Date
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Agenda/Activities
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Assessment/
Materials/
Standards/Objec
tives
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Comments/
Essential Questions
to think about
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Wed,
August
20
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Orientation- Discuss rules, handout schedules, provide information. Introduce
myself. Student data sheet Index Card. Read in class. Rules and norms.
Policies. Student introductions. Cross the Line, The Human Knot
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Norms, School
Board regulations,
STC policies
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Thurs,
Aug
21
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2nd and 3rd Period
Warm Up-1) Write on loose-leaf paper, and keep in a safe place when
done.(WN)
If you could change anything in y our life right now, what would it be? WHy? How
would you change that which you would change? Explain.
Check Attendance
M.I. packets: Quick Learning/Teaching Style, Check the sentences, What's your
learning style? How am I doing? Multiple Intelligence (T/F), About Me.
Announcements: diagnostic (Friday, 22nd), vocabulary words (daily starting
next week), project-oral presentation, research paper
Syllabus
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Handouts: Thought
Card (H)
the Bottom Line
Handout (All)
Multiple Intelligences
(All)
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Fri
Aug
22
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Fire Drill-Canceled
Diagnostic Test, Part I-POS
Business Letter using Writer's Inc., page 298
Business Letter Rubric
Syllabus Signature also due Monday
Part II of Diagnostic Test
Please access it at Tenth Grade Diagnostic Test
Form B Test
HW: Business Letter due Monday, 35 points. All Periods write a
letter telling me a little bit about you, your experience with English,
what you expect of this class. Keep it as simple as possible (one
page). Try to type it while following the business letter format.
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Laptops
Scantron sheets
Pencil Objective: To
learn about my
students and
ultimately connect
with them in order to
have better classes,
effective procedures,
and assist the
students to learn in
their own styles.
SWBAT:
Demonstrate
understanding of
him or herself.
Understand and
demonstrate
knowledge of
language
Identify conflict
resolution
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Ray Bradbury's
Birthday
No School Tuesday
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Mon
Aug 25
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Warm Up-Write in your class notebook (WN) (binder or loose-leaf paper): a list
of "Cool" things, then write a list of "uncool" things.
Vocabulary Words-1) Sidle 2) Deliberately 3) Furtive
DOL-Use a loose-leaf page
Create a Vocabulary Improvement Chart that includes
Vocabulary, definition, a synonym, a sentence, the part(s) of speech
Collect Business letters
Rules Redux
HW: Due September 4th (Thursday) Find a Topic, that you know well, to talk
about in front of the class for at least three (3) minutes and no more than five
minutes. The speech is due Wednesday, October 1st
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· Understand and
appreciate a short
story (literary
analysis) (E.1.4.1)
· Identify conflict and
resolution (literary
analysis) (FCAT
E.2.4.1)
· Draw conclusions
(Active reading)
(FCAT A.2.4.8)
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In your Vocabulary
section of your Writing
Log, write the following
words (give enough
space to each word) and
write.
a) the word itself
b) a personal clue as a
synonym
c) the definition (look it
up)
d) part of speech (look it
up)
e) a sentence using the
word
Students will do this for
every new vocabulary
word.
* Every word entered
should be learned and
mastered.
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Tues,
Aug
26
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No School-Teacher Planning
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Aug
27
Wed
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Warm UP
Check homework
VIS Chart-oppress, doctrine, conflict
In composition notebook (WN), answer the following: 2) What truly
makes you? What part of your culture, heritafe, and traditions make
up the person that you are? How? Explain.
In glossary of textbook, look up the definitions for metaphor, simile,
active voice and passive voice.
Find all instances of metaphors and similes in "Every day Use."
Create a list.
Create a chart comparing Momma Johnson , Dee, and Maggie. Use
quotes and page numbers.
HW: VIS
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How can we
creatively produce
positive change?
The students will take
control over their
classroom
procedures today.
They will write a great
deal while I supervise
and facilitate. Every
now and then I will
stop all activity to
reinforce and
repeated mistakes or
lack of attention to
details.
ESE : Notes and
more attention, as
well as
accommodations
through accessibility.
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Thurs,
Aug 28
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Warm up:
"Everyday Use"
Click here to go directly to your textbook. Click on eservices, then Register
under Student Resources.
Classzone: 2nd pd=CLASS5017041
3rd period=CLASS1705620
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-understand and
appreciate a short
story (LA.E.1.4.1)
-identify conflict
resolution (FCAT
E.2.4.1)
-determine main
idea (during stamina
reading as well)
(LA.A.2.4.1)
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Please register with
http://www.classzone.
com for your online
textbook. Use your
own name, not a
pseudonym (aka), so
that I know who you
are.
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29 Fri
August
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1) Warmup: Vocab words-labyrinth, precarious, quandary
DOL-the only way humans can explore the futur are through there
imagination and reasoning.
Meny sience fiction storys are set in the futur.
2) Attendance/check
3) "Everyday Use"
4) Writing Handbook,” Writer’s, Inc.
HW:
Vocab VIS- labyrinth, precarious, quandary
1) Take a piece of construction paper and draw/color things that represent you.
It should be 4" x 4" and should represent you. (40 points)
2) Speech Topic due on Tuesday, Sept 4
3) What is the purpose of Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"? (20 points in Writer's
Notebook (WN)
4) What is the conflict in this story? How is it resolved? (20 points)
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understand and
appreciate a short
story (LA.E.1.4.1)
-identify conflict
resolution (FCAT
E.2.4.1)
-determine main
idea (during stamina
reading as well)
(LA.A.2.4.1)
Notebooks,
dictionaries, pen,
pencil, textbook.
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Notes and more
attention, as well as
accommodations
through accessibility.
Copy machines not
working....couldn't
give handouts.
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Sept
Tues
2
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Mock A Month-
The school board in your town has just ruled that all student work
will have to be completed on a computer.
Think about how much easier or how much more difficult it will be to
do your homework on a computer. Think about the skills you will
need and what will be expected of you when you graduate.
Write to persuade your reader whether working solely on a
computer is a good or bad idea.
Students will write a final draft in response to the above within 40
minutes.
Return back business letters.
Give back DOL I
Check homework (4x4, two questions on "Everyday Use")
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Open House
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Wed
Sept
3
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I. Warm Up-
A. VIS- profound; plausible
WN B. Make a list of ten things you have wanted to get in the past;
things you have wanted (5 min.)
C. Write a list of five things you want NOW or plan to get in the
future (5 Min.)
II. Johnathan Green poems
III "Everyday Use" -Analyze the story in terms of Author's Purpose
and Characterization; evaluate the title (literal or figurative)
HW: Write five complex sentences using all Parts of Speech.
Topic for Speech due tomorrow
Jonathan Green poem due Monday, Sept. 8
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Thurs
Sept
4
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WN=Think about something positive that you did in the last 24 hours (or last
week, last month, etc.). Now, think about something negative that you did in the
same time frame.
Write a one-sentence explanation revealing why you did this. Explain how one
is positive and the other is negative. Again, don’t forget to write why you did this.
The challenge is to write one sentence with all the appropriate punctuation
marks.
PSAT boklet
2. Grammar-Parts of Speech-take notes
3. Everyday Use-conclude. Begin writing essay-thesis statement
4. Notes while you read using your Reading Log and following Reader’s
Notebook (Connotation/Denotation).
5. Create a flow chart of events
HW=
- Start thinking about your speech.
- Jonathan Green poem about seeking due Monday, Sept 8
- Start thinking about an essay of comparisons and contrast in
"Everyday Use."
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· Understand and
appreciate a short
story (literary
analysis) (E.1.4.1)
· Identify conflict
and resolution
(literary analysis)
(FCAT E.2.4.1)
· Draw conclusions
(Active reading)
(FCAT A.2.4.8)
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Fri
Sept
5
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Warm Up-
VIS-turbulence; turmoil
Handout-SSR "Bowling to Find a Lost Father". Class Note- What is
the point of view of this story? What is the Main Idea? What is the
author's purpose? Mark the story to see where there are details to
answer the above questions, make sure you answer the questions
on paper.
Groupwork-select a part of speech from the basket. Work with a
partner to define and create a presentation to teach the rest of your
class this part of speech. You need to assess the learning of the
rest of the class with a test and you need a product. Plan on it today
and design a lesson.
HW-Jonathan Green poem.
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Mrs. Reyes-Army
Duty.
Be Good!
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Mon
Sept
8
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VIS-voluptuous; virtuous; diction
DOL
Collect Jonathan Green Poems
"Everyday Use," reread.
Review "Bowling to Find a Lost Father."
Understand Point of View. Understand Main Idea. Understand
Author's purpose. Class Quiz
Continue work on Parts of Speech (you must learn the definitions
and functions of all parts of speech).
HW-VISContinue your work on your particular Part of Speech
presentation will be on Thursday.
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Researching the
Holocaust
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Tues
Sept
9
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Warm UP :
WN=Write a Haiku about "Everyday Use." A Haiku is a tiny poem consisting of
three lines, two of which have five syllables while the middle line has seven
syllables. The Haiku has a title and is usually about nature. (NO TALKING!).
DOL
Get textbook, turn to page 485. Stamina Reading
Check DOL with class/Give back student work
POV, Main Idea, and Author's Purpose
Speech Rubric
HW: Review and continue to prepare for Speech, due October 1
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Wed
Sept
10
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DOL
SAT words=baneful; berate
Announce compare and contrast essay,
Read "Women" and "Poem at 39" and analyze
Parts of Speech
Begin Night discussion
HW=Work on parts of speech group presentation for Friday
Answer comprehension check questions and Connect to Literature
question #6
Start to think about a Compare/Contrast essay on "Everyday Use."
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Thurs
Sept
11
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Early Release Day
Warm Up-
If you had the means to change the status quo, how would you create positive
change?
DOL
Check homework
HW=Essay on Everyday Use, page 514 Compare and contrast two characters
to analyze the story. Remember that you must focus on a theme in order to
have a well-written thesis. Utilize the text to support your thoughts.
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Sept
12
Fri
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DOL
Prepare for POS
Check DOL/Collect
Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric
HW=Essay on Everyday Use, page 514. Compare and contrast two
elements (characters or theme) to analyze (explain) the story (to
show the author's purpose and your understanding of it).
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Mon
Sept
15
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SAT words: nefarious; chastise
Alice Walker
Night
HW=Compare and Contrast essay on Everyday Use due tomorrow. Typed
and written in MLA format.
Back to page 485, "The Teacher Who Changed My Life," Nicholas Gage
Pre and post tests on Author's purpose, author's point of view and main idea
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Tues
Sept
16
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VIS= devious, iniquitous
Stamina Reading (20 min.) No Talking while reading "In Search of
Our Mother's Garden," page 522
Collect Compare and Contrast Essay on "Everyday Use"
Check DOL
HW=VIS
Essay Friday
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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Give scores to
English
Dept!\Donations
to Haiti.
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Wed
Sept
17
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DOL
WN=Write about your Name. In the novel Night, certain characters
are known by different names. What different names are you known
by? Why do different people know you like this? When do
A Place at the Table
The Writing at the Wall
Thesis Statement work
Reading Schedule for Night
Collect papers after 10 minutes
HW-Night
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Due
Date
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Page
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Wed.,
9/17
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3-22
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Thurs.
9/18
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23-46
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Fri-9/1
9
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47-65
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Mon
9/22
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66-84
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Wed
9/24
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85-97
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Thurs
9/25
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98-112
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Mon
9/29
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113-end
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Thurs
Sept
18
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DOL
Write a haiku about your name
Night
Writing a thesis statement powerpoint.
Essay Grading, students look at their papers and share responses.
peer-editing
HW=mock essay revision due tomorrow; typed and in MLA
VIS chart to be checked tomorrow
NIght, read to page 65
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Fri
Sept
19
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DOL
Check VIS chart
Quiz
collect Mock essays-ratiocination
HW=Continue to read Night to page 84
As you read, write five (5) complex questions related to the novel.
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Mon
Sept
22
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A.Check Vocab charts (VIS)/ Attendance
B. VIS Chart virulent; adamant; incite; quixotic
C. Take out Writer's Inc., Language of Literature, In your Class Notes section
write the definition of Cause and Effect and Inference
Take out your Night questions
Textbook, page 357-Cause and Effect; Inference
Students switch Night questions and take each other's quizzes
HW= Read "The Leap," page 1001 in Literature of Language
Review Love and Marriage, page 357
Prepare for Speech due next week, October 1st
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https://gradebook.
browardschools.co
m/hs/Gradebook/
Gradebook.aspx
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Tues
Sept
23
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A. Review "Love and Marriage," page 357 (look for cause and
effects; review definitions)
Discuss double negatives, alliteration, punctuation formula #2 S,
conj.S
Name packet Julia Alvarez
Pre-test for Cause and Effect and Inference
Review, check, and tests
The Leap test
HW=Prepare for Speech-using Writer's Inc. pages 422-432.
Handout of Rubric. Please NOTE: You will not have to turn in any
written material. This is only a presentation.
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Check for Media
Center reservation
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Wed
Sept
24
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Media Center
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Thurs
Sept
25
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Punctuation Formula: LB, S
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VIS Words= indolence; cacophony; discretion
Night/Holocaust
HW=You are Elie Wiesel, write a letter to your reader (he or she who reads
Night). Think about your audience, the setting, the time, the details, that are
most important to you. Also, remember the format and five parts of the letter.
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Fri
Sept
26
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Warm Up-take out letter by Elie and Night novel
SSR-20 minutes
In your WN, begin a Dialectical Journal on what is left of reading
Night. You should document a quotation on one side of the page
Review LB, S
Night-Why was Elie in the operating room? why are they running?
What happened to Juliek? Did Elie really hear him play? What is the
Front? What is selection? What happened to Elie and his father
towards the end of the chapter? What time of the year is it?What is
dysentery? pages 85-97. Students should have read through page
112.
HW-Catch up and finish reading the novel.
Write two pages worth of thoughts on what you read, using quotes
and page numbers from the book.
Speech is next week, Oct. 1
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BF-take out five
sentences
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Mon
Sept
29
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Check Dialectical Journals on Night
Write three sentences using Punctuation Formula #4:
A,B,conjunction C
Speech video
HW=Speech is due Wednesday, October 1st (Worth 50 points or 65
with prop).
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Tues
Sept
30
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No School-Rosh Hashanah
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Wed
Oct 1
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Warm Up-Get ready for Speech
Write three sentences using Punctuation Formula #5 in your Class
Notes section
Speech
Night (if time is available)
HW=Night, follow reading schedule
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Thurs
Oct 2
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Speech Stragglers get ready (Today or Zero; this includes P.O.S.
presenters)
Wait for Announcements, in the meantime,
Write a long paragraph(that includes a topic sentence or main idea)
using P.F. #6 three times. It should be about a theme in Night
(there are many themes in this novel). Write this paragraph in your
WN, we will discuss
PF #5 and PF #6 Discussion
Speeches
Night discussion
HW=Read page 590-592, answer questions in margins. Define
Connotation and Denotation.
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Fri
Oct 3
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Night Handout-Vocabulary in Context (Context clue exercise)
Take out WN (PF#6 from yesterday)
VIS-credibility, evidence, din, emaciated, interminable, notorious,
stature, persuade
Review page 590; Credibility, vocabulary in Context
Writing a well developed paragraph
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Mon
Oct 6
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Writing a well developed paragraph
Using other students' paragraphs with PF 6 based on Night
-transparency used in groupwork
The Persuasive Essay-Rubric Handout
LOL, pg. 1161
Writer's Inc. pg 115
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Tues
Oct
7th
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Warm Up
Discussion
What do you do when you have to write persuasively?
Take out 2-3 loose-leaf pages. Sharpen your pencils now.
Mock Essay
When done, if done, early enough, read LOL page 599-600;
answer all questions on page 600 (except Literary Analysis) by
Friday in your Class Notes section.
HW=Questions on LOL, page 600 must be completely answered by
Friday.
Read page 599-600
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No cups in my
classroom! No
bottles either!
We all saw what
happened today.
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Wed
Oct
8th
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VIS= Pogrom; onomatopoiea; tone; genocide
WN-Iranian teacher Farzad Kamangar, 33, an officer in his union
and a defender of Kurdish minority rights and women's rights, has
been sentenced to death by Tehran court for "enmity against God."
Write a letter of appeal and protest to the Iranian president.
Night
Answer the following questions with your small group; be prepared
to present proof of what you know. Use the Class Notes section and
document your answers with evidence from the novel by using page
numbers.
How does Elie Wiesel's heritage affect his behavior and beliefs?
How do you know Elie Wiesel tells the truth through his novel?
What is the plot of Night?
Find two onomatopoiea.
Find two metaphors.
Find two similes.
Make sure all of the novel's characters are described in your Class
Notes.
HW=Answer ALL questions on page 600
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Thurs
Oct 9
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No School-Yom Kippur
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John Lennon's
Anniversary
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Fri
Oct
10
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Take out WN
Imagine That-
Imagine a world full of "good things," what is this world like? Describe
extensively. (Collect WN)
Imagine Lyrics
Walker/Wiesel Redux (Class Notes)
Recap. for Midterm
Into the Arms of Strangers-Compare and Contrast with Night.
HW-Start preparing for Mid-Term
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Mon
Oct
13
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Warm Up
VIS- mood; theme; personification; credibility
Take out textbook, page 599
Writing persuasive essay, using connectors and transition words
Holocaust-Credibility and vocabulary in context
Holocaust Collage Handout
HW=The following are incomplete statements, which the writer will
have difficulty to support. Write a thesis statement for the following:
- Industrial emissions contribute to global warming.
- The enlargement of the EU has led to considerable debate.
- There have been many cases of human rights violations in
the past.
- Choosing a career is very difficult.
- It is important to visit foreign countries.
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When you come
to school, you
come to work!
School is
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Tues
Oct
14
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Warm Up-
VIS=bigotry, tolerance, xenophobia, scapegoat, irony
Writing on card stock=
Use the Table Talk card given to you to write a response related to
Night.
Check HW
Sponge Activity-Write in order of sequence. The write the complete
paragraph using all 16 sentences in order. Be extra careful
Groupwork-correct the 20 sentences.
HW=Read "The Pit and the Pendulum,' page 559-575. Answer
comprehension check questions, #2 and #4 on page 575.
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Wed
Oct
15
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PSAT-2nd period did not meet
VIS=make sure you have the vocabulary homework done.
Check-hw (Pit and the Pendulum, pg. 559-575)
Handout "Tone Statement"
Return Writer's Notebooks
Use the following model for analysis of the "The Pit and the
Pendulum":
S=subject (what happens?)
O=occasion(what themes drives the author to write this piece?)
A=audience (who is the target for the author? Why? When? Where?)
P=purpose(again, why? with beautiful verbs, adjectives, literary
elements.)
S=speaker (point of view; voice)
You will be using the above to analyze literature from now on. Make
sure you know this mnemonic, so that it is easier for you to explicate
the texts that you read.
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
A. Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
B. Tone Statement-develop one for PP
C. Make sure you understand what tone is?
D. Make sure you understand how tone is different to mood.
HW= Find a gross newspaper article in the newspaper; clip it and
bring it to school; due on October 29th. (20 pts.)
Novel due on Friday
Night Test on Friday
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If you want to
download a
worksheet, here it
is
S.O.A.P.S.
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Thurs
Oct
16
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2nd period works on the agenda from yesterday
3rd period-Re-read "The Pit and the Pendulum," explain
HW=Night novel test tomorrow
Holocaust project due on Monday
Novel will now be collected on Monday
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Test will include
the following
Characters and
characterization-
need to know
descriptions;
characteristics
and methods of
characterization
conflict in the
novel what are
the conflicts (not
what types)
Settings of the
novel and explain
theme(s) of the
novel
plot and structure
of the novel
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Friday
Oct
17
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Night Test
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
HW=Holocaust Project is due on Monday
=Novel will be collected on Monday
=Gross Newspaper Article due October 27
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Oct
20
Mon
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The Holocaust Collage Show and Tell
"The Pit and the Pendulum" Redux
What is EAP's style?
Analyze in terms of literary elements, diction, syntax, punctuation,
word clusters (clumps-or patterns of imagery where the texts seems
to shift)
"Farewell to Manzanar"
HW="Farewelll to Manzanar," page 602-613 while conduction Active
Reading (create a chart). In WN, Answer Comprehension Check
questions on pg. 613. Then answer questions 2, 4, and 6.
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Students must
know what the
following literary
elements are:
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution/Deno-
uement
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Oct
21
Tues
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Mid-Term test Review-Handout
Writing the Thesis Statement-Being Persuasive Presentation
Writing a Persuasive Thesis Statement-Groupwork
HW=Study for Mid-Term
Gross Newspaper Article due October 27th
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Oct
22
Wed
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Mid-Term period 2:
Read First Chapter of Of Mice and Men (MM). Complete two full
pages of your Writer's Notebook through a Dialectical Journal
HW=As you read MM, in your WN, please complete at least two full
pages with a "Dialectical Journal." You should write normally, not too
large, not too small; keep margins, but not too narrow. (15 points
each page.
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Oct
23
Thurs
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Mid-Term Periods 3 and 4
Read First Chapter of Of Mice and Men (MM). Complete two full
pages of your Writer's Notebook through a Dialectical Journal
HW=As you read MM, in your WN, please complete at least two full
pages with a "Dialectical Journal." You should write normally, not too
large, not too small; keep margins, but not too narrow. (15 points
each page.
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Oct
24
Fri
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No School-End of First Quarter. Yeah!
I hope you did the best that you could do and gave it your all:
Homework, classwork, testing, projects, with your reading and your
performance with your quizzes.
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