B-Day+Class+Activities+and+Assignments

2.Character Assignment 3. Summer reading assignment revision 4. Discussion groups 5. Check password ||< 1. Disclosure Signature 2. Character Assignment 3. Summer reading assignment revision ||<  || 2. Test 3. Discuss Homework ||< List of facts from Dickens' life that correspond with details from //Great Expectations.// List facts on one side of the paper and corresponding details from the text on the other. Use these biographies, as well as others that you find useful. ||< 1. Revised summer response plus originals. 2. Character poster 3. Disclosure || //Mango Street// in the library. 2. Discuss reading assignment for //House on Mango Street.// 3. Discuss //Great Expectations// essay assignment. ||< //Great Expectations// essay //House on Mango// reading schedule and assignment ||<  || 2. Culture Discussion (see questions in the next column). 3. Culture clips to determine elements of culture (this cannot be made-up). ||< Answer the following questions on your own paper: 1. What is culture? 2. What elements create culture?
 * < DATE ||< CLASS ACTIVITIES ||< ASSIGNMENTS TO DO ||< ASSIGNMENTS TURNED IN ||
 * < Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 ||< 1. Disclosure
 * < Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 ||< 1. Character Poster
 * < Wed., Aug. 28, 2013 ||< 1. Check out //The House on//
 * < Fri., Aug. 29. 2013 ||< 1. Seating Chart

Essay due next time (Wed., Sept. 4) ||<  || 2013 ||< Acuity Testing ||< Read //House on Mango Street// and make connections. ||< //Great Expectations// Essay || Library Orientation ||< Read //House on Mango Street// and make connections. Due next time, Tuesday, Sept. 10. ||<  || 2. Discuss elements of culture: yours and Esperanza's. Fill out both sides of chart. Find at least two examples from the text of House on Mango Street to show Esperanza's culture. Write examples on chart. 3. Define simile and metaphor. Look at examples. Find examples in book. Record on scavenger hunt. 4. Take quiz. ||< ||< House on Mango Connections. || 2. Discuss Esperanza's culture in //House on Mango//. 3. Introduce narrative writing assignment. 4. Begin partner interviews. 5. Return books. ||< ||< 1. Simile and Metaphor Chart. 2. Culture Chart--Esperanza. || 2013 ||< 1. Discuss writing assessment prompt. 2. Gather information from partner interview. ||< If you were absent, please write about yourself. ||<  || 2. Check out book in library. 3. Watch Civil Rights Movement video and answer questions on worksheet. ||< Partner Interviews do next time. ||<  || 2. Discuss background for //Warriors Don't Cry.// ||< Read Chapters 1-4 in //Warriors Don't Cry// ||< 1. Interviews || 2. Discuss Ch. 1-4 of //Warriors Don't Cry// 3. Read "History of Brown vs. Board of Education" found at [|History Brown vs. Board of Education] 4. Identify important elements listed on worksheet. ||< Read Chapters 5-7 of //Warriors Don't Cry// ||<  || 2. Warriors Don't Cry Quiz 3. Neighborhood Map (see instructions in assignment section.) ||< ||<   || 2. Share neighborhood maps. 3. Talk-Write to brainstorm for additional ideas. Rough Draft narratives due Wednesday, Oct. 9. 4. Discuss //Warriors Don't Cry// reading. ||<  ||<   || 2. Read Eisenhower's speech. Write the gist (short summary) of each page on the back of assignment sheet. Identify the tone (emotion or feel) of the speech. List a few words on the back of the assignment that conveys tone. As you read, highlight text that helps you know what the tone is. ||< ||<   || 2B 1. DOL 2. Speech tone discussion 3B: Nadine Wimmer presentation ||<  ||<   || 2. Warriors Don't CryQuiz (see Mrs. O to make-up) 3. Eisenhower speech: Outline main points 3B: Find examples for each point. ||<  ||< Turn in DOL from last two weeks. || 2. Warriors Don't Cry examples for Eisenhower's reasons and assign paragraph for one reason. 3. Narrative response groups. ||< Choose 1 reason (not the same one I chose) and write a paragraph showing how Eisenhower's reason is valid using support from Warriors Don't Cry. ||<  || 2. Narrative response groups. ||<  ||< Speech paragraph, tone notes, and outline. || 2. Melba Culture Chart. ||< Fill this chart out the same way you filled out the chart on Esperanza from //House on Mango Street.// See the first category for an example//.// ||<  || 2. Dialogue Practice: Look in //Warriors Don't Cry// p. 133. Read through the dialogue, noticing punctuation, format, and style. Using the example of dialogue on p. 133, rewrite the text on the worksheet as dialogue. You only need to add quotation marks and paragraph formatting. 3. Exploding a Moment: Read instructions and examples and do assignment. You may do two extra "moments" for extra credit. ||< ||<   || 2. Pass back papers/grade print-out/grade verification 3. Discuss essay assignment for //House on Mango Street and Warriors Don't Cry:// organization and thesis ||< ||< Exploded moment Hall passes || 2. Work on essay in computer lab. ||< Essay due on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 ||< DOL || 2. Collect essays 3. Hallpasses and seating chart 4. Narrative revision: leads ||< ||< Collect essay || Plot introduction, read "The Leap" from online text. Outlined plot. ||< "The Leap" [|Online Text] Use student number for user and password. Identify plot: conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement ||<  || (2B)1. DOL 2. Short story study guide 3. Plot definitions 3. Read and outline plot for "The Catbird Seat." ||< No digital file of "Catbird Seat." Please get story from Mrs. Oppermann. ||<  || 2. DOL review packet 3. Outside reading assignment (See class webpage at the bottom) 4. Plot and "Catbird Seat" (3B) 5. Setting and "Beware of the Dog." Answer questions on handout. (2B) ||< [|"Beware of the Dog"]
 * < Wed., Sept. 4,
 * < Fri., Sept. 6, 2013 ||< SRI
 * < Tues., Sept. 10, 2013 ||< 1. Finish culture clips (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).
 * < Thurs, Sept. 12, 2013 ||< 1. Discuss simile/metaphor usage in narrative writing.
 * < Mon., Sept. 16,
 * < Wed., Sept. 18, 2013 ||< 1. Olympus Benchmark In-Class Essay. ||<  ||<   ||
 * < Fri., Sept. 20, 2013 ||< 1. Background knowledge worksheet for new novel.
 * < Tues., Sept. 24, 2013 ||< 1. Introduce Partner from interview.
 * < Thurs., Sept. 26, 2013 ||< 1. Starter Instruction: DOL
 * < Tues., Oct. 1, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Thurs., Oct. 3, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Mon., Oct. 7, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Wed., Oct. 9, 2013 ||< (TESTING DAY)
 * < Fri., Oct. 11, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Tues., Oct. 15, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Mon., Oct. 21, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Wed., Oct. 23, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Fri., Oct. 25, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Tues., Oct. 29, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Tues., Nov. 5, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Thurs., Nov. 7. 2013 ||< Acuity Testing (2B)
 * < Mon., Nov. 11, 2013 ||< Acuity Testing (3B)
 * < Wed., Nov. 13, 2013 ||< 1. DOL

MEMOIRS DUE NEXT TIME. BRING ROUGH AND FINAL DRAFTS TO CLASS. ||<  || 2. DOL Packet: Commas 3. Discuss "Catbird Seat" and turn in plot chart. (3B) Discuss The Leap" (2B) 4. Define setting and read/finish (2B) "Beware of the Dog." ||< Link for story and assignment above. Homework: Read "The Trip" (pg. 50) in the online text. [|Online Text] Create the chart shown on pg. 49 of the text, and answer questions A, C, and E found in the text. ||< 1. DOL 2. "Catbird Seat" || 2. Comma rules. 3. Discuss assignments: "The Leap," "Beware of the Dog," "The Trip." Turn in assignments. 4. Conflict group work. ||< Find outside reading book for Thursday.
 * < Fri., Nov. 15, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Tues., Nov. 19, 2013 ||< 1. DOL

||< "The Leap" "Beware of the Dog" "The Trip" || 2. DOL Packet: 2B-Semicolons, 3B-commas 3. Define conflict on study guide, turn in conflict group work. 4. Define types of characters on study guide. 5. Pass out story and assignment to work on after test or as homework. 6. SRI Test ||< Assignment [|Enoch and the Gorilla (find in complete works)] ( I could not get this to load all the way, but this is the only copy of the story I can find online. If it won't load, you'll have to get the story next time.) ||< Conflict group work. || 2. DOL Rules Packet: 2B-Colons 3B-Semicolons 3. Discuss "Enoch and the Gorilla." Turn in assignment. Discuss homework assignment. 4. Define narrative organization and types on study guide. 5. Watch clips to practice determining narrative organization. ||< Make a two columned chart. In the first column, list some words or phrases that describe Enoch. In the second column, pick out at least two examples/quotes from the text that show how Enoch meets the description in the first column.
 * < Thurs. Nov. 21, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Mon., Nov. 25, 2013 ||< 1. DOL

Choose one of the ways you described Enoch, and in a paragraph, describe Enoch and support the description with concrete details from the text and with commentary explaining how the details show Enoch is the way you described.

Due Monday, Dec. 2 ||< "Enoch and the Gorilla" character chart || 3B: colons 2. Paragraph evaluation & peer grading 3. Finish clips for narrative organization. 4. Define point of view and narrator terms on study guide. ||< 2B: Read Wive's Story and answer the questions. [|The Wife's Story] ||<  || 2. Quotation Marks 3. Point of View/narrator definitions. 4. Read "Strays" and answer the assigned question as a group. ||<  ||< "Wife's Story" questions || 2. Italics rules 3. Define theme. 4. Identify themes in fables as a group. 5. Share (3B) 6. Assign Homework: Read "Everyday Use" in the online text and identify the elements on the handout. || 1. DOL 2. Italics 3. Discuss homework and turn in. (3B) [|Online Text] Unit 1/Collection 2/"Everyday Use" [|"Everyday Use" on web] Handout || Collected DOL for last two weeks. "Wife's Story" questions || 2. Review themes of fables (2B). 3. Discuss homework: "Everyday Use." 4. Define symbol and allegory. 5. Read "Through the Tunnel" and answer question 6 at the end of the story, p. 335 || [|Link to online text] Unit1 Collection 4 [|Story on Web (if can't access text)] || "Everyday Use" || 2. Discuss symbol in "Through the Tunnel." Turn in the assignment. 3. Define foreshadowing, suspense, and irony. 4. Read "The Gift of the Magi" and identify all elements on handout. || [|"The Gift of the Magi" online] || "Through the Tunnel" symbols. (p. 335 #6 in text.) || 2. Pass back short story assignment to review. 3. Discuss "Gift of the Magi." 4. Review all the short stories we have read. Each group assigned one story to review for class. || || "The Gift of the Magi" handout || DOL/Turn in DOL. ||  || DOL Short Story Study Guide || 2. Review outside reading assignment for next time. (See home page.) Pass out review sheets. 3. All work for 2nd quarter due Friday, Jan. 10. 4.Look at essay prompt for short stories. Be thinking about topic choice. 5. Read "The Possibility of Evil" in online text. Answer question #12, #13 on page 351. ||
 * < Mon., Dec. 2, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * < Wed., Dec. 4, 2013 ||< 1. DOL
 * Fri., Dec. 6, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Tues., Dec. 10, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Thurs., Dec. 12, 2013 || 1. Starter: "Snow" p. 92 in lit. book. Answer the multiple choice questions on your DOL sheet.
 * Mon., Dec. 16, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Wed., Dec. 18, 2013 || Short Story Test
 * Mon., Jan. 6, 2013 || 1. DOL



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[|Story online] ||  || 2. Outside Reading Persentations. 3. Discuss "Possibility of Evil" and turn in assignment. 4. Discuss essay prompt expectations. Decide on which story you want to write on by next week. 5. Pass back work and grade printouts to prepare for end-of-term grade. || Book Review form and essay prompt are above on Monday's assignments. ||  || 2. Essay discussion groups by story (2B only). 3. Check out //Of Mice and Men.//
 * Wed., Jan. 8, 2014 || 1. DOL
 * Wed., Jan. 22, 3014 || 1. DOL

4. Discuss language in the novel. 5. Introduce title. 6. Work on American Dream Handout and reading chapters 1 & 2. (3B only) || American Dream Handout (both files) Essays due Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 ||  || 2. Hand-out all assignments for //Of Mice and Men.// 3. Examples of vocabulary from context together. 4. Discuss American Dream handouts and turn in. (3B) || ||  || 2. Discuss American Dream and turn in assignment(2B). 3. Discuss Ch. 1-3 in //Of Mice and Men.// Pro/Con Chart for Ch. 3. Issue: Should Candy let Carlson shoot his dog? Fill in three reasons for each side (p. 36,44,45, 47 for reasons). 4. Write a paragraph taking a clear stand on the dog issue. Use facts from the book to support your stand. (2B doing this on Thursday). || Link for letter writing instructions [|Letter Writing Instructions Purdue OWL] ||  || 2. Write paragraph (2B). 3. Correct paragraph. 4. Discuss Letter format. 5. Discuss Ch. 4 (3B only). ||  ||   || 2. Discuss Ch. 5 & 6 3. Fill out pro/con chart for George and Lennie. ||  ||   || 2. Work on assignments in class. ||  ||   || 2. Turn in assignments 3. Watch movie ||  || //Of Mice and Men// assignments || 2. Discuss registration 3. Watch movie. ||  ||   || 2. Finish movie 3. Love is a Fallacy? We had a sub, so I am not certain what happened exactly. || [|"Love is a Fallacy"] Assignment for story ||  || 2. Counselors collected registration. 3. Discuss elements of persuasion using textbook information (pg. 560-561). 5. Outline Martin Luther King, Jr.'s persuasive speech "There Comes a Time. .." || [|online text] Read pgs. 560-561
 * Fri, Jan. 24, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Tues., Jan. 28, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Thurs., Jan 30, 2013 || 1. DOL
 * Mon., Feb. 3, 2014 || 1. DOL
 * Wed., Feb. 5, 2014 || 1. DOL
 * Fri., Feb. 7, 2014 || 1. DOL
 * Tues., Feb. 11 || 1. DOL
 * Thurs., Feb. 13, 2014 || 1. DOL
 * Wed., Feb. 19, 2014 || 1. DOL

[|"There Comes a Time When People Get Tired"] Identify claim and reason in an outline of the speech. ||  || 2. Brainstorm for topics 3. Discuss research process: databases vs. web searches, print vs. digital, find a place to store links/source possibilities || RESEARCH UNIT OUTLINE, ASSIGNMENTS, AND PROPOSED DUE DATES
 * Tues., Mar. 11, 2010 || 1. Subject/verb starter
 * Tues., Mar. 11, 2010 || 1. Subject/verb starter
 * Tues., Mar. 11, 2010 || 1. Subject/verb starter

Proposal due next class period (Thurs., March 13) ||  || PURPLE UNIT OUTLINE/ASSIGNMENTS/PROPOSED DUE DATES
 * March/ April || RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT EXAMPLES, HANDOUTS, AND INSTRUCTIONS. || [[file:research unit outline 2014.pdf]]

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