Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book.
Do tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading on your bookmark when you finish.
Week 6: 5/28 - 6/3
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a play.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
I can support my opinion with evidence from the text.
I can use context clues and word roots to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words.
- Independent Reading is back!
- Bookmark Back Models
- Hunting for sin quotes
- Could it really happen?
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book.
Do tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading on your bookmark when you finish.
Week 6: 5/28 - 6/3
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a play.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
I can support my opinion with evidence from the text.
- Independent Reading is back!
- Quickwrite
#5: Which of the seven deadly sins (and their good friend haste) is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? You may blame more than one of the sins, but start with the most important.
- Hunting for sins
- Could it really happen?
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book.
Do tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading on your bookmark when you finish.
Week 6: 5/28 - 6/3
Today's Learning Targets:
I can compare two different versions of a film to analyze the effects of a director's choices.
- Independent Reading is back!
- Quickwrite
#5: Coming tomorrow ...
- Zeffirelli v. Luhrmann
- Could it really happen?
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book.
Do tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading on your bookmark when you finish.
Week 6: 5/28 - 6/3
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a full length film.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
I can support my opinion with evidence from the text.
- Independent Reading is back! Woo hoo!
- Quickwrite
#4: Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Why do you think so? You may argue that more than one person is responsible, but work through them one at a time, beginning with the person with the greatest responsibility.
- Getting the facts straight
- Could it really happen?
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book. We will resume personal reading formally
next Tuesday, but you always want a book with you, just in case.
Due Last Friday: Thematic Paragraph. You can turn this in for full credit any time up until Thursday.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a full length film.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
- Quickwrite
#3: Write about love at first sight OR continue a previous quickwrite. You may write in the narrative, expository, or argumentative mode.
- Question Check
- Romeo and Juliet Video (with notes)
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book. We will resume personal reading formally
next Tuesday, but you always want a book with you, just in case.
Due Last Friday: Thematic Paragraph. You can turn this in for full credit any time up until Thursday.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a full length film.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
- Quickwrite
#3: Coming tomorrow ...
- Question Check & Act I Review
- Romeo and Juliet Video (with notes)
Do Every Day: Bring
your personal reading book. We will resume personal reading formally
next Tuesday, but you always want a book with you, just in case.
Due Last Friday: Thematic Paragraph. You can turn this in for full credit any time up until Thursday.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a full length film.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
- Quickwrite #2: Write about a good best friend OR continue your writing from yesterday. You may in either the narrative or the expository mode.
- What is learned helplessness? How do I fight it?
- Romeo and Juliet Video (with notes)
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book. We will resume personal reading formally next Tuesday, but you always want a book with you, just in case.
Due Last Friday: Thematic Paragraph. You can turn this in for full credit any time up until Thursday.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can track the development of a theme over the course of a full length film.
I can make connections between the culture of Elizabethan England and our culture.
- Why did he have to kill the baby?
- Quickwrite #1: Write about two groups of people that hate each other. You may in either the narrative or the expository mode.
- Romeo and Juliet Video (with notes)
- Return The Pearl to the Library
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book.
Due at the end of class today: Thematic Paragraph
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use evidence to support my interpretation of a novel's theme.
- Revisiting the opinionaire
- Punctuating quotations
- Type like the wind ...
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Read to the bottom of page 77. We'll start there on Thursday. If you're behind, you won't have a chance to catch up.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
I can use evidence to support my interpretation of a novel's theme.
- Chapter 5: 1 quote
- Read Aloud
- Gut reaction
- Class discussion
- Thematic Paragraph
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Tomorrow: Read to the bottom of page 77. We'll start there on Thursday. If you're behind, you won't have a chance to catch up.
Test re-takes are Wednesday, 5/15, at 2 pm in B105.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
I can identify examples literary devices in a complex text and explain their purpose and effect.
- Chapter 4: 3 quotes on pink chart
- Read Aloud
- Chapter 5: 1 quote
- Chapter 5 Literary Devices and effect
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Last Friday: Character Analysis Paragraph
Due Tomorrow: Finish Chapter 4.
Test re-takes are Wednesday, 5/15, at 2 pm in B105.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
I can identify examples literary devices in a complex text and explain their purpose and effect.
- Read aloud
- Chapter 4: 2 good questions
- Whole class discussion
- Chapter 4: 3 quotes on pink chart
- Chapter 4 Literary Devices
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Due Last Friday: Character Analysis Paragraph
Due Tomorrow: Finish Chapter 4.
Test re-takes are Wednesday, 5/15, at 2 pm in B105.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
- Poetry Test Retakes Sign Up: this is a commitment, not a maybe
- Chapter 3 Literary Devices: Onomatopoeia, assonance, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, simile, symbol
- Chapter 3: 13 questions
- Chapter 3 Storyboard Review
- Chapter 4 Read Aloud
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on the OAKS test.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
- Poetry Test Retakes Sign Up: this is a commitment, not a maybe
- OAKS Testing - We need to be silent while our classmates finish up.
- Character Analysis Paragraph
- Chapter 3 Storyboard
- Chapter 3 Literary Devices: Onomatopoeia, assonance, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, simile, symbol
- Chapter 4 Read Aloud
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on the OAKS test.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
- OAKS Testing
- When
you're done, begin work on the character analysis handout. You will need
to complete Bookmark 5 before you can begin this assignment. When you are done with the handout, have a peer review it and begin word processing your final draft.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Due Yesterday: Bookmark 5, with 5 quotes on the back. Be sure to punctuate them properly. Add binder paper if you'd like.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on the OAKS test.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
- OAKS Testing
- When
you're done, begin work on the character analysis handout. You will need to complete Bookmark 5 before you can begin this assignment.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Due Last Monday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Now: Bookmark 5, with 5 quotes on the back. Be sure to punctuate them properly. Add binder paper if you'd like.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on the OAKS test.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
- OAKS Testing
- When you're done, add two good questions about Chapter 3 to your list of questions. Then, very quietly, work with a classmate to copy his or her questions onto your sheet and try to answer them. Include your classmate's name with the questions.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 3 of The Pearl
Due Last Monday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Tomorrow: Bookmark 5, with 5 quotes on the back. Be sure to punctuate them properly. Add binder paper if you'd like.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on the OAKS test.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
- OAKS Testing
- When you're done, you may read The Pearl, work on the back of your bookmark, or find two new quotations for the pink sheet.
Do This Weekend: Read 30 minutes per day in your personal reading book. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish. Finish Chapter 3 of The Pearl, if we don't finish in class.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 2 of The Pearl
Due Last Monday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Last Tuesday: Bookmark 4, front and back
If you missed the poetry quiz, you can take it today after school in B105.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
- Independent reading time
- Two good questions
- Whole class discussion
- Theme Chart
- Bookmark Back
- Prediction City
- Read aloud
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish. Finish Chapter 2 of The Pearl, if we don't finish in class.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Chapter 1 of The Pearl
Due Yesterday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Yesterday: Bookmark 4, front and back
If you missed the poetry quiz, you can take it today after school in B105.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a theme.
I can use textual evidence to track the development of a character.
I can work with my peers to develop multiple interpretations of a text.
I can write good questions.
- Independent reading time
- Two good questions
- Whole class discussion
- 5 good questions
- Read aloud
