Agenda, February 17

Due Today: BRING YOUR COLLECTIONS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
  Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can compare and contrast similar stories.
• I can actively gather text evidence.
• I can participate in a discussion.

 
Today's Agenda

1. Double notes!
2. Journal #4: What do you think?
3. Journal #4: What do those around you think?

Agenda, February 16

Late: Theme Editorial Cartoon.
Due Today: BRING YOUR COLLECTIONS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
 
Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can characterize our hero, Odysseus.
• I can actively gather text evidence.
• I can compare and contrast similar stories.

 
Today's Agenda:

1. To the Library!
2. Journal #3: Characterization in "I Am Laertes' Son"
3. "The Lotus Eaters"
4. Compare and Contrast

Agenda, February 11

Late: Theme Editorial Cartoon.
Due Monday: BRING YOUR COLLECTIONS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!
 
Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can apply The Hero's Journey to the plot of a movie.
• I can actively gather information.
• I can decode a complex text.

 
Today's Agenda:

1. The Hero's Journey Wrap Up
2. Journal #2: THJ + Disney
3. Gallery Walk for Notes
4. "Sing to Me, O Muse . . ." Read Aloud

Agenda, February 10

Late: Fahrenheit 451 to the library. Late: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
Due Now: Theme Editorial Cartoon due today.
 
Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can apply my own experience to a journal prompt.
• I can synthesis information about The Hero's Journey with the plot of a movie.
• I can actively take notes.

Today's Agenda:

1. Journal #1: "Who do you admire most?" OR "What makes a good adventure?"
2. Movie Plots
3. What Makes a Hero?
4. Matching The Hero's Journey with stories today

Agenda, February 9

Late: Fahrenheit 451 Test  
Late: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
Due Tomorrow: We'll return Fahrenheit 451 to the library. Bring your copy with you.
Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can analyze a text for theme.
• I can communicate a theme through images.
• I can connect literature to the real world.
• I can participate actively in a whole class discussion.

Today's Agenda:

1. To the library!
2. Thematic Drawings
3. Whole Class Discussion

Agenda, February 8

Late: Fahrenheit 451 Test 
Late: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
Due Tomorrow: We'll return Fahrenheit 451 to the library. Bring your copy with you. 
 
Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can analyze a text for theme.
• I can communicate a theme through images.

Today's Agenda:

1. Test Mop-up
2. Thematic Statements
3. Cautionary Tales

Agenda, February 5

Today: Fahrenheit 451 Test
 
Late: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
  

Today's Learning Targets:   

• I can closely read a complex text.
• I can analyze characters using literary terms.

Today's Agenda:

• Journals??? Pretty please?
• Test!  

Agenda, February 4

Coming Friday: Fahrenheit 451 Test
 
Due Today: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
  This week's reading schedule:

• Monday: 129-139
• Tuesday: 139-145
• Wednesday: 145-155
• Thursday: 155-165
• Friday: Test! Woo hoo!  
  

Today's Learning Targets:   

• I can closely read a complex text.
• I can analyze characters using literary terms.
• I can identify examples foil character pairs.

Today's Agenda

1. The Art of Journal Stacking
2. Read Aloud
3. Examples of foil pairs 
4. Sharpen Your Foils!

Agenda, February 3

Coming Friday: Fahrenheit 451 Test
Due Tomorrow: Journals 12-23 (except #19), complete and organized.
This week's reading schedule:

• Monday: 129-139
• Tuesday: 139-145
• Wednesday: 145-155
• Thursday: 155-165
• Friday: Test! Woo hoo!   
  

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can use a journal to keep track of big ideas.
• I can closely read a complex text.
• I can analyze characters using literary terms.
• I can identify examples of direct and indirect characterization. 

Today's Agenda

1. Direct and Indirect Characterization Video
2. Read Aloud
3. STEAL ideas about character
4. 120 seconds of video about Fahrenheit 451

Agenda, February 2

Coming Friday: Fahrenheit 451 Test
This week's reading schedule:

• Monday: 129-139
• Tuesday: 139-145
• Wednesday: 145-155
• Thursday: 155-165
• Friday: Test! Woo hoo!   
  

Today's Learning Targets:    

• I can use a journal to keep track of big ideas.
• I can closely read a complex text.
• I can analyze characters using literary terms.
• I can identify examples of direct and indirect characterization. 

Today's Agenda

1. Literary Terms Review
2. Journal #21: Flat, Round, Static, Dynamic
3. Read Aloud
4. Journal #22: Direct and Indirect Characterization 
5. 120 seconds of video about Fahrenheit 451