May 11/12
- Review Socratic Seminar questions - Novel test Homework = 1. return textbook 2. return novel May 9/10 - Poetry review - Paired Poetry and Nonfiction Assessment - View movie & analyze similarities and differences Homework = review for novel test May 5/6 - Quote activity + Word splash review for TKAM - Morning Fog poem - Nonfiction Article - evaluate 5 W's - Questions on Nonfiction article Homework = Finish novel; prep for Socratic seminar; novel test on 5/11 May 3/4 - Dictionary Review + Assessment - Analogy Practice Lesson 1 - Poetry Center review Homework =
April 29/May 2
- Finish Essay from chapters 12-16 - Centers:
Homework = 1. Ch.l7 - 22 with Questions DUE 5/3
April 27/28
- (random) those who haven't finished Monday/Tuesday city-wide test have a testing location to finish their test - Read Scottsboro Article + activity - Chapter 12-16 Writing task - View exposition of movie Homework = 1. Ch. 18-22 (due 5/3) April 25/26 - Cite Wide Post - test for Reading: Released SOL - Independent reading of Chapters 12-16 Homework = 1. Finish Ch. 12-16 + questions by next block April 19/20 - Achieve 3000 level test - TKAM review - Flocabulary video + activity - Dictionary work practice - Socratic Overview Homework =
April 6/7 - Signpost Review - Collaboration on signpost application - Model signpost with TKAM Homework = 1. Read Ch. 2-3 and do Reading Log WS with 4 examples & illustration April 4/5 - Vocabulary Lesson - Essential question - Table top twitter with reflection - Review website and novel assignment for next block Homework = Read Ch.1 closely and be prepared to discuss AND Print Guided Questions March 15/16 - Writing SOL!!! Do your best :) March 11/14 - Revise and Edit 3,4 - Review GAMES :) Homework = Review for Tuesday's MC and Wednesday's Essay SOLs March 9/10 - Centers!
March 7/8 - Released SOL and test corrections Homework = Continue to PRACTICE & REVIEW for SOL by
March 3/4 - Centers!
Mar. 1/2 - Speed Writing Practice Homework = IXL Practice, Review Energizers, Review Writer's Notebook/POWER Essay Feb. 26/29 - Review testing strategies (highlighting, slashing trash, brain dump) - Work with partner to develop a brain dump - Work with partner to complete Mock SOL Homework = IXL Practice, Review Energizers, Review Writer's Notebook/POWER Essay Feb. 24/25 - Centers!
Feb. 22/23 - Revise and Edit = hand back and review mistakes - Review Energizers + Kahoot Review game - Energizer Assessment - Nonfiction Stretch article - Teach the class = Develop plan for prompt Homework = IXL Practice EE.4 Good, Better, Best... Feb. 18/19 - Centers!
Feb. 16/17 - Energizer - Appositives and Combining Sentences with Appositives - Review graded work and review mistakes - Intro to Research & Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz Homework = 1. Prompts 22 and 23 2. Review Energizers (assessment next block) Feb. 11/12 - Centers!
Feb. 9/10 - Energizer Homework check - Analyze next two prompts in Writer's Notebook - Intro to Research Notes Homework -
Feb. 5/8 - Centers!
Feb. 3/4 - Energizer: Quotation Marks - Cold Read III - Check prompt 14 and 16 + hand in POWOWOWER on Lincoln Homework = Transitions Energizer (and finish Connotation paper if incomplete) Jan. 29/Feb. 2 - Centers!
Jan. 27/28 - Energizer test overview - add to notes - Review and document homework completion (prompts 12,13) - Read and analyze poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" - Introduce POWER paragraph analyzing Lincoln's greatness (look at Unit II docs for copy) Homework = 1. Finish POWER 2. Break down prompt 14 & 16 Jan. 25/26 - Energizer Review the assessment and add to notes - Read "Mysterious Mr. Lincoln" - Summary vs. Retell - Summary practice - Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy for main idea - Achieve 3000 "Amelia Earhart" Jan. 19/20 - Energizer = Rambling Sentences - Review Tubman Assessment - Introduce Night cumulative writing assignment Homework = Energizer Review - test next block Jan. 14/15 - Energizer = Compound-Complex Sentences - Review "What Surprised Me" chart - Harriett Tubman Assessment - Meet in Signpost groups to discuss where we found our signpost - prep for Jigsaw Homework = Read "Walking With Living Feet", signpost chart, and Venn Diagram Jan. 12/13 - Energizer = Complex Sentences Practice - Everybody Wanted But So Then skill for main idea = notes - Vocabulary lesson - Read "Harriett Tubman" story Homework = Night and JOURNAL due Friday! Jan. 8/11 - Energizer = Complex Sentences - Reading MidYear Assessment Homework = Night and signpost journal due Friday Jan. 15 Jan. 6/7 - Energizer = Independent vs. Dependent Clauses -Notice and Note signpost activity - Introduce Night and outline novel expectations Homework = Night and signpost journal due Friday Jan. 15 Jan. 4/5 - Welcome back :) - MidYear Writing Multiple Choice assessment...have you improved??? - Introduction to Unit II "What do you know about the Civil Rights Movement?" - Flocabulary video on Fact vs. Opinion - Achieve 3000 (now graded!) story "She Did What Was Right" Homework = Finish your essay by Friday (B) Monday (A) Dec. 18/21 - Review expectations with Persuasive Writing - Review grading rubric - Begin drafting Persuasive Essay Homework = finish drafting essay Dec. 16/17 - Achieve 3000 - Finalize counter argument on gift essay - Peer edit counter argument - Introduction to Persuasive Midyear Essay - Plan with group Homework = Finish developing plan for Persuasive Midyear writing *Come ready to write next block!* Dec. 14/15 - SRI test - Share / Peer Edit POWER (does it have transitions...are they effective...?) - Revise your POWER Body paragraphs (to include the counter) Homework = finish your POWER paragraphs Dec. 10/11 - Persuasive Writing videos + samples + practice Homework = Complete Holiday Persuasive Writing BODY POWER Paragraphs Dec. 8/9 - Review Cold Read - Vocabulary activity = Latin roots and analogies - Thesis Statement review - Introduction assessment - Begin Persuasive Writing Lesson Homework = Submit essay online by Friday and return copy & draft to me Dec. 4/7 - Cold Read 2 Reading Skills test - Essay revisions Homework = make sure essay is drafted! Dec. 2/3 - Tell Tale Heart practice & Again and Again review - Transitions video + notes - Essay POWER body paragraphs and Conclusions Homework = Cold Read/Reading Skills Study Guide DUE next block Nov. 30/Dec. 1 - Thesis review - complete Thesis assessment - Review Hook & Introduction information - Update essay with better introduction - Review POWER paragraphs and update essay body paragraphs Homework = Reading Skills Test 2 Study Guide DUE MONDAY Nov. 24/25 - Hook notes + video - Writer's Notebook application practice - Achieve 3000 - Essay work = update word choice, content, sentence variety, introduction, POWER body Homework = Have a great break :) Nov. 20/23 - Thesis practice (graded) - Energizer = Openers and Closers + Check review for today's test - Energizer Assessment 2 - Review Beowulf test in groups - Introduce Beowulf boast writing assignment Homework = 1. Beowulf Boast due next class (BONUS for the shield) Nov. 18/19 - Thesis practice - Beowulf Review - Beowulf test - How to write a hook video Homework = 1. Energizer Review 2. Energizer test next block Nov. 16/17 - Good vs. Well = video review, check homework - Commas with Adjectives = intro, practice - Beowulf Ch. 4 = preview, Activity with partner Homework = 1. Finish Ch. 4/5 from today 2. Beowulf Assessment Thur. 3. Energizer WS Nov. 11/12 - Deliberate Word Choice Energizer = check the homework - Good vs. Well = intro, video, practice - Irony Practice and check - Ch. 3 Annotations and reading = check for completion - Partners complete Ch. 3 activity Homework = 1. Print Ch. 4 and 5 from Edmodo 2. Good vs. Well Practice WS Nov. 9/10 - Hand in Thesis Statement homework - Deliberate Word Choice = introduction, video, practice - Hand back and review Ch. 2 Beowulf assessment - Irony Practice - Notice and Note strategy intro: Words of the Wiser - Begin reading Ch. 3, annotating the text, and completing guided reading activity Homework = 1. Finish Ch.3 and activity 2. Deliberate Word Choice WS Nov. 5/6 - Check Energizer homework - Review Chapter 2 plot - Notes on Flashback, Foreshadowing, Characters, and Irony - Beowulf Ch. 2 assessment - Writer's Workshop time = Prompt 3 Homework = 1. Print Chapter 3 2. Thesis Formative assessment Nov. 2/4 - Writer's Notebook Thesis work - Energizer: Comparative and Superlative - Beowulf: Review Ch. 1 - "Again and Again Moments" - Mood Practice Homework = 1. Read Ch. 2 and Journal! 2. Comparative and Superlative WS Oct. 29/30 - SSR (some students opted to take a Parts of Speech RETAKE during this time) - Cornell Notes application assignment - Beowulf Introduction Prezi - Notice and Note strategy: Again and Again - Begin reading Chapter 1 of "Beowulf" and complete assignment Homework = 1. Finish Ch. 1 and activity 2. Print Ch. 2 and bring to class Oct. 27/28 - Achieve 3000 for non-fiction reading practice - Energizer = check test and review mistakes - Beowulf discussion group - Notes on Setting, Mood, Imagery, Theme, Symbols Homework = 1. Finish today's notes 2. Optional Parts of Speech RETEST next block Oct. 22/23 - SSR - Energizer = check homework & do Kahoot review - Energizer TEST - Edmodo = Power Paragraph on animals - Edmodo = Introduction to Beowulf assignment (all links are on Edmodo) Homework = 1. Info Quest Poem DUE 10/28 2. Optional Parts of Speech RETEST 10/28 Oct. 20/21 - Cold Read "Reading Skills" test - Energizer + review HW - work on One Pager Homework = 1. Energizer Test next block 2. One pager due next block Oct. 16/19 - SSR - Energizer 5: Compound Sentences - Literature Groups to finish "On the Record" texts & activity - Introduce One Pager and begin working Homework = 1. One Pager due 10/22 2. Energizer Study Guide *optional 3. Study Reading Skills for test Oct. 14/15 - SSR - Energizer 4: "Run-ons, Sentences, Fragments" - Literature Groups
Oct. 12/13 - Achieve 3000 "MOM Goes to Mars" - Review Energizer HW + watch Subject / Predicate Video - Review Character Motivation & POV - "I Go Along" pg.175 with questions (independent) - Check assignment and add to notes - Begin Character Motivation Activity using On the Record texts Homework = 1. Review new notes 2. *Optional Verbs & Subject Predicate WS Oct. 8/9 - SSR - Energizer Sentence vs. Fragment + Review video - Review POV & Character + Review video - Complete POV & Character notes + summary of understanding Homework = 1. Sentence Fragments 1 WS 2. Review new notes Oct. 6/7 - Review Parts of Speech Quiz - update with appropriate responses - Apply understanding of Pronouns and antecedents with Energizer activity - Review understanding of novels by revisiting Novel Study assessment - Label notes on Character and Point of View using textbook and video instruction Homework = Review new notes "Character and POV" & watch this PRONOUN VIDEO Oct. 2/5 - Optional Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz RETEST - Writing: Expository Essay Homework = Stay Dry :) Sept. 30/Oct. 1 - Review Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz - Novel Assessment applying Plot, Conflict, Inference skills - Writing Pre-assessment Homework = Optional Plot Quiz RETAKE Friday, Oct. 2 Sept. 28/29 - Parts of Speech Quiz - SRI test - Literary Analysis Activity on Plot, Conflict, Inference for novel study Homework = Novel test next block ***Optional Plot Quiz RETAKE Friday, Oct. 2*** Sept. 24/25 - Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz - Hand in Conflict Comic + Inference HW - Multiple Choice Writing Pre-assessment - Access online textbook to verify it works for you - use salmon colored guide - Finish assembling Writer's Notebook (composition book that stays in class) - Edmodo discussions / online games practice / SSR time Homework = 1. Parts of Speech Quiz NEXT BLOCK 2. Novel Due next block Sept. 22/23 - Novel Quiz (open journal) - SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) - Parts of Speech review game (Kahoot) - Review Plot & update novel charts with literature groups - Introduce Subplot & take notes - Apply knowledge with conflict comic + inference worksheet Homework = 1. Plot, Conflict, Inference Quiz next block 2. Parts of Speech Quiz next week 3. Novel Due 9/28! Sept. 18/21 - Silent Sustained Reading - Energizer 1 Parts of Speech - use textbook to answer - Finish "Elevator" story focusing on Plot and Conflict - Video + Notes on Inference - Literature Groups with Plot Practice Homework = 1. Quiz on Notes 9/24 2. Novel Check in next block 3. Journal + Edmodo Sept. 16/17 - Silent Sustained Reading Novel - Review Edmodo expectations and directions - Review Essential Question for the Unit - Quick review on Plot / Conflict notes (quiz soon) - Read "The Elevator" and take close read notes as we go - Quick write or discussion on "The Elevator" - Work on Edmodo discussion groups if time Homework = 1. Quiz on Plot/Conflict SOON 2. Assignment 1 Due next block 3. Bring overdue supplies Sept. 14/15 - Turn in papers & set up binders - Intro essential question - Textbooks issued - Cornell Notes on Plot & Conflict - Receive Independent Novel assignment and discuss Homework = 1. Quiz on Plot/Conflict SOON 2. Novel Assignment #1 Due Friday! 3. Bring supplies Sept. 10/11 - Turn in homework letter (due today) - Interest inventory for new novel - Turn in forms: Remind (green) Expectations (gold) Info Card (purple) - Complete Reading pre-assessment - Join Edmodo and post response - Clean up Sharepoint files Homework = 1. OVERDUE Paperwork & letter 2. Bring novel & supplies Sept. 8/9 - Student survey & Icebreaker - Review expectations & teacher site Homework = 1. Return paperwork 2. Complete English letter 3. Supplies due! |
Energizers (Grammar)
Unit 2 Documents
Unit 1 Documents
Independent Novel Study Documents
Beginning of Year Documents
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