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 

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