Six New Words and Harriet Tubman

Grades: P2, P3, P5, P6

Complete Pious word chart. Make sure each word has a part of speech, definition, two synonyms, sentance, and image.

Read "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"

Breaking the law

Answer the following questions in a paragraph.

Is it ever right to break a law? Why or why not? Can you think of a situation in the past or present in which it would be right to break a law?


Complete word formchart.

Homework:

Verb forming suffixes

Verb forming suffixes

-ate: cause to become /for example: animate
-en: make or become /for example: deepen
-fy: make or cause /for example: fortify
-ize: cause to be /for example: motorize

Number your paper from 1-10. Form verbs using the above suffixes; then define the new words. Spelling changes will be necessary.

captive
critic
strength
nausea
glory
active
civil
sweet
illumine
beauty

Finish summaries of "From Lincoln: A Photobiography"



Homework:

Paragraph Summaries of Lincoln a Photobiography

In groups write one sentence summaries of each paragraph in Lincoln: A Photobiography. Format your paper like this:

“From Lincoln: A Photobiography”
Paragraph by Paragraph Summary

Page 771

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Page 772

1.
2.

Page 773

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Pages 774 – 775

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.


Homework: Read, cut out, and write a one paragraph summary of a newspaper article.

Exposition Unit Standards

Exposition Unit Standards

Your group will be assigned to teach a mini-lesson on one of the standards below. You will paraphrase the standard so that it is easier to understand. This will require looking up the words that you don’t understand and expanding the standard into your own words. Also, you will give three examples of longer lessons that would help students better understand and master the standard.

2.0 Reading Comprehension

2.3 Find similarities and differences between texts in the treatment, scope, or organization of ideas.

2.4 Compare the original text to a summary to determine whether the summary accurately captures the main ideas, includes critical details, and conveys the underlying meaning.


Homework: In writing summarize a page in your history textbook that you are currently studying.

Grades: P2, P3, P5, P6

Word Chart for Exposition Unit and Library Trip

Word chart: treatment, scope, and assailant

Grade your "Skittles and Kisses" essays.

Trip to the Library


Homework: Bring reading book to school everyday.

Write the essay!

1--Update assignment list and review grades.

2--Write essay comparing skittles and kisses, have a classmate read it and complete the checklist.

3--Read your book.

Homework: Bring your reading book and school ID for library trip.

Skittles and Kisses

Fill out a compare and contrast prewriting chart for skittles and kisses.



Homework: Bring your reading book to class every day

O Captain! My Captain!

Read the Walt Whitman poem "O Captain! My Captain!" and fill out a metaphor-meaning chart.

Read the excerpt from Lincoln: A Photobiography.

Grades: P2, P3, P5, P6


Homework: Pick your second book and read

adjective and noun forming suffixes

Noun forming suffixes:

-hood: condition /for example: childhood
-ness: quality /for example: goodness
-ance, -ence: state, fact, act/for example: independence
-ation, -ition,-tion: action or state/for example: celebration
-ity, -ty: quality/for example: ability
-ment: result or action/for example: employment

Number your paper from 1-10. Form nouns using the above suffixes ; then define the new words. Spelling changes will be necessary.

replace
likely
articulate
accept
intense
man
fragile
aspire
improvise
friendly

adjective forming suffixes:


-ish: like or suggesting /for example: foolish
-able, -ible: able /for example: tolerable
-ous: having the quality of /for example: religious
-esque: like /for example: statuesque
-some: like or tending to /for example: tiresome

Number your paper from 1-10. Form adjectives using the suffixes from the previous slide; then define the new words. Spelling changes will be necessary.

lone
picture
harmony
devil
grace
baby
luxury
depend
meddle
riot

Finish Charly and Characters' Motivations Chart

Finish Charly

Turn in Characters' Motivation Chart (20 pts.)

Hand out book pick form II

Update assignment list:

30. Characters' Motivation Chart 20 pts. 10/25
31. Book Pick Form II (front) 10 pts. 10/26

Homework: Book Pick Form II and Book

Continue viewing Charly

Continue viewing Charly and fill out a chart forcharacters' motivations and reactions for two different characters.

Homework: Pick another book to read

Finish assessment

Grades:

P2

P3

P5

P6

Back to School Night and the Grades are Posted

Tonight is Back to School Night. Current grades are posted below. I will post them every weekend in the future.

Period 2

Period 3

Period 5

Period 6

District assessment

Take district assessment

Homework: Extra credit for attendance at Back to School Night
Book reports due by Friday

Continue Flowers for Algernon

Update assignment list

Update computer

Continue Flowers for Algernon



Homework: Book Reports due Friday (Back of the Book Pick Form)

Flowers for Algernon and subordinating conjucntions for you

Write a response to the following prompt.

People are different. Think about all the ways people are different from one another. How should you and how do you treat people who are different from you?

Do exercise 4 on page 445 about subordinating conjunctions.

Read Flowers for Algernon on page 220.




Homework:

Author's Background Final Exam

Write a five paragraph essay in which you discuss the importance of an author's background to his or her writing. Use the stories that we have read to support your thesis. Use the checklist to make sure that you include all required elements.

Here is a sample thesis.

Author's background is important in the writing of Laurence Yep, Jewell Parker Rhodes, and William Saroyan.

Finish final drafts, backgroud charts, and read!

Homework:

Finally Final Drafts!

Work in teacher's comments and corrections into a final draft of the Akeelah and the Bee and "Root of Freedom" essay. Most common comments were as follows.

1. Movies such as Akeelah and the Bee should be italicized when typed and underlined when written.

2. Short excerpts from autobiographies with a different title than the autobiography such as "The Root of Freedom" should be enclosed in quotes. The title of the autobiography such as The Narrative of the Life of a Slave should be italicized when typed and underlined when written.

3. The theme paragraph must include the theme from both works--hopefully you found a recurring theme. Specific details from the movie and narrative must be included to support the theme.





Homework:

Finish Authors' Backgrounds Chart

Complete word chart for the following words: descendant, vagrant, and lumbering.

Complete charts for the influence of authors' backrounds on their writing.


Complete a chart for each of the following stories:

"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" page 841

"Block Party" page 831

"The Great Rat Hunt" page 106

In Writing and Skills we'll start looking at sentence structure. An important skill in writing is using complete sentences. You will learn this by studying the definition, by looking at the kinds of sentences, and by examining their structures.

Read pages 470-473 and do exercise 1.

Homework: Complete charts for the influence of authors' backrounds on their writing.

Magnificence in Education

Complete word chart for the following words: magnificence, longing, and pious.

Complete charts for the influence of authors' backrounds on their writing.

Complete a chart for each of the following stories:

"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"

"Block Party"

"The Great Rat Hunt"

In Writing and Skills we'll start looking at sentence structure. An important skill in writing is using complete sentences. You will learn this by studying the definition, by looking at the kinds of sentences, and by examining their structures.

Read pages 470-473 and do exercise 1.

Homework:

Continuing Cultural Heritage

Today we continue to look at cultural heritage, author's background, and tradition in Literature.

Poem of the day: "Song of the Banana Man"

Read "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" on page 841 and "Block Party" and consider how the authors' background might have influenced their writing.




Homework:

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

Poem of the Day: "Running a Race"

Hand out Book Pick Form


Finish "The Great Rat Hunt" and quiz

Start "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"



Homework:Fill out Book Pick Form

The Great Rat Hunt

Poem of the Day: "Look at Me"

Put portfolios in order and staple assignments 1-16 together.

Read "The Great Rat Hunt" on page 106 of Language of Literature.

Take the Quiz.

1. What is Laurence's cultural heritage?

2. What are indications of Yep's his cultural background in the story?

3. Describe one situation or incident that you found funny. Why is it humorous? Explain.

4. Describe the plot.

5. What is the setting?

6. What is the theme? Explain your answer.

7. Do the vocabulary exercise on page 116.


Discuss how humor and cultural heritage impacts writing.

Period 3 will take Make-up Vocabulary Test.


Homework: Find 3 facts about Laurence Yep and write them down in complete sentences.
Pick a book to read. Fill out book form.



Homework:

Procedure review

Today we will review the procedure for entering and checking grades. First person in the Manilla and Orange group will start. One the P.E. side of the room students will take turns: orange first, yellow second, and blue third. One the Bonita side of the room students will take turns: Manilla first, red second, and green third. Each student will take his or her folder to the computer and check his or her grade. We must do this everyday. Make sure your grades are entered properly every day.

Third period will do a sentence completion practice worksheet and play vocabulary bingo to prepare for retaking the Vocabulary Mastery Test. Students will be given astudy sheet from which to study at home.

Periods 2, 5, and 6 will write a compare/contrast essay in which Akkeelah and the Bee and "The Root of Freedom" are compared and contrasted.

Essay writing basics

1. Copy List of Transitions

2. Discuss Attention-Grabbing Introductions

3. Complete Compare/Contrast Prewriting Chart for Akeelah and the Bee and "The Root of Freedom."

Frederick Douglass Video

Period 2 Write a wonderful thank you note to Ms. Aho or Bank of America:

Before you write, brainstorm some thoughts on the following. Ms. Aho and Bank of America donated money to our class so that we could have new books to read. They could have done a lot of other things with their money, but they chose to give to us for books. How does that make you feel? Write down some thoughts. Why would strangers care about your education? Write down some thoughts. You were able to choose any book you wanted to read. Did you like being able to choose your own book rather than a teacher assigning one? Why? Write down some thoughts.

Now write a nice thank you letter expressing your gratitude for either Ms. Aho's or Bank of America's generosity. Be sure to include some of the thoughts that you wrote down in the above brainstorm. Also include the title and the author of the book you chose. The title of the book should be italicized if you type it or underlined if you write your letter. Sign it with a complementary closing such as "sincerely" and sign only your first name. No last names please! Strive for at least two thoughtful paragraphs.

All classes do the following:

Write two paragraphs that in which you consider the themes of "Root of Freedom" and Akeelah and the Bee. Answer the following questions in your paragraphs.

What are the possible themes for each?

What are your reasons from the text or film for the themes you identified?

How are the themes similar?

How are they different?

View Frederick Douglass video and answer the questions from the worksheet.

Homework: Last day to turn in work is Friday!

Vocabulary Mastery Test

I will return the graded viewing guides and the ungraded spelling quizzes.

We will grade the quizzes.

You will update your assignment lists and computer record.

1. Class Rules, 9/5, 6
2. Narrative/contemporary Word Chart, 9/6, 18
3. Curriculum Letter, 9/6, 10
4. The Day in the Life of My Shoe, 9/8, 30
5. First Test, 9/8, 11
6. Benjamin Franklin Video Worksheet, 9/8, 10
7. Franklin Quiz, 9/12, 10
8. Virtue Homework, 9/13, 5
9. Character/Conflict Word Chart, 9/18, 18
10. "If" Worksheet, 9/18, 10
11. "Root of Freedom" questions, 9/18, 6
12. Folder Check, 9/29, 5 (Teacher will do)
13. Akeelah and the Bee Viewing Guide, 9/22, 12
14. spelling quiz, 9/25, 18


You will take the vocabulary mastery test.







Homework:

Spelling quiz

Review viewing guide for Akeelah and the Bee.

Finish "Root of Freedom."

Take spelling quiz.

Play vocabulary bingo.


Homework: Finish all work on assignment list. All late work is due by 9/29. No late work will be accepted after that day.

Vocabulary test on Tuesday

Akeelah and the Bee

View Akeelah and the Bee today and Friday in Powers Hall.

Compare/reaction word chart

1. Poem of the Day: "Frederick Douglass" by Langston Hughes

2. compare, reaction word chart

3. "Root of Freedom" by Frederick Douglass

4. Pass out Akeelah and the Bee viewing guides. Note: Report directly to Powers Hall for film viewing.

Homework: Finish all work on assignment list. All late work is due by 9/29. No late work will be accepted after that day.

Spelling test on Monday

Vocabulary test on Tuesday

Continue to work in groups

Continue to work in groups.

Updated assignment list (includes group work):

1. Class Rules, 9/5, 6
2. Narrative/contemporary Word Chart, 9/6, 18
3. Curriculum Letter, 9/6, 10
4. The Day in the Life of My Shoe, 9/8, 30
5. First Test, 9/8, 11
6. Benjamin Franklin Video Worksheet, 9/8, 10
7. Franklin Quiz, 9/12, 10
8. Virtue Homework, 9/13, 5
9. Character/Conflict Word Chart, 9/18, 18
10. "If" Worksheet, 9/18, 10
11. "Root of Freedom" questions, 9/18, 6

Homework: Make up any missed assignments

Work in Groups

Group One (Manila Group Starts Here)
Each member of the group completes a two-sided word chart for the following words:character, era, analyze, conflict, recurring, and virtue

Each side is to have three rows with three columns.

The first box must have word, part of speech, and definition.

The second box must have two synonyms and a sentence that uses the word and demonstrates understanding of the word.

The third box must contain an image that will remind one of the meaning of the word. You may cut out an image from a magazine if you wish.

Group Two (Red Group Starts Here)

Read "If" to one another; each person reads a stanza aloud to the group.

Discuss the meaning of the poem.

Each couplet (two lines) can be associated with a virtue. Write the virtue that comes to your mind when you read each couplet in the space provided.

Group Three (Orange Group Starts Here)
Make a Virtue Poster.

Each person contributes a virtue that is important to them (no duplicates).

The virtue should be written with large letters (traced and cut-out).

The short definition can be in smaller print.

Poster should have 8-10 virtues.

Group Four (Yellow Group Starts Here)

Read "The Root of Freedom" starting on page 11 of the packet.

Answer the following questions.

1. Who are the characters in the story? Name and describe them.

2. What is the setting (Where does the story take place)?

3. What important event in the story was an important turning point in Frederick Douglass's life?

4. What is a possible theme of the story?

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

6. Is the story true or fictional?

Group 5 (Green Group starts here)

This group will work on computers one through four to correctly format the final drafts their "Day in the Shoe" narratives.

1. Click "format-paragraph" from the toolbar to indent the first line of each paragraph 1/2 inch and double-space.

2. Click "file-page setup" from the tool bar to make the margins one inch all the way around (right, left, top, bottom,).

3. Click "font" on the toolbar to designate one of the approved fonts.

4. Click "size" to select the correct size--12 pt.

5. Click "view-header" to type your heading in the upper right hand corner.

Group Six (blue group starts here)

Go to BN.Com and browse for books. Look in teen fiction. Refine your search by looking for books for under $10. When you find a book that you might like to read, write down the author's name and the book title.

Find five books and rank them in the order, first being the one you would like to read the most.

Turn in the list of 5 books to your period's in-box.

Virtue in Franklin's Autobiography

Topical Joke of the DaY:

Teacher: "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"

Smart Student: "Brotherly love."

Finish reading excerpt from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Copy these questions and answer them.

1. Why did Franklin make the list of virtues?
2. Was he successful in his task in attaining moral perfection? Why or why not? Cite the text in your answer.
3. What virtues gave Franklin the most trouble? Refer to the text in your answer.
4. What would be the first five virtues on your list? Why?
5. What are the similarities and differences among your virtues and Franklin's?

"If" by Rudyard Kipling

Homework: Make a list of 5 virtues that are important to you and give reasons for each virtue you list. Use complete sentences.

Got Books?

1. Retrieve textbooks from room 48

2. Complete the blue and white textbook cards

3. Correct test and worksheet/Update assignment list

4. SSR Autobiography and enter grades

Homework: define Virtue in your own words.

First Test

1. Grade Word Chart

2. Update Assignment List:

Assignment List

1. Class Rules, 9/5, 6
2. Narrative/contemporary Word Chart, 9/6, 18
3. Curriculum Letter, 9/6, 10
4. The Day in the Life of My Shoe, 9/8, 30
5. First Test, 9/8, 11
6. Benjamin Franklin Video Worksheet, 9/8, 10

3. Take first test.

4. View video about Benjamin Franklin.

Homework: Borrow or buy a book to bring to school everyday and read!

The Writing Process

Finish back-side of word chart (contemporary, autobiography, coherent) and turn it in.


Review the writing process

Respond, revise, and edit narratives about the day in the life of a shoe.

Final draft due at the end of class.

A Day in the Life of My Left Shoe (A Narrative from a shoe's perspective)

Return rules: keep in portfolio, record grade on assignment list and computer spreadsheet.

Collect signed curriculum letter.

Copy assignment list and keep as first page of portfolio.

Assignment List

1. Class Rules 9/5 6
2. Narrative/Contemporary Word Chart 9/6 18

Copy Carnegie Standards for Written Work

Finish back-side of word chart (contemporary, autobiography, coherent) and turn it in.

Do The Day in the Life of My Shoe exercise.

Homework: Final draft of The Day in the Life of My Shoe

Welcome to the First Day of Eighth Grade!

Assign seats

Pass out color-coded folders

Narrative Poem (a poem that tells a story: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Copy rules and hand them in

Be in your seat ready to work when the bell rings or receive a tardy.

Bring a blue or black pen, paper, a # 2 pencil with eraser, your agenda book, your English notebook and any other required texts every day.

Behave in a polite and appropriate manner.

Eat, drink, and chew elsewhere.

Use restroom before and after class.

Absolutely no updog in class.

Discuss and collect summer reading (extra credit) assignment. Students must submit the essay by Friday, September 8.

Do first vocabulary word chart for the words narrative, theme, and tradition.


Distribute and discuss curriculum letter (due Friday).

Bones in Measuring Up

Answer questions 1-10 on page 189 in Measuring Up

Correct Vocabulary Mastery

Correct Vocabulary Mastery Test.

Answer questions 1-4 including all "comprehension check" questions on page 293 of the Language of Literature.

Do the vocabulary questions 1-10 on page 294 of Lang. of Lit.

Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment?

Writing prompt

Which is a more humane punishment--the death penalty or life in prison? Explain.

Read "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov on page 285 in theLanguage of Literature.


Homework: Persuasive essay

ipods and immigration

Read the articles on ipods and immigration . Highlight the logical arguments in purple, the facts and statistics in green, the opposing views in yellow, and the proposition in pink.

Answer the following questions for each article.

1. Quote a sentence or two that uses facts or statistics. Explain why the sentences are factual.

2. Quote a sentence or two in which the author uses a logical appeal. Explain why they are factual.

3. Quote an opposing view.

4. What is the author's proposition or thesis? Explain.

Rough drafts of persuasive essay paragraphs are worth 20 points each and are due according to the following schedule.

Paragraphs 1 & 2 (Anecdote and proposition): 4/7

Paragraphs 3 & 4 (Opposing views and facts and statistics): 4/17

Paragraphs 5 & 6 (logical or ethical appeal and conclusion: 4/19

Final draft due on 4/21.

Evaluate examples, research, and write

Add three words to the Persuasion Word Chart: ethical, editorial, argument.

Homework: Cut out a persuasive advertisement from a newspaper or magazine and write a paragraph about its persuasive qualities.

First official day of Persuasion Unit

Add three words to the Persuasion Word Chart: appeal, emotional, logical.

copy the guidelines for the persuasive essay.

Homework: Cut out a persuasive advertisement from a newspaper or magazine and write a paragraph about its persuasive qualities.

Links to articles on controversial topics:

Immigration Editorial
Opinion on Cell Phones in School
Article about a cell phone ban with recovery fee
ipod ban in Miami

Last day to turn in Make-up work!

Last day to turn in the following assignments:

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Class Agenda

Dispatch (Writing prompt):Choose a controversial topic for your persuasive essay. Why did you choose this topic? What do you know about the topic already? What do you want to know about your topic? What are some of your points and arguments? What are some opposing arguments? Do you have a personal anecdote (or story) that relates to the topic? Where do you think you can find facts and statistics to bolster your arguments.


Read page 215 in Measuring Up about pesuasive essays then read the essay "Downloading Music for Free Isn't Fair!" and answer the "Guided Questions" on page 216.

Finish up Measuring Up

Finish the back half of the Persuasion Word Chart.

Finish the questions for "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Controversy

Write a few sentences in response to the following controversial topics.

1. The United States House of Representatives recently passed a law to build a wall between the United States of America and Mexico and to make it a felony to help illegal immigrants.

2. Abortion should be illegal.

3. Same sex marriages should be legal.

4. The United States should get out of the war in Iraq.

5. All Carnegie students should be required to wear a school uniform.


Copy Persuasion Word Chart.

Read "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Abolish the Penny?

1)"Abolish the Penny" read pages 44-46 in Measuring Up. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-8 and questions 1-2 on page 46.

2)Read " On Womens Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 and answer questions 1-10.

Workshop Day

Last day of class time to work on any unfinished work.

Progress report letter

This letter is to be filled out in class and taken home to your parents. Have them sign the bottom.

Use the rest of the period to work on your odes, recitations, and make-ups.

Work on ode, recitation, and take "Nancy Drew" Quiz

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Silently work on the above assignments which you haven't finished. Most students will be working on their ode and recitation.

Read the selection about the authorship of the Nancy Drew mysteries in the Measuring Up book on pages 34- 36. Answer questions 1-10 on pages 37-38.

Homework: Memorize poem for recitation, Write an ode, complete poetry letter.

Witness Protection Ode

Respond to the following prompt in writing.

You have to leave your home forever. You have 5 minutes to choose five items from your home to take with you. List the five possessions and explain why you chose each one.

Copy the following notes:

The Characteristics of Odes

* Praise something. (socks, womanhood)
* Usually long. (often much longer than a sonnet)
* Poet often speaks directly to his/her subject.
* Elevate their subjects to a higher level. (leaf of grass to stars, celestial socks)
* Often less formal than sonnets—no strict rhyme and meter schemes.

Ode checklist

__ Two stanzas of 9 lines
__ Follows the assigned rhyme and meter pattern
__ Has the ode characteristics 1-4.
__ Title
__ Proper heading in upper right hand corner


Assigned Rhyme and Meter Scheme

Line, Syllables, Rhyme
1, 10, a
2, 4, b
3, 10, a
4, 4, b
5, 10, c
6, 4, c
7, 10, d
8, 4, d
9, 8, c

Brainstorm ideas around one of the five items chosen in the writing prompt. Begin writing your ode.

Homework: Poetry letter due 3-23. Recitation due 3-23. Make-ups due 3-28.

The Mysterious End...

Read your memory poem or sonnet out loud to the class for 15 extra credit points and a sticker.

Read the recitation poem for 40 points.

Read "The Mysterious End..." on pages 26-29 in Measuring Up. Answer all questions on pages 29 - 33.

Homework: memorize poem. Last day for make-ups is 3/28.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit

Poetry letter

Review poetry letter. Take it home and have parents read the letter and listen to your poem.

Pick a poem to recite.

Letter and poem due 3/23.

Memory Thief

Memory Thief

The memory thief is knocking on your door. He will steal from you every memory you fail to write down in the next 30 minutes. First write with your dominant hand. For the last fifteen minutes, write with your other hand. Don’t look back. Don’t correct. There is no time to waste, when the thief is at the door.

After you’ve completed this exercise, select the memory that has the most energy, heat, pain, or joy in it, to work it into a poem.

The poem is worth 35 points. If you don't finish it in class, it's homework.

Groups

Work in groups according to what assignment needs extra work.

Quick dictionary definitions:

Define the following words related to odes.

lush

exaggeration

adulation

exuberance

Ode to odes

Make ode charts.

Examine odes on pages 141-152 in Poetry with Teenagers and complete an ode chart for six of them.

Finish assessment and make ups.

Check grades on the computer.

More Testing!

Distric Periodic Assessment on Thursday and Friday

DNA for Dinner! Lesson 3 in Measuring Up

Do Lesson 3 in Measuring Up. Read pages 22-23. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-9 on pages 23 and 24. Answer questions 1-5 on page 25.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15

Short period due to testing

Today is a short period due to morning testing. Finish sonnets and start lesson 3 in Measure Up.

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz (3/6/06), 3/6, 5

New grading period--Start Sonnets

I turned in the grades. Many students did not complete the homework assignment and the assignments while the substitute teacher was here.

Most of the class time will be devoted to writing your sonnets. After you complete the first draft, have a classmate check it with the checklist.

Exit Quiz on Poetry Terms

Write down appropriate poetry term for the following definitions,

1. Praise poem (ode)
2. 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (sonnet)
3. two lines that rhyme (couplet)
4. a group of lines; a paragraph in poetry (stanza)
5. four lines of poetry (quatrain)

Homework: Finish Sonnet

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72

14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35

15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10

16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140

Shakespearean Sonnet Rhyme Scheme

Joke of the day

Read Sonnets in Poetry for Teenagers, figure out the rhyme scheme and record the rhyme scheme on paper for 5 sonnets.

Culmination Requirements Assembly in Powers Hall

Last day for Make-Ups is this Friday. The following assignments are due.

1. Mood Dispatch, 1/25, 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259, 1/25, 16
3. 3 Wishes Disp., 1/31, 10
4. Monkey Paw Groups Essay, 2/7, 50
5. Frederick Douglass Disp., 2/9, 10
6. Cut-out Poem, 2/10, 50
7. extra credit
8. Measuring Up Lesson 11, 2/15, 12
9. Photograph Poem, 2/17, 35
10. Lesson 1 in Measuring Up, 2/21, 5
11. Lesson 2 in Measuring Up, 2/23, 5
12. Lang. of Lit. Page 652, 2/24, 5

Complete Langston Hughes Worksheet

Complete Langston Hughes Worksheet.

Carson visit

Carson's small learning communities visit.

The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

Periods 1, 2, 3, 5 will do lesson will read “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver” on page 648 in Language of Literature. Read it silently for 5 minutes then play the CD—it’s the fourth track. Discuss then answer the questions on page 652. Make sure they answer the “comprehension check” questions adjacent to question 1. Have them write the questions and the answers.

Read pages 22-25 in the Measuring Up books and answer questions 1-5 on page 25.
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

Lesson 2 in Measuring Up

Periods 1, 2, 3, 5 will do lesson 2 in the Measuring Up books (pages 14-21).
They must title their papers “Lesson 2 Measuring Up” and subtitle their papers for each group of questions:
Page 17 (1-5)
Pages 19-20 (1-10)
Page 21 (1-5) Assessment practice
This assignment is worth 40 points and there will be no make ups for this assignment. It must be turned in today at the end of the period.

Read the poems in Language of Literature

Refer to the poetry "table of contents" on page xxiv in Language of Literature to pick poems to read in class. After reading each poem a few times and discussing it, fill out the poetry chart for each poem. Each student must complete two double-sided charts.

Homework: Finish photograph poem. Final draft must be in pen or typed with a photo attached. Write the poem so your readers can see the photo in their mind.

Finish lesson 1 in Measure Up books

Finish lesson 1 in the Measure Up books.

Update assignment list and enter grades.

Current assignment list

1. Mood Dispatch, 1/25, 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259, 1/25, 16
3. 3 Wishes Disp., 1/31, 10
4. Monkey Paw Groups Essay, 2/7, 50
5. Frederick Douglass Disp., 2/9, 10
6. Cut-out Poem, 2/10, 50
7. extra credit
8. Measuring Up Lesson 11, 2/15, 12
9. Photograph Poem, 2/17, 35

Measure Up books

Do lesson 11 in the Measure up books.

Photograph Poem

Veiw the kiss sonnet in Romeo and Juliet.

Click here to take online quiz: Quia class page for poetry forms

Romantic sonnets for Valentines Day

Click here to take online quiz after you finish the cut-out poem: Quia class page for poetry forms

Homework: We will be using the photograph tomorrow, so bring in a photo of a family member or friend that is important to you.

Poems of the day: romantic sonnets on pages 118-119 in Poetry with Teenagers.

From Romeo and Juliet:

ROMEO
[To JULIET] If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

JULIET
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

ROMEO
Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

JULIET
Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

ROMEO
O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

JULIET
Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

ROMEO
Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

JULIET
Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

ROMEO
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

JULIET
You kiss by the book.

Sonnet 36 by William Shakespeare

How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Write what is romantic about the poems? What lines are romantic? Why?

Finish cut-out poems.

Click here to take online quiz after you finish the cut-out poem: Quia class page for poetry forms

Quia class page

Click here to take online quiz after you finish the cut-out poem: Quia class page for poetry forms

Ode to Salt by Pablo Neruda

Poem of the day:"Ode to Salt" by Pablo Neruda

Copy poetry forms:

Ballad: story poem, often sung
Lyric: poem with one narrator or one voice or one speaker
Free verse: no specific rhyme scheme or meter
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ode: praise poem
Sonnet: 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (10 syllables each line)
Epic: long story poem
Elegy: poem that honors someone’s passing (death)
Narrative: story poem

Finish cut-out poem.

Continue Cut-Out Poem

Dispatch: What do you think of the poem by Langston Hughes below. Consider sound, meter, and meaning. Which line from the poem is your favorite? Why?

Frederick Douglass: 1817-1895

Douglass was someone who,
Had he walked with wary foot
And frightened tread,
From very indecision
Might be dead,
Might be dead,
Might have lost his soul,
But instead decided to be bold
And capture every street,
On which he set his feet,
To route each path
Toward freedom’s goal,
To make each highway
Choose his compass’ choice
To all the world cried,
Hear my voice!…
Oh, to be a beast, a bird,
Anything but a slave! he said.

Who would be free
Themselves must strike
The first blow, he said.

He died in 1895.
He is not dead.

Finish Cut-Out Poem

Cut-out poem

With the words that were cut out yesterday, each group member will make a poem on a poster by pasting the words on construction paper. The student will also display the poem on the poster and rewrite the poem on a regular piece of paper with a proper heading.

Grading Guidelines

Appearance: Poster reflects student’s pride in his or her work. All words are cut out and no words are formed with letters that have been cut out individually. The copy of the poem produced by hand is neat and legible.

Sound: The combination of words on the page is interesting. The words may alliterate, rhyme, produce a rhythm, or otherwise just sound cool.

Meaning: The words on the page seem to make some kind of sense. There should at least be a hint of meaning.

Homework: Bring in a photograph of a friend or family member who is important to you.

Part of speech review

Copy these notes from the overhead.

A preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun an another word in a sentence.

examples: above, in, out, past, since, through


A verb shows action or state of being.

examples: walk, talk, think, believe, is, am

Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.

examples: tiny, three, furious, sunny

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

examples: Andy, park, book, truth

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.

Working in groups cut out 10 nouns, 5 verbs, 3 prepositions, 2 adjectives, and 2 adverbs per group member.

Homework: Bring in a photograph of a friend or family member who is important to you.

First day of second semester

Sign program cards.

Review classroom rules:

Be in your seat ready to work when the bell rings or receive a tardy.

Bring a blue or black pen, paper, a # 2 pencil with eraser, your agenda book, your English notebook and any other required texts every day.

Behave in a polite and appropriate manner.

No eating, drinking or gum chewing (except water in plastic water bottles).

Use restroom before and after class.

Be respectful when someone is speaking to the class—pay attention, don’t talk, and stay in your seat.

Absolutely no “UPDOG” in the classroom (last rule is a set up for joke of the day).

Finish reading group essays and completing the subordination assignment.

Homework: Extra credit bring in a magazine that we can destroy for 10 pts.

Read essays to class and more subordination

Groups read essays to class

Read pages 40-41 in Writing and Skills and do exercise 1 on page 41.

Continue Group Essay

Continue to work in groups on essays.

Group Essay

Complete "Compare and Contrast" chart that compares "The Monkey's Paw" short story to the "Simpsons" episode in terms of theme, genre, and mood.

Get into groups to write a group essay. Each group member must contribute one of the following assignments to complete the essay.

1. Introduction and conclusion.

2. Body paragraph about genre.

3. Body paragraph about mood.

4. Body paragraph about theme.

5. Type the essay.

View "Monkey's Paw"

Dispatch: If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for? Explain your choices. Can you think of ways your good wishes could go wrong, like they did in the "Monkey's Paw?

Update assignment list:

1. Mood dispatch 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259

View the "Monkey's Paw" episode of The Simpsons.

Compare the versions in terms of mood, genre, and theme.

"Monkey's Paw"

Work in the Measuring Up books

Read "Monkey's Paw" again.

Review Question 25 on the Periodic Assessment

The Monkey's Paw

Transfer all work to manilla folders.

Read "The Monkey's Paw" on page 681

The Tell-Tale Heart

Dispatch: What kind of mood are you in now? What is the general mood of the classroom, Carnegie, and Carson today? What is the typical mood inside your home?

Think about the general atmosphere and feeling as you write.

Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" together on page 625 in The Language of Literature.

Answer overhead question, questions 1-3 on page 631, and the vocabulary questions on page 632.

Overhead Question: Now after reading "Tell-Tale Heart" what kind of mood are you in? What in the story changed your mood? How did Poe establish the mood of the story?

Homework: pages 258 and 259 in the Interactive Reader

Take District Assessment

Take District Assessment

Dispatch: What have you liked about this class so far this year? What have you disliked? What have you learned? What do you want to learn next semester?

Write a response to the above questions. (20 pts.)

Work on research report due on Wednesday and make-ups due on Thursday.

Updated Assignment List

38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
50. Data half-sheets, 1/12, 24
51. Outline or Rough draft, 1/17, 25
52. Research report, 1/18, 80
53. Dispatch about the class, 1/17, 20

Work on Research Report

Research report: checklist, rubric, standards, and samples

Turn in data half-sheets worth two points each for a total of 24 points.

Distribute and discuss research report rubric, standards, and samples.

Students who worked on the computers or at the library on yesterday will work in their seats today. Students who worked in their seats yesterday will work in the library or on the computer today.

Homework: Finish research report due Friday.

Last day for make ups Tuesday, January 17.

Research and irregular verbs

Return work and update the computer and assignment list.

Copy the following sample half sheet for an internet source. This internet source does not have an author, so it starts with the title, "Maya Angelou."

Dr. Martin Luther King asked Maya Angelou to be the northern coordinator for the Southern Leadership Conference.


“Maya Angelou.” Poets.org. 11 Jan. 2006. The Academy of American Poets. www.poets.org/poet.php/prompid/87

For web sources be sure to list the following information in this format.

author of article. title of article. Name of website. Date of access. Organization affiliated with the site. Web address

Research groups

Homework: 12 data "half-sheets" due Thursday.

Research data half-sheets

Copy research data half-sheets sample from the white board.

At the library pick an author to research and complete as many data half-sheets as possible.

Homework: 12 data half-sheets are due on Thursday (at least 4 for each heading)

Research Unit

1. Review assignment list; update computer record.
2. Begin research report unit.
3. Writing and Skills Read pages 134, 142 - 157; do Writing Practice 2 on pages 142-143.

Homework: Pick an author to write a research report about.

Updated Assignment List

38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50