Sunday, February 28, 2016

February 29-March 4

Monday

In class:  Continue working on "The Tell-Tale Heart" Police Report in narrative form on Google Classroom

HW:  "In Your Face" vocabulary packet due this Friday, final draft of Police Report due this Friday on Google Classroom (submit no earlier than Wednesday night after we revise in class!), independent reading


Tuesday

In class:  Finish "The Tell-Tale Heart" Police Report in narrative form on Google Classroom

HW:  "In Your Face" vocabulary packet due this Friday, final draft of Police Report due this Friday on Google Classroom (submit no earlier than Wednesday night after we revise in class!), independent reading


Wednesday

In class:  Revise and edit "The Tell-Tale Heart" Police Reports on Google Drive with partners

HW:  "In Your Face" vocabulary packet due this Friday, final draft of Police Report due this Friday on Google Classroom--make sure to submit it on time!, independent reading


Thursday

In class:  Work on finishing "In Your Face" vocabulary packet and review answers, watch 1941 film adaptation of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and discuss differences between the film and the original story with a partner

HW:  Final draft of Police Report due tomorrow on Google Classroom--make sure to submit it on time!, independent reading


Friday

In class:  Creating Effective Presentations parent presenter, work on Culminating Project

HW:  QUIZ on "In Your Face" vocab. words next Friday,  Continue independent reading!



Friday, February 12, 2016

February 15-19

Monday

NO SCHOOL--Presidents' Day


Tuesday

In class:  Introduction to "The Tell-Tale Heart" Police Report project, choose a claim to defend in your Police Report (According to the legal definition of insanity, was the narrator sane or insane at the time of the crime and what type of punishment does he deserve as a result of your determination?), listen to the story again, begin to gather evidence to defend your chosen claim on your Police Report template

HW:  Study for Friday's QUIZ on "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Wednesday

In class:  Continue to gather and record evidence for "The Tell-Tale Heart" police report

HW:  Study for Friday's QUIZ on "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Thursday

In class:  Begin working on digital Police Report in narrative form on Google Classroom

HW:  Study for tomorrow's QUIZ on "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Friday

In class:  QUIZ on "The Tell-Tale Heart", complete digital Police Report in narrative form on Google Classroom

HW:  Keep READING your independent reading book over vacation!

Sunday, February 7, 2016

February 8-12

Monday

In class:  Identifying Conflicts ISN practice activity, "Elevator" written extension activity

HW:  Vocabulary Study worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" (using context clues and making story predictions) due Wednesday, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Tuesday

NO SCHOOL--Primary Day

HW:  Vocabulary Study worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" (using context clues and making story predictions) due tomorrow, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Wednesday

In class:  Review Vocabulary Study worksheet answers and share predictions, Text Analysis Focus:  Suspense & Narrator, read/listen to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer Close Read questions (evaluating narrator and analyzing the techniques Poe uses to create suspense in the story)

HW:  Vocabulary Practice worksheet for "The Tell-Tale Heart" due tomorrow, Reading Log #10 due this Friday


Thursday

In class:  Review Vocabulary Practice worksheet answers, finish reading/listening to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answering Close Read questions (evaluating narrator and analyzing the techniques Poe uses to create suspense in the story), plot picture sort, draw and label a plot map for "The Tell-Tale Heart" for the ISN

HW:  Reading Log #10 due tomorrow


Friday

In class:  Introduce Argument Writing Piece (Police Report), choose a position (whether the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is sane or insane and the type of punishment he should receive) and listen to the story again to begin to gather and record evidence from the story as support for a chosen claim (take notes on Police Report template)

HW:  Keep reading your chosen independent reading book!