Period 3, 5, and 6, February 2013

Week of February 25, 2013
Homework:
1. Lit Circle Novel Final - Tuesday
2. Proficiency Essay - Block Day
3. Finish online (moodle) novel forum - one comment with quotes, respond to two others.


Wednesday/Thursday, February 27/28, 2013
Students will analyze literature for Theme and Tone.
Agenda
1. Proficiency Essay
2. Annotate article and chart on page  5 and 6 of packet.
 
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of plot elements.
Agenda
1. Novel Final
2. Finish Moodle discussion

  Monday, February 25, 2013
Objective: students will understand and fix benchmark mistakes
Agenda
1. Go over last week's benchmark - fix mistakes
2. Work on Moodle forum
  
Week of February 19, 2013
Homework:
1. Bring Lit Circle novel everyday
2. Read assigned novel pages and finish all lit circle assignments in the packet (pages 11 - 22, except 15, 17, 18.)
3. Benchmark on block day.
4. Bring back course selection sheet on block day.

Friday, February 22, 2013
Objective: Students will use academic language to discuss literary elements.
Agenda
1. SSR/finish benchmark
2. Literature Forum discussion on Moodle
    
Wednesday/Thursday, February 20/21,  2013
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of semester criteria.
Agenda
1. visit to career center for junior course selection
2. finish benchmark review
3. benchmark
  
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Objective: Students will review for  Benchmark test.
Agenda:
1. Review carousel in partners.
Benchmark review  
Literature to review

4. Annotate and SOAPStone "The Hospital" in packet, 
page 23 and 24. Answer Questions.
Sample SOAPStone
Week of February 11, 2013
Homework:
1. Bring Lit Circle novel everyday
2. Read assigned novel pages and finish lit circle assignment.
Period 3 lit groups
Period 5 lit groups 
Period 6 lit groups 
4. Annotate and SOAPStone "The Hospital" in packet, 
page 23 and 24. Answer Questions.
Sample SOAPStone

Wednesday/Thursday, February 13/14, 2013
Objective: Students will analyze historical fiction for tone and theme.
Agenda:
1. SSR
2. Finish annotation and finish answering questions for "The Hospital" page 23/24 in packet
3. SOAPStone with partner - on same doc as last week

Your Names

“The Hospital” an excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

Tone (with quotes)

Purpose (with quotes)

He expresses his feeling of disgust when he discusses “the blood  [that comes] gargling from [his] froth- corrupt lungs”  (Owen 28).

4. Finish lit circle worksheet
   
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Objective: Students will annotate historical fiction for tone and theme.
Agenda:
1. ssr
2. excerpt "The Hospital" pages 23 - 24 in packet. Annotate and answer questions.
3. Lit circle assignments
   
Monday, February 11, 2013
Objective: Students will go to the presentation about scheduling.

Week of February 4, 2013
Homework:
1. Bring Lit Circle novel everyday
2. Read assigned novel pages and finish lit circle assignment.
Period 3 lit groups
Period 5 lit groups 
Period 6 lit groups 
3. Annotation vs. Skim notes, complete
4. Annotate and SOAPStone "Dulce et Decorum Est" in packet, page 25 and 26
Sample SOAPStone

Friday, February 8, 2013
Objective: Students will use academic language and analyze author's word choice and how it relates to theme.
1. Review citations
2. SOAPStone - intro paragraphs
   
Wednesday/Thursday, February 6/7, 2013
Objective: Students will effectively annotate literature to discover author's message and purpose
agenda
1. sort: annotation or skim?
2.  "Dulce et Decorum Est" with historical annotations Hear it Another Look
3. Annotate and SOAPStone (typed, google document)
4. Work on Literature Circle worksheet
   
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Objective:  Students will explore the meaning of "annotation" and "skim"
agenda
1. SSR
2. How to 'skim'
3. Sorting
4. Score yourself
   
Monday, February 4, 2013
Objective: Students will explore the meaning of "annotation" and "skim"
agenda
1. SSR
2. coy this week's homework
3. Annotation vs Skim
4. Grade your own annotation
   
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

Friday, February 1, 2013
Objective:
Students will analyze character traits from historical fiction
 agenda
1. SSR
2. "Play your card"
3. Buddy quiz - combine sentences 

Period 2, February 2013

Thursday, February 18, 2013
1. Finish multiple choice questions
2. Quiz
3. Annotate, Reading Strategies, - make your own multiple choice questions for the article "How to survive a Horror Movie"
   
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Continue Goalies Dive Right
Make your own multiple choice questions.
 
 Monday, February 25, 2013
Objective: Students will use active reading strategies to improve reading comprehension.
Agenda
Warm Up: SSR
1. Active Reading Strategies
2. Goalies Dive Right - annotation
3. Questions
   
Friday, February 22, 2013
1. SSR
2. Finish "________ is the thing with __________" poem
3. Parts of Speech
Word Confusion
Plurals
Root Words
Grammar Games
  
Thursday, February 21, 2013
1. Chart - "Hope is the Thing With Feathers"
2. Quiz
 
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
1. Finish love poem
2. "Hope is the Thing With Feathers" chart

Thursday, February 14, 2013
1. SSR
2. Finish Chart
3. Quiz
4. Ode to Love
  
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Objective: Students will analyze poetry for literary devices.
agenda:
1. Ode to Thanks 
2. Chart and answer questions
  
Monday, February 11, 2013
Objective: Students will use writing strategies to complete a close paragraph.
1. SSR
2. Paragraph completion

   
Friday, February 8, 2013
Objective: students will be able to complete an analytical paragraph
agenda
1. finish chart
2. fill in paragraph
3. quiz

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Objective: students will analyze narrative poetry
agenda
1. SSR
2. chart - "Oranges" by Gary Soto

Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Seniors take the CAHSEE, good luck!
Junior, Individual work on passive/active voice and intro paragraphs

Monday, February 4, 2013
Objective:
Students will prepare for CAHSEE
Agenda:
Final Cahsee review before test tomorrow!
Flash cards and essay review

Friday, February 1, 2013
Objective: Students will write correct intro paragraphs
1. Intro paragraph review
2. buddy paragraph
3. individual paragraph

Period 4, February 2013

Thursday, February 18, 2013
1. Finish multiple choice questions
2. Quiz
3. Annotate, Reading Strategies, - make your own multiple choice questions for the article "How to survive a Horror Movie"
   
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Continue Goalies Dive Right
Make your own multiple choice questions.

Monday, February 25, 2013
Objective: Students will use active reading strategies to improve reading comprehension.
Agenda 
Sophomores - 15 days until the CaHSEE!!!
1. Active Reading Strategies
2. Goalies Dive Right - annotation
3. Questions

Friday, February 22, 2013
Dramatic presentation: The Wiz
  
Thursday, February 21, 2013
1. Chart - "Hope is the Thing With Feathers"
2. Quiz
 
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
1. Finish love poem
2. "Hope is the Thing With Feathers" chart

Thursday, February 14, 2012
1. Finish chart
2. Quiz
3. Love Poem

Tuesday, February 12, 2012
Objective: Students will analyze poetry for literary devices.
agenda:
1. Ode to Thanks 
2. Chart and answer questions

Monday, February 11, 2013
Objective: Students will use writing strategies to complete a close paragraph.
1. Paragraph completion
2. Ode to Thanks

Friday, February 8, 2013
Objective: students will be able to complete an analytical paragraph
agenda
1. finish chart
2. fill in paragraph
3. quiz

Thursday, February 7, 2013
Objective: students will analyze narrative poetry
agenda
1. Finish practice test - moodle, writing strategies
2. chart - "Oranges" by Gary Soto


 Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Objective: Students will understand characteristics of a narrative poem
agenda:

1. Poem of the Week "Oranges"
2. Annotate and answer questions. 

 Monday, February 4, 2013
Objective:
Students will understand what makes a good thesis
1. Students will review how to write a thesis
2. Students will practice writing an intro paragraph


Friday, February 1, 2013
Objective:
Students will write understand how to write a thesis.
1. review intro paragraphs
2. how to write a thesis
3. intro paragraph practice

Period 3, 5, and 6 January

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