Lit Circle #4 Theme & Affirmations

Objectives:

-Verbally share claims and support regarding themes in my lit circle book.  -Apply my understanding of my reading to various selected themes making connections between events in my books and themes.

Agenda:
Affirmations

Lit Circle #4 Theme Worksheet

Begin Vlog group project (time permitting)

HW:

Finish reading lit circle novel, timed writing is on Monday 6/5

Group Vlog project due this Tuesday 6/6 BY THE END OF THE BLOCK THAT DAY

Lit Circle #3

Objectives:

Compare and draw conclusions about Level 2 or Level 3 discussion question for lit circle novel and discuss with group

-Determine a theme or central idea of a text and cite evidence to show how the theme is evident in the text.

Agenda:

Lit Circle #3

Tic-Tac-Toe Lit Blog Post
Affirmations

HW:

Theme Worksheet due Tuesday 5/30

Finish “Haiti and the Limits of Generosity”

Objectives:

-Identify purpose and claim in  Peter Singer’s “Haiti and the Limits of Generosity”

- Identify rhetorical appeals in order to complete a SPAM square

Agenda:

Puzzle pieces “Haiti and the Limits of Generosity” to review the article

Complete SPAM Square

Watch video clips on where Haiti is now and answer prompt via Google Classroom
Affirmations

HW:
Read for tomorrow's Literature Circle meeting #3
Conflict Worksheet

“Haiti and the Limits of Generosity”-Charting the text

Objectives:

-Identify rhetorical verbs and apply knowledge to Peter Singer’s “Haiti and the Limits of Generosity”

Agenda:

-Introduce Charting verbs

-Read article again and annotate for what the text is “doing”

-FREEWRITING Journal #3

HW:

Lit circle Conflict Worksheet

Lit Circle #2 Conflict

Objectives:

Compare and draw conclusions about Level 2 or Level 3 discussion question for lit circle novel and discuss with group

Agenda:

Lit Circle #2

Tic-Tac-Toe Lit Blog Post

HW:

Conflict Worksheet due Friday 5/26

Rhetoric with "Haiti & The Limits of Generosity" Continued

Objectives:

-Review types of evidence

-Identify types of evidence in a text

Agenda:

Introduce types of evidence and apply to "Haiti & The Limits of Generosity" article

FREEWRITING Journal entry #2
Silent Reading Lit Circle novels

HW:

Read lit circle novel and complete the Setting worksheet

Literature Circle #1

Objectives:

Compare and draw conclusions about Level 2 or Level 3 discussion question for lit circle novel and discuss with group

Agenda:

Lit Circle #1-Setting

Tic-Tac-Toe Lit Blog Post

HW:

Read Lit Circle novel and complete the Setting worksheet due Tuesday 5/23/2017

Freewriting Journal & "Haiti and The Limits of Generosity"

Objectives:

Identify Rhetorical devices in an article

Introduce SPAM square with a focus on speaker and audience

Agenda:

-FREEWRITING Journal, complete the journal on Google classroom

-Read article

“Haiti and the Limits of Generosity”

and annotate for what the text says

- SPAM Square fill in: the speaker and the audience only

HW:  Read lit circle book and work on Discussion Questions worksheet due Friday for lit circle #1

Introduction to Haiti/Rhetoric Unit

Objectives:

Introduction to Rhetoric:

Identify characteristics of rhetoric / rhetorical analysis

Introduce SPAM square with a focus on speaker and audience

Agenda:

Haiti PreActivityPieChart

Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts on Google Classroom

60-minutes film clip on the Haiti Earthquake
Haiti crossword puzzle in packet

HW:
Read lit circle novel and work on Discussion Questions

worksheet due Friday for lit circle #1

“O Brother, Where Art Thou” continued

Objectives:
-Recognize and relate plot points from the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou” to The Odyssey by distinguishing similarities between the film and text

Agenda:

-“O Brother, Where Art Thou” watch and fill out movie worksheet-

HW:

Discussion Questions for lit circle on Friday 5/19

Lit Circle set-up & “O Brother, Where Art Thou”

Objectives:

-Checkout lit circle books from the library and have groups meet to divide page numbers for meetings.

-Lit circle group set up/divide page numbers and set up reading schedule
-Recognize and relate plot points from the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou” to The Odyssey by distinguishing similarities between the film and text

Agenda:

-“O Brother, Where Art Thou” watch and fill out movie worksheet-

-Lit circle group set up/divide page numbers and set up reading schedule

HW:

Discussion Questions for lit circle on Friday 5/19

Socratic Seminar & "O Brother, Where Art Thou"

Objectives:

-Apply concepts and skills learned during the study of The Odyssey to a final, summative assessment.

-Recognize and relate plot points from the film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou” to The Odyssey by distinguishing similarities between the film and text

Agenda:

-Socratic Seminar discussion

-“O Brother, Where Art Thou” watch and fill out movie worksheet-

Homework:

None, enjoy your weekend!

Final Draft of Narrative Essay Due today

Objectives:

-Assess my knowledge of The Odyssey through a pre-test via Quizizz

Agenda:

-Turn in the Final Draft of Narrative Essay along with:

The Salmon colored rubric

Peer edit worksheet

Narrative essay organizer worksheet packet
Socratic Seminar entry ticket due Friday

-Question practice:  The Odyssey

-The Odyssey pre-test on Quizizz

HW:

Odyssey Test Study Guide due tomorrow

Peer edit Narrative Essay

Objectives:

- Critique peers’ narrative writing samples by utilizing the narrative rubric.

Agenda:

-Peer Editing a classmate's Narrative Essay Peer Edit Worksheet

-After peer editing, revise the your Narrative Essay
-Print out the final version of your Narrative Essay, to be turned in tomorrow

HW:

-Work on narrative, fixing all edits from peer edit to finalize

-Print out the final version of your Narrative Essay, to be turned in tomorrow

-Odyssey Test Study Guide: due Thursday

Honors extra novel exam & CP prep for The Odyssey Final Exam

Objectives:

Assess my knowledge of the extra novel by completing a two question exam

Prepare for The Odyssey Final exam by completing the Odyssey Test Study Guide

Agenda:

Honors Book Test

CP: work on The Odyssey Test Study Guide

Homework:

All: Odyssey Test Study Guide due Thursday 5/11

Important dates this week:

Today:  Honors extra novel test

tomorrow 5/9:  Peer edit Narrative Essays

Wednesday 5/10:  Narrative Essays due

Thursday 5/11:  The Odyssey final exam, Odyssey Test Study Guide due

Friday 5/12:  The Odyssey Socratic Seminar (This counts as a quiz grade)

"Odysseus & Penelope"

Objectives:

-Self-edit Narratives for Mood, Dialogue, & Imagery

-Annotate and read The Odyssey"

Agenda:

Edit narratives for a clear mood

Edit narratives with focus on imagery

Edit narratives with focus on dialogue

“Odysseus and Penelope”

Turn in week 3 Odyssey packet

Homework:

Honors: Write notes on Honors final test study guide, exam is monday, May 8th

"The Test of the Great Bow" & "Death at the Palace"

Objectives:

-Interpret Homer’s purpose of several selections from the Odyssey by citing textual evidence

Agenda:

Edit narratives with focus on imagery

Edit narratives with focus on dialogue

Edit narratives for a clear mood

Read “The Test of the Great Bow” & “Death at the Palace”

HW:  

None

The Beggar and The Faithful Dog

Objectives:

-Demonstrate understanding of the hero’s journey and the elements of a narrative by composing a narrative about own journey with a focus on dialogue

-Cite diction and detail used to create mood in a short passage.

Cite text evidence from a story to show irony by writing two evidence sentences.

-Recall vocabulary word parts and assess my knowledge of these terms through an assessment.

Agenda:

Bellwork Vocab Final Quiz on all words via Student Portal
Turn in Vocabulary packets

“The Beggar and the Faithful Dog”

HW:  
None

The Odyssey Part II: The Meeting Of Father & Son

Objectives:

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

-Predict what will happen when  Odysseus and Telemachus meet by writing from their POV.

Cite evidence of mood, imagery & POV and draw conclusions about their effect & purpose.

Agenda:
Part Two: Coming Home

“The Meeting of Father and Son”

Bellwork Vocab: impostor

Bellwork Vocab: indication

Study Vocab Odyssey Vocab Review on Quizzizz

Edit narratives with focus on dialogue

HW:

Honors: Write final response due Tuesday 5/9

Cattle of the Sun God

Objectives:

-Define a new vocabulary word, and develop an example, non-example, draw a picture and develop a showing sentence using the vocabulary word.

Agenda:

Read “The Cattle of the Sun God”

Cattle of the Sun God activity

Bellwork Vocab: contemptible

Bellwork Vocab: restitution

Bellwork Vocab: pliant

HW:

ALL: Finish Narrative Essay for homework

-Honors Dialectical journal entries #4-5 due tomorrow 5/2