Welcome to Semester 2!
Monday 1.27.20
1. In World News
2. Q3 Overview
3. Current Events Sign Up: S2
4. Intro Moth Mondays
a. 2-Minute Freewrites on IOM Prompts
b. View Moth on Youtube
HW: Book Pitch Wednesday
Tuesday 1.28.20
1. In World News
2. Write a mini-story based on yesterday's prompts and Lahiri's writing style (handout)
HW: Book Pitch Wednesday
Wednesday 1.29.20
1. In World News
2. Brazilian Teacher Guest
3. Book Pitch
If Time: Intro to Lahiri
HW:
Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
Thursday 1.30.20
1. In World News
2. Book Reveal
3. Intro to "A Temporary Matter"
HW: Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
Friday 1.31.20
Guest Teacher Today
1. Work on "Understanding Partition" handout.
2. Reading time
HW:
Finish Partition handout as needed
Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
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2018-9 Plans: Do Not Scroll Down
Welcome to Semester 2
(Well, it was supposed to be!)
Monday 1.28
No School- Snow Day / Hazardous Driving Conditions
Tuesday 1.29
Midterm Exams 5th and 6th Hour
Wednesday 1.30
No School- Wind Chill Warning
Thursday 1.31
No School- Wind Chill Warning
Friday 2.1
7th Hour and Make-Up Exams
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Monday 1.29.18
Welcome to Semester 2! View my Website if you are new.
Seating Powerpoint (as needed) & Welcome new students / Introductions
Mason Cox: Current Event (4th only)
1. Field Trip Friday! Bring Permission Form /Sign up for Travel Group
2. Pass Back Semester 1 Exam
3. Current Events: Revisit Semester 2 Sign-ups
4. Pick up Interpreter of Maladies
5. Longing for India - Read Article / Questions
HW:
Book Pitch Thursday
Tuesday 1.30.18
1. Field Trip Friday- Reminder
2. Collect "Longing for India" Questions / Review India Facts
3. Power Outages and Electricity
4. Read "A Temporary Matter" pages 1-22
HW:
Finish "A Temporary Matter"
Book Pitch Thursday
Wednesday 1.31.18
EARLY RELEASE DAY
1. Current Events Reminder- Monday!
2. Discuss "A Temporary Matter" / Discuss Reading Questions
HW:
Book Pitch tomorrow
Field Trip Friday
Thursday 2.1.18
1. Current Events Reminder / Teaser- Present on MONDAY. Javon, Osameh
2. A Temporary Matter- Paragraph Response
3. Book Pitch
HW:
Field Trip Tomorrow
Current Events: Monday
Read "When Mr. Pirzada..." for Monday
Friday 2.2.18
FIELD TRIP
HW:
Read "When Mr. Pirzada..." for Monday
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2016-7 PLANS
Monday 1.30.17
Welcome to Semester 2! My CWL Goals and Philosophy. View my Website!
Seating: Powerpoint...
1. Welcome New Students / Revisit Syllabus & Expectations / Fill Out Seating Chart
2. Item #1: Field Trip Friday! Pass out Permission Forms. Get signed up for a travel group.
3. 2-Minute Story - Make it a real story- Beginning, Middle, and Ending. Ms. Frontier's Model and Prompts. (Write ideas on notecard).
4. Review Current Events / Sign up for Semester 2
5. Pass Back Semester 1 Exam.
6. Introduction to Jhumpa Lahiri (Slideshow) / Story #1 (begin notecard) / Pick up Interpreter of Maladies
HW:
Field Trip Permission Form
Read "A Temporary Matter" (Short Story #1 in Interpreter of Maladies)
Tuesday 1.31.17
1. Story
2. Field Trip Tickets- 2/17, 3/29-- Final ticket count today!
3. Reminder: Book Pitch next Monday
4. "A Temporary Matter"- Silent Review with questions
5. Small Group Discussion- Q & A (handout)- 1 member writes notes on lined paper.
HW: Finish "ATM" Paragraph. 8 Sentences / Embed 1 quote
Wednesday 2.1.17
1. Story
2. Current Events Reminder / Teaser
3. A Temporary Matter: Wrap Up / Collect paragraphs
5. CWL Field Trip #2 and Artist Residency-- View Details (handout on board)
HW:
Complete questions #1, #2, and 5 more) of the Artist Residency Packet. Bring Packet to class tomorrow!
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Thursday 2.3.17
Artist Residency! If you are absent, please find and listen to an interview excerpt (3-5 minutes). You can find lots of interviews on Youtube. Take notes. Next, turn your notes into a script that could ultimately be performed. Some examples include: Narrative, Stage Directions, Diary entry, Skit, Rap, Poem, Song, Dance, Question and Answer Session, etc. Notes = 1/2 page, Script = 1 page.
HW:
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Friday 2.3.17
Class Meetings: 2nd Hour
1. Story
2. Current Events
3. Reading Time: Begin reading 'Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine.' Start Notecard.
HW:
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Read Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine for TUESDAY.
To Come: Pass out S2 Late Passes
Cell Phone- Policy / Participation Credit
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2015-6 PLANS
Tuesday 2.2
HW: None
Upcoming:
Ruth Sepytys visit
Current Events Start: Fri or Mon
Final Book Pitch: Next Monday 2.8
Wednesday 2.3
Pass out Late Passes 2nd and 4th
Personal Experience & Effects
List times that you have lost power.
What’s different when you don’t have power?
Children’s Book : Blackout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rocco
Engineering Book “When the Lights Went Out” http://www.amazon.com/When-Lights-Went-Out-Blackouts/dp/0262525070
Concrete & Psychological Effects
In Ghana: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32721265
http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/4036608-blackout-of-2003-brought-people-together/
HW: Finish “A Temporary Matter”
Thursday 2.4
Friday 2.5
2nd Hour: Class Meetings
4th Hour: Read WMPCTD
HW:
Book Pitch Monday!
Read "Mr. Pirzada Came to Dinner" story for Tuesday.
Monday 1.27.20
1. In World News
2. Q3 Overview
3. Current Events Sign Up: S2
4. Intro Moth Mondays
a. 2-Minute Freewrites on IOM Prompts
b. View Moth on Youtube
HW: Book Pitch Wednesday
Tuesday 1.28.20
1. In World News
2. Write a mini-story based on yesterday's prompts and Lahiri's writing style (handout)
HW: Book Pitch Wednesday
Wednesday 1.29.20
1. In World News
2. Brazilian Teacher Guest
3. Book Pitch
If Time: Intro to Lahiri
HW:
Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
Thursday 1.30.20
1. In World News
2. Book Reveal
3. Intro to "A Temporary Matter"
- Questions / Freewrite (Relationships)
- Lahiri Background Slideshow
HW: Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
Friday 1.31.20
Guest Teacher Today
1. Work on "Understanding Partition" handout.
2. Reading time
HW:
Finish Partition handout as needed
Bring Interpreter of Maladies to class each day
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2018-9 Plans: Do Not Scroll Down
Welcome to Semester 2
(Well, it was supposed to be!)
Monday 1.28
No School- Snow Day / Hazardous Driving Conditions
Tuesday 1.29
Midterm Exams 5th and 6th Hour
Wednesday 1.30
No School- Wind Chill Warning
Thursday 1.31
No School- Wind Chill Warning
Friday 2.1
7th Hour and Make-Up Exams
------------------------
Monday 1.29.18
Welcome to Semester 2! View my Website if you are new.
Seating Powerpoint (as needed) & Welcome new students / Introductions
Mason Cox: Current Event (4th only)
1. Field Trip Friday! Bring Permission Form /Sign up for Travel Group
2. Pass Back Semester 1 Exam
3. Current Events: Revisit Semester 2 Sign-ups
4. Pick up Interpreter of Maladies
5. Longing for India - Read Article / Questions
HW:
Book Pitch Thursday
Tuesday 1.30.18
1. Field Trip Friday- Reminder
2. Collect "Longing for India" Questions / Review India Facts
3. Power Outages and Electricity
4. Read "A Temporary Matter" pages 1-22
HW:
Finish "A Temporary Matter"
Book Pitch Thursday
Wednesday 1.31.18
EARLY RELEASE DAY
1. Current Events Reminder- Monday!
2. Discuss "A Temporary Matter" / Discuss Reading Questions
HW:
Book Pitch tomorrow
Field Trip Friday
Thursday 2.1.18
1. Current Events Reminder / Teaser- Present on MONDAY. Javon, Osameh
2. A Temporary Matter- Paragraph Response
3. Book Pitch
HW:
Field Trip Tomorrow
Current Events: Monday
Read "When Mr. Pirzada..." for Monday
Friday 2.2.18
FIELD TRIP
HW:
Read "When Mr. Pirzada..." for Monday
------------------------
2016-7 PLANS
Monday 1.30.17
Welcome to Semester 2! My CWL Goals and Philosophy. View my Website!
Seating: Powerpoint...
1. Welcome New Students / Revisit Syllabus & Expectations / Fill Out Seating Chart
2. Item #1: Field Trip Friday! Pass out Permission Forms. Get signed up for a travel group.
3. 2-Minute Story - Make it a real story- Beginning, Middle, and Ending. Ms. Frontier's Model and Prompts. (Write ideas on notecard).
4. Review Current Events / Sign up for Semester 2
5. Pass Back Semester 1 Exam.
6. Introduction to Jhumpa Lahiri (Slideshow) / Story #1 (begin notecard) / Pick up Interpreter of Maladies
HW:
Field Trip Permission Form
Read "A Temporary Matter" (Short Story #1 in Interpreter of Maladies)
Tuesday 1.31.17
1. Story
2. Field Trip Tickets- 2/17, 3/29-- Final ticket count today!
3. Reminder: Book Pitch next Monday
4. "A Temporary Matter"- Silent Review with questions
5. Small Group Discussion- Q & A (handout)- 1 member writes notes on lined paper.
HW: Finish "ATM" Paragraph. 8 Sentences / Embed 1 quote
Wednesday 2.1.17
1. Story
2. Current Events Reminder / Teaser
3. A Temporary Matter: Wrap Up / Collect paragraphs
- Main Message?
- How Lahiri crafts to communicate this?
5. CWL Field Trip #2 and Artist Residency-- View Details (handout on board)
- What to Expect from "Beyond Sacred": Show and Residency
- Slideshow / Video Clip on Beyond Sacred
- Fill out packet of questions (#1, #2, and 5 more of your choice.)
HW:
Complete questions #1, #2, and 5 more) of the Artist Residency Packet. Bring Packet to class tomorrow!
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Thursday 2.3.17
Artist Residency! If you are absent, please find and listen to an interview excerpt (3-5 minutes). You can find lots of interviews on Youtube. Take notes. Next, turn your notes into a script that could ultimately be performed. Some examples include: Narrative, Stage Directions, Diary entry, Skit, Rap, Poem, Song, Dance, Question and Answer Session, etc. Notes = 1/2 page, Script = 1 page.
HW:
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Friday 2.3.17
Class Meetings: 2nd Hour
1. Story
2. Current Events
3. Reading Time: Begin reading 'Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine.' Start Notecard.
HW:
Book Pitch (Outside Reading) Next MONDAY. Be ready to pitch a book you'd like to read with a small group.
Read Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine for TUESDAY.
To Come: Pass out S2 Late Passes
Cell Phone- Policy / Participation Credit
-----------------------------------
2015-6 PLANS
Tuesday 2.2
- Welcome to Semester 2
- Sit Anywhere you Like
- Return Exams
- Pass out Interpreter of Maladies
- Pass out S2 late passes
HW: None
Upcoming:
Ruth Sepytys visit
Current Events Start: Fri or Mon
Final Book Pitch: Next Monday 2.8
Wednesday 2.3
Pass out Late Passes 2nd and 4th
- Power Outages--
Personal Experience & Effects
List times that you have lost power.
What’s different when you don’t have power?
Children’s Book : Blackout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rocco
Engineering Book “When the Lights Went Out” http://www.amazon.com/When-Lights-Went-Out-Blackouts/dp/0262525070
Concrete & Psychological Effects
In Ghana: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32721265
http://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/4036608-blackout-of-2003-brought-people-together/
- Introduce Jhumpa Lahiri
- Begin Reading “A Temporary Matter” with Cornell Notes
HW: Finish “A Temporary Matter”
Thursday 2.4
- Summary and Q & A on “A Temporary Matter”(Small Group Discussion)
- Focus on ______ (technique? structure? Style?)
- Robert Frost “Home Burial” – annotate & connect
Friday 2.5
2nd Hour: Class Meetings
4th Hour: Read WMPCTD
HW:
Book Pitch Monday!
Read "Mr. Pirzada Came to Dinner" story for Tuesday.
