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HLA 3 (1st & 5th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of selected narrative texts from Julius Caesar using evidence to support responses.
LO: Students will read and write analytical responses using the questions at each station.

1. Pick up handout to guide you through today’s stations.
-You will spend about 8 minutes at each station.
-Use this time wisely. It is a helpful review.
-The handout can help you study at home, but you must turn it in tomorrow for 10 formative points.

2. Station groups are already selected for you 🙂

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ELL 4A (2nd & 4th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of The Odyssey by determining relationships between events.
LO: Students will read and write using guided annotations.

1. Pick up handout.

2. Write directions/task in your own words on the handout.

3. Work independently to record information in preparation for our quick write tomorrow.

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LA 3 (6th Hour):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of selected narrative texts from Julius Caesar using evidence to support responses.
LO: Students will read and write analytical responses using the questions at each station.

1. Pick up handout to guide you through today’s stations.
-You will spend about 8 minutes at each station.
-Use this time wisely. It is a helpful review.
-The handout can help you study at home, but you must turn it in tomorrow for 10 formative points.

2. Station groups are already selected for you 🙂

HLA 3 (1st & 5th periods):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of chapters 2 and 3 by examining the deeper meaning.
LO: Students will write and speak in a class discussion.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements:
-exam and study guide use
-vocabulary week 15 due Friday
-no vocabulary quiz this week 🙂

3. Grammar:
-Noun clauses and how to use them

4. Lord of the Flies
-Our goal is to make sense of chapters 2 and 3 while we examine the deeper meaning of the text.
-Reflect on your reading: make an inference, write a question, or record a quote you want to discuss.
-Share your thoughts.
-What questions will guide our discussion?
-What are the discussion norms?

5. HOMEWORK: Read chapters 4-5 and answer questions. Come to class tomorrow prepared to discuss.
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ELL 4A (2nd & 4th periods):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of chapter 3 from The Odyssey by examining guiding questions.
LO: Students will write and speak in order to lead a class discussion.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements:
-vocabulary week 15 due Friday
-no vocabulary quiz this week 🙂

3. Grammar:
-Prepositional phrases
A.Preposition + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
-at home
-in time
-from John
-with me
-by walking
-about what we need

B. Preposition + Modifer(s) + Noun, Pronoun, Gerund, or Clause
-at my house
-in the weedy, overgrown garden
-from her grandma
-without too much worrying
-under the warm blanket

4. The Odyssey
-Our goal is to make sense of chapter 3 while we examine the deeper meaning of the text.
-Reflect on your reading: make an inference, write a question, or record a quote you want to discuss.
-Share your thoughts.
-What questions will guide our discussion?
-What are the discussion norms?

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LA 3(6th period):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of point of view by examining a shift in point of view.
LO: Students will read and write using changing points of view.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements:
-exam and study guide use
-vocabulary week 15 due Friday
-no vocabulary quiz this week 🙂

3. Grammar:
-Noun clauses and how to use them

4. Homework check:
–Our goal is to make sense of point of view while we examine how it can affect the meaning of a text.
-Reflect on your reading: make an inference, write a question, or record a quote you want to discuss.
-Share your thoughts.
-What questions will guide our discussion?
-What are the discussion norms?

5. Point of View #2 sheet

6. HOMEWORK: Complete handout for tomorrow

HLA 3 (1st & 5th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of narrative text by examining the representation of childhood/adolescence.
LO: Students will read closely a scene from chapter 2 and write using a prompt.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements/Good news:
-projects
-abstracts
-exam and study guide use

3. Vocabulary
-Check week 14
-Week 15 due Friday
-No quiz this week 🙂

4. Review DYSTOPIA & UTOPIA
-especially 5th hour

5. Lord of the Flies
-Questions for entire novel handed out
-Chapter 2 close reading page 35
-AP question
-HOMEWORK: Read chapters 2-3 and answer questions. Come to class tomorrow prepared to discuss.
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LA 3 (6th Hour):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis and application of establishing a point of view using a model narrative text.
LO: Students will read and write using a model text in order to create a new point of view.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements/Good news:
-projects
-abstracts
-exam and study guide use

3. Vocabulary
-Check week 14
-Week 15 due Friday
-No quiz this week 🙂

4. Point of view
-Watch brief video
-Discuss definition of point of view
-Handout: POV lesson 1
-Work on first 3 questions together as a class
-Students complete questions 4-7 independently

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ELL 4A (2nd & 4th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of narrative text by examining The Odyssey.
LO: Students will read and write using a double-entry journal.

1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Announcements/Good news:

3. Vocabulary
-Check week 14
-Week 15 due Friday
-No quiz this week 🙂

4. The Odyssey
-Summary of chapter 1
-Double-entry journal for chapter 2
-Chapter 3 for homework

Hi there,

Videos and abstracts are due by 11:59 PM Monday. The video and script are group grades while the abstract is an individual grade.

Each person must either print and hand in OR share an abstract with me by the deadline time. Follow the directions on the abstract handout to guide you. Answering the questions will not take long at all. Take the abstract as an opportunity to reflect on your work, your group’s work, and how you think it went.

If you have a question please email me or ask me in person tomorrow.

Thanks,
Ms. Martin

HLA 3 (1st & 5th Hours)

1. Book talks

2. SAT practice sheet

3. Announcements:
-Revised essay due today
-Vocabulary week 14 due today
-Project emailed to me on Monday
-Abstract due on Monday
-Julius Caesar exam on Thursday

4. Dystopia V. Utopia
-Predictions

Next week:
Lord of the Flies guiding questions
-Read chapters 2-3 by Tuesday & respond to questions.
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LA 3 (6th Hour)
1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Book talks

3. SAT practice sheet

4. Announcements:
-Revised essay due today
-Vocabulary week 14 due today
-Project emailed to me on Monday
-Abstract due on Monday
-Julius Caesar exam on Thursday

5. Article of the Week
-Annotation analysis
-Written response
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ELL 4A
1. SSR + record number of pages

2. Book talks

3. Announcements:
-Revised essay due today
-Vocabulary week 14 due today
-Read The Odyssey chapters 2-3 for Monday

4. Essay sharing
-Listen to StoryCorps audio https://storycorps.org/
-Consider importance of story sharing
-Share personal narratives

HLA 3 (1st & 5th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of narrative text by examining context and conflict.
LO: Students will read and speak to share analysis using sentence stems.

1. SSR + record number of pages & date

2. GRAMMAR: Revisiting adjective & adverb clauses
-SAT mini sheet for homework (34-37)

3. Quick writes returned
-Share out ideas
-Concept of age–are children innocent?

4. Literature Circles:
-Groups assigned
-1st round discussion=
A. What is the setting?
B. What has led to this moment? Why are they there?
C. What is the initial conflict?
-Share out
-2nd round discussion=
D. Close read of pages 22-23 (“Let’s have a vote…The rest began to talk eagerly.”)
E. What are some ways the boys try to bring the rules from civilized society to the new island?
-Share out (5th hour responded to their initial quick writes on society’s influence on the individual)

5. Dystopia V. Utopia articles (only 1st hour received)
-Read article handed to you silently.
-Find your partner (A finds B or B finds A) when the timer beeps.
-Share ideas from your article. Take turns.
-Respond to each other: I agree with the statement_____because______.
I disagree with the statement____because_____.
Although the article says____, I still feel ____.

6. Exit ticket!
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LA 3 (6th Hour):
CO: Students will demonstrate application of writing to support claims with valid reasoning by producing improved essays.
LO: Students will read and write a revised essay using models to support them.

1. SSR + record number of pages & date

2. GRAMMAR: Revisiting adjective & adverb clauses
-SAT mini sheet for homework (34-37)

3. Revising student paragraphs: How to…

4. Revising more effective speech essays:
-Use the rubric to guide your revisions
-Meet with the teacher
-Read your essay to a classmate
-Develop reasoning for evidence as it supports your claim
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ELL 4A (2nd & 4th Hours):
CO: Students will demonstrate understanding of narrative text by expressing events in a summary.
LO: Students will read and write using question stems and partners.

1. SSR + record number of pages & date

2. GRAMMAR: Revisit IN, AT, & ON preposition use.
-Pop QUIZ

3. The Odyssey
A. On a piece of loose leaf, write your prediction for this epic poem. What is this poem going to be about?
B. Literature Circles assigned
C. Read your selected page and record 3-4 sentence summary. Be prepared to share your information with the class.
Group 1: Page 1
Group 2: Page 2
Group 3: Page 3
Group 4: Page 4
Group 5: Page 7
Group 6: Page 8
D. Whole class:
-Examine image on page 5. Talk to text on a separate piece of paper.
E. Choose one question from page 277 (1-7) to respond to on the same piece of paper.

Attention ALL STUDENTS!

Please make sure to sign up for Khan Academy by Wednesday, December 16, 2015.
You will have different practice tests and videos assigned next week. Please be prepared by the 16th. Signing up by this date is worth 5 formative points for CM 2.

1st Hour code = 8BUMQW

2nd Hour code = UADQZA

4th Hour code = ZX9P5M

5th Hour code = 4N2GZA

6th Hour code = 34MX89

Thanks again for being so diligent!

HLA (1st and 5th Hours):

CO: Students will demonstrate application of digital media use in presentations by constructing a political commercial.
LO: Students will read, write, and speak persuasively using the rhetorical appeals.

1. SSR + record number of pages on NEW graph paper.
-You must include the DATE on the bottom and the NUMBER of pages on the left.

2. Reminders:
-Revised argumentative essay is due on Friday.
-Vocabulary for week 14 (5 words) is due on Friday. We will review words next Wednesday.
-Videos and abstracts are due Monday.
-Read ch.1 of Lord of the Flies for tomorrow’s discussion.

3. Work on projects or writing your abstract

4. Confer with your teacher

LA (6th Hour):

CO: Students will demonstrate application of writing to support claims with valid reasoning by producing improved essays.
LO: Students will read and write a revised essay using models to support them.

1. SSR + record number of pages on NEW graph paper.
-You must include the DATE on the bottom and the NUMBER of pages on the left.

2. Reminders:
-Revised argumentative essay is due on Friday.
-Vocabulary for week 14 (5 words) is due on Friday. We will review words next Wednesday.
-Videos and abstracts are due Monday.

3. Work on your group projects.
-Confer with your teacher
-Look at feedback on your scripts
-Use editing software on laptops
-Schedule when and where to film

ELL 4A (2nd and 4th Hours):

CO: Students will demonstrate analysis of informational text by citing evidence and drawing inferences from the text.
LO: Students will read and write to show interpretation of informational article using a flow map.

1. SSR + record number of pages on NEW graph paper.
-You must include the DATE on the bottom and the NUMBER of pages on the left.

2. Reminders:
-Revised personal narrative essay is due on Friday.
-Vocabulary for week 14 (5 words) is due on Friday. We will review words next Wednesday.

3. Expert Folders:
-Students will turn in 4-square responses on the informational article, “The Trojan War.”
-Students will create a flow map of the Trojan War using “The Narrative of the Trojan War” section of the article.

Attention all HLA 3 and LA 3 students:
You should have now received feedback/comments on your scripts. Sorry it took me longer than I thought to respond to you (card marking stress). If you do not see any comments, please send me an email or see me in person tomorrow.

We will have class time this week to work on filming and editing using Windows Movie Maker.