IC: PETAL "Plants" & Model Essay
SWBAT:
1) identify a "implied audience" in Olive Senior's Plants, explain how specific techniques are used to develop the relationship between the speaker, audience, and plants.
2) Use "model" phrases and verbs as part of your analysis sentences
HW: Read Othello to p. 93 by tomorrow. Expect Quizzes this week.
IC: Perform a scene
SWBAT: explain how character's motivations in a scene contribute to the action of Act 2, scene iii
You may use the litcharts translation to add your comprehension
A: Poetry Reading on Friday, March 28
Who's interested?
HW: Read Othello to p. 93-107 by tomorrow. Expect Quizzes this week.
IC: Albert.io Othello Quiz/ Performance Preparation
1) Complete the MCQ's for Act 1, Scene iii by the end of class that are assigned in ALBERT.IO
-You may work together to answer the questions, although you will only have 15 minutes to complete the quiz.
2) Prepare for your presentation
Due to an ongoing medical situation, it is possible that I will not be in class tomorrow. If this happens, we will present next week.
IC: Benchmark Writing Prep.
HW: due Wednesday
A: Writing benchmark from Wednesday to Friday
SUMMARY: Today we practiced expanding our writing through sensory details and concrete language. We also practiced writing under a time constraint. Tomorrow, we will practice analyzing a story.
SUMMARY: Today was day one of the writing benchmark. You read the short excerpt from The Most Beautiful Roof in the World and planned your story. Tomorrow you will have the entire class to write your narrative.
IC: Note-catcher
HW: Be prepared for your debate!
A: Speaking Benchmark Tues. or Wed.
SUMMARY: Today you read 3 articles and found evidence to record on your note-catcher. Debates will begin tomorrow and continue on Wednesday. To make sure you're prepared, take a closer look at the debate rubric or the articles:
SUMMARY: Today, some of you completed your benchmark debate. Anyone who did not complete the debate today will complete it tomorrow. We also started the Character Profile Project in class, and will continue to work at it tomorrow in class.
IC: Reconstruct an Essay
SWBAT: reconstruct an essay that is missing key context, evidence, analysis and commentary
News: HS basketball games tonight. 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
HW: Bring your previous essay tomorrow. I will collect them Tuesday in preparation for Thursday's essay.
Finish Essay reconstruction if unfinished. Due Wednesday
IC: Literary Essay Intro
HW: package due Monday
A: Grammar Quiz next Monday
SUMMARY: Today we looked at a model introduction to a literary essay that explains how concrete and sensory language helps improve the reader's experience. We also edited the paragraph for capitalization errors. Finally, you used the model and what we discussed in class to write your own introduction.
IC: Literary Essay Body Paragraph 1
HW: package due Monday
A: Freckle skill in backpack (conjunctions)
SUMMARY: Today we finished our introduction for the literary essay before analyzing the model body paragraph. Your goal was to complete your first body paragraph with at least two quotes that support one of the five senses you chose to focus on. Tomorrow we will analyze and write body paragraph two.
IC: Literary Essay Body Paragraph 2
HW: Package due Monday
A:
SUMMARY: Today we finished our first body paragraph for the literary essay before analyzing the model body paragraph 2. Your goal was to complete your second body paragraph with at least two quotes that support one of the five senses you chose to focus on. Tomorrow we will analyze and write the conclusion.
IC: Characters and Conflict
HW: Package due Monday
A:
SUMMARY: Today we did independent stations. Students took charge of their own learning today by completing the 'Character Worksheet' as well as the 'Conflict Worksheet' using the material provided.
IC: Story Writing: Beginning
HW: Package due Monday
A: Grammar Quiz Monday
SUMMARY: Today we analyzed the beginning of the story "Bite at Night", and then planned and began writing our own introduction (exposition and inciting incident) using the following picture as a prompt.
HOMEWORK: Complete the HW package, study your coordinating conjunctions, and finish writing the beginning of your narrative. On Monday, we will look at how to write the middle of our story.
IC: Tell-Tale Heart: Misunderstanding
SWBAT: collaborate with partners to discuss misunderstanding in TTHeart
-identify evidence that a narrator is unreliable and explain the connection between misunderstanding and reliability
Essential Questions: What is the connection between misunderstanding of self and reliability for a narrator?
HW: Read the first two pages of Othello. Highlight examples of characters distrusting or misunderstanding other characters. 15-25 min.
Quill: complete the remainder of your assigned activities by Saturday and
11:59
IC: Reading Shakespeare
SWBAT: collaborate with partners to delight, lago's motivation to "poison his
-familiarize yourself with Elizabethan language by writing insults that would enrage a teacher.
Essential Questions:
HW: Read pg. 11, 13, 15: highlight the insulting language that is meant to anger
Brabantio
Quill: complete 20 minutes on Quill by
Saturday night
IC: Literary Argument Essay Reflection
SWBAT: set goals to improve their next literary-argument essay score
Ce: Emma should pass out the essays. Please complete the reflection assignment on Teams.
Ho: Eric should pass out the essays. Everyone should complete the reflection assignment on Teams.
HW: complete the reflection by 11:59 pm tonight
IC: Text Structure Stations
HW: Complete HW Package for next Monday
A: new Freckle skill; Assessment Friday; READING ACCELERATOR (Teams Assignment) if you haven't done it yet!
SUMMARY: Today we completed two stations, learning about two more text structures: chronological order and cause and effect
HOMEWORK: Continue to complete the homework packet. It is due next Monday. We will also have an assessment this Friday on the different text structures we have learned so far.
IC: Summary Review
HW: (Text Structure practice in HW packet)
A: new Freckle skill; Assessment Friday; READING ACCELERATOR (Teams Assignment) if you haven't done it yet!
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed the 6 different text structures, then practiced using that information to write a complete summary.
IC: Guided Research
HW: Independent Research (in HW package)
A: Science Talk Wednesday
SUMMARY: We will have a Science Talk on Wednesday to answer the question "Why should you care about the rainforest?" To answer this question, we did guided research today using to printed webpage articles. Tomorrow, we will use the iPads to find more support for your Science Talk.
HOMEWORK: Find at least one website that helps you answer the question "Why should you care about the rainforest?"
IC: Science Talk
HW: package due Monday
A: Teams Reading Accelerator
SUMMARY: Today is your chance to show your understanding of the topic: Why should you care about the rainforest?
HOMEWORK:
Homework bundle due next Monday
Reading Accelerator posted on Teams (due Sunday night)
Greek/Latin Root Quiz next Monday
IC: Point of View
HW: package due Monday
A: New Freckle skill
SUMMARY: Today we learned about the different points of view that an author can use. We also read the story "The Dreaming Tree" and answered comprehension questions about it.
HOMEWORK: The HW package is due next Monday. Be sure to complete each page carefully and don't forget to do the Freckle skill!
IC: Figurative Language
HW: package due Monday
A: Assessment next week
SUMMARY: Today we reviewed figurative language, focusing on similes, metaphors, and idioms. Make sure you understand the differences! We also compared a story "A Walk in the Woods" to the story we read in class yesterday, comparing the different points of view.
SUMMARY: Today we continued to identify similes, metaphors and idioms from the different texts we've read. Then we compared figurative language using a graphic organizer to help us write a compare and contrast essay.
IC: Review Day
HW: package due Monday
A: Assessment next Monday
SUMMARY: Today I handed back the grammar quiz and homework package. We reviewed the common mistakes, especially decoding words through your understanding of roots and prefixes. Then you had the rest of class to complete your C&C essay from yesterday. Anyone who finished the essay got an iPad to review figurative language on Freckle.
IC: Presentations; Music across texts
SWBAT:
1) Combine Al-generated images and lines of poetry to convey the experience of the blues musician from Langston Hughes poem, "The
Weary Blues"
2) If time: What do A Raisin in the Sun and "The Weary Blues" suggest about the emotional impact of music?
Homework: Review p. 113-119, Underline most meaningful line from
"Who Do You Call," and write a sentence about what that line helps you understand about the man that the speaker describes. 10+ minutes
IC: Dramatic Interpretation Preparation
SWBAT:
-identify a central message of their scene and explain how it contributes to their understanding of the play
-Decide what acting choices they will make.
Take out your annotations from last night so I can check them.
HW: Reread your scene, highlight phrases and words that will guide your acting.
Tonight's homework: prepare for presentation: 10 mins +
IC: Finish Performances
SWBAT:
-develop a character through movement, voice, facial expressions, dialogue...
-demonstrate evidence of understanding of the play, a debatable interpretation (play's message) and evidence of preparation.
HW: Finish Reflection Forms
BRING OF MICE AND MEN & RAISIN to SCHOOL NEXT WEEK for Whole-book Study in preparation for Literary Argument Essays
IC: Finish Symbol Essay Posters
SWBAT: present an argument to a debatable thesis
postersete another grouyour symbol essay umplete anis voster decorame sion
HW: Eat, sleep, and be merry as you play LOL!
Complete activity pack by Tuesday night. (10-mins) if not done today.