Words From Watson

FINALS REVIEW WEEK Monday Dec 8 Parts of Speech - what to study Non- fiction Article ( reading comprehension and Lit Elements review) "Thanksgiving - Fact or Fiction" Answer 10 questions in Writer's Notebook/Journal side Page 12 or 13 Finalize project with Group Imovie Due TUESDAY on FLASHDRIVE Tuesday Dec 9 IMOVIE DUE IMOVIE GROUP REFLECTION/Analysis worksheet - One per group Noun/Pronoun Review Packet Mechanics/Usage/Grammar #9/#10 -- PART of  Semester Review Wednesday Dec 10 IMOVIE VIEWING DAY Thursday Dec 11 Literary Elements REVIEW Grade:  MUG Sentences, Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension, Noun/Pronoun review sheet MUG Paragraphs -- Due Friday PRINT SEMESTER REVIEW -- BRING TO CLASS ON FRIDAY Friday Dec 12  Semester Review -- complete Tone/ Mood/ Theme practice -- Due Monday Application and Analysis (Lit Elements) Practice and Review -- Due Monday

Monday Dec 1st 10 Comma Rules -- review and paste in Writers Notebook NOTES SIDE Pass out Comma Packet DUE FRIDAY Work on Comma Packet with notes remainder of the period HMWK: IMOVIE PROJECT WITH GROUP to be completed OUTSIDE OF CLASS Tuesday Dec 2nd Comma Packet Watch Crucible MOVIE HMWK: IMOVIE PROJECT WITH GROUP to be completed OUTSIDE OF CLASS Wednesday Dec 3rd Comma Packet Watch Crucible MOVIE HMWK: IMOVIE PROJECT WITH GROUP to be completed OUTSIDE OF CLASS Thursday Dec 4th Comma Packet Watch Crucible MOVIE Writers Notebook Journal -- Pick a theme from the CRUCIBLE -- what lesson did you learn? HMWK: IMOVIE PROJECT WITH GROUP to be completed OUTSIDE OF CLASS Friday Dec 5th Comma Packet DUE at the beginning of the period Check Comma Packet Edit IMOVIE PROJECT UPCOMING: IMOVIE PROJECT DUE:  Dec 9th  TEST GRADE

Monday November 24th MEMBEAN DUE Membean quiz in class STEPS 1-5 approval meeting with Mrs. Watson/QUIZ grade Crucible Movie MOVIE  Tuesday November 25th IN CLASS TIMED WRITING -- Prompts were given out Friday November 21.  Open book/open note/open writers notebook/Quiz Grade Wednesday - Friday = Thanksgiving break.  No homework. No group-work assigned or expected.

Monday November 17 Act IV -- Read Outloud and annotate Complete Act IV study guide and Cause Effect Worksheet/Irony worksheet -- due Tuesday Tuesday November 18 Finish Act IV Group planning for IMOVIE Script and Storyboard Wednesday November 19 Group planning for IMOVIE Script and Storyboard Thursday November 20 7:45 AM Latin Root Retest Act IV quiz - 20 multiple choice -- no vocabulary Group planning for IMOVIE Script and Storyboard Friday November 21 ALERT:  REVISED: additional workday given DUE DATE November 24th MONDAY for IMOVIE STEPS 1-5 Pass out Crucible TIMED WRITING PROMPTS/plan and organize/writing to be completed in class UPCOMING MEMBEAN Window complete by NOV 24 Steps 1-5 IMOVIE planning due NOV 24 --  Crucible TIMED Writing TUESDAY NOV 25 in class ONLY IMOVIE DUE DEC 9th

Monday November 10 Complete reading ACT III /Annotate Complete ACT III SGQ's Cause Effect Chart in Crucible Packet -- complete questions 1-11 Study for ACT III quiz Vocab/TF/Multiplechoice/quote identification Tuesday the 11th Activity Schedule for Assembly ACT III quiz Language Practice packet Wednesday the 12th Introduce IMOVIE project Go over requirements/rubric/pick groups/timeline View examples Identify quotes for each Theme from ACT I/II/III Thursday the 13th Latin ROOTS SET TWO TEST Matching/sentence completion Friday the 14th Planning IMOVIE project steps 1-3 Go over Latin Roots Test Grade Language Practice packet

Monday November 3th Turn in Punctuation worksheets Membean quiz -- daily grade.  Take on phones in class Finish Reading/Annotation of Act Two Discuss Act Two study Guide Questions Discuss " A Look at Mary Warren" Pass out Latin Roots set Two -- Paste on Notes side Pg 18.  Latin Roots Set Two Test NOVEMBER 13th WANTED POSTER DUE NOV 4th -- NOODLE TOOLS FOR CITATIONS Tuesday November 4th Turn in Wanted POSTER Act Two quiz - includes Act Two vocabulary.  True/False and Multiple Choice Grade Punctuation Packet Wednesday November 5th Act One/Background retest 7:45 AM NEW MEMBEAN WINDOW begins:  one hour completed by NOVEMBER 24th Discuss Act Two Quiz Punctuation Review using Punctuation packet Thursday November 6th Grade Punctuation REveiw Read Act III Complete Conflict chart in Crucible packet Friday November 7th Act III Vocabulary Other Conflict Chart answers Continuing reading Act III /annotations Act III SGQ's 1-4 due Monday

Monday Oct 27th Illicit Romance worksheet in Packet.  Provide text evidence for you answers Begin reading Act Two Tuesday Oct 28th Grade: Verb packet Act One Quiz MUG #5/6 Discuss Illicit Romance worksheet Wednesday Oct 29 TEST REVIEW SESSION:  7:45 AM ACT TWO-- Read and Annotate Act TWO SGQ's STUDY FOR TEST:  Act one vocabulary, Salem background notes, reread Act One, all worksheets in packet for Act one, characterization chart, Act One quiz Thursday Oct 30 TEST:  Salem background, Act One and Act One Vocabulary Friday Oct 31 Act Two Vocabulary - 7 words defined Read /Annotate Act Two Act Two SGQ's 1-12 DUE MONDAY "A look at Mary Warren" worksheet in packet DUE MONDAY cite quotes Punctuation worksheets:  dashes, colon, semicolon, dialogue, hyphen DUE MONDAY UPCOMING: Membean quiz - daily grade on Monday Nov 3rd WANTED POSTER DUE NOV 4th -- Quiz grade Act II quiz NOV 4th - includes vocabulary words NOV 5:  Act one/Background r

Monday Oct 20 --- NOTE UPDATE CHARACTER CHART AS WE READ. Turn in Verb Worksheets Check Mug Week #4 Daily Accuracy Grade Annotate Act ONE in the Crucible Act One Study guide questions - complete to point we stopped   Tuesday Oct 21 Vocabulary Act One -- copy into Crucible packet Dialogue and Characterization Worksheet - #1-9 Due Wed Act One SGQ's #9-13 Annotate as we read Wednesday Oct 22 Membean ONE HOUR DUE TODAY Discuss Act ONE SGQ's Finish Act One Complete "A look at Events in Act 1"  Thursday Oct 23 ACT ONE READING QUIZ 20 T/F/Multiple choice reading comprehension questions VERY PLOT SPECIFIC Mug Week #5/"Animal Crackers" MUG#6/ "Birds and Bears"   on new MUG Sentence Organizer -- complete in class Study for Act One/Salem Background Test on Thursday the 30th Friday Oct 24 Part of Speech:  Adj info sheet Paste on Notes side pg 17 Read "Cherokee" answer questions 1-7 in Journal side of Writers Notebo

Monday October 14 Check MUG Week #3 Complete MUG Week #4 Grade and discuss Purian/Sinner analysis worksheet MEMBEAN reminder:  you need to log 1 hour by Oct 22nd.  Last Wednesday when you set up your accounts started the 2 week window Tuesday Oct 15th Testing 1-4 Period 5-8 will get the Verb information sheet for the NOTES side of the Writers Notebook Verb Packet Due Friday Wednesday Oct 16th LATIN ROOT RETAKE - 7:45 AM Paste Verb Info Sheet on NOTES SIDE page 16 in Writers Notebook Only met with 7 and 8th.  Worked on Verb Worksheets Thursday Oct 17th Grade Pronoun Packet Verbs Worksheets -- DUE MONDAY Friday Oct 18th Dictionary activity.  Look up Legal Terms Defn (in Crucible Packet) Read Act One Scene One pages 3-17 and annotate  Act One SGQ's (in Crucible Packet 1-8) IF YOU WERE ON A FIELD TRIP Thursday OR Friday.  It is YOUR responsibility to complete all work listed above by MONDAY

Monday 6th Introduce PRONOUNs Grade Noun Packet.  Daily Grade for Accuracy What are the Cultures that Shape You? Due Wednesday PRONOUN packet -- due Friday at the beginning of class STUDY FOR LATIN ROOTS TEST Tuesday October 7th LATIN ROOT SET ONE TEST.  45 Questions.  Matching and complete the sentence.  7 questions from Bloom's taxonomy-application level Wednesday October 8th Sign up for MEMBEAN -- Go through the Calibration Pronoun packet Thursday October 9th Discussion "Cultures that Shape You" Monsters on Maple Street Monsters on Maple Street Questions - Discussion Pronoun packet Friday October 10th Crucible Book Check - each student must have a copy by this date Puritans and Sinner's in the Hands of an Angry God Annotation Annotate for:  tone, moods, imagery, figurative language, theme.  Answer questions in complete sentences Puritan/Sinners worksheet due Tuesday

Students were given a copy in class to paste in the notes side of their journals on page 13 TEST OCT 7th Roots-First Nine Weeks 1.  am or ami -love or like amicable- friendly amorous- of or relating to love 2.  anima -life, mind inanimate- not endowed with life or spirit 3.  fid -faith, trust fidelity- the quality or state of being faithful or loyal 4.  hetero- different heterogeneous- mixed; varied 5.  anthro - man, mankind misanthrope- a person who hates or distrusts humankind 6.  chron, chrono -time synchronize- causing to occur at the same time chronological- arranged according to the order of time 7.  cogn - know cognizant - mindful, aware 8.  homo- same homogeneous- of the same kind or similar in nature 9.  ced- go recede- to move back or away 10.  bibli or biblio - book bibliophile- a lover of books 11.  grat - thanks, pleasing gratify- to give satisfaction to 12.  cred- believe, trust cr

Monday September 29th 7:45 AM Test Review Session in 307 Grade MUG - Turn in for Daily Accuracy Grade Denotation/Connotation Practice PACKET - Daily grade Tuesday Sept 30th Literary Elements Test - Application and Analysis.  45 Questions. Matching and Multiple Choice.  Scantron Wednesday October 1st NOUN introduction NOUN packet Thursday October 2nd Read Salem Witch trial packet and fill in the blank on the notes page given Read Collective Hysteria - in journal side, write 2/l2, 2/l3, 1/L5 question in t-Chart do not answer questions Friday October 3rd NOUN packet -- turn in Complete Collective Hysteria Martha Carrier Trial -- answer 5 questions in Journal side

REVIEW for Lit Elements Test on September 30 th **Review Session Offered on Monday September 29th at 7:45 Am  The following Literary Elements will be applied to passages throughout the test.  Make sure you really know/understand the definitions. ·          Simile                 ·          Metaphor                      ·          Personification                      ·          Theme                        ·          Hyperbole           ·          Tone                             ·          Symbol                                    ·          Flashback                                                                      ·          Foreshadowing                                                              ·          Idiom              ·          Tone               ·          Mood            ·          Dynamic              ·          Static ·          Denotation ·          Connotation The following passage/poems will be on the Test.  Please f

BOOK FAIR ALL WEEK IN LIBRARY PARENTS NIGHT THURSDAY the 23rd Monday the 22nd Check MUG Week 1 answers Work on group song analysis Book Fair Tuesday the 23rd Finish  Group Song Analysis Due Thursday at the beginning of class.   Wednesday the 24th Latin/Greek prefixes/suffixes/roots Set One-- Paste into Journal "By the Waters of Babylon"   excerpt for Level Analysis - MOOD questions 1,2 and 8 sentence paragraph Thursday the 25th "By the Waters of Babylon" --#3 - 11 Friday the 26th Turn in "By the Waters of Babylon" MUG Week Two  Grammar/Nouns Non - Fiction Reading Passage "Web Profiles Haunt Students" and Non Fiction Pyramid " UPCOMING:   Monday September 29th tutoring session at 7:45 AM LITERARY ELEMENTS APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS TEST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH

Monday the 15th: Discuss Mother to Son Analysis question answers Tone/Mood/Theme/Speaker/Imagery/Diction/Paraphrase Miss Rosie in Class Analysis Worksheet Imagery Focus:  Draw and Label Miss Rosie Homework:  Miss Rosie Analysis and Drawing Due Tuesday    Tuesday the 16th Discuss MISS ROSIE Analysis responses:   Tone/Mood/Theme/Speaker/Imagery/Diction/Paraphrase   Literary Elements Notes SET TWO Wednesday the 17th   Introduce/State/Explain Mother to Son Essay response practice DUE FRIDAY Hmwk: study of Literary Elements  Quiz   Thursday the 18th Picture Day Literary Element Quiz - 32 questions - no word bank   Friday the 19th  Turn in Mother to Son Paragraphs MUG Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar/ NOUNS  Song Analysis Assignment

Monday 9/8 Check Denotation and Connotation Worksheet/ PASTE in Journal in NOTES side.  PG 6 "SLEEPING" by  Katharine Weber ANNOTATION/dialectical journal anaylsis HMWK:  Summer Reading Project - Summer reading project DUE tomorrow. Make sure you have a proper Works Cited tab on your project home page with your work cited from NOODLE TOOLS  How to turn in your Summer Reading Project:  Make sure you click on wix.com to make your project go live.  Cut and paste your web address into the BODY of an email.  In the SUBJECT line. Please put your last name, first name and Period number Bloom's quiz has been moved to Thursday Tuesday 9/9 "Sleeping" analysis continued - class discussion "Sleeping" Level Questions in Journal Journal Personal Connection:  a time you felt loss Wednesday 9/10 Pair and answer Level questions for Sleeping TONE - dialogue Tone/Mood PREZI Tone Activ-Board Flip- Chart Analyze TONE in the following passages:  

9/1: off 9/2: Tuesday Final Paper "Letter" Check and turn in Comp Journal Check Organize Journal:  Table of contents/Blooms entry one and two/ Flip Journal side/ Dialectical Journal format Read the non-fiction piece:  "The cutting of my long hair" Dialectial Journal format:  2 - Level one questions/2 - level two questions/ 2- level 3 questions complete Level questions - due Wednesday bring items to decorate your journal bring your summer reading book 9/3 Wednesday Decorate your comp journal Work on Summer Reading project Hmwk: Summer reading Website project 9/4 Thursday Abigail and the Pony - annotate for Tone write 2 Level One/ 3 Level Two/3 Level 3's questions in Dialectal journal with Blooms and question stems chart Hmwk: Summer reading Website project Bloom's quiz TUESDAY 9/5 Discuss Abigail and the Pony Pair/Share Level Questions Plot Chart - draw in Comp Journal Riddle Me This Homework BEST WORD FOR THE JOB

Monday August 25:  EAGLE CAMP Tuesday August 26:   Informal Letter/Tone/Voice Example of an Informal Letter Prewrite questions HMWK:  TYPED Rough Draft of Informal Letter to Mrs. Watson Due Thursday August 28th Wednesday August 27: Introduce Blooms Taxonomy  Blooms Pyramid Level's of Learning according to Andy Griffith Partner Clocks Thursday August 28: Directions for Edit Self Edit 10 steps Peer Edit 10 steps Letter to Mrs. Watson Revision HMWK:  Type Final Draft of Letter to Mrs. Watson - Due AT THE BEGINNING of class on Tuesday Sept 2nd TYPED: Times New Roman, 12 pt font, Double spaced, with header Friday August 29: Introduce Summer Reading PROJECT Go over requirements, Rubric, and project examples HMWK:  Create www.wix.com account, select template, begin work on the "About ME" section in Google Docs - Final WEBSITE DUE September 9th FOR TUESDAY - Bring Summer Reading Book/Comp Journal/Final Draft of Letter to Mrs. Watson Due Tues

Monday 2/10 Discuss AF chapters 4 -5 Complete SGQ's Animal Farm Movie -- 15 minutes -- tone, mood, diction Tuesday 2/11 Turn in SGQ's 1 -5 to basket Poster Project - Groups - Persuasive Analysis of Old Majors Speech Flip Chart - Project requirements 3 examples Group planning time for project Wednesday 2/12 Work on Group Analysis Project -- Due Friday Thursday 2/13 - Early Dismissal - shortened classes AF QUIZ Chapter 1-5 Journal Animal Farm Warmup #1 and #2 in Journal side of your Comp Journal - Complete sentences at least 10-12 sentences each Read Chapter 6 - 7 annotate HMK Complete Active Reading Chart in AF Packet for Friday HMK Change 7 Commandments Chart to reflect "new" rules Friday 2/14 SGQ's Chapters 6 and 7 Present Posters

Monday Feb 3rd Check 4 page comma packet Discuss Old Major's speech analysis Turn in "Letters from Birmingham" packet Read AF chapter 2 Tuesday Feb 4th:  "Beasts of England" Analysis in Pairs Read AF chapter 3 Wednesday Feb 5th  Discuss and annotate "Beasts of England Seven Commandments SGQ's in packet on separate paper for Ch 1-3 Update Character chart in AF packet Thursday Feb 6th Grammar/Usage/Mechanics Test:  Sentence Types, Indirect object/Direct object, semi colons, colons, commas, dialogue punctuation "Inquisitive Swine" non fiction article SOAPSTone analysis and answer questions - Due Friday Friday Feb 7th Go over grammar test Watch AF chapter 1-3 Discuss SGQ's for 1-3

Monday: 1/27 Ck Rhetorical Analysis of "I Have a Dream" Comma Packet --165/166 Tuesday Pass out Animal Farm Packet Read Chapter One AF -- Annotate Fill out Character Chart Tuesday 1/28 STAAR  SCHOOL CANCELLED Wednesday 1/ 29  STAAR 15 minutes of each class Check Comma Worksheet 165/166 Assign Comma Worksheet 167/168 Assign analysis of Old Majors Speech Chart - Due Thursday Thursday 1/30 Discuss Old Majors Speech Assign Comma Worksheet 169/170 and 171/172 Friday 1/31 Persuasive Elements quiz (redo) Check Comma Packet HMWK: Letters from Birmingham Packet -- Analyze Logos, Pathos, Ethos and annotate for persuasive techniques:   Due MONDAY

MONDAY - Holiday Tuesday 1/22 Vocabulary 5 and 6 TEST Persuasive Techniques Quiz Sentence Structure Packet -- Due Thursday Wednesday 1 /23 Go Over Test and Quiz MLK "I have a Dream" speech analysis - annotations due Thursday HWK:  You Tube - Watch " I have a dream" speech - add to annotations Thursday 1/24 MLK "I have a Dream" speech analysis - annotations Continued Laying the Foundation Analysis of Repetition, Antithesis, Allusions, Parallelism Friday 1/25 Sentence Structure Packet - check Begin ANIMAL FARM  Packets Read Chapter One MONDAY - Persuasive Quiz retake as needed Upcoming - STAAR Practice Tests

Monday Ck DO/DI/PREP Worksheets Vocabulary Lesson #6 Lit Book PERSUASION:  Analyze the Text:  986/987 "Should the Driving Age Be Raised to 18?" Vocabulary Lesson #6 HMWK due Wednesday Tuesday BRAIN POP - Punctuation.  Semicolons,Colons, Dashes, Hyphens -- Add terms to DEFN side of Journal Punctuation Packet ( Semicolon worksheet) Lit Book PERSUASION:  Analyze the Text  "ZOOS:  Myth or Reality" 990-993/ "Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World" 994-996 Elements of NON – Fiction Worksheet (ZOOS) ARGUMENT CHART Wednesday Punctuation Packet (Colons) PREZI set ONE -- analyze commercials using Persuasive Technique -- fill in worksheet Thursday Lesson # 6 Vocabulary Quiz Punctuation Packet (Punctuating Dialogue) PREZI set TWO --analyze commercials using Persuasive Technique -- fill in worksheet Friday Punctuation Packet (Hyphens/Dashes) HMWK Punctuation Review - Due Monday Introduction to ANIMAL FARM - READ CHAPTER ONE  Analysis of

Monday:  Student Holiday Tuesday:   Vocabulary Lesson #5 Introduction of Persuasion Unit SOAPSTone: notes in Journal "Coke Blinks" Article - read and apply SOAPStone Coke Obesity Commercial Defining:  Logos, Pathos, Ethos  = notes, examples in Journal Wednesday Check Lesson # 5 Vocabulary ARI - VIDEO-- Illustration of ETHOS, PATHOS, LOGOS Persuasion POWERPOINT - with fill in NOTES Direct OBJECT - defn and worksheet Thursday Lesson #5 Vocabulary Quiz Finish PERSUASION POWERPOINT/ NOTEs Elements of an ARGUMENT -- LOGOS approach Elements of an ARGUMENT -- fill in worksheet Friday CK Direct Object Worksheet Complete Elements of an ARGUMENT -- Read French Fries/ Answer questions Model 1 and Model 2  HMWK:  Indirect OBJECT/ PREPOSITION Worksheets -- due MONDAY PERSUASIVE TERMS QUIZ Jan 16th - THURSDAY