Monday
In class: "The Raven" dramatic recitations
HW: Read your independent reading book--Reading Log #12 due 4/8
Tuesday
In class: Writing response to photos of segregation in the southern US, "Introduction to the 1960s" nonfiction close reading exercise to build background knowledge for the reading of The Secret Life of Bees
HW: Read your independent reading book--Reading Log #12 due 4/8
Wednesday
In class: Anticipation guide for The Secret Life of Bees, chapter 1focus vocabulary exercises: presumptuous & orneriness, preview other vocab. in the chapter, read the epigraph for chapter 1 and make a prediction, begin reading chapter 1
HW: Read your independent reading book--Reading Log #12 due 4/8
Thursday
In class: Begin filling out character profile sheets with details about characters we've been introduced to so far in The Secret Life of Bees, continue reading chapter 1
HW: Read your independent reading book--Reading Log #12 due 4/8
Friday
In class: Finish reading chapter 1 of The Secret Life of Bees and complete the focus vocabulary exercises for oblivious & unperturbed, reflect on epigraph predictions made for chapter 1 and draw connections
HW: Read your independent reading book--Reading Log #12 due 4/8
Friday, March 25, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
March 21-25
Monday
In class: Begin "The Raven"--preview vocab., listen to poem/read along, summarize stanzas 1-9 together
HW: Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Tuesday
In class: Continue reading and summarizing "The Raven"--summarize the last 9 stanzas with a partner, then whole class review, get assigned stanza for recitation on Monday 3/28
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Wednesday
In class: Watch The Simpsons spoof of "The Raven," begin poem analysis packet after reviewing notes on poetic elements
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Thursday
In class: Finish poem analysis packet for "The Raven" and review findings
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Friday
In class: Imagery illustration activity for your assigned stanza of "The Raven"
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
In class: Begin "The Raven"--preview vocab., listen to poem/read along, summarize stanzas 1-9 together
HW: Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Tuesday
In class: Continue reading and summarizing "The Raven"--summarize the last 9 stanzas with a partner, then whole class review, get assigned stanza for recitation on Monday 3/28
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Wednesday
In class: Watch The Simpsons spoof of "The Raven," begin poem analysis packet after reviewing notes on poetic elements
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Thursday
In class: Finish poem analysis packet for "The Raven" and review findings
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Friday
In class: Imagery illustration activity for your assigned stanza of "The Raven"
HW: Memorize your assigned stanza from "The Raven" for Monday's recitation, Read your independent reading book! Reading Log #12 is due next Friday 4/1
Saturday, March 12, 2016
March 14-18
Monday
In class: Add one example of each type of irony used in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to the ISN and answer text analysis questions
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Tuesday
In class: Begin Poe's "The Black Cat" (pre-reading picture prediction exercise & close reading of story using Kahoot!)
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Wednesday
In class: Continue close reading of "The Black Cat" using Kahoot!
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Thursday
In class: Wrap up close reading of "The Black Cat" using Kahoot!, review for tomorrow's quiz
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ tomorrow, NEWSELA due tomorrow, Reading Log #11 due tomorrow---Read your independent reading book!
Friday
In class: Poe Short Story QUIZ, NEWSELA small group discussions
HW: Read your independent reading book!
In class: Add one example of each type of irony used in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to the ISN and answer text analysis questions
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Tuesday
In class: Begin Poe's "The Black Cat" (pre-reading picture prediction exercise & close reading of story using Kahoot!)
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Wednesday
In class: Continue close reading of "The Black Cat" using Kahoot!
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ on Friday, NEWSELA due Friday, Reading Log #11 due Friday---Read your independent reading book!
Thursday
In class: Wrap up close reading of "The Black Cat" using Kahoot!, review for tomorrow's quiz
HW: Poe Short Story QUIZ tomorrow, NEWSELA due tomorrow, Reading Log #11 due tomorrow---Read your independent reading book!
Friday
In class: Poe Short Story QUIZ, NEWSELA small group discussions
HW: Read your independent reading book!
Friday, March 4, 2016
March 7-11
Monday
In class: Pre-reading for "The Cask of Amontillado" by E.A. Poe: ISN notes on verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony, vocab. preview, begin close reading of story (highlight at least 5 examples of irony to categorize by type later)
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is this Friday, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Tuesday
No School--Teacher Workshops
Wednesday
In class: Finish close reading of "The Cask of Amontillado" by E.A. Poe (highlight at least 5 examples of irony to categorize by type later)
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is this Friday, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Thursday
In class: Text analysis questions based on the close reading of "The Cask of Amontillado" and discussion of the story, How does the irony used in the story act as foreshadowing?
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is tomorrow, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Friday
In class: "In Your Face" vocab. QUIZ, independent reading time
HW: Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18 (should be on a new book!)
In class: Pre-reading for "The Cask of Amontillado" by E.A. Poe: ISN notes on verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony, vocab. preview, begin close reading of story (highlight at least 5 examples of irony to categorize by type later)
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is this Friday, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Tuesday
No School--Teacher Workshops
Wednesday
In class: Finish close reading of "The Cask of Amontillado" by E.A. Poe (highlight at least 5 examples of irony to categorize by type later)
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is this Friday, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Thursday
In class: Text analysis questions based on the close reading of "The Cask of Amontillado" and discussion of the story, How does the irony used in the story act as foreshadowing?
HW: Vocab. QUIZ on the "In Your Face" vocab. packet words is tomorrow, Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18
Friday
In class: "In Your Face" vocab. QUIZ, independent reading time
HW: Reading Log #11 due Fri. 3/18 (should be on a new book!)
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