Monday 11.11
1. Silent Reading Time
2. Share Short Story Hooks / Intros
3. Drafting Day
Tomorrow: RI and Drafting in Library
HW:
Finish Short Story Draft by Wednesday 11.13
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Tuesday 11.12
SNOW DAY TODAY
Next Year: Add Slideshow about Developing Body of Story...
Wednesday 11.13
Meet in Library Today.
1. RI Reading test
2. Finish Drafting Short Story. 8 paragraphs and 1 meaningful line
HW;
Finish Drafting short story by tomorrow
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Thursday 11.14
1. Silent Reading
2. Peer Review Stories. Use this form.
3. Time to Revise Story
HW:
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Revised Draft SS due Thursday 11.21
Friday 11.15
1. Silent Reading
2. Intro to "Life is Sweet" - Setting and Characters. Pass out Chart with Characters
3. In Small Groups: Read "Life is Sweet in Kumansenu"
4. Life is Sweet: Foreshadowing Discussion / make a list.
5. Ending: Why is "life sweet" in this story?
HW:
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Revised Draft SS due Thursday 11.21
Next Week:
Monday: Book Group #1
Tuesday: Short Story Revision Session. Read Through the Tunnel.?
Wednesday: "Through the Tunnel" Discuss
Thursday: Share Stories. "Man From Kabul" Read (or another short story)
Friday: Share Stories. Man from Kabul (or another short story) Discuss
Monday: Share Stories Book Group #2
Tuesday: Share Stories. Read Visit to Grandmothers (or another story - or watch one?)
After Break: Debrief Slideshow
Finish Short Story Unit + Test
Begin Fences.
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Monday 11.12
New Seats!
*New Vocab - Set 8 - On website*
1. 10 Minutes Silent Reading. If you have not finished Life is Sweet at Kumensenu, please read now.
2. Life is Sweet: 150 Word Response to any idea, theme, quote, part of this story.
3. Agree / Disagree Activity
4. Foreshadowing in the story: List 10 Examples (w/ page #s) that Meiji's death is foreshadowed.
5. (If time): Foreshadowing Paragraph.
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due Wednesday by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book: Meetings Tomorrow!
Tuesday 11.13
1. Revisit Foreshadowing Writing
2. Silent Reading Time + 150 Word Response
3. Book Group Meetings: Share response / observations / opinions
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due Wednesday by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book
Wednesday 11.14
Guest Teacher: Ms. Frontier is at a Social Justice Conference Today.
1. Please read the story "Through the Tunnel"
2. TBA (12 Angry Men Essay Revisions in Library?)
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due tonight by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book
Thursday 11.15
1. 10 Minutes Silent Reading
2. Discuss Through the Tunnel
3. If time: Begin reading "A Visit to Grandmother"
HW:
Vocab Quiz 8 tomorrow
Read Book Group Book
Friday 11.16
1. Vocab Flash Review and Quiz
2. Free Reading Friday
HW:
Read Book Group Book
Read "A Visit to Grandmother"
Tentative:
Monday 11.19:
No Vocab this week!
Make sure SS Story is fully edited and Prepare to share on Tuesday!
Book Group Meetings
Read / Discuss A Visit to Grandmothers (if time)
HW:
Read The Man From Kabul? (307-313)
12 Angry Men revisions due tomorrow.
Tuesday 11.19:
Discuss Grandmothers / Man from Kabul
Share Short Short Stories w/ simple image as backdrop.
After T-break:
Finish Book Group Book- Prepare for Final Project.
SS Final Quiz
SS Essay
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Monday 11.13
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Book Groups
--Define Juxtaposition / Examples
--Book Group Meetings
--Write about Juxtaposition
2. If time: Life is Sweet at K / Check Questions
HW:
New Vocab: Due Wednesday by 11:59p
Revise Short Short Story by Friday
Make sure you've read "Life is Sweet" and "Through the Tunnel"
Also to come this week:
12 Angry Men Essay Revision Day
Tuesday 11.14
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Finish Juxtaposition Writing- view projected example
2. Life is Sweet: Agree / Disagree Questions & Reflection
HW
Vocab due by 11:59p Wednesday
Read Book Group Book
Review "Through the Tunnel"
Wednesday 11.15
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Foreshadowing in LISIK.
Find 10 examples. Copy quote and page number.
2. Writing about foreshadowing
-My model, blacked out
-Write your own
3. Check LISIK Discussion Questions 1-5
HW:
New vocabulary due tonight by 11:59p
Revise short story by Friday. Print hard copy.
Review "Through the Tunnel" and make sure you've answered Discussion Questions
Thursday 11.16
2 Minute Storytelling
Check LISIK Questions (2nd only)
1. Pass out Foreshadowing handout (my blacked out model / my complete paragraph)
2. TTT: Discussion
--5 Observations. 1 Theme. Discussion. Table Theme. Link to Hazing.
3. Continuing writing practice: Revise 12 Angry Men Essay.
HW:
Vocab Quiz tomorrow
Finish Short Short Story Revision for Monday. Bring Hard Copy MONDAY.
Finish 12 Angry Men Revisions for Tuesday.
Friday 11.17
Ms. Frontier will be chaperoning a field trip today. Guest Teacher.
1. Vocab : Flash Review and Quiz (Go to Library for quiz )
2. Work on 12 Angry Men Revisions - use library computers near Biography Section
3. If you finish, you may read your book group book
HW:
Read Book Group Book / Add Post-Its. Meeting #3 Monday!
Short Short Story - Final Draft hard copy due MONDAY
12 Angry Men revisions due Tuesday
Tentative:
Monday 11.18:
Collect SS Story Hard Copy
Book Group Meetings
Read / Discuss A Visit to Grandmothers (if time)
HW:
Read The Man From Kabul? (307-313)
12 Angry Men revisions due tomorrow.
Tuesday 11.19:
Discuss Grandmothers / Man from Kabul
Share Short Short Stories w/ simple image as backdrop.
After T-break:
Book Group #4
SS Quiz
SS Essay
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Monday 11.14
HW:
Tuesday 11.15
Tomorrow:
-Return 34-54 questions.
-Review 34-54 Questions/ Concepts
HW:
Vocab due by 11:59p tonight
Reading Quiz p 34-54 tomorrow
Read 55-63
Wednesday 11.16
HW:
Review 55-63
Read 64-84 for Friday
(Dr. Jekyll’s Full Statement!)
Thursday 11.17
Go To Little Theater: Poetry Assembly!
**Finish Diagnosis! Submit on my Website**
HW:
Vocab Quiz
Read pp 64-84
Friday 11.18
HW:
Prep for Book Group Meetings Monday
[Try to Finish your Book]
J & H: Final Test Tuesday- Maybe!
JH p 55-84 Reading Questions due Tuesday
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11.16 Monday
4. Pick up Things Fall Apart
HW:
Vocab
Prep for Book Group Meeting (15 post-its)
Read Chapter 1 TFA for Wednesday. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.17 Tuesday
HW: Read Chapter 1 TFA. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.18 Wednesday
To Start: Read the poem excerpt below.
Explain what you think it is about. (2 sentences)
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
--W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming”
To Finish:
On back of notecard, write a 1-2 sentence theory:
How might the events in Ch. 1 foreshadow or
relate to the ideas presented in the poem?
HW: Read Chapter 2-3. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.19 Thursday
1. Student Slideshow (last one!)
2. With a partner: List 5 elements of Ibo culture / rituals / etc. that seem strange or hard to comprehend for us.
List 5 elements of US culture that might be odd to outsiders or hard to comprehend for outsiders.
3. Things Fall Apart:
• Review Handout (yesterday)
• What seems just a little familiar in this story?
4. Continue Character List (new handout)
HW:
Read Chapter 4
Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz + Free Reading Friday
11.20 Friday
1. Vocab Quiz
2. Okonkwo's Character (24-33)
3. The Evolution of Beliefs & Rules (p 30-32) \
4. Free Reading Friday
HW:
Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
1. Silent Reading Time
2. Share Short Story Hooks / Intros
3. Drafting Day
Tomorrow: RI and Drafting in Library
HW:
Finish Short Story Draft by Wednesday 11.13
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Tuesday 11.12
SNOW DAY TODAY
Next Year: Add Slideshow about Developing Body of Story...
Wednesday 11.13
Meet in Library Today.
1. RI Reading test
2. Finish Drafting Short Story. 8 paragraphs and 1 meaningful line
HW;
Finish Drafting short story by tomorrow
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Thursday 11.14
1. Silent Reading
2. Peer Review Stories. Use this form.
3. Time to Revise Story
HW:
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Revised Draft SS due Thursday 11.21
Friday 11.15
1. Silent Reading
2. Intro to "Life is Sweet" - Setting and Characters. Pass out Chart with Characters
3. In Small Groups: Read "Life is Sweet in Kumansenu"
4. Life is Sweet: Foreshadowing Discussion / make a list.
5. Ending: Why is "life sweet" in this story?
HW:
Read 1/4 of Q2 Book Group Book by Monday 11.18
Revised Draft SS due Thursday 11.21
Next Week:
Monday: Book Group #1
Tuesday: Short Story Revision Session. Read Through the Tunnel.?
Wednesday: "Through the Tunnel" Discuss
Thursday: Share Stories. "Man From Kabul" Read (or another short story)
Friday: Share Stories. Man from Kabul (or another short story) Discuss
Monday: Share Stories Book Group #2
Tuesday: Share Stories. Read Visit to Grandmothers (or another story - or watch one?)
After Break: Debrief Slideshow
Finish Short Story Unit + Test
Begin Fences.
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Monday 11.12
New Seats!
*New Vocab - Set 8 - On website*
1. 10 Minutes Silent Reading. If you have not finished Life is Sweet at Kumensenu, please read now.
2. Life is Sweet: 150 Word Response to any idea, theme, quote, part of this story.
3. Agree / Disagree Activity
4. Foreshadowing in the story: List 10 Examples (w/ page #s) that Meiji's death is foreshadowed.
5. (If time): Foreshadowing Paragraph.
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due Wednesday by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book: Meetings Tomorrow!
Tuesday 11.13
1. Revisit Foreshadowing Writing
2. Silent Reading Time + 150 Word Response
3. Book Group Meetings: Share response / observations / opinions
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due Wednesday by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book
Wednesday 11.14
Guest Teacher: Ms. Frontier is at a Social Justice Conference Today.
1. Please read the story "Through the Tunnel"
2. TBA (12 Angry Men Essay Revisions in Library?)
HW:
Vocab Set 8 due tonight by 11:59p
Read Book Group Book
Thursday 11.15
1. 10 Minutes Silent Reading
2. Discuss Through the Tunnel
3. If time: Begin reading "A Visit to Grandmother"
HW:
Vocab Quiz 8 tomorrow
Read Book Group Book
Friday 11.16
1. Vocab Flash Review and Quiz
2. Free Reading Friday
HW:
Read Book Group Book
Read "A Visit to Grandmother"
Tentative:
Monday 11.19:
No Vocab this week!
Make sure SS Story is fully edited and Prepare to share on Tuesday!
Book Group Meetings
Read / Discuss A Visit to Grandmothers (if time)
HW:
Read The Man From Kabul? (307-313)
12 Angry Men revisions due tomorrow.
Tuesday 11.19:
Discuss Grandmothers / Man from Kabul
Share Short Short Stories w/ simple image as backdrop.
After T-break:
Finish Book Group Book- Prepare for Final Project.
SS Final Quiz
SS Essay
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Monday 11.13
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Book Groups
--Define Juxtaposition / Examples
--Book Group Meetings
--Write about Juxtaposition
2. If time: Life is Sweet at K / Check Questions
HW:
New Vocab: Due Wednesday by 11:59p
Revise Short Short Story by Friday
Make sure you've read "Life is Sweet" and "Through the Tunnel"
Also to come this week:
12 Angry Men Essay Revision Day
Tuesday 11.14
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Finish Juxtaposition Writing- view projected example
2. Life is Sweet: Agree / Disagree Questions & Reflection
HW
Vocab due by 11:59p Wednesday
Read Book Group Book
Review "Through the Tunnel"
Wednesday 11.15
2 Minute Storytelling
1. Foreshadowing in LISIK.
Find 10 examples. Copy quote and page number.
2. Writing about foreshadowing
-My model, blacked out
-Write your own
3. Check LISIK Discussion Questions 1-5
HW:
New vocabulary due tonight by 11:59p
Revise short story by Friday. Print hard copy.
Review "Through the Tunnel" and make sure you've answered Discussion Questions
Thursday 11.16
2 Minute Storytelling
Check LISIK Questions (2nd only)
1. Pass out Foreshadowing handout (my blacked out model / my complete paragraph)
2. TTT: Discussion
--5 Observations. 1 Theme. Discussion. Table Theme. Link to Hazing.
3. Continuing writing practice: Revise 12 Angry Men Essay.
HW:
Vocab Quiz tomorrow
Finish Short Short Story Revision for Monday. Bring Hard Copy MONDAY.
Finish 12 Angry Men Revisions for Tuesday.
Friday 11.17
Ms. Frontier will be chaperoning a field trip today. Guest Teacher.
1. Vocab : Flash Review and Quiz (Go to Library for quiz )
2. Work on 12 Angry Men Revisions - use library computers near Biography Section
3. If you finish, you may read your book group book
HW:
Read Book Group Book / Add Post-Its. Meeting #3 Monday!
Short Short Story - Final Draft hard copy due MONDAY
12 Angry Men revisions due Tuesday
Tentative:
Monday 11.18:
Collect SS Story Hard Copy
Book Group Meetings
Read / Discuss A Visit to Grandmothers (if time)
HW:
Read The Man From Kabul? (307-313)
12 Angry Men revisions due tomorrow.
Tuesday 11.19:
Discuss Grandmothers / Man from Kabul
Share Short Short Stories w/ simple image as backdrop.
After T-break:
Book Group #4
SS Quiz
SS Essay
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Monday 11.14
- New Vocab: Students choose
- Collect J & H Allusions handouts + Reading Questions p34-54
- Book Group Meetings
- Reading / Vocab Time
HW:
- Vocab due Tuesday by 11:59p
- Read 34-54, Reading Quiz Wednesday
Tuesday 11.15
- Story
- Writing Prompt: TBA
- Diagnosing Dr. Jekyll
Tomorrow:
-Return 34-54 questions.
-Review 34-54 Questions/ Concepts
HW:
Vocab due by 11:59p tonight
Reading Quiz p 34-54 tomorrow
Read 55-63
Wednesday 11.16
- Story
- Diagnosis: Observations & thoughts!
- Return 34-54 questions.
- Review 34-54 Questions/ Concepts
- Reading Quiz 34-54
- Finish Dr. Jekyll’s Diagnosis (library). Add Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative if you wish.
HW:
Review 55-63
Read 64-84 for Friday
(Dr. Jekyll’s Full Statement!)
Thursday 11.17
Go To Little Theater: Poetry Assembly!
**Finish Diagnosis! Submit on my Website**
HW:
Vocab Quiz
Read pp 64-84
Friday 11.18
- How was Poetry Reading?
- Story
- Vocab Quiz [Return / Review Vocab]
- EOS Survey
- Focus: Pages 55-84: Reading Questions
HW:
Prep for Book Group Meetings Monday
[Try to Finish your Book]
J & H: Final Test Tuesday- Maybe!
JH p 55-84 Reading Questions due Tuesday
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2015 PLANS
11.16 Monday
- Quiz / New Vocab
- Nigerian Slideshows
- CERA Pre-Test:
4. Pick up Things Fall Apart
HW:
Vocab
Prep for Book Group Meeting (15 post-its)
Read Chapter 1 TFA for Wednesday. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.17 Tuesday
- Nigerian Slideshow (Folktales)
- Book Group Meetings
HW: Read Chapter 1 TFA. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.18 Wednesday
To Start: Read the poem excerpt below.
Explain what you think it is about. (2 sentences)
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
--W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming”
- Nigerian Student Slideshow (1)
- “Things Fall Apart” - Cover Art
- Examine Characters and Setting
To Finish:
On back of notecard, write a 1-2 sentence theory:
How might the events in Ch. 1 foreshadow or
relate to the ideas presented in the poem?
HW: Read Chapter 2-3. Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE
11.19 Thursday
1. Student Slideshow (last one!)
2. With a partner: List 5 elements of Ibo culture / rituals / etc. that seem strange or hard to comprehend for us.
List 5 elements of US culture that might be odd to outsiders or hard to comprehend for outsiders.
3. Things Fall Apart:
• Review Handout (yesterday)
• What seems just a little familiar in this story?
4. Continue Character List (new handout)
HW:
Read Chapter 4
Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz + Free Reading Friday
11.20 Friday
1. Vocab Quiz
2. Okonkwo's Character (24-33)
3. The Evolution of Beliefs & Rules (p 30-32) \
4. Free Reading Friday
HW:
- Book Group Meetings Monday (15 post-its)
- Read Chapters 5, 6, and 7 for Tuesday
- Reading Quiz Tuesday
Forgot your book? PDF of Things Fall Apart HERE