Friday August 14th 1) In-Class essay: Answer this question in at least five paragraphs. This is from your perspective. -what is the key to a happy and fulfilling life?
Wednesday August 19 1) Share Trio Tales in Groups 2) Introduction to SOAPSTone 3) Watch Kickstarter video and work through SOAPStone 4) Read Wall Street Journal Article "Can Money Buy Happiness?" 5) Read & Respond Activity 6) HOMEWORK: Finish reading article and analyze the article using SOAPStone
Friday August 21th 1) Warm-up: Parts of Speech 2) SOAPSTone & Rhetoric (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3) 3) Writing Introductions using MoBaThBlue 4) Write first three sentence of Introduction in response to the prompt: What do you believe is key to a happy and fulfilling life.
Week 3 Tuesday August 23rd 1) Warm-up: Journal question 2) Finish writing introductions using MoBaThBlue (prompt) 3) STEAL (Character analysis) 4) Analyze two Pixar short films with STEAL 5) HOMEWORK: Finish video analysis
Thursday August 25th 1) Warm-up Grammar: Nouns 2) Four Corners Activity Choose a side on the statements and explain your reasoning. -Strongly Agree -Agree -Disagree -Strongly disagree 3) Watch "Why Privacy Matters," take Cornell notes, and share important points with group 4) Group activity: Define privacy. Why is it important? 5) Preview the article "Undercover Parent" by answering these questions. 5) HOMEWORK: Vocabulary for article (you can access the list and directions by clicking on "statements" above; its the last slide).
WEEK 4 Tuesday September 1 1) Warm-up: Determine what vocabulary words have a more negative connotation than others. 2) Read "Undercover Parent" and Annotate the article 3) Group discussion questions 4) Return to SOAPSTone predictions to fill in new information and support statements with textual evidence 5) HOMEWORK: Finish the SOAPSTone chart for "Undercover Parent" Thursday September 3rd 1) Quick write 2) Descriptive outline example 3) Chunk text & describe what Coben is doing in each chunk. 4) Library tour 5) HOMEWORK: Finish chunking paragraphs 11-15 and describe what Coben is doing in these sections.
WEEK 5 Tuesday September 8th 1) Noticing Language 2) Descriptive Outlining of "The Undercover Parent" 3) Coben's argument: Analysis and Evaluation 4) HOMEWORK: None
Thursday September 9th 1) Warm-up 2) Stylistic Choices in "The Undercover Parent" 3) Precis -Notes + Example -Coben's article 4) HOMEWORK: Write a Precis for Coben's article DUE
WEEK 6 Monday September 14th 1) Personal Response 2) Introduction to the prompt 3) Writing the Thesis and Body Paragraph 4) HOMEWORK: Write the Thesis
Tuesday September 15th 1) Warm-up: Ethos, Pathos, Logos 2) Finish body paragraph example (a) and example (b) (Parts: topic sentence, support, analysis) 3) Outline for essay example (a) and example (b) 4) Prompt 5) Write Outline 6) HOMEWORK: Finish the outline
Thursday September 17th 1) Rough Draft Writing 2) Short Stories Introduction 3) Plot 4) HOMEWORK: Bring Green literature book Monday September 21st. ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21st.
WEEK 7 Monday September 21st 1) Plot-Diagram the plot for this short film 2) Anticipation Activity for Most Dangerous Game 3) Literary Terms Notes for the Most Dangerous Game 4) HOMEWORK: Final Draft of Essay Due Wednesday. Submit Final Draft to turnitin.com. Bring Literature book for Wednesday's class.
Wednesday September 23rd 1) Most Dangerous Game Anticipation Guide (Sharing answers) 2) Most Dangerous Game, Reading & Literary Terms during reading assignment 3) HOMEWORK: Bring literature book on Friday September 23rd. Please have your book prior to class; students will not be able to go to their locker during the class.
WEEK 8 Tuesday September 29th 1) The Most Dangerous Game four questions and four similes 2) Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal irony videos -notes 3) The Most Dangerous Game-Indirect characterization, STEAL, and dialectical journal directions and example 4) Complete a dialectical journal for Rainsford and Zaroff 5) HOMEWORK: Complete the dialectical journal
Thursday October 1st 1) Revenge- Complete only three quote rows 2) "Cask of Amontillado" -Read -Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic irony 3) Get Lord of the Flies from the Library 4) HOMEWORK: Finish Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic Ironies
WEEK 9 Monday October 5th 1) Survival Test 2) Write and Share Motivation Responses 3) Introduction to Lord of the Flies 4) Begin Chapter One of Lord of the Flies 5) HOMEWORK: None
Wednesday October 7th 1) Journal Response (Keep in notebook "Writing") 2) Finish Reading Chapter One 3) Complete the first three questions of Chapter One Close Read 4) HOMEWORK: Complete the first three questions of Chapter One Close Read
Friday October 9th 1) Journal Response 2) Go over the first three questions in Chapter One Close Read 3) Complete the remainder of Chapter One Close Read (The document can be retrieved from Wednesday Oct 7th link) 4) Chapter Two -View film (1990 Version) -Begin working on Chapter Two points 5) HOMEWORK: None
WEEK 10 Monday October 12th (Min. Day) 1) Work on Close Read from Chapter Two: "Fire on the Mountain" 2) Share answers about Characters Ralph and Jack 3) HOMEWORK: None
Wednesday October 14th 1) Chapter Three reading--Highlight and answer the questions basing your answers on the text. 2) Watch Lord of the Flies Chapters 2-6, and work on questions that go with the film 3) HOMEWORK: None
Friday October 16th 1) Journal Question 2) Complete the remainder of Close read: Chapters four through five (Went over in class) 3) Read Chapter 6 "Beast from Air" 4) HOMEWORK: None
Thursday October 22nd 1) Work on Literature circle roles 2) Do literature circle 3) Write "best" questions on the board 4) Go to library to complete the EOS survey 5) HOMEWORK: None
WEEK 12 Monday October 26th 1) Journal Question -What does the signal fire represent? -Why does Jack care more about hunting than the fire? -Think about Jack and his care of hunting over the signal fire. What might Golding be saying about Human beings using Jack as an example. 2) Read chapter 7 "Shadows and Tall Trees" 3) Four topics of Chapter 7 4) HOMEWORK: Finish reading and finish Four topics sheet