Friday, March 13th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Class reads "The Hollow Men" by T.S. Eliot (both Academic and Honors) a. with Audio by Jeremy "Simon Gruber from Die Hard 3" Irons 3. Write a "We Are..." poem (poem #7) HW: Complete "We Are..." poem (poem #7) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, March 11th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Class reads "Emperor of Ice Cream" (Honors), Dorothy Parker poems (Academic) a. Big 6 "Emperor of Ice Cream" (Honors) 3. Found Poem exercise (using Mice and Men text) - (Academic) HW: Complete the Found Poem Exercise (Both Academic and Honors) (poem #6) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, March 9th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Class reads "My Papa's Waltz" and "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (Honors) or "The Road Not Taken" (Academic) 3. Table Groups Big 6 the poem 4. Write a poem that is a "portrait" of someone close to you (Honors), or a poem that reflects a "truth" in your life (Academic) HW: Complete your "portrait" poem (Honors) or your "truth" poem (Academic) (poem #5) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, March 5th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2a. (Academic only) - Add to "poetic devices" notes in notebook: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Enjambment 2b. Class reads "Emperor of Ice Cream" (Honors) or "The Jabberwocky" and Ogden Nash poems (Academic) 3. Table Groups Big 6 the poem and share out paraphrased versions HW: Write a poem with focus on Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Enjambment: focus on writing a nonsense poem... (poem #4) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, March 3rd 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Add to "poetic devices" notes in notebook: Imagist Poetry, Free Verse a. Here are ALL The Poetic Devices so far 3. Class reads "Red Wheelbarrow" and "This is Just to Say" (Both Academic and Honors) 4. Begin composing an imagist poem or haiku - GO OUTSIDE! HW: Complete one or two imagist poems (3rd poem of final project) (poem #3) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, February 27th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Add to "poetic devices" notes in notebook: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Enjambment a. If you are absent, all poetic devices of the day have been added to the SLIDES 3. Class reads Ozymandias (Both Academic and Honors) 4. Table Groups Big 6 the poem and share out paraphrased versions 5. Compose a poem using a set rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF (Alternate rhyme), AA BB CC (Couplet), ABBA (Enclosed rhyme) ABBAB or ABABB (Quintilla) HW: Finish your set rhyme scheme poem (2nd poem of final project) (poem #2) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, February 26th 1. SSR (15 minutes) 2. Add to "poetic devices" notes in notebook: Blank verse 3. Read "The Second Coming" as a class (Honors) or "The Tyger" (Academic) 4. Table Groups work on Big 6 worksheets for poem (due at end of class) HW: Write a poem in blank verse, no fewer than 5 lines. Make sure the poem follows the meter of iambic pentameter! (poem #1) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, February 24th 1. PSAT testing ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, February 20th 1. Pass out Final Poetry Project rubric 2. SSR (15-20 minutes) 3. Poetic Devices (slides and class notes) 4. "Tyger" (Honors); "My Mistress's Eyes Are Nothing..." (Academic) 5. Table Groups work on Big 6 Worksheet ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, February 18th 1. Return books to library 2. Notebooks: Epic poetry, Beowulf, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales 3.Beowulf with audio 4.Canterbury Tales(Wife of Path Prologue) 5. Song Lyric Presentations HW: Bring SSR Book next class! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, February 13th 1. Finalize and submit Final Essay 2. Song Lyric Assignment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, February 11th 1. Collect Response Question #10 2. Write Final Essay ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, February 7th 1. Begin Ch. 12 of Lord of the Flies (with Audiobook) 2. Quizziz! 3. Response Question #10 (Both Honors and Academic) 4. Hummingbird exercise (hopefully, if time) HW: Finish novel! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, February 5th 1. Begin Ch. 11 of Lord of the Flies (with Audiobook) 2. Essay Workshop 6: Rough Draft Peer Review - this is the 1st benchmark of your GP4 final a. Peer Review Form 3. Hummingbird Exercise (verb/subject/summary) 4. Response question #9 (Honors only) HW: Finish reading Ch.11 Continue revising rough draft of essay Honors: Complete Response Question #9 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, February 3rd 1. Begin Ch. 10 of Lord of the Flies (with Audiobook) 2. Essay Workshop 5: Concluding Paragraphs a. Overview b. My Example 3. Hummingbird Exercise! (Round 3?) 4. Response Question #8 (Honors only) HW: Finish reading Ch.10 Continue with rough draft of essay (due Wednesday) Honors: Complete Response Question #8 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, January 30th 1. Quiz Ch. 6-8 2. Discus Ch. 8 of Lord of the Flies and class takes notes on Symbolism & Theme 3. Begin Ch. 9 of Lord of the Flies (with Audiobook) - leave 35 minutes for essay workshop 4. Essay Workshop 4: Body Paragraphs a. Worksheet b. My Example 5. Assign Response Question #7 (Honors only) / Hummingbird Exercise (Academic only) HW: Finish reading Ch. 9 of Lord of the Flies; Honors students complete Response Question #7 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, January 28th 0. Collect Hooks Worksheet 1. Begin Ch. 8 (with Audiobook) 2. Break from read & class discuss Symbolism & Theme 3. Assign Essay Final (Rough Draft 2/5 for peer review; Final Draft 2/13) a. Pass out Outline/Note Catcher 4. Essay Workshop 3: Intro Paragraphs (Thesis Statement) a. Thesis overview b. Thesis Throw Down! (Prompt) 5. Assign Response Question #6 (Honors only) HW: Finish Ch. 8; Work on Rough Draft Essay; Response Question #6 (Honors only) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, January 24th 0. Collect Intro Paragraph Worksheet 1. In-class Response Question #5 2. Discuss Ch. 6 with notes on Symbolism & Theme 3. Begin Ch. 7 (with Audiobook) - leave 35 minutes for essay workshop 4. Essay Workshop 2: Intro Paragraphs (Hooks) a. Hooks Overview b. Hooks worksheet (due Tuesday!) HW: Finish Ch. 7 (use audiobook if necessary) Finish Hooks Worksheet (Due Tuesday) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, January 22nd 0. Collect Response Question #3 1. In-class response Question #4 2.Discuss Ch. 5 with notes on Symbolism & Theme 3. QUIZ; CH. 4-5 4. Begin Ch. 6 (with Audiobook) - leaves 35 minutes for essay workshop 5. Essay Workshop 1: Intro Paragraphs a. Paul Jolly's video b. Overview & worksheet HW: Finish Ch. 6 & Intro Paragraph Worksheet (due Friday) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, January 17th 1. Collect Final Drafts of Resume & Cover Letter 2. iReady Test! REMINDER: Response Question #3 due next Wednesday Quiz on Ch. 4-5 next Wednesday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, January 15th 1. Response Question #2 2. Discuss Ch. 3 with notes on Symbolism & Theme 3. QUIZ (Ch. 1-3) 4. Begin Ch. 4 of Lord of the Flies with Audiobook 5. Assign Response Question #3 (Due next Wednesday) HW: Finish Ch.4, Read ALL of Ch. 5 Complete Response Question #3 (Due next Wednesday) PRINTED final drafts of resume & cover letter due on Friday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, January 13th 1. Reminder: Printed Final Drafts of Resume & Cover Letters due Friday 2. Response Question #1 3. Finish Ch. 2 of Lord of the Flies with Audiobook 4. Class discuss Themes & Symbols - notebooks 5. Continue Hummingbird Exercise (if time) HW: Read Ch. 3 (it's a short chapter) Remember: Printed Final Drafts of Resume & Cover Letters due Friday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, January 7th 1. Return Of Mice and Men - You CANNOT check out new novel until previous novel has been returned! 2. Entry Document:Lord of the Flies and Symbolism 3. Organize Notebooks - "Symbols" Section: 6 Main Symbolic Motifs in Lord of the Flies 4. Begin Lord of the Flies with Audiobook ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, December 16th - Friday, December 20th 1. Finals Part II You guys did great on last week's essays! Grades have been entered! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
HW: Final projects next week ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, December 10th 1. Collect Study Question #5 2. Class reads pg. 95-107 of Of Mice & Men (with Audiobook) 3. Recap ALL themes in Of Mice and Men (notebooks) 4. Go over Basic Opening & Body Paragraphs (essay on Tuesday) 5. Resume & Cover Letter Rough Drafts due (Google Classroom) HW: Study Question #6 (Due Thursday) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, December 6th 1. Class Reads 84-94 of Of Mice and Men(with Audiobook) 2. Resume & Cover Letter Workshop a. Rough drafts of resumes and cover letters due at start of class Tuesday b. Make sure you can sign into Google Classroom! c. Here is a cover letter I wrote! 3. Reminder: Final Project due during finals week HW: Complete Study Question #5 (Due on Tuesday) Complete rough drafts of resumes and cover letters (also due Tuesday) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, December 4th 1. Collect Resume/Cover Letter Worksheet and Study Question #3 2. Class reads pg. 77-83 of Of Mice and Men (with Audiobook) 3. Study Question #4(underline your analysis of quotes!) 4. Resume & Cover Letter Workshop a. Read do's and don'ts b. Begin rough draft of resume (due Tuesday!) HW: Write rough draft of resume ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, December 2nd 1. Class discuss Ch.3 2. Class begin reading pg. 66-76 of Mice and Men (with Audiobook) a. Class discussion of novel and THEMES 3. A Day in the Life of the Working Poor worksheet (Partner up!) 4. Professional Writing Workshop #1 a. Complete Worksheet i. Read about Resumes ii. Read about Cover Letters iii. Here is an example of Ms. Grant's Cover Letter HW: 1. Complete Resume/Cover Letter Worksheet 2. Answer Study Question #3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, November 21st 1. Class begin reading pg. 38-65 of Mice and Men (with Audiobook) a. Class discussion of novel and THEMES 2. Study Question #2 (Academic Version) Study Question #2 (Honors Version) 3. Bunkhouse Drawing Exercise HW: Over Vacation: Finish Ch.3 (pg. 38-65) Finish Bunkhouse Drawing Exercise ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, November 19th 1. A Word about the N-Word 2. Class read pg. 26-37 of Mice and Men(with Audiobook - 14:32) a. Class discussion of novel and THEMES 3. "Hummingbird" Subject/Verb/Summary exercise (if time) HW: Finish pg. 26-37 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, November 15th 1. Author Character Sheet (Complete in class) 2. Class read pg. 11-25 of Mice and Men(with Audiobook) a. Class discussion of novel and THEMES 3. Study Question #1 (Finish in class) HW: Finish reading 11-25 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, Novenmber 13th
1. Go to Library to get books a. Introduce Final Project
HW: Finish reading pg. 1-10 of Mice and Men ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, October 25th 1. It's Grammar Time! Summative Test Today :) 2. Work on Final Project 3. Check in about deadline - Student movies MUST be shared with me night before deadline!!! HW: Work on project presentations ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, October 23rd 1. Group Member 'D' leads Reciprocal Group a. Record team members' answers and turn in (9 points) 2. Class Discussion: Recap Ch. 10 (Here are the Notes) 3. Grammar Worksheet #4 a. Grammar final on Friday! 4. Collect Project Proposals a. Look at REVISED PROJECT LIST 5. Work on Project HW: Read Ch. 11 & 12 - No reciprocal notes!! Work on project ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, October 21st 1. Group Member 'C' leads Reciprocal Group a. Record team members' answers and turn in (9 points) 2. Class Discussion: Recap Ch. 9 (Here are the Notes) 3. Class Begins Ch. 10 4. Grammar Worksheet #3 a. With Khan Academy Video 5. Introduce FINAL PROJECT LIST and Project Proposal a. Project Proposal due NEXT CLASS (10 points) HW: Finish Ch. 10; Group Member 'D' creates questions and leads next class Complete Project Proposal (Due on Wednesday) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, October 16th 1. Group Member 'B' leads Reciprocal Group a. Record team members' answers and turn in (9 points) 2. Class Discussion: Recap Ch. 7 (Here are the Notes) (Break) 3. Writing Prompt #3 4. Class Reads Ch. 8 and Begins Ch.9 5. Grammar Worksheet #3 a. With Khan Academy Video HW: Finish Ch. 9, Group Member 'C' creates Questions (From Ch. 8 or 9) and shares with me and leads group on Friday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, October 14th 1. Group Member 'A' leads Reciprocal Group a. Record team members' answers and turn in (9 points) 2. Class Discussion: Recap Ch. 6 (Here are the Notes) (Break) 3. Writing Prompt #2 4. Class reads Ch. 7 for 20 minutes (finish as HW at home) 5. Grammar Worksheet #2 HW: Finish Ch. 7, Group Member 'B' creates Questions and shares with me and leads group on Wednesday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, October 8th 1. Group Member 'C' leads Reciprocal Group a. Record team members' answers and turn in (9 points) 2. Class reads Ch. 5 for 15 minutes (finish as HW at home) 3. Reciprocal Groups work on Wilfred Owen Worksheet for 40 minutes (turn in - 20 points) 4. Last 20 minutes: Complete Grammar Refresher Worksheet (Use "Comma Splice" handout to help!!!) HW: Finish Ch. 5, Group Member D creates Questions and shares with me and leads group on Tuesday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, October 4th 1. Group Member B leads Reciprocal Group 2. Class reads "Charge of the Light Brigade" with context a. Compare to Sassoon's "They" 3. Class reads Ch. 3 (leave 15 minutes for BP lesson) 4. Break down Body Paragraph in class 5. (If time) Start Wilfred Owen Poem HW: Finish Ch.3; Read Ch. 4.; Group Member C creates Questions and shares with me and leads group on Tuesday ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, October 2nd 1. 10-minute Writing Prompt (Prompt #1) 2. Watch Crash Course Video: WWI a. Do Worksheet during video. Students trade worksheets and grade with teacher & turn in. 3. Class reads Ch.2 of All Quiet on the Western Front HW: Group Member B creates 3 questions and shares with me via Gmail. Be prepared to lead group on Friday! Finish Ch.2 if not finished in class. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, September 30th 1. Go to Library: return Frankenstein and pick up All Quiet on the Western Front 2. Assign Reciprocal Teaching Groups (Book Groups) a. Group members decide who is A, B, C, and D 3. Go over Reciprocal Teaching Notes and group protocol a. Pass out Template for the teaching notes b. Group leaders share questions with me via email before next class (even photo from phone works, as long as I can read the questions) c. Write student names at top of Teaching Notes. INCLUDE ABSENT STUDENTS; write "absent" by their names 4. Class reads Ch.1 of All Quiet on the Western Front HW: Finish Ch.1 if needed. Group Member A creates questions and leads group next class. Share questions with me via email before class. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, September 26th 1. Final Project Presentations Finish 2. Finish Movie ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, September 24th 1. Final Project Presentations Begin 2. Begin Movie ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, September 20th 1. Work on G1 Final Project. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, September 18th 1. Frankenstein Vocab Quiz #2 2. Introduce Final G1 "Wanted Poster" Project 3. Turn in Notebooks ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, September 16th 1. Fire up Chromebooks and go over Analysis of Quotes, a. Return Exit Tickets - No personal pronouns, MLA formatting (12-point Times New Roman, double space) 2. In-Class Essay (Submit through Google Classroom) HW: Notebooks due on Wednesday ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, September 12th 1. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #6 (Quiz on Wed. 18th) 2. Class Reads Ch. 24 w/ double-entry journal response a. Stop 35 minutes before class ends to finish THEME lesson 3. Go over themes and topics (turn topics into "theme statements") 4. Exit Ticket: Turn in at least two themes of your own from Frankenstein (5 points) HW:Finish Ch. 24; make sure you have 25Double-Entry Responses! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, September 10th 1. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #5 (Quiz on Wed. 18th) 2. Frankenstein Recap: Ch. 20-22 3. Class reads Ch. 23 in Book with Double-Entry Response a. Will stop 20 minutes before end of class for talk on THEME 4. THEME: Class discussion on "Theme vs Topic" and Frankenstein a. What's a topic? What's a theme? How are they different? How are they similar? HW: Finish Ch. 23 with Double-Entry Response ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, September 6th 1. iReady Benchmark Test a. We will use these slides to log on 2. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #4 (Quiz on Wed. 18th) HW: a) Read Ch. 21-22 in book and do 2 Double-Entry Responses b) Finish Vocab #4 if not done in class __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, September 4th 1. Collect Comma Splice Worksheet and study for Vocab Quiz #1 2. Frankenstein SAT Vocab Quiz #1 3. Crash Course Video #2 a. Use worksheet while watching video 4. Frankenstein Recap: Ch. 16-17 (take notes in "Class Notes" section of notebook) 5. Frankenstein Quiz (open note) HW: Read pp. 74-92 in Graphic Novel - (this will retread parts of Ch. 17 as well as Ch. 18-19) Do two Double-Entry Responses. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, August 30th 1. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #3 in notebook (Quiz Wed. 4th) a. Use Vocab Starter Sheet as Example b. Stamp and Review Vocab #2 2. Frankenstein Recap: Ch. 11-14 (focus on pp 119-120); take notes in "Class Notes" section of notebook 3. Read Ch. 15 with Double-Entry Journal Response 4. Wrap up Comma Splice Lesson and assign Worksheet HW: Read Ch. 16-17 in Book with 2 Double-Entry Responses. Finish Comma Splice Worksheet ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, August 28th 1. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #2 in notebook (Quiz Wed. 4th) a. Use Vocab Starter Sheet as Example b. Stamp Vocab #1 (5 points) 2. Frankenstein Recap: Ch. 6-9; take notes in "Class Notes" section of notebook 3. Class reads Ch. 10 with Double-Entry Journal Response 4. Grammar Mini-Lesson: The Comma Splice continued a. Comma Splice Worksheet (if there's time) HW:Academic: Read Ch. 11 in Graphic Novel (pp 56-60) Read Ch. 12-13 in Book Ch. 14 in Graphic Novel (pp. 67-68) Write 4 double-entry responses. Honors: Read Ch. 11-13 in Book, Ch. 14 in Graphic Novel (pp. 67-68) Write 4 double-entry responses. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, August 20th 0. Honors: Romanticism Quiz (5 minutes) 1. Frankenstein SAT Vocab #1 (Quiz Wed. 4th) a. Use Vocab Starter Sheet as Example 2. Frankenstein Recap: Ch. 3-4, takes notes in "Class Notes" section of notebook 3. Class reads Ch. 5 with Double-Entry JournalResponse 4. Grammar Mini-Lesson: The Comma Splice a. Comma Splice Worksheet (if there's time) HW:Academic: Read Ch. 6-9 (pp. 35-52) in Graphic Novel Write 4 Double-Entry Responses Honors: Read Ch. 6 (pp. 35-38) in Graphic Novel Ch. 7-8 in Book Ch. 9 (pp. 48-51) in Graphic Novel Write 4 Double-Entry Responses. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, August 20th 1. Organize notebooks into more-or-less equal sections: a. Double-entry b. Class notes c. Vocab 2. Finish (?) Intro to Romanticism: 1. Overview, 2.Industrial Revolution, 3.Science, 4. Nature,5. Arts,6. The Individual, 7. Frankenstein 3. Recap Frankenstein (Letters, Ch.1-2). Students take notes in "Class notes" section of notebook 4. Introduce Double-entry Journal (Due at end of G1!) 5. Class reads Ch. 3 (w/ audio). Complete 1 Double-entry journal response (if time) HW: Finish Ch. 3 with one double-entry response. Read Ch. 4 (in book) with one double-entry response. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________