Read the Preview info on the two stories -- focus on the terms DYNAMIC and STATIC character. Dynamic is a character who changes in attitude, behavior or belief. Static is a character who does NOT change.
Read "Luck" - answer the review questions
Answer the questions on 609 -- comparing and contrasting "Luck" and "A Problem"
"Star Wars: A Trip" presentations and notes
Quiz on the week's reading
Literary Circles -- stamped and conducted
Notes on Critical Review (also in your blue textbook in the back):
Critical Review- Film critics discuss the various elements of a film and try to persuade people to see it or not.
The characteristics of critical Reviews are:
Persuasion
Writer’s Perspective
Facts and Statistics
Observations
Examples
Statements from Authority
The critical review is a writing task that asks someone to summarize and evaluate a text. The critical review can be of a book, a film, or a journal article. Writing the critical review usually requires someone to read the selected text in detail and to also read other related texts so that they can present a fair and reasonable evaluation of the selected text.
The structure of a critical review should include:
An introduction
A summarization
A critique
A conclusion
The length of an introduction is usually one paragraph for journal article reviews and two or three paragraphs for longer book reviews.
It should have a few statements from the author, such as the title and a brief explanation of the topic.
The summary should have key points of the article or story with limited examples.
The critique is a balanced evaluation of the strengths, weakness and notable features of the text.
This is where the author of the review will give their opinion of the topic.
It can also briefly describe the author’s purpose and point.
This is usually the shortest paragraph.
It will restate the overall opinion of the text.
Briefly present recommendations.
Thurs-Fri, November 12-13, 2009
Madagascar -- comparison to LOTF
Literary Circles
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Full rough draft checked during journal about the biggest trouble you’ve ever been in…and/or what causes people to get into BIG trouble?
Pair presentations on “Problem”
Read “A Problem” – compare w/ cause & effect.
W – no school
Homework –DOWN TO ONLY 3 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 11/13
FINAL DRAFT w/ Works Cited Page now due Tues 11/17
Monday, November 9, 2009
Bellwork 11/9 What do you know about bibliographies and works cited pages? What do you need to know?
Easiest way I’ve ever seen to make a Works Cited page! Courtesy of Rachel C! :) Thanks! EASYBIB.COM – We’ll try it out using the “Father Factor: Facts of Fatherhood” article – please take out that article. URL: http://www.fatherhood.org/father_factor.asp
Practice using Signal Words, one from each column in the beginning of a sentence: Cause and Effect, Degrees of Certainty, Levels of Importance (see your cause/effect essay assignment packet, page 2 at the top -- the chart of words to use).
Now practice using one from each column in the middle of a sentence
Review: What does it mean to Cite? When do you cite? Can you simply mention the source in the flow of your sentence? If a quotation is longer than 3 lines, what must you do? Do you include quotation marks if you have indented a long quote? Do you have to include page numbers in a parenthetical citation from the Internet?
What usually goes in a parenthetical citation that cites a BOOK? ( _________ ___ ) Instead of using this URL in your text -- http://www.cnn.com – what should you write instead? In the sentence below, which part is the rhetorical context?Which part is the citation?~~~~~
According to a national survey of thousands of high school students, there was “a 71% increase in ecstasy use between 1999 and 2001” (Valerio 254).
What piece of information must have been missing from this Internet source?
According to a national survey of thousands of high school students, “there was a 3% increase in tobacco use by junior high students between 1999 and 2001” (“Factors of Teen Drug Use”).
With a partner, create a “flowy” quotation with signal word(s), a LEAD-IN, a direct quote from your article packet, and a citation. SAMPLES:
According to a national survey of thousands of high school students, “there was a 3% increase in tobacco use by junior high students” (“Factors of Teen Drug Use”).
Statistics clearly show that “there was a 3% increase…
A national survey indicates that “there was a 3% increase…
Homework – NOW DOWN TO ONLY 3 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 11/13
Cause/Effect Full Rough Draft – finish rough draft completely (Tu 11/10). FINAL DRAFT w/ Works Cited Page now due Tues 11/17
Some of our class articles did not contain the URL
Bellwork 11/5 -- write a summary and opinion of "Every 15 MiInutes"
Trade rough drafts and lightly proofread - -give partner a grade based on the rubric.
Started Quote/Citation notes
Bellwork 11/6 – copy and add the correct punctuation (stamp articles)
When it comes to preventing risky teen behaviors there may be no better deterrent than a caring father.
The ideal man is presented in the media as trim but muscular.
Meanwhile gathering information about the drug’s risks takes time but when specific evidence is distributed the results are dramatic.
Homework – NOW DOWN TO ONLY 3 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 11/13
Cause/Effect Full Rough Draft – finish rough draft completely (Tu 11/10). FINAL DRAFT w/ Works Cited Page now due Tues 11/17
Notes: What does it mean to Cite? To name, refer to, state where your information came from.
When do you Cite?
When you directly quote the source
When you paraphrase, which, according to “Academic Integrity at Princeton,” is when you restate another person’s thoughts or ideas using your own word choice and sentence structure.
Thirdly, cite the source when you write a summary, which “is a concise statement of another person’s thoughts or ideas in your own words.
“Facts, Information, and Data. If the information is found exclusively in a particular source, you must clearly acknowledge that source,” like statistics from the Pride Survey, for example. “But if the fact or information is generally known and accepted — for example, that Avogadro’s number is 6.02 x 1023 — you do not need to cite a source.
HOW do you cite a source?
The last few slides have shown examples of citing sources:
One integrated the source into the text (made it part of the sentence).
One cited the source in parentheses at the end of a long indented quotation (parenthetical citation).
One cited the source in parentheses at the end of an integrated quotation with quotation marks (the parenthetical is NOT in the quotation marks, but IS followed by a period – do you remember why?)
Rhetorical context/Lead-in
“Quote”
(authorlastname p#). If no author, first item in Works Cited entry…
~~~~~
According to a national survey of thousands of high school students, there was “a 71% increase in ecstasy use between 1999 and 2001” (Valerio 254).
For Internet sources, follow the following guidelines:
Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).
You do not need to give paragraph numbers or page numbers for Internet articles.
According to a national survey of thousands of high school students, “there was a 3% increase in tobacco use by junior high students between 1999 and 2001” (“Factors of Teen Drug Use”).
Generally, do not include URLs in-text. Only provide partial URLs such as when the name of the site includes, for example, a domain name, like CNN.com or Forbes.com as opposed to writing out http://www.cnn.com or http://www.forbes.com.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Bellwork: Sample Cause/Effect essay -- how would you grade this essay? Why? What was good about it, and what wasn't?
Stamped the essay chart if it was half done
Read the article "Tale of Two Studies" and discussed the factors/predictors of teen risky behavior.
Due tomorrow: at least 3 paragraphs of the rough draft
Also due tomorrow: the articles you received on your topic -- read and underlined for causes and effects and important facts/vocabulary
Monday-Tuesday, November 2-3, 2009
Bellwork: What do you know already about the causes & effects of your teen issue? What do you need to know?
Reading the article on our topic and underlining/highlighting all info on causes/effects. This article is homework to finish reading and underlining/annotating, due Thursday.
Finished the Friday 10/30 literary circle Tuesday! :/
7th period finished the gallery walk and notetaking on the Pride survey group jigsaw/poster activity.
Rough draft of cause/effect essay due Thursday, at least 3 paragraphs. Attach your Cornell notes from the Pride Survey Gallery Walk.
Tuesday we went over the structure of the cause/effect essay
Intro paragraph -- (1) opening statement "many people" or "often times." (2) background information about the topic. (3) Thesis statement -- restate the question and provide general answers -- "The causes of _______ are __________, ________ and _________. The effects of __________ are ___________, __________ and __________."
Body paragraph -- (TS) Topic sentence: restate the thesis and the first point of interest: "The first cause of _____ is _____." (SD) Supporting Details: provide facts and explain how they support the thesis.
HOMEWORK - Finish half of the planning chart for your essay topic.
Thursday-Friday, October 29-30, 2009
Bellwork: Convince me that Halloween is beneficial for kids, or why it isn't -- provide at least 3 reasons.
PowerPoint and video on Intervention of teen drug and alcohol use. Pride Survey overview and group analysis of sections of the Pride survey.
Group poster on 5 facts from their section of the survey
Gallery walk and report out of the survey learning
A Primary Source is a document, recording, artifact, or other source of information that was created at the time under study, an original source of information about the topic. A primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.
Secondary sources cite, comment on, or build upon primary sources
Survey and Testimonial Jigsaw: Your group will divide up the pages you receive, read the information, and then each member of the group will share what they learned from their portion
Homework – NOW DOWN TO ONLY 5 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 10/30
Cause/Effect Rough (Th 11/5) and Final Draft (Tu 11/10)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Bellwork: Future luxuries: Imagine yourself 20 years in the future. You will be in your mid-thirties…
What luxuries would you like to enjoy in your life at that time? What do you hope to own? What do you hope you will have a lot of? Put the following in order of importance to you: Time, Space, Quiet, Security, Environment
Stamp homework (cause/effect graphic organizer)
Presentations and “The Future of Luxury” (633)
Compare this text with "There will come soft Rains"
Homework – NOW DOWN TO ONLY 5 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 10/30;
Cause/Effect Rough (Th 11/5) and Final Draft (Tu 11/10)
Monday, October 26, 2009
Bellwork: What may be the positive effects of technology? What may be the negative effects? Consider current technological effects and the ones proposed in the 2 futuristic stories. What was the cause/effect situation in “By the Waters of Babylon”?
Students took notes on the group presentations for "By the Waters of Babylon"
Quiz on – Princess, Masque, Soft Rains, Babylon, characterization, symbolism.
Cause/Effect Essay introduced. the issues and problems teens face these days -- went over the graphic organizer for brainstorming
Homework – DOWN TO ONLY 5 MORE lit circle MEETINGS – Friday 10/30
Cause/Effect Rough Draft (Th 11/5) and Final Draft (Tu 11/10)
Thursday-Friday, October 22-23, 2009
Students took notes on the group presentations for "By the Waters of Babylon"
We read the story "By the Waters of Babylon" and wrote notes or lightly underlined details that gave clues about the setting -- where and when the story took place
At the end of the story we wrote down the clues that hinted that the setting was New York in the future.
Bellwork: w hat are the issues and problems teens face these days?
What may be the positive effects of technology? What may be the negative effects? Consider current technological effects and the ones proposed in the 2 futuristic stories.
What was the cause/effect situation in “By the Waters of Babylon”?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Today students had Ms. Byers again as a guest teacher while Mrs. M was out grading their benchmark assessments.
Literary Circle packet work for NEW BOOK was stamped
Bellwork: Hello Jetsons! What may the house of the future have? Is there a down side to technology?
Share...
"There will come soft rains" (614) -- students read story silently and lightly marked what was good about technology and what was bad. Also they marked the clues as to what happened to the occupants of the house.
Literary circles met and discussed their reading roles for their NEW BOOK they chose as a group. They should have taken brief notes on the group discussion.
Groups wrote a summary of their meeting/discussion
HOMEWORK -- some groups have presentations on "By the Waters of Babylon" tomorrow. Some Lit Circles STILL DO NOT ALL HAVE THEIR NEW BOOK! They need to get it YESTERDAY! :)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Students's characterization handouts were stamped, and they were given the 10th grade writing assessment benchmark. They were required to write their topic sentences on the essay graphic organizer and were given the rest of period to write the assessment essay, which will be graded Wednesday.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Bellwork: Can you plan essays easily? Do you know how to quickly read a prompt and “plug it in” to an outline for a multi-paragraph essay? What goes in each main part of an essay? What are the big “rules” your teachers have taught you about essay writing?
If this were a multi-paragraph Essay prompt, what would you put in each paragraph? Just explain the outline of what you’d write.
By the time students enter high school, they have learned about many moments in history that have influenced our world today. Think about a moment in history you studied and consider its importance. Write a composition in which you discuss a moment in history. Share its importance in today’s world. Be sure to support the moment with details and examples.
We went over the essay planning chart, analyzing the prompt and planning out the topic sentences.
Pairs present - review Masque
Character Analysis worksheet
Homework – Finish 3 columns on the character analysis worksheet -- use any main character from the stories we have read: Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Mr. White, Tom Benecke, Prince Prospero, Christy Brown, Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary, the conquering Prince
1st Lit Circle Tues 10/20NOW ON WEDNESDAY
2ND Lit circle on Fri 10/23
Wednesday-Friday, October 14-16, 2009
We had many presentations on Poe, vocabulary, the Black Death, Tuberculosis, and symbolism. We read "Masque of the Red Death" and took note of the prince's character and the symbols of the story. We decided upon many possible symbols and made a chart of them -- this webpage has a great explanation of the symbols! One of the day's bellwork questions was, Would you want the Prince as a friend? Why or why not? Most of the days we took notes on presentations and filled in our speaking and listening record.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Bellwork: What “fun” things about adulthood are you looking forward to? What are other people your age looking forward to? What parts of adulthood are you NOT looking forward to? Which of those things are you facing already? Do you see yourself as an adult already? Why or why not? What will/does it take to be one in your view and in others’ view?
“The Princess & All the Kingdom” (639)-- Pairs present -- vocab and author
“The Princess & All the Kingdom” (639)-- Pairs present (6th) Vocabulary; Speaking & Listening-Viewing Record (7th presented "Masque of the Red Death" vocabulary)
Group Poster Present (6th)
Homework – FIRST Literary Circle Tues 10/20, SECOND on Fri 10/23
Portfolios organized, Worksheet completed – due Friday
Thursday - Friday , October 8-9, 2009
Homework was stamped
Students read "Notes" in the back of their LOTF books, and lightly marked things that helped the reader understand the meaning of the book overall
We went over 3 important vocabulary words from "Notes" -- philosophy, Beelzebub, symbolic
We then had a Socratic Seminar about Lord of the flies, using questions the students had generated, and questions given to the participants. The outer circle's job was to take two-column notes, putting the questions on the left and the responses on the right.
Thursday's Homework: study for the midterm
Friday -- Midterm
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 6-7, 2009
We had a substitute teacher these two days
Tuesday was the last Literary Circle on Lord of the Flies, chapter 12. That homework was stamped. Questions discussed were: Why is it significant that Ralph also encounters the pig's head on the stick? In spite of all he has seen, what is Ralph still unable to accept about the boys? How is Roger abusive and cruel in this chapter? What are some of the ironies in the last 2 pages of the story? Why was Percival unable to tell th eofficer his name and address? What is the reason Golding chose the rescuers to be naval officers? (what is going on in the world outside of the island?)
Tuesday, groups were supposed to finish their LOTF theme charts
Tuesday's homework was to bring pictures and art supplies for their posters
Wednesday, groups worked together on their theme posters all period
Wednesday's homework was to write 3 higher level questions about Lord of the Flies
Reading Record, Speaking & Listening-Viewing Record
Friday, October 2, 2009
Portfolio, Quiz, Literary Circle, Theme Chart…
Look through your portfolio and review some of the work – consider whether you should take out some notes or bellwork to study from for the midterm
Put any bellwork or other English work you DON’T need in your portfolio.
You will be graded on your bellwork and portfolio for the quarter grade – be sure all work is in the folder by Oct. 12
Meanwhile I will come around and stamp your literary circle homework for chapter 11
Homework – FINAL Literary Circle Tuesday on Chapter 12. Midterm next Friday – covers LOTF, short stories, nonfiction, punctuation, literary terms, biographical narrative,
Lit. Circle: Each person shares their work: Write notes for today on your note paper. Discussion director asks questions and the group discusses them (like Socratic seminar), Then discuss:
Piggy blames Jack for everything bad. Piggy is blind both literally and metaphorically. Explain.
Sam points out the advantage Jack’s tribe will have because they will be painted. Explain the advantage.
Ralph insists that they go as they are. Why? What other indications has Ralph given to show the importance he places on the boys’ appearance?
Who uses the lever to hurl the great rock down on Piggy? How does this action reflect the change in ______’s behavior from earlier in the novel?
Imagery: How is Piggy’s death depicted in a similar way to the death of a pig? How does his death reflect the passage in chapter 5, when Piggy’s death was foreshadowed?
What is the difference between the time that Jack is isolated from the group and this time when Ralph is the isolated one?
Road construction can be inconvenient but it is necessary.
Road construction in Dallas has hindered travel around town parts of Main Fifth and West Street are closed during the construction.
Because of road construction many people have opted to ride bicycles or walk to work.
Road construction has begun in Santa Clarita consequently streets have become covered with bulldozers trucks and cones.
Write 1-2 questions for each character listed below, things you would like to ask them. Try to ask higher level questions, like WHY… and EXPLAIN… and WHAT IF… and WHAT IS YOUR OPINION…
Tom and Clare Benecke (7)
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (30, 39)
Mr. White, Herbert White, Mrs. White (50)
Christy Brown and his mother (169)
Little Red Cap, her mother, the Wolf, Grandma, the Huntsman
We will now hear from each pair of characters. Some of you will “become” the characters and we will ask you our questions.
Homework – Quiz and Literary Circle Friday on Chapter 11 (and review). Midterm next Friday - covers literature and LOTF
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Semicolon rules and example sentences -- also in blue literature book, pg. R21 , or here
Colon rules and example sentences -- also in blue literature book, pg. R21, or here
With a partner and one half sheet of paper, create one creative and interesting sentence for each of the colon and semi-colon rules we learned.
Be prepared to share your sentences with the class.
Homework – Quiz and Literary Circle Friday on Chapter 11 (and review). midterm next Friday - covers literature and LOTF
Write 1-2 questions for each character listed below, things you would like to ask them. Try to ask higher level questions, like WHY… and EXPLAIN… and WHAT IF… and WHAT IS YOUR OPINION…
Tom and Clare Benecke (7)
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (30, 39)
Mr. White, Herbert White, Mrs. White (50)
Christy Brown and his mother (169)
Little Red Cap, her mother, the Wolf, Grandma, the Huntsman
We will now hear from each pair of characters. Some of you will “become” the characters and we will ask you our questions.
Pair present “View from Summit” author, Everest – class needs Speaking and Listening-Viewing Record
LOTF (9) LIT CIRCLE
Write notes for today on your note paper, Each person shares their work
Discussion director asks questions and the group discusses them (like Socratic seminar), Then discuss:
How does Simon regard the beast when he is close to it?
Make a short list of important ideas that Simon wanted to communicate to the boys.
Both Ralph and Jack struggle to claim the role of chief. What reason does each give for his own fitness for the position?
The impending storm provokes what feelings in the group? Why does Jack call on the boys to “Do our dance!”? The group becomes a single entity, no longer governed by reason, but by what emotion? How do these developments set the scene for Simon’s appearance and the boys’ actions?
Compare Simon and the ending of ch. 9 to stories of other misunderstood/rejected prophets.
Homework – Quiz and Literary Circle Friday on Chapter 10 (review stories, commas)
Prestwick orders and money due by this Wednesday!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Finish “The Monkey’s Paw;” ( Prestwick orders and money due Wed ); Lit Analysis grid and Reading Record.
BiographicalNarrative Final Draft due, w/ rough draft, interview, and rubric stapled.
Quiz on 7-8; stamp H/W Lit Circle
Lit Circles :
How has Piggy tried to blame all the group’s problems on Jack? What does this tell you about Piggy?
Unlike a true hunter, what victim does Jack pick as the target for the kill? How do you know his hunters are becoming like him in excitement for killing?
Is Jack authoritarian or democratic? Give an example from this point and from earlier in the novel.
The Epilepsy reading, AGAIN! How does it relate to chapter 8’s ending?
What terrible truth does only Simon recognize? How is his encounter in the jungle an example of foreshadowing?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
“Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” (16); finish reading story and complete reading record and story analysis grids…
“The Monkey’s Paw” (48). Pair presentations and audience complete speaking and listening-viewing record. Brief discussion on fate -- does fate rule our lives? Start reading the story (pp. 48-52ish)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
“Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” (4); Bellwork - get up high on one foot, then reach down for a paper... how did it feel? Read the story. Story analysis grids…
Homework – finish the story for Friday's quiz. “The Monkey’s Paw” Pair presentations Thursday. Lit Circles Fri. Quiz on ch. 7-8 Fri. Narrative Final Draft due Fri (typed, MLA, w/ rough draft, interview, and rubric).
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
LOTF (7-8) LIT CIRCLE.
Lit Circles: share and discuss:
The Epilepsy reading
How is daily life for the boys deteriorating?
Who aims his stick at the boar and hits him in the snout? How does this change him?
How is Simon different from the others in action and attitude?
Homework – “The Monkey’s Paw” Pair presentations Thursday. Lit Circles Fri. Quiz on ch. 7-8 Fri. Narrative Final Draft due Fri (typed, MLA).
Monday, September 14, 2009
Bellwork: Imagine you are a private investigator and have been called to the scene of a dead man on a city sidewalk – he has jumped or fallen or been pushed off a tall apartment building. Imagine that you check his pockets and find a yellow piece of paper with a list of numbers and grocery store names on it. Bits of information about grocery shoppers were scribbled there also. Piece together what you think happened to this man and why he is dead. Come up with a 5-sentence explanation – be creative!
Pair presentation – suspense (the tension and uncertainty of what will happen next, created by vivid description, withholding information, hinting at what will happen next
“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” (pg. 4)
With a neighbor, look at all the pictures and consider the reading preview – come up with 2 questions about the story – who, what, why. Be prepared to share
Find THREE details that add to the suspense (the excitement and wonder of what is going to happen next
Homework: Lit circle notes/packet collected tomorrow, Lit Circles tomorrow & Friday (ch. 7-8), Final draft Bio Narrative due Friday, Quiz Friday
Take quiz quietly – no talking, no looking around (or earn a 0) -- during the quiz, get stamped your literary circle homework and your pair presentation outline
Literature circle assessment form – answer for yourself first, and then turn the paper over to the rubric side and fill in ONE box for EACH criteria – fill it in with SPECIFIC evidence. NOT GOOD: “yeah, it’s pretty good” GOOD: “Joe asked higher level questions and called on specific people to answer them on Tuesday”
Literature Circles: Write notes for today on your note paper; Each person shares their work ; Discussion director asks questions and the group discusses them (like Socratic seminar); Then discuss:
How does the parachutist’s arrival from the air as a victim of battle show the chaos of the island mirroring the chaos of the world beyond?
How have the boys started to lose their innocence? How have they started to lose their identity?
Explain Simon’s view that the beast lives within the boys.
Literary Circle Debrief: What are the main successes so far w/ Literary Circles? What do we like? What are the main problems with them? Why are these problems? What can we do to promote accountability and responsibility in a fair and fun way (fun – challenging, inspiring, engaging)?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Bellwork: MLF & Bio Narrative; commas
Commas – more rules, modeling, whole group and pair practice, report out
Narrative Rough Draft due & editing.
Homework: Partner outline for 1st presentation – Friday, Literary Circles Friday, Quiz on ch. 5-6 & “from My Left Foot” Friday
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Pair present on background, vocabulary - My Left Foot
PRESENTERS: hand in your outline to me (w/ rubric on back), get ready to present
AUDIENCE: Take out bellwork – take 2-column notes on the key terms and ideas of their presentation
Take out your Speaking and Listening-Viewing Record to jot down the date, topic, brief summary and rating
Read and discuss“From My Left Foot” (166) circle up and read, write higher level questions
Time w/ partner to prepare own outline & presentation.
H/W - Rough draft bio narrative – Thursday, Partner outline for 1st presentation – Friday, Literary Circles Friday, Quiz on ch. 5-6 & “from My Left Foot” Friday
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Bellwork
LRC’s symbols included the red cap, the path, the woods, the wolf, the flowers, and more. What might be some of the symbols of Lord of the Flies so far? List some.
Write a higher level questions about one of the symbols. (why, compare/contrast, what if…, do you agree…)
Literary circle homework to be stamped during the bellwork
Comma “quiz”
She was late for class because her alarm clock was broken.
The cat scratched at the door while I was eating.
If you are illyou ought to see a doctor.
When the snow stops fallingwe'll shovel the driveway.
She was still quite upset although she had won the Oscar.
The game was overbutthe crowd refused to leave.
Yesterday was her brother's birthdayso she took him out to dinner.
Bellwork: symbols,commas
Literary Circles meet today
Write notes for today on your note paper
Each person shares their work
Discussion director asks questions and the group discusses them (like Socratic seminar)
Then discuss:
Share the symbols you came up with from the bellwork – why did you pick those? What might they represent?
What do the boys fear on the island? What might the beast symbolize in the story?
How do each of the main characters try to deal with the fear that is gripping the boys? In what way is the boys’ fear rational, reasonable? In what way is it irrational
H/W – Literary Circles – Next meeting: Friday (most will do ch. 6). (May need to have a class meeting about effectiveness)
Your notes will soon be collected
Your packets will also soon be collected
Be sure each packet page has the chapter labeled and a proper heading
Be sure your work is thorough, thoughtful, accurate to the WHOLE chapter
Be sure your illustrations are labeled, colorful, and represent the chapter they are for
Bring LOTF every day (so we can read in class too)
Homework: lit. circles work due Friday - chapter 4? and roles
Students spent time in pairs and 3's choosing and planning their 2 class presentations -- presentation schedule.
You will form a team with one or two other people
You will complete 2 presentations this semester.
You may present about that story/nonfiction…
The author
The background (historical context, information about an allusion, other helpful info)
A literature term and how it’s used (like irony, symbolism, figurative language, theme, etc.)
The vocabulary – 5 words
A reading/writing skill relating to the story
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Bellwork: matching literary terms from biographical narrative
Homework: lit. circles work due Friday - chapter 4? and roles
Went over the biographical narrative rubric and assignment. Students should be interviewing their subject this week. -- There are 7 criteria on the rubric. I will only grade 5 of the criteria. Students will only know 3 of the criteria I will be choosing: subject, conventions, requirements
Students spent time in pairs and 3's choosing and planning their 2 class presentations -- presentation schedule.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Bellwork: reading record for "Marian Anderson" ; read through biographical narrative assignment; wrote potential interview questions and shared them
Homework: lit. circles work due today - stamped
Literary Circles – Met and discussed chapter 3. Next meeting: Friday (most will do ch. 4). See me after class if you want to change your group
Monday, August 31, 2009
Bellwork: people’s lives you’d like to know about
Homework: Socratic Seminar debrief questions (back of observation handout) due today
Biography, Autobiography
“Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer” (702); Start Reading Record for class readings.
Biographical Narrative
Pair presentation schedule and work time
Literary Circles – Next meeting: Tuesday (most will do ch. 3). See me after class if you want to switch out of your group
Literary Circle: Most are doing chapter 2? Today you will take brief notes on important topics from circle discussions. discuss these questions: a) Which character are you most like? Why? What is your opinion of each character? (Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon); b) A fire becomes a great lark (carefree, mischievous prank). What happens? Give an example of something around the school that reflects the same problem, if you can.
Homework: Socratic Seminar debrief questions (back of observation handout) due Monday
Literary Circles – Next meeting: Tuesday (most will do ch. 3)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Bellwork : Wandering from the path, and Discussion vs. Debate
Reading : “Wandering from the path” Socratic Seminar
Literary Circles – Next meeting: Tuesday (most will do ch. 3)
Vocabulary review w/ prizes
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Skills Assessment test TODAY!
Read Lord of the Flies when you finish the test
Bellwork: Rumors
Reading: Wandering from the path & Socratic Seminars
Write 2 higher level questions about the story, Little Red Cap
Quiz Friday! (Vocab, LOTF ch. 1, Levels of ?’s)
Literary Circles – Next meeting: Friday after Quiz – (most will do ch. 2)
Vocabulary review w/ prizes
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Bellwork: Lit Circle Suggestions: What are 1 or 2 suggestions to help Literary Circles have meaningful discussions? What could the leader, members, or teacher do specifically to encourage participation? What are 3-4 rules (i.e. norms) you suggest for literary circles? We want all the groups to be facing one another during group time; thus, what are 1 or 2 suggestions for moving the desks into circles or tables in an easy, effective way? Remember, you were also supposed to come up with 1-2 higher level questions in addition to your homework (level 2 – explain why, compare; level 3 – imagine, judge)
Skills Assessment test Wednesday!
Quiz Friday! (Vocab, LOTF ch. 1, Levels of ?’s)
Literary Circles – TODAY! Next meeting: Friday after Quiz – remember to clarify next reading section and roles today w/ group (most will do ch. 2)
Closure: Summarize your Lit Circle discussion on half sheet as exit pass; class debrief
Vocabulary review w/ prizes
Monday, August 24, 2009
Bellwork: Vocabulary: Copy & Rate how well you know each word: 4-very; 3-somewhat; 2-seen it; 1-no clue: Clamber, Motif, Speculate, Clamor, Indignant, Pallor, Furtive, Tumult, Lagoon, Conch
Announce skills test and quiz
Literary Circles – TOMORROW! Should at least read chapter 1. (Time to read?)
Lit circle: chose leader, pages, first roles?
Review what Lit Circles are supposed to do… field questions
Bellwork: Debrief philosophical chairs (what was interesting? what went well? what could have been better?
Speaking & Listening-Viewing Record (7th esp) – fill it out for LOTF prereading activity
Announce skills test and quiz next week
Literary Circles -- Model lit circles w/ LOTF pp1-2
Give schedule/Lit Circles packet so they can plan their reading Sections --- Socratic overview, lit circle, choose leader, pages, first roles.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bellwork: summarize Little Red Riding Hood or another children's story you remember
The Rules we voted on
To library?
Philosophical Chairs from LOTF: Agree or Disagree and persuade us with your reasons...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Get LOTF – library trip!
Form teams of about 4-6 (Literature Circle)
Complete prereading WS w/ Literature Circle
Share Out
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Bellwork: What types of music do you listen to? What are some specific examples of artists you like from these types?
What types of movies are your favorite? What are some specific examples of movies you like from these types? What types of TV shows do you like? What are some specific examples of shows you like from these typesn
Speaking-Listening-Viewing Record & portfolio overview & handouts
Assign presentations – team (2-3) formation & top 3 choices due Fri.
Monday, August 17, 2009
M - Groups create class rules for us to vote upon.
Friday, August 14, 2009
List some goals for this year and an overall explanation of WHY those are your goals – what are the values you live for… i.e. what do you think is most important in life?
Portfolio assigned in detail,
Personality Inventories - homework
Thursday, August 13, 2009
BW: Describe the ideal teacher, class/room, student. Discuss shared values.
Agenda . Collect notebook assignments . Collect "Beast" essay . Brief planning with group - 20 min . Groups present review skits & quizzes . Review questions for the class
Bellwork . collect notebook & essay
Homework . AR reading – all points due ASAP!.
LOTF chapter 12 reading due on final exam day - per. 6 on Wed, per. 7 on Thurs. Review for final exam - one 3x5 card, handwritten, may be used on the final
Small groups of 3ish - create a review skit of the stories and concepts we covered this fall, and a 5 question quiz - to present! . Final review questions
HomeworkAR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 11 reading and notebook work due Mon. Beast final draft due Monday 12/15. Review for final exam - one 3x5 card, handwritten, may be used on the final
Read chapter 11. Small groups of 3ish - create a review skit of the stories and concepts we covered this fall, and a 5 question quiz - to present on Monday!
Thursday 12. 11. 08 (Chapter 10)
Agenda . Bellwork – read rough drafts and write comments - stamps . Character chart . Read ch. 10
Bellwork . trade & read rough drafts and comment, get notebook 8 and chart stamped .
Homework . AR reading – all points due ASAP!.
LOTF chapter 9-10 reading and notebook work due Fri.
Quiz is Fri on ch. 8-10 . Beast final . raft due Monday 12/15
. LOTF vocabulary due Friday
Read chapter 10
Wednesday 12. 10. 08 (Chapter 9)
Agenda . Bellwork – read silently . Watch the LOTF movie
Bellwork . read siletnly
Homework . AR reading – all points due ASAP!.
LOTF chapter 9-10 reading and notebook work due Fri.
Quiz is Fri on ch. 8-10 . Beast rough draft due Thursday 12/11
Read chapter 9
Tuesday 12. 9. 08 (Chapter 8)
Agenda . Bellwork – stamp prewriting . Read ch. 8
Bellwork . Stamp prewriting
Homework . AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 8 reading and notebook work due Wed.
Quiz is Wed on ch. 8 Beast outline chart due Wednesday 12/10
Read chapter 8
Monday 12. 8. 08 (Chapter 8)
Agenda . Bellwork – quiz on ch. 7 . Read ch. 8 .
Bellwork
Quiz on ch. 7
Homework
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 8 reading and notebook work due Wed.
Quiz is Wed on ch. 8
Beast prewriting due Tuesday 12/9
Chapter 7 notebook stamped
Read chapter 8
Friday 12. 5. 08 (Chapter 7)
Agenda
Bellwork – quiz on ch. 6
Read ch. 7
Bellwork
Quiz on ch. 6
Homework
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 7 reading and notebook work due Mon.
Quiz is Mon on ch. 7
Beast prewriting due Tuesday 12/9
Chapter 6 notebook stamped
"We Have Seen the Beast" essay assignment
Read chapter 7
Thursday 12. 4. 08 (Chapter 6)
Agenda
Bellwork – quiz on ch. 5
Journal
Read ch. 6
Bellwork
Quiz on ch. 5
Journal: Golding's theme was that human defects cause societal defects. Choose a world problem and explain how people cause it, or choose a human defect and explain how it makes the world worse.
Homework 12. 4. 08
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 6reading and notebook work due Fri.
Quiz is Fri on ch. 6
Brochures due, chapter 5 notebook stamped
Read chapter 6, discuss fear/evil/the beast
Wednesday 12. 3. 08 (brochure work /essay due)
Agenda
Bellwork – turn in essay
Directions & Brochure activity
Bellwork
Turn in essay: final draft on top of prewriting, rubrib, venn diagrams, outline, rough draft
Homework 12. 3. 08
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 5 reading and notebook work due Thurs.
Quiz is Thurs on ch. 5
Brochure Activity
Groups of 2 or 3 will make a How-To brochure
It needs to be creative, colorful, and related to the novel
Tuesday 12. 2. 08 (quiz 3-4, read ch. 5)
Agenda 12. 2. 08
Bellwork – ch. 3-4 quiz
Notebook stamped
Homework overview
Fill in character charts
Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”
Bellwork 12. 2. 08
Quiz, chapters 3-4
When finished, turn in quiz on podium
Read chapter 5 or work on notebook assignments silently.
Have your notebook 3 & 4 out to get stamped.
Homework 12. 2. 08
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 5 reading and notebook work due Thurs.
Quiz is Thurs on ch. 5
Compare & Contrast essay final draft due 12.3.08
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Literary Festival
Book Drive
SCV toy drive
Thru Thursday, Dec 11. Win big prizes at the winter rally on December 12th!
Donation List: Wrapping Paper, *Toys, *Clothing, Gift Certificates ($20.00 Value)
*All toys, clothing and other gifts must be new and unwrapped.
LOTF Notebook
Chapter 5 notebook assignment
Chapter 5 – Beast from Water
Read together…
Reader’s Theater Style
Character chart…
Monday 12. 1. 08 (read ch. 4)
Agenda 12. 1. 08
Bellwork – predict and question
Homework overview
Fill in character charts
Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”
Bellwork 12. 1. 08
The next chapter title is “Painted Faces and Long Hair” Flip through the chapter.
With a neighbor, write 2 predictions and 2 questions about this chapter : how, why, or what questions.
Share w/ your neighbor if you have ever painted your face and why.
Homework 12. 1. 08
AR reading – all points due ASAP!
LOTF chapter 4 reading and notebook work due Tues.
Quiz is Tues on ch. 3-4
Compare & Contrast essay final draft due 12.2.08
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Help support the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Department Toy Drive now thru Thursday, Dec 11. Anyone who donates is eligible to win big prizes at the winter rally on December 12th!
2 points per donation. Also, bring books for the Invisible Children book drive, 2 points per donation
Donation List:
Wrapping Paper
*Toys
*Clothing
Gift Certificates ($20.00 Value)
*All toys, clothing and other gifts must be new and unwrapped.
LOTF Notebook
Chapter 4 notebook assignment
Chapter 4 – Painted Faces and Long Hair
Read together…
Reader’s Theater Style
Character chart…
AR reading – last 5 points due 12. 1
LOTF chapter 4 reading and notebook work due Tuesday. (next quiz is Tues 12.2.08, on ch. 3-4)
Compare & Contrast essay final draft due 12.2.08
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Writing Assessment
Read prompt
Write essay comparing news sources
Tuesday 11. 25. 08 (quiz, ch. 3, types of people)
Agenda 11. 25. 08
Bellwork – quiz on ch. 1-2
Homework overview
Cyber-bullying - reflect
Different types of people in society
Chapter 3
Bellwork 11. 25. 08
Quiz – chapter 1-2
Homework 11. 25. 08
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
LOTF chapter 3 reading and notebook work due Wed. (next quiz is Tues 12.2.08, on ch. 3-4)
Compare & Contrast essay final draft due 12.2.08
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
LOTF Notebook
You will keep a notebook with journals, questions, quotes and comments, and theme writing.
4 chapters a week
Planned Quizzes on all long sections
Pop quiz any day!
Bring the book daily – many days’ bellwork will be silent reading.
LOTF Notebook
Let’s hear a few of the unanswerable questions…
Best question and response gets a raffle card (3 left!)
LOTF Concepts
What did you learn or what stuck out to you from yesterday’s topic, “Cyber-bullying”?
Today’s chapter focuses on different types of people in a society. What kinds of people are there? Which kind do we need the most? The least?
Chapter 3 – Huts on the Beach
Read together…
Reader’s Theater Style
Character chart…
Monday 11. 24. 08 (Cyber-bullying - nonfiction)
Agenda 11. 24. 08
Bellwork – read LOTF silently
Homework overview
Cyber-bullying article
Partner work
Share out
Bellwork 11. 24. 08
Read your LOTF book silently
Homework 11. 24. 08
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
LOTF chapter 2 reading and notebook work due Tuesday
Compare & Contrast essay final draft due 12.2.08
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Nonfiction
Read “Cyber-bullying” article
Together, write questions.
Silently on your own.
Discuss briefly.
Groups of 2
Answer the questions about the article.
Complete illustration on the back.
Be prepared to share out.
Friday 11. 21. 08
Bellwork 11. 21. 08 -
Silent reading of LOTF, stamping rough draft and notebook assignment 1
Trade rough drafts, read and comment
Homework 11. 21. 08
View from the Bridge 7pm Thur/Fri
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
Compare & Contrast essay rough draft due Friday
LOTF chapter 1 reading and notebook work due Fri
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
LOTF Notebook
go over ch. 2 notebook assignment - 1 theme writing, 4 quotes/responses, 2 unanswerable questions
This Unit’s main themes
Bullying & power, leadership
Survival of the fittest – social Darwinism of the Nazis
Human nature as fundamentally flawed - fear, power, weakness, disorder and chaos, corruption, decay, savagery and lack of reason/logic
World War 2, The Cold War and politics
Types of nonfiction
Chapter 1 – after the crash
Read together… reader's theater style
Thursday 11. 20. 08
Bellwork
Write about the cold war and summarize your view on human nature
Homework 11. 21. 08
View from the Bridge 7pm Thur/Fri
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
Compare & Contrast essay rough draft due Friday
LOTF chapter 1 reading and notebook work due Fri
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
LOTF Notebook
go over ch. 1 notebook assignment - 1 journal writing, 2 characterizations, 1 unanswerable question
Take out your Lord of the Flies Prereading Worksheets!
Only complete ones will earn a stamp
Bellwork 11. 19. 08
With 2-3 other people, arrange these items you would need if you crash-landed on a deserted island from most important (1) to least important (10). There are more than 10 items listed. Have reasons for your choices!
Coconuts, water, flint, rocks, shoes, animals/insects, sticks, rope, shells, pan, vines, palm leaves, spoon, knife, pillow, soap, money, hat,
Homework 11. 19. 08
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
Compare & Contrast essay rough draft due Friday
LOTF chapter 1 reading and notebook work due Fri
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Previewing the novel
Go over the answers on your worksheets
Philosophical chairs for the controversial statements
Project: LOTF Notebook
You will keep a notebook with journals, questions, quotes and comments, and theme writing.
4 chapters a week
Planned Quizzes on all long sections
Pop quiz any day!
Bring the book daily – many bellworks will be silent reading.
Bellwork – which type of persuasive fallacy?
Homework overview
Group commercial prep and presentation
Work on Lord of the Flies prereading worksheet
Stamping H.W.
Take out your chart for the compare and contrast essay
Totally complete charts will earn a stamp (means it was on time).
Charts that are not done can still earn credit when turned in with the final draft, but no stamp.
Bellwork - Which type of persuasive fallacy or technique?
"Unless you want the earth to turn to a barren crust, you must oppose corporate capitalist pigs, tooth and nail." [False cause and effect (or at least exaggerated)]
The Forest Service is corrupt, for the clear reason that it is sold out. (Circular reasoning
)
Increased stork sightings correspond with increased births in a town in Germany over a period of 20 some years
(False cause and effect
)
Think of all the poor, starving Ethiopian children! How could we be so cruel as not to help them?
(Appeal to emotion )
Marijuana is illegal in every state in the nation. And we all know that you shouldn't violate the law. Since smoking pot is illegal, you shouldn't smoke pot. And since you shouldn't smoke pot, it is the duty of the government to stop people from smoking it, which is why marijuana is illegal!" (Circular Reasoning )
If we legalize marijuana, the next thing you know we'll legalize heroin, LSD, and crack cocaine
(Red herring (fear) and false cause and effect )
President Clinton has great economic policies; just look at how well the economy is doing while he's in office!" [False cause and effect (related but not necessarily causal) ]
Welfare dependency leads to higher crime rates – vote against welfare or you will be victimized! [Red herring (fear)
]
What are 2 of the 4 types of non-fiction?
Fill in the blank: ___________ is fake.
Which type of nonfiction uses imagery?
Which type is factual?
Which type uses logic and emotion to convince you?
What is the term for leaning to one side?
Homework 11 . 18. 08
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
Compare & Contrast essay rough draft due Friday
LOTF prereading w/s due Wed.
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Last few fallacies
Hasty or sweeping generalization (Dicto simpliciter)
“Women are on average not as strong as men and less able to carry a gun. Therefore women can't pull their weight in a military unit”
Argumentum ad hominem
(attacking the person, not the argument)
“The members of the opposition are a couple of fascists!”
“We all know Nixon was a liar and a cheat, so why should we believe anything he says?”
Nonfiction
4 main types or purposes
Description
Exposition
Narration
Persuasion
Persuasive Fallacies
We must be critical thinkers
Persuasive fallacies to watch out for
Bandwagon appeal
Fear (and other “red herrings”)
False Cause and Effect
Plain Folks appeal
Popular appeal
Circular Reasoning
Commercial!
We will put these topics to work!
Groups will be formed
Each group will be assigned a type of nonfiction or a type of logical fallacy
Groups will create a commercial for an object in this room using their assigned concept
Work on LOTF worksheet for tomorrow
Monday 11 . 17. 08 (4 types nonfiction)
Agenda 11 . 17. 08
Types of nonfiction
Bellwork – fiction and nonfiction
Homework overview
Types of nonfiction
Check out Lord of the Flies
Bellwork 11 . 17. 08
Take out your comparison essay worksheet – if you completed it, you get a stamp.
Make a Venn diagram for fiction and non fiction with 5 items in each section:
Homework 11 . 17. 08
AR reading – last 5 points due 11. 29
Compare & Contrast essay rough draft due Friday
LOTF prereading w/s due Wed.
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Short Story Comparison
Questions about the chart?
Fiction and Nonfiction
Share out bellwork responses – form class Venn diagram
Nonfiction
4 main types or purposes
Description
Exposition
Narration
Persuasion
Description
Full of imagery
Tends to be more wordy (less “to-the-point”)
Used in menus
Where else?
Exposition
May be long w/ detail or concise and “to-the-point”
Contains details and facts
The purpose is to inform but not persuade
A set of technical directions or a textbook are examples of exposition
What are other examples?
Narration
In between long and short
Tells a story (a series of events)
The purpose is to tell about events that happened
A biography is an example of narration
What are other examples?
Persuasion
In between long and short
Facts are to be understood through the lens of the writer’s opinions. Shares facts that help persuade the reader – the writer uses
Appeal to emotion
Appeal to logic
The purpose is to try to get the reader to think a certain way or do something
A commercial is an example
What are other examples?
Persuasive Fallacies
We must be critical thinkers
Persuasive fallacies to watch out for
Bandwagon appeal
Fear (and other “red herrings”)
False Cause and Effect
Plain Folks appeal
Popular appeal
Circular Reasoning
Commercial!
We will put these topics to work!
Groups will be formed
Each group will be assigned a type of nonfiction or a type of logical fallacy
Groups will create a commercial for an object in this room using their assigned concept
Check out Lord of the Flies from Library
Friday 11. 14. 08 (AR, essay review, Star Wars)
Agenda 11. 14. 08
Bellwork – AR reading
Homework overview
Work on filling in the essay structure and developing a thesis statement – go over sample
Star Wars!
Bellwork 11. 14. 08
AR reading, AR testing and book registering
Take out your comparison essay notes and work -- If you completed it, you will get a stamp (per. 6, stamp for completing half or more of the worksheet – extra credit)
Homework 11. 14. 08
AR reading - 5 points due (counted against you today, Friday 11/14)
Finish chart – “Organizing Your Structured Essay” – Monday
Keep all your compare/contrast prewriting work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Short Story Comparison
Going over the chart…
Per. 7 Organization
How might you organize this type of essay?
Turn to page 112 –
Subject by subject (story by story, or comparisons then contrasts)
Point by point
thesis statements …
The stories X and Y compare in their point of view and setting, but vary in their theme, which is why one story was more memorable than the other.
Or
The most important literary element of these two stories is ____________, but the stories develop that element differently. (flashback, protagonist, dynamic character, climax, conflict, symbol, resolution, character development, title, theme, allusion, irony, antagonist, etc.)
Going from a question…
Analyze two characters from the story unit – what is important about those characters’ qualities and their differences from one another?
What are the significant differences and similarities between two stories’ settings? (or climaxes, conflicts, etc.)
Which two stories held the most appeal? How do they compare with each other, and how did the elements of literature affect their appeal?
Filling out the Flow-Chart
Topic Sentence 1:
SD:
SD:
SD:
Move to sit with your Star Wars Partner!
Star Wars - Level 2 – commas, colons, hyphens, ellipses and semi-colons: “Ready are you?”
Thursday 11. 13. 08 (Earthquake Drill Day)
Wednesday 11. 12. 08
Agenda 11. 12. 08
Bellwork-thesis, create your own comparison chart for your chosen topic
Homework overview
Short Story comparison pre-writing. . . Methods of organization? Choosing 3 categories, creating a thesis, organizing your essay
Bellwork 11. 12. 08
Choose 3 of the unit stories. What movies do you think of that are similar to the stories?
Ex. When I read L.R.C., I thought of The Village
LRC, Two Kinds, The Bass, Widow and Parrot, The Bet, Masque of Red Death, Through the Tunnel, By the Waters of Babylon, etc.
What is a thesis statement?
Make a Venn Diagram (or double bubble) of your own, comparing your own topics you will write about (one must be a story from the unit)
Homework 11. 12. 08
AR reading - 5 points due (counted against you this Friday 11/14)
Colon and semi-colon worksheet – was due Fri/Mon
Finish chart – “Organizing Your Structured Essay”
Keep all your prewriting bell work and class work (will be turned in with the final paper)
Short Story Comparison
We will compare and contrast one or more of the unit stories in a paper. (p. 758 in blue book, or p. 106 in writing and grammar book)
Evaluating topic, considering audience and purpose (p 110)
Lightly cross out things on your diagram that are not important enough to write about. Remember, items that relate to the story analysis grids ARE important (symbols, character traits, themes).
On your paper, answer the 4 questions from the bottom of page 110 about audience and purpose.
Gathering Details
Choose and circle 2 items from the left circle, 2 from the right, and 3 shared details.
List each item and write more information about each one – use the book to find these details, descriptions, literary elements, facts, examples and reasons.
You may also bring in personal experience or other sources.
Oganization
How might you organize this type of essay?
Turn to page 112 –
Subject by subject (story by story, or comparisons then contrasts)
Point by point
Literary Analysis Elements
Tuesday 11. 10. 08 (Veterans' Day Holiday)
Monday 11. 9. 08 (technical reading)
Due – semi-colon and colon worksheet (collected)
work on the “Elections” handout, read and interpret a map.
Friday 11. 7. 08
Quiz
AR reading
Short Stories Unit
Thursday 11. 6. 08 (Unit summary/reflection, Short story comparison)
Agenda 11. 6. 08
Bellwork
Homework overview
Short Story comparison pre-writing
Short Story Learning Log
Write a 1 paragraph summary of the short story unit – its terms (lit analysis terms), vocabulary, stories, themes and ideas (What have we been doing all quarter?)
Write down some of your opinions, and things and ideas you learned, and what you think of the short stories and other skills and knowledge from the unit. (1 paragraph)
Write 2 questions or comments (or a mix) that you still have about what we read or covered in this unit.
Homework 11. 6. 08
AR reading - 5 points due (counted against you in 2 weeks)
Colon and semi-colon worksheet - due Fri/Mon
AR books and Quiz tomorrow
Short Story Comparison
We will compare and contrast one or more of the unit stories in a paper. (p. 758)
Write 3-4 of the stories’ titles that you have the strongest feelings about (good or bad!) or the strongest memory of.
Write down why you remember those stories. What were the themes or important aspects of those stories -- were the characters role models? or was the story realistic? or did the story communicate an important idea? Explain.
With a partner, make a Venn diagram to compare two stories -- list 5 differences and 5 similarities.
What are your thoughts about yesterday’s discussion and the election outcome? How might the election and propositions impact our nation’s future?
Write 2 things you learned or 2 questions you still have about yesterday’s political discussion.
Now that the election is over, are there any new topics or current events you wish to have as a part of our nonfiction unit instead of the election & propositions? Write 1-2 additional topics of interest.
Homework 11. 5. 08
AR reading - 5 points were due (counts against you in 1.5 weeks)
Colon and semi-colon worksheet - due Friday
Masque of the Red Death - complete the story analysis grid
Vote! On the Short Stories -
List each of the short stories we read on your paper in a single column and rate them in order of your favorite to your least favorite (1-10):
Little Red Cap,
The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant,
Games at Twilight,
Two Kinds,
Through the Tunnel,
The Widow and the Parrot,
The Bet,
By the Waters of Babylon,
The Masque of the Red Death,
The two stories you chose on your own
Tuesday 11.4.08 (Election day issues)
Bellwork 11.4.08
Today we will read different articles and then discuss the political issues of today’s election.
What should be our rules for today’s discussion?
What are your predictions for the election’s outcomes? What would you have voted for?
Our rules for today’s discussion:
Everyone reads an article – I will try to give you an article you want.
Everyone writes brief notes on the article that they will share with the class.
Each person will take turns being on a “panel” that will share personal viewpoints, and ideas from the article.
The class will ask questions and respond to the panel. Focus on issues without mud-slinging.
We will take turns, raise hands, and be respectful. No personal attacks will be tolerated. Those who are unable to discuss at the appropriate maturity level will be asked to leave.
Monday 11. 3. 08 ("Masque of Red Death," Review questions)
Bellwork - list 5 topics of interest or importance to you that you would like to discuss in the next few weeks.
Homework 11. 3. 08
AR reading-5 points due (counted against you in 2 weeks)
What is the protagonist’s name?
What are 3 things that are unique about the western room?
What color was the eastern room, and what were a few of the other colors of the rooms?
What made the music & dancing stop, and how often did it happen?
Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe
preview the next part of the story and write. . .:
2 things you remember
1 question you have about the story
1 prediction you have about what might happen next!
Masque of the Red Death
Read together,
Pg. 88 #1-6 with a partner
Friday 10/31/08 (quiz, AR, Halloween)
Agenda 10/30/08
Quiz & AR reading
Homework overview
Masque of the Red Death review
Raffle
QUIZ on "The Bet" and "Masque of the Red Death"
when finished, read AR books
Homework 10/30/08
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
AR reading –5 points due today (counted against you in 2 weeks, on progress report)
Raffle
"Masque of the Red Death "
Review vocabulary & story details
Thursday 10/30/08 (symbols, Masque of the Red Death)
Agenda 10/30/08
Bellwork: symbols
Homework overview
Masque of the Red Death
Bell Work 10/30/08
As a table group, think of a concrete symbol for the following concepts on one page of group bellwork. Draw a simple picture for each symbol/concept:
Death, Safety,
Disease, Fear
Example: a symbol for beauty might be a flower.
Homework 10/30/08
Extra Credit –Haunted House (Th-F-S) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Quiz/AR book tomorrow
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Raffle tomorrow
"Masque of the Red Death
"
By Edgar Allan Poe; p. 80 blue book
With your table groups, preview the story and write down . . .:
3 things you Know/learned about it
3 questions you have about the story
Masque of the Red Death
By Edgar Allan Poe
Read together, then we will make predictions and ask questions
10/30 Closure
Share at your tables one thing each of you learned or will remember, and write it on your group bell work.
Lastly, agree on 2 vocabulary words you will be able to use in your speaking and writing and why. Write these down also. (compulsory, caprice, zealous, ethereal, indiscriminately, illusory, posterity)
Turn in your group bell work on your way out.
Wednesday 10/29/08 ("Bet" Review & group lit analysis posters)
Agenda 10/29/08
Bellwork:
Homework overview
The Bet: Review
Group small poster 2 reading strategies or higher levels of thinking Compare L and B based on flat/ round, characterization, motivation, etc. Suspense, theme, ambiguity
Bell Work 10/29/08
As a table group, share what you remember about the following literary terms, and then each table member write down 3 of them on individual bellwork:
Flat & round characters
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
Ambiguity
Homework 10/29/08
Extra Credit –Haunted House (Th-F-S) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
10/29 Pairs make a small, creative, colorful poster-ette by table number (to present) :
Theme of “The Bet” (2 possible themes)
Banker: round or flat / dynamic or static
Lawyer: round or flat / dynamic or static
2 examples of direct characterization (author tells us what the character is like)
2 examples of indirect characterization (clues)
Character motivation – (2 motives for banker)
Suspense – 2 examples of suspense
Character motivation – (2 motives for lawyer)
Examples of ambiguity (at least 2)
Tuesday 10/28/08 (Review "The Bet" & discuss themes)
Bell Work 10/28/08
At your table, discuss the questions for several minutes, each member giving an opinion (without judgment), and then write bullet points that summarize the discussion.
Can money buy happiness? Explain.
Was the prisoner (the lawyer) crazy? Explain.
Homework 10/28/08
Extra Credit –Haunted House (Th-F-S) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Today’s learning goals.
Review the story facts
Determine the theme of “The Bet”
Consider character motivation
With a partner at your table
On one paper for the pair, answer the questions on p. 219 a-e (gray box) and #1, 4-7, 9
Philosophical Chairs – Agree or Disagree.
money can buy happiness?
The prisoner (the lawyer) is crazy?
Experiencing life through books, TV, movies, or the Internet is a substitute for actual experience?
Life is short?
Monday 10/27/08 (The Bet)
Bell Work 10/27/08
Get to know your table: discuss the questions, and then write a few bullet points that summarize the discussion
What are your hobbies?
What kinds of movies or shows do you like to watch?
Who are your closest friends?
What do you want to do with your life?
What things do you want to learn?
Homework 10/27/08
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE DUE
Extra Credit –Haunted House (Th-F-S) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
10/27
Today’s learning goals. After reading out loud (and silently) your group will be able to:
Predict the theme of “The Bet”
Consider character motivation
Recognize suspense created by the plot events
10/27
The Bet: Class reads together, then read silently or quietly aloud at your tables . (Read) Review:
Why do you suppose we need human interaction so badly?
What can you say about the worth of money in light of other, more valuable things in life?
Why is it foolish for the banker to have made the bet?
What motivates the banker to act as he does on the evening before the end of the bet?
What does the lawyer seem to have learned from the experience?
Friday 10/24/08 (The Bet, literary elements, AR)
Agenda 10/24/08
Bellwork: AR reading
Homework overview
The Bet: Class reads together, then read silently.
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE DUE MON 10/27
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Today’s learning goals.
After reading out loud (and silently) your group will be able to:
Predict the theme of “The Bet”
Determine if the characters in the story are round or flat
Find examples of direct and indirect characterization
Consider character motivation
Recognize suspense created by the plot events
The Bet: Class reads together, then read silently.
Are there foolish actions taken by any characters? What are they?
How would you spend your time in confinement? Why did the lawyer spend his time the way he did?
Why do you suppose we need human interaction so badly?
What can you say about the worth of money in light of other, more valuable things in life?
Thursday 10/23/08 (Round & Flat characters)
Agenda 10/23/08
Bellwork:
Homework overview
Literary elements
Bell Work 10/23/08
Group bellwork: Brainstorm a list (on a half sheet) of about 5 characters from movies or TV that seem only one-sided. (they are stereotypes, not realistic people, they are always the same type of character in all scenarios)
Then brainstorm a list of 5 characters who seem to have many sides to them, seem realistic and complex, multi-dimensional.
Homework 10/23/08
AR reading –5 points due 10/31; Bring AR book every day to read during times when your group finishes your work, or you finish before your group.
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/23 NOW DUE MON 10/27
Vocabulary sentences – due Friday 10/24: compulsory, caprice, ethereal, zealous, cleaving, indiscrimately, audible, illusory, posterity
10/23
Today’s learning goals:
Theme
Round vs. flat
Characterization
Motivation
Suspense
Groups use the “literary terms handbook” in the back of your lit books to find the definitions of each. Write them on your group bellwork.
Wednesday 10/22/08 (vocab notes, The Bet concept)
Bell Work 10/22/08
Bellwork: discuss at your table what bets you have made, lost, won. Share also what you would do with 2 million dollars.
Write these responses down on paper (a brief summary of each person)
Homework 10/22/08
AR reading –5 points due 10/31; Bring AR book every day to read during times when your group finishes your work, or you finish before your group.
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/22 NOW DUE FRI 10/24
Vocabulary sentences – due Friday 10/24: compulsory, caprice, ethereal, zealous, cleaving, indiscrimately, audible, illusory, posterity
10/22
Vocabulary: Each table presents their one vocabulary word and one allusion transparency to the class: compulsory, caprice, ethereal, zealous, cleaving, indiscrimately, audible, illusory, posterity
Class takes individual notes
10/22
The Bet: Class reads together the background “Before you Read,” then we start it together, then read silently.
Tuesday 10/21/08 ("The Bet" Preview, Vocabulary)
Agenda 10/21/08
Bellwork: discuss at your table your names, 3 interesting things about you, and your opinion on the death penalty vs. life imprisonment.
Homework overview
"The Bet": preview with group and write 3 things you found in your survey. Write 3 questions as a group also.
Vocabulary: Each table gets one vocab word and one allusion to teach to the class on a transparency: find root/prefix meaning, ex. sent.
Bell Work 10/21/08
Bellwork: discuss at your table your names, 3 interesting things about you, and your opinion on the death penalty vs. life imprisonment. Be ready to share the details a member of your table shared.
Homework 10/21/08
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Extra Credit – Haunted House (F-S in Oct) write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/21 NOW DUE FRI 10/24
10/21 Today’s Learning
Preparing to read “The Bet”
Reading strategy – SQR: Survey, Question, Read
Background: vocabulary and its origins
10/21 Survey
“The Bet” – survey the story with your group: flip through it and look at the pictures, quotes, vocabulary and anything else you want to look at.
On one group paper, write 3 things you all found out about the story by surveying it. Also, write 3 questions your group has about the story.
10/21 Background knowledge
Vocabulary: Each table gets one vocab word to teach to the class on a transparency, and will include the definition only of one allusion. For vocabulary, you will need to include:
Bellwork: What might the future be like? How might the world end?
Use story analsysis grid to analyze Twilight Zone classic episode "Time Enough at Last" -- title, atuthor, protagonist (static/dynamic), method of development, antagonist, theme, setting, conflict, climax, point of view (tone), resolution, irony, allusion, symbol.
Consider how this story compares to "By the Waters of Babylon," which we read last week.
Homework 10/20/08
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) . Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/21 NOW DUE WED 10/22
Prefix sentences –[ab thru auto] NOW DUE
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) or Masque of Red Death (Th-F), write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/21 NOW DUE WED 10/22
Thursday 10/16/08
Bellwork October 16, 2008
Besides commas, what other types of punctuation are there?
We have learned that commas are used in a series, in compound sentences, and between coordinate adjectives. Are there any other times we should use commas? (hint, look at the date and at #1)
Which comma rule is in use in #2 above?
Homework 10/16/08
Prefix sentences –[ab thru auto] NOW DUE
AR reading –5 points due 10/31
Extra Credit –Haunted House (F-S in Oct) or Masque of Red Death (Th-F), write a one page review. Or sign up for Schools 4 Schools
PRECIOUS PUNCTUATION PRACTICE – Tues 10/21 NOW DUE WED 10/22
10/16 Today’s Learning
Exposure and introductory understanding of 5 different punctuation marks, preparation for tomorrow’s benchmark, and review of a few extra literary terms we haven’t covered yet.
GOAL: everyone will get 1 question right on the benchmark that they wouldn’t have gotten right yesterday.
10/16 Bell Work – copy rules
Use a comma to set off introductory elements, parentheticals, quotations, and phrases of contrast.
Use a comma to clear up confusion in general, and specifically with typographical elements (city/state, date, name/title, long numbers)
Bell Work 10/16/08
WHICH RULE IS IN USE? Pg. R20 blue book
Speeding toward Alderaan, Luke suddenly realized how stupid he looked.
"The question is," said Leia, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
In Hartford, Connecticut, on June 15, 1997, nB
ob Downey, Professor of English, gave me $14,682.
The Founders Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River, is falling down.
For most the year is already finished.
Some say the world will end in ice, not fire.
Group Work! 10/16/08
Form groups of 2-3 people.
You will receive a punctuation mark rule or a literary term definition, and an example. You may use the back of the literature book(s) for more explanation and examples.
Make a transparency of (a) the rule/ definition in your own words, (b) a pictorial symbol of the rule/term, and (c) your own example to present.
Wednesday 10/15/08
Ariel Durant said: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”
I will show a charade – if you know it, stand and say the term and its meaning…
Who can do a different charade from our game? (none that have been done already)
What is something in a story that has a deeper meaning?
A story’s main character and that character’s main opposition are called _______________?
If you have coordinate A________ that are equal in importance, use a comma to separate them.
Do cumulative adjectives need a comma? (ex. He received many positive reviews)
Homework 10/15/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17: first set of pts. count)
Quiz and AR book – Friday
Extra Credit – sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Prefix sentences – use the first 10 prefixes [ab thru auto] in one sentence each (use a word that begins w/ that prefix)
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
Extra Credit! 10/15/08
Oct. 15-17 – Saugus High School Theater Department presents an original 40-minute drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”
Oct. 15, 3:30 matinee; Oct. 16 and 17 – 7 p.m. in Saugus multipurpose/theater.
Tickets, $4.
Attend, bring a signed ticket or program (15 points) or attend and write a one-page review (30 points)
Reading – p. 574
Use our story analysis charts and fill them out as we read
Filled out the rest of the chart and turned it in.
What do you think?
Ariel Durant said: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” Is this a potential theme from this story? Does this fit with what you know about history? Can this apply to a person’s life, family, business?
Tuesday10/14/08 (Babylon, POV, By the Waters of Babylon)
Agenda 10/14/08
Groups of 3 – analyze a penny as aliens reconstructing our society/history/culture
Homework overview
Vocabulary, lit terms, review
Read “Babylon”
Bell Work 10/14/08
Groups of 3 – You will assume the role of aliens trying to learn about our society/history/culture from a single object
Write down 10 observations about the object and what it reveals about us!
Homework 10/14/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17: first set of pts. count)
Quiz and AR book – Friday
Extra Credit – sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Prefix sentences – use the first 10 prefixes [ab thru auto] in one sentence each (use a word that begins w/ that prefix)
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
Aquanetta and Nicole – make up your picture on October 16th in room 806
Extra Credit! 10/14 /08
Oct. 15-17 – Saugus High School Theater Department presents an original 40-minute drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”
Oct. 15, 3:30 matinee; Oct. 16 and 17 – 7 p.m. in Saugus multipurpose/theater.
Tickets, $4.
Attend, bring a signed ticket or program (15 points) or attend and write a one-page review (30 points)
Babylon
Brief history
Write 5 details from this mini-lecture
600 BC – empire
55 miles south of modern day Baghdad, Iraq
All that remains today of the ancient famed city of Babylon is a mound of broken mud-brick buildings and debris
fertile Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in Iraq.
Historical resources inform us that Babylon was in the beginning a small town that had sprung up by the beginning of the third millennium BC (the dawn of the dynasties). The town flourished and attained prominence and political repute with the rise of the first Babylonian dynasty.
It was the "holy city" of Babylonia by approximately 2300 BC, and the seat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 612 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The form Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu (bāb-ilû, meaning "Gateway of the god(s)", translating Sumerian Ka.dingir.ra). In the Bible, the name appears as בבל (Babel), interpreted by Book of Genesis 11:9 to mean "confusion" (of languages), from the verb balbal, "to confuse".
The city itself was built upon the Euphrates, and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods
Some have claimed this Region to be the geographic location of the Garden of Eden
Point of View
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
Reading – p. 574
Use our story analysis charts and fill them out as we read
Monday 10/13/08 (allusions, point of view, "By the Waters of Babylon")
Agenda 10/13/08
Rate words & allusions: by the waters of Babylon
Homework overview
Apolcalypto Preview of story
Vocabulary, prefixes chart, lit terms, other vocab
Bellwork 10/13 - Copy and Rate the following concepts 1-4 (1=no clue, 2=seen it, 3=think I know, 4=could teach it)
Purified, New York,
Bowels, Hudson, Direct -Characterization,
Treasury, 1st person P.O.V.,
Washington, 3rd Person: omniscient, limited,
Lincoln,
Biltmore,
Robert Moses, Allusion, “By the waters of Babylon”
Homework 10/13/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17: first set of pts. count)
Quiz and AR book – Friday
Extra Credit – sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Prefix sentences – use the first 10 prefixes [ab thru auto] in one sentence each (use a word that begins w/ that prefix)
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
Extra Credit! 10/13/08
Oct. 15-17 – Saugus High School Theater Department presents an original 40-minute drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”
Oct. 15, 3:30 matinee; Oct. 16 and 17 – 7 p.m. in Saugus multipurpose/theater.
Tickets, $4.
Attend, bring a signed ticket or program (15 points) or attend and write a one-page review (30 points)
Cornell Notes on Vocab & allusions
Biltmore Hotel, New York City;
Federal Hall (Subtreasury);
New York City;
Hudson River, NY;
Statue of George Washington by the federal building;
Robert Moses, “Master builder” of New York City;
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts - NYC
Allusion: The title quotes Psalm 137. The psalm tells of the Israelites's great sorrow over the destruction of their Temple in Jerusalem and their enslavement in the land of Babylon
Point of View
1st person,
3rd person limited,
3rd person omniscient
Ariel Durant said: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within."
"By the Waters of Babylon" - pg. 574: read preview page and then read 2-3 pp of the story text.
Friday 10/10/08 – (Quiz, AR, teambuilding)
Bellwork 10/10/08– prepare for the quiz, take out AR books
Homework 10/10/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17) –
Quiz and AR book – Friday
Extra Credit – sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Extra Credit – College Day 10/11! Complete the worksheet for up to 25 points of E.C.
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
Extra Credit! 10/10/08
Oct. 15-17 – Saugus High School Theater Department presents an original 40-minute drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death”
Oct. 15, 3:30 matinee; Oct. 16 and 17 – 7 p.m. in Saugus multipurpose/theater.
Tickets, $4.
Attend, bring a signed ticket or program (15 points) or attend and write a one-page review (30 points)
RAFFLE!
Thursday 10/9/08 – (Widow & Parrot, review)
Bellwork 10/9/08–
C________ tell the reader to take a pause
3 or more words, phrases or clauses in a Se_________ should be separated by a comma.
Which type of sentence needs a comma? A Co__________ sentence.
You know the sentence is compound when it has two complete sentences joined by a C__________.
If you don’t know a word in a sentence, what should you do?
Bellwork 10/9/08 –
As we read any fictional story, we should consider the characters’ M__________, or why they do what they do.
What were all Mrs. Gage’s reasons to be thrilled about the money her brother left her?
What seemed to motivate the brother in life?
Who seemed to start the fire? Why? (2 reasons)
Who is the protagonist?
Homework 10/9/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17) –
Quiz and AR book – Friday
Extra Credit – sign up for Schools 4 Schools
Extra Credit – College Day 10/11! Complete the worksheet for up to 25 points of E.C.
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
MOTIVATION & Lit. Elements
“The Widow and the Parrot” Pg. 436 – blue book
Page 438 #2, 3, 5 and pg. 439 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 – answer the questions with a partner on a shared piece of paper.
BLUFF – QUIZ REVIEW 10/10
LADIES VS. GENTS, Need a team captain
Winners get to leave 1 minute early today.
Directions:
Question is asked to one team.
4 seconds to stand if you know it, and at the end of 4 seconds, team captain chooses one person to answer (must make choice immediately).
If answer is correct, that team earns # of points equal to number of members standing. (It’s advantageous to bluff!)
Other team can only steal if no one stands!
BLUFF – QUIZ REVIEW 10/10
Give a sentence and tell its subject(s).
Give an example compound sentence.
Who is Joseph Brand?.
Who is James?
What is a ford?
What is a sovereign?
What are 3 different TYPES of nouns?
What did the parrot always say?
What does sagacity mean?
What is dilapidated?
Tell one rule of comma use.
Give two conjunctions.
Where did Joseph Brand hide the money?
Who was lame in his/her right leg?
What in the story was dilapidated?
Give two linking verbs.
Joseph Brand had miserly habits. What is miserly? What does it mean to consider the context in figuring out vocabulary? The two types of verbs are…?
And, but, for, or, so – these are…?
Who showed up at Mrs. Gage’s window?
Give 2 vocabulary words (or terms) and their gestures.
Who is Jerry?
Where did Jerry go?
What is contrition?
What is supplication?
Am, is, are, was – these are…?
Over the cloud, under the cloud – these are P_____________ phrases.
What game is played in “Games at Twilight”?
Who lost 2 little babies in their past?
________ tell the reader to take a pause.
3 or more words, phrases or clauses in a _________ should be separated by a comma.
Which type of sentence needs a comma? A __________ sentence.
You know the sentence is compound when it has two complete sentences joined by a __________.
If you don’t know a word in a sentence, what should you do?
Who can do at least 4 different charades from our game? (none that have been done already).
Who can do at least 3 more? (none that have been done)
What is something in a story that means something deeper?
The story’s main character and that character’s main opposition are?
If you have coordinate A________ that are equal in importance, use a comma to separate them.
Do cumulative adjectives need a comma? (ex. He received many positive reviews).
Who/what is the antagonist?
What is the conflict?
Who is the WINNER?
Congrats!
You get to leave early today!
Wednesday 10/8/08 – (values and motives, "The Widow...")
Bellwork 10/8/08–
If you had $1,000 right now, what would you do? A million? $10 mill? (write at least 5 sentences)
Explain the reasons for your answer. (2 sent.)
Now pretend you are 5 years older – would you do different things with the money? Explain.
What about in 10 years?
What about in 20 years?
What about in 60 years?
Why would your actions be different or the same in each increment of years?
Homework 10/8/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17)
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile
Extra Credit – College Day! Complete the worksheet for up to 25 points of E.C. (College Day is at COC on 10/11/08, 9am - 1pm.)
“Commas…Basic” worksheet –– now due
Extra Credit – go to the Haunted House, then write a one page review of the event. (every weekend in October)
Context and MOTIVATION
Pg. 428 – blue book
“The Widow and the Parrot”
Tuesday 10/7/08 (Value of an Eduation Presentation)
English 10 classes meet in the theater for "The Value of an Education" presentation by Mr. Inemer
Monday 10/6/08 (context clues and motivation, "The Widow & Parrot")
Agenda 10/6/08
Context clues & motivation – motivation game
Homework overview
Motivation: power, attention, needs, acceptance, to connect
“The Widow and the Parrot”
Vocabulary concentration
Bellwork 10/6/08 – explain each phrase based on the context alone! You may guess!
She was doing her best to mend a pair of clogs, for she had only a few shillings a week to live on. As she hammered at the clog…
“…inform you of the death of your brother…” “Lawk a mussy, Old brother… gone at last!”
He also bequeaths you his entire fortune; Viz: £3000. (three thousand pounds) sterling.
She thought that his miserly habits… made him grudge every penny…
Homework 10/6/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17)
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile
“Commas…Basic” worksheet – due Tuesday 10/7 – now due Wed 10/8
Meet here tomorrow for roll. Then we will go to the theater.
MOTIVATION
What are some of the reasons people do what they do? What motivates them?
Context and MOTIVATION
Pg. 428 – blue book
“The Widow and the Parrot”
Vocabulary charade concentration!
Friday 10/3/08 (quiz, AR, review)
Agenda 10/3/08
Quiz - mini
AR reading
Homework overview
Review yesterday’s key concepts
10/3/08 QUIZ
subject, compound sentence,
comma,
TYPES of nouns,
conjunction,
linking verb.
Homework 10/3/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17)
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 10 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 10 points.
“Commas…Basic” worksheet – due Tuesday 10/7
Review 10/3/08
Charades needed for our vocabulary and grammar concepts
We will do a concentration style game with them
Thursday 10/2/08 (comma rules 2-4, star wars)
Agenda 10/2/08
Review competition
Homework overview
Review yesterday’s key concept
3 New key concepts
Practice
STAR WARS!
Review
What punctuation mark is use more than any other internal punctuation mark? (a period is an external punctuation mark)
What is the subject of the following sentence? The robber pointed his gun at the bank teller.
What is a compound sentence?
Is a comma needed in the following sentence? I practice Spanish daily but I still make mistakes.
What part of speech connects words, phrases and clauses (and, or, but, etc.)?
What does a comma tell the reader to do?
Is a comma needed in the following sentence? Tourists swim and play sports when they visit Mexico.
Is a comma needed in the following sentence? The parents and the teachers meet tonight.
Homework 10/2/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17)
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
“Commas…Basic” worksheet – due Tuesday 10/7
What was yesterday’s main comma rule/concept?
Use a comma before the conjunction to separate two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
Review Compound Sentences
They are 2 sentences joined together by a conjunction!
He bought shoes, and she bought a purse.
Don’t get confused!
Compound sentences are 2 complete sentences, not just a compound verb!
He bought and wore a new t-shirt.
Don’t get confused!
Compound sentences are 2 complete sentences, not just a compound subject!
Gloria and Verbena bought new shoes.
NEW: What new rule seems to be in effect here?
I read the articles, extracts, and books for my final exam
Mexico had been ruled by the Spanish, by the Mexicans, and by the French.
The bank filled quickly with people who transferred their accounts, who cashed checks, and who opened safe-deposit boxes.
New key concepts for today
Pg. 478-479 – write the 3 new key concepts
Practice run – pg. 480 ex. 9 and 10
Grammar PE
Move to sit with your Star Wars Partner!
Choose a Star partner for the next 4 weeks. If you and your partner earn the most stars in the class, you will win a raffle prize each, first pick before the raffle cards are called!
Current Rebel Leaders
Star Wars - Level 1 - “Obi-wan, You’re our only hope”
They found the remains of a Rebel base but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time.
You'd have been killed too and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire.
I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.
I think my uncle knows Obi-wan but he said he was dead.
Level 1, continued
The Jedi are extinct their fire has gone out of the universe and you are all that's left of their religion.
They shoot out the security cameras and kill the officers.
They could use a good pilot like you and you're turning your back on them.
We had a slight weapons malfunction but everything's perfectly all right now.
When I left you I was only the learner but now *I* am the master.
Wednesday 10/1/08 (comma rule 1, star wars)
Review
parts of speech, types of nouns and verbs
Homework 10/1/08
AR reading – 10/31 -- 5 points due (Quarter ends 10/17)
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
First main comma rule/concept
Use a comma before the conjunction to separate two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
Compound sentences are 2 sentences joined together by a conjunction!
He bought shoes, and she bought a purse.
Don’t get confused!
Compound sentences are 2 complete sentences, not just a compound verb!
He bought and wore a new t-shirt.
Don’t get confused!
Compound sentences are 2 complete sentences, not just a compound subject!
Gloria and Verbena bought new shoes.
key concept for today
Pg. 476-477 – write the key concept
Practice run – pg. 477 ex. 8
Move to sit with your Star Wars Partner!
Choose a Star partner for the next 4 weeks. If you and your partner earn the most stars in the class, you will win a raffle prize each, first pick before the raffle cards are called!
Star Wars - Level 1 - “Obi-wan, You’re our only hope”
- insert commas as needed
They found the remains of a Rebel base but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time.
You'd have been killed too and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire.
I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.
I think my uncle knows Obi-wan but he said he was dead.
Friday 9/26/08 (Quiz, raffle)
Bell work - review 9/26/08
What is internal conflict?,
What is imagery?
What is a linking verb?
What are 2 of the story analysis literary elements from the chart (title, author…),
What is 1 example of a preposition?
What are 2 of the reading strategies?
What are 3 different types of nouns?
What is a dynamic character?
What are 2 of the linking verbs? (am, is)
What is a climax?
What is an antecedent of a pronoun?
What is a conjunction?
Homework 9/26/08
Parts of speech story – We will present some of the stories Monday! 10 points for sharing your story with the class.
Read one of these stories on your own: "A Problem," "The Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," "The Monkey's Paw," or "Civil Peace." 10 Quotes & Comments due, and quiz.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
NO SCHOOL MON-TUES AND THERE IS A MINIMUM DAY WED
9/26/08
Quiz & Reading AR books
RAFFLE!
Raffle winners
Thursday 9/25/08 ("Thru Tunnel" vocab and dynamic)
Charades – Be ready to stand and deliver!
Bellwork 9/25/08
Film clip – we will find out what happened at the free diving competition today – write a prediction, and then write what happens
Homework 9/25/08
Parts of speech story – Creative story about: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts. Use all 8 parts of speech once, underline them, and label. Length ~one page – share with a neighbor. We will present some of the stories tomorrow!
Due! AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read one of these stories on your own: 10 Quotes & Comments due Friday, and quiz.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
Raffle Friday
“Through the Tunnel”
p. 241/276 – what happened in yesterday’s reading?
“Through the Tunnel” p. 241/276
You and a partner will create a tri-fold portraying Jerry’s transformation
3 colorful, well-drawn pictures on each panel, and…
3 quotes from the story that inspired your picture.
1st panel – him BEFORE his change
2nd panel – him DURING his change
3rd panel – him AFTER his change
Wednesday 9/24/08 ("Through the Tunnel")
Bellwork 9/24/08
B/W – which of our vocabulary words is pictured here?
which of our words is pictured here? which is pictured here?
which of our vocabulary words is pictured in “School of Athens”? which of our words is pictured here? which is pictured here? here?
Bellwork 9/24/08
Film clip – write 5 facts from the film clip
Homework 9/24/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read one of these stories on your own: "A Problem," "The Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," "The Monkey's Paw," or "Civil Peace." 10 Quotes & Comments due Friday, and quiz.
Charade due Thursday
Parts of speech story – Creative story about: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts. Use all 8 parts of speech once, underline them, and label. Due tomorrow! Thursday, 9/25. Length ~one page.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
Raffle Friday
“Through the Tunnel”
p. 244/277
Focus on Internal Conflict, Character Development, Climax, Imagery and Dynamic Character
Internal conflict – what is it so far?
Imagery – what did the author describe with vivid imagery?
How old is the main character, Jerry? How is this age on the verge of change anyway? (dynamic character)
Other examples of imagery?
What do you predict to be the climax?
Draw a picture of a scene from the story that stuck out to you. Is this scene before, after, or at the moment of the character's change?
Tuesday 9/23/08 (vocab notes, start Thru the Tunnel)
Bellwork
Guess what Gout is and what it’s like based on this picture
B/W – which of our vocab words is pictured here?
B/W – which of our vocab words is pictured here?
B/W – which of our vocab words are pictured here? A, B and C
Bellwork 9/23/08
Look at page 240 blue book – “Connecting to the Literature.” When have you challenged yourself? Explain.
Read the “Background” – What did you learn about freediving from this part? How long can you hold your breath?
Copy the 2 literary elements that are bolded on pg. 241
Homework 9/23/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read one of these stories on your own: "A Problem," "The Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," "The Monkey's Paw," or "Civil Peace." (all are found in blue book) 10 Quotes & Comments due Friday, and quiz.
Parts of speech story – Creative story about: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts. Use all 8 parts of speech once, underline them, and label. Due Thursday, 9/25. Length ~one page.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
Due Thursday - choose 5 of the vocabulary words and create charades for them.
Vocabulary Notes
“Through the Tunnel” and “The Widow and the Parrot” vocabulary (p. 241/276, 429)
“Through the Tunnel”
p. 241/276
Focus on Internal Conflict, Character Development, Climax, Imagery and Dynamic Character
Monday 9/22/08 (Tunnel Vocabulary notes)
Bellwork 9/22/08 – rate the words 1-4: 1=no clue, 4=know and use it
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read one of these stories on your own: "A Problem," "The Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket," "The Monkey's Paw," or "Civil Peace." 10 Quotes & Comments due Friday, and quiz.
Parts of speech story – Creative story about: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts. Use all 8 parts of speech once, underline them, and label. Due Thursday, 9/25. Length ~one page.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
Vocabulary Notes
“Through the Tunnel” and “The Widow and the Parrot” vocabulary (p. 241, 429)
Make a chart with 5 columns – column 1 list the vocabulary word and part of speech
Column 2 list the definition
We will fill in the rest of the columns with other information
Friday 9/19/08 (Quiz, AR)
Quiz 9/19/08
Take out a half sheet of paper for your quiz today.
Write your full heading in the upper right corner: name, date, period
Title the quiz: 9/22 Quiz – grammar and reading
Homework 9/19/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
DUE: Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz today.
TODAY: Quiz, AR book
Parts of speech story – Write a creative story about one of these topics: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts. Use all 8 parts of speech at least once, underline them, and label them. Due next Thursday, 9/25. Length – close to one page.
Extra Credit – sign up for a Schools 4 Schools profile for 5 points. (1/2 a homework). Get 2 or more other students or supporters to sign up for another 5 points.
Quiz 9/19/08
linking verb,
preposition,
types of nouns,
conjunction,
pronoun,
your story you read,
conflict
Silent Reading time
During this time you may read your AR book silently, look at the AR list, and take an AR test.
The first 5 points are due next Friday!
Finish movie
Something we don’t know…
On one of the little papers you receive, write one fact about yourself that is not well known, and that would be hard to attribute to you.
We will play a game of guessing whose fact is whose.
Thursday 9/18/08 (Go Documentary)
Bell Work 9/18/08
Watch the Go Documentary (Or Invisible Children)
Homework 9/18/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
AR book and quiz on Friday
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz Friday. One of these stories: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion
Parts of speech story – Write a creative story about one of these topics: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts.Use all 8 parts of speech at least once, underline them, and label them.Due next Thursday, 9/25.Length – close to one page.
Complete the handout on the documentary: thesis, intent, tone, appeal, effectiveness of the documentary
Wednesday 9/17/08 (Parts of Speech)
Bell Work 9/17/08
Pg. 1021 in the green book - copy part of the chart of the parts of speech (also found on pg. R19 in blue book)
Homework 9/17/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
AR book and quiz on Friday
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz Friday. One of these stories: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion
Parts of speech story – Write a creative story about one of these topics: music, the outdoors, fathers, swimming, or ghosts.Use all 8 parts of speech at least once, underline them, and label them.Due next Thursday, 9/25.Length – close to one page.
Review each part of speech, and how to use it in a sentence - take notes
Pairs/small groups choose 2 parts of speech, and use each one in 3 sentences each
Share and guess the part of speech
Tuesday 9/16/08 (Group presentations)
Bell Work 9/16/08
List as many literary elements as you can remember
Homework 9/16/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz Friday. One of these stories: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Student groups
Finished assigned literary element to illustrate from one of the short stories we read
Groups presented the posters to the rest of the class, explaining the illustration.
Monday 9/15/08 (Review, groupwork)
Bell Work 9/15/08
List as many literary elements as you can remember
Homework 9/15/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz Friday. One of these stories: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Student groups were assigned a literary element to illustrate from one of the short stories we read.
Friday 9/12/08 (Review, AR test tutorial, quiz, AR
Bell Work 9/12/08
Use your bellwork papers from yesterday to complete the story questions, p. 107, #a-d, 2-4, 6-8. (In other words, skip #e, 1, and 5)
Work with your partner(s) from yesterday
When finished, turn in yesterday’s bellwork & questions at podium.
Homework 9/12/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Late work – turn in this week. Next week is the last week of the first grading period and late work turned in next week won’t make it into the first progress report.
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz next Friday.
Noun/Verb worksheet – due!
Choose one of these stories to read this week on your own: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Quiz, AR book
Turn in quiz on the podium.
Read AR books or borrow one of mine.
AR test tutorial
Thursday 9/11/08 (nouns/verbs - poetry, "Two Kinds," Review for quiz)
Bell Work 9/11/08
Listen to the poem to see how vivid action verbs and specific, image-evoking nouns are used for a powerful effect.
“9/11 (with Allen Ginsberg in mind)”
Homework 9/11/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Late work – turn in this week. Next week is the last week of the first grading period and late work turned in next week won’t make it into the first progress report.
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz next Friday.
Noun/Verb worksheet - Finish by Friday (we will start it in class today)
Quiz on Friday, bring AR book
Who can remember 4 of the 8 linking verbs?
Bell Work 9/11/08
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
p. 99/100 in the green book Elements of Literature
As we read, copy at least three (3) striking phrases that contain vivid verbs and specific image-evoking nouns in the story.
Finish “Two Kinds”
pp. 101-103 on your own
On your bellwork, answer:
Who is more to blame for the narrator’s conflict and misery, her mother or herself?
How is the mother-daughter conflict resolved? Does anyone win?
What does Jing-mei, the narrator, imply in the last sentence of the story?
Review
With a partner on each person’s bellwork, start answering the questions on p. 107, #a-d, 2-4, 6-8.
(In other words, skip #e, 1, and 5)
CLOSURE & REVIEW
What are the 2 types of verbs?
What is one type of noun? (proper…)
Which type of noun? baseball, John Doe?
What is one thing you remember from the story today?
What is a prodigy?
What are 2 of the linking verbs?
What are 2 reading strategies? C Q P I Ex Ch
What are 2 of the elements of analyzing fiction? (climax…)
Wednesday 9/10/08 (Action Verbs, "Two Kinds")
Bell Work 9/10/08
What is an action verb?
Write 3 sentences, each using interesting action verbs.
Homework 9/10/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Late work – turn in this week. Next week is the last week of the first grading period and late work turned in next week won’t make it into the first progress report.
Read your selected story on your own. 10 Comments and quiz next Friday.
Noun/Verb worksheet - Finish by Friday (we will start it in class today)
Quiz on Friday, bring AR book
Bell Work NOTES 9/10/08
COPY THE LINKING VERBS: Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
You will have to memorize those for Friday’s quiz!
Grammar “Art”
Action verbs are more vivid, image-filled and exciting.
Instead of I was tired…
I yawned
Instead of I am hungry….
My stomach growled and churned.
List 5 more action verbs that are vivid and image-filled.
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
p. 97 in the green book Elements of Literature
“Two Kinds”
As we read, we will pay attention to the vivid ACTION VERBS in the story.
We will write down some examples along the way. (stop at 15 till)
Vivid Nouns and Verbs
Work with a partner on this activity -- challenge yourself to see how specific, vivid and creative you can be!! (Stop at 5 min till)
Homework 9/10/08
Choose one of these stories to read this week on your own: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Connect – compare to your life
Question – I wonder…
Predict – I think _____ will happen
Interpret – Explain/summarize
Extend – find the moral/lesson
Challenge – could that really happen?
CLOSURE & REVIEW
What are the 2 types of verbs?
What is one type of noun? (proper…)
Which type of noun is baseball, Joe Dirt?
What is one thing you remember from the story today?
What is a prodigy?
What are 2 of the linking verbs?
What are 2 reading strategies? C Q P I Ex Ch
What are 2 of the elements of analyzing fiction? (climax…)
Strategies for reading
Tuesday 9/9/08 (Nouns & "Two Kinds")
Bell Work 9/9/08
List 10 nouns from this classroom or from your day today.
Bell Work 9/9/08
Groups share their transparency sentences from yesterday
Find the nouns
Abstract or concrete?
Common or proper?
Any collective or compound?
In the group sentences, which nouns were the most specific and vivid?
Homework 9/9/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Late work – turn in this week. Next week is the last week of the first grading period and late work turned in next week won’t make it into the first progress report.
Read your selected story on your own this week (TBA). 10 Comments and quiz on Friday.
Noun/Verb worksheet - Finish by Friday (we will start it in class today)
Grammar “Artist”
We will read a story and look for the vivid nouns and verbs the author uses.
Then we will practice more image-filled and exciting writing using strong nouns and verbs.
Instead of boy, THE WIRY SKATER
Instead of ran away, DASHED INTO THE SHADOWY PASEO AND OUT OF SIGHT.
Bell Work 9/9/08
“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan
p. 94 in the green book Elements of Literature
Flip through the story, then write 2 predictions of what the story may be about, what might happen.
Reading Focus p 94
As we read, we will pay attention to the vivid, specific nouns in the story.
We will write down some examples along the way, and identify their types.
Homework 9/9/08
Choose one of these stories to read this week on your own: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Monday 9/8/08 (types of nouns)
Bell Work 9/8/08
What did you do this weekend?
What are the 8 parts of speech?
Give an example of a noun
Give an example of a verb
What part of speech are these: me, you, himself, it, them, that, which?
What is the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun?
What is the difference between an action and linking verb?
Homework 9/8/08
AR reading – 9/26 first 5 points due
Late work – turn in this week. Next week is the last week of the first grading period and late work turned in next week won’t make it into the first progress report.
Read one of the selected stories on your own this week (TBA)
Bell Work 9/8/08
Look through chapter 16.1 and write (pg. 214) the main titles, subtitles, key concepts, terms and definitions, and 1-2 examples for each type of noun. (7 min.)
You will create humorous sentences in groups using these concepts to share with the class later.
With a partner, you will receive a transparency and pen.
You will create 3 sentences with your partner. Feel free to make a story or be funny or creative. Draw pics if you want.
Each sentence must contain a type of noun from the chapter. If you cannot choose on your own, follow the directions from chapters 2 or 4.
Homework 9/8/08
Choose one of these stories to read this week on your own: “Cabuliwallah,” “Visit to Grandmother,” “The Good Deed,” or “Boys and Girls” (green book – you may borrow). Look at the stories now to get an idea of which one you may wish to read.
You will take notes and write comments (reading strategy style) on the story.
You will take a quiz on your selected story on Friday which will include a short written portion.
Questions from “The Bass” partner work (w/ Ms. Neylan) –collect them
Quiz and AR reading
Full heading
Turn in at the front
Read AR book silently when finished with the quiz
RAFFLE!
Award winners! Raffle winners: Diamond, Heart, Spade
Club
Thursday - 9/4/08 - Winning/Losing, Literary Term Review
Bellwork: hide the item, debrief winning and losing
Homework 9/5/08
Questions from “The Bass” partner work (w/ Ms. Neylan) –collect them
Quiz and AR reading
"Games At Twilight"
Story analysis grid stamped
Go over the grid
Review game - Literary Pictionary
9/3/08 - Wednesday - "Games at Twilight" and Analysis
Bell Work
Favorite games from childhood and why?
Did you play with mostly older or younger kids, and what did you dislike about that?
Homework 9/2/08
Quiz/AR book – Friday 9/5
Raffle this week! Bring your cards!
Read "Games at Twilight" in the blue Prentice Hall Literature book
Story Analysis - charting
Protagonist : Static/Dynamic
Characterization
Antagonist
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
Irony
Symbol
Allusion
Allegory
9/2/08 - Tuesday - The elements of Short Stories (Analysis)
Bell Work
Give 2 highlights from your 3-day weekend, and 1 low
Give 2 highlights from your time with Ms. Neylan
What are the 5 basic elements of short stories? (who, what, when…)
What do you know about the parts of the plot structure?
Homework 9/2/08
Quiz/AR book – Friday 9/5
Email assignment – TUE 9/2
Visit class website and write an email to me with a piece of info from the website as proof of your visit
Extra Credit Business Letter to a company – provide an addressed envelope (no stamp) - TUE 9/2
Vocabulary sentences – TUE 9/2 (one sentence per word)
Raffle this week! Bring your cards!
The Short Story BASICS
Who – character
What – plot
When/Where – setting
How – point of view
Why – theme
More Fiction Terms – copy and rate your knowledge 1-4 (1=no clue; 4=could teach it)
Protagonist : Static/Dynamic
Characterization
Antagonist
Conflict
Climax
Resolution
Irony
Symbol
Allusion
Allegory
Story Analysis - charting
FRIDAY – 8/29/08
take the quiz, reading after the quiz
show AR books and record. read silently for 20 minutes
THURSDAY – 8/28/08
Ms. Neylan’s spiel and questions/answers/discussion time
work on the questions for “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” on page 41 #1-6
8/27/08 - Wednesday: "The Bass and Sheila" and Reading Strategies
Bell work
1.Review: What are 2 of the 6 reading strategies we learned yesterday?
2.Review: What are 3 of the 8 vocabulary words we learned?
3.Review: What is the WHO and WHERE of the 5 basic story elements we learned yesterday?
4.Review: How old are the two main characters in “The Bass…”?
5.Get to know you: Write about a time you wanted something really badly and what happened
Homework 8/27/08
nAR book – Friday 8/29
nVocabulary and Story Quiz – Friday 8/29
nEmail assignment – TUE 9/2
nVisit class website click here and write an email to me with a piece of info from the website as proof of your visit
nExtra Credit Business Letter to a company – provide an addressed envelope (no stamp) - TUE 9/2
nVocabulary sentences – TUE 9/2 (one sentence per word)
The Short Story BASICS
Who – character
What – plot
When/Where – setting
How – point of view
Why – theme
Strategies for reading
Pg. 3
Connect – compare to your life
Question – I wonder…
Predict – I think _____ will happen
Interpret – Explain/summarize
Extend – find the moral/lesson
Challenge – could that really happen?
reading
“The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”
Pg. 36
Dialogue with the text (reading strategies) Interpret, Extend, Challenge, or Connect
Closure
nWhen is the quiz?
nWhat might be on the quiz?
nWhat is one part of the story you remember from today?
nWhat are the 6 reading strategies?
nWhat are the 5 basic elements of stories?
nWhat are 4 of our vocabulary words?
nWhat is one concept you will remember or use from today?
8/26/08 - Tuesday: Short Stories Unit, "The Bass and Sheila" and Reading Strategies
Bell work
Use one of these vocabulary words as the title of a short story, one paragraph in length:
1.Pensive
Conspicuous
2.Dubious
3.Antipathy
Luminous
4.Filial
Quizzical
Homework 8/26/08
Assignments from inside your course orientation
AR book – Friday 8/29
Extra Credit Business Letter to a company – provide an addressed envelope (no stamp) - Friday 8/29
Email assignment – Friday 8/29
Visit class website and write an email to me with a piece of info from the website as proof of your visit
Vocabulary sentences – Friday 8/29 (one sentence per word)
Short Stories notes
Starting with a title is just one way to start a story.
We will be looking in depth at short stories in our Short Story Unit
We will write creatively
We will analyze stories and write about our findings
We will review and learn literary terminology
We will cover 4 major themes in the short story unit, which will lead to discussions and journaling
Growing up
Family
Life and Death
The UNUSUAL!
The Short Story Unit
Pg. 1
Describe what you see in the picture.
How does this picture seem to fit with a collection of short stories?
Explain the quotation in your own words.
The Short Story BASICS
Who – character
What – plot
When/Where – setting
How – point of view
Why – theme
Strategies for reading
Pg. 3
Connect – compare to your life
Question – I wonder…
Predict – I think _____ will happen
Interpret – Explain/summarize
Extend – find the moral/lesson
Challenge – could that really happen?
reading
“The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”
Pg. 34
Before You Read
Dialogue with the text (reading strategies)
Closure
What are 2 of our reading strategies?
What are 2 of the 5 basic elements of short stories?
What is one part of the story you remember?
What are two of our vocabulary words and what do those words mean?
What is one concept you will remember or use from today?
8/25/08 - Monday: Vocabulary from "The Bass and Sheila Mant"
Bell work
Rate the following words 1-4. 1=no clue what this means
2=I’ve seen it before
3=I think I know
4=I know it and use it
1.Pensive
Conspicuous
2.Dubious
Concussion
3.Antipathy
Luminous
4.Filial
Quizzical
Homework 8/25/08
Assignments from inside your course orientation
AR book – Friday 8/29
Email assignment – Friday 8/29
Visit class website
Write an email to me with a piece of info from the website as proof of your visit – a comment, a question, a suggestion, or just something you saw on the website
Vocabulary notes
Notes provided part of speech, connotation (positive or negatively feeling word?), definition, examples/non-examples, sentence, and picture for each word
1.Pensive - thoughtful, dreamy
Conspicuous - obvious, easy to see
2.Dubious - doubtful, uncertain
Concussion - powerful shock or impact
3.Antipathy - hatred, strong dislike
Luminous - glowing, giving off light
4.Filial - pertaining to a son or daughter
Quizzical - puzzling, questioning
Vocabulary practice
With a partner, develop charades for 2 of the words and the class will guess the words.
8/22/08 - Friday: Turn in work, Review Seminar, Deeper meanings of "Little Red Cap"
Bell work
Course Orientation form, all filled out.
If there are any blanks, you will get it back without credit. If you don’t know an answer, write “I don’t know” in the blank. PASS THESE FORWARD.
Business letter.
Handwrite a class heading in the upper right-hand corner: name, date, period. HOLD ON TO THESE.
Homework 8/22/08
Assignments from inside your course orientation
AR book – Friday 8/29
Email assignment – Friday 8/29
Visit class website
Write an email to me with a piece of info from the website as proof of your visit – a comment, a question, a suggestion, or just something you saw on the website
Review from Yesterday
What was most interesting about our discussion on Little Red Cap yesterday?
Share Out
Comment on yesterday’s Socratic Seminar, what worked and what didn’t work.
What is one way we explained the story in a deeper way?
Little Red Cap Comparisons
Peter and the Wolf
Jonah and the Whale
The Three Pigs
Little Red Cap
Contrast between which two worlds?
The Village - M. Night Shyamalan
The comparisons to The Village
Don’t go into the woods
The color red attracts them
Don’t let them in
Little Red Cap Meaning
Morality tale teaching children not to "wander off the path.“
Ways one might wander off the path?
Symbols
We are played a game of symbols
These are the objects, colors, characters, and settings in the story.
They mean MORE than just the surface meaning.
8/21/08 - Thursday: "Little Red Cap" and Socratic Seminars
What advice would you offer to younger people about life and growing up? (2+ sentences)
What mistakes have you made that others could learn from? (2+ sentences)
What is ONE thing you remember from “Little Red Riding Hood”?
Homework
Assignments from inside your course orientation
AR book – Friday 8/29
Deeper…
Do childhood stories have deeper or symbolic meanings?
Let’s look at one, Little Red Cap
Read little red cap aloud
Stop after each third of the story and write questions
At the end have them share some questions out loud
Socratic seminar
partner 1 in the circle and partner 2 out
Questioning Little Red Cap
Write two Level 2 questions (compare, contrast, why, explain, what is the meaning, etc.)
Write one Level 3 Evaluation question (judge, favorite, best, most, opinion)
Write one Level 3 Hypothetical question (what if, predict, speculate)
Socratic Seminar
Discussion, NOT debate (collaboration, inquiry)
Ask questions, share ideas
Partner writes down observations of when you…
Talk in the group, and what you said
Have a side conversation
Ask a question
Are silent
Laugh or distract others
8/20/08 - Wednesday: Levels of Questions, Partner Interviews
Bell work- What are 3 stories you remember from your childhood? What was your favorite story? Why? What was the theme or moral of that story? (or any of the stories you remember)
Homework 8/20/08
Assignments from inside your course orientation
Business letter – Friday 8/22
Signature form – Friday 8/22
AR book – Friday 8/29
Share Out - What are 3 stories you remember from your childhood? What was your favorite story? Why? What was the theme or moral of that story? (or any of the stories you remember)
3 Level Questioning
Level 1: Factual
What is your name? How old are you? Which character lost money in Vegas?
Level 2: Interpretive/Analytical
Why were you named that? How is VHS different from Junior High? What are three character traits of the hero?
Level 3: Evaluation/Hypothetical
What is your favorite…? What if you were an animal – what kind would you be? Which character suffered the most? Was the war just?
Label the level of each question! (1, 2 or 3) - What are 3 stories you remember from your childhood? What was your favorite story? Why? What was the theme or moral of that story? (or any of the stories you remember)
Using the Levels of Questions
These levels of questions will help us go deeper into thinking about what we read and study.
We’ll use them while we
Read
Take notes
Discuss
Partner Interview
Write 2 get-to-know-you questions for level 1
Write 2 get-to-know-you questions for level 2
Write 2 get-to-know-you questions for level 3
We will soon ask these questions of partners in the class.
Closure - How many levels of questions are there? What uses are there for the levels of questions? Which was easiest to generate? Hardest? Which was easiest to answer? Hardest? What is one other concept you learned today?
8/19/08 - Tuesday: Goals, Structural Features of the Literature Book
Goals -Write your reading and writing goals for the semester, both personal and academic. Write at least 5 at this time.
Share out
Homework 8/19
Assignments from inside your course orientation
Business letter – Friday 8/22
Signature form – Friday 8/22
AR book – Friday 8/29
Did everyone get a rubric for the Business Letters?
Learning Goal: Structural Features of Informational Materials 2.1 Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.
Line up tallest to shortest – tallest by the clock wall, shortest by the teacher’s desk
Be prepared to be paired! Remember if you are partner #1 or partner #2
With your partner, share your bellwork
And then come get ONE “literature search” worksheet (& TWO textbooks - for you and your partner)
Complete the single worksheet together
Go over!
Closure
What is one thing you learned about the classroom textbook?
Why did we overview the textbook?
Did we achieve today’s learning goal? Explain.
8/18/08 - Monday: Color Survey and AR rules
Bellwork
Describe your personality in 2 sentences.
What are some books you have read recently that you would recommend to others? Why?
What are some books that others have recommended to you?
What are some book titles or genres you would like to read? Why?
Homework 8/18
Assignments from inside your course orientation
Business letter – Friday 8/22
Signature form – Friday 8/22
AR book due – Friday 8/29
Rubrics for Business letters to pass out
Take the “Color” survey I am passing out.
For each question, write 4 points for the answer MOST like you. Write 3 for the next answer most like you. Write 2 for the next answer most like you; and write 1 point for the answer LEAST like you.
Your Unique Personality
Knowing your uniqueness helps you
Knowing your uniqueness helps others
Choose the picture MOST like you and give it 10 points, then 7, then 4, then 1 point for least like you.
Choose the card text MOST like you and give it 10 points, then 7, then 4, then 1 point.
Add up your totals
(ex. Add all the numbers you wrote for all the “a” answers and write the sum by A; etc.)
Color Survey
Are you orange, gold, blue or green? stats
A-R Assignment
Rules and requirements for the A-R free reading assignment
Closure
What is one concept you learned from the color survey?
What is one rule you will have to remember from the AR assignment?
When is the A-R book due?
When are the first 5 points due?
How many points overall will you need to earn for an A?
8/15/08 - Friday: Business Letter Purposes, Parts, and Formats; Letter Assignment
Bellwork: Write any 2 concepts you remember from yesterday, Write 2 reasons you might write a business letter. Pair
Homework 8/15
Assignments from inside your course orientation
Business letter – next Friday 8/22
Signature form – next Friday 8/22
Who needs a course orientation?
With neighbors, guess what goes in each part of a business letter & write on your bellwork:
Overview of business letters
Why write them?
How are they unique?
When will you be writing them in your life?
Review
Name one of the formats of the business letter
Name one of the parts of the business letter
Whose address goes in the heading?
Is it single or double-spaced?
True or false – put a space in between each paragraph in the body of the letter.
True or false – be sure to state why you are writing the letter.
True or false – there is no need for the date on your letter.
True or false – you should not list the person’s job title.
True or false – you should not use casual language like LOL or OMG.
True or false – the recipient’s address should be included in the letter, just before the greeting.
Your Assignment
A business letter of introduction to me, your teacher
Directions found in course orientation
RUBRIC for the business letter
Audience/Purpose: Formal, clear, appropriate
Organization: uniformly formatted & typed, correctly spaced, organized information
Elaboration: Reasons for writing, support, elaborates central ideas
Language: formal, few errors
Closure
What is one concept you learned today?
8/14/08 - Thursday: Summer, Course Introduction, Names
Welcome Back to school!
Bellwork: Please write a high point from your summer, and then a low point. (for ex. A high point for me was going to Magic Mountain because… A low point for me was when my cat was run over. It happened like this…)
Homework 8/14
4 Assignments from inside your course orientation (to be explained later)
Business letter – next Friday
Signature form – next Friday
A-R book – 8/29
Email message - 8/29
Course Orientation
Course Orientation Review
What is the title of subheading #4?
What is the lowest passing grade you can get in the class?
What is rule c?
How often can you go to the restroom?
What items go in the heading?
Fill in the course orientation signature form, Share responses
Names…
You know it, you love it… The Name Game!
With an English class twist: Add descriptive adjectives or action verbs or even nouns to your name, and make it rhyming or alliterative (Examples: Scuba Steve, Lovely Lauren, Runner Ryan, Plain Jane, Nice Bryce)
