December 13
Finish To Kill a Mockingbird
Continue Film
December 11
Quiz 21-23
Read To Kill a Mockingbird Ch 24-27
Continue Film
Extra Credit: Trial Point of View writing
December 7
Quiz 18-20
Read To Kill a Mockingbird Ch 21-23
Continue Film
December 5
Quiz 15-17
Read To Kill a Mockingbird Ch 18-20
Continue Film
December 3
Collect Study Guides for 7-12
Group Read Chapter 15 To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: Read 16-17 and study guide
Continue Film
November 29
Part 1 Quiz
HW: Read To Kill a Mockingbird -Read Chapter 12-14
Begin Film
November 27
Reading and DGP Quiz
Share Boo Radley's Diary - Collect
HW: Read To Kill a Mockingbird -Read Chapter 10-11
Part 1 Quiz next class
November 21
Collect Book Report Bags
DGP Week 12: Thursday
1 Question Quiz
To Kill a Mockingbird -Read Chapter 7-9
Writing Assignment: Boo Radley's Diary
November 19
DGP Week 12: Monday
TKAM ch. 2-3 quiz
To Kill a Mockingbird -Read chapter 4-6
Complete Study Guide - See me for copy
November 15
DGP Week 11: Thursday
To Kill a Mockingbird -Read chapter 2-3
Complete Study Guide - See me for copy
November 13
DGP Week 11: Monday
To Kill a Mockingbird - Intro Activities: Sentence Starters, Rating Scale, Realistic Dialogue, discussion
Read Chapter 1 - draw a picture of Boo Radley (as described by Jem)
November 9
DGP Week 10: W-F
Punctuation and short story test
Reading Counts due today
November 7
DGP Week 10: M/T
Notes: Semicolons & The Colon - in class worksheet
Finish "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst
Library/Reading Counts - Reading Counts due by Friday
November 2
DGP Week 9 - Friday
Discuss and collect "The Interlopers" Study Guide
Notes: Comma Rules - Handout
Worksheet - graded and collected in class
Notes: More Lit Terms - tone, imagery, metaphor, simile, symbolism
In class reading:
Begin "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst
Answer the Tone, Setting, Point of View, and the fist five Character questions in this packet
October 31
DGP Week 9: Wednesday/Thursday
Read together: "The Princess and the Tin Box" by James Thurber
and: "The Talking Skull" - A Nigerian Folktale
HW: Read "The Interlopers" by Saki - Complete Study Guide
Personal Narrative due next class
October 29
DGP Week 9: Monday/Tuesday
Notes: Irony
Ironic or Not? - Alanis Morissette
Journal 5: Revenge
Read "The Cask of Amontiladdo"
HW: Questions, Irony, and Plot
October 24
DGP Week 8: Wednesday-Friday-Collect
POS Practice Quiz
Webinar: Taylor Swift via Scholastic Journal 4
Updated Semester 1: Independent Reading Project Due Nov. 9 and 21
Collect "The Necklace" handout
Personal Narrative Final Draft Due Nov. 2 - Revised, Typed, Printed
October 22
DGP Week 8: Monday/Tuesday
Notes: Characterization
Homework:
Finish Reading "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, complete chart on this handout
October 18
"Harrison Bergeron" discussion
Watch: 2081 - discuss
Lit terms: Plot, Conflict, Setting, Satire
October 16
DGP Week 7: Friday
USA Test Prep - Practice 2
Turnitin - PeerMark - Fixed - Due by Thursday if not finished in class
Journal 3: A Perfect World
To View: 2081 Trailer
HW: Read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut -
October 12
Author Visit: Mike Mullin
Work time on Personal Narrative
October 10
DGP Week 7: Wednesday/Thursday
Practice test on usatestprep.com
Submit 1st Draft of Personal Narrative to turnitin.com
Also complete PeerMark Peer Review Activity (if time allows)
Bookfair
October 8
DGP Week 7: Monday/Tuesday
Notes: Quotation Marks in Dialogue
In-class writing activity: The Horse and the Bear
Homework/Assignment:
Rough Draft of Personal Narrative next class
October 4
DGP Week 6: Wednesday-Friday - Collect
Discuss and Collect: Butterfly Effect Chart and Plot Chain
Prewriting Activites for Personal Narrative: map and foot/hand
Storytelling discussion, teacher example, Scoring Guide
Homework/Assignment:
Complete this sequence chart for your personal narrative
October 2
DGP Week 6: Monday/Tuesday
Discuss and Collect "The Most Dangerous Game" Homework
Read "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
Homework/Assignment:
Complete Butterfly Effect Chart and Plot Chain
September 28
DGP Week 5 - Wednesday - Friday
Begin Reading "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
September 26
DGP Week 5 - Monday/Tuesday
Discuss quote by Ursula LeGuin.
Read "Reading Short Stories", page 3 in Elements of Literature: 3rd Course.
Set up the 1st page of the Literature Section in your binder like this.
Read "The Sniper" by Liam O' Flaherty. Fill in at least 2 responses/questions for each section on your sheet.
September 24
Socratic Seminar
Collect Of Mice and Men materials
September 20
DGP Week 4 - Wednesday - Friday
Library Visit
Work on Socratic Prep Packet
September 18
DGP Week 4 - Monday/Tuesday
Finish film: Of Mice and Men
Socratic Seminar Next Monday - Prep Packet
Extra Credit: Write a character biopoem
September 14
DGP Week 3 - Friday
Continue Film: Of Mice and Men
Collect Chapter 5-6 vocabulary
September 12
DGP Week 3 - Wednesday/Thursday
Ch. 5-6 Quiz
Begin Film: Of Mice and Men
September 10
DGP Week 3 - Monday/Tuesday
Chapter 4 Quiz
Discussion of Reading Journal and Handicap Chart
Collect Vocabulary 3-4
Homework: Finish Book, Reading Journal, Dream Chart, and Chapter 5-6 vocabulary
September 6
DGP Week 2 - Wednesday - Friday - collect
Chapter 3 Quote Quiz
Discussion of Reading Journal
In Class: Found and BioPoem Assignment
Homework: Read Chapter 4 and Vocabulary 3-4 and Handicap Chart
September 4
DGP Week 2 - Monday/Tuesday
Chapter 2 Quiz
Discussion of Reading Journal
In Class: Vocabulary 3-4
HW: Read Chapter 3
August 30
DGP Week 1 - Wednesday-Friday
Chapter 1 Quiz
Discussion of Reading Journal
In Class: Vocabulary 1-2
HW: Read Chapter 2 Of Mice and Men
Picture Day
August 28
DGP Week 1 - Monday/Tuesday
Background Information for Of Mice and Men:
The Great Depression, "Pastures of Plenty" YT, Map, "I am a Rock" YT, "Us Two" YT
Homework: Read Chapter 1, Complete Reading Journal
August 24
Type Uglies Writing Prompt - Prewriting - due by Tuesday 8/28 at turnitin.com
Watch and discuss "Eye of the Beholder"
Semester 1 Independent Reading due 11/9
Library Book Checkout
August 22
Library Orientation
Register at turnitin.com
Type Uglies Writing Prompt - Prewriting -
Semester 1 Independent Reading due 11/9
August 20
Take Uglies Reading Counts Quiz
Take SRI - Scholastic Reading Inventory
Uglies Writing Prompt - Prewriting
August 16
Collect Uglies study guide
Classroom Expectations and Syllabus