Thursday, February 2, 2012
Powerpont Context Clues
SSR - and fill out Graphic Organizer on There Will Come Soft Rains (p. 308-310) 
Personification, Simile/Metaphor, Hyperbole/Onomatopoeia, Imagery
Hwk:  Study for Point of View test on Friday

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Powerpoint - "Go Figure"
Figurative Language
Personification, metaphor, simile, imagery (p. 307) teacher directed
Hwk:  (1-10) figurative language

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
There Will Come Soft Rains
Activating Strategy - Prior Knowledge - "Cell Phones"
Reading Comprehension Questions 1 and 2 and targeted passage
Hwk:  Root word "man" vocab on 6 words (double sided paper)

Monday, January 30, 2012
There will Come Soft Rains
Context Clues
vocab Practice
Hwk:  2nd Person and 3 Person Objective

Friday, January 27, 2012Inservice Day - no students

Thursday, January 26, 2012Point of View "The Wizard of Oz" 
Flashback/Foreshadowing - Note Taking

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Point of View The House
3 Little Pigs/Big Bad Wolf Story
"What's in your head?"
Hwk:  Reteaching Worksheet p. 96 Point of View

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Point of View
from Lalla, Catch the Moon p. 283
Pop Quiz - 1st person difference between 3 person limited/omniscient
Hwk:  Worksheet B

Monday, January 23, 2012Point of View worksheets
#1 Narrative Devices

#2 Types of POV
Hwk:  Worksheet A Point of View

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 to Friday, January 20th, 2012
Finish Mid Term Exams

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Review and Period 1 Mid Term Exam                                                                                                                        

Monday, January 16th, 2012 - No school Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Thursday, January 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13th - DCAS Testing Winter Test

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
DCAS testing Periods 1, 2, and 3
Periods 4 and 5 - Text structure and main ideas and supporting details
Hwk: The Next Big Biofuel" - Weekly Reading Assignment
 
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
DCAS testing Periods 1, 2, and 3
Periods 4 and 5 - Text structure "Deep Survival"
Hwk:  Main idea and supporting details "Star Gazing"

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Characterization project presentation
Groups travel together to analyze the books the students created. Each student must identify the elements required for the project: indirect/direct, flat/round, static/dynamic/ foil etc.
Hwk:  no homework
 
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Characterization project - continue working in groups on children's stories
Hwk:  Put the final draft together for presentation of book

Friday, December 16, 2011
Winter Common Assessment
 
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Continue working in groups on original children's stories on characterization
Hwk:  Bring in any pictures etc. needed to complete project
 
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Students begin brainstorming on writing their own children's stories. Group assigned - round, flat, static, dynamic, etc.
Hwk:  Write your assigned scrip for the story
 
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Finish Characterization groups and Children's stories
Hwk:  Squares on 12 character words
 
Monday, December 12, 2011
Characterization groups and Children's stories
Graphic Organizer on round, flat, static, dynamic, etc.
Hwk:  Write definitions for 12 character words
 
Friday, December 9, 2011
Test on Characterization
 
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Review for Characterization Test
Hwk:  Paragraph on The Necklace
 
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Finished The Necklace
Graphic Organizer (Round, Flat, Dynamic, Static)
Hwk:  Weekly Reading - "Money"
 
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Direct/Indirect Characterization
The Necklace
Hwk:  Ms. Brill - fill in the blank

Monday, December 5, 2011                                            

Vocabulary in Context                                                                    

Types of Characters Powerpoint Presentation                        

The Necklace                                                                           

Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment "Education"

Friday, December 2, 2011
Reading Comprehension "Miss Brill"
Synonyms

Thursday, December 1, 2011
Finish Like the Sun
Turn in Reading Comprehension Questions
"Lit. Analysis and Assessments Prompts"
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment "$75 Thousand"


Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Activating Strategy
Like the Sun
Begin Reading Comprehension Questions
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment - "Fashion"


Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Like the Sun
Prior knowledge for vocabulary
Write sentences for vocab words
Hwk:  Crossword puzzle on words
 
Monday, November 28, 2011
Analyze Poetry
Those Winter Sundays
Hwk:  finish poem about childhood memory
 
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - Friday, November 25th, 2011
Thanksgiving Break
 
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
LEQ: How can previewing an article be helpful?
No Homework


Monday, November 21, 2011
"I'm Sitting with Jennie" and "War"
Characterization of Round vs. Flat and Static vs. Dynamic
Foil Characters
Hwk: finish War questions


Friday, November 18, 2011
Gentleman of Rio en Medio
Substitute plans for students
Reading Comprehension and
Vocabulary in Context


Thursday, November 17, 2011
Possibility of Evil test
Hwk: None
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Student Teacher's lesson on Descriptive Details
"Cookie Thief"
writing using the 5 senses
Hwk: Practice writing descriptive writing "Possibility of Evil"

Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Continue audio of Possibility of Evil and Characterization worksheet
Sentences on Indirect/Direct Characterization
Hwk: Lesson 4 Character Development


Monday, November 14, 2011
"STEAL" Indirect/Direct Characterization
Possibility of Evil - Audio with Characterization worksheet
Hwk: Identify Antithesis Statements in Weekly Reading Assignments: "Penn State has no defense."


Friday, November 11, 2011 - no school
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Group work on Characterization
Indirect/Direct Characterization
 
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Possibility of Evil
Finished Reading Comprehension Questions
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignment: These Numbers Don't Add Up.


Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Possibility of Evil
Reading Comprehension Questions (4-6)
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignment: Raymond Carver


Monday, November 7, 2011
Possibility of Evil
Reading Comprehension Questions (1-3)
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignments: End of Kardaschaden


Friday, November 4, 2011
Vocab for Possibility of Evil
Secret Letter
 
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Review word wall
Thank you M'am
Characterizeration and motivation
Hwk:Yakyu
 
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Finish analyzing character handout
Types of Character traits Worksheet A and B
Hwk: Spectrum Reading JBall


Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Analyzing Characters Page 2
Hwk: Summarizing Strategy - Differences between Round/Flat Characters


From this point, the notes begin from first day of school and go to October.


Tuesday - August 30, 2011
1st Student Day - Welcome Back
Reading Enrichment Recap - students will share short summaries about the two books they read over the summer.  Students who did not read will choose two books and explain why they would like to read them.
Formative Skills Self Assessment given to identify strengths and weaknesses.
Hwk:  Student Profile Summary


Wednesday - August 31, 2011
Students read Banning the Bandz and used the 7 reading strategies to measure understanding.
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment - "Power of One."  Students read and answered determining, interpreting and extending meaning questions.
 
Thursday - September 1, 2011
Compare and contrast exercises where students in groups had to compare and contrast various objects.  Skill was taught to later scaffold to another assignment comparing and contrasting a sample text to the lyrics to a song.
Students read the story "Where is Here."
Hwk:  No homework
Labor Day Holiday weekend - work on reading enrichment if you did not complete it over the summer!


Tuesday - September 6, 2011
Read "Where is Here" and highlighted key discussion points.
Grammar Prepositions (1 to 5) completed with teacher.
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment - "Digital Diplomacy." Students read and answered determining, interpreting and extending meaning questions.
 
Wednesday - September 7, 2011
Picture Day
Course Syllabus given and discussed
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment - "Spend."  Students read and answered determining, interpreting and extending meaning questions.

Thursday - September 8, 2011
Students compared and contrasted the text "Where is Here" to the song by Miranda Lambert "The House the Built Me."
Hwk: Finish writing connection to the song - Memory of my own house. Weekly Reading Assignment - "Eye Glasses."  Students read and answered determining, interpreting and extending meaning questions.
 
Friday - September 9, 2011
DCAS test prep and log ins


Monday - September 12, 2011
DCAS Testing Periods 1, 2, and 3
Periods 4 and 7 - Grapes of Wrath Formative Assessment
Hwk:  Plot, setting, and mood page 70 on To Build a Fire (24) worksheet


Tuesday - September 13, 2011
DCAS Testing Periods 1, 2, and 3
Periods 4 and 7 watched The Blind Side and complete plot diagram and characterization sheet in preparation for year long connection to plot, setting, mood, and characterization traits.
Hwk:  The Enigma of the Echinda - students were given three nights to complete this assignment.  They were to highlight and defend their answers in the text.  Due on Friday, Sept. 16th


Wednesday - September 14, 2011
DCAS Testing Periods 1, 2, and 3
Period 4 and 7 contd. from Tuesday with class activity and homework


Thursday - September 15, 2011
DCAS Testing Periods 1, 2, 3 and 7
Periods 4 contd. from Tuesday with class activity and homework

Friday - September 16, 2011
DCAS Testing Periods in all classes in order to complete testing cycle. Homework on Enigma was collected.
 
Monday - September 19, 2011
Periods 1, 2, and 3 - Blind Side (Plot, Setting, Mood)
DCAS Testing Periods 4 and 7
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignment - "Very Early Adopters - Facebook"
Students read and answers questions on determining, interpreting, and extending the meaning on informational text.


Tuesday, September 20, 2011
DCAS Testing - server down - students finished Grapes of Wrath Formative Assessments.
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment - "Sports" Students read and answers questions on determining, interpreting, and extending the meaning on informational text.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
All classes - Blind Side (Plot, Setting, Mood)
Hwk:  Students were given instructions on how to log onto online text book.
 
Thursday, September 22, 2011
All classes - Blind Side (Plot, Setting, Mood)
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignment - "Pimp my Password" read and answer questions on determining, interpreting, and extending the meaning on informational text.
 
Friday, September 23, 2011
Finished Blind Side (Plot, Setting, Mood)
School Early dismissal
Monday, September 26, 2011
Frayer Diagram for vocab words for Harrison Bergeron
Hwk:  compare/Contrast 2 scenes from The Blind Side
 
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
PSAT presentation
Finished Frayer Diagram - and reviewed setting worksheet from The Blind Side
Hwk:  from Ethan Frome - read and answer questions for comprehension
 
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Analyzing Perspectives
Hey Little Ant
Graphic Organizer "4 corners"
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment:  Slow Riders
 
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Reviewed Analyzing Perspectives worksheet Advantages/Disadvantages of controlled society
Started Questions to Harrison Bergeron (1-3)
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment:  Beach Force One
 
Friday,  September 30, 2011
Be a Better Reading Packet:  Setting and Mood
 
Monday, October 3, 2011
Harrison Bergeron Reading Comprehension (3-9)
Hwk:  Vocab Practice Harrison Bergeron worksheet


Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Harrison Bergeron Reading Comprehension (10-12)
Ticket out the Door:  Answer the LEQ:  How do writers develop the plot of the story?  Give examples from Harrison Bergeron
Hwk:  Working with Prefixes - making adjectives and verbs negative by using the correct prefix

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Life on the Mississippi River Answer 5 Questions
Setting and It's Roles Practice Worksheet A
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment "Time Machine"
 
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Harrison Bergeron Test


Friday, October 7, 2011 and Monday, October 10, 2011
Inservice - no school for students
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Begin Everyday Use by Alice Walker
Word Maps for vocabulary words
Skill focus Worksheet - (heirloom)
Hwk:  Prefix "re"


Wednesday, October 12, 2011
PSAT Testing and Picture Make Ups
Hwk:  No Homework
 
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Everyday Use - contd.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Hwk:  Lesson 3 Characterization (re-teaching worksheet)


Friday, October 14, 2011
Characterization Chart Group Practice
(A and B side)

Monday, October 17, 2011
Review Hwk Lesson #3
Review for Unit One Post Test
Hwk:  Weekly Reading Assignment "School's In"


Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Understanding Sequence Packet - Chronological Order
Hwk: Weekly Reading Assignment "What was I thinking"
 
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
DCAS Make-ups
Harrison Bergeron Compare/Contrast "movie/story"
 
Thursday, October 20, 2011
DCAS Make-ups
Common Assessments "A Dog's Tale"


Friday, October 21, 2011
DCAS Make-ups
Common Assessments:  "A Dog's Tale"
 
Monday, October 24, 25, 26, 27, 2011
LEQ:  How can writer's develop meaning in a story."
What do you fear? writing unit
Hwk:  all week students are working on this unit.  Points will be assessed for classwork and homework completed during this week.
 
Friday, October 28, 2011
Students read their What do you fear stories/essays


Monday, October 31, 2011
Analyzing Characters Page 1
Hwk:  Greek root word SYN
 
 
 
The assignments from this point on are from 2010.  These assignments are for teacher use.
 
Wednesday - August 18, 2010
1st Student Day - Welcome Back
Student Profile
Interest Survey
Completing these two assignments will allow me as a teacher to gather information on how to differentiate instruction based on needs and interests of all my students.  Brief overview of the course and policy will be covered.  Course syllabus will be given out on Monday of next week.  
Thursday - August 19th, 2010
Most Wanted Posters
Students will create posters about how they will be "Most Wanted" at Penn.  They will use creative expression to put a positive spin on a negative thought.
Friday - August 20th, 2010
Preview Student Learning Map on Reading Strategies
Well Words with classroom discussion
Skill Survey for Unit One
Monday - August 23, 2010
Where is Here? p. 13
Reading Strategies:  Preview, Set a Purpose, Connect, Use Prior Knowledge, Predict, Visualize, Monitor, Make Inferences
Connection to The House that Built Me
Compare/Contrast
Tuesday - August 24, 2010  and  Wednesday, August 25, 2020
Children's Book Workshop
8 Reading Strategies
HWK:  Silly Banz reading text (August 24th, 2010)
Thursday - August 26, 2010
Literary Analysis Workshop
Plot, Setting, Mood
Note Taking p. 24
Ethan Frome - applying skills p. 25
Friday - August 27, 2010
Academic Vocabulary - Resource Manager Unit I
Pre activating Strategy
Grammar - precise adjectives
Monday - August 30, 2010 to Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Activating Strategy Vocabulary
Harrison Bergeron p. 32
Plot - Conflict - Drawing Conclusions
Friday - Sept. 3rd, 2010 and Monday - Sept. 6th, 2010
No School
Tuesday - Sept. 7th, 2010 to Friday - Sept. 10th, 2010
What Makes Something Valuable
Everyday Use p. 45
Conflict, Character, Prepositional Phrases
Monday - Sept. 13, 2010 to Friday - Sept. 17th, 2010
Harrison Bergeron contd.
Monitor
Setting and Mood
Conflict
Grammar - contractions, interjections, sentence fragments
Monday - Sept. 20th, 2010 to Friday - Sept. 24th, 2010
Everyday Use
Setting
Conflict
Making Predictions
Connotations and denotations
Monday, September 27th, 2010
PSAT Presentations
Informal/Formal Language
Everyday Use
Diction - Finding the Right Word
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Viewing and Representing
The Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles
Making connections through visual representations
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Tone vs. Mood
Looking at visual representations to identify tone and mood
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Reading Strategy - Predicting
Standards Lesson Files - Lesson 1
Friday, October 1, 2010
Test on Everyday Use
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of February 22, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010
K - political leaders (current and past)
U - Students will be able to understand that the way a government is organized affects the way people in society live
D - Read about political leaders and fill out graphic organizers on political leaders.  Complete a ticket out the door.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
K - prediction and reading strategies, vocabulary
U - Students will be able to understand that prereading text by making predictions is important to uncovering meaning.  Students will also define new vocab words in Animal words.
D - Determine the meaning of words used in Animal Farm

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
continued from Tuesday

Thursday, February 25, 2010
K - active reading strategies
U - Students will understand how taking notes during reading can help students maintain a clear understanding of what the story is about.
D - Students will listen as student teacher reads chapter 1 and they will take notes

Friday, February 26, 2010
No School - Snow day

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of February 16, 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
K - metaphor
U - Students will understand how metaphors enhance writing and deepen meaning in text
D - Students will write original metaphors.  Students will also create name cards for student teacher.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
K - metaphor
U - Students will understand how metaphors carry meaning in poetry
D - Students will work in groups uncovering meaning metaphors in poetry.

Thursday, February 18, 2010
K - metaphor
U - Students will be able to identify how to write metaphors in poetry
D -  Students will write metaphor poems

Friday, February 19, 2010
K - sonnet form, unstressed/stressed syllables, rhyme scheme
U - Students will understand sonnet form and be able to identify a rhyme scheme in a sonnet
D - Students will fill out a graphic organizer on placing syllables in the correct boxes

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of February 8, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
K - author's purpose, main idea, tone
U - Students will understand the difference in answering author's purpose and main idea questions.
D - Students will look at the answers to the multiple choice test and see where they made their mistakes.  Students will prepare name tags that describe a special trait for the students teacher that starts today.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
K - main idea, vocab in context, author's purpose, metaphor
U - Students will understand how to identify main idea and author's purpose in a reading text
D - Students will review sample DSTP test and see where they made their mistakes in their answering of the questions. Students will also begin looking at recognizing metaphors
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
K - metaphor, personification
U - Students will examine how metaphors and personification are used by writers to enhance writing
D - Students will write metaphors and identify personification in writings
Thursday, February 11, 2010
K - author's purpose and main idea, tone
U - Students will develop their understanding of author's purpose and main idea
D - Students will take a DSTP sample reading test
Friday, February 12, 2010
No School
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of January 25, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
LEQ:  What scores do you need to reach in order to pass for the school year?
LEQ:  How can you identify objective/subjective writing?
No News from Auschwitz p. 410
Persuasive Essay - conclusion paragraph
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
LEQ:  What is situational irony?
No News from Auschwitz p. 410
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
LEQ:  What is the tone of Rosenthal's Essay?
LEQ:  What is Rosenthal's opinion about Auschwitz?
No News from Auschwitz p. 410
Thursday, January 28, 2010
LEQ:  What is Rosenthal's purpose in writing the essay?
No News from Auschwitz p. 410
Friday, January 29, 2010
Summative Test on No News from Auschwitz
DSTP State Reading Assessments Practice test
Something to think about:  
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. W. B. Yeats

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of January 18th, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Review for exam
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Period 1 Exam
Period 2 - no class
Period 4, 5, and 6 - persuasive essay conclusion paragraph
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Periods 2 and 3 exams
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Periods 4 and 5 exams
Friday, January 22, 2010
Period 6 exam
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of January 11th, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010 through Friday, January 15, 2010
Mid Term Review - Anecdotes, Prefix, Suffix, Tone
Persuasive Essay paragraphs
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of January 4, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
K - Anecdotes, Thesis Statements, tone
U - Students will understand what components make up an anecdote and writing anecdotes enhance a person's writing.
D -  Students will review a PowerPoint on anecdotes and begin writing a persuasive paragraph on cell phones.  
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
K - Perfect Paragraphs, Reading Comprehension, author's purpose,
U - Students will understand how state tests are organized and identify hints to taking the test
D - Students will read the intro to Preparation for State Reading Assessments
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
K - Anecdotes, tone, Japanese American Internment camps, WWII, words to own, Semantic map for vocab
U - Students will look at chronological order of the story It Can't be Helped
D - Students will complete a semantic map for the vocab for It Can't be Helped and will review background information on Japanese American Internment camps.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
K - interpreting, chronological order, tone, anecdotes
U - Students will see how the writer uses anecdotes to convey a message
D - Students will read It Can't be Helped and fill out a graphic organizer
Friday, January 8, 2010
K - interpreting, chronological order, tone, anecdotes
U - Students will continue to see how the writer uses anecdotes to convey a message
D - Students will read It Can't be Helped.
Students will also take a short reading comprehension test based on School Action Plan schedule.
Something to think about:  The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.  Kahlil Gibran

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of December 14, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
to
Friday, December 18, 2009
TBW - Steroids (Mid Term text based writing)
Have a great holiday and I'll see you in the New Year!
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of December 7, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
K - semantic feature analysis, irony, mood, chronological order
U - Students will understand how filling out a semantic feature map will show how words are related and show meaning
D - Students will fill out a semantic feature analysis map and begin reading R. M. S. Titanic and start a time line of events
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
K - irony, mood, text organizers, suspense, chronological order
U - Students will understand how writers use suspense to build interest in the story
D - Students will continue to read the Titanic and fill out the time line of events in chronological order.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
K - Chronological order, technical terms, irony, objective and subjective writing
U - Students will understand the difference between objective and subjective writing
D - Students will continue to read the Titanic and continue filling out the time line of events in chronological order.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
K - assessment learning
U - Students will express their understanding of the story Titanic
D - Students will take the selection test on the Titanic
Friday, December 11, 2009
K - reading comprehension, author's attitude, tone, author's purpose
U - Students will understand how to take a reading comprehension test
D - Students will read the Prep intro to State Reading Assessments booklet and work with the teacher on the "Model Passage"
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of
November 30, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
K - Tone, making inferences, Malcolm X, autobiography, words to own, quick write
U - Students will understand how to make inferences about tone.
D - Students will complete a quick write on what's in and what's out.  Students will listen to "Power of Learning:  Malcolm X" and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students will begin vocabulary concept maps.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
K - Words to Own
U - Students will understand how writers use words to create meaning.
D - Students will finish vocabulary concept maps
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
K - connecting to the text, making inferences about tone
U - Students will understand how making inferences can deepen meaning and understanding of the main points of the story.
D - Students will read the story Hair and answer reading comprehension questions.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
K - Meet the Writer, charismatic leader, piercing issues
U - Students will read the autobiography on Malcolm X and identify key points.  Students will connect to the "Student to Student" writing on piercing.
D - Students will identify key points in Malcolm's life, and respond to questions about piercing as a way to self express or as a form of self-degradation.
Friday, December 4, 2009
K - tone, inferences, vocabulary (words to own)
U - Students will showcase what they learned during the week by taking the selection test.
D - Students will take the selection test on Hair.
Something to think about: Never let life's hardships disturb you...no one can avoid problems not even saints or sages.  Nichiren Daishonen
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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of November 16, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
K - personification, speaker, lyric poetry,
U - Students will understand personification and interpret poetry
D - Students will read and analyze Heart! We will forget him! by Emily Dickinson.  
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
K - speaker, compare/contrast, self-connection, voice, tone
U - Students will understand that poets write about real life experiences and that connections can help students find answers to their own life experiences.
D - Students will look at the poem Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde and answer comprehension questions in a group setting.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
K - common relationship between words, analogies
U - Students will see how words can be related and show meaning
D - Students will complete analogy worksheets
Thursday, November 19, 2009
K - literary terms
U - Students will understand how literary terms convey a message
D - Students will take a test on identifying literary terms
Friday, November 20, 2009
K - grammar, subject, verb, object
U - Students will understand rules of grammar
D - Students will complete grammar worksheets on identifying subjects, verbs, and objects.
Something to think about:  
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.  Francis Bacon
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Class work and homework assignments for the week of November 9, 2009

 

Monday, November 9, 2009

K - call to action, persuasive techniques, and anecdote

U - Students will understand the proper method for writing

a persuasive essay

D - Student will complete their rough drafts on “Teen DrDriving ersuasive essay

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

K - cultural differences, self-connections, diversity

U - Students will understand how connection to where they live and give

Insight into text

D - Ms. Abbott will teach a lesson on cultural diversity

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

No School - Veterans Day

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009

K - comparing images, connotations, speaker, tone, lyric poems

U - Students will understand how interpreting a poem can help them gain

deeper meaning. Also Students will monitor comprehension.

D - Students will complete a graphic organizer on I Am Offering This Poem identifying imagery

 

Friday, November 13, 2009

K - metaphor, syntax, punctuation, grammar

U - Students will look at how a poet will use grammar to set the tone and meaning of a poem.

D - Students will read, “since feeling is first”first mmings and examine the syntax of the poem.

 

Something to think about:  “Obstacles are things people see when they take their eyes off of their goals.”  E. Joseph Crossman

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of November 2, 2009


Monday, November 2, 2009

K - theme, character, drawing conclusions

U - Characters offer insight into the story/poem’s themepoem br>D - Students will view a power point on theme.Students will look at pictures and express the theme portrayed by the picture. Students will continue working on their persuasive essays on “Teen Drivers.”


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

 

K - theme, character, drawing conclusions, tone

 

U - A poet’s attitude, opoet e,can be inferred from words and details in the text.

 

D - Teacher will present lesson on tone. Students will examine tone by reading The Legend by G. Hongo. Students will continue working on their persuasive essays on “Teen Drivers.”

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

 

K - compare/contrast, story matrix, theme

 

U - Taking a second look at characters can help us identify theme and understand a poem’s meaning

 

D - Students will complete a story matrix on 3 poems. Students will continue working on their persuasive essays on “Teen Drivers.”

 

 

 

Thursday, November 5, 2009

 

K - symbolism, compare/contrast

 

U - Students can shape their interpretations by using a compare/contrast graphic organizer.

 

D - Students will complete a compare/contrast graphic organizer showing symbolism, speaker, for Housman and Master’s poems. Students will Master e working on their persuasive essays on “Teen Drivers.”

 

 

 

Friday, November 6, 2009

 

K - theme, symbolism, layers of meaning,

 

U - Students will interpret symbolic meaning, and express their understanding of theme.

 

D - Students will take a test on theme and symbols. Students will finish their persuasive essays on “Teen Drivers.”

 

 

 

Something to think about: Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. Jawaharal Nehru

 

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of October 26, 2009

 

Monday, October 26, 2009

K - rhyme patterns, symbolic meaning, anecdotes,persuasive voice, pro, con

U - In the hands of a poet, simple words take on new meaning. Anecdotes help create background to begin writing

D - Fill out graphic organizer on “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

Write an anecdote for the persuasive essay

 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

K - Connotations, thesis statements

U - Poems can capture a moment in words. Thesis Statements provide maps for the reader.

D - Students will fill out graphic organizer on Loveliest of Trees. Students will write thesis statements for their persuasive essays.

 

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

K - quick write, speakers of poems, furled sail,statistics

U - The speaker of the poem talks directly to us.

D - Students will fill out graphic organizer on “George Gray.” Quick writes: What are the most important things in life? Who takes risks? Students will continue with persuasive essay.

 

Thursday, October 29, 2009

K - format for writing persuasive essay

U - Persuasive writing helps readers to choose aside

D - Students will continue to write their persuasive essay

 

Friday, October 30, 2009

K - format for writing persuasive essay

U - Persuasive writing helps readers to choose aside

D - Students will continue to write their persuasive essay

 

Something to think about: The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates

 

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of October 12, 2009

 

Monday, October 12, 2009

K - syntax, special features, description

U - patterns in our writing provides insights into our writing styles

D - Students will examine the syntax of the intro paragraph of their college essay and create graphs

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

K - setting, inferences, interpreting, irony

U - short stories are structured to help the reader access information

D - students will answer reading comprehension questions as they read

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

PSAT EXAM ALL CLASSES

 

Thursday, October 15, 2009

K - foreshadowing, drawing conclusions

U - great stories provide insights into the human conditions

D - students will continue to answer reading comprehension questions

 

Friday, October 16, 2009

K - reading comprehension, motivation

U - Students will work together to complete a selection test

D - students will complete a selection test in groups on Life is Sweet

 

Something to think about: The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates

 


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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of October 5, 2009

Monday, October 5, 2009

K - graphic organizer on prewriting, essay

U - Students will interpret information

D - Common Assessment for fall (Text Based Writing - “Fast Foods Nation”)

 

Tuesday, October 6, Nation >
K - customs, funeral rituals, wakes, ta bu,primitive

U - Death is approached from many different cultures and customs

D - Students will explore the various customs from different cultures and prepare to connect to the next short story

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

K - culture, custom, foreshadowing

U - Students will understand the story by comparing and contrasting details

D - Students will fill out a graphic organizer as they read

 

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Teacher In-service

No school for students

 

Friday, October 9, 2009

Teacher In-service

No school for students

 

Something to think about: Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. Thomas Paine

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of September 28, 2009


Monday, September 28, 2009

Students will hear a presentation on PSAT Exams

Each student will write a letter to the student teacher Ms. Abbott

Hwk - go on line to website and respond to question

 

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

K - round, flat, stock characters, indirect -direct characterization

U - Students will express understanding of literary terms, and will understand and use new words

D - Students will take power notes during a power point presentation and will complete vocabulary graphic organizer

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

K - foreshadowing

U - Students will see how writers use clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the story

D - Students will fill out graphic organizers on foreshadowing and present to the class what they learned.

 

Thursday, October 1, 2009

K - graphic organizer on prewriting, essay

U - Students will interpret information

D - Common Assessment for fall (Text Based Writing - “Fast Foods Nation”

 

Friday, October 2, 2009

K - graphic organizer on prewriting, essay

U - Students will interpret information

D - Common Assessment for fall (Text Based Writing - “Fast Foods Nation"

 

Something to think about: You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Henry David Thoreau

 

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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of September 21, 2009

 

Monday, September 21, 2009

K - Reading Skills and Strategies - dialogue

U - The author uses dialogue to show what characters think

D - write dialogue connecting the characters from Everyday Use and Two Kinds (group work)

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Special Presentation from York Institute - “Are you Listening”

 

Wednesday, September 23, 200Listening  - Characteristics of Dialogue

U - Dialogue gives the story Verisimilitude

D - Group Presentations on original dialogue

 

Thursday, September 24, 2009

K - Motivation, Inferences, Characterization

U - Elements of Short Stories can help us make realistic judgments about characters

D - Story Map showing character change

 

Friday, September 25, 2009

K - Motivation, Inferences, Characterization -story elements

U - Writers use a variety of techniques to make writing come alive for the reader

D - Selection Test on Two Kinds

 

Something to think about: If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one who cannot smile to others. Dalai Lama



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Classwork and homework assignments for the week of September 14, 2009

 

Monday, September 14, 2009

K – Chinese Culture,vocabulary words for Two Kinds

U – Culture provides helpful background for Two Kinds

D – students will complete a response chart after watching Video A seg. 2

Human vocab quiz

Hwk: write an original sentence for 5 vocab words

 

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

K - story elements –interpreting /cause and effect / allusion

U - References to Biblical events can help readers connect to the text

D - Students will fill out graphic organizer"Sometimes it Hurts"

Hwk: write an original sentence for other 5 vocab words

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

K - Elements of Literature - Motivation

U - Characters are motivated by feelings and values

D - Students will complete graphic organizer on motivation

 

Thursday, September 17, 2009

K - Reading Skills and Strategies - Making Predictions

U - Good readers make predictions about what they read

D - Students will answer questions as they read - write dialogue

 

Friday, September 18, 2009

K - Reading Skills and Strategies

U - The author uses dialogue to show what the character is thinking

D - Students will write dialogue and make connections between Everyday Use and Two Kinds

 

Something to think about: Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping. Thomas Hood

 

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of September 7, 2009

 

Monday, September 7, 2009

Labor Day Holiday

 

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Picture Day

Most Wanted Poster pictures

 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

It Says, I Say, and So chart for Everyday Use

Child Prodigies –power point presentation

Frayer Diagram - vocabulary

 

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Quick write on Motivation

Motivation graphic organizer

Review of reading comprehension questions for Everyday Use

 

Friday, September 11, 2009

Videocassette A seg. 2

Two Kinds intro

Characterization and motivation

 

Something to think about: Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. Thornton Wilder

 

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of August 31, 2009

 

Monday, August 31, 2009

Comprehension Questions workshop

Characterization

Inferences

Everyday Use

 

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Selection Test Everyday Use

Inference questions

 

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Most Wanted Posters

Creative Writing

 

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Narrative Writing

College Essay Project Introduction

 

Friday, September 4, 2009

No School

Labor Day Holiday

 

Something to think about: Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. Thomas Paine


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Class work and homework assignments for the week of August 24, 2009

 

Monday, August 24, 2009

Course Syllabus and Rules and Procedures Quiz

Meet the Writer Alice Walker

Traditions Paragraph

Hwk: Connections – Georgia’s Swept Yards



Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Words to Own

Everyday Use p. 70

Setting

Conflict

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Everyday Use contd.

Conflict and resolution

 

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Stories about quilts and their history

Designing a quilt

 

Friday, August 28, 2009

Selection Test on Everyday Use

 

Something to think about: You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. Henry David Thoreau

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Class work and homework assignments for the week of August 18th, 2009

 

Wednesday, August 18, 2009

Welcome Back

Well Words

Course Agenda

 

Thursday, August 19, 2009

Welcome Back

Venn Diagram - groups

Friday, August 20, 2009

4 types of questioning

Popcorn - Reading and applying skills

Something to think about: The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock

School Year 2009-2010