December 18th Late Start
December 21st-January 5th Winter Break
January 15th-17th Final Exams
Card Marking 3/Semester 1 ends on January 17th
Blogs
Week 16
Unit 2 Common Assessment
Line work- quote analysis
Summary of Act’s 1-5
Quiz Lit Terms Week 1 Redo on 12/12
Week 15
Bell Work #6
SSR+
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of multiple sources of information presented in diverse media by examining different versions of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
LO: Students will watch and record their answers about the plot and structure of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in diverse media using a graphic organizer.
Lit Terms:
Rhetorical question
Aside
foil
Soliloquy
foreshadowing
Metaphor
Allusion
Tragedy
Comic Relief
Monologue
Week 14
Monday Library Visit
Thanksgiving Break
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” – William Arthur Ward
Week 13
| Bell Work #1Reflect on this card marking SSR +Book Talk CO: Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of synthesis about the literary development of Ancient Rome by closely reading and analyzing distinct reliable sources in expert folder format. LO: Students will be able to write and orally explain literary development of Ancient Rome through color coded analysis in a circle map and written reflection using textual evidence guided by sentence stems. |
| Bell Work #2 You will need something RED to write with today (marker, colored pencil, pen doesn’t matter). Take out a sheet of paper. Draw a Circle Map and write The Roman Empire in the center in pencil. Write down in RED everything you already know about the Roman Empire. Guiding Question: What do I know about the Roman Empire? FoR: prior knowledge Essential Question: What compromises my integrity will I make in order to be accepted? |
| Bell Work #3 calculate new reading rates; set up reader’s notebooks for CM 3 (Calendar, reading rates, book log and graphing paper)- |
| Bell Work #4SSR+Book Talk Expert Folders |
End of CDM 2
——End of CDM 2 is on 11/15—–
Dialectical journals and book talks are due.
Next week- Library visit
AOW #3 Shakespeare
Pre-Test 2
Upcoming Unit- Roman Empire/Julius Caesar
Expert Folders
Break
Important Dates
November 5th Full Day PD (no school for students) -Project-Based Learning
November 7th Anti-bullying assembly 9:45 and 12:20 (details to follow)
November 27th-29th Thanksgiving Break
December 18th Late Start
December 21st-January 5th Winter Break
Brainstorm Ideas
SAT Bell Work
Introducing argumentative unit, went over all the components and answered questions. Students will brainstorm ideas for their paper, emphasized the importance of choosing ideas that they’re passionate about.
-Argument framework hand out due on Monday
-MLA Examples
-Pro/Con Website
-Follow up lesson on Google Classroom
-Rough draft due next Friday
-Collected bell work 1-40 this week
-Dialectical Journals 1-10 due this week
Create Product using E/P/L
Bell Work #31-35
SSR+
Book talk
Confer
Ethos/Pathos/Logo handouts PDF working in a group to figure out the appeal as a group. Persuasive introduction.
Create a product, add images, create three commercials that will persuade someone to buy the product.
–Pep Rally on Friday
3 Major Appeals
Introduction to the 3 major appeals BW
Pre-test Article–Why the Beatles are Still Simply the Best. Students highlighted evidence and filled out the parts of a claim.
The parts of an argument
- Claim
- Evidence
- Reasoning
- Counter argument
- Qualifier
-Literary Letter
-Went over Ethos, Pathos, Logos on a PowerPoint and students filled out the note-taker, students created a flip chart while another student modeled underneath the Elmo.
Half Day 4th, 5th and 6th hour Half
PD for Teachers
Worked on Dialectical Journals and SRI Scores