to Questions: Diana Garcia Interview" 
• Performance Task option in Google Classroom (set of two poems, self-reflection, OR a feature article) 
• Check Powerschool to see if you have any outstanding assignments that need to be made up. 

Reminders 
Tomorrow is a short day and we will begin our next unit.