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!)
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!
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!
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!
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!
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