November, periods 3, 5, and 6

Week of November 26, 2012

Homework:

1. novel return - Tuesday
2. 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, 2012
Objective: 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