Monday, May 21
MAPS TESTING
Tuesday, May 22
MAPS TESTING
Wednesday, May 23
Background: Helen Keller
Watch The Miracle Worker
Watch The Miracle Worker
Friday, May 25
Conclude video The Miracle Worker
MAPS TESTING
Tuesday, May 22
MAPS TESTING
Wednesday, May 23
Background: Helen Keller
Watch The Miracle Worker
- As you watch, take notes on character, conflict, and theme (see handout of guiding questions)
Watch The Miracle Worker
Friday, May 25
Conclude video The Miracle Worker
- Discuss Gibson’s use of symbolism: What does the key represent?
- What was the turning point in Helen’s story? What change does this event signify in Helen? How was Anne able to reach her?
Monday, May 14
STAAR MATH 7
Tuesday, May 15
STAAR READING 7
Wednesday, May 16
Class time to draft open letter to a fictional character
Thursday, May 17
Peer/Teacher conferencing: Open Letter
Final draft due tomorrow by end of period
Friday, May 18
Open Letter due/ Share
Move this year’s composition work to permanent writing folder
STAAR MATH 7
Tuesday, May 15
STAAR READING 7
Wednesday, May 16
Class time to draft open letter to a fictional character
Thursday, May 17
Peer/Teacher conferencing: Open Letter
Final draft due tomorrow by end of period
Friday, May 18
Open Letter due/ Share
Move this year’s composition work to permanent writing folder
Monday, May 7--STAAR ALGEBRA I TEST FOR SOME STUDENTS
1. Random Acts of Kindness reflection
Tuesday, May 8
Continue the story of Jean Valjean. Begin Act II:
Wednesday, May 9
Continue the story of Jean Valjean
Thursday, May 10
1. Conclude the story of Jean Valjean
To love another person
Is to see the face of God.
Finale
Les Miserables
Fantine, Eponine, and Valjean speak these lines as Valjean dies. Think about the significance of these lines and the transformative power of compassion, especially in the life of Jean Valjean. Consider how Javert’s experience differed from that of Valjean and others.
In Google Docs, write a short reflection on the theme of Les Miserables.
Friday, May 11--NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Review for STAAR reading test next week
2. STAAR reading practice: “A Hard Rain
1. Random Acts of Kindness reflection
- Class time to work on final reflection: due by Friday, May 11
Tuesday, May 8
Continue the story of Jean Valjean. Begin Act II:
- "On My Own"
- "A Little Fall of Rain"
Wednesday, May 9
Continue the story of Jean Valjean
- "Bring Him Home"
- "Javert's Soliloquy"
Thursday, May 10
1. Conclude the story of Jean Valjean
- "Turning"
- "Epilogue"
To love another person
Is to see the face of God.
Finale
Les Miserables
Fantine, Eponine, and Valjean speak these lines as Valjean dies. Think about the significance of these lines and the transformative power of compassion, especially in the life of Jean Valjean. Consider how Javert’s experience differed from that of Valjean and others.
In Google Docs, write a short reflection on the theme of Les Miserables.
Friday, May 11--NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Review for STAAR reading test next week
2. STAAR reading practice: “A Hard Rain
Monday, April 30
STUDENT HOLIDAY
WNB due by Friday (you may turn it in starting tomorrow)
Tuesday, May 1
1. WNB Reflection: Seventh Grade
2. RAOK
- Check last week’s RAOK log
- Continue the final week of the RAOK activity
- “The Work Song”
- “What Have I Done?”
Wednesday, May 2
Les Miserables: Continue the story of Jean Valjean
- “Who Am I”
- “Come to Me”
Thursday, May 3
Les Miserables: Continue the story of Jean Valjean
- "Confrontation"
- "Stars"
- "Do You Hear the People Sing?
Friday, May 4
1. Turn in WNB
2. Les Miserables: Continue the story of Jean Valjean
- "One Day More"--end of Act I
- "On My Own"
- "A Little Fall of Rain"
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Monday, April 23
1. Voc. 15 TEST (Lessons 11-14)
2. WNB Reflection: Random Acts of Kindness Week One
*****Today I will check your RAOK log.
Tuesday, April 24--EARLY RELEASE; NO HOMEWORK
1. Check last week’s STAAR reading practice
2. BOOK FAIR
Wednesday, April 25
1. Reading practice:
Thursday, April 26
1. Read and discuss drama selection: “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” This will lead into Les Miserables)
Friday, April 27
Class time for:
1. Voc. 15 TEST (Lessons 11-14)
2. WNB Reflection: Random Acts of Kindness Week One
*****Today I will check your RAOK log.
Tuesday, April 24--EARLY RELEASE; NO HOMEWORK
1. Check last week’s STAAR reading practice
2. BOOK FAIR
Wednesday, April 25
1. Reading practice:
- “Car Talk” (short fiction)
- “Needed” (poetry)
Thursday, April 26
1. Read and discuss drama selection: “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” This will lead into Les Miserables)
Friday, April 27
Class time for:
- Reading
- Working on Writer’s Notebook
- due one week from today
- Ten entries up to now
- Each entry approximately half a page in length
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Monday, April 16
*****Free topic blog post due Friday, April 20--the last required blog post of the year!
1. Vocabulary Lesson 14
3. Read "The Forest Again" from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Tuesday, April 17
1.Watch Brain Pop “Point of View”
2. Learning Check: “The Forest Again” and “Bite of the Raptor”
*****Voc. 14 due tomorrow
Wednesday, April 18
1. Check Voc. 14
Thursday, April 19
1. Voc. 14 Quiz
2. Class time to:
Friday, April 20
1.Blog Post due now
2. Work on Voc. 15 review--Check at end of period
********TEST MONDAY over Voc. 11, 12, 13, and 14
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*****Free topic blog post due Friday, April 20--the last required blog post of the year!
1. Vocabulary Lesson 14
- Packet due Wed
- Quiz on Thurs (Lessons 11,12,13,14)
3. Read "The Forest Again" from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Annotate for author's use of craft
- What choices does Rowling make that are particularly effective?
Tuesday, April 17
1.Watch Brain Pop “Point of View”
2. Learning Check: “The Forest Again” and “Bite of the Raptor”
*****Voc. 14 due tomorrow
Wednesday, April 18
1. Check Voc. 14
- Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 11,12,13,14)
- “Airball: My Life in Briefs”
- “Air Force One”
Thursday, April 19
1. Voc. 14 Quiz
- Hand out Voc. Review Packet 15 (TEST MONDAY)
2. Class time to:
- Work on blog post (due tomorrow)
- Work on Voc 15
Friday, April 20
1.Blog Post due now
2. Work on Voc. 15 review--Check at end of period
********TEST MONDAY over Voc. 11, 12, 13, and 14
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Monday, 4/9
*******No blog post or vocabulary this week
Review procedures and strategies for STAAR Writing
Tuesday, 4/10
STAAR WRITING
Wednesday, 4/11
1. Introduce Random Acts of Kindness assignment
2. Video: Historical background for Les Miserables
Thursday, 4/12
STAAR MATH 8
Friday, 4/13
Intro to Les Miserables:
Read and discuss drama selection “The Bishop’s Candlesticks”
*******No blog post or vocabulary this week
Review procedures and strategies for STAAR Writing
Tuesday, 4/10
STAAR WRITING
Wednesday, 4/11
1. Introduce Random Acts of Kindness assignment
2. Video: Historical background for Les Miserables
Thursday, 4/12
STAAR MATH 8
Friday, 4/13
Intro to Les Miserables:
Read and discuss drama selection “The Bishop’s Candlesticks”
Monday, April 2
*******Blog post due Friday--must be EXPOSITORY (can use your REVISED AND EDITED Never Give Up essay)
*******No vocabulary this week
1. Hand back Never Give Up essays
Tuesday, April 3
1. Continue typing and revising benchmark
2. Google Classroom question: How did your essay improve from handwritten draft to final typed draft?
3. Update digital portfolio with this year’s work:
Wednesday, April 4
1. Review common usage errors
2. Practice using apostrophes
Thursday, April 5
1. Review its/it’s and whose/who’s
2. Review capitalization
*******Expository Blog post due tomorrow
Friday, April 6
****Blog post due now
Class time to correct January’s revising and editing benchmark
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*******Blog post due Friday--must be EXPOSITORY (can use your REVISED AND EDITED Never Give Up essay)
*******No vocabulary this week
1. Hand back Never Give Up essays
- Review expository structure
- Review effective transitions and transition words
- Share Score Point 4 essays
Tuesday, April 3
1. Continue typing and revising benchmark
2. Google Classroom question: How did your essay improve from handwritten draft to final typed draft?
3. Update digital portfolio with this year’s work:
- Link to blog
- Original poem
- Revised and edited expository essay
Wednesday, April 4
1. Review common usage errors
2. Practice using apostrophes
- possessive vs. plural
- apostrophes in possessives
- apostrophes in contractions
Thursday, April 5
1. Review its/it’s and whose/who’s
2. Review capitalization
- proper nouns
- titles followed by a name
*******Expository Blog post due tomorrow
Friday, April 6
****Blog post due now
Class time to correct January’s revising and editing benchmark
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Monday, 3/26
****No blog post this week (Friday is a holiday)
1. Vocabulary Lesson 13
Tuesday, 3/27--NO HOMEWORK; EARLY RELEASE
1. Share yesterday’s group activity dialog examples
2. Revising and Editing Practice: “What’s for Dinner?”
***Voc Packet Lesson 13 will be reviewed tomorrow
Wednesday, 3/28
1. Review Voc. 13
***Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 11,12,13)
2. Mini-lesson: Using pronouns
Thursday 3/29
1. Voc. Quiz 13 (includes words from Voc. 11 and 12)
2. Revising and Editing Practice: “A Room of My Own”
Friday 3/30--Holiday
No School Today
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****No blog post this week (Friday is a holiday)
1. Vocabulary Lesson 13
- Packet due Wed
- Quiz on Thursday (Lessons 11 and 12 as well)
- Group activity: Write and share a short scene that includes dialog
Tuesday, 3/27--NO HOMEWORK; EARLY RELEASE
1. Share yesterday’s group activity dialog examples
2. Revising and Editing Practice: “What’s for Dinner?”
***Voc Packet Lesson 13 will be reviewed tomorrow
Wednesday, 3/28
1. Review Voc. 13
***Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 11,12,13)
2. Mini-lesson: Using pronouns
- pronoun/antecedent agreement
- Subject or object pronoun?
- Usage practice: subject or object pronoun?
Thursday 3/29
1. Voc. Quiz 13 (includes words from Voc. 11 and 12)
2. Revising and Editing Practice: “A Room of My Own”
Friday 3/30--Holiday
No School Today
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Monday, March 19
******No vocab this week
******No blog post this week
1. Comma Rule #3--Commas with interruptions
2. Read and discuss Nancy Gibbs article: “The Day the Earth Moved”
Tuesday, March 20
1. Practice with Comma Rule #3--see Google Classroom
2. Read and discuss Chris Ballard essay: “A Game to Grow Into”
Wednesday, March 21
1. Read and discuss Bill Plaschke article: “Trojans Discover the Enemy Within, and an Era Ends Quietly”
Thursday, March 22
1. Pass out Voc. 13 packet--due next Wednesday
2. LC: Commas, Semicolons, Colons
3. Mini-lesson: Writing dialog
Friday, March 23
1. Revising and Editing Practice: “Junior Zookeeper”
2. WNB: Write an entry about your morning. Include an exchange of dialog.
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******No vocab this week
******No blog post this week
1. Comma Rule #3--Commas with interruptions
2. Read and discuss Nancy Gibbs article: “The Day the Earth Moved”
- What is the writer doing that is particularly effective?
Tuesday, March 20
1. Practice with Comma Rule #3--see Google Classroom
2. Read and discuss Chris Ballard essay: “A Game to Grow Into”
- What is the writer doing that is particularly effective?
- WNB: Write an entry SHOWING your love of a game, hobby, or sport
Wednesday, March 21
1. Read and discuss Bill Plaschke article: “Trojans Discover the Enemy Within, and an Era Ends Quietly”
- What is the writer doing that is particularly effective?
- WNB: Write an entry SHOWING an emotion
Thursday, March 22
1. Pass out Voc. 13 packet--due next Wednesday
2. LC: Commas, Semicolons, Colons
3. Mini-lesson: Writing dialog
- Group activity: Write and share a short scene that includes dialog
Friday, March 23
1. Revising and Editing Practice: “Junior Zookeeper”
2. WNB: Write an entry about your morning. Include an exchange of dialog.
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Monday, March 5
*****No blog post this week
*****No vocab this week
1. Introduce and practice Comma Rule #3
Tuesday, March 6
Begin movie: The Ernest Green Story
Wednesday, March 7
Continue The Ernest Green Story
Thursday, March 8
1. Conclude The Ernest Green Story
2. WNB: Reflection on Ernest Green’s experience
Friday, March 9
Expository Text: Read Scope magazine article on Japanese internment camps
*****No blog post this week
*****No vocab this week
1. Introduce and practice Comma Rule #3
- appositives
- extra information
Tuesday, March 6
Begin movie: The Ernest Green Story
- What is the common theme this story shares with other stories we have studied this year?
- How would you have handled the situation the “Little Rock Nine” found themselves in as they attempted to integrate a segregated high school?
Wednesday, March 7
Continue The Ernest Green Story
Thursday, March 8
1. Conclude The Ernest Green Story
2. WNB: Reflection on Ernest Green’s experience
Friday, March 9
Expository Text: Read Scope magazine article on Japanese internment camps
- What is the writer doing that is particularly effective?
- Independent reading: Read a Scope magazine article that interests you. Share something you learned from that article.
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Monday, Feb. 26
*******No blog post this week
*******No vocab this week
1. Score some class group essays together
2. Read and discuss examples of STAAR group essays that scored an 8
3. Review author’s craft for expository writing--
Tuesday, Feb. 27-- EARLY RELEASE/NO HOMEWORK
Strategies for success in STAAR writing
Wednesday, Feb. 28
District essay benchmark: Students will be given a prompt and will have two days to work through the writing process. All steps are part of the final grade, so students must show their work!
Thursday, March 1
Continue yesterday’s essay benchmark, due by end of period today
Friday, March 2
Begin watching The Ernest Greene Story about the integration of Little Rock High School
*******No blog post this week
*******No vocab this week
1. Score some class group essays together
2. Read and discuss examples of STAAR group essays that scored an 8
3. Review author’s craft for expository writing--
- Sentence variety, including the use of conjunctive adverbs and transition phrases
- Voice through punctuation
- Imagery, magic three, deliberate repetition, etc.
Tuesday, Feb. 27-- EARLY RELEASE/NO HOMEWORK
Strategies for success in STAAR writing
- Correct UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROMPT--look at three released prompts and identify the “write” charge
- TIME spent BRAIINSTORMING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS
- SPECIFIC DETAILED EXAMPLES--think outside the box
- VOICE THROUGH PUNCTUATION AND SENTENCE VARIETY
- SOLID ORGANIZATION, including TRANSITIONS between paragraphs
Wednesday, Feb. 28
District essay benchmark: Students will be given a prompt and will have two days to work through the writing process. All steps are part of the final grade, so students must show their work!
- Prewriting
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
Thursday, March 1
Continue yesterday’s essay benchmark, due by end of period today
Friday, March 2
Begin watching The Ernest Greene Story about the integration of Little Rock High School
Monday, Feb. 19
*****No vocabulary this week.
*****No blog post this week. Instead, you will receive a grade for commenting:
- Look at the class blogs widget on your blog (it’s that list of 125 names)
- Find the name of the person three spaces above you and the person three spaces below you
- Leave a meaningful comment (at least three sentences long!) on each of those two blogs.
2. Quadrant exercise:
Think about people and events that have made a difference or change in the world in the areas of
- People or events from your personal experience
- People, characters, or events associated with literature, TV, movies, etc.
- People or events associated with the world or current events
- People or events associated with:
- Science
- History
- Music
- Art
- Medicine
- Technology
- Sports
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Group assignment: expository essay--write an essay in which you explain whether it is ever okay to break the rules.
- Review how to correctly understand a STAAR prompt.
- Decide on a position and choose your group.
- Write a controlling idea/thesis statement.
- Write and share BRIEF introduction (lead and thesis)
- Brainstorm reasons/points and examples to support your position.
As a group, begin completing the outline of the expository essay. You must use complete sentences.
- Lead/Controlling idea
- Points/Reasons to be made in each body paragraph
- Supporting example with details for each body paragraph
- Commentary for each body paragraph
- Conclusion that echoes the controlling idea and ends with a thought to ponder
Thursday, Feb. 22
Continue group work on expository essay:
- Complete and share first body paragraph
- Look at/Discuss mentor body paragraphs
- Revise first body paragraph
- Complete and share second body paragraph
- Look at/Discuss mentor body paragraph, including meaningful transitions
- Revise second body paragraph
Friday, Feb. 23
1. Blog comments due now.
2. Continue group work on expository essay
- Write and share conclusion
4. Review strategies for next week’s writing benchmark.
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Monday, Feb. 12
Expository blog post due Friday
1. Voc. lesson 12
Tuesday, Feb. 13
1. Lesson 85: Writing Complex Sentences
2. LC: Write two complex sentences about the book you are reading
Wednesday, Feb. 14
1. Check Voc. 12
Thursday, Feb. 15
1. Voc. 12 Quiz
2. Finish MAPS testing
3. Work on expository blog post--due tomorrow
Friday, Feb. 16
1. Blog post due now
2. WNB: Expository Guided Writing
Discuss lead, controlling idea,reason, example, commentary, closing
Mentor text: expository essay--Basketball Is Difficult
Expository blog post due Friday
1. Voc. lesson 12
- Packet due Wednesday
- Quiz Thursday
- Review AAAWWUUBBIS words
- Lesson 84: Subordinate Conjunctions
Tuesday, Feb. 13
1. Lesson 85: Writing Complex Sentences
2. LC: Write two complex sentences about the book you are reading
- one with the dependent clause at the beginning
- one with the dependent clause at the end
Wednesday, Feb. 14
1. Check Voc. 12
- quiz tomorrow
- semicolons between independent clauses
- semicolons with conjunctive adverbs
Thursday, Feb. 15
1. Voc. 12 Quiz
2. Finish MAPS testing
3. Work on expository blog post--due tomorrow
Friday, Feb. 16
1. Blog post due now
2. WNB: Expository Guided Writing
Discuss lead, controlling idea,reason, example, commentary, closing
Mentor text: expository essay--Basketball Is Difficult
- P1: Use 3 lines to write a lead and a controlling idea
- P2: Support this with 1 reason why
- Support the reason with 1 example you can “see,” a detail, and commentary
- Write a concluding sentence for P2
- P3: Transitional word or phrase to connect reason #2
- Support the reason with an example you can “see,” a detail, and a commentary
- Write a concluding sentence for P3
- P4: Write a closing transition and a conclusion that “echoes” the controlling idea and ends with a truism or an ending which leaves the reader with a thought to ponder
Monday, Feb. 5
*****No blog post this week
*****“I Have a Dream” illustration due Friday instead
1. Vocabulary Lesson 11 (new unit)
Tuesday, Feb. 6
MAPS Reading Test (District)
*****Voc. 11 packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, Feb. 7
1. Check Voc. 11
*******Quiz tomorrow
2. Read SCOPE play: “Teen Free”--Teens and the Civil Rights Movement
Thursday, Feb. 8
1. WNB: Respond to an expository prompt
2. Voc. Quiz 11
******I Have a Dream illustration due tomorrow!
Friday, Feb. 9
1. Share and turn in “I Have a Dream” illustration
2. Read and discuss excerpts from King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
*****No blog post this week
*****“I Have a Dream” illustration due Friday instead
1. Vocabulary Lesson 11 (new unit)
- Packet due Wednesday
- Quiz on Thursday
Tuesday, Feb. 6
MAPS Reading Test (District)
*****Voc. 11 packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, Feb. 7
1. Check Voc. 11
*******Quiz tomorrow
2. Read SCOPE play: “Teen Free”--Teens and the Civil Rights Movement
Thursday, Feb. 8
1. WNB: Respond to an expository prompt
2. Voc. Quiz 11
******I Have a Dream illustration due tomorrow!
Friday, Feb. 9
1. Share and turn in “I Have a Dream” illustration
2. Read and discuss excerpts from King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
- What elaboration strategies does King use to support his points?
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Monday, 1/29
1. Vocab Review Lesson 10
*****Blog post due Friday--multi-paragraph, hyperlink where needed*****
Tuesday, 1/30--EARLY RELEASE/NO HOMEWORK
1. Finish Phantom of the Opera movie
2. Work on Voc Review 10 (due tomorrow)
Wednesday, 1/31
1. Check Voc. Review 10
Thursday, 2/1
1. Voc. Test Lessons 6-9
2. Class time to
Friday, 2/2
1. Blog post due now
2. Handout: Timeline of Desegregation in Austin
3. Read Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
4. “I Have a Dream” Imagery Activity: Due Friday, 2/9
1. Vocab Review Lesson 10
- Packet due Wed
- TEST on Thurs (Lessons 6-9)
- How is the movie different from the play?
- Why would the screenwriter and director make those changes?
*****Blog post due Friday--multi-paragraph, hyperlink where needed*****
Tuesday, 1/30--EARLY RELEASE/NO HOMEWORK
1. Finish Phantom of the Opera movie
2. Work on Voc Review 10 (due tomorrow)
Wednesday, 1/31
1. Check Voc. Review 10
- TEST TOMORROW
- Discuss the expository hamburger
- WNB: Build-a-Prompt
Thursday, 2/1
1. Voc. Test Lessons 6-9
2. Class time to
- read a book
- work on blog post (DUE TOMORROW)
- work on Voc. 11
Friday, 2/2
1. Blog post due now
2. Handout: Timeline of Desegregation in Austin
3. Read Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
- Why do we continue to teach MLK each year?
- What are the key points of King's speech, and how does he communicate them effectively?
- Identify some of the images (figurative language and diction) King uses to deliver his message.
4. “I Have a Dream” Imagery Activity: Due Friday, 2/9
- Illustrate an example of imagery from King's speech.
- Include the passage/text that inspired your illustration.
- Cite your passage/text with the title of the speech, the name of the speaker, and the date the speech was given.
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Monday, 1/22
****Blog post due Friday***
1. Vocabulary Lesson 9
Tuesday, 1/23
1. Conclude Phantom of the Opera Act II
****Voc Packet 9 due tomorrow
Wednesday, 1/24
1.Check Voc.Packet 9
Thursday, 1/25
1. Voc Quiz Lesson 9
2. Turn in Phantom of the Opera: Acts I and II and Literary Elements packet
3. Movie: Phantom of the Opera
****Blog Post due tomorrow
****Voc Review Packet Lesson 10 due Wednesday, 1/31
Friday, 1/26
1. Blog Post due now
2. Movie: Phantom of the Opera
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****Blog post due Friday***
1. Vocabulary Lesson 9
- Packet due Wed
- Quiz on Thursday (Lessons 6,7,8,9)
- “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again”
- Continue plot diagram
- WNB: Prewriting for the Phantom’s Lair (descriptive narrative)
- This can be your blog post this week.
Tuesday, 1/23
1. Conclude Phantom of the Opera Act II
- “The Labyrinth Underground”
- “Beyond the Lake”
****Voc Packet 9 due tomorrow
Wednesday, 1/24
1.Check Voc.Packet 9
- Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 6,7,8,9)
- Front page-characters and conflicts
- Guiding Questions for Literary Elements Packet:
- What conflicts did the three main characters face?
- Describe the conflict and identify whether it was internal or external.
- How were each of these conflicts resolved?
- How did each character change?
- What is the theme of author’s message?
- What other stories share this theme?
- Guiding Questions for Literary Elements Packet:
- Inside page-description of Phantom’s lair (You have a prewriting for this in your WNB)
- Back page: plot diagram correctly and completely filled out
Thursday, 1/25
1. Voc Quiz Lesson 9
2. Turn in Phantom of the Opera: Acts I and II and Literary Elements packet
3. Movie: Phantom of the Opera
****Blog Post due tomorrow
****Voc Review Packet Lesson 10 due Wednesday, 1/31
Friday, 1/26
1. Blog Post due now
2. Movie: Phantom of the Opera
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Monday, 1/15--HOLIDAY
Wednesday, 1/17
*****No blog post this week
1.Vocabulary Lesson 8
Thursday, 1/18
1. Vocabulary Lesson 8
Friday, 1/19
1. Voc Quiz Lesson 8
2. Phantom of the Opera--Act II
Wednesday, 1/17
*****No blog post this week
1.Vocabulary Lesson 8
- Packet due tomorrow (Thursday)
- Quiz on Friday (Lessons 6,7,8)
- "Music of the Night"
- "All I Ask of You"
Thursday, 1/18
1. Vocabulary Lesson 8
- Check packet
- Quiz tomorrow--FRIDAY (Lessons 6,7,8)
- Students work in groups to begin Literary Elements packet (conflict and characterization) Guiding questions will be given.
Friday, 1/19
1. Voc Quiz Lesson 8
2. Phantom of the Opera--Act II
- Masquerade
- Continue plot diagram
Monday, 1/8--STUDENT HOLIDAY/STAFF WORK DAY
*****WNB due Friday, but you may turn it in now
Tuesday, 1/9
*****No blog post or vocabulary due this week.*****
1.Add to digital writing portfolio
2. Begin revising and editing benchmark
Wednesday, 1/10
Complete revising and editing benchmark
Thursday, 1/11
1. WNB: What are the different ways in which people wear masks?
2. Review literary elements for learning check on Tuesday
3. Introduce Phantom of the Opera
Friday, 1/12
1. WNB due today if you haven't already turned it in.
2. Continue Phantom of the Opera
*****WNB due Friday, but you may turn it in now
Tuesday, 1/9
*****No blog post or vocabulary due this week.*****
1.Add to digital writing portfolio
- move blog link and poem into folder
2. Begin revising and editing benchmark
Wednesday, 1/10
Complete revising and editing benchmark
Thursday, 1/11
1. WNB: What are the different ways in which people wear masks?
2. Review literary elements for learning check on Tuesday
3. Introduce Phantom of the Opera
- Prelude
- Think of Me
Friday, 1/12
1. WNB due today if you haven't already turned it in.
2. Continue Phantom of the Opera
- Angel of Music
- The Mirror
Monday, 12/18
****No blog post or vocabulary this week*****
1. In Google Classroom, complete brief reflection: How has your writing improved since September?
2. Work with a partner on crossword puzzle: A Christmas Carol
NOTE: Annotations due Wednesday after open book quiz
Tuesday, 12/19
1. Finish reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
Wednesday, 12/ 20
1. Open book quiz over A Christmas Carol
Thursday, 12/21
Continue A Christmas Carol movie
Friday, 12/22
Conclude A Christmas Carol movie
Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2018! See ya next year!
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****No blog post or vocabulary this week*****
1. In Google Classroom, complete brief reflection: How has your writing improved since September?
2. Work with a partner on crossword puzzle: A Christmas Carol
NOTE: Annotations due Wednesday after open book quiz
Tuesday, 12/19
1. Finish reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
- What is the theme of Dickens’ classic story?
Wednesday, 12/ 20
1. Open book quiz over A Christmas Carol
- After quiz, turn in book for annotation check
Thursday, 12/21
Continue A Christmas Carol movie
- How is this portrayal of Scrooge different from Dickens’ original characterization?
- Why would the filmmaker make changes to the story and characters?
Friday, 12/22
Conclude A Christmas Carol movie
Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2018! See ya next year!
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Monday, 12/11
****Blog Post Change: POEM/AUTHOR’S NOTE due TODAY by end of period****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 7
2. Class time to:
*****Period 7: Due to the play on Thursday and no school on Friday, we will finish reading Stave One and take Voc Quiz 6 today. Please have your poem/author’s note published on your blog by the end of today.*****
Tuesday, 12/12
1. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Begin Stave Two)
**** Finish reading Stave Two if we do not finish it in class
*****Voc. 7 packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/13
1. Check Voc. 7
3. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Begin Stave Three)
Thursday, 12/14
1. Voc. Quiz 7
2. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Continue Stave Three)
Friday, 12/15
1. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Conclude Stave Three and Begin Stave Four)
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****Blog Post Change: POEM/AUTHOR’S NOTE due TODAY by end of period****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 7
- Packet due Wednesday
- Quiz on Thursday
2. Class time to:
- Complete poem/author's note/packet--due by end of period
- Work on new vocabulary packet
- Read / Library
*****Period 7: Due to the play on Thursday and no school on Friday, we will finish reading Stave One and take Voc Quiz 6 today. Please have your poem/author’s note published on your blog by the end of today.*****
Tuesday, 12/12
1. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Begin Stave Two)
**** Finish reading Stave Two if we do not finish it in class
*****Voc. 7 packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/13
1. Check Voc. 7
- Quiz tomorrow
3. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Begin Stave Three)
Thursday, 12/14
1. Voc. Quiz 7
2. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Continue Stave Three)
Friday, 12/15
1. Read and annotate A Christmas Carol (Conclude Stave Three and Begin Stave Four)
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Monday, 12/ 4
*****Blog Post due Friday--post your original poem and author’s note****
1.Vocabulary Lesson 6
Tuesday, 12/ 5
1. Continue Stave One of A Christmas Carol
2. WNB: Think about the holiday season. Who is right, Fred or Scrooge? Elaborate your thoughts. Use an introductory phrase and a compound sentence in your entry!
*******Voc. 6 due tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/6
1. Check Vocab 6
******Quiz tomorrow
2. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
Thursday, 12/ 7
1. Voc Quiz 6 NOTE: PERIOD 7 will be attending The Lion King play today. That class will take the Voc. 6 Quiz at the beginning of class on Friday.
2. Class time to work on original poem blog post--due tomorrow
*****Original poem blog post and author’s note due tomorrow!
Friday, 12/ 8
1. Blog Post due now (poem and author’s note)
2. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
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*****Blog Post due Friday--post your original poem and author’s note****
1.Vocabulary Lesson 6
- Packet due Wed
- Quiz on Thurs
- Charles Dickens biography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dB9BZWDBU
- Overview: A Christmas Carol (powerpoint)
Tuesday, 12/ 5
1. Continue Stave One of A Christmas Carol
2. WNB: Think about the holiday season. Who is right, Fred or Scrooge? Elaborate your thoughts. Use an introductory phrase and a compound sentence in your entry!
*******Voc. 6 due tomorrow
Wednesday, 12/6
1. Check Vocab 6
******Quiz tomorrow
2. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
Thursday, 12/ 7
1. Voc Quiz 6 NOTE: PERIOD 7 will be attending The Lion King play today. That class will take the Voc. 6 Quiz at the beginning of class on Friday.
2. Class time to work on original poem blog post--due tomorrow
- Final draft of poem
- Final conference (as needed)
- Final draft of author’s note--Use at least one introductory phrase and one compound sentence in your note!
*****Original poem blog post and author’s note due tomorrow!
Friday, 12/ 8
1. Blog Post due now (poem and author’s note)
2. Continue reading and annotating A Christmas Carol
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Monday, 11/27
By Friday:
Tuesday, 11/28
1. Introduce original poem assignment (major grade due as blog post 12/8)
Wednesday, 11/29
1. Review characteristics of effective poetry
3. WNB: Go through your WNB to search and highlight vivid images and entries you have written that will help to inspire your original poem.
4. Class time to brainstorm for original poem.
Thursday, 11/30
1.Class time to draft original poem
*****Two blog comments due tomorrow to Ms. Aussem’s class in Illinois:
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/miss-walocha-s-classroom-blogs/
Friday, 12/1
1.Peer conferencing on draft of original poem
By Friday:
- Leave comments for at least TWO students in Ms. Aussem’s class in Illinois (AND reply to comments that have been left on your own blog)
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/miss-walocha-s-classroom-blogs/
- Read and discuss “The Shark”
- WNB: Write a poem imitating the structure of “The Shark”
Tuesday, 11/28
1. Introduce original poem assignment (major grade due as blog post 12/8)
- What kind of poem do you want to write?
- Students browse poems from library book cart or online resources.
- Collect three poems that might inspire your writing (snap a picture of them).
Wednesday, 11/29
1. Review characteristics of effective poetry
- vivid imagery, effective sound devices, meaningful diction to create mood and theme
- shift
- patterns, rhythms, rhymes, repetitions
3. WNB: Go through your WNB to search and highlight vivid images and entries you have written that will help to inspire your original poem.
4. Class time to brainstorm for original poem.
Thursday, 11/30
1.Class time to draft original poem
*****Two blog comments due tomorrow to Ms. Aussem’s class in Illinois:
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/miss-walocha-s-classroom-blogs/
Friday, 12/1
1.Peer conferencing on draft of original poem
- Focus on:
- One Star (What is something you really like?)
- One Wish (What is something you wish you knew?)
- Revised draft due Friday, Dec. 8 as a blog post
Monday, 11/20
WNB: Continue Poetry Study
1. Poetry Study: "Abandoned Farmhouse"
2. WNB: List details about a place you know well, including details that reveal more about the person or people that inhabit that place. Craft those details into a poem patterned after “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Nov. 22-25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
WNB: Continue Poetry Study
- Read and respond to: e.e. cummings’ “maggie, milly, molly, and may”
- Brainstorm sensory images associated with an experience
- Is there a poem in those images? Experiment with using those images to craft your writing into a poem
1. Poetry Study: "Abandoned Farmhouse"
2. WNB: List details about a place you know well, including details that reveal more about the person or people that inhabit that place. Craft those details into a poem patterned after “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Nov. 22-25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Monday, 11/13
*****Blog post due Friday*****
1. Continue Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
Tuesday, 11/14
1. Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
Wednesday, 11/15
1. Open book LC: “Casey at the Bat”
2. Continue Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
Thursday, 11/16
1. Continue Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
******Blog Post due tomorrow
Friday, 11/17
***Blog Post due now***
1. Open book LC: “Charge of the Light Brigade” and “The Highwayman”
2. Continue poetry study
Monday, 11/20
WNB: Continue Poetry Study
1. Poetry Study: "Abandoned Farmhouse"
2. WNB: List details about a place you know well, including details that reveal more about the person or people that inhabit that place. Craft those details into a poem patterned after “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Nov. 22-25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
*****Blog post due Friday*****
1. Continue Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
- What are participles and participle phrases?
- Practice writing sentences with introductory participle phrases
Tuesday, 11/14
1. Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
- Pg 132-133 in Lit book to review concepts of narrative poem, rhythm, rhyme Follow along as James Earl Jones reads the narrative poem: “Casey at the Bat”
- How do the elements of rhyme, rhythm, syntax, and imagery combine to establish the author’s tone and create mood?
- Discuss imagery, mood, Inference, specific support from text-
Wednesday, 11/15
1. Open book LC: “Casey at the Bat”
2. Continue Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
- Read and discuss “The Highwayman” p. 587-590
- What do you notice about sound patterns?
- What do you notice about devices used for sound and visual imagery?
- What are your thoughts about theme and storyline?
Thursday, 11/16
1. Continue Poetry Study: Narrative Poems
- Lit book p. 582-583 to review rhythm and narrative poetry
- Read and discuss “The Charge of the Light Brigade” p. 584-586
******Blog Post due tomorrow
Friday, 11/17
***Blog Post due now***
1. Open book LC: “Charge of the Light Brigade” and “The Highwayman”
2. Continue poetry study
- Read “Building Poems”
- Discuss handout “Patterns of Sound”
- rhyme
- alliteration
- assonance
- consonance
Monday, 11/20
WNB: Continue Poetry Study
- Read and respond to: e.e. cummings’ “maggie, milly, molly, and may”
- Brainstorm sensory images associated with an experience
- Is there a poem in those images? Experiment with using those images to craft your writing into a poem
1. Poetry Study: "Abandoned Farmhouse"
2. WNB: List details about a place you know well, including details that reveal more about the person or people that inhabit that place. Craft those details into a poem patterned after “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Nov. 22-25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Monday, 11/6
By Friday: Comment on at least TWO blogs from Ms. Zybylut’s class in Illinois
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/zbylut-blogging-site/
1. Vocabulary Review Lesson 5
Tuesday, 11/7--EARLY RELEASE
1. Hero’s Journey Spark blog post due now
2. Review prepositions and prepositional phrases
****Vocabulary review packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, 11/8
1. Check Voc. 5 Review--TEST TOMORROW!
2. WNB: Read and respond to mentor text from Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (notice prepositional phrases)
3. Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
Thursday, 11/9
1. VOC TEST over Lessons 1-4
2. Due tomorrow: two comments to Ms. Zbylut’s class in Illinois:
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/zbylut-blogging-site/
Friday, 11/10--Veterans Day Assembly
1. Google Classroom practice question: Write a sentence with an introductory prepositional phrase
2. Continue Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
By Friday: Comment on at least TWO blogs from Ms. Zybylut’s class in Illinois
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/zbylut-blogging-site/
1. Vocabulary Review Lesson 5
- Packet due Wed
- TEST on Thurs (Lessons 1-4)
- Edit for comma splices
- Edit for capitalization of titles, headings, proper nouns, etc.
Tuesday, 11/7--EARLY RELEASE
1. Hero’s Journey Spark blog post due now
2. Review prepositions and prepositional phrases
- How do prepositions work? Demonstrate expanding sentences with prepositional phrases
- Handout: Common Prepositions
****Vocabulary review packet due tomorrow
Wednesday, 11/8
1. Check Voc. 5 Review--TEST TOMORROW!
2. WNB: Read and respond to mentor text from Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (notice prepositional phrases)
3. Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
- Write and punctuate sentences with introductory prepositional phrases
Thursday, 11/9
1. VOC TEST over Lessons 1-4
2. Due tomorrow: two comments to Ms. Zbylut’s class in Illinois:
https://sites.google.com/a/kcsd96.org/zbylut-blogging-site/
Friday, 11/10--Veterans Day Assembly
1. Google Classroom practice question: Write a sentence with an introductory prepositional phrase
2. Continue Comma Rule #2: Commas After Introductory “Stuff”
- What are infinitives and infinitive phrases?
- Practice writing sentences with introductory infinitive phrases
Monday, 10/30
****Hero’s Journey Blog Post due Friday****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 4
3. Class time to work:
Tuesday, 10/31 NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Check Voc. Packet 4
2. Voice Through Punctuation Mini Lesson -- colon
Wednesday, 11/1
1. Voice Through Punctuation Mini Lesson--dash and ellipsis
2. Polish Hero’s Journey Adobe Spark
Thursday, 11/2
1. Voc. 4 Quiz
2. Class time to work:
1. Adobe Spark Hero’s Journey blog post due now.
2. Continue Comma Rule #2 Introductory “Stuff”: Infinitive Phrases
****Hero’s Journey Blog Post due Friday****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 4
- Packet due Tomorrow (Tues is a No HW Night)
- Quiz on Thursday
3. Class time to work:
- Voc. 4 due tomorrow
- Hero’s Journey blog post due Friday
Tuesday, 10/31 NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Check Voc. Packet 4
2. Voice Through Punctuation Mini Lesson -- colon
Wednesday, 11/1
1. Voice Through Punctuation Mini Lesson--dash and ellipsis
2. Polish Hero’s Journey Adobe Spark
- Embed in blog by Friday
Thursday, 11/2
1. Voc. 4 Quiz
2. Class time to work:
- Adobe Spark Hero’s Journey blog post due tomorrow
- Voc. 5 review due Wednesday, 11/8
- VOC.TEST (Lessons 1-4) on Thursday, 11/9
1. Adobe Spark Hero’s Journey blog post due now.
2. Continue Comma Rule #2 Introductory “Stuff”: Infinitive Phrases
- LC: Commas after introductory prepositional phrases and introductory infinitive phrases
Monday, 10/23
*****No blog post this week *****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 3
Tuesday, 10/24
Socratic Seminar: Graded discussion over Beowulf: A New Telling
Wednesday, 10/25
1. Check Voc. 3
Thursday, 10/26
1. Voc. 3 Quiz
2. Draft Hero’s Journey assignment in Adobe Spark Page app
Friday, 10/27
1.Class time to work:
*****No blog post this week *****
1. Vocabulary Lesson 3
- Packet due Wednesday
- Quiz on Thursday (Lessons 1,2,and 3)
- Tomorrow: Socratic Seminar--Graded discussion over Beowulf (Make sure you bring your book as it will be turned in AFTER the discussion.)
- Voc. 3
- Annotations (due tomorrow)
Tuesday, 10/24
Socratic Seminar: Graded discussion over Beowulf: A New Telling
- Make sure you have your book and your iPad!
- Books will be turned in after the discussion so that annotations can be graded
Wednesday, 10/25
1. Check Voc. 3
- Quiz tomorrow
- Read sample Spark Page and sample prewriting
- Brainstorm thoughts on Hero’s Journey elements (PDF diagram and prewriting chart in Google Classroom)
Thursday, 10/26
1. Voc. 3 Quiz
2. Draft Hero’s Journey assignment in Adobe Spark Page app
Friday, 10/27
1.Class time to work:
- Hero’s Journey Adobe Spark page
- Vocabulary Packet Lesson 4
Monday, 10/16
*****Blog Post due Friday--free topic, 150 words, paragraphed, tagged
1. Vocabulary Lesson 2
3. Read and annotate Beowulf: A NewTelling
Tuesday, 10/17
1. Activate Jetpack Plug-In for Edublogs.
2. Comma Rule #1: Coordinating conjunctions to join independent clauses
3. Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Voc. Packet Lesson 2 due tomorrow. Make sure it is 100% completed.
Wednesday, 10/18
1. Comma Rule #1 practice
2. Check Voc. Packet Lesson 2
***Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 1 and 2)
3. WNB: Allies and Enemies/Obstacles/Abyss
Continue writing about a time you were called to a new experience.
Thursday, 10/19
1. Voc. Quiz 2
2. Class time to work:
Friday, 10/20--CELEBRATION WEST RIDGE
1. Blog post due now!
2. LC: Comma Rule #1
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Beowulf: A New Telling must be read and annotated by Monday, Oct. 23
*****Blog Post due Friday--free topic, 150 words, paragraphed, tagged
1. Vocabulary Lesson 2
- Packet due Wednesday
- Quiz on Thursday
- What was challenging about this new experience?
- What changes happened as you crossed the threshold from what you knew to what you were going to learn?
- Who guided you in that experience?
- Who was an example you wanted to emulate?
3. Read and annotate Beowulf: A NewTelling
Tuesday, 10/17
1. Activate Jetpack Plug-In for Edublogs.
2. Comma Rule #1: Coordinating conjunctions to join independent clauses
3. Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Voc. Packet Lesson 2 due tomorrow. Make sure it is 100% completed.
Wednesday, 10/18
1. Comma Rule #1 practice
2. Check Voc. Packet Lesson 2
***Quiz tomorrow (Lessons 1 and 2)
3. WNB: Allies and Enemies/Obstacles/Abyss
Continue writing about a time you were called to a new experience.
- Who were your allies?
- Did you encounter any enemies? Explain.
- What obstacle(s) did you have to overcome?
- Describe the most discouraging time in your journey to learn this new thing
Thursday, 10/19
1. Voc. Quiz 2
2. Class time to work:
- Voc. Lesson 3 packet (due Wed., Oct. 25)
- Blog post ***due tomorrow (free topic)
- Beowulf: A New Telling (Must be read and annotated by Monday, Oct 23)
Friday, 10/20--CELEBRATION WEST RIDGE
1. Blog post due now!
2. LC: Comma Rule #1
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Beowulf: A New Telling must be read and annotated by Monday, Oct. 23
Monday, 10/9--NO SCHOOL TODAY
*****No Blog Post due this week!
*****Instead of a blog post, leave meaningful comments for two bloggers on our class blog. Use the alphabetized class blog widget that has ALL of my students NOT divided into classes. Find your name, and then comment on the name above yours and the name below yours******
Tuesday, 10/10
1. Reading Reflection (see directions in Classroom)
2. Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Voc. Packet Lesson 1 due tomorrow. Make sure it is 100% completed.
Wednesday, 10/11
1. Check Voc. Packet Lesson 1
***Quiz tomorrow
2. Class time to work:
Thursday, 10/12
1. Voc. Quiz 1
2. Class time to work:
Friday, 10/13
1. Comments due now!
2. WNB: Weaknesses
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Beowulf: A New Telling must be read and annotated by Monday, Oct. 23
*****No Blog Post due this week!
*****Instead of a blog post, leave meaningful comments for two bloggers on our class blog. Use the alphabetized class blog widget that has ALL of my students NOT divided into classes. Find your name, and then comment on the name above yours and the name below yours******
Tuesday, 10/10
1. Reading Reflection (see directions in Classroom)
2. Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Voc. Packet Lesson 1 due tomorrow. Make sure it is 100% completed.
Wednesday, 10/11
1. Check Voc. Packet Lesson 1
***Quiz tomorrow
2. Class time to work:
- Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
- Study for tomorrow’s Voc. 1 quiz--use Quizlet!
Thursday, 10/12
1. Voc. Quiz 1
2. Class time to work:
- Comment on your two assigned two blogs (due Friday)
- Work on Voc. Lesson 2 packet (due Wed., Oct. 18)
- Read and annotate Beowulf: A New Telling
Friday, 10/13
1. Comments due now!
2. WNB: Weaknesses
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling
*****Beowulf: A New Telling must be read and annotated by Monday, Oct. 23
Monday, 10/2
Do you have your Beowulf: A New Telling book? We are starting it this week!
1. WNB: Imagery--excerpt from Hunger Games
Tuesday, 10/3
1. Analogy Quiz
2. Work on this week’s blog post or read. This is your only class work time for Friday’s blog post.
Wednesday, 10/4
1. WNB: Tolkien passage
******REMEMBER TO BRING BEOWULF: A NEW TELLING TOMORROW!
Thursday, 10/5
Introduce Beowulf: A New Telling
*****WNB due tomorrow
Friday, 10/6
1. Collect WNB
2. Turn in blog post
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling or Voc. 1
Do you have your Beowulf: A New Telling book? We are starting it this week!
1. WNB: Imagery--excerpt from Hunger Games
- Read aloud part of chapter one
- What is Collins doing well as a writer?
- Discuss mentor text describing Prim’s cat: what do you notice?
- Write an entry about a pet you’ve known, imitating the author’s work
- Write a test sentence for each analogy
- Identify the type of analogy
- Review analogy rules
Tuesday, 10/3
1. Analogy Quiz
2. Work on this week’s blog post or read. This is your only class work time for Friday’s blog post.
Wednesday, 10/4
1. WNB: Tolkien passage
- Read excerpt from Fellowship of the Ring
- Read another version of the same passage
- What is Tolkien doing well?
- Discuss the mentor text: what do you notice?
- Write an entry describing an ominous environment
- Packet due next Wednesday
- Quiz on Thursday
******REMEMBER TO BRING BEOWULF: A NEW TELLING TOMORROW!
Thursday, 10/5
Introduce Beowulf: A New Telling
- Hand out Reading Guide (must be read and annotated by Friday, Oct. 20)
- Background
- Read and annotate Chapters 1 and 2
*****WNB due tomorrow
Friday, 10/6
1. Collect WNB
2. Turn in blog post
3. Class time to work on Beowulf: A New Telling or Voc. 1
Monday, 9/ 25
1. Email to parents: Invitation to subscribe
2. MAPS Warm up
3. Blog set up due today--Major Grade
4. Class time to write a free topic blog post
*****Free topic blog post due Friday at beginning of class. Make sure you’ve published your post, not just saved it!
Tuesday, 9/26 EARLY RELEASE NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Begin analogies
Wednesday, 9/ 27
MAPS testing 8:35-10:15. All classes meet for 40 minutes.
1. Continue strategies and rules for solving analogies
2. Begin group practice: solving analogies
HW: Bring Beowulf: A New Telling to class by Friday!
Thursday, 9/28
MAPS testing 8:35-10:15. All classes meet for 40 minutes.
1. Fill-in-the-blank review of rules for solving analogies
2. Continue group practice: solving analogies
3. Work on blog post due tomorrow
Friday, September 29
1. Blog post due now
2. Read and annotate the first five pages of Beowulf: A New Telling
****Writer’s Notebook due next Friday
1. Email to parents: Invitation to subscribe
2. MAPS Warm up
3. Blog set up due today--Major Grade
4. Class time to write a free topic blog post
*****Free topic blog post due Friday at beginning of class. Make sure you’ve published your post, not just saved it!
Tuesday, 9/26 EARLY RELEASE NO HOMEWORK NIGHT
1. Begin analogies
- Strategies for solving analogies (work in groups)
Wednesday, 9/ 27
MAPS testing 8:35-10:15. All classes meet for 40 minutes.
1. Continue strategies and rules for solving analogies
2. Begin group practice: solving analogies
HW: Bring Beowulf: A New Telling to class by Friday!
Thursday, 9/28
MAPS testing 8:35-10:15. All classes meet for 40 minutes.
1. Fill-in-the-blank review of rules for solving analogies
2. Continue group practice: solving analogies
3. Work on blog post due tomorrow
Friday, September 29
1. Blog post due now
2. Read and annotate the first five pages of Beowulf: A New Telling
****Writer’s Notebook due next Friday
Monday, 9/18
1. Lesson on adding media:
*****Learning check on using images on Friday
*******Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due next Monday, 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Tuesday, 9/19
Period 2: Author Visit by Mike Lupica
All other classes will:
Wednesday, 9/20
Lesson on posting videos
*****Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due next Monday 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Thursday, 9/ 21
Lesson on using text widgets:
*****Learning check tomorrow on using images
******Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due on Monday, 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Friday, 9/22
1. LC: Using Images
2. Lesson on using hyperlinks
3. Go back to your “Something I’ve Learned” video post and add a hyperlink that will take your reader to a website that elaborates the topic you wrote about. YOUR LINK MUST OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW
*******WNB due in two weeks! Are you keeping up with your entries?
*******Have you purchased Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye? You will need it on Thursday, 9/28.
1. Lesson on adding media:
- What is copyright? What is Creative Commons? Watch video
- Using the CompFight photo plug-in for Creative Commons images
- Using Pixabay and Pics4Learning
- Using your own photos
*****Learning check on using images on Friday
*******Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due next Monday, 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Tuesday, 9/19
Period 2: Author Visit by Mike Lupica
All other classes will:
- write a reading reflection
- write a WNB entry
- read
- work on blog.
Wednesday, 9/20
Lesson on posting videos
- Embed code vs. embedding from URL
- Write a post explaining a skill or some knowledge you have learned. You must include a video that relates to that learning.
*****Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due next Monday 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Thursday, 9/ 21
Lesson on using text widgets:
- Adding a virtual pet
- Adding Google Translate
- Adding a visitor tracking widget
*****Learning check tomorrow on using images
******Your blog is a major grade assignment that is due on Monday, 9/25. If you do not complete each day’s activity in class, be sure to complete it at home!
Friday, 9/22
1. LC: Using Images
2. Lesson on using hyperlinks
3. Go back to your “Something I’ve Learned” video post and add a hyperlink that will take your reader to a website that elaborates the topic you wrote about. YOUR LINK MUST OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW
*******WNB due in two weeks! Are you keeping up with your entries?
*******Have you purchased Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye? You will need it on Thursday, 9/28.
Monday, 9/11
1. Begin setting up your blog (follow handout and teacher directions)
Tuesday, 9/12
1. Complete blog checklist to make sure everything is set up correctly: title, tagline, time zone, nickname, theme
2. Configure WIDGETS:
3. Write and publish an About Me page (use your WNB as a resource--what are
some facts about you that would interest a reader?)
****Due by Friday
Wednesday, 9/131. Create and upload a blog avatar (pickaface.net) and save to your home folder. The avatar MUST resemble who you are.
2. Explain how to add a post. Begin working on first post--do you have some ideas in your Writer’s Notebook?
Thursday, 9/141. Select and upload a user (comment) avatar. This can be the same as your blog avatar or you may select a different one.
2. Continue working on first post. Publish!
*****Learning Check tomorrow over blogging terms studied so far
Friday, 9/15
1. WNB--Quick Write
2. Blog Learning Check #1: Blog terms covered so far
3. Check blog progress--Does the "About Me" page due today show up on your blog?
4. Continue posting to your blog
Be sure you have Beowulf: A New Telling purchased and ready to read by Thursday, Sept. 29!
1. Begin setting up your blog (follow handout and teacher directions)
- Adjust settings (General and Your Profile)
- Choose theme
- Delete Hello World post and Sample Page
Tuesday, 9/12
1. Complete blog checklist to make sure everything is set up correctly: title, tagline, time zone, nickname, theme
2. Configure WIDGETS:
- blog avatar
- links
- tag cloud
- text widget
- recent comments
- recent posts
- subscribe by email
- class blog (adjust)
3. Write and publish an About Me page (use your WNB as a resource--what are
some facts about you that would interest a reader?)
****Due by Friday
Wednesday, 9/131. Create and upload a blog avatar (pickaface.net) and save to your home folder. The avatar MUST resemble who you are.
2. Explain how to add a post. Begin working on first post--do you have some ideas in your Writer’s Notebook?
Thursday, 9/141. Select and upload a user (comment) avatar. This can be the same as your blog avatar or you may select a different one.
2. Continue working on first post. Publish!
*****Learning Check tomorrow over blogging terms studied so far
Friday, 9/15
1. WNB--Quick Write
2. Blog Learning Check #1: Blog terms covered so far
3. Check blog progress--Does the "About Me" page due today show up on your blog?
4. Continue posting to your blog
Be sure you have Beowulf: A New Telling purchased and ready to read by Thursday, Sept. 29!
Monday, 9/4
HOLIDAY
Tuesday, 9/5
1. Capitalization Review Lessons 311-315
2. Class time to read assigned hero myth
Wednesday, 9/6
1. Comprehension learning check over assigned hero myth (NOT open book!)
2. Small group discussions
******BLOGGING PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK! See Classroom if you lost yours.
Thursday, 9/7
1. Class discussion: Recap the Pattern of a Mythic Hero and discuss the Hero’s Journey
2. Work with a friend to complete “Finding the Hero’s Journey” about a movie, book, or television show you both know well: how does that story fit the hero’s journey?
*****Capitalization learning check tomorrow!
*****BLOGGING PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK! See Classroom if you lost yours.
Friday, 9/8
1. Learning check over capitalization 311-315
2. Browse mentor text: blogs and “About Me” pages
*******NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE BEOWULF: A NEW TELLING by Robert Nye purchased and in class with you by Thursday, Sept. 28.
HOLIDAY
Tuesday, 9/5
1. Capitalization Review Lessons 311-315
2. Class time to read assigned hero myth
- Comprehension Learning Check over your myth tomorrow (no notes)
- BLOGGING PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK! See home page if you lost yours.
Wednesday, 9/6
1. Comprehension learning check over assigned hero myth (NOT open book!)
2. Small group discussions
- Groups will be made up of two students who have read “Theseus,” two who have read “Perseus,” and two who have read “Jason and the Golden Fleece.”
- Summarize your story for the other people in your group, including all important events in that story
- After all three summaries have been heard, develop a list of what the three hero myths have in common
******BLOGGING PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK! See Classroom if you lost yours.
Thursday, 9/7
1. Class discussion: Recap the Pattern of a Mythic Hero and discuss the Hero’s Journey
2. Work with a friend to complete “Finding the Hero’s Journey” about a movie, book, or television show you both know well: how does that story fit the hero’s journey?
*****Capitalization learning check tomorrow!
*****BLOGGING PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK! See Classroom if you lost yours.
Friday, 9/8
1. Learning check over capitalization 311-315
2. Browse mentor text: blogs and “About Me” pages
- What do we notice about how blogs are organized?
- What do we notice about what makes blogs interesting to read?
- What do we notice about effective “About Me” pages?
- Fill out SETTINGS > GENERAL
- Fill out USERS > YOUR PROFILE
*******NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE BEOWULF: A NEW TELLING by Robert Nye purchased and in class with you by Thursday, Sept. 28.
Monday, August 28
1. Introduce the Olympians.
2. Read "Prometheus"
3. WNB: Notice and imitate author's craft in Bernard Evslin's "Prometheus"
4. Hand out blogging permission slip.
*****Get blogging permission slip signed
Tuesday, August 29
1. Review paragraphing expectations for the letter due tomorrow
2. WNB: Finish the entry from "Prometheus" that was started yesterday.
3. DG Capitalization 306-310: Days of the week, months of the year, seasons, regions, religions, proper adjectives
4. Visit mythweb.com/gods to learn about the gods and goddesses. Work with your group to complete Olympians chart
*****Letter due tomorrow
Wednesday, August 30
1. Turn in letter (hard copy...please print at home)
2. WNB: a Moments That Matter: First Attempts
3. Complete yesterday’s group work on the Olympians chart
Thursday, August 31
1. Review capitalization lessons 306-310
Class time to read assigned hero myth (Jason, Perseus, or Theseus--see Google Classroom for copy of myth. Your group will be sharing your assigned story with the class next week.
Friday, September 1
1. Learning check over capitalization lessons 306-310
2. Class time to read hero myth (Jason, Theseus, Perseus--see Classroom for copy of myth). Your group will be sharing your assigned hero myth with the class next week on Wednesday.
3. Class time to read/library
******On Tuesday, be prepared to take a short learning check over your assigned myth. No need to study if you did a thoughtful reading of your story!
1. Introduce the Olympians.
2. Read "Prometheus"
3. WNB: Notice and imitate author's craft in Bernard Evslin's "Prometheus"
4. Hand out blogging permission slip.
*****Get blogging permission slip signed
Tuesday, August 29
1. Review paragraphing expectations for the letter due tomorrow
2. WNB: Finish the entry from "Prometheus" that was started yesterday.
3. DG Capitalization 306-310: Days of the week, months of the year, seasons, regions, religions, proper adjectives
4. Visit mythweb.com/gods to learn about the gods and goddesses. Work with your group to complete Olympians chart
*****Letter due tomorrow
Wednesday, August 30
1. Turn in letter (hard copy...please print at home)
2. WNB: a Moments That Matter: First Attempts
3. Complete yesterday’s group work on the Olympians chart
- Open notes learning check over the Olympians (use chart)
Thursday, August 31
1. Review capitalization lessons 306-310
- Learning check tomorrow
- Open notes learning check over the Olympians
Class time to read assigned hero myth (Jason, Perseus, or Theseus--see Google Classroom for copy of myth. Your group will be sharing your assigned story with the class next week.
Friday, September 1
1. Learning check over capitalization lessons 306-310
2. Class time to read hero myth (Jason, Theseus, Perseus--see Classroom for copy of myth). Your group will be sharing your assigned hero myth with the class next week on Wednesday.
3. Class time to read/library
******On Tuesday, be prepared to take a short learning check over your assigned myth. No need to study if you did a thoughtful reading of your story!
Monday, August 21
1. Class Overview
2. WRMS Back to School announcement
3. Video: Arthur
4. Set up English binders
Tuesday, August 22
1. Daily Grammar: Capitalization Warm-Up Lessons 302-305
2. Author’s Craft noticing: read and discuss preface to Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
3. Set up Writer's Notebook and write first entry: Quick Write
Wednesday, August 23
1. WNB: The Writer's I
2. Continue capitalization
3. Mentor Text Study "Southpaw"
4. Read teacher letter to students
5. Begin writing your letter to teacher
Thursday, August 24
1. WNB: Quick writes from The Writer's I
2. Class time to work on letter to teacher
3. Review capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives--Where in your letter do the rules apply?
Friday, August 25
1. Capitalization Learning Check
2. Class time to work on letter
3. Introduce mythology: Who were the Olympians?
***Letter to teacher due Wed 8/31
1. Class Overview
2. WRMS Back to School announcement
3. Video: Arthur
4. Set up English binders
- We will be setting up Writer's Notebooks tomorrow, so remember to bring your composition book.
- NOTE to students: track how many pages you are reading in each of this week’s ten minute sessions. NEXT WEEK: you will set a reading goal for this nine weeks.
Tuesday, August 22
1. Daily Grammar: Capitalization Warm-Up Lessons 302-305
2. Author’s Craft noticing: read and discuss preface to Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
3. Set up Writer's Notebook and write first entry: Quick Write
Wednesday, August 23
1. WNB: The Writer's I
2. Continue capitalization
3. Mentor Text Study "Southpaw"
4. Read teacher letter to students
5. Begin writing your letter to teacher
- Letter due Wednesday, Aug. 30
Thursday, August 24
1. WNB: Quick writes from The Writer's I
2. Class time to work on letter to teacher
3. Review capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives--Where in your letter do the rules apply?
Friday, August 25
1. Capitalization Learning Check
2. Class time to work on letter
3. Introduce mythology: Who were the Olympians?
***Letter to teacher due Wed 8/31