October 24-October 28

On Hallowe’en the thing
you must do
Is pretend that nothing
can frighten you
An’ if something scares you
and you want to run
Jus’ let on like
it’s Hallowe’en fun.
~from an early nineteenth century Halloween postcard

Howdy!

I hope you are excited to start another wonderful week at Ligon!  We have around 140 days of school left but again, who is counting...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said, “Where there is no imagination there is no horror.”

Smiles,

 Mrs. Greene

                          Period 5

We will get our first I.R (independent reading) novel on Tuesday.  It is called Tears of a Tiger.    It will be mostly read outside of class.  Please make sure you are reading the assigned chapters.  If you want to bring a treat to share with your classmates on Friday, then you are certainly allowed to do so!

Monday

October 24, 2011

Class time:

The Door Slammed pass around

Poe nonfiction article  (use SOAPSTONE!) (use the article below for tonight's SOAPSTONE!)
http://labyrinth13.com/Poe_Toaster.htm

Read about the mysterious fan of Poe who for sixty years celebrated Poe's death by performing the same ritual.  Then, suddenly in 2010, the ritual stopped.  Make inferences about why the ritual is "nevermore."

“The Tell-tale Heart” (audio)

See “The Tell-tale Heart” video 10 minutes

Put the narrator on trial:  you are to be the prosecutor or defense attorney for the narrator in the story.   If you are the prosecutor, then you must argue that the narrator isn’t insane, providing evidence from the text to support your position.  If you choose to be a defense attorney, then you must argue that the narrator  is insane, providing evidence from the text to support your argument.  For both sides of the argument, include a list of witnesses if available to support your argument.  Then, you must decide on a punishment for the narrator’s crimes. 

Hw:  Finish your argument for insanity or sanity (1 PAGE minimum); see handout; Halloween short story due Thursday

Tuesday

Class time:

-The Door Slammed pass around

-media center to get Tears of a Tiger, I.R. novel

-Assignment for Wednesday’s Mock trial

“The Black Cat”

Mock Trial for the narrator format

1. 15 minutes: Prosecution: presentation of arguments and witnesses (What happened, when it happened, and who was responsible)
2. 15 minutes: Defense: presentation of arguments and witnesses
3. 5 minutes: Prosecution: cross-examination of defense witnesses or return to prosecution witnesses for rebuttal
4. 5 minutes: Defense: cross-examination of prosecution witnesses or return to defense witnesses for rebuttal
5. 10 minutes: jury: open discussion among jurors with the option of questioning anyone from the defense or the prosecution

Hw:  prepare for Wednesday’s trial;   Halloween short story due Thursday; I.R. novel chapters 1-5 due 

Tuesday, November 1st

 

Wednesday

Class Time:

The Door Slammed pass around
"The Tell-tale Artichoke"
http://pbskids.org/video/index.html?category=Martha Speaks&pid=VMwvIwCRYjUQby9gutXen_h4gpCVNOMB


Mock Trial

Hw:  Trial reflection (What went well?  What good points did the opposing side make?  What is your final opinion:  Was the narrator insane or not?)  ;  Poe fill in the blank and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

Thursday

Class Time:

Halloween stories due TODAY

Collect homework:  Poe fill-in-the-blank; and typed/handwritten reflection

Computer lab:

Rewrite “The Black Cat” from the cat’s point of view (250 words due at the end of class)

"The Black Cat" poster:  What are the dangers of having an insane owner, if you're a cat?

Hw:  Finish posters to be displayed outside on walls in hallway.

Friday

Scary stories share!
"The Babysitter"

N.C. ghost stories;

Halloween treats!

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Monday- -NO SCHOOL!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

                       Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Please get a copy of The Giver by November 1.  The media center has copies but not enough for 4 language arts classes.  So, stop by there when you get a chance; they are checking them out on a first come, first serve basis.  Ms. Carley’s classes just finished The Giver.  They are starting Fahrenheit 451 next week.  This might be a good opportunity for you to get with one of her students to make a trade, until we’re done with The Giver.  We will finish our Poe stations this week.  Please make sure you are using your time wisely and not goofing off.  If I feel that you all don’t need the time that I’ve allotted to finish the stations, then adjustments will be made in our schedule.  If you want to bring a treat to share with your classmates on Friday, then you are certainly invited to do so!  You need to be looking for an I.R. reading novel.  It should fit into the science fiction and/or historical fiction genre, since those are the two that we've looked at so far this year.  Bring your self-selected novel to class with you on Tuesday, November 1st.

Monday

-Poe Learning stations
-Use this medical article to complete the SOAPSTONE tonight for homework

http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/news-releases-17.htm

There are many ideas floating around about Poe's cause of death.  See if you can solve the mystery- -okay, not really, but read another group's opinions about his cause of death.

Hw:  Poe Learning stations readings/work; Halloween story; Poe article analysis (SOAPSTONE!) due tomorrow

Tuesday

-Poe Learning stations

-Two stations due at the end of Tuesday’s class

-I.R. rubric distributed, due on Tuesday November 1st

Hw:  Halloween scary story; Find an I.R. novel; see above in yellow

Wednesday

-Poe Learning stations

-Poe musical theater (Poem performance with Poe group; 3 min max.)

Hw:  Halloween story; Learning stations; find I.R. novel; see above in yellow

Thursday

-Poe Learning stations

-Poe musical theater (remaining groups will perform 3 min max)

-Halloween story due TODAY!

Hw:  finish Poe stations work , due FRIDAY; find I.R. novel; see above in yellow          

Friday

-Final Poe work due TODAY!
-"The Babysitter" by Jane Yolen
-"A Rose for Emily" (maybe, if time allows!)

-share Halloween stories

-NC Ghost stories/haunts (Bring your favorite stories to share!)

-Halloween treats

find I.R. novel; see above in yellow; Poe Theme Analysis Essay due November 1st (This could change; stay posted!)

Monday:
NO SCHOOL!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Week of October 17-21

PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST WEBSITE

http://www.ptareflections.org/cs/about_reflections


This week promises to be rewarding and challenging for all involved.  Please make sure that you are keeping up with all assigned readings this week.  You should be working on your Halloween short story nightly!  It is due 10-27-11.  Have a blessed week!

Mondayay

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

EOGish assessment
E.A. Poe video intro
mood/tone

Hw:  Essay due tomorrow (include outline and rubric too!); short story due 10-27; Part III F451 quiz tomorrow. EOG assessment due tomorrow if you didn't finish in class.  Bring Declaration of Independence work for SS tomorrow too!

Tuesday

·         Bring Declaration of Independence work

·         Poe Video

·         Collect essays

·         Hw:  Halloween short story;

Wednesday -Friday(2, 4, 6, and 7)

·         Learning stations begin (Students will be rotating through 5 or 6 learning stations for E.A. Poe short stories.  Daily and nightly work will be assigned and it will vary from group to group.  The rotation is independent and not teacher facilitated, though I will monitor noise levels, etc.)

·         Short stories and poems to be read (“The Mask of the Red Death,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “Hop Frog,” “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher” “Bells, Bells, Bells,” “The Raven,” )

Hw:  Learning station work that wasn’t completed during class- -Read the short story or poem that your group was assigned for the day; short story due 10-27; Poe Vocabulary due Friday 10-21

                                          5 period

Monday

EOGish assessment
The Pearl
E.A. POE video intro.
mood/tone

Hw:  finish the novel by Friday; Declaration of Independence work; bring colored pencils/markers;   EOG ASSESSMENT DUE TOMORROW, IF YOU DIDN'T FINISH IN CLASS.

Tuesday

·         Bring declaration of Independence work

·         Kino before/Kino After (small group work-Body Biography)

·         Poe Video

·         Poe vocabulary

                                                Wednesday-Friday

·         Work on finishing Kino before/after (due at the end of Wednesday)

·         Learning stations begin (Students will be rotating through 5 or 6 learning stations for E.A. Poe short stories.  Daily and nightly work will be assigned and it will vary from group to group.  The rotation is independent and not teacher facilitated, though I will monitor noise levels, etc.)

·         Short stories and poems to be read (“The Tell-tale Heart”  “The Black Cat” “The Raven” “The Bells” “Hop Frog” )

Hw:  Learning stations work that wasn’t completed during class.  Finish reading the story and completing the work that goes with it.  Poe Vocabulary due Friday (Write sentences using the words correctly.) short story (Halloween 10-27)

October 10-14

This promises to be a wonderful week at Ligon Middle School.  I hope you had a restful weekend!  This week we will continue our studies in our assigned novel.  We will read supplemental texts that consist of both fiction and nonfiction pieces.  You are expected to hand in assignments when they are due.  Please see me if you have concerns or need further guidance/information about my expectations.  We will continue to look at grammar and how it functions.  We will look at more dialect this week and its impact on literature.  Have a blessed week!

5^th period

You should be completing the discussion questions in your packet for each assigned reading chapter.  Come to class prepared to discuss what you've read on your own.

1.      Monday

 SOAPSTONE - -nonfiction article

2.       myth

3.       “Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon”

4.       Coyote and Eagle are far from heroic. In fact, they show some human traits that are not appealing. Can we learn anything from such characters anyway? In 1 page response, explain why we can or cannot. Give examples from the myth to support your point of view.

5.       Review the intentional names given to Kino, Coyotito, Juana, La Paz

Hw:  Written response, due Wed.  See above!  SOAPSTONE due tomorrow

Tuesday

1.      

 The Pearl PPT presentation

2.       Listen to Chapter 5

3.       Look at nonfiction articles

4.       The Pearl parables questions

Hw:  Read chapters 4 and 5 by Friday; Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon Response; myth outline due Thursday (If it isn't neatly written out, then you will not participate during computer time.  You'll spend your time writing our outline.)

Wednesday

1.      

Collect homework

2.       “Why Waves Have White Caps” myth

3.       Modernizing a parable rough draft:

Write your own parable or myth.   Either select and modernize an adventure from The Pearl, or create one of your own.   Remember also that parables are told to teach truth or moral lessons.  Determine what lessons you will highlight and how the lesson will be emphasized.  Your parable must represent one of the seven deadly sins.  A myth is a made-up story that explains the existence of a natural phenomenon — such as where thunder comes from or why snow falls from the sky.  Some other examples are:  How the lion became the king of the jungle or How Zebras got black stripes.

Hw:  for myths:  Write a brainstorm “draft:”  Who are the characters, describe the setting, what is the conflict, how is the conflict resolved?; For parables:  Yours should make people understand why things should be done a certain way.  For instance, if you’re lazy in school, then your parable could be about a lazy student and a diligent one.  Later in life, the more dedicated student becomes more successful than the other one.

Thursday

Computer lab; working on myth or parable

Hw:  Read ; packet questions

Friday

Computer lab working on myth or parable

Parables/myths are due at the end of class

 Hw:  Read; packet questions

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Homework is light this week because I want to give you time to finish the novel, which must be completed by Friday.  Please don't take advantage!  If I suspect that you aren't using that time to read, then I will assign additional writing pieces to encourage you to stay on track.

According to statistics, by age 65, a person will have spent 9 years of his life watch t.v.!  Is this alarming to you?  A recent study that came out of California (UCLA) found that on average people between 15 years old and 24 years old read on average 10 minutes per day for please.  The same group of t.v. watchers watch an average of 2-2.5 hours of t.v. a day. 

1.     

Monday

 In today’s world, what would the world be like without books?  Would it matter?

2.       How does Montag take steps away from conformity? Who has he established an alliance with?  Is there any anxiety stirred up in the reader while reading part II?  What is the meaning behind the section’s title?

3.       Bright Phoenix intro PPT

4.       Kanye West allusions in his rap song

Hw:  Finish Part III of the novel. 

Tuesday

1.        Reading quiz Part II of F451

2.       Finish reading “Bright Phoenix”

ALLUSIONS part II due Friday.

Hw:  Finish reading part III; Allusions part II due Friday; Bring colored pencils/markers

Wednesday

1.      

 Read excerpt from an essay:  F451 and dystopian tradition

2.       Respond to it individually; then share in small groups

3.       Montag before/Montag after  (draw him)

Hw:  Finish the novel; BODY BIOGRAPHY

Thursday

1.      

 Finish Montag sketch in groups  (Share Friday)

Hw:  Found Poem  due Monday;  

1.        Share sketches

2.       Discus part III
          Dystopia Tradition
         Essay assigned:  due Monday ?

Hw:  Found poem due Monday

October 3-7 (Friday is early release!)

I hope you are keeping up with your assigned readings.  The October calendar will be distributed tomorrow.  Interims are due tomorrow.  Please make sure you are completing a "Permission to Miss Class" form if you are missing class due to a school related event, i.e. field trip; Encore setup, etc.  Friday is an early release day.  Have a blessed week!

PERIODS 2, 4, 6, AND 7

Monday

1.        Reading quiz on part I of F451

2.       Discuss text

3.  GO OVER EOG practice from last week

4.  Discuss “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

Hw:    “There Will Come Soft Rains” writing, due Wednesday; Part II F451 due 10/10

Tuesday

1.        Allusions in Part I of the text-Friday(mini-project) introduced and assigned

2.       Template for Allusions mini-project will be presented

3.       crossword puzzle on part I, due Wednesday.
4.  EXTRA CREDIT ALERT:  physically design your own house of the future.  What services will it provide?  What things will you continue to do for yourself?  Due October 17 OPTIONAL, of course!

Hw:  mini-essay due Wednesday; vocabulary quiz on Wed.; puzzle; Allusions mini-project due Friday

Wednesday

1.        Collect homework

2.       Vocabulary quiz

3.       Dialect/poetry(Paul Laurence Dunbar- -"We Wear the Mask")
What mask are we wearing?

4.       How would the characters that you’ve met so far react to the dialect used in the poem?
5.  "Unintended Consequence" John Stossel  ("There oughta be a law" response sometimes only adds to the problem)

Hw:  Calvin and Hobbs allusion and Camel Ad allusions.  Write a response

Thursday

1.          Discuss responses to allusion homework “Calvin and Hobbs”

2.  Share Homework/collect homework
3.       EOG style diagnostic

4.       “Bright Phoenix” by Ray Bradbury

Hw:  finish short story; Finish part II over weekend

Friday

early Release

1.         Discuss text “Bright Phoenix” 

2.      Venn Diagram, comparing the short stories read by Ray Bradbury

3.      Allusions project due; volunteers share

Hw: Part II due Monday;

5th period

Visual Journal- -The Pearl is a very visual novel.  Several times throughout the reading, I will ask you to complete a visual journal of what you’ve read.  Your visual representation should represent what you have learned in the assigned pages of reading.  You should create a combination of words, sentences, reflections, pictures, drawings, and/or summaries.  Make sure your journal is neat and clearly communicates what you learned in the assigned pages. 

Monday

1.       Warm up quiz chapter 1 The Pearl

2.      go over Chapter 1 vocabulary (Wednesday, vocabulary quiz)

3.      The song of the family/the song of the evil  (typed, neat, finalized copy of your song lyrics- -practice because you’re going to sing/perform them on Wednesday)

Hw:  bring colored pencils/markers tomorrow; chapters 2 and 3 are due Friday, along with a Visual Journal for chapters 1-3

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Tuesday

1.    analogies

2.    Group Assignment: Kino and the doctor (visually contrast them)  - -appearance, lifestyle, values, culture?  "dialect"

3.    Chapter 2 due Thursday

Hw:  songs due Wednesday;  analogies:  Write 5 analogies that relate to the novel  (ex:  Kino:______

Lion: cub;  then explain the analogy- -Kino is Coyotito’s protector, just like a lion protects its cub)

Wednesday

1.     Share songs (25 minutes total of class time)

2.    Vocabulary quiz

3.    Collect homework analogies/share some aloud

4.    Introduce parable and fable  (Parables are similar to fables because they both use short stories to teach a valuable, powerful lesson.  However, fables use animals instead of humans- -Aesop’s fables- -Aesop used nonhuman characters to represent human emotions, flaws

5.    Parable about greed and evil

6.    Read some fables from your childhood

Hw:  Analyze and interpret what is being criticized and condemned in the novel so far in order to correct social attitudes, traditions, and behaviors.  Write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) about your analysis.  Then, make a prediction (in another paragraph 5-7 sentences) about what will happen in the novel.  2 paragraphs total

Extra credit:  Write a true story that describes the same social attitude, tradition, or behavior that is described in the novel.  (2 paragraphs minimum)

Thursday

1.    Review parable, fable

2.    Fables/dialect/allegory  (3 Little Pigs isn’t just about 3 little pigs)

3.    Oral Traditions in storytelling (Steinbeck, the author of The Pearl, heard the story of The Pearl while in Mexico in the 40s)

4.    Listen to:  “Brer Possum’s Dilemma” pg 959 in textbooks
5.  EOG style diagnostic
6.  End of Chapter 2: What is the role of money in your life? Does/would it solve your problems? Can it bring happiness? What negatives and positives come with instant wealth?

Hw:  Make a connection to the text.  Write about a dilemma that you’ve had in your life and how you overcame it or learned from it.

Friday

1.     Discuss the text chapters 2 and 3

2.    Myths/legends

Hw:  Read chapter 4 and 5

September 26-30 WORKDAY FRIDAY!

This will be a wonderful, blessed week!  I hope that you are keeping up with the readings.   Please make sure you're asking questions for clarification if you are confused at any point in the reading.   This is a short week; Friday is a workday!

5th period

Monday

1.         

New Vocabulary (see packet for words)

2.       “FFA” Test (35 minutes)

3.       The Pearl, novel packet

4.       3 Motif Posters will be hanging in our classroom throughout the reading.  Each time one of the following motifs appears, we’ll add a quote that supports it to the poster:  music, animals, and the Peal’s symbolism

Hw:  write sentences for each word, using context clues to identify the unfamiliar terms (Due Wednesday); read chapter 1 in The Pearl for homework, answer Bloom’s questions in novel packet

Tuesday

1.        Good vs Evil

2.       Which characters are clearly good guys?  Which ones are bad guys?
       Sentence diagramming and identifying adverbs, adjectives in sentences

3.       Dialect

4.       Listen to mountain talk CD

5.       Discuss the characteristics of the dialect used in the text

6.       Human versus animals.  Do any characters appear to take on animalistic qualities?

Hw:  dialect interview

Wednesday

1.         

Check vocabulary

2.       Animal, Symbol, Music Motifs  (A quote will be added to the 3 posters each time something comes up that relates to these motifs)

3.       Nonfiction piece about real lottery winners

4.       Students will complete SOAPSTONE

Hw:  SOAPSTONE due tomorrow; sentence diagramming; Respond to this:  Excerpt from The People, YesCarl Sandburg



Money is power: so said one.
Money is a cushion: so said another.
Money is the root of evil: so said still another.
Money means freedom: so runs an old saying.

And money is all of these- and more.
Money pays for whatever you want– if
you have the money.
Money buys food, clothes, houses, land,
guns, jewels, men, women, time to be lazy and
listen to music.
Money buys everything except love,
personality, freedom, immortality,
silence, peace.

Thursday-Friday

1.      

 Go over homework

2.       Interims go home today

3.       Read chapters 2 and 3 over weekend

Hw:  finish Bloom’s questions in novel packet; due Monday

Friday

1.        No SCHOOL!  WORKDAY!

2, 4, 6, and 7

This week we will look at two of Ray Bradbury's short stories, comparing them to F451.  One of them, "There Will Come Soft Rains" was actually written based on a poem by another writer.  Ray Bradbury included a portion of the poem in the short story.  Both take a look at the rise in technology and a decline in human interaction with each other.  Take mental (or physical) notes on things that you observe in Montag's society.  Soon, you will be asked to "build" your very own utopia, taking into consideration things that could be deemed as failures in the societies that you will read about.  If you're interested in some independent reading that deals with similar topics explored in our current texts, then here is a list of possible choices:

The Uglies
Lord of the Flies
Among the Hidden
Animal Farm
1984
I, Robot
Anthem

 

Monday

1.        Collect essays
2.       New vocabulary (adversary; conspicuous; cunnung; deft;disdain;dispel; uncanny; swagger; scarcity; pristine)

3.  Allusions in the Simpsons

4.       Write vocabulary sentences, using each type of context clues by Wednesday
5.  Background on part I of F451 PPT

6.       Discuss text
7.       PPT in groups(Ray Bradbury; Cold War; McCarthyism; banned books; Nazi book burnings; technology in 40s and 50s; totalitarianism; family life in 40s and 50s  (We need to know what life was like during the time the book was written, so you'll know what was missing during that time- -How was the author able to make these predictions?  What did he see coming down the line that others didn't see?), dystopias- -Each group must discuss one or more of the following:  what happens when things are censored like freedom, religion, speech, art, media, etc. Look at your these as they relate to your group's topic.  For instance, present Ray Bradbury's views about what happens when freedom is censored...)
8.       Read “The Pedestrian” (I, Robot trailer) 

Hw:  Vocabulary sentences using context clues(blue sheet given last week); finish reading “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury; PPT due Thursday (computer lab on Wed.)

Tuesday

1.        “The Pedestrian”animated video of short story  (Clarisse had an uncle arrested for being a pedestrian)
2.        Discuss Setting, mood, and purpose of the short story
3.       What was Leonard’s crime?  How is this story similar to F451?  Who is the sole representative of the totalitarian society?  In what way is the community depicted as a soulless society?  What is ironic about the place where Mead is taken?
4.       Isolation; relationship; individual and society; progress
5.       Read F451

he job of SF writers is to see the problems in the world and project what would happen in the future if we continue on this path. They are social critics. Find the problem the writer is critiquing and whether s/he was right in his/her prediction.

Hw:  grammar; vocabulary; finish reading Part I by Thursday; Venn Diagram (compare/contrast “Harrison Bergeron” to “The Pedestrian”)

•Adversary- n.  An opponent or enemy

•Cunning-Adj.  Sly; crafty; clever

•Conspicuous-adj. easily seen; obvious

•Deft-adj.  Skillful and quick;

•Disdain-n.  Feeling that something or someone is bad; contempt or scorn

•Dispel-v; to cause to disappear; drive away; disperse

•Uncanny- adj; arousing wonder and fear as if supernatural; eerie

•Swagger-Verb; to walk in a way that makes you think you’re important

•Scarcity; N.  A shortage; insufficient amount of supply

Pristine;  adj; remaining in a pure; unspoiled state

Wednesday

1.       Go over Venn Diagram
2.        Vocabulary is due
3.       Go over vocabulary

4.       BD diagnostic     EOG style reading assessment =for grade!
5.       “There will Come Soft Rains” Ray Bradbury
6.       Discuss text

7.  Computer lab to finalize PPT due tomorrow

Hw:  Finish reading short story; grammar sentence for the week; vocabulary quiz on Monday;

Thursday

1.       INTERIMS go home TODAY!  DUE MONDAY!  EXTRA HOMEWORK GRADE!
2.       PPT presentations (3 minutes max)
3.       Reading quiz on part 1 of F451
4.       What would the world be like without us?
5.       “There Will Come Soft Rains” writing piece, due Monday (typed!) by Ray Bradbury (McCllenan, Clarisse's last name)

6.  Ray Bradbury- -Psychic or Just lucky?   (groups- -What did he predict that has come true?  What did he miss?)

Hw:  grammar; typed writing piece, due Monday.  Vocabulary quiz Monday

Friday:  NO SCHOOL!  HAVE A WONDERFUL, BLESSED WEEKEND!

   

NEXT WEEK:  Allusion mini-project

September 19-23

This week promises to be fun, engaging, and challenging for all.  I enjoyed meeting the parents who made it to open house last week.  If we didn't have a chance to meet last week, please know that I'm committed to helping your child be successful this school year.  Please contact me if you feel the need. 

Period 5

Monday

Class Time:

1.      

Collect POV homework

2.       Volunteers share homework

3.       Why are journals used as the medium to tell Charlie’s story?  How effective are they?

4.       Exit slip:  Predicting and confirming (Why is the story called “Flowers for Algernon?”  Make a prediction about the story.  Explain your prediction.  We’ll see if it comes true in the end.

5.       Inferences (Reading between the lines…)  This is what a good police detective will do, analyze the facts, evaluate the situation and the suspects involved (if any) and then make some good guesses, develop some hunches, utilize some inferences

6.       Editorial cartoons for inferences

7.       “It says, I say, and so” for inferences

8.       Exit slips

Hw:  Write 3 questions for “I say, it says, so” and fill in the chart in the correct areas.

Tuesday

Class Time:

1.      

Go over homework in pairs, then in a group

2.       Finish “Flowers for Algernon”

3.       FBI agents (facts + background=inferences)

4.       Group riddles; solve them using “It says, I say, and so…”

5.       Read “Flowers for Algernon”

Hw:  political cartoon

Wednesday

Class time:

1.      

 Go over homework

2.       “Finish Flowers for Algernon”

Hw:  Foldable and moral continuum

Thursday

Class Time:
Context Clues
Inferencing
"Flowers for Algernon" review   

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2.   

Hw:  crossword puzzle

Friday:

1.      

 Good and Evil

2.       BD assessment

3.      

Hw:  study for "FFA" test

Monday 2, 4, 6, and 7

Class Time:

1.      

Reading quiz “the Most Dangerous Game” (grade in class)

2.       Good and Evil

3.       POV (point of view) slides

4.       POV excerpts from classical novels.  students will determine the POVs of the excerpts

5.       Check novels (F451)

Write about your weekend from your point of view.  Then, rewrite from another point of view.

Hw:  diagram the plots of “The Possibility of Evil” and “the Most Dangerous Game”  grammar; POV writing

Tuesday

Class time:

1.      

 Go over homework

2.      

Character Analysis “Show, not Tell” in pairs

3.       Essay assigned, due Friday (rough draft-THURSDAY), typed and double-spaced

4.       Essay Topic:  Think about the term theme.  Select a short story that we’ve read thus far.  Select a theme for that short story.  Put your theme into a strong, crystal clear, and concise thesis statement.  Prove your thesis statement to be true with ample examples from the text.  Avoid vague terms like “good” and “suspenseful,” to name a few.  If you have trouble formulating your thesis, then think of one word to sum up your selected short story.  Put that word into your thesis statement.  Prove it…

5.       Rubric for essay goes home.

Hw:  Final Essay due Friday; Rough Draft due Thursday; grammar;

Wednesday

Class time:

1.      

 Blue Diamond/diagnostic assessment

2.       BANNED BOOK WEEK SEPTEMBER 24-OCTOBER 1

3.       Book trailer

4.       Book burnings (photographs)

5.       Latimer and Ridley (quoted in F451)

6.       Historic impact of censorship

7.       Bradbury, a psychic?

8.       1950s culture; family life; technology

Hw:  technology opinionnaire; Essay Rough Draft due (Electronic copy in e-mail); final draft due Friday; grammar;  What book would you save?; outline due TOMORROW!

Thursday

Class time:

1.         F451
            discuss the text
           discuss context clues
           new vocabulary assignment:  due Monday with context clues identified for each sentence
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2.       Track topics (not themes until you make them into statements)  throughout the reading of F451:  These are political correctness, disintegration of the family, censorship, importance of entertainment, desire to return to nature, necessities for happiness, effects of technology, and effects of mass media.

3.       This book has tons of allusions in it.  Monday, you’ll get an allusion project (meeting of the minds, allusion project)

4.       Begin reading F451 in class (How does this anti-utopian state maintain power?); vocabulary; going over grammar sentence for the week

Hw:  Finish reading pages assigned for homework; grammar

Friday

Class time:

1.      

 Essay DRAFTS are due ELECTRONICALLY

2.       Discuss reading
         grammar

3.      

Hw:  Read in novel; grammar