Friday, March 25, 2016

March 28-April 1

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

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

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!

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!)

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!