Week of January 28, 2012
Homework:
1. Bring Lit Circle novel everyday
2. Read assigned novel pages and finish lit circle assignment as decided by your group.
3. Finish pages 28 - 31 in your packet - due Friday for quiz
Period 3 lit groups
Period 5 lit groups
Period 6 lit groups
4. Finish Google Doc vocab Key terms chart
5. Finish character analysis with quotes
Wednesday/Thursday January 30/31, 2013
Objective:
Students will analyze character traits from historical fiction
agenda
1. SSR
2. The narrator is Getting Started...
google doc
3. Packet work
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Objective: Students will analyze historical fiction
agenda
1. SSR
2. Go over history/English research paper expectations
3. Work on literature packet, finish vocab from yesterday
Key terms chart
Monday, January 28, 2013
Objective: Students will collect key terms and new vocabulary from chapter one of their novels.
agenda
1. SSR (finish vocab)
2. Work in groups on vocab and character analysis
3. Key terms chart
Week of January 22, 2013
Homework:
1. Bring Lit Circle novel everyday
2. Read assigned novel pages and finish lit circle assignment as decided by your group.
3. Finish pages 28 - 31 in your packet - due Friday for quiz
Period 3 lit groups
Period 5 lit groups
Period 6 lit groups
Friday, January 25, 2013
Objective: Students will collect key terms and new vocabulary from chapter one of their novels.
Agenda
1. get into groups
2. decide on reading schedule
3. Work on vocab/read
4. Key terms chart
Wednesday/Thursday, January 23/24, 2013
Objective: As students read their novels, they should look for new words that are important to the history or culture of their novel.
Agenda
1. CaHSEE Pretest
2. SSR
3. Group work:
a. make a reading schedule
b. Do vocabulary activity
c. Assign worksheet to be done by next week
3. Finish all convention exercises at the end of your packet, quiz Friday
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Objective: students will evaluate historical literature for author's purpose
Agenda
1. pick up novels
2. read chapter 1
3. finish presentations
Homework:
1. Finish and Present research project
2. AoW - annotation and answer questions using quotes and citations.
3. signed book selection sheet
Friday, January 18, 2012
Objective: students will use presentation skills and technology to show their research.
Warm Up
On the front of your packet: Write two sentences. Both sentences should combine independent clauses. One sentence needs to have a colon, the other needs to have a semi-colon. Be prepared to share these.
Agenda
1. Turn in AoW
2. Turn in novel sign ups
3. Finish presentations
January 16 and 17, 2013
Objective: students will use presentation skills and technology to show their research.
Agenda
Warm Up:
On your packet, write a sentence that uses a colon. Be prepared to share this sentence.
1. Presentations -
rubric
take notes while your classmates present.
2. Semicolons
3. Work on AoW
January 15, 2013
Objective: students will be able to correctly create a 'works cited' page for their research project.
agenda:
1. Notes on Works Cited. Google questions as you work at home.
2. New packet - Colons -practice
3. Work on AoW questions and response
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RbTTU0CoDxFgWQV0eueaVw2ZRGb3hpBNizASVwRHcTE/edit
Period 2 - January 2012
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Objective: Students will evaluate effective theses and review writing strategies
warm up: SSR
1. Finish Thesis review
2. Intro matching activity
3. Writing strategies carousel
4. Intro paragraph practice
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Objective: students will be able to write a thesis sentence and intro paragraph
1. type essay
2. what is a thesis sentence
3. What should my intro paragraph look like?
Monday, January 28, 2013
Objective: Students will write introductory paragraphs
Agenda
1. Conventions practice
2. type essay
3. Intro paragraph
Friday, January 24, 2013
Objective: Students will write introductory paragraphs
Agenda
1. Conventions practice
2. type essay
3. Intro paragraph
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Agenda:
1. CaHSEE pretest
2. CaHSEE writing
3. Read or work on homework when finished
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Agenda:
1. Warm up - using context clues
2. finish poetry evaluation page-96
3. quiz
Friday, January 18, 2013
Poetry Friday!
1. skim to preview
2. annotate poem
3. answer multiple choice questions
January 17, 2013
1. Hunger Games - Chapter 17
2. Conventions Circle
3. Vocabulary Practice
January 15, 2013
Objective: students will be able to recognize complete sentences
Agenda
1. Warm up - Journal
Make a goal for this semester and list three specific things you can do to achieve this goal.
2. Worksheet - complete sentences
3. Hunger Games - chapter 17
Period 4 - January 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Objective: Students will evaluate effective theses and review writing strategies
warm up: SSR
1. Finish Thesis review
2. Intro matching activity
3. Writing strategies carousel
4. Intro paragraph practice
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Objective: students will be able to write a thesis sentence and intro paragraph
1. type essay
2. what is a thesis sentence
3. What should my intro paragraph look like?
Monday, January 28, 2013
Objective: Students will write introductory paragraphs
Agenda
1. Conventions practice
2. type essay
3. Intro paragraph
Friday, January 24, 2013
Objective: Students will write introductory paragraphs
Agenda
1. Conventions practice
2. type essay
3. Intro paragraph
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Agenda:
1. CaHSEE pretest
2. CaHSEE writing
3. Read or work on homework when finished
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Agenda:
1. Warm up - using context clues
2. finish poetry evaluation page-96
3. quiz
Friday, January 18, 2013
Poetry Friday!
1. skim to preview
2. annotate poem
3. answer multiple choice questions
January 17, 2013
Agenda:
1. Finish annotating/skimming
2. Vocab practice with annotation
3. Read/Study Hall/Tutor
January 14, 2013
Objective: Students will learn the difference between annotating and skimming a text.
Agenda
1. Warm up - date and journal
Make a goal for this semester and list three specific things you can do to achieve this goal.
2. notes - annotation vs skim
3. sort
4. close
December 2012, Period 3, 5, and 6
Week of December 17
Homework
1. Packet due today, finish modifier page
2. Work on "10 things" research.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, December 18 - 20, 2012Finals
Monday, December 17, 2012
Objective: students will use modifiers correctly
Agenda:
1. misplace modifiers
2. dangling modifiers
3. self test
4. worksheet in packet - dangling modifiers.
5. ticket out - draw the sentence or explain the error, then rewrite the sentence correctly.
Example: "The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt."
The dog isn't wearing a short skirt, the girl is.
Correction: "The girl in the short skirt walked the dog."6. work on research project
Week of December 10, Homework
1. Annotate, answer questions and SOAPStone for Beware Online Filter Bubbles - due Friday, quiz.
2. Worksheet - Passive Voice exercises (last page in packet) - Friday, quiz
4. Work on 10 Things project. Find examples to clarify your facts. Project due January 16 (periods 3 and 5), 17th (period 6).
Friday, December 14, 2012Students will be able to integrate quotes into their writing.
Agenda:
1. Quiz (moodle, Beware Online Filter Bubbles)
2. SOAPStone groups
3. Research
Wednesday/Thursday, December 12/13, 2012
Students will analyze a speech for purpose and tone.
Agenda:
Independently work on:
1. Active voice practice (last page in packet)
2. Annotate speech for main idea and supporting details
3. Answer questions at the end of the speech. Quote the article as part of your answers.
4. SOAPStone the speech on moodle: www. smusd.org/moodle
check your grade and comments from last week's SOAPStone to determine if you have to do this week's assignment. If you have an A, you don't have to do the assignment, but you may do the assignment for extra credit.
5. If your project partners are finished also, you may work with them on your 10 Things project. If they aren't done, do some research and note-taking on your own.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Objective: Students will be able to write in active voice.
Agenda
1. Active voice notes
2. Active voice self test
3. Active voice exercice - Practicing III, hand write on the back of the page or attach a separate piece of paper.
4. Work on annotation, questions, soapstone
Monday, December 10, 2012
Objective: Students will identify main idea and supporting details.
Agenda:
1. Write down homework
2. Beware online filter bubbles. Review vocab.
3. Annotate and answer questions, full sentences.
Week of December 3, Homework
1. Annotate, vocabulary and summary for American Cultural Imperialism: Gift or Threat? - due Friday, quiz.
2. Cultural Imperialism Vocab Square - due Tuesday
3. Worksheet - Revising Sentences to Create Parallel Structure - Friday, quiz
4. Finish Quote Integration Practice - Friday, quiz
Today is December 7, 2012, the day that according to President Roosevelt is the "the day that will live in infamy." Does anyone know why?
Friday, December 7, 2012
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of sentence structure and theme.
Agenda:
1. raffel
2. collect HW
3. SOAPStone grade, quiz (students who earned 90% or better on last week's SOAPStone will be excused from next week's SOAPStone assignment. I will accept revisions until next Block day.
www.smusd.org/moodle
4. set up Google Presentation
5. Research
Wednesday/Thursdsay, December 5/6, 2012
Objective: students will understand parallel structure. Students will understand how to write a research question. Students will understand what needs to go into a work cited page.
Agenda:
1. Parallel structure notes
2. Do the Self Test
3. Parallel structure worksheet in packet.
4. Works cited page review
5. Research questions notes
6. Choose your topic and team members and write 5 questions that go along with the types of questions reviewed in your notes.
Period 3
Period 5
Period 6
6. Begin research
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Objective: students will collaborate to understand the American Cultural Imperialism
Agenda:
Warm up
On a piece of paper, integrate this quote:
Author: Gaelle Sevenier
Article: American Cultural Imperialism
Quote: "You can read signs in English in every capital."
Page: 2
1. partner compare/contrast of vocab square
2. go over 10 things project
3. review annotation
Friday, December 7, 2012
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of sentence structure and theme.
Agenda:
1. raffel
2. collect HW
3. SOAPStone grade, quiz (students who earned 90% or better on last week's SOAPStone will be excused from next week's SOAPStone assignment. I will accept revisions until next Block day.
www.smusd.org/moodle
4. set up Google Presentation
5. Research
Wednesday/Thursdsay, December 5/6, 2012
Objective: students will understand parallel structure. Students will understand how to write a research question. Students will understand what needs to go into a work cited page.
Agenda:
1. Parallel structure notes
2. Do the Self Test
3. Parallel structure worksheet in packet.
4. Works cited page review
5. Research questions notes
6. Choose your topic and team members and write 5 questions that go along with the types of questions reviewed in your notes.
Period 3
Period 5
Period 6
6. Begin research
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Objective: students will collaborate to understand the American Cultural Imperialism
Agenda:
Warm up
On a piece of paper, integrate this quote:
Author: Gaelle Sevenier
Article: American Cultural Imperialism
Quote: "You can read signs in English in every capital."
Page: 2
1. partner compare/contrast of vocab square
2. go over 10 things project
3. review annotation
Monday, December 3, 2012
Objective: students will read and annotate text for meaning
Agenda:
1. Warm up, write down homework in packet
3. Read American Cultural Imperialism, annotate, find vocabulary, summarize
4. define American Cultral Imperialism - vocab square
December, Periods 2 and 4
December 2012
Period 2 and 4
Monday, December 17, 2012
1. vocab square "annotation" and "skim"
2. read chapter 13
Friday, December 14, 2012
1. Read chapter 12
2. Finish project presentations and notes.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
1. Read chapter 11
2. Project presentations!! What did you learn?
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
1. Read chapter 10, work on projectMonday, December 10, 2012
1. Read chapter 9, work on projectFriday, December 7, 2012
1. Read ch. 8
2. Work on project
Thursday, December 6, 2012
1. Finish vocab square presentations
2. Read chapter 7
3. Work on 10 things project
4. Read chapter 8
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
1. Vocab Square, chapter 7
2. Read chapter 7
Monday, December 3, 2012
Read Chapter 6, Hunger Games
Answer Questions
Work on 10 things project
November, periods 3, 5, and 6
Week of November 26, 2012
Homework:
1. novel return - Tuesday2. annotate "The Second Coming" and complete back page - due Friday
3. SOAPStone "The Second Coming", 400 words, typed, turned in on Moodle (www.smusd.org/moodle, amy hrin, article of the week, SOAPStone The Second Coming)
4. Notes finished on When to Use a Quotation - due block day
Friday, November 30, 2012
Objective: Students will reflect on literary themes and respond to them in writing
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. Found poem - edit and finish
3. Finish work left undone: Soapstone, notes, worksheets
Wednesday/Thursday, November 28/29, 2012
Objective: Students will use integrated quotes and parenthetical citations correctly.
Agenda:
1. Integrating quotes worksheets in packet
2. Ticket quiz
3. SOAPStone "The Second Coming." Integrate a quote and cite it correctly.
SOAPStone Sample
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Objective: Students will understand when to use quotations in their own writing
Agenda:
1. Return novels
2. Notes: When to use a Quotation
Monday, November 26, 2012
Objective: Students will analyze literature for tone.
Agenda:
1. copy homework
2. tone notes
3. "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats (when citing a poem, use quotes, do not underline)
Week of November 13, 2012
Homework:Bring all Things Fall Apart materials (book, packet, handouts).
You will have a quiz on chapters 20 - 25 on Tuesday. It will not be open book but you can bring a page of notes.
Packet due Friday.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Have a restful Thanksgiving and break!
Objective:
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. Work on packet/found poem rough draft
3. For a bonus ticket or points (depending on how long you play), when done go to vocabulary.com and improve your vocabulary. Sign up for an account or just play. Tired of that? Try freerice.com
Wednesday/Thursday, November 14/15, 2012
Objective: SWBAT analyze literature for meaning
Agenda:
1. SSR - get a new book
2. The Locusts
3. Found poem rough draft - On Google Docs, share with Mrs. Hrin
Important quotes
Sample Poems:
poem 1poem 2
4. Work on finishing packet.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Objective: SWBAT answer text-based questions.Agenda:
1. SSR - get a new book
2. TFA - quiz, chapters 20 -25, use notes
3. packet overview - what is due
4. review pages 174 - 177 and questions
Friday, November 9, 2012
Objective: SWBAT use text-based citations to prove a thesis.
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. Finish AoW 9 response on Moodle
3. Passwords
Week of November 5, 2012
Homework:
AoW #9, Annotation and Response (online) - due Friday
Finish Reading the novel - due Friday
Wednesday/Thursday, November 7/8, 2012Objective: SWBAT analyze text for ethos, pathos, and logos.
1. Agenda
Warm up - SSR/Check out computers
Be a Problem Solver: Video
2. Google accounts
Go to www. mrshrin.blogspot.com
3. Passwords
4. Ethos, Logos, Pathos for Prop 36
5. Continue working on AoW response (on moodle.)
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - Election Day!
Objective: SWBAT use text-based citations to prove a thesis.
Agenda:
Warm up: SSR
1. Review prop 36
2. Computer check out procedures.
3. Sign in to Moodle
www.smusd.org/moodle
UN: ID number
Password: YYYYMMDD
(your birth year, month and day)
For example: October 6, 1995 would be: 19951006
2. Begin AoW Response: Proposition 36, your choice (moodle)
3. Vote (moodle)
Monday November 5, 2012
Objective: SWBAT analyze text for ethos, pathos, and logos.
Agenda:
Warm up: SSR
1. AoW #9 - Proposition 36
2. Notes:
Prop 36
Yes=revise law, No = leave it the same
Arguments = logic, facts, numbers, statistics, logos (logic)
Persuasions = personal stories, strong language, emotion, sympathy (pathos)
Supporters = trust, education, motivation, ethics (ethos)
November 2, 2012
Objective: Students will work cooperatively to find 'tone' in literature.Agenda:
Warm up - Punctuation Practice, SSR/finish benchmark
1. What is tone?
What is the Tone (author’s attitude toward the subject)?
Try to choose a description of the tone (interested, bitter, humourous?) that fits the piece as a whole. Include specific words or phrases from the text and explain how they support the tone you have chosen. How does the subject affect the tone?
2. Answer questions 1 - 5. Write tone words next to your answer.
Things Fall Apart, page 174 - 177
November Period 2 and 4
Thursday, November 28, 2012
1. Learn Utopia/Dystopia
Utopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is perfect.
The word utopia is made up of the Greek words:
For the word dystopia, instead of eu, we use the Greek word dys:
So, dystopia is: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad.
2. Vocabulary Squares
3. Hunger Games - Chapter 4, vocab and questions
4. Continue to meet with Mrs. Hrin about project/work on project
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Meet with Mrs. Hrin to go over your 10 things project
Friday, November 16, 2012
Free Rice Link Click Here
Friday, November 9, 2012
Ageda:
1. Read Hunger Games
2. Passwords
3. work on glogster
Thursday, November 8, 2012
CaHSEE test is over! Congrats!
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. New Project
10 things about...
3. Sample: 10 things you didn't know about BROWNIES
4. Set up Glogster Account
5. Begin outline/research
November 2, 2012
1. Punctuation Practice
2. How to read a poem
"Early Spring" pg 25 of cahsee workbook
1. Learn Utopia/Dystopia
Utopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is perfect.
The word utopia is made up of the Greek words:
eu (good) + topos (place)
For the word dystopia, instead of eu, we use the Greek word dys:
dys (bad) + topos (place)
So, dystopia is: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad.
2. Vocabulary Squares
3. Hunger Games - Chapter 4, vocab and questions
4. Continue to meet with Mrs. Hrin about project/work on project
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Meet with Mrs. Hrin to go over your 10 things project
Friday, November 16, 2012
Free Rice Link Click Here
Friday, November 9, 2012
Ageda:
1. Read Hunger Games
2. Passwords
3. work on glogster
Thursday, November 8, 2012
CaHSEE test is over! Congrats!
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. New Project
10 things about...
3. Sample: 10 things you didn't know about BROWNIES
4. Set up Glogster Account
5. Begin outline/research
November 2, 2012
1. Punctuation Practice
2. How to read a poem
"Early Spring" pg 25 of cahsee workbook
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