English I - Week of November 17, 2014

Monday, November 17
Standards: W9.1, SL9.1, and SL9.4

Objective: Students will write about their understanding and perception of Hip Hop Culture from the perspective of their own personal experiences.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• "Hip Hop Culture"
• Quick Write (QW)
• Pair Share
• Class Share

Homework

• News Article Summary - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st. 

Tuesday, November 18

Standards: W9.1, SL9.1, and SL9.4

Objective: Students will read the Source Notes and answer two questions based upon what they have read.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• "Hip Hop Culture"
• Recap
• Source Notes and Questions
• Whole Class Discussion

Homework

• News Article Summary - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.

Wednesday, November 18

Standards: RI9.2, RI9.4, and RI9.6

Objective: Students will complete a first reading of the text, circling unfamiliar words.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• "Hip Hop Culture"
• Discuss Source Notes Questions
• First reading of text

Homework

• News Article Summary - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.

English III - Week of November 17, 2014

November 17

Standards: RL11.2, RL11.3, and RL11.5

Objective:  Students will read the play with volunteers reading a chosen role. Focus will be on characterization and rising action.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• The Crucible, Act I (1100 - 1106)

Homework

• News Article (Summary or Newsela Quiz - Due Friday)
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st. 

November 18

Standards: RL11.2, RL11.3, and RL11.5

Objective:  Students will read the play with volunteers reading a chosen role. Focus will be on characterization and rising action.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• The Crucible, Act I (1106 - 1116/17)

Homework

• News Article (Summary or Newsela Quiz - Due Friday)
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st. 

November 19

Standards: RL11.2, RL11.3, and RL11.5

Objective:  Students will first listen to a presentation on Germany by our Foreign Exchange student learning about the history, culture, castles, and education system of Germany. Students will then read the play with volunteers reading a chosen role. Focus will be on characterization and rising action.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• Germany Presentation
• The Crucible, Act I (1116/17 - 11)

Homework

• News Article (Summary or Newsela Quiz - Due Friday)
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.

English III - Week of 11-10-14

As Monday and Tuesdays were non-student days, the class schedule begins on 11-12-14.

November 12 - Wednesday

Standards: RI 11.4 and RI 11.6

Objective: Students will engage in pre Crucible reading activities to prepare them for The Crucible.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• Read "Why I Wrote The Crucible" (1095 - 1096)
• Answer questions in the packet
• Read "Circumstantial Evidence" (in the packet)
• Answer question at the end of the reading

Be prepared to discuss the question the last five minutes of class.

Homework

• News Article (Summary - or Newsela Quiz) - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.
• Did you complete your essay corrections?

November 13 - Thursday

Standards: R 11.1 and R 11.3

Objective: Students will work on their outside novel and Dialectical Journal (DJ).

Agenda

• Warm-up
• Silent Novel Reading and DJ

Homework

• News Article (Summary - or Newsela Quiz) - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.
• Did you complete your essay corrections?

November 14 - Friday

Objective: Students will demonstrate their acquisition of weekly vocabulary terms through their vocabulary test. 

Homework

• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st.
• Did you complete your essay corrections?

Vocabulary 11-10-14

Here are the words for this week. Notice that there are only 15 words because we have a shortened week.

1.       Credibility – trustworthiness

2.       Permeate - infuse

3.       Linger - remain

4.       Embrace – hug, cling to

5.       Legacy - tradition

6.       Benefactor – helper

7.       Chronic – habitual

8.       Cynical – distrustful of human sincerity

9.       Delve – dig into

10.   Diligent – pursue with attention to detail

11.       Eradicate – totally destroy

12.       Relevant – connect, important

13.       Subsequent – coming after

14.       Application – putting to use

15.       Credible – worth of belief, trustworthy

English I - November 5 - 7, 2014

November 5

Objective: Students will compare their analytical summary of the text in which they use textual evidence to summarize and discuss the text. DOK 2: Summarize

Agenda

• Warm-up
• Complete Summarizing and Responding
• Share in small group
• 3 Whole class shares

Homework

• News Article Summary - due Friday

November 6

Standards: W9.1, W9.2, W9.4, W9.8, and W9.9

Objective: Students will use the text chart created in class and the text to gather concrete details which may be used for responding tot he prompt they have chosen.

Agenda

• Warm-up
• Choose a prompt

Homework

• News Article Summary - due Friday
• Dialectical Journal - due Dec. 1st. 

November 7

Objective: Students will demonstrate their acquisition of vocabulary terms through our weekly vocabulary test.

Agenda

• Vocabulary Test

Homework

• Dialectical Journal - due December 1st