April 14-17

Monday

STAAR practice/review

Annotating Review

Hw:  read THOTS

Tuesday

STAAR practice/review Poetry

Find someone who:  Poetry
Persuasive Techniques:
Create an advertisement for THOTS using bandwagon appeal, testimonial, appeal to pity, fear, or vanity, sound devices (repetition, alliteration) or loaded language.  Your advertisement must promote an idea covered in the text such as abuse to animals, cloning, organ donation, border control, slavery, etc. or WRite a one-page paper persuading Opium, the country in the novel THOTS, to change its policy regarding eejits or cloning.  Clearly state your position or a possible solution. Provide convincing reasons for your position.

Your advertisement must have:
clear audience
persuasive language that makes it appealing
visual elements that help the product stand out

Hw:  read THOTS

Wednesday

Early Release
Finish Advertisement

fakebook pg assigned

POETRY review continued

Thursday
Present advertisement or letter to Opium

Quiz: THOTS

Hw:  read 26-30

Friday

Good Friday!

April 7-11

Monday

Assign Debate topics

STAAR practice

Context Clues

Hw:  Read THOTS chapters 10-15 by Wednesday
Debate topics

Friendly debate time!               April 10, 2014

You will be assigned a topic (from the list below) to research and a position you must argue, whether you agree with that position or not.  Regardless, you must defend your position to the end.  These are bioethics issues you will see in our novel, The House of the Scorpion.

Write your name in the appropriate space below.  Complete the chart on the back.

Topic	Pro (For)	Con (Against)
Cloning	,	,
Genetically modified food	,	,
Stem Cell research	,	,
Organ Donation	,	,
Animal Product Testing	,	,
Modified crops	,	,
Border Control	,	,
Patient rights	,	,
Population Control	,	,
Death Penalty	,	,

Tuesday

Computer Lab to research debate topics

Hw:  Read THOTS

Wednesday

Reading quiz chapters 10-15
Fakebook assignment
sample fakebook pg

Inference practice "Cheques by Ordeal"

Hw:  Read chapters 16-20

Thursday
Debate Day
Hw:  writing reflection
STAAR practice

Friday

STAAR practice
Read chapters 16-20 by Wednesday.
characterization

March 31-April 4

Monday

Writing Test Review Jeopardy Game

Hw:  Sleep Well, eat a good breakfast, bring your "A" game

Tuesday
Writing Test
All Periods

Have chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 read by Thursday

Hw:  Sleep well, eat a good breakfast, bring your "A" game

Wednesday
See Above

Thursday
Reading Test
Staar Review for Reading

Hw:  Read Chapters 10-15 by Monday

Friday
See Thursday

Hw:  Read

March 17-21

March 17

1.    Timed essay:  Write an essay explaining the importance of taking a break.

2.   Get the novel by Monday, March 24.

March 18

1.    STAAR grammar practice

2.   STAAR reading practice

3.   Read:  “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

March 19

1.    View “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

2.   Complete a one-pager/open head inference guide

3.   Grammar practice

4.   Hw:  get novel

March 20

1.    STARR practice

2.   Genre foldable, text structure

3.   Get novel

March 21

Writing workshop

MARCH 3-7

Monday

Class Time:

1.     Collect expository essay

2.    Discuss masks

3.    Symbolism

4.    Go over Plot Diagram

5.    STAAR practice

6.    Hw:  Finish Mask:  due Wed.

Tuesday

Class Time:

1.     Go over Benchmark answers

2.    STAAR practice

3.    Hw:  Mask

Wednesday

Class Time:

1.     Share Masks

2.    “The Possibility of Evil” quiz

3.    Hw:  none

Thursday

Class Time:

1.     Essay in class

2.    Hw:  none

Friday

STAAR Writing workshop

February 24-28

Hi All,

I’m in desperate need of copy paper.  If you can donate a ream to our classroom, it would be greatly appreciated!!

Monday

How good are you at judging whether someone is evil or not?

1.             File essays and read “The Possibility of Evil”

2.            Symbolism, plot diagram, characterization

3.            New Vocabulary roots

4.            Grammar:  Flipping sentences/sub. conj.
5.  Review last personal narrative focusing on:
-excluding too much dialogue and quotations
-Use ONLY past tense
-Make sure your paper is realistic and appropriate to the prompt
-use a formal voice, not a casual one like you're chatting it up with your buddies
-"gonna" is NOT a word that you want to include in your papers
-apostrophes are important
-Your/you're
-word referents (Why aren't you using them?)
-be specific and elaborate.  If you are claiming someone called you rude names, then explain exactly what that means.)

Hw:  vocabulary

Tuesday

1.             Finish short story “The Possibility of Evil”

2.            Discuss Text

3.            Diagram the plot

4.            Reading quiz/Assign Mask
5.  Grammar:  subordinate conj., commas, 
6.  What happened when Miss Strangeworth stepped outside?  Did the townspeople harass her?    "When Miss Strangeworth stepped outside..."  Finish it one-page

 

“The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson

            Sometimes people are not what they seem.  The short story, “The Possibility of Evil” demonstrates that idea to the fullest because occasionally one’s appearance is deceiving and is not at all representative of who they are. As a class, we agreed that Miss Strangeworth fits this profile very well.  Your mission is to use the short story “The Possibility of Evil” to demonstrate the “two-sided” character she depicts throughout the story. You will create a 3-D “two-faced” mask.  One side of the mask should demonstrate what Miss Strangeworth is like on the outside, and the other side of the mask should show what she is like on the inside. 

          Make sure your mask represents her physical traits, inner and outer emotions, thoughts, role in society, and the perception of her by others around her.  You must also write a one page summary that explains the mask in detail. 

Rubric

 Diagram or Model (incorporate images, symbols, and text or any combination)

Written one-page summary that includes an explanation for each item on your mask including color choice, symbols, etc.

Mask must be two-sided, and each side should show a different part of Miss Strangeworth

Evaluation:

One paragraph summary with story details	/ 20
2-sided, 3D mask with symbols	/ 50
True capture of Miss Strangeworth’s character	/ 20
Neat, and pleasing to the eye	/10
WOW Factor!!	+10

Assignment Due Date: Wednesday, March ____

*  This is an independent project, but you are more than welcome to bounce ideas around with your

   peers and provide constructive feedback!  It is a major grade, so please don’t fail to hand it in when it is due.

5.  "The Man in the Water" informational text
6.            Vocabulary due Wednesday

Hw:  finish vocabulary and informational text questions

Wednesday

1. Go over homework             
STAAR Ready practice
2.  Commas
3.  "The Possibility of Evil" Map

Hw:  Study Vocabulary; quiz Monday

Thursday

“The Possibility of Evil”—Write an essay explaining whether you believe Mrs. Strangeworth is evil or not.  4-5 paragraphs, thesis, evidence, and explanation.  
Brainpop:  Show not Tell

Friday

Writing Workshop

February 10-14

Monday

February 10, 2014

Mock Trial (periods 5, and 8)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry play version

Dust Bowl nonfiction article

Hw:  none

Tuesday

Finish Play periods (2, 4, and 6)

Other periods (5 and 8 begin the play)

Quiz from reading the play

I, Too Am American Langston Hughes poem

Denzel Washington The Great Debaters clip

Read Poem as class and discuss

Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes pg 66

Vocabulary words distribution

Hw:  vocabulary due Thursday

Wednesday

Vocabulary due Thursday

Personal Narrative Timed writing

Write about a time you stood up for someone or something you believed in, whether consequences were assigned or not for your actions

Hw:  finish vocabulary

Thursday

Go over Vocabulary

Thank You M’am assignment

Hw:  Finish Thank You M’am

Friday

Writing Workshop

 

February 3-7

Hi All,

Tic-Tac-Toe #3 will not be assigned. 

Monday

February 3

Crossword Puzzle ROTHMC

What is a trial?  What are some famous trials that you have heard about?  What is the purpose of a trial?  Who in ROTHMC could be put on a trial because of criminal activity?

Mock Trial preparation Periods (2, 5, 8 only)

ROTHMC Movie  Venn Diagram

Hw:  Finish puzzle

Tuesday

Body Metaphor in groups

Finish Movie Venn Diagram due

Mock Trial preparation

HW: NONE

Wednesday

Body Metaphor

File essays

Mock Trial preparation

Thursday

Mock Trial (2, 5, and 8)

STAAR practice

Present Body Metaphors

Finish Movie

Friday

Library Workshop #1

 

Mock Trial Guidelines

Objective:  You will put TJ Turner on trial for Mr. Barnett’s murder in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.  Is he guilty?  Is he innocent?  Was he framed?  Should he be sent to join a chain-gang? 

1.     You will be assigned a role, which you must research and write a paragraph summary of your role so you’re crystal clear about your responsibilities.

2.     What questions could be asked to help your side?

3.     What witnesses are important to the case?  Why?

Roles:

Defense Attorney (2)

Defense Witnesses (4)

Defense Clerk (1)

Defense Character Witness (2)

Prosecutor Attorney (2)

Prosecutor Witnesses (4)

Prosecutor Clerk (1)

Prosecutor Character Witness (2)

Judge (1)

Bailiff (1)

Jurors (12)