Agenda—Monday, January 8
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Tuesday, January 9
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, January 10
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, January 11
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, January 12
SNOW DAY
Agenda—Monday, January 22
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, January 24
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, January 26
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Monday, January 29
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, January 31
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, February 1
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Be in your seats when the bell rings with your composition book or a piece of paper.
- Write for 2 minutes: What do you think of the phrase “New Year, New Me”?
- Sentence Structure anchor charts
Agenda—Tuesday, January 9
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Be in your seats when the bell rings with your composition book or a piece of paper.
- Write for 2 minutes: What is narrative? When telling a story, what elements must be included?
- Sentence Structure anchor charts
Agenda—Wednesday, January 10
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Be in your seats when the bell rings with your composition book or a piece of paper.
- Finish presenting anchor charts
- Kernel Essay: Think about a specific encounter you’ve had with a dog and answer the following questions using ONLY one sentence.
- Where were you?
- What happened first?
- What happened next?
- What happened last?
- What did you learn from this experience?
- Discuss narrative writing. (What is narrative? When telling a story, what elements must be included?).
Agenda—Thursday, January 11
2nd and 4th periods
- Be in your seats when the bell rings with your composition book or a piece of paper.
- Write for 3 minutes: How do you feel about reading a novel? Why does a novel fit into the category of “narrative”?
- Kernel Essay: Think about a specific encounter you’ve had with a dog and answer the following questions using ONLY one sentence.
- Where were you?
- What happened first?
- What happened next?
- What happened last?
- What did you learn from this experience?
- Discuss narrative writing. (What is narrative? When telling a story, what elements must be included?).
- Book talks
Agenda—Friday, January 12
SNOW DAY
Agenda—Monday, January 22
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the paper off of my blue cart and get started.
- Mechanics Review quiz
- Write for 5 minutes: What is the last book you read? Did you finish it? Why or why not? How much reading have you done in your lifetime as a student? Why?
- Go over Choice Book assignment
- Book Pass
Agenda—Wednesday, January 24
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the paper off of my blue cart and get started.
- Write for 5 minutes: Recall a time when you asked for a specific object (a pink bicycle, a pair of Beats headphones), but the object you actually received was only a type of what you asked for (a hand-me-down blue bike, a pair of JBL in-ears). What kind of emotions did you feel? How was your life affected by that “substitute” object?
- Go over Kernel Essays project
- Write for 5 minutes.
- “The Jacket”
Agenda—Friday, January 26
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Take out MITS 5.1a from Wednesday.
- Write for 5 minutes: Think of movies that you have seen. What, specifically, makes those movies good?
- Narrative device: Plot
- Someone (Who is the main character?)
- The main character is Gary Soto.
- Wanted (What does the main character want?)
- He wants a new leather jacket.
- But (What is the conflict?)
- His mom got him an ugly jacket.
- So (What does the main character do to solve the conflict?)
- He wears it for three years.
- Then (How does the story resolve itself/end?)
- The jacket becomes “his brother.”
- Someone (Who is the main character?)
- Kernel Essay
Agenda—Monday, January 29
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the paper off of my blue cart and get started.
- Book Choice Novel check
- Write for 5 minutes: How does a writer find topics to write about?
- The “The +” technique
- Kernel Essay
- Read silently
Agenda—Wednesday, January 31
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the paper off of my blue cart and get started.
- Write for 5 minutes: What conflict arises? What is confusing at the beginning of the book? Does the confusion remain or does it clear up?
- Read silently
- Tell me about the main character(s).
- What is his/her goal?
- What action has taken place in the story so far?
Agenda—Thursday, February 1
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Read silently.
Agenda—Monday/Tuesday, November 27-28
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday/Thursday, November 29-30
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, December 1
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Monday, November 13
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, November 15
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, 17
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Take out on your desk MITS Unit 4 and Unit 4.1a
- Read Night
Agenda—Wednesday/Thursday, November 29-30
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab MITS Unit 4.2a,
- Read Night
Agenda—Friday, December 1
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab MITS Unit 4.2b
- Read Night
Agenda—Monday, November 13
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab MITS Unit 3.4a
- Quiz over commas.
- Timeline assignment in groups.
- Start reading Night, section 4
Agenda—Wednesday, November 15
2nd and 4th periods
- Grab your laptop. Log on to the computer. Wait for further instructions.
- Test on edulastic.
- MITS Unit 4: Semi-colons and Colons
- Continue reading Night
- Answer questions and identifications
Agenda—Friday, 17
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab a Night book from my cart. I will hand out packets after the bell rings.
- Finish reading pgs. 73-102; answer questions and identifications.
- Please work silently
Agenda—Monday, November 6
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, November 8
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Monday/Tuesday, October 30-31
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday/Thursday, November 1-2
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, November 3
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Monday/Tuesday, October 23-24
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday/Friday, October 25,27
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, October 26
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Monday, October 16
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Tuesday, October 17
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, October 19
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab a laptop and log in.
- There should be NOTHING on your desk but the laptop.
- Practice test on edulastic.
- MITS Unit 3.3a, b
Agenda—Thursday, November 8
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab MITS Unit 3.4a: Commas from my blue chair
- Read Night section 3
- Answer questions and identifications for section 3
Agenda—Monday/Tuesday, October 30-31
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab MITS Unit 3.2a, b: Commas from my blue chair
- Finish reading/questions for Night section 1
- Reading quiz/discuss section 1
- Begin reading Night section 2. Finish reading, identifying terms, and answering questions for homework.
Agenda—Wednesday/Thursday, November 1-2
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab a Night book from the cart.
- Read Night section 2
- Answer questions/identify words
- Discuss Night section 2
- Night reading quiz
- Read Night section 3
Agenda—Friday, November 3
2nd and 4th periods
- Finish reading, identifying terms, and answering questions for section 3.
Agenda—Monday/Tuesday, October 23-24
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Unit 3: Commas
- Quiz over run-ons
- After your quiz, use your phone to answer these questions:
- Who is Elie Wiesel?
- Where is he from?
- Why is he an important person in history?
- When did he die/how old was he when he died?
- Watch Oprah interview with Elie Wiesel
Agenda—Wednesday/Friday, October 25,27
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the WS “Unit 3.1a, b” out of my blue chair.
- Go over Night
- Begin reading Night, section 1
Agenda—Thursday, October 26
2nd and 4th periods
- Read Night silently
Agenda—Monday, October 16
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: “Avoiding Run-ons Unit 2.2 a, b”
- Review mood and how to identify it.
- What is “mood” in literature?
- How exactly does an author create mood in a piece of literature?
- How is it possible for a piece of literature to have more than one mood?
- “Searching for Summer” writing handout (individual work)
Agenda—Tuesday, October 17
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab “Avoiding Run-ons Unit 2.4a” out of my blue chair.
- Work silently.
Agenda—Thursday, October 19
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab “Avoiding Run-ons Unit 2.3a, b” out of my blue chair.
- Read embedding quotes handout
- Write “Searching for Summer” essay
- When finished, staple essay ON TOP OF brainstorming worksheet and short story packet.
- Turn in to appropriate drawer.
Agenda—Monday, October 9
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, October 11
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Avoiding Run-ons Unit 2” out of my chair and start reading over it.
- “Searching for Summer” short story packet.
Agenda—Thursday, October 11
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Avoiding Run-ons Unit 2.1a, b”
- Re-read “Searching for Summer”
Agenda—Monday, September 25
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Tuesday, September 26
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, September 27
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, September 28
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, September 29
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Bulldog Walk
Agenda—Tuesday, September 26
2nd and 4th periods
- Mrs. Phelps from library
Agenda—Wednesday, September 27
2nd and 4th periods
- Suffix worksheet
Agenda—Thursday, September 28
2nd and 4th periods
- Continue Suffix worksheet
Agenda—Friday, September 29
2nd and 4th periods
- Homecoming
Agenda—Monday, September 18
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, September 20
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Elements of a Complete Sentence 1.2a” out of my chair and start working on the top half.
- Notes on visualization.
- Read “The Pedestrian.”
Agenda—Wednesday, September 20
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Elements of a Complete Sentence 1.3a” out of my chair and start working on the top half.
- Re-read “The Pedestrian”
- Handout on “The Pedestrian”
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Elements of a Complete Sentence 1.4a” out of my chair and start working on the top half.
Agenda—Monday, September 11
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, September 13
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Thursday, September 14
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the “Elements of a Complete Sentence” WS out of my chair and start reading over it.
- MItS: Unit 1
- Read “Harrison Bergeron”
Agenda—Wednesday, September 13
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: What is “mood” in literature? How exactly does an author create mood in a piece of literature? How is it possible for a piece of literature to have more than one mood?
- MItS: Unit 1a
- Continue reading “Harrison Bergeron”
- Video on Mood
- Identify tone and mood for “Harrison Bergeron”
- Read “The Pedestrian"
Agenda—Thursday, September 14
2nd and 4th periods
- MItS: Unit 1b
Agenda—Tuesday, September 5
2nd and 4th periods
1. Do Now: Sit quietly with your group. Don’t move desks. Just sit in close proximity to the people in your group.
2. Present Parts of Speech Projects
Agenda—Thursday, September 7
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
1. Do Now: Sit quietly with your group. Don’t move desks. Just sit in close proximity to the people in your group.
2. Present Parts of Speech Projects
Agenda—Thursday, September 7
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now:—In what decade does WD Wetherell set his short story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”?
- How to write a claim:
- Tells what you are arguing: set in the 1960s
- Tells what you are arguing ABOUT: (context) WD Wetherell’s short story “TB, tR, SM”—TAG: Title, Author, Genre
- Write your claim: WD Wetherell’s short story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” is set in the 1960s.
- Ann Margret
- commentary
- “swirl of white dresses and bright paisley skirts”
- Jackie Kennedy
- transistor radio and aluminum canoe
- Ann Margret
- How to write a claim:
- Review how to analyze
- Parts of Speech group Work (packet)
Agenda—Monday, August 28
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, August 30
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, September 1
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Take out “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant” and gather in the same groups from Friday. Write down on the top of your short story a definition for “analyze”
- Finish reading and annotating “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”
- Eight Parts of Speech Project
Agenda—Wednesday, August 30
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Move desks to sit with your groups. Take out your assignment sheet and something to write with.
- Eight Parts of Speech Project
Agenda—Friday, September 1
2nd and 4th periods
- Eight Parts of Speech Project
Agenda—Tuesday, August 22/24
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, August 25
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Write EVERYTHING you remember about “Jane Schaffer” or “11-sentence paragraph” writing.
- In groups, re-read "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant" with a purpose.
- Discuss essay writing (notes)
- What is a claim?
- What is evidence?
- What is commentary?
- How exactly do these three things relate to each other in writing?
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab a “Parts of Speech Diagnostic Test” out of my blue chair and get to work.
- You will be going to the auxiliary gym to take pictures, but you are responsible for WORKING ALONE to complete the diagnostic test. Place these in the appropriate drawer as soon as you are done. We will grade them on Monday.
Agenda—Friday, August 25
2nd and 4th periods
- Grade “Parts of Speech Diagnostic Test”
Agenda—Monday, August 14
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Wednesday, August 16
2nd and 4th periods
Agenda—Friday, August 18
2nd and 4th periods
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now (in your composition book): Use whatever means necessary (cell phone is permissible) to identify the four main genres of literature. Make sure you know what genre means.
- Literary Genres (notes—in composition book)
- Elements of Fiction (notes—in composition book)
- Children’s book short story log
Agenda—Wednesday, August 16
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Grab the book your group worked with and gather in a group.
- Finish short story log
- Present
Agenda—Friday, August 18
2nd and 4th periods
- Do Now: Answer the following questions in your composition book--
- What does it mean to “read with a purpose”?
- List four “purposes”—or reasons—for reading.
- Read “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by JD Wetherell
Agenda—Wednesday, August 9
Agenda—Thursday, August 11
Agenda—Friday, August 12
- Do Now: Use the seating charts posted around the room to find your seat.
- *Before/when the bell rings: Grab the WS “All About _____” from my blue chair. You will have 5 minutes once the bell rings to work on the sheet. Please do not talk while working on it.
- Check seating Chart
- Go over syllabus*
Agenda—Thursday, August 11
- Do Now: There are post-it notes sitting on the first desk of each row. Please grab EIGHT post-it notes and have a seat.
- Post-it notes activity
- “Student A Reads” activity
Agenda—Friday, August 12
- As you come in: Turn in homework to correct tray.
- Do Now: Answer the following questions on a piece of paper (or your composition book if you already have it):
- Tell me THREE things you’re really good at. Why are you good at them?
- Tell me THREE things you cannot do. Why can’t you do them?
- Grit TEDTalk
- Grit handout
- Discuss
- “Student A Reads” activity