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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

Monday 9 Poem Analysis-- Pair Share/ Teacher answers REad Chapter 7 of NIGHT Bullet Point Summary 7-9 Sentence Summary in Writer's notebook with SGQ's Due Tuesday Tuesday 10 Ch 7 Summary Ck Listen to 8-9 NIGHT 8-9 Bullet Point Summaries Due 8-9 7-9 Sentence Summaries DUE Wednesday Wednesday 11 Common Lit "Hope is the thing with Feathers" Answer in Writer's Notebook Oprah/Elie interview Thursday 12 5-10 Quiz zip Grade Oprah Elie Interview Friday 13 Poison Dwarf IRONY in Night Due Monday

Monday Dec 2nd Membean window #4 90 2 80% due Dec 15th at 11pm LIT circles. Set PROCESS Goals/Content Goals as a class Wonder words - one round Golden Lines - multiple rounds/tie to NIGHT themes Bullet Point Summary Discussion Question Debrief as a whole group Tuesday Dec 3rd Alley Theater 7 -8 work on Membean Wednesday Dec 4th Read NIght Chapter Five/annotate/bullet point summary/study guide questions with quotes and page # Due Thursday Quiz 3 -4 on Thursday Thursday Dec 5th 3-4 quiz -- zip grade with bonus question Read Chapter 6 /annotate/bullet point summary/study guide questions with quotes and page # Due Friday Friday Dec 6th: Holocaust Poem Analysis-- Due Monday

Monday 18 Complete Chp 1 NIGHT Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # Due Tuesday Tuesday 19 Chp 2 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # Due Wednesday Wednesday 20 Chapter 3 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page #- Due Thursday Thursday 21 Review Bullet point summaries for 1-3 add in a different color INK Chapter 4 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # - Due Friday ***FRIDAY PROJECTS DUE with NOODLE TOOLS CITATION -- right when you come into class.  If you have to print it out, it will be counted LATE - 30 No NOODLE TOOLS - 10 Friday 22 Turn in projects at the beginning of class.  Please have them ready to turn in right when you walk into class Discussion Question - paragraph response Prep Time for LIT Circles -- Golden Lines/Lit Circle Discussion LOG for NIGHT chapter 3 or 4 (20 minutes) Begin Chp 5 NO HOMEWORK over Thanksgiving Break.  Bring your Golden Lines/Lit Circ...

Monday 11 Self Edit/Peer Edit Writer's Workshop Anne Frank Lit Analysis Piece-- Posted on ITS LEARNING as a task Literary Analysis Paper RUBRIC under RESOURCES on ITS LEARNING NOREDINK assignment - Due Friday the 15th at 3:30pm Comma Usage Tuesday 12 Introduce Holocaust Project Options -- QUIZ grade due in Two WEEKS -- all completed outside of class Wednesday 13 Common Lit Analysis -- answer in Writer's Notebook Journal side Hitler Euthansia Program Who is Responsible Reflection Thursday 14 Literary Analysis Due at the Beginning of Class.  Staple Rubric to the back NIGHT packet Work on Holocaust project Friday 15 Expectations Themes:  put in book NIGHT - Chapter ONE Bullet point Summary Study Guide Questions -- use text evidence with page numbers to answer in your Writer's Notebook NOREDINK DUE by 3:30 Holocaust Project DUE NOVEMBER 22nd = quiz grade

Monday 4 ck Scene Chart Ck AcT II study guide questions Read "Its Raining on the House of Anne Frank" common Lit -- answer in Journal side Read "Remembering Anne Frank" Go to AnneFrank.org and examine the Annex in 3d Homework:  Daily Quiz Act II on Tuesday Print Allusion Terms off my blog Print Study Guide for Thursday's test and gather study materials. Tuesday 5 Act II daily quiz Pass out Timed Writing Prompt Discuss/Find quotes Wednesay 6 Thursday 7 Holocaust Background and Anne Frank TEST Friday 8 Anne Frank Timed Writing

Monday 28 ck LSR2 worksheet - daily grade for accuracy ck Act 1 SGQ's add to your notes as needed Begin Act II/S1 - Chart/SGQ's #1-7 Tuesday 29 Act One daily quiz Theme Seminar Group project 5 Themes:  5 word definition/real world connections, Lit connections, 1 -2 quotes that support/prove theme Each group presents/take notes in your packet theme by theme Wednesday 30 Go over quiz Student led Theme Seminar  ACT II Continued Thursday 31 LRS2 Test Friday 1 Go over LRS2 Test Finish Act II For Monday -- complete scene chart/Act II study guide questions. UPCOMING: Tuesday November 5th Act 2 Daily Quiz 25 questions Thursday November 7th Anne Frank/Holocaust Background TEST Friday Anne Frank Timed Writing

Anne Frank/Holocaust Test-Study Guide Test on November 7 th - Thursday What to review/study for your test Act I and Act II of Anne Frank Listening Notes – scene by scene notes you took in class Act One and Two Study Guide Questions and Answers- in your packet List of Holocaust Terms you had to define—also, make sure and print out the definitions I provided for you on my blog- they will be on the test Timeline (in packet) There are questions about specific dates Background information on Hitler, WWII – fill in the blank PWPT notes ITSLEARNING-- at least 15 questions from the powerpoint and notes Your test will be a comprehensive examination over the unit we are finishing on Anne Frank and Holocaust Background.   Any information we have covered in class or spent time researching may be covered on the test.   Please review all notes and information regarding this time period.

BIBLICAL Allusions/definitions PASSOVER In the  Book of Exodus , God helped the  Israelites  escape from slavery in  ancient Egypt  by inflicting  ten plagues  upon the Egyptians before the  Pharaoh  would release the Israelite slaves. The last of the plagues was the  death of the Egyptian first-born . The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to  pass over  the first-born in these homes, hence the English name of the holiday scapegoat 1:  a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur 2a:  one that bears the blame for others b:  one that is the object of irrational hostility Liberated Israelites Liberated from Slavery: The “exodus” to designate the deliverance of the...

Monday 21 Night Book Check Ck Holocaust Background Fill in the Blank Notes-- adds in a different color attach NOTES side 18 Assembly Screenagers "Why do People Follow the Crowd"  Common Lit - answer in writer's notebook Journal side Assigned:  NO RED INK Capitalization #2 Due Friday by 3:30pm Tuesday 22 Pair Share "Why do People Follow the Crowd"  /ck answers Its Learning - resources directions to download UNIT 2 student version of textbook - follow directions and complete download READ" Maus" - 281-288 Complete questions# 1-6 pg 289 in online textbook/  asswer in Writer's notebook Journal side-- Due Wednesday Wednesday 23 Ck "MAUS" Pass out Anne Frank Packets/go over expectations Begin listening to the ANNE Frank Play -- fill in Plot/character/setting chart Thursday 24 AF Friday 25 AF NOREDINK due by 3:30 UPCOMING MEMBEAN due 10/27 by 11PM 90 @ 80%

Monday-- Holiday Tuesday 15th Open Membean window #3 90 minutes at 80 % accuracy Due 10/27 by 11pm Finish Common Lit pieces:  " First They Came" and "Intro to Holocaust"  Please answer in your Writer's Notebook Journal side.  All discussion questions should be 3-4sentence responses Passed out Holocaust terms (44) due Friday Wednesday 16th PSAT Thursday 17th Ck "FTC" and "INTRO to Holocaust" questions Begin A and E Biography on Anne Frank Friday 18th Ck Terms Finish A&E Bio AFrank Its Learning Assignment:  PWPT over Holocaust/Fill in the Blank Notes -- DUE MONDAY UPCOMING Night Book Check Monday 21st Membean Due 10/27 11pm

Monday 7 Theme Review over GHOST NoREDINK assignment over Capitalization  Practice(optiona)/Quiz(daily) due Oct 10th by 4pm Ozymandias Blooms taxonomy packet due Wednesday Pt of view/theme/narrator/tone/inferencing use text evidence on #9-17 you do not have to do:  21 or 33 and on pg. 56 pick one prompt to write to in your writer's notebook journal side Study for test Tuesday 8th Test over GHOST and Diversity Packet 45 multiple choice questions Work on Ozymandias packet-- due Wednesday Wednesday 9th Go over Test.  Looking at every question/every answer Check/Discuss Ozy packet Thursday 10th Begin Holocaust Background What do you think you Know-- post on board/discuss Read and answer all questions for Common Lit pieces "Introduction to the Holocaust" "First they Came" NOREDINK due at 4pm NO HOMEWORK - enjoy your four day weekend!