Monday, October 26, 2009

1) 2600 Unit 6 Verbs, lessons 39, 40, 41

2) Grammar POST test, YOUR PAPER

HW: process paper rewrite due tomorrow (see above & criteria sheet) FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!

Bring outside reading book on Monday, November 2nd

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

1) collect process paper (follow the directions)

2) vocab 5 / intro words

3) prefix / root / suffix review strategy (units 1-5)

4) grammar practice pgs. 50-52

HW: vocab 5 ex. 1 & II, review prefix, root, suffix 1-5

Grades are posted. Check for accuracy and let me know (in writing) by Weds., 10/28 if you feel there's a discrepancy. I'm also available today during lunch / after school.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

grade discrepancy? put printed Smartweb report with question / explanation in the BASKET, please

1) vocab 5 ex. I & II review

2) prepare for Oedipus Socratic / ind. or partner

3) Socratic

HW: review 1-5 roots/prefixes/suffixes study guide

Thursday, October 29, 2009

1) review T words

2) 7-sentence diamond w/ partner, open notes, turn in

3) "On a Rainy River" read aloud, annotate

HW: NONE! ;-) bring outside reading book on Mon., 11/2

Monday, November 2, 2009

*** outside reading book on your desk   ***

1) T-words

2) finish "On a Rainy River" -- read aloud

3) LIDDS strategy, tone words (handout); group activity

HW: review for vocab 5 quiz on Weds. (PLUS 1-5 prefixes, roots, suffixes); bring outside reading book tomorrow!!!!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

1) SSR 20 minutes : read & apply during-reading strategy (5 DJ's, sticky note, or annotate 50 pages, due Mon.)

2) marker boards / partner: review 1-5 prefixes, roots, suffixes (PRS's), use 3-column notes from last week

3) "On a Rainy River" LIDDS strategy

HW: review for tomorrow's vocab 5 quiz / 1-5 PRS's; outside reading pages 1-50, 5 DJ's or sticky note (or annotate book, if it's yours) due Monday

*** bring outside reading book every day ***

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

1) vocab 5 quiz + 1-5 roots

2) SSR outside reading book, exhibit your during-reading strategy DURING CLASS time

3) one-chunk paragraph "On the Rainy River"

HW: review T-words; first 50 pages due Monday w/ strategy (see above)

Thursday, November 5, 2009

1) SSR / take notes: EOL, PLOT pages 32-33

2) T-words, quiz Monday

3) pronouns: nominative / objective

4) finish one-chunk paragraph

HW: finish outside reading assignment (due Mon.); study T-words

Friday, November 6, 2009

1) T words, quiz Monday

2) PRONOUNS, packet: nominative, objective

3) FCAT  Writes / expository

Ask me about the bonus opportunity ;-)

HW: outside reading, first 50 pages, strategy due Monday (DJs, stickies or annotating)

Monday, November 9, 2009

1) Read

• Outside reading / I'll check your strategy
• EOL ~ Setting, pages 50-51: read, take notes

2) review T words, take test

HW: next 50 pages & strategy due Mon., 11/16

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

1) introduce vocab 6, ex. 1 and II

2) pronouns

3) Read "The Guest" BROWN LOL pgs. 1244: making inferences / theme

HW: write introductory paragraph for changes in classroom prompt / CATCHY!! with thesis (we're going to share them tomorrow!)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

1) turn in intro paragraph / basket

2) SSR: finish "The Guest" / reading check

3) share the intro paragraphs / doc cam

HW: TYPE 2nd body paragraph "not only, but also" -- use a creative strategy! let your voice SING! MI 2 * * 9 -- share tomorrow!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

1) MI 2 * * 9's in the basket

2) Groups: create a visual (use your bag-o-tricks) "How to write a 6"

3) share / analyze "singing" MI 2's

HW: Write a letter to a 9th grader that explains how he / she can write a "superior" expository timed writing.

Friday, November 13, 2009

1) share letters, groups / turn in

2) present visuals

3) school-wide timed writing / expository -- blue or black PEN

HW: pages 51-100 & strategy due Monday

Bonus points for a box of tissues!

Monday, November 16, 2009

1) check reading strategy for pages 51-100

2) INDEPENDENTLY

• concept map / vocab 6 / quiz Thursday

3) making inferences: "The Guest" groups

HW: outside reading, read 101-150 & strategy due Mon., 11/23

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

1) "The Guest" Socratic

2) review vocab 6 exercises

3) pronouns

HW: pronoun packet page 140, A & B

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

1) review pronoun HW

2) 7-sentence diamond, 5 vocab words, cohesive / partner

3) GROUPS: short story two-column notes

• "The Guest"

HW: finish 7-sentence diamond, study for vocab 6 quiz (remember that all vocab quizzes are cumulative)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

1) vocab 6 quiz

2) return expository essays, start syntax-analysis chart

3) SSR "What Men Live By"

• complete two-column notes AS YOU READ

HW: essay: finish chart, draw conclusions, due tomorrow

Friday, November 20, 2009

1) put green charts INSIDE essay folder; turn in to basket

2) finish reading "What Men Live By"

• two-column notes as you read
• reading check

4) review literary terms / groups (see links page)

HW: finish outside reading (see 11/16)

Monday, November 23, 2009

1) SSR: outside reading book pgs. 151-200

2) I'll come around and check your strategy for pages 101-150

3) who / whom: pronoun packet

4) pronoun PowerPoint notes (see handouts page)

HW: review notes, pronoun test tomorrow

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

1) review pronouns: 2600 grammar book / partner

2) pronoun test

3) when you're finished with your test:

• SSR: outside reading book pgs. 151-200

HW: FINISH reading outside reading pages 151-200, show strategy on Tues., 12/1 (DJ, sticky notes, or annotate)

Monday, November 30, 2009

1) brown LOL, read silently 1344-1347 / magic realism

2) listen to "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"

3) group activity: answer questions, each student, I'll grade one / turn in

HW: bring outside reading tomorrow, check 151-200 strategy

Short Story TEST on Friday, Dec. 4th (stories & terms)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

*** pronoun quiz make up Weds. during lunch A or B or after school ***

1) check outside reading tomorrow

2) introduce vocab 7

3) PARTNERS: cause / effect story map

• headers, footers, dialogue, 6 boxes

HW: Vocab ex. I, II, III & pgs. 69-71; vocab 1-7 test on Mon. (double weighted)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

*** pronoun quiz make up Weds. during lunch A or B or after school ***

1) review vocab HW / groups

2) discuss Friday's short story test

3) read "Don Quixote" 828-842 (outside reading on your desk)

4) write modern day chapter "9" of Donny Coyote

HW: finish chapter 9 (due Fri.); review short story terms

Thursday, December 3, 2009

1) analyze student model(s) / expository essay

2) short story test review / groups

HW: review short story terms; Donny Coyote chapter 9 short story due tomorrow

Friday, December 4, 2009

1) turn in Donny Coyote chapter to the basket

2) short story test: cold read, break, terms, quotes

• you may write on the test, annotate the reading, and use POE strategies
• you MUST TRANSFER  your answers to the answer sheet

3) pass out Julius Caesar

HW: Reminder: vocab 1-7 double-weighted test on Monday; have outside reading book finished by Friday, December 18th (test day); bring book and strategies

Monday, December 7, 2009

1) vocab 1-7 TEST

2) introduce Julius Caesar / blank verse / journal entry #1 free write

3) share Donny Coyote / pair, square, share

HW: read "Life of Caesar" (back of Caesar text pgs. 200-207); reading check tomorrow

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

1) BELLWORK: respond to prompt

2) "Life of Caesar" reading check / journal entry #2

3) persuasive prompt / class discussion

HW: read JC Act I, scene 1; journal #3 two-column plot list; bring in parent-signed Smartweb report tomorrow for bonus points

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

turn in "bonus" progress report to the basket

1) "Life of Caesar" quiz, your paper, number 1-10

2) introduce vocab 8; complete ex. I

3) Caesar Act I, scenes 1 CD

fluency / student-model plot list / quotes

HW: keep up with journal entries & quotes; Smartweb print out due tomorrow

Thursday, December 10, 2009

1) TURN IN signed Smartweb progress report / basket (after tomorrow it's LATE)

2) Caesar, Act I, scene 2 -- journal entry #4 / two-column plot list

3) analyze persuasive essay / doc cam

HW: Read Act I, scene 3 (reading check tomorrow); quote list

Friday, December 11, 2009

1) TURN IN signed progress report / BASKET

2) Caesar Act I, scene 3 reading check (journal #5)

3) finish persuasive essay analysis

4) FCAT persuasive timed writing

HW: finish your outside reading book; test Friday, Dec. 18

Monday, December 14

1) Vocab 8 Ex. II

2) Julius Caesar, Act II / journal entry #6

HW: vocab 8 quiz Weds.; complete Caesar quotes; finish outside reading (test Friday)

BRING POPCORN TO SHARE

Tuesday, December 15

1) Julius Caesar Act III / journal entry #7

2) persuasive appeals Elements of Literature pages 468-469

HW: study for vocab quiz; complete Caesar quotes; finish outside reading (test Friday)

BRING POPCORN TO SHARE

Wednesday, December 16

1) vocab 8 quiz

2) Julius Caesar Act III / journal entry #8

3) analyze funeral speeches / rhetorical strategies

HW: complete Caesar quotes; finish outside reading (test Friday); read Act IV

BRING POPCORN TO SHARE

Thursday, December 17

FAIR testing in the portables

HW: read Act V; bring outside reading book & strategy tomorrow

BRING POPCORN TO SHARE

Friday, December 18

1) Outside Reading test (one period ONLY)

2) Caesar movie / journal entry #9

(work for week Dec. 14-18 posted on Dec. 13)