MARCH 5, 2020
OPENNING: PRE-TEST
- Videos on insects/ Arachnid
- Complete chart/ graphic organizer
Feb 28, 2020
Opening: Grade Socratic seminar prep sheet
Work session: Socratic seminar! On "The scholarship jacket" and By Another name"
Closing: Does public speaking help better prepare you for your future career?
Work session: Socratic seminar! On "The scholarship jacket" and By Another name"
Closing: Does public speaking help better prepare you for your future career?
feb 6, 2020
Opening: Rad independent novel
Closing: What can be compared to solitary confinement?
- send students to media if the work is not completed
Closing: What can be compared to solitary confinement?
FEB 3, 2020
Opening: Literacy Monday
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- Reciprocal Teaching
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jan 28, 2020
Opening: Socratic seminar
Closing: How do you feel about "Public Speaking"?
Closing: How do you feel about "Public Speaking"?
Jan 27, 2020
Opening: Literacy Monday Anton Chekhov Article
Work session: "The bet"by Anton Chekhov
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Closing: How do you Feel about "public speaking"?
Work session: "The bet"by Anton Chekhov
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Closing: How do you Feel about "public speaking"?
JAN 24, 2020
Opening: Independent reading / full page narrative journal
Work Session: Finish Socratic seminar preparation for "Like The Sun"by R.K. Narayan
Work Session: Finish Socratic seminar preparation for "Like The Sun"by R.K. Narayan
- What are the Socratic seminar rules ?
jan 23, 2020
Opening: Independent reading before lunch."Like the Sun"
Work session: Begin Socratic seminar preparation for "Like The Sun"by R.K. Narayan
Work session: Begin Socratic seminar preparation for "Like The Sun"by R.K. Narayan
- What is a Socratic seminar?
JAN 21, 2020
Opening: Collect Work for Dead Men's Path. Answer Journal Prompt:
Work Session: Read "RK Narayan, India's Prolific Storyteller, Dies at 94" Article (Literacy). Begin reading "Like the Sun" by R.K. Narayan
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Work Session: Read "RK Narayan, India's Prolific Storyteller, Dies at 94" Article (Literacy). Begin reading "Like the Sun" by R.K. Narayan
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JAN 17, 2020
Opening: Read Independent Novel
Work Session: Complete Constructed Response along with any other work to be collected on Tuesday for Dead Men's Path
Work Session: Complete Constructed Response along with any other work to be collected on Tuesday for Dead Men's Path
JAN 16, 2020
Opening: Reading Independent Novel.
Work Session: Demonstration of MLA format on Word.
Work Session: Demonstration of MLA format on Word.
- Type Constructed Response for Dead Men's Path.
- Assignments due on Friday: Literacy Activity, Dead Men's Path Annotations, Literary Analysis Chart, Constructed Response, and Self-Assessment.
JAN 15, 2020
Opening: How do you view old fashioned traditions? What traditions do you or your family do that might be considered old-fashioned? Independent Reading
Work Session: Spoke about phone use in class.
Work Session: Spoke about phone use in class.
- Review Constructed Response expectations. Show Exemplar. Click HERE
- Work on rough draft of Dead Men's Path constructed response.
- Assignments due on Friday: Literacy Activity, Dead Men's Path Annotations, Literary Analysis Chart, and Constructed Response.
jan 14, 2020
Opening:Literacy Monday-"Chinua Achebe: The Patriarch Of The African Novel" by Franklin
- Begin "Deadmen's Path"by Chinua Achebe
jan 13, 2020
Opening: literacy Monday-"Chinua Achebe: THE PATRIARCH OF HE AFRICAN NOVEL" by Ruth Franklin
- begin "Deadmen's Path"by Chinua Achebe
jan 10, 2020
Opening: Discussion on conspiracy theories
Work Session: Plot vs Character Driven stories video. Social issues ad video. Pronoun and antecedent worksheet. Semicolon and comma splice worksheet.
Work Session: Plot vs Character Driven stories video. Social issues ad video. Pronoun and antecedent worksheet. Semicolon and comma splice worksheet.
jan 9, 2020
Opening: IR for 15 mins - students will receive IRP packets tomorrow.
Work Session: Discussion One: Who is in control of your identity?
Read first two chapters or vignettes of The House on Mango Street.
Finish working on research project for Sandra Cisneros
Work Session: Discussion One: Who is in control of your identity?
Read first two chapters or vignettes of The House on Mango Street.
Finish working on research project for Sandra Cisneros
Jan 8, 2020
Opening: IR for 25 mins.
Work Session: Elements of Fiction notes. MLA PowerPoint with notes and practice.
Work Session: Elements of Fiction notes. MLA PowerPoint with notes and practice.
JAN 7, 2020
Opening: Went to the Media Center check out IRP novel: In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Students were given Reading Packets for individual books.
January Extra Credit Calendar. Check Home Page for Document. Due February 3rd.
- Begin reading.
January Extra Credit Calendar. Check Home Page for Document. Due February 3rd.
jan 6, 2020
work session: Introductions continued. World lit terms pre-test. Discussion of literary analysis chart expectations. Began reading "There Will Come Soft Rains"by Ray Bradbury. Introduction to independent reading choices:In The Time Of The Buterflies by Julia Alvarez or Lord Of The Flies by William Golding.