Thursday, June 2, 2016
Homework:
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
1. Finish reading Act 5
2. Act 5 Class Summary
3. Act 5 Kahoot
4. Cut and Paste Group Claims Here: https://docs.google.com/a/student.dist113.org/document/d/1CSP0Yx_IdPDwIpZm3v0H2G9DJR15L0pHY6qzLlOUtK0/edit?usp=sharing
5. R and J Group Work Time
6. 250 SSR Pages, due Friday
7. Check Infinite Campus for Missing Work
Homework:
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
1. SSR Pages
2. Read Act 5. Sc. 1-2 together.
3. Partner read Act 5. Sc. 3
4. Return TKAM Paragraphs
5. Work on R and J Project
Homework:
Friday, May 27, 2016
1. Watch Act 5 (Zefferrli)
2. Watch Act 5 (Luhrmann)
3. Read Act 5. Sc. 1
Homework: Read and annotate (use the guide) Act 5. Sc. 1-2.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
1. Act 4 Bell Ringer
2. STAR TEST
3. Work on Projects
Homework: SSR or work on projects
Monday, May 23, 2016
1. Act 3. Test
2. Introduce Groups and Projects
3. Watch Act 4
Homework: Communicate with your group and select a theme and scene for tomorrow.
Friday, May 20, 2016
1. SSR
2. Partner Read Act 3. Scene 5. (use the guide)
3. Debrief Act 3, Sc. 5
4. Act 3 Kahoot
5. Introduce Project
6. Groups
Homework: Study for Monday’s Act 3 Quiz
Thursday, May 19, 2016
1. Listen to Act 3. Sc. 3
2. Partner Read Act 3. Sc. 4
3. Discuss Act 3. Sc. 4
4. Watch Act 3. Sc. 5
5. Read Act 3. Sc. 5 as a class
Homework: Review Act 3 for Monday’s test.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
1. Project Survey
2. SSR
3. What’s to Blame?
4. Review Act 3. Scene 2.
5. Group Read Act 3. Scene 3.
6. Review Act 3. Scene 3.
Homework: Read and annotate (the right side) of Act 3. Sc. 4 for tomorrow.
Monday, May 16, 2016
1. SSR
2. Listen to Act 3. Sc. 1
3. Read Act 3. Sc. 1
Homework: Read and annotate (the right side) of Act 3. Sc. 2
Friday, May 13, 2016
1. Act 2. Quiz
2. SSR
3. Watch Act 3
Homework: Read 30 pages in your SSR book.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
1. Finish reading Act 2. Sc. 4
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 5.
3. Read Act 2. Sc. 6
4. Act 2 Kahoot and Notes
5. Act 1 and 2: What’s to Blame for the Death of Romeo and Juliet?
6. SSR and Meet with Mr. L
Homework: Study for tomorrow’s Act 2 Quiz.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
1. SSR and Meet with Mr. Lakani
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 4
3. Partner Read Act 2. Sc. 4 (use the guide)
4. Begin Reading Act 2. Sc. 5
Homework:
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
1. SSR
2. Finishing Reading Act 2. Sc. 2
3. Stylistic Elements Act. 2 Sc. 2
4. Close Reading Act 2. Sc. 3
5. Read Act 2. Sc. 3 with a partner (use the study guide)
Homework:
Monday, May 09, 2016
1. SSR Page Numbers
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 1
3. Watch Act 2. Sc. 2
4. Listen to/Read Act 2. Sc. 2
Homework:
- SSR for 20 minutes and review Act 2. Scenes 1-2.
- Act 2 Quiz on Friday.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
1. Complete reading and discussing Act 1. Sc. 4
2. Read and Discuss Act 1. Sc. 5
3. Kahoot test review
Homework:
Act 1 Quiz tomorrow
· Who said it?
· True/False
· Multiple choice
· Literary elements
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
1. Review Act 1. Sc. 2 Practice Quiz
2. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 3 and annotate
3. Begin reading Act 1. Sc. 4 (if you were absent, you should read to page 59, line 33)
4. SSR
Homework:
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
1. Peer Edit TKAM Paragraphs
2. Collect SSR Page numbers
3. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 2
4. With a partner, use the study guide to read Act 1. Sc. 2
5. Reading Quiz (practice)
6. SSR
Homework: Revise TKAM paragraph, due Thursday (I will print your paragraphs after school on Thursday)
Monday, May 02, 2016
1. Collect page numbers and Signpost Quizzes
2. Distribute bookmark/annotation guide
3. Explain how quizzes will work
· Who said it?
· True/False
· Multiple choice
· Literary elements
4. Finish viewing Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lurhmann)
5. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lines 1-65)
6. Begin reading Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lines 65-????)
Homework:
Thursday, April 28, 2016
1. SSR and Complete Strategies
2. Read Prologue
3. The Prologue
Homework:
SSR for 20 minutes, complete strategy
Signpost test corrections due Monday.
SSR 250 due Monday
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
1. FIIIIIIIIIIIIINISHHHHHHHHHHH TKAM Movie
2. SSR
3. Shakespeare Intro
4. Shakespeare Video
5. Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Homework: SSR for 20 minutes, complete strategy, buy Romeo and Juliet for tomorrow.
Friday, April 22, 2016
1. Collect Packet and TKAM Books
2. Return Signpost Quizzes (Revisions due next week)
3. Vocabulary quiz
4. Work on TKAM paragraph, due Tuesday
5. Finish TKAM Movie
Homework:
Complete TKAM paragraph, due Tuesday.
Signpost revision due by Friday of next Week
If you were absent, you need to make up the VOCAB quiz (it's in the testing center)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
1. Video
2. TKAM Paragraph Lesson
3. Claims
4. Choose a claim and find a quote
5. Begin template
Homework:
SSR for 20 minutes and complete a strategy
Study for your Vocab test on Friday.
Monday, April 18, 2016
1. Bell Ringer 28-30
2. Drop Bell Ringers
3. Signpost Test
4. SSR
5. Read and Annotate Chapter 31
6. TKAM Packet - Video
Homework:
Friday, April 15, 2016
1. PARCC
2. Read and annotate chapters 28-30 due Monday
Homework:
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 22
2. SSR and Strategy Work
3. Discuss Chapter 22 and Aha Moments
4. Begin reading chapter 23
Homework:
Chapter 23 CQ and Memory Moments
Study your vocabulary words 10 minutes a night
Signpost quiz on Monday.
Monday, April 11, 2016
1. 20-21 Bell Ringer
2. Collect packet 16-21
3. SSR
4. 22-31 activity
Homework: Chapter 22 due with CQ and focus on AHA moments
Friday, April 08, 2016
1. SSR
2. Read 20 and 21 together
3. Complete Connection Questions and packet due Monday
Homework: Compete the 16-21 packet for Monday and SSR for 20 minutes.
Thursday, April 07, 2016
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 19
2. Continue Reading the Trail
3. Complete 17-18 Connections Questions
4. SSR or work on your Vocab note cards
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and complete your notecards for tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
1. Bell Ringer
2. Vocabulary List #4
3. Complete 17-18 Connections Questions
4. Read trial
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 19 due tomorrow.
Monday, April 04, 2016
1. Scottsboro Annotations and 250 due
2. STAR test
3. Begin reading Chapter 16 (annotation focus: Words of the Wiser)
Homework: Finish reading chapter 16 (annotation focus: Words of the Wiser) and complete the connection question for tomorrow.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
1. Re-take vocab matching test (grade definitions of words we learned)
2. Annotate the Scottsboro readings in the new packet for Monday after break!! IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY, download the Word version of the packet (see above), so you can read and annotate it.
HW: Annotate the Scottsboro Affair readings for Monday after break!! This will be collected for points!
Also, SSR – pages due Monday after break
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
1. Little Rock Nine
2. Journal Questions
3. Sorts
Homework:
Monday, March 21, 2016
HW:
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 13, due tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Homework: Create note cards for vocabulary list #3 in your English Google Folder. Also read and annotate chapter 12 for tomorrow. There will be a bell ringer quiz tomorrow.
Annotate for:
Monday, March 14, 2016
1. Organize Pres and Posts
2. Big Vocabulary Test Sets 1 and 2
3. Dropped Quizzes (notecard)
4. SSR
Homework: Complete 3.7 and 3.8 reading and handout for tomorrow.
Friday, March 11, 2016
1. Practice Vocabulary test
2. Pretest #2 (first 30)
3. 3.5 reading in class
4. Film
Homework:
Thursday, March 10, 2016
1. Vocabulary with Mrs. Kopera (35 minutes)
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2. Finish TKAM Movie
3. Vocabulary Synonyms and Antonyms
4. Historical Background 1960s
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
1. SSR (Make-up Test)
2. Watch TKAM Part 1
Homework:
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
1. Vocabulary Work
2. 3.3 Reading in Packet (assign roles)
3. 3.4 Annotate connections to the book and share out
Homework:
Monday, March 07, 2016
1. Vocab Sorts for set 2
2. SSR Pages
3. Non-fiction 3.2 read and annotate
Homework:
Friday, March 04, 2016
1. Annotation Check
2. Chapter 11 Test
3. Collect TKAM Books
4. SSR
Homework: SSR and Complete Connection Questions 8-11 for Monday
Thursday, March 03, 2016
1. SSR
2. New Vocabulary Words
Homework: Read and annotate (MIW and MIS) chapter 11 for Friday. TEST on Friday.
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
1. Chapter 9+10 Bell Ringer
2. Connection questions and SSR/Stamp
3. Chapter 9+10 page in packet
Homework: Read and annotate (MIW and MIS) chapter 11 for Friday.
TEST on Friday.
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
1. Meet with seniors
2. Vocab retest today
3. 250 due and Strategies due
Homework:
Chapters 9+10 due Wednesday (Annotate for What Good Readers Do, Most Important Word, and Most Important Sentence in your book
Monday, February 29, 2016
1. Chapter 8 Bell Ringer
2. MIW and Chapter 8 Connection Question
3. SSR and Check in Journals/Annotations
4. MIW/MIS chart in packet
Homework:
Friday, February 26, 2016
1. Chapter 7 Bell Ringer
2. Chapter 7 Journal/ Collect TKAM packet
3. Socratic Seminar Chapter 7 Prep
4. Socratic Seminar
5. Begin reading chapter 8
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 8 and complete the Before Reading Chapter 8 Journals, due Monday.
Vocabulary test on Tuesday
Thursday, February 25, 2016
1. Chapter 6 bell ringer
2. SSR/Pre/Post Check in
3. Debrief chapter 6 title and summary
4. Continue nonfiction articles in packet
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 7, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Friday. Packet Due
Study Vocabulary words
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
1. Vocabulary 30 minutes
2. Split classes
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 6, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Thursday.
Vocabulary Test Tuesday
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
1. Chapter 5 Bell Ringer
2. SSR/Journal Questions/Sign Strategies
3. Discuss Chapter 5
Homework: Read 15 pages in SSR book and complete strategy due Wednesday.
Monday, February 22, 2016
1. Chapter 4 Bell Ringer
2. Vocabulary Game
3. SSR/Chapter 4 Journal Question
4. Debrief chapter 4 title and summary
5. Begin chapter 5
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 5, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Tuesday.
Friday, February 19, 2016
1. Debrief chapter 3 summary and title (split classes)
2. Begin reading chapter 4 in class and complete the chapter for homework
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 4, 20-24 word Summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Monday.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 3
2. Chapter 3 Journal
3. SSR Stamp Annotations (complete strategy)
4. Vocabulary Sorts Subordinating Conjunctions
5. Summary Sentences w/TKAM and subordinating conjunctions
6. Title
HW: Read 15 pages in your SSR Book.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
1. Chapter 2 Bell Ringer
2. SSR (Stamp Annotations)
3. Journal Chapter 2
4. Share Title/Summary
5. Begin Reading Chapter 3 in class
Homework: Read and Annotate Chapter 3, 20-24 Word Summary, and Title with Two Supporting Quotes (Complete in packet), due tomorrow.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
1. SSR (20 minutes)
2. Chapter 1 Summary - Characteristics of a good summary
3. Chapter 1 Titles
4. Begin Vocabulary Sorts (Parts of Speech and Total Physical Response)
HW: Read 20 pages in your SSR Book
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
1. Bell Ringer
2. SSR and check annotations
3. Complete Journal 1
4. Identity Charts
HW: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
1. Journals Due
2. SSR (20 minutes)
3. Explain Bell Ringers
4. Explain Bookmark
5. Begin Chapter 1
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 1, provide a 20-24 word summary at the end of the chapter, and create a creative title for chapter 1. The To Kill a Mockingbird audio link can be found in the DPE -----> To Kill a Mockingbird Tab http://johnsontwality.weebly.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-audio.html
Monday, February 08, 2016
1. Class Pre
2. Review Vocabulary Words
3. SSR
HW: Journals due Tuesday, 2/9
Friday, February 05, 2016
1. Complete TKAM Pre
2. TKAM Word List #1
3. Create TKAM Vocabulary Notecards
4. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
1. Battle of the Books
Homework: SSR for fifteen minutes
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-Reading: “A Rainbow Creation” and “Finding One’s Voice
2. SSR Character Chart (Partner Work)
3. SSR
4. TOMORROW BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Homework: Read 20 pages for tomorrow.
Monday, February 01, 2016
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-Reading: “Two Names, Two Worlds” and “A Rainbow Creation”
2. SSR Pages Due
3. SSR
Homework: SSR for 20 minutes tonight.
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Le
Friday, January 29, 2016
1. SSR Time (Half the Class)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird – Pre-Reading Activities
Homework:
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
1. To Kill a1Mockingbird Vocabulary Pre- Assessment (Part 1)
2. SSR
Homework:
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Monday, January 25, 2016
1. SSR
2. Individual Meetings (Pre/Post and Community Membership)
3. Return Vignette Books
4. Analytic Paragraph Models
Homework:
Review notes for tomorrow’s analytic writing assessment.
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee due Wednesday
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Friday, January 15, 2016
Homework: Complete your Vignette book, due Thursday 1/21
Thursday, January 14, 2016
1. Prep for Tomorrow's Analytic Writing Assessment
(If you were absent, see me tomorrow for a packet of analytic model paragraphs)
2. Work on Vignette
Homework:
- Vignette book due 1/21
- Prep for tomorrow's in-class writing
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
1. SSR and Pres and Posts
2. Work on Vignette
Homework: Your vignettes should be completed for tomorrow. Please print them. Tomorrow you will have most of the period to work on designing your white books. Please bring materials to craft your books.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Homework: Continue to revise your vignettes and bold a sentence from each vignette that supports your claim. Also, begin bringing materials to craft your books.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Homework:
Continue revising your vignettes (complete vignettes by Wednesday, 1/13).
Continue reading your SSR book.
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
8th period
1. Collect Missing Students’ Page Numbers and Strategies
2. SSR
9th Period
4. Review Model Vignettes
5. Revise/Edit Vignettes
Homework: Complete/Revise Vignettes, due tomorrow.
Monday, January 4, 2015
Homework: Complete/Revise vignettes according to the list below.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
1. Introduce New Presentation Format
2. Group Time for Mango Presentations (the goal is to present on Thursday)
3. SSR (if time)
Homework:
Monday, December 14, 2015
1. Return HOMS Tests
2. HOMS Test Reflection (due Wednesday)
3. Presentations
4. Introduce New Presentation
5. Read Vignettes and SSR
Homework:
Friday, December 11, 2015
1. SSR Pages and Strategies
2. Group Time Presentations
3. Presentations
Homework: Read your SSR book for 30 minutes
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Homework: Read your SSR book for 20 minutes.
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
1. Presentation Groups
2. Read and annotate (WGRD, Lit. Elements, Themes) your assigned vignette.
3. Introduce Group Work and Presentations
4. Work on Presentation Document
5. SSR
Homework: Read your SSR book for 30 minutes
“Geraldo No last Name”
“Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut...”
“Edna’s Ruthie”
“The Earl of Tennessee”
“Sire”
“Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water”
Monday, December 7, 2015
1. Quote Analysis Model
2. Part 3 of Test - Model
3. SSR
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR books.
Quote Analysis Model
https://docs.google.com/a/student.dist113.org/document/d/1bqwKNFZPzkDvxpK1yrnj-2inuH7ZwP5KthDJVNscUzk/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Homework: Prepare for tomorrow's quiz.
Vignette #11: In “Born Bad” Esperanza uses a series of similes to paint a vivid picture of her hopes and dreams for her future. Use her poem as a guide to paint a vivid picture of your own hopes and dreams for the future as part of your story.
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
1. “The First Job” – Literary Elements
2. “Papa Who Wakes…” - WGRD
3. Claim/Finding Good Evidence
(choice...Identity...Vignette 10)
Homework: Using “First Job” and “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark” as inspiration, tell about and experience that helped you to grow up/mature. Use literary elements that help your story come alive in the reader’s imagination.
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
1. November 250 pages due
2. Strategies due
3. “…Little Feet” and “A Rice Sandwich”
Homework:
Vignette #9: Using “Chanclas” as inspiration, write about an embarrassing experience that turned out well. Use at least 3 of the following literary elements: alliteration, symbolism, allusion, repetition, long sentence, simile, short sentence.
Also, prepare for Friday’s quiz.
Monday, November 30, 2015
1. What Good Readers Do Quiz
2. Explain Friday’s Test
3. Read “The Family of Little Feet”
Homework: Complete Vignette #8:
Using “A Rice Sandwich” as inspiration, write your next original vignette about a time you tried hard to belong/fit in. Use 3 Literary Elements.
Reminders:
250 pages due Tuesday, December 1
16 strategies due Tuesday, December 1
Memorize “What Good Readers Do” strategy format
What to Expect on Friday’s Quiz
passage/quotation supports the purpose.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Homework:
Vignette #7
Either write about a fear (inspired by “Alicia Who Sees Mice”) or describe a scene with your friends, incorporating dialogue without quotation marks (inspired by “And Some More”). Use at least 3 of the following required literary elements: Alliteration, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Simile, Symbolism, Imagery, Mood. Be sure you are telling a story.
Monday, November 23, 2015
1. SSR
2. Strategy Check
3. HOMS Check
4. Work on Yellow Packet
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book.
Reminders
Friday, November 20, 2015
1. Work on Green Packet – “Marin”
2. Debrief “Marin” Close Read
3. Collect Green Packet
4. Time to Write/SSR
Homework: Read and annotate the following vignettes for “What Good Readers Do” (begin memorizing the strategy formats.). THREE-FOUR annotations on each page.
Thursday, 19, 2015
Homework: Complete pages 2 and 3 in the green packet for tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Homework: Complete Vignette #6
Friday, November 13, 2015
1. Write Vignette #5 in class
2. Read pages 21-28 (Meme Ortiz, Louie…, Marin, and Those Who Don’t)
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book and complete one strategy.
Friday, November 06, 2015
1. Read "Our Good Day"
2. SSR
Homework: Read 25 SSR pages due Monday.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow. No vignette
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
1. “My Name”
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow. No vignette
Monday, November 02, 2015
Homework: Vignette #4 “My Name” due tomorrow.
Friday, October 30, 2015
1. Small groups: share first three vignettes (writing)
2. Characteristics of a quality Narrative
3. Bob Battle Questions
Homework: Read 25 pages in the SSR over the weekend. Remember, 250 pages due Monday.
Buy White books, due Monday
Thursday, October 29, 2015
1. Boys and Girls
2. Focus on Connections
3. Focus on Literary Elements and Themes
Homework: Vignette 3 (write, draw, and explain a metaphor for your identity)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
1. Listen to “Hairs”
2. Watch “Hairs” video
3. Annotate for Imagining
4. Annotate for Literary Elements and Themes
5. SSR Time
Homework: Complete Vignette #2 “Hairs”
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
1. Listen to “The House on Mango Street”
2. Read “The House on Mango Street” and Focus on “Questioning” Strategy
3. Read for Literary Elements
4. Read for Themes
5. Create Vignette Document
Homework: 250 pages due next Monday.
Complete Vignette #1:
Write about a time that you experienced an important success in your life, or you experienced something that taught you what a sign of success is in your life – include a symbol and repetition
Monday, October 26, 2015
1. “No Speak English” – What Good Readers Do
2. “No Speak English” – Themes (Butcher Paper)
3. Silent Sustained Reading and Meetings
Homework: Read 15 pages in you SSR book (250 pages due Monday).
Friday, October 23, 2015
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date by Friday.
Buy The House on Mango Street.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
1. Review and Organize Pre and Post Documents
2. House on Mango Street Pre Example
3. Time to SSR (Group meetings)
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date by Friday.
Buy The House on Mango Street for tomorrow (Team Points)
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Complete Classroom Membership Assessment
3. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date.
Buy The House on Mango Street for Thursday (Team Points)
Monday, October 19, 2015
1. Vocab Pre-Test
2. Cisneros Background (small groups)
3. Classroom Membership
Homework:
Friday, October 16, 2015
1. Create Goals for Socratic Seminar
2. Stand and Deliver Socratic Seminar
3. Socratic Seminar Reflection
4. Vocabulary Practice Test
5. Pre/Post Electronic Notebook
6. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Study for Tuesday’s Vocabulary quiz.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
1. Pre-Test
2. SSR or Complete Movie Reflection
3. Vocabulary Pre-Test
4. SSR or Complete Movie Reflection
Homework: Movie Reflection, due tomorrow. Study for Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
Friday, October 9, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Stand and Deliver Graded Discussion
3. SSR
Homework: Read 40 page sin your SSR
Thursday, October 08, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and study your vocabulary notecards.
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
1. SSR Bookmark D
2. Movie Day 3 (Bookmark E)
Homework: Finish Bookmark D (15 strategies). Study your vocabulary notecards (Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, Oct. 16th).
Monday, October 05, 2015
1. Organize Bookmark Envelops
2. Stand and Deliver: Movie Day 2 (Bookmark B)
3. SSR Bookmark C
Homework: Finish Bookmark C (15 strategies). Study your vocabulary notecards (Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, Oct. 16th).
Friday, October 02, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Color Code Set Goals/Tally
3. Begin bookmark A
Complete Bookmark A for homework
Homework:
- Work on R and J Project
- 250 SSR Pages due Friday
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
1. Finish reading Act 5
2. Act 5 Class Summary
3. Act 5 Kahoot
4. Cut and Paste Group Claims Here: https://docs.google.com/a/student.dist113.org/document/d/1CSP0Yx_IdPDwIpZm3v0H2G9DJR15L0pHY6qzLlOUtK0/edit?usp=sharing
5. R and J Group Work Time
6. 250 SSR Pages, due Friday
7. Check Infinite Campus for Missing Work
Homework:
- Work on R and J Projects
- Act 5 quiz on Thursday
- 250 SSR Pages due Friday
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
1. SSR Pages
2. Read Act 5. Sc. 1-2 together.
3. Partner read Act 5. Sc. 3
4. Return TKAM Paragraphs
5. Work on R and J Project
- Planning sheet
- Review Rubric
Homework:
- Work on R and J Projects (finish translation by tomorrow).
- Act 5 quiz on Thursday.
- Check IC for missing work
Friday, May 27, 2016
1. Watch Act 5 (Zefferrli)
2. Watch Act 5 (Luhrmann)
3. Read Act 5. Sc. 1
Homework: Read and annotate (use the guide) Act 5. Sc. 1-2.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
1. Act 4 Bell Ringer
2. STAR TEST
3. Work on Projects
Homework: SSR or work on projects
Monday, May 23, 2016
1. Act 3. Test
2. Introduce Groups and Projects
3. Watch Act 4
Homework: Communicate with your group and select a theme and scene for tomorrow.
Friday, May 20, 2016
1. SSR
2. Partner Read Act 3. Scene 5. (use the guide)
3. Debrief Act 3, Sc. 5
4. Act 3 Kahoot
5. Introduce Project
6. Groups
Homework: Study for Monday’s Act 3 Quiz
Thursday, May 19, 2016
1. Listen to Act 3. Sc. 3
2. Partner Read Act 3. Sc. 4
3. Discuss Act 3. Sc. 4
4. Watch Act 3. Sc. 5
5. Read Act 3. Sc. 5 as a class
Homework: Review Act 3 for Monday’s test.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
1. Project Survey
2. SSR
3. What’s to Blame?
4. Review Act 3. Scene 2.
5. Group Read Act 3. Scene 3.
6. Review Act 3. Scene 3.
Homework: Read and annotate (the right side) of Act 3. Sc. 4 for tomorrow.
Monday, May 16, 2016
1. SSR
2. Listen to Act 3. Sc. 1
3. Read Act 3. Sc. 1
Homework: Read and annotate (the right side) of Act 3. Sc. 2
Friday, May 13, 2016
1. Act 2. Quiz
2. SSR
3. Watch Act 3
Homework: Read 30 pages in your SSR book.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
1. Finish reading Act 2. Sc. 4
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 5.
3. Read Act 2. Sc. 6
4. Act 2 Kahoot and Notes
5. Act 1 and 2: What’s to Blame for the Death of Romeo and Juliet?
6. SSR and Meet with Mr. L
Homework: Study for tomorrow’s Act 2 Quiz.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
1. SSR and Meet with Mr. Lakani
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 4
3. Partner Read Act 2. Sc. 4 (use the guide)
4. Begin Reading Act 2. Sc. 5
Homework:
- Read 20 pages in your SSR book
- Review for Friday’s Act 2 quiz
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
1. SSR
2. Finishing Reading Act 2. Sc. 2
3. Stylistic Elements Act. 2 Sc. 2
4. Close Reading Act 2. Sc. 3
5. Read Act 2. Sc. 3 with a partner (use the study guide)
Homework:
- Keep up with SSR
- Review for Friday’s Act 2 quiz
Monday, May 09, 2016
1. SSR Page Numbers
2. Listen to Act 2. Sc. 1
3. Watch Act 2. Sc. 2
4. Listen to/Read Act 2. Sc. 2
Homework:
- SSR for 20 minutes and review Act 2. Scenes 1-2.
- Act 2 Quiz on Friday.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
1. Complete reading and discussing Act 1. Sc. 4
2. Read and Discuss Act 1. Sc. 5
3. Kahoot test review
Homework:
Act 1 Quiz tomorrow
· Who said it?
· True/False
· Multiple choice
· Literary elements
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
1. Review Act 1. Sc. 2 Practice Quiz
2. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 3 and annotate
3. Begin reading Act 1. Sc. 4 (if you were absent, you should read to page 59, line 33)
4. SSR
Homework:
- Revise TKAM paragraph, due tomorrow (I will print your paragraphs after school at 3:00)
- Review Act 1. Scenes 1-4. (Act 1 quiz on Friday)
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
1. Peer Edit TKAM Paragraphs
2. Collect SSR Page numbers
3. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 2
4. With a partner, use the study guide to read Act 1. Sc. 2
5. Reading Quiz (practice)
6. SSR
Homework: Revise TKAM paragraph, due Thursday (I will print your paragraphs after school on Thursday)
Monday, May 02, 2016
1. Collect page numbers and Signpost Quizzes
2. Distribute bookmark/annotation guide
3. Explain how quizzes will work
· Who said it?
· True/False
· Multiple choice
· Literary elements
4. Finish viewing Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lurhmann)
5. Listen to Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lines 1-65)
6. Begin reading Act 1. Sc. 1 (Lines 65-????)
Homework:
- SSR for 20 minutes tonight and reread Act 1. Sc. 1
- Act 1 Quiz on Friday, 5/6
Thursday, April 28, 2016
1. SSR and Complete Strategies
2. Read Prologue
3. The Prologue
- Watch the Zeffirelli’s and Luhrmann’s version of the prologue.
- The structure of a sonnet
Homework:
SSR for 20 minutes, complete strategy
Signpost test corrections due Monday.
SSR 250 due Monday
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
1. FIIIIIIIIIIIIINISHHHHHHHHHHH TKAM Movie
2. SSR
3. Shakespeare Intro
4. Shakespeare Video
5. Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Homework: SSR for 20 minutes, complete strategy, buy Romeo and Juliet for tomorrow.
Friday, April 22, 2016
1. Collect Packet and TKAM Books
2. Return Signpost Quizzes (Revisions due next week)
3. Vocabulary quiz
4. Work on TKAM paragraph, due Tuesday
5. Finish TKAM Movie
Homework:
Complete TKAM paragraph, due Tuesday.
Signpost revision due by Friday of next Week
If you were absent, you need to make up the VOCAB quiz (it's in the testing center)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
1. Video
2. TKAM Paragraph Lesson
3. Claims
4. Choose a claim and find a quote
5. Begin template
Homework:
SSR for 20 minutes and complete a strategy
Study for your Vocab test on Friday.
Monday, April 18, 2016
1. Bell Ringer 28-30
2. Drop Bell Ringers
3. Signpost Test
4. SSR
5. Read and Annotate Chapter 31
6. TKAM Packet - Video
Homework:
- Complete the 26-30 CQs and The End of the Book Questions, due Wednesday
- Study your vocabulary words 10 minutes a night (quiz Friday)
Friday, April 15, 2016
1. PARCC
2. Read and annotate chapters 28-30 due Monday
Homework:
- Chapters 28-30 due Monday (ALL Signposts)
- Study your vocabulary words 10 minutes a night
- Signpost quiz on Monday.
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 22
2. SSR and Strategy Work
3. Discuss Chapter 22 and Aha Moments
4. Begin reading chapter 23
Homework:
Chapter 23 CQ and Memory Moments
Study your vocabulary words 10 minutes a night
Signpost quiz on Monday.
Monday, April 11, 2016
1. 20-21 Bell Ringer
2. Collect packet 16-21
3. SSR
4. 22-31 activity
Homework: Chapter 22 due with CQ and focus on AHA moments
Friday, April 08, 2016
1. SSR
2. Read 20 and 21 together
3. Complete Connection Questions and packet due Monday
Homework: Compete the 16-21 packet for Monday and SSR for 20 minutes.
Thursday, April 07, 2016
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 19
2. Continue Reading the Trail
3. Complete 17-18 Connections Questions
4. SSR or work on your Vocab note cards
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and complete your notecards for tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
1. Bell Ringer
2. Vocabulary List #4
3. Complete 17-18 Connections Questions
4. Read trial
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 19 due tomorrow.
Monday, April 04, 2016
1. Scottsboro Annotations and 250 due
2. STAR test
3. Begin reading Chapter 16 (annotation focus: Words of the Wiser)
Homework: Finish reading chapter 16 (annotation focus: Words of the Wiser) and complete the connection question for tomorrow.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
1. Re-take vocab matching test (grade definitions of words we learned)
2. Annotate the Scottsboro readings in the new packet for Monday after break!! IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY, download the Word version of the packet (see above), so you can read and annotate it.
HW: Annotate the Scottsboro Affair readings for Monday after break!! This will be collected for points!
Also, SSR – pages due Monday after break
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
1. Little Rock Nine
2. Journal Questions
3. Sorts
- Parts of Speech
- Writing Sentences
Homework:
- Complete journal questions 12-15 for tomorrow
- Study definitions (new list of 10 words) for Thursday’s vocabulary quiz (matching).
Monday, March 21, 2016
- 14 and 15 Bell Ringer
- TQ chart
- Write Questions on the Board (w/ page numbers)
- Video activity for 4.2 in the packet
HW:
- Study definitions (new list of 10 words)for Thursday’s vocabulary quiz (matching).
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 13, due tomorrow.
- What Good Readers Do
- Themes
- Signpost: Again and Again
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Homework: Create note cards for vocabulary list #3 in your English Google Folder. Also read and annotate chapter 12 for tomorrow. There will be a bell ringer quiz tomorrow.
Annotate for:
- Themes
- What Good Readers Do
- Signpost: Contrast
Monday, March 14, 2016
1. Organize Pres and Posts
2. Big Vocabulary Test Sets 1 and 2
3. Dropped Quizzes (notecard)
4. SSR
Homework: Complete 3.7 and 3.8 reading and handout for tomorrow.
Friday, March 11, 2016
1. Practice Vocabulary test
2. Pretest #2 (first 30)
3. 3.5 reading in class
4. Film
Homework:
- Vocabulary Test Monday
- Complete 3.7 and 3.8 reading and handout for Tuesday
Thursday, March 10, 2016
1. Vocabulary with Mrs. Kopera (35 minutes)
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2. Finish TKAM Movie
3. Vocabulary Synonyms and Antonyms
4. Historical Background 1960s
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
1. SSR (Make-up Test)
2. Watch TKAM Part 1
Homework:
- SSR 20 pages
- Study vocabulary words for Monday’s quiz.
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
1. Vocabulary Work
2. 3.3 Reading in Packet (assign roles)
3. 3.4 Annotate connections to the book and share out
Homework:
- Read 20 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow.
- Complete 3.4 Handout
- Study vocabulary words for Monday’s quiz.
Monday, March 07, 2016
1. Vocab Sorts for set 2
2. SSR Pages
3. Non-fiction 3.2 read and annotate
Homework:
- Handout 3.2 written responses and SSR
- Vocabulary Quiz next Monday
- 20 words
- Parts of speech
- Parts of the word (prefix, root, suffix)
Friday, March 04, 2016
1. Annotation Check
2. Chapter 11 Test
3. Collect TKAM Books
4. SSR
Homework: SSR and Complete Connection Questions 8-11 for Monday
Thursday, March 03, 2016
1. SSR
2. New Vocabulary Words
Homework: Read and annotate (MIW and MIS) chapter 11 for Friday. TEST on Friday.
- Title
- 25 Word Summary
- Most Important Word
- Most Important Sentence
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
1. Chapter 9+10 Bell Ringer
2. Connection questions and SSR/Stamp
3. Chapter 9+10 page in packet
Homework: Read and annotate (MIW and MIS) chapter 11 for Friday.
TEST on Friday.
- Title
- 25 Word Summary
- Most Important Word
- Most Important Sentence
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
1. Meet with seniors
2. Vocab retest today
3. 250 due and Strategies due
Homework:
Chapters 9+10 due Wednesday (Annotate for What Good Readers Do, Most Important Word, and Most Important Sentence in your book
Monday, February 29, 2016
1. Chapter 8 Bell Ringer
2. MIW and Chapter 8 Connection Question
3. SSR and Check in Journals/Annotations
4. MIW/MIS chart in packet
- Most Important Word
- Most Important Sentence
Homework:
- 250 pages due tomorrow and 7 strategies
- Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary test.
- Chapters 9+10 due Wednesday (Annotate for What Good Readers Do, Most Important Word, and Most Important Sentence)
Friday, February 26, 2016
1. Chapter 7 Bell Ringer
2. Chapter 7 Journal/ Collect TKAM packet
3. Socratic Seminar Chapter 7 Prep
4. Socratic Seminar
5. Begin reading chapter 8
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 8 and complete the Before Reading Chapter 8 Journals, due Monday.
Vocabulary test on Tuesday
Thursday, February 25, 2016
1. Chapter 6 bell ringer
2. SSR/Pre/Post Check in
3. Debrief chapter 6 title and summary
4. Continue nonfiction articles in packet
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 7, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Friday. Packet Due
Study Vocabulary words
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
1. Vocabulary 30 minutes
2. Split classes
- Begin Reading Chapter 6
- Nonfiction Reading
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 6, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Thursday.
Vocabulary Test Tuesday
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
1. Chapter 5 Bell Ringer
2. SSR/Journal Questions/Sign Strategies
3. Discuss Chapter 5
Homework: Read 15 pages in SSR book and complete strategy due Wednesday.
Monday, February 22, 2016
1. Chapter 4 Bell Ringer
2. Vocabulary Game
3. SSR/Chapter 4 Journal Question
4. Debrief chapter 4 title and summary
5. Begin chapter 5
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 5, 20-24 word summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Tuesday.
Friday, February 19, 2016
1. Debrief chapter 3 summary and title (split classes)
2. Begin reading chapter 4 in class and complete the chapter for homework
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 4, 20-24 word Summary, and title with two supporting quotes, due Monday.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
1. Bell Ringer Chapter 3
2. Chapter 3 Journal
3. SSR Stamp Annotations (complete strategy)
4. Vocabulary Sorts Subordinating Conjunctions
5. Summary Sentences w/TKAM and subordinating conjunctions
6. Title
HW: Read 15 pages in your SSR Book.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
1. Chapter 2 Bell Ringer
2. SSR (Stamp Annotations)
3. Journal Chapter 2
4. Share Title/Summary
5. Begin Reading Chapter 3 in class
Homework: Read and Annotate Chapter 3, 20-24 Word Summary, and Title with Two Supporting Quotes (Complete in packet), due tomorrow.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
1. SSR (20 minutes)
2. Chapter 1 Summary - Characteristics of a good summary
3. Chapter 1 Titles
4. Begin Vocabulary Sorts (Parts of Speech and Total Physical Response)
HW: Read 20 pages in your SSR Book
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
1. Bell Ringer
2. SSR and check annotations
3. Complete Journal 1
4. Identity Charts
HW: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
1. Journals Due
2. SSR (20 minutes)
3. Explain Bell Ringers
4. Explain Bookmark
5. Begin Chapter 1
Homework: Read and annotate chapter 1, provide a 20-24 word summary at the end of the chapter, and create a creative title for chapter 1. The To Kill a Mockingbird audio link can be found in the DPE -----> To Kill a Mockingbird Tab http://johnsontwality.weebly.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-audio.html
Monday, February 08, 2016
1. Class Pre
2. Review Vocabulary Words
3. SSR
HW: Journals due Tuesday, 2/9
Friday, February 05, 2016
1. Complete TKAM Pre
2. TKAM Word List #1
3. Create TKAM Vocabulary Notecards
4. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
1. Battle of the Books
Homework: SSR for fifteen minutes
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-Reading: “A Rainbow Creation” and “Finding One’s Voice
2. SSR Character Chart (Partner Work)
3. SSR
4. TOMORROW BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Homework: Read 20 pages for tomorrow.
Monday, February 01, 2016
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-Reading: “Two Names, Two Worlds” and “A Rainbow Creation”
2. SSR Pages Due
3. SSR
Homework: SSR for 20 minutes tonight.
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Le
Friday, January 29, 2016
1. SSR Time (Half the Class)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird – Pre-Reading Activities
Homework:
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
1. To Kill a1Mockingbird Vocabulary Pre- Assessment (Part 1)
2. SSR
Homework:
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Monday, January 25, 2016
1. SSR
2. Individual Meetings (Pre/Post and Community Membership)
3. Return Vignette Books
4. Analytic Paragraph Models
Homework:
Review notes for tomorrow’s analytic writing assessment.
Buy To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee due Wednesday
SSR - 250 pages due Monday, February 1
Friday, January 15, 2016
Homework: Complete your Vignette book, due Thursday 1/21
Thursday, January 14, 2016
1. Prep for Tomorrow's Analytic Writing Assessment
(If you were absent, see me tomorrow for a packet of analytic model paragraphs)
2. Work on Vignette
Homework:
- Vignette book due 1/21
- Prep for tomorrow's in-class writing
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
1. SSR and Pres and Posts
2. Work on Vignette
Homework: Your vignettes should be completed for tomorrow. Please print them. Tomorrow you will have most of the period to work on designing your white books. Please bring materials to craft your books.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
- SSR
- Peer-Revision
Homework: Continue to revise your vignettes and bold a sentence from each vignette that supports your claim. Also, begin bringing materials to craft your books.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Homework:
Continue revising your vignettes (complete vignettes by Wednesday, 1/13).
Continue reading your SSR book.
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
8th period
1. Collect Missing Students’ Page Numbers and Strategies
2. SSR
9th Period
4. Review Model Vignettes
5. Revise/Edit Vignettes
Homework: Complete/Revise Vignettes, due tomorrow.
Monday, January 4, 2015
Homework: Complete/Revise vignettes according to the list below.
- You should have 12 vignettes
- Your vignettes should tell a story
- 11 or 12 point font
- Double Spaced
- Times New Roman or Calibri font
- at least 1/2 a page
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
1. Introduce New Presentation Format
2. Group Time for Mango Presentations (the goal is to present on Thursday)
3. SSR (if time)
Homework:
- Read your SSR book for 20 minutes and complete a strategy.
- Optional: HOMS Test Reflection, due Wednesday (submit a hard copy)
Monday, December 14, 2015
1. Return HOMS Tests
2. HOMS Test Reflection (due Wednesday)
3. Presentations
4. Introduce New Presentation
5. Read Vignettes and SSR
Homework:
- Read your SSR book for 20 minutes and complete a strategy.
- Optional: HOMS Test Reflection, due Wednesday
Friday, December 11, 2015
1. SSR Pages and Strategies
2. Group Time Presentations
3. Presentations
Homework: Read your SSR book for 30 minutes
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Homework: Read your SSR book for 20 minutes.
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
1. Presentation Groups
2. Read and annotate (WGRD, Lit. Elements, Themes) your assigned vignette.
3. Introduce Group Work and Presentations
4. Work on Presentation Document
5. SSR
Homework: Read your SSR book for 30 minutes
“Geraldo No last Name”
- Jon
- Sydney
- Tommy
“Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut...”
- Ismael
- Jake
- Steph
“Edna’s Ruthie”
- Patrick
- Ryan M.
- Max
- Javier
“The Earl of Tennessee”
- Eric C.
- Ina
- Mel
- George
“Sire”
- Ryan S.
- Ethan
- Eric R.
“Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water”
- Chelsey
- Maya
- Jorden
Monday, December 7, 2015
1. Quote Analysis Model
2. Part 3 of Test - Model
3. SSR
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR books.
Quote Analysis Model
https://docs.google.com/a/student.dist113.org/document/d/1bqwKNFZPzkDvxpK1yrnj-2inuH7ZwP5KthDJVNscUzk/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Homework: Prepare for tomorrow's quiz.
Vignette #11: In “Born Bad” Esperanza uses a series of similes to paint a vivid picture of her hopes and dreams for her future. Use her poem as a guide to paint a vivid picture of your own hopes and dreams for the future as part of your story.
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
1. “The First Job” – Literary Elements
2. “Papa Who Wakes…” - WGRD
3. Claim/Finding Good Evidence
(choice...Identity...Vignette 10)
Homework: Using “First Job” and “Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark” as inspiration, tell about and experience that helped you to grow up/mature. Use literary elements that help your story come alive in the reader’s imagination.
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
1. November 250 pages due
2. Strategies due
3. “…Little Feet” and “A Rice Sandwich”
- Claim and Finding Good Evidence (Group Google Doc.)
- Silently Read for WGRD
- Read Together for Literary Elements
- Claim and Finding Good Evidence (Group Google Doc.)
Homework:
Vignette #9: Using “Chanclas” as inspiration, write about an embarrassing experience that turned out well. Use at least 3 of the following literary elements: alliteration, symbolism, allusion, repetition, long sentence, simile, short sentence.
Also, prepare for Friday’s quiz.
Monday, November 30, 2015
1. What Good Readers Do Quiz
2. Explain Friday’s Test
3. Read “The Family of Little Feet”
- Literary Elements
- Themes
- What Good Readers Do
Homework: Complete Vignette #8:
Using “A Rice Sandwich” as inspiration, write your next original vignette about a time you tried hard to belong/fit in. Use 3 Literary Elements.
Reminders:
250 pages due Tuesday, December 1
16 strategies due Tuesday, December 1
Memorize “What Good Readers Do” strategy format
What to Expect on Friday’s Quiz
- PREDICTION: Based on the vignette title , make a prediction of what the vignette might be about. Use the prediction stem.
- As you read the vignette, write 5 “What Good Readers Do” annotations. You must use the starters for OPINION, CONNECTION, REACTION, INFERENCE, and IMAGING.
- SUMMARY: Pretend you have been asked to share a summary of this vignette with a friend. What would you tell him or her? Please use one of the formats we have learned (SWBS, 5WH, 20-word).
- QUESTIONS: After reading this vignette, what do you still want to know? What are you still curious about? (respond in the form of 2 questions using the question stems)
- As you read the vignette, annotate for 8 different literary elements. After you identify each one, explain them. You may not repeat any literary elements. Choose 8 from the following list: symbol, repetition, rhyme, imagery, hyperbole, personification, simile, fragment, short sentence, rhetorical question, alliteration, rhythm, long sentence.
passage/quotation supports the purpose.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Homework:
- 250 pages due Tuesday, December 1
- 16 strategies due Tuesday, December 1
- Memorize “What Good Readers Do” strategy format
Vignette #7
Either write about a fear (inspired by “Alicia Who Sees Mice”) or describe a scene with your friends, incorporating dialogue without quotation marks (inspired by “And Some More”). Use at least 3 of the following required literary elements: Alliteration, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Simile, Symbolism, Imagery, Mood. Be sure you are telling a story.
Monday, November 23, 2015
1. SSR
2. Strategy Check
3. HOMS Check
4. Work on Yellow Packet
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book.
Reminders
- 250 pages due Tuesday, December 1
- 16 strategies due Tuesday, December 1
- Memorize “What Good Readers Do” strategy format
Friday, November 20, 2015
1. Work on Green Packet – “Marin”
2. Debrief “Marin” Close Read
3. Collect Green Packet
4. Time to Write/SSR
Homework: Read and annotate the following vignettes for “What Good Readers Do” (begin memorizing the strategy formats.). THREE-FOUR annotations on each page.
- “There was an Old Woman” (29-30)
- “Alicia” (31-32)
- “And Some More” (35-38)
Thursday, 19, 2015
Homework: Complete pages 2 and 3 in the green packet for tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Homework: Complete Vignette #6
Friday, November 13, 2015
1. Write Vignette #5 in class
2. Read pages 21-28 (Meme Ortiz, Louie…, Marin, and Those Who Don’t)
- Annotate for What Good Readers Do (3-4 every page), Literary Elements (5-10 per vignette), Themes (2-3 per vignette)
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book and complete one strategy.
Friday, November 06, 2015
1. Read "Our Good Day"
2. SSR
Homework: Read 25 SSR pages due Monday.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow. No vignette
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
1. “My Name”
- focus on inferences
- literary elements
- themes
- focus on inferences
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow. No vignette
Monday, November 02, 2015
- October Page Numbers
- Read “My Name”.
- Focus on Inferencing (use half sheets).
- Literary Elements and Themes
- SSR and meetings
Homework: Vignette #4 “My Name” due tomorrow.
Friday, October 30, 2015
1. Small groups: share first three vignettes (writing)
2. Characteristics of a quality Narrative
3. Bob Battle Questions
Homework: Read 25 pages in the SSR over the weekend. Remember, 250 pages due Monday.
Buy White books, due Monday
Thursday, October 29, 2015
1. Boys and Girls
2. Focus on Connections
3. Focus on Literary Elements and Themes
Homework: Vignette 3 (write, draw, and explain a metaphor for your identity)
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
1. Listen to “Hairs”
2. Watch “Hairs” video
3. Annotate for Imagining
4. Annotate for Literary Elements and Themes
5. SSR Time
Homework: Complete Vignette #2 “Hairs”
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
1. Listen to “The House on Mango Street”
2. Read “The House on Mango Street” and Focus on “Questioning” Strategy
3. Read for Literary Elements
4. Read for Themes
5. Create Vignette Document
Homework: 250 pages due next Monday.
Complete Vignette #1:
Write about a time that you experienced an important success in your life, or you experienced something that taught you what a sign of success is in your life – include a symbol and repetition
Monday, October 26, 2015
1. “No Speak English” – What Good Readers Do
2. “No Speak English” – Themes (Butcher Paper)
3. Silent Sustained Reading and Meetings
Homework: Read 15 pages in you SSR book (250 pages due Monday).
Friday, October 23, 2015
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date by Friday.
Buy The House on Mango Street.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
1. Review and Organize Pre and Post Documents
2. House on Mango Street Pre Example
3. Time to SSR (Group meetings)
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date by Friday.
Buy The House on Mango Street for tomorrow (Team Points)
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Complete Classroom Membership Assessment
3. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR, due tomorrow. Make sure all Pres and Posts are up-to-date.
Buy The House on Mango Street for Thursday (Team Points)
Monday, October 19, 2015
1. Vocab Pre-Test
2. Cisneros Background (small groups)
3. Classroom Membership
Homework:
- Buy The House on Mango Street for Thursday (Team Points) and
- Read 15 pages in your SSR book.
- Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz
Friday, October 16, 2015
1. Create Goals for Socratic Seminar
2. Stand and Deliver Socratic Seminar
3. Socratic Seminar Reflection
4. Vocabulary Practice Test
5. Pre/Post Electronic Notebook
6. SSR
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Study for Tuesday’s Vocabulary quiz.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
1. Pre-Test
2. SSR or Complete Movie Reflection
3. Vocabulary Pre-Test
4. SSR or Complete Movie Reflection
Homework: Movie Reflection, due tomorrow. Study for Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
Friday, October 9, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Stand and Deliver Graded Discussion
3. SSR
Homework: Read 40 page sin your SSR
Thursday, October 08, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and study your vocabulary notecards.
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
1. SSR Bookmark D
2. Movie Day 3 (Bookmark E)
Homework: Finish Bookmark D (15 strategies). Study your vocabulary notecards (Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, Oct. 16th).
Monday, October 05, 2015
1. Organize Bookmark Envelops
2. Stand and Deliver: Movie Day 2 (Bookmark B)
3. SSR Bookmark C
Homework: Finish Bookmark C (15 strategies). Study your vocabulary notecards (Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, Oct. 16th).
Friday, October 02, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Color Code Set Goals/Tally
3. Begin bookmark A
Complete Bookmark A for homework
Thursday, October 01, 2015
Homework: If you were absent, complete bookmark #5 and #6 for tomorrow.
Homework: If you were absent, complete bookmark #5 and #6 for tomorrow.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
LIITN - What did you do to prepare for the vocabulary test?
Return Vocabulary Scores (perfect 10, 10+ growth, Most Growth)
SSR
Malcolm X Bio w/ Strategies
Homework: Finish reading and annotating Malcolm X for tomorrow.
Monday, September 21, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Literary Device Work
3. SSR (Think Aloud)
4. Collage Presentations
5. Malcom Pre-Reading
6. Malcolm X Biography
Homework: Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary test.
Friday, September 18, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Organize Pre/Posts
3. SSR w/imagery
4. Vocabulary Practice
5. Malcolm X (pre-read)
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book for Monday. Study your vocabulary notecards for Tuesday’s vocabulary test.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
1. LIITN
2. Presentations
3. Share why people read w/textual evidence & Add to chart
4. Vocab work/vocab sorts
5. Malcolm X installment (pre-read only)
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and study vocabulary notecards for Tuesday’s vocabulary test.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
1. SSR w/inferences ½ period (check homework)
2. Share MIW, MIS (whip around)
3. Share why people read w/textual evidence
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book and practice an inference strategy.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1. SSR w/summary
2. “Gary Lee,” from Speaking of Reading
What Good Readers Do
· Questions
· Connections
· Most Important Sentences
· Most Important Words
· The Reasons “Why People Read”
3. Collage Presentations
Homework: Finish reading and annotating the Gary Lee article, due tomorrow.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1. LIITN
2. SSR with Predictions
3. Collage Presentations
Homework: Complete notecards and study for ten minutes and read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Tuesday, September 5, 2015
1. STAR Test
2. LIITN
3. SSR
4. Literary Element Pre-Test
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow,
Friday, September 04, 2015
1. Collect Letters
2. Growth Mindsets
3. Work on Collages
4. Start Collage Presentations (questions and connections)
Homework: Read 30 SSR pages for Tuesday. Finish Collages for Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
1. LIITN
2. Introduce Connections – Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy 3. What Good Readers Do
4. SSR with Personal Connections
5. Work on Collage Homework:
Letter assignment due Friday
Read 20 pages in your SSR book and make 1 connection.
Tuesday, September 01, 2015 1. Leave It in the Notebook
2. Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)
3. Introduce and Model Collage Assignment 4. Work on Collage
5. I must…, I should…, I will…, I need… statements Homework: Letter assignment due Friday
Monday, August 31, 2015
1. Peer Edit Pres and Check-in Supplies
2. Check SSR Pages
3. Letter Assignment (check your English Folder)
4. Policies
5. Collage
6. Exit Slip - 4 pieces of paper
o I must…
o I should…
o I will…
o I need…
Homework: Letter assignment due Friday
LIITN - What did you do to prepare for the vocabulary test?
Return Vocabulary Scores (perfect 10, 10+ growth, Most Growth)
SSR
Malcolm X Bio w/ Strategies
Homework: Finish reading and annotating Malcolm X for tomorrow.
Monday, September 21, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Literary Device Work
3. SSR (Think Aloud)
4. Collage Presentations
5. Malcom Pre-Reading
6. Malcolm X Biography
Homework: Study for tomorrow’s vocabulary test.
Friday, September 18, 2015
1. LIITNB
2. Organize Pre/Posts
3. SSR w/imagery
4. Vocabulary Practice
5. Malcolm X (pre-read)
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book for Monday. Study your vocabulary notecards for Tuesday’s vocabulary test.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
1. LIITN
2. Presentations
3. Share why people read w/textual evidence & Add to chart
4. Vocab work/vocab sorts
5. Malcolm X installment (pre-read only)
Homework: Read 15 pages in your SSR book and study vocabulary notecards for Tuesday’s vocabulary test.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
1. SSR w/inferences ½ period (check homework)
2. Share MIW, MIS (whip around)
3. Share why people read w/textual evidence
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book and practice an inference strategy.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1. SSR w/summary
2. “Gary Lee,” from Speaking of Reading
What Good Readers Do
· Questions
· Connections
· Most Important Sentences
· Most Important Words
· The Reasons “Why People Read”
3. Collage Presentations
Homework: Finish reading and annotating the Gary Lee article, due tomorrow.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1. LIITN
2. SSR with Predictions
3. Collage Presentations
Homework: Complete notecards and study for ten minutes and read 20 pages in your SSR book.
Tuesday, September 5, 2015
1. STAR Test
2. LIITN
3. SSR
4. Literary Element Pre-Test
Homework: Read 20 pages in your SSR book for tomorrow,
Friday, September 04, 2015
1. Collect Letters
2. Growth Mindsets
3. Work on Collages
4. Start Collage Presentations (questions and connections)
Homework: Read 30 SSR pages for Tuesday. Finish Collages for Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
1. LIITN
2. Introduce Connections – Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy 3. What Good Readers Do
4. SSR with Personal Connections
5. Work on Collage Homework:
Letter assignment due Friday
Read 20 pages in your SSR book and make 1 connection.
Tuesday, September 01, 2015 1. Leave It in the Notebook
2. Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)
3. Introduce and Model Collage Assignment 4. Work on Collage
5. I must…, I should…, I will…, I need… statements Homework: Letter assignment due Friday
Monday, August 31, 2015
1. Peer Edit Pres and Check-in Supplies
2. Check SSR Pages
3. Letter Assignment (check your English Folder)
4. Policies
5. Collage
6. Exit Slip - 4 pieces of paper
o I must…
o I should…
o I will…
o I need…
Homework: Letter assignment due Friday