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March 2nd Lit Circles "The Trouble with Geniuses Part One"  Theme Passout additional Worksheet with SGQ's for Part One:  Text Evidence March 3rd In Lit Circles Discuss SGQ's for Part one Read/Annotate "The Trouble with Geniuses Part Two" Complete Part Two SGQ's/Theme/Claim Support == Due Friday for Lit Circles March 4th Writer's Workshop Evaluate/Revise AF Essay-- due Thursday Passout Flower's Essay Prompts March 5th Select Prompt Create Thesis/Topic Sentences Select Text Evidence March 6th Lit Circles "The Trouble with Geniuses Part Two" Writers Workshop TYPED RD DUE MONDAY March 9th. 

February 24th Outliers Themes: Success and Failure Talent, Opportunity, Work, and Luck Timing and Historical Context Privilege, Heritage, and Cultural Background Solutions and Implications for the Future Outliers Lit circles-- 15min Work on Character Sketch HOMEWORK:  REREAD "Flowers"  for test prep February 25th Flowers for Algernon TEST 45 multiple choice questions Feb 26th Review Exam Paper Return Outliers Theme worksheet Feb 27    Finish Theme Worksheet if needed. In class READ Ch 3 OUTLIERS/Annotate/ Fill in Lit Circle Worksheet Feb 28 CHARACTER SKETCH DUE  Lit Circles CH 3

February the 18th Pair/ Share 2nd set of SGQ's for FFA Theme Worksheet: text evidence DUE WEDNESDAY Flowers for Algernon TEST on Feb 25th MEMBEAN February 19th Upcoming dates:  calendar in your planner Whole Group SGQ/Theme discussion February 20th Introduce Character Sketch/see examples Pass out instructions/Charlie NO PENCIL Must be Colored Page # citations for Quotes Due FEB 27th Outlier (n) Something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body A statistical observation that is markedly different in value from the others of the sample Feb 21st Outliers Introduction Weekend Homework:  Read Chapter 2 "10,000 hrs"/Annotate Work on Character Sketch No pencil/colored/correct citations/layout,design, creativity count! NOW DUE Thursday 27th = quiz grade

1.     Monday 10th Membean Window opens 90 @ 80% due 2/23 by 11pm Multiple Intelligences discussion guide/answer in complete sentences Read on Its Learning/ IQ does it make and record 3 new pieces of information you learned regarding IQ- Journal side Pair and Share  Tuesday Feb 11th   Pass out the “Flower’s for Algernon”  ANTICPATION GUIDE. 2.        The students need to complete the ANTICPATION GUIDE and paragraph first.  They should turn it in to the basket.  Please remind them to put their name and period number on it. 3.        Pass out the Flowers for Algernon STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS. 4.        The students have a textbook link on ITS LEARNING where they can access UNIT 4 “Flower’s for Algernon” OR there is a class set on the back wall. 5.        The students will read silently/individually “Flowers for Alge...

Monday 3 Discuss what to study for the Quiz on Tuesday and the Test on Thursday Complete Print Ad Analysis Pair with another group and present Super Bowl Commercial top ten :  Watch and Analyze in Writer's Notebook as a class. Tuesday 4 "I Have a Dream" quiz Common Lit piece -- answer in Writer's Notebook Wednesday 5 Wednesday Feb 5th 1. Go over Persuasive Quiz 2. Pair Share Answers for Common Lit Concussion article 3. Team Kahoot Review Game 4. HOMEWORK Study for your Persuasive TEST!  Test on Zip grade 50 application/Analysis questions Elements to review:  Powerpt's on It's Learning/ Handouts in Writer's Notebook/ IHAD packet/LFBJ packet/ Memorize definitions and  what categories terms are in from House of Persuasion/ Thursday 6 Persuasive Test FRIDAY FEB 7th Go over Test Download Textbook to your chrome book Ability to hear audio 1)       Log into the textbook link 2)       Click ...

Monday Jan 27 Visual Intelligence Warmup-- Rhetorical Pyramid/Venn Diagram- pair share/whole group discussion Ck Logos/Ethos per class as needed Logical Fallacies handout Logical Fallacies Powerpoint pass out MLK "IHAD" speech  Annotate for Appeals/Rhetorical Devices- due Tuesda Tuesday Jan 28 Visual Intelligence - Painting one.  Whole group discussion Ck Analogy Worksheet-- ck whole group Homework - Worksheet in MLK Packet - Discussion questions Wedneday Jan 29  Pair/Share Discussion Questions from IHAD MLK packet Watch IHAD on YouTube Pass out Rhetorical Devices in IHAD speech to class--- Due Thursday Thursday Jan 30th 2020 1. Pair Share Rhetorical Devices worksheet for MLK's "I Have a Dream"  Speech.  Add to your answers in a different color ink. 2. Whole class discussion/review of Rhetorical devices worksheet 3. Civil Rights Powerpoint 4.  Eyes on the prize movie clip 5.  Homework.  Watch 3 commercials.  In you...

Monday 20 HOLIDAY Tuesday 21 Ck"Letters from Birmingham Jail" LOGOS- Discuss Pwpt on Its LEARNING Persuasive Techniques/Rhetorial devices - Pair with NOTES 25 FIll in House of Persuasion:  all except Logical Fallacies ""Letters from Birmingham Jail" PATHOS due Wednesday Wedneday 22 High School Visits. 5/7/8 =Ck Pathos ETHOS due Friday Thursday 23 Latin Roots Test S "Letters from Birmingham Jail"  ETHOS due Friday Friday 24 Ck ETHOS Logical Fallacies Pwpt and handout Parallelism Handout Notes 28 Anaphora Handout Notes 29 Antithesis Handout Notes 30 Logical Fallacies Handout NOTES 31 MEMBEAN DUE Sunday 26 at 11PM

Monday13 Ck LRS3 Daily grade Ck Parallelism - guided practice Notes 21 House of Persuasion Notes 22-23 -- Fill in Appeals/Parallelism Rhetorical Devices Notes 24 READ ALOUD (Ethos/Pathos/Logos E/P/L  -- Worksheet Due Tuesday grade for Accuracy MEMBEAN WINDOW OPENS 90@80 Due 1/26 NRI -Parallelism 1/13-17 due at 3:30 Daily grade Tuesday14 Ck E/P/L worksheet - report grade "French Fries"  Elements of an Argument"   Close Reading 1-4 Writers Notebook Journal side-- complete sentences Elements of an Argument Handout/paste Notes 26 Wed15 Ck "French Fries" Chromebook.  "Driving"  966-967 1-3 Close Read/1-2 Close Read in Journal side "Zoos"  968-977 Comparing two points of View 977 Questions 1-6 in Journal side Homework if not finished.  Due Thursday! Thursday 16 Turn in /post Idioms Its Learning:  Dodgeball Articles.  Complete the red/Blue questions Writers Notebook Journal side- Due Friday HmWK:  NRI ...

Monday 6:   professional development Tuesday 7:  Update:  Membean/NRI/Go Guardian Codes Update Writer's Notebook LRS3 Passout and paste NOTES 20 Idioms:  mini lesson Introduce Idioms project:  Due Jan 16th = quiz grade Pass out Idioms Packet:  Due Thursday for accuracy = daily grade Wednesday 8 MAP testing in Activity til 10:00am Each class 35 minutes Visual Intelligences:  Painting One Idiom project Thursday 9 MAP testing in Activity til 10:00am Each class 35 minutes Visual Intelligences:  Picture Two LRS3 Worksheet Friday 10 International Day 20 minute Classes Parallelism Mini Lesson - Worksheet