Happy almost Winter Break, everyone! This is the first week of the new marking period. All classes have a major project due on Friday, December 23rd, at 10:00 PM, shared with msatwill@gmail.com via Google Drive. Check your specific period's section for handouts and instructions!
Monday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Use your outline for your final TKAM project to help write body paragraphs. Use the Model Body Paragraph to make sure that you have everything you need. By tomorrow, your outline and two body paragraphs need to be completed. The final draft is due Friday, December 23rd at 10:00 PM, as a Google Doc shared with msatwill@gmail.com.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Review guidelines for Malcolm X Essay Revisions. On the back of the guidelines are model body paragraphs. Revise at least two of your body paragraphs using the guidelines, checking for claim, evidence and analysis in each one. The final draft is due Friday, December 23rd at 10:00 PM, as a Google Doc shared with msatwill@gmail.com.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Tuesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Review the rubric that your essay will be graded on. Complete a peer review of your body paragraphs.
Homework: Finish revising your body paragraphs based on your peer feedback, and write your final body paragraph(s).
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Complete a peer review of your body paragraphs, and revise them based on your peer feedback.
Homework: Write your final body paragraphs. Remember, you need at least ten pieces of evidence!
Wednesday
Periods 1, 5 and 7:
Classwork: Evaluate a model introduction and conclusion. Draft your own introduction and conclusion.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Meet in the Computer Lab tomorrow! You will need a Gmail account for class tomorrow, so create one if you don’t have one already, and double check your password!
Periods 2 and 6:
Classwork: Evaluate model introductions. Revise your own introduction and conclusion.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Meet in the Computer Lab tomorrow!
Thursday
All Periods:
Meet in the Computer Lab
Classwork: Type up your essay and revise it using the revision checklist.
Homework: Complete your revision of your essays. Tomorrow’s writer’s workshop is our final one, so come to the Computer Lab prepared to edit and polish your final draft.
Friday
All periods:
Meet in the Computer Lab
Classwork: Edit your essay using the editing checklist. Make sure you read your work out loud to catch your mistakes!
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Final drafts of your essays are due at 10:00 PM tonight!
Have a wonderful Winter Break! Stay warm and safe, and I'll see you in 2017!
Monday, December 19, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Week of December 12th-16th
Hello everyone,
This is the last week of the marking period! Make sure you turn in any late work by Friday the 16th.
Monday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Final Exam
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 309-311 (From “My head felt like it was bleeding inside” to “And I felt that I perceived the anatomy of the plotting”) and answer the following question: What is Malcolm’s state of mind in Miami?
Read Malcolm X, p. 312-215. Double Entry Notes: Turning Points.
Quickwrite: How is does this section reveal a “turning point” in Malcolm X’s life?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Tuesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar Instructions
Homework: Answer questions 1-6 in your Socratic Seminar packet. Use your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to help find evidence!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 345-348. Double Entry Notes: Character Development
Quickwrite: What events cause Malcolm X to “re-arrange” his beliefs?
Homework: Write ½ p: What “insights” (p. 348) has Malcolm X gained from his time in the Holy Land?
Wednesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar: Day One
Homework: Answer Day Two questions in your Socratic Seminar packet, and come up with at least three new questions!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 367-370. Double Entry Notes: Central Ideas.
Quickwrite: Determine two central ideas present in pages 367–370 and analyze how they interact and build on one another.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Thursday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar, Day Two
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 385 (Start at “Anything I do today…”) and answer the following question: Why does Malcolm X consider everything he does as “urgent”?
Read Malcolm X, p. 386-289. Double Entry Notes: Point of View.
Socratic Seminar Intro.
Homework: Prepare notes for at least five of the discussion questions on Malcolm X to use in tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar.
Friday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar reflection, begin essays for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Reading Logs are due on Monday!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Reading Logs are due on Monday!
This is the last week of the marking period! Make sure you turn in any late work by Friday the 16th.
Monday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Final Exam
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 309-311 (From “My head felt like it was bleeding inside” to “And I felt that I perceived the anatomy of the plotting”) and answer the following question: What is Malcolm’s state of mind in Miami?
Read Malcolm X, p. 312-215. Double Entry Notes: Turning Points.
Quickwrite: How is does this section reveal a “turning point” in Malcolm X’s life?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
Tuesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar Instructions
Homework: Answer questions 1-6 in your Socratic Seminar packet. Use your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird to help find evidence!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 345-348. Double Entry Notes: Character Development
Quickwrite: What events cause Malcolm X to “re-arrange” his beliefs?
Homework: Write ½ p: What “insights” (p. 348) has Malcolm X gained from his time in the Holy Land?
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar: Day One
Homework: Answer Day Two questions in your Socratic Seminar packet, and come up with at least three new questions!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 367-370. Double Entry Notes: Central Ideas.
Quickwrite: Determine two central ideas present in pages 367–370 and analyze how they interact and build on one another.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar, Day Two
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 385 (Start at “Anything I do today…”) and answer the following question: Why does Malcolm X consider everything he does as “urgent”?
Read Malcolm X, p. 386-289. Double Entry Notes: Point of View.
Socratic Seminar Intro.
Homework: Prepare notes for at least five of the discussion questions on Malcolm X to use in tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar.
Friday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar reflection, begin essays for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Reading Logs are due on Monday!
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Socratic Seminar.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response on one Writing Strategy in your book. Reading Logs are due on Monday!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Week of December 5th to December 9th
Hello everybody!
A major change taking place this week is in terms of the Do Now and Reading Logs. From now on, instead of doing independent reading as the Do Now, you will be given a question to answer in writing. Independent Reading will happen at home, three times a week. You need to read 30 pages per week instead of 50, and your responses need to be more structured--you need to choose a writing strategy and write about how that strategy is used in your book.
See me if you have questions!
Monday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 67-73. and add to identity charts for Tom Robinson and Atticus. Read an excerpt from the book about Tom's death, and compare the differences between the screenplay/movie and the novel.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 215-217 and 237-239 in Malcolm X. Take Double Entry Notes on Character Development. Do a QuickWrite: How does Malcolm's character develop over the course of Ch. 13?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
Tuesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Watch the movie of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Homework: Write ½ page: What is justice? What factors limit the legal system’s ability to deliver justice for Tom Robinson?
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 242-251. Double Entry Notes: Central Ideas
Homework: Write ½ page: Analyze how two central ideas interact and build off one another in Ch. 14.
Wednesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 73-82 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Identity Charts: Boo Radley, Mr. Ewell, Scout.
Quickwrite: Why is it “Like shooting a mockingbird?” Who else is a “mockingbird” in this story?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 268-270 and 284-287. Double Entry Notes: Structure and effectiveness of claims. Quickwrite: Analyze the effectiveness of the structure of pages 268–270.
Homework: Write ½ page: Analyze the effectiveness of Malcolm’s claims on p. 284-287.
Thursday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Author's Toolbox:
Protagonist and Antagonist
Definition: A protagonist is the hero of a story, and an antagonist is the villain or enemy. The antagonist isn’t always a person!
Example: Batman vs. The Joker, Cinderella vs. the evil stepsisters, Calpurnia vs. Lula at church
Watch movie of To Kill a Mockingbird. QuickWrite: Who is the protagonist of TKAM? Why?
Homework: Write ½ p: Who or what is the antagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird? How do you think Atticus would answer that question? Who or what does he see as his opponent in the Tom Robinson trial?
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: None (Field Trip)
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
Friday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Complete a Text Analysis Response essay, breaking down the specific requirements.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 305-309. Double Entry Notes: Style and Content
Quickwrite: Analyze how style and content contribute to the power or beauty in chapter 16.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
A major change taking place this week is in terms of the Do Now and Reading Logs. From now on, instead of doing independent reading as the Do Now, you will be given a question to answer in writing. Independent Reading will happen at home, three times a week. You need to read 30 pages per week instead of 50, and your responses need to be more structured--you need to choose a writing strategy and write about how that strategy is used in your book.
See me if you have questions!
Monday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 67-73. and add to identity charts for Tom Robinson and Atticus. Read an excerpt from the book about Tom's death, and compare the differences between the screenplay/movie and the novel.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 215-217 and 237-239 in Malcolm X. Take Double Entry Notes on Character Development. Do a QuickWrite: How does Malcolm's character develop over the course of Ch. 13?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
Tuesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Watch the movie of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Homework: Write ½ page: What is justice? What factors limit the legal system’s ability to deliver justice for Tom Robinson?
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 242-251. Double Entry Notes: Central Ideas
Homework: Write ½ page: Analyze how two central ideas interact and build off one another in Ch. 14.
Wednesday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Read p. 73-82 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Identity Charts: Boo Radley, Mr. Ewell, Scout.
Quickwrite: Why is it “Like shooting a mockingbird?” Who else is a “mockingbird” in this story?
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 268-270 and 284-287. Double Entry Notes: Structure and effectiveness of claims. Quickwrite: Analyze the effectiveness of the structure of pages 268–270.
Homework: Write ½ page: Analyze the effectiveness of Malcolm’s claims on p. 284-287.
Thursday
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Author's Toolbox:
Protagonist and Antagonist
Definition: A protagonist is the hero of a story, and an antagonist is the villain or enemy. The antagonist isn’t always a person!
Example: Batman vs. The Joker, Cinderella vs. the evil stepsisters, Calpurnia vs. Lula at church
Watch movie of To Kill a Mockingbird. QuickWrite: Who is the protagonist of TKAM? Why?
Homework: Write ½ p: Who or what is the antagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird? How do you think Atticus would answer that question? Who or what does he see as his opponent in the Tom Robinson trial?
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: None (Field Trip)
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
1st, 5th and 7th Periods:
Classwork: Complete a Text Analysis Response essay, breaking down the specific requirements.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
2nd and 6th Periods:
Classwork: Read Malcolm X, p. 305-309. Double Entry Notes: Style and Content
Quickwrite: Analyze how style and content contribute to the power or beauty in chapter 16.
Homework: 10 pages of Independent Reading, and write a response about one writing strategy that you found in your book.
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