Words From Watson

Monday September 30 NOREDINK assignment:  Citations  due Friday Oct 4th by 4PM Two lessons:  practice optional and no count for a grade,but highly recommended.  "Quiz"  mandetory = a daily grade.  There will be NO Resets!  You get what you get, so do the practice.  :) Pair/Share GHOST chpt 1-3 Bullet points/#5 Discussion Question Silent Sustained Reading Chpt 4 GHOST:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Tuesday Oct 1 Listen to GHOST Chapter 5 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Wednesday Oct 2 Silent Sustained Reading  GHOST Chapter 6-7 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Thursday Oct 3 Silent Sustained Reading  GHOST Chapter 8 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Friday Oct 4 Listen to GHOST 9-10 in class:  annotate/b

Monday 23rd Book Fair Pair/Share "MY NAME" Identify THEME Thesis Share "LOSE Yourself "Analysis - Due Tuesday Tuesday 24th Pair/share "Lose Yourself" - Identify THEME "Buried Onions" Analysis Race Politics = Homework/ annotate/discussion questions Wednesdsay 25th Discuss Race Politics/Buried Onions Packet pass out Mini Lesson:  Annotation Tips Pass out Annotation Reference Sheet Paste in NOTES side Jason Reynolds "BLOG POST" Journal response:  Write about your weekend in your TEEN dialect (voice) Thursday 26th LIT ELEMENTS EXAM FAMILY NIGHT OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY 27th GHOST CHAPTER  ONE Listen in Class:  Dialectial Journal/discussion Q's/Bullet pt summary/annotations Read 2-3 DUE MONDAY Dialectial Journal/discussion Q's/Bullet pt summary/annotations 1-3 SGQ Due Monday

WATSON PREAP/GT REVIEW for Lit Elements Test on September 26 The following Literary Elements will be applied to passages throughout the test.   Make sure you really know/understand the definitions. ·          Simile                 ·          Metaphor                      ·          Personification                      ·          Theme                        ·          Tone                             ·          Symbol                                    ·          Idiom               ·          Tone               ·          Mood             ·          Dynamic              ·          Static ·          Denotation ·          Connotation The following passages will be utilized on the Test.   Please feel free to analyze and annotate each passage prior to the test. Milkweed - Jerry Spinelli – 1               So it was an even grander treat to see the horses moving.   I couldn’t resist.   The first day I went back alone I was determined to ride a horse.

UPCOMING due dates: NEW MEMBEAN Window #2 9/16- 9/29 @11PM 90 minutes @ 80% WEDNESDAY Ghost Book Check in class = daily 100 THURSDAY: SEPT 19th STORY BOARD DUE MIDNIGHT: Submit through Google DOCS: All last names of group members in the SUBJECT LINE _ period # Please submit all contents on one page in the following order Song Story Board Paragraph Noodle tools Citation Monday 16th: Work on Story Board That Song Analysis Project:  focus NOODLETOOLS Tuesday 17th:  Begin Diversity Unit Watch:  Silent Beats - Stereotype Video Discussion "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou Annotation and Analysis Due Wednesday Wedneday 18th Book Check:  Ghost Pair/Share "Still I Rise" annotation/discussion questions Group discussion HMWK:  Read"Fish Cheeks"  by Amy Tan Read and Annotate Selection Thursday 19th Pair/Share Fish Cheeks Group Discussion Mini lesson Thesis Statement Write Thesis Statement for Fish Cheeks Homework:  Read and A

Monday Septemeber 9th Mother to Son 2 Paragraph SAR.  Due at the end of the period Tuesday 10 Latin Roots Set One Test Wednesday 11 SAR:  Highlight:  Topic Sentence/Quote with Citation/ Intro/ staple rubric/circle perceived grade Pair Share:   Fable Thesis:  post it note:  group analysis Intro Song Story Board Show examples Get into Group Thursday 12 Noodle Tools Mini Lesson Work on STORYBOARD Friday 13 Work on STORYBOARD Pass out Song Analysis Paragraph DUE MONDAY:  Song analysis Paragraph Noodle tools:  Song/Story Board UPCOMING:  GHOST book Check Sept 18th.   For sale in Library of $7 SEPT 19th STORY BOARD DUE MIDNIGHT:  submit through Google DOCS: All last names of group members in the SUBJECT LINE _ period Song Story Board Paragraph Noodle tools Citation

Monday = Labor Day - Student holiday Tuesday Sept 3rd MAP Testing Wednesday Sept 4th Annotate "Mother to Son" Journal side 7  Draw what you know Journal side 8 Aesop Fable 3 selections:  Identify Moral/Theme:  Write in a complete sentence All due Thursday for class Thursday Sept 5th Those who need to complete MAP testing will finish during class Reteach/Review:  Components for a Thesis/Components of a Paragraph Handout Paragraph Outline, copy "Sleeping paragraph into correct Parts of a Paragraph.  Add what is missing from your first Sleeping paragraph/revise as needed with different color ink Friday Sept 6th Notes:  Pt of View/Text Evidence see Board for Pages Pass in revised"  Sleeping paragraph Mother to Son Group Annotation MEMBEAN DUE ON SUNDAY by 11PM 90 minutes @ 80%