9th Literature/Composition
Weekly Focus: Romeo and Juliet (Dramas)
WEDNESDAY: Review Study Guide. Play Jeopardy (literary terms in Romeo and Juliet).
THURSDAY: FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 1 AND 2
FRIDAY: FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 3 AND 4
Weekly Focus: Romeo and Juliet (Dramas)
12/8/-12/12
MONDAY: After selecting roles in class, read Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. Choose 5 literary terms and complete a Frayer Model for each. Look for the examples in the play. Cite the act, and scene you found the literary example. Complete a love letter using examples of Old English found in the play.
TUESDAY: Read Act 2 and complete questions
WEDNESDAY: Read Act 3 and complete questions
THURSDAY: Read Act 4 and complete questions
FRIDAY: Read Act 5/ Work on Romeo and Juliet Social Media Project. Look at the student examples for ideas on how to create a profile for one of the "star-crossed" lovers. PROJECT DUE MONDAY 15TH!
***Checkout the Leu's Christmas Vid***
12/15-12/19
MONDAY: Finish constructing project (Due Date Extention: 12/16). Complete final exam study guide.
TUESDAY: Finish constructing project (Due Date Extention: 12/16). Complete final exam study guide. Watch Odyssey and complete discussion questions
WEDNESDAY: Review Study Guide. Play Jeopardy (literary terms in Romeo and Juliet).
THURSDAY: FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 1 AND 2
FRIDAY: FINAL EXAMS FOR BLOCKS 3 AND 4
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10th World Literature
Weekly Focus: Hero's Quest (mythology)
MONDAY: Last day for mythology presentations
TUESDAY: Watch the Odyssey and answer 1-26
WEDNESDAY: Study mythology stories presented in class for final exam on Friday.
- Iliad
- Oedipus Rex
- Tragedy of Romstal
- Sinbad
- Aeneid
- Epic of Gilgamesh
THURSDAY: Final Exams (Blocks 1-2)
FRIDAY: Final Exams (Blocks 3-4)
December 1-5
9th Literature/Composition
Weekly Focus: EOC Test Prep
MONDAY:
Weekly Focus: A Hero's Journey/Mythology Project
MONDAY:
Weekly Focus: EOC Test Prep
MONDAY:
- Take notes on citing textual evidence and complete the paragraph on pg 6 for the question below.
- QUESTION: How does the author try to help the readers understand "tensile strength"? Answer the question using the steps of citing textual evidence.
TUESDAY: Test Day 1 (reading/constructive response).
WEDNESDAY: Test Day 2 (grammar/research process/editing/constructive response).
THURSDAY: Test Day 3 (extended response).
FRIDAY: Finish watching Romeo and Juliet and introduce. Define/Study literary terms for Final Exam.
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10th World LiteratureWeekly Focus: A Hero's Journey/Mythology Project
MONDAY:
- Record your presentation day and time.
- Finish your lesson plan for project.
- Type/Print your research paper (see page 3 of word doc).
- Gather any final resources or activities you will need for your 45 min lesson.
- Rehearse with your partner(s).
WEDNESDAY: Lesson Plan Presentations
THURSDAY: Lesson Plan Presentations
FRIDAY: Lesson Plan Presentations
November 17-21
9th Literature/Composition
Unit 3: EOC Prep
Continue gathering ideas and resources for your 45 minute lesson. Your lesson plan organizer will be checked at the end of class for a grade.
Unit 3: EOC Prep
Monday
LAB Agenda:
1.Visit
Blog and download answer key for Mock EOC to lunch #
2.Grade
your test
3.Download error analysis organizer to lunch #
4.Complete
Error Analysis Organizer on Word Doc’s for the questions you missed by placing the skills in the "standards" part of the organizer.
5.Go to
USATESTPREP and practice the skills you missed.
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10th World Literature
10th World Literature
Unit 3: A Hero's Journey
Monday
LAB Agenda:Monday
Continue gathering ideas and resources for your 45 minute lesson. Your lesson plan organizer will be checked at the end of class for a grade.
Tuesday: Finish the lesson plan template for your mythological story.
Wednesday: Look over the "teacher tool box" slide for activities you can use to teach your mythological story. Also check out the World Lit Standards to narrow your activities to 2-3 specific standards/skills you want your classmates to demonstrate mastery of.
Wednesday: Look over the "teacher tool box" slide for activities you can use to teach your mythological story. Also check out the World Lit Standards to narrow your activities to 2-3 specific standards/skills you want your classmates to demonstrate mastery of.
November 10-14
9th Literature/Composition
Unit 3: EOC Prep
Monday: Go to page 23 of the EOC Review Website and complete Items 1-7 items in your notebook.
- Do TAPP
- Read "Dragon Myths" (pg 24) and find evidence 9 (quotes) to support your writing.
- Complete a brainstorm
- Type up written response (1-2 paragraphs)
- Check your writing with the sample paragraph starter.
- Revise/Edit your paragraph for topic sentence, evidence (1-2 quotes from article), explanations of how the quote helps develop author's claim.
- Complete Midterm on USATESTPREP
Tuesday: Read "A New Twist to Libraries" and "Take One, Return One" on page 19 and complete a 5-paragraph essay (70 min timed). Writing Topic: Write an informational essay in your own words explaining the ways in which libraries are adapting and changing in the 21st century.
Wednesday: Read "Dragon Mythology: East vs. West" on page 24 and complete 1 paragraph (20 min timed). Writing Topic: In the first paragraph, the author claims that there is a long tradition of dragon myths in China and that they are “revered throughout Asia to this day.” How does the author develop this claim? Use details from the text to support your answer.
Thursday: Select a mythological story in the literature book and complete a summary of the hero's journey.
Friday: Number your notebook 1-90, and label it Mock EOC, and today's date. Complete 1-45 today by downloading the test to your lunch number. The test starts on page 5. When you are done download the "Error Analysis" organizer. You will use this on Monday after testing to list the skills you missed.
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10th Literature/Composition
Unit 3: "A Hero's Journey"
Monday: Begin researching your project that you will present after the break.
- Look over the project/rubric guidelines
- Choose one story from the World Lit Table of Contents Page
- Begin researching and gathering info about the author and work you have choosen.
- Finish any unfinished work from last week (Climate Change Essay Typed/Hero PPT or Powtoon).
November 3-7
9th Grade Literature
Unit 3 Focus: Novel Unit "A Bronx Masquerade"
Unit 3 Focus: Novel Unit "A Bronx Masquerade"
Monday:
1. (1st 15 min) Visit usatestprep.com and practice skills from your weakness list.
2. Read "Bronx Masquerade" and complete a character map for Devon Hope.
3. Fill out Character Map
4. DBQ: At the end of the reading selection, Tyrone compares Devon's character to Mohammed Ali. Research some of Ali's famous line in and out of the ring. (Do not use "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"). Choose one of Ali's lines closest to Devon's character. How does the line from Ali compare to Devon's physical or personality traits?
3. Fill out Character Map
4. DBQ: At the end of the reading selection, Tyrone compares Devon's character to Mohammed Ali. Research some of Ali's famous line in and out of the ring. (Do not use "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"). Choose one of Ali's lines closest to Devon's character. How does the line from Ali compare to Devon's physical or personality traits?
Tuesday: NO SCHOOL
Wednesday: Complete timed writing for "A New Twist on Libraries" and "Take One, Return One"
Thursday: Revise rough draft and type final version of comparison essay.
Friday: Visit the typing basics website to learn tips on improving your skills. Type your compare and contrast essay in MLA format.
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10th Grade World Literature
Unit 3: A Hero's Journey
Monday: Lab Day
Tuesday: NO SCHOOL
Wednesday: Notes on a hero's journey. HW was to fill in the circle organizer for a modern hero by placing 4 quotes, 4pics/symbols, and 4 examples in the circle next to the 12 various stages in that hero's journey.
Thursday: Lab Day (Pick 3 to Complete)
a. Finalize your hero's journey circle by using multimedia to find photos, clip art, famous lines/quotes, and examples from the movie you did your homework on.
b. Venn Diagram: Fill out the differences between a fable vs. fairy tale.
c. Read The Ant and the Chrysalis and answer the following questions?
-What was the main character's adversity?
-Choose one word to describe the ant. Provide a line from the fable as your support.
-What do we learn from the interactions between the ant and the Chrysalis?
-How does the ending contribute to the moral of the story?
d. Type up your climate change essay and save to lunch number.
Friday: Watch Greek Gods and Goddesses on YouTube and pick one God or Goddess to do research on. Here is one link to start your research process: research site. You will need to create a PowToons with the following information:
- Describe their physical and personality traits and find a picture or draw a sketch that represents them.
- What supernatural power(s) do they possess?
- What are they the god or ruler of?
- What major conflict or adversity do they struggle with? Is it internal or external? Explain.
- Who are they related to?
- What animal represents them?
- What are they famous or well known for?
October 27-31
Unit 2 Focus: Persuasive Techniques/Bias in Media
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
1. (1st 15 min) Visit usatestprep.com and practice skills from your weakness list.
2. Define the following terms by taking notes on media bias. These will be on the quiz this Friday.
3. Read the article excerpt to see what example of bias is being used. Answer both questions in your notebook next to your notes.
4. Visit one of the following local newspapers and find ONE EXAMPLE of bias in media. Complete a DBQ: What example of bias did you find. Provide specific examples from the text to support your claim.
Tuesday: Find an article that has any example of bias (see Monday) on climate change. Explain what form of bias it is and why you believe this media outlet is showing bias (OREO).
2. Define the following terms by taking notes on media bias. These will be on the quiz this Friday.
- Bias
- Bias through selection and omission
- Bias through placement
- Bias by headline
- Bias by photos, captions, and camera angles
- Bias through use of name and titles
- Bias through statistics and crowd counts
- Bias by source control
- Word choice and tone
3. Read the article excerpt to see what example of bias is being used. Answer both questions in your notebook next to your notes.
4. Visit one of the following local newspapers and find ONE EXAMPLE of bias in media. Complete a DBQ: What example of bias did you find. Provide specific examples from the text to support your claim.
Tuesday: Find an article that has any example of bias (see Monday) on climate change. Explain what form of bias it is and why you believe this media outlet is showing bias (OREO).
Wednesday: Continue identifying forms of media bias (bias through headlines/ names and titles). Create a collage advocating for climate change or claiming it is a hoax. Use all examples of bias reviewed in class. See bias example with the directions.
Thursday: Finish collage poster with partner (see example/directions). Research arguments for and against climate change online and complete the brainstorm organizer. You will need to develop the brainstorm into a 5-paragraph essay due on Monday.
Friday: Quiz on media bias vocabulary (see Monday) and watch Halloween documentary.
Thursday: Finish collage poster with partner (see example/directions). Research arguments for and against climate change online and complete the brainstorm organizer. You will need to develop the brainstorm into a 5-paragraph essay due on Monday.
Friday: Quiz on media bias vocabulary (see Monday) and watch Halloween documentary.
October 13-24
Unit 2 Focus: Persuasive Techniques/Midterm Elections
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
1. (1st 25 min) Visit usatestprep.com and practice 5 skills from your weakness list.
2. Finish final draft of speech in pen and turn in tomorrow to Mr. Leu.
3. Make a rough draft of a political poster endorsing your candidate.
a. Make a political poster using the online poster maker or sketch a rough draft in notebook after getting ideas from former political posters.
b. Save online poster by clicking download button (top right), select free download (far right),
select lunch # file to save poster. Name file: political poster.
4. Write down a summary (5 W's) of what your commercial will be about.
a. Look at political ads for ideas you can use in your own political ad before writing summary.
b. In summary paragraph, jot down 2 persuasive techniques you will use in your commercial.
c. Explain how you will use each technique in your ad to get your candidate elected.
Tuesday: Complete three scenes/shots with dialogue for your commercial.
Wednesday: Watch student commercial and analyze for persuasive appeals. Finish script for commercial. Begin video taping and editing commercials using apps and video recording software
Thursday: Day 1 of presentations of speech. Look over the rubric and student examples of speeches that received an A. Get some tips before our last day of presentations.
Friday: Day 2 of presentations of speech.
Monday: Get on USATESTPREP for 25 minutes to work on identified weaknesses. Finish editing your political video using an online editing resource
Tuesday: Watch the debate for Governor of Georgia and complete an OREO explaining who made the most effective argument for being governor. Provide evidence (PEL) to support your opinion (OREO).
Wednesday: Finish the debate and share OREO on Elmo for feedback. Begin political ad presentations.
2. Finish final draft of speech in pen and turn in tomorrow to Mr. Leu.
3. Make a rough draft of a political poster endorsing your candidate.
a. Make a political poster using the online poster maker or sketch a rough draft in notebook after getting ideas from former political posters.
b. Save online poster by clicking download button (top right), select free download (far right),
select lunch # file to save poster. Name file: political poster.
4. Write down a summary (5 W's) of what your commercial will be about.
a. Look at political ads for ideas you can use in your own political ad before writing summary.
b. In summary paragraph, jot down 2 persuasive techniques you will use in your commercial.
c. Explain how you will use each technique in your ad to get your candidate elected.
Tuesday: Complete three scenes/shots with dialogue for your commercial.
Wednesday: Watch student commercial and analyze for persuasive appeals. Finish script for commercial. Begin video taping and editing commercials using apps and video recording software
Thursday: Day 1 of presentations of speech. Look over the rubric and student examples of speeches that received an A. Get some tips before our last day of presentations.
Friday: Day 2 of presentations of speech.
Monday: Get on USATESTPREP for 25 minutes to work on identified weaknesses. Finish editing your political video using an online editing resource
Video editing websites:
Tuesday: Watch the debate for Governor of Georgia and complete an OREO explaining who made the most effective argument for being governor. Provide evidence (PEL) to support your opinion (OREO).
Wednesday: Finish the debate and share OREO on Elmo for feedback. Begin political ad presentations.
October 6-9
Unit 2 Focus: Persuasive Techniques/Midterm Elections
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
We are not powerless!! "Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet."– Alice Walker
Monday:
1. Visit usatestprep.com and practice 5 skills from your weakness list.
2. Research the 4 candidates running for either the Senate or Governor seat by visiting the website and clicking on each candidates campaign website link. You need A-D complete for each person.
a. Professional background (jobs)
b. Key issues (things important to them like jobs, taxes)
c. Educational accomplishments (degrees, universities)
d. Place of Birth/Personal Info
3. Watch political ads from the candidates to add more info about their key issues
4. Create a thesis statement explaining why you chose your candidate for Georgia Senate, or Governor (Hint: TPR)
Tuesday: Take notes on Ethos, Pathos, Logos in order to analyze persuasive writing that uses these persuasive appeals. Study notes for this Friday quiz.
Wednesday: Analyze student essay with high score from mock writing. Learn how to brainstorm and write a persuasive thesis statement that addresses the counter-argument. HW: develop one of the ideas from the brainstorm into a paragraph by adding emotional or logical appeals/examples as support.
Thursday: Take speech writing notes and analyze former President Bush's 9/11 speech and Nelson Mandela, and JFK's speeches looking for rhetorical devices. Complete a rough draft for your political speech in the point of view of the candidate you are endorsing for the GA midterm election. You must include ethos, pathos, and logos (see Tuesday notes) in your speech.
Friday: Take a quiz on persuasive appeals, and thesis statements. Watch MLK's speech on the war in Vietnam and answer the following question: What was MLK's claim about the war? And what appeals (PEL) stood out as most effective in convincing the American people?
HW: 40 word check on Monday. Complete your final draft of your political speech (Look at President Obama's 2004 speech for tips on using PEL)
September 22-October 6
Week Focus: EOCT Review
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Monday: Take notes on the sections of the EOCT. Take practice EOCT (pg. 76-118)
Tuesday: Analyze Mock EOC
Wednesday: Students will take a mock writing test to prepare them for the junior writing assessment necessary for graduation.
Thursday: Finish Mock EOCT
Friday: Complete Test Analysis using the Answer Key and Mock EOCT questions.
1. Show Test Analysis Organizer/Strength & Weakness Essay for a grade.
2. Identify the weaknesses from your Test Analysis Organizer you will focus on for today’s activities online.
3. Visit www.usatestprep.com and complete the steps below:
4. Click on “Login” then on the left side “Create an Account”
5. Login using info: “District ID=southcobb Username: stu1564
6. Create your account: Your username/password=lunch #
7. Join your class period (1st,3rd, 4th block)
8. Click on Milestone or SLO at top of page then “9th Lit/Comp, Amer. Lit, or 10th lit”
9. Click on “Practice” then select the following domain: “reading, writing, speaking, language.”
10. Complete 1 of the activities under the following categories: “Question, Vocabulary, Puzzles, “Performance Task” before playing study games for your identified weaknesses.
Tuesday: Students read about Shelby vs. Holder to debate the merits of the SCOTUS decision and its implication on voting rights.
Wednesday: Students learned about the Trail of Tears and completed a 5W's activity before learning about persuasive techniques. HW: Analyze two commercials for the techniques in the organizer.
Thursday: Students continued analyzing political ads for persuasive techniques and choose one issue stated in one of the ads to create their own ad endorsing one of the two candidates using a storyboard template.
Friday: The Warmup was on revising run-ons and fragments. We took a quiz on 11 persuasive techniques (see Wednesday notes). (ONLY 1ST BLOCK, HW: Complete 8-14 by analyzing the ads and completing the questions in complete sentences.)
HW for 3rd/4th period: 35 vocab words/ finish watching Consuming Kids Documentary and compete a paragraph on the effects of deregulating child marketing.
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Monday: Take notes on the sections of the EOCT. Take practice EOCT (pg. 76-118)
Tuesday: Analyze Mock EOC
Wednesday: Students will take a mock writing test to prepare them for the junior writing assessment necessary for graduation.
Thursday: Finish Mock EOCT
Friday: Complete Test Analysis using the Answer Key and Mock EOCT questions.
- Write down your name as the grader (ie: Graded By Edom)
- Mark each wrong answer
- Write down correct letter choice
- Write down the skill next to each question
- Complete the test analysis organizer
- Write a one-page strength/weakness essay on your test score. Be specific. Add info about what skills you missed and got right in order to help me get a better picture on how you are doing in this class.
1. Show Test Analysis Organizer/Strength & Weakness Essay for a grade.
2. Identify the weaknesses from your Test Analysis Organizer you will focus on for today’s activities online.
3. Visit www.usatestprep.com and complete the steps below:
4. Click on “Login” then on the left side “Create an Account”
5. Login using info: “District ID=southcobb Username: stu1564
6. Create your account: Your username/password=lunch #
7. Join your class period (1st,3rd, 4th block)
8. Click on Milestone or SLO at top of page then “9th Lit/Comp, Amer. Lit, or 10th lit”
9. Click on “Practice” then select the following domain: “reading, writing, speaking, language.”
10. Complete 1 of the activities under the following categories: “Question, Vocabulary, Puzzles, “Performance Task” before playing study games for your identified weaknesses.
Tuesday: Students read about Shelby vs. Holder to debate the merits of the SCOTUS decision and its implication on voting rights.
Wednesday: Students learned about the Trail of Tears and completed a 5W's activity before learning about persuasive techniques. HW: Analyze two commercials for the techniques in the organizer.
Thursday: Students continued analyzing political ads for persuasive techniques and choose one issue stated in one of the ads to create their own ad endorsing one of the two candidates using a storyboard template.
Friday: The Warmup was on revising run-ons and fragments. We took a quiz on 11 persuasive techniques (see Wednesday notes). (ONLY 1ST BLOCK, HW: Complete 8-14 by analyzing the ads and completing the questions in complete sentences.)
HW for 3rd/4th period: 35 vocab words/ finish watching Consuming Kids Documentary and compete a paragraph on the effects of deregulating child marketing.
Monday:
1. Visit usatestprep.com and practice 5 skills from your weakness list.
2. Research a candidate you will endorse for Senate and Governor of Georgia by visiting the website below and clicking on each candidates campaign website link.
http://georgia.state-election.info
a. Professional background (jobs)
b. Key issues (things important to them like jobs, taxes)
c. Educational accomplishments (degrees, universities)
d. Place of Birth/Personal Info
3. Create a thesis statement explaining why you chose your candidate for Georgia Senate, or Governor (Hint: TPR)
***Extra Credit***
See Burt's Big Thank You Letter
Guidelines to follow for letter writing:
Each letter should be heartfelt, handwritten, original, and free of any political statements. The purpose of the letter is to express thanks to the military personnel currently deployed outside the United States. We reserve the right to eliminate those messages that are political in nature and do not reflect a positive message in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
• All letters must be on 8.5” x 11” paper or smaller.
• Do not use glue, tape, staples, cardboard, glitter or otherwise attach anything to the paper.
• NO construction paper.
• Decorate using crayons, markers, pens or pencils.
• Use both sides if you like, but use one page per letter only.
• Do not send greeting cards or photographs.
• Feel free to include your mailing and email address.
• Individual letters should not be sealed in envelopes.
• Do not send anything except letters.
***Extra Credit***
See Burt's Big Thank You Letter
Guidelines to follow for letter writing:
Each letter should be heartfelt, handwritten, original, and free of any political statements. The purpose of the letter is to express thanks to the military personnel currently deployed outside the United States. We reserve the right to eliminate those messages that are political in nature and do not reflect a positive message in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
• All letters must be on 8.5” x 11” paper or smaller.
• Do not use glue, tape, staples, cardboard, glitter or otherwise attach anything to the paper.
• NO construction paper.
• Decorate using crayons, markers, pens or pencils.
• Use both sides if you like, but use one page per letter only.
• Do not send greeting cards or photographs.
• Feel free to include your mailing and email address.
• Individual letters should not be sealed in envelopes.
• Do not send anything except letters.
September 8-12
Week Focus: Satire, Parody, Irony
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Short Text: A Modest Proposal
Monday (9th Grade): LAB DAY (2nd fl. FTA)
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Short Text: A Modest Proposal
Monday (9th Grade): LAB DAY (2nd fl. FTA)
1. Read the Bronx Masquerade for Diondra Jordan
2. Visit this website and copy and complete the conflict organizer in notebook for Diondra. What is her conflict in the book. Provide evidence of the conflict by writing the page number you line from text under the "conflict column."
3. Read Miss Jordan's poem called If and complete discussion questions below in notebook.
Discussion Questions:
A. What part of speech is the title If?
B. What is the central conflict of this poem?
C. Find one example from the text that supports what you stated was the central conflict.
D. What is the tone of this poem. (Hint: how does the author feel about the subject If?)
E. What does the line from the poem "would you laugh at me then" reveal about the audience?
4. Create your own If poem. Choose one thing about your self that you do not like or were teased about in school to be the subject of this poem. Turn the negative thing you were teased about into something that could be positive following the same structure as Miss Jordan's poem.
Ex:
1st/2nd Line: "If... (use images/symbols that reveal your issue you are self conscious about in a positive manner)"
Last Line: "...would you still laugh at me then?"
Ex:
1st/2nd Line: "If... (use images/symbols that reveal your issue you are self conscious about in a positive manner)"
Last Line: "...would you still laugh at me then?"
5. Work on satire letter by researching specific examples, facts, stats of the problem around your issue you want to bring attention to. Add this evidence a.k.a. Green to your rough draft.
Monday (10th Grade):
1. Read up to page 26 of The Black Jacobins
2. Complete discussion questions below:
Preface:
a. What is an epic (define)?
b. Look up 3 examples of great epics and list them.
c. What revolutionary struggle/achievement is the focus of this book
d. Who is the hero in this epic?
e. Research the hero in this epic. Find out 3 things he accomplished in his life.
Prologue:
f. what countries did the slave trade get their slaves from in Africa?
3. Create a T-chart to document what effects the slave trade had on Africans
(left side=evidence/right side=how this affected them negatively)
4. Finish Rough Draft of Satire (see example below)
Example:
Dear high school tech experts,
(Focus=Noise created from cell phones)
Your constant attention to staying in touch is a testimony of your great social skills. With every KIK, and Facebook Message you expand your ever growing vocabulary which you use so eloquently in your essays in class. I cannot speak enough about the creative notification alerts that fill the classrooms with pleasant melodies of Rich Homie Quan and Drake. The lyrics from these contemporary artists can help students learn grammar and how to articulate and speak properly which is a bonus because all senior have a written exit exam. Your extensive music knowledge is also something to be admired and creates a much needed break for those nerds that insist on taking notes, completing classwork or studying for quizzes and tests in school.
(Focus=Energy used texting/chatting)
I must also mention the fact that you teen experts are finding a way to burn calories while in class. One study found 90 minutes of using your thumbs to text can burn all of the delicious food you had at lunch, but may have felt guilty. We all know the lengths to which high schoolers will go to watch what they eat, so engaging in social exercise using your cell phone every day several times a day shows your willingness to keep America fit and healthy one thumb at a time.
(Focus=Conclusion)
So next time someone insists you put your cell phones away while in class, remind them of the service and sacrifice you are making to your classroom and to society each time your reply to a text, search the web, or reply to a KIK in class. The world needs more text specialists especially in an ever shrinking economy where technical skills like technology expert can give you a head start and an edge over other applicants.
Sincerely,
Mr. Leu (Your Proud Teacher)
Tuesday: revise satire letter and IF poem
1. Read up to page 26 of The Black Jacobins
2. Complete discussion questions below:
Preface:
a. What is an epic (define)?
b. Look up 3 examples of great epics and list them.
c. What revolutionary struggle/achievement is the focus of this book
d. Who is the hero in this epic?
e. Research the hero in this epic. Find out 3 things he accomplished in his life.
Prologue:
f. what countries did the slave trade get their slaves from in Africa?
3. Create a T-chart to document what effects the slave trade had on Africans
(left side=evidence/right side=how this affected them negatively)
4. Finish Rough Draft of Satire (see example below)
Example:
Dear high school tech experts,
(Focus=Noise created from cell phones)
Your constant attention to staying in touch is a testimony of your great social skills. With every KIK, and Facebook Message you expand your ever growing vocabulary which you use so eloquently in your essays in class. I cannot speak enough about the creative notification alerts that fill the classrooms with pleasant melodies of Rich Homie Quan and Drake. The lyrics from these contemporary artists can help students learn grammar and how to articulate and speak properly which is a bonus because all senior have a written exit exam. Your extensive music knowledge is also something to be admired and creates a much needed break for those nerds that insist on taking notes, completing classwork or studying for quizzes and tests in school.
(Focus=Energy used texting/chatting)
I must also mention the fact that you teen experts are finding a way to burn calories while in class. One study found 90 minutes of using your thumbs to text can burn all of the delicious food you had at lunch, but may have felt guilty. We all know the lengths to which high schoolers will go to watch what they eat, so engaging in social exercise using your cell phone every day several times a day shows your willingness to keep America fit and healthy one thumb at a time.
(Focus=Conclusion)
So next time someone insists you put your cell phones away while in class, remind them of the service and sacrifice you are making to your classroom and to society each time your reply to a text, search the web, or reply to a KIK in class. The world needs more text specialists especially in an ever shrinking economy where technical skills like technology expert can give you a head start and an edge over other applicants.
Sincerely,
Mr. Leu (Your Proud Teacher)
Tuesday: revise satire letter and IF poem
Wednesday:
Agenda
1. Revise Satire letter
2. Type final draft of If poem and satire letter. Save to your lunch number
3. Analyze five satire illustrations by answering the questions below for each picture
A. What is the problem in the illustration?
B. What objects and symbols does the artist used to exaggerate the truth behind the problem?
C. What colors does the artist paint with and what tone do they reveal?
D. Was this illustration effective why or why not?
Thursday: review rubric for performance-based assessment and choose one of three choices illustration recorded letter or parity and begin working on it in class
September 1-5
Week Focus: Satire, Parody, Irony
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Short Text:
Friday: Go Green Quiz (1-10). Present Alternate Ending Skits. Revise essay for evidence.
Monday: NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY!!!
Tuesday:
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)
Short Text:
Friday: Go Green Quiz (1-10). Present Alternate Ending Skits. Revise essay for evidence.
Monday: NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY!!!
Tuesday:
1.) Read a Bronx masquerade for Raud's character and complete TPCASTT
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iw2eedbzetw7b5g/AABJevhvcJhtE0bFxo6xM7r9a?dl=0
2.) Finalize "New Nat'l Anthem" essay in computer lab. HW Due: 5 new unfamiliar words using Syntax Surgery Organizer.
Criteria for paper
· double-spaced, typed
· Times New Roman, 12 point font
· 1 inch margin on all sides
· name, teacher name, period, date in upper right corner
· must include at least one direct quote from the play
· no shorter than 1 page; no longer than 3
· if we are unable to complete this in the computer lab, you will be writing it by hand in class
Wednesday:
Criteria for paper
· double-spaced, typed
· Times New Roman, 12 point font
· 1 inch margin on all sides
· name, teacher name, period, date in upper right corner
· must include at least one direct quote from the play
· no shorter than 1 page; no longer than 3
· if we are unable to complete this in the computer lab, you will be writing it by hand in class
Wednesday:
August 25-29
***Weekly HW: Reading Log/Syntax Surgery due on Monday (5 unfamiliar words a week using the organizer)
Thursday: Finish reading the The Neckless and complete The Necklace Study Questions for quiz on Friday 22
Friday: Quiz on The Necklace/DBQ: Is T.I's New National Anthem a true reflection of the United States today. "Is this the new national anthem?" Provide evidence from both documents in supporting your answer.
9TH GRADE ONLY
Thursday: Finish reading the The Neckless and complete The Necklace Study Questions for quiz on Friday 22
Friday: Quiz on The Necklace/DBQ: Is T.I's New National Anthem a true reflection of the United States today. "Is this the new national anthem?" Provide evidence from both documents in supporting your answer.
Use the Brainstorm we started in class to help you complete the essay along with the PPT on how to create a Thesis Statement in your intro paragraph. Remember to develop at least 3 reasons from the brainstorm and make them your three body paragraphs. Have a great weekend :)
9TH GRADE ONLY
Monday: Take notes on the five methods of characterization (S.T.E.A.L) Characterization Notes
1. Copy STEAL under the notes you took and fill in the "E" for "Effects on other characters by writing down what Raul, Tyrone, and Chankara say about one another. Next to each quote you find from each character write down what they reveal about another characters personality.
2. Read The Bronx Masquerade
2. Read The Bronx Masquerade
3. Pull out your essay from Friday's DBQ. Use the Introduction Paragraph Organizer (HIT) to revise your first paragraph. Make sure it has all three parts of HIT (hook, info on topic, thesis).
4. Finish your project by going online and completing a script for your skit using the Skit Template
Tuesday:
1. Revise Intro Paragraph using HIT strategy
2. Analyze theme in I am Legend original and alternate ending and complete the theme organizer
3. Finalize script for skit/board game
10TH GRADE ONLY
EVENTS & REMINDERS
August 26, 27: Alternate Ending Presentations Skit Rubric
August 29: Begin Novel Studies for "The Black Jacobins"
September 13-21: BREAK NO SCHOOL!!!
Ava Leu is 3 Months!!!
Tuesday:
1. Revise Intro Paragraph using HIT strategy
2. Analyze theme in I am Legend original and alternate ending and complete the theme organizer
3. Finalize script for skit/board game
10TH GRADE ONLY
Monday:
1. Pull out your essay from Friday's DBQ. Use the Introduction Paragraph Organizer (HIT) to revise your first paragraph. Make sure it has all three parts of HIT labeled (hook, info on topic, thesis).
1. Pull out your essay from Friday's DBQ. Use the Introduction Paragraph Organizer (HIT) to revise your first paragraph. Make sure it has all three parts of HIT labeled (hook, info on topic, thesis).
2. Read the article More Online Cash Raised for Ferguson Cop than Unarmed Black Teenager he Killed and Officer Darren Wilson Began Career At Disgraced Police Department. Use the two articles to practice making claims (OREO). Copy OREO in your journaling section and label it "Ferguson Cop." Use OREO to answer the question: What are your thoughts about these two developing stories from Ferguson? Provide evidence to support your opinions.
3. Finish your project by going online and completing the final draft of your script for the group skit using the Skit Template
Tuesday:
1. Revise Intro Paragraph using HIT strategy
2. Analyze theme in I am Legend original and alternate ending and complete the theme organizer
3. Finalize script for skit/board game
3. Finish your project by going online and completing the final draft of your script for the group skit using the Skit Template
Tuesday:
1. Revise Intro Paragraph using HIT strategy
2. Analyze theme in I am Legend original and alternate ending and complete the theme organizer
3. Finalize script for skit/board game
EVENTS & REMINDERS
August 26, 27: Alternate Ending Presentations Skit Rubric
August 29: Begin Novel Studies for "The Black Jacobins"
September 13-21: BREAK NO SCHOOL!!!
Ava Leu is 3 Months!!!
Aug 18-22
***Weekly HW: Reading Log/Syntax Surgery due on Monday (5 unfamiliar words a week using the organizer)
Thursday: Finish reading the The Neckless and complete The Necklace Study Questions for quiz on Friday 22
Friday: Quiz on The Necklace/DBQ: Is T.I's New National Anthem a true reflection of the United States today. "Is this the new national anthem?" Provide evidence from both documents in supporting your answer.
Thursday: Finish reading the The Neckless and complete The Necklace Study Questions for quiz on Friday 22
Friday: Quiz on The Necklace/DBQ: Is T.I's New National Anthem a true reflection of the United States today. "Is this the new national anthem?" Provide evidence from both documents in supporting your answer.
Use the Brainstorm we started in class to help you complete the essay along with the PPT on how to create a Thesis Statement in your intro paragraph. Remember to develop at least 3 reasons from the brainstorm and make them your three body paragraphs. Have a great weekend :)
EVENTS & REMINDERS
August 21: Open House @ 6:30pm
August 25, 26: Alternate Ending Presentations
Ava Leu is 3 Months!!!
EVENTS & REMINDERS
August 21: Open House @ 6:30pm
August 25, 26: Alternate Ending Presentations
Ava Leu is 3 Months!!!
August 4-11
Wednesday: Complete your sketch and bio poem which is due Thursday 7th. Visit the link below for directions: Body Biography
Thursday: Choose ONE essay prompt to develop into a 5 paragraph essay due Monday 11th: Pretest Essay Choices
3. Complete the Pretest Remediation Activity below by downloading the organizer and completing it for each skill you missed:
Remediation Activity
Tuesday: Read (9th: The Giant's House; 10th: The Lottery) and complete an OREO paragraph (see notes from Tuesday)
Wednesday: Finish reading The Giant's House and complete discussion questions. HW: Add 5 unfamiliar words to your vocab section of notebook in order to be ready to apply Syntax Surgery strategy on Thurs.
PPT Agenda for this Week
Thursday: Learn how to break down meaning from unfamiliar words using the Syntax Surgery Organizer: Syntax Surgery . Learn how to organize writing using Go Green Strategy: Go Green Method for Writing
Friday: HW is to complete Syntax Surgery for 5 unfamiliar words.
Thursday: Choose ONE essay prompt to develop into a 5 paragraph essay due Monday 11th: Pretest Essay Choices
Monday:
1.) Complete test analysis organizer below by first downloading it to your student drive (save as unit test 1):
2.) Use the answer key below to complete sections 1-5 on the organizer below:
3. Complete the Pretest Remediation Activity below by downloading the organizer and completing it for each skill you missed:
Remediation Activity
Tuesday: Read (9th: The Giant's House; 10th: The Lottery) and complete an OREO paragraph (see notes from Tuesday)
Wednesday: Finish reading The Giant's House and complete discussion questions. HW: Add 5 unfamiliar words to your vocab section of notebook in order to be ready to apply Syntax Surgery strategy on Thurs.
PPT Agenda for this Week
Thursday: Learn how to break down meaning from unfamiliar words using the Syntax Surgery Organizer: Syntax Surgery . Learn how to organize writing using Go Green Strategy: Go Green Method for Writing
Friday: HW is to complete Syntax Surgery for 5 unfamiliar words.
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