Final June Agenda(s): Three Weeks

May 31-June 3

TUESDAY

Gallery Walk for Things Carried Spring Assignment

Introduction to A Streetcar Named Desire:

Tennessee Williams: Life and Times

HW ACT 1

WEDNESDAY

Characterization Chart in Journal #____

Read Act 2

-dramatic reading

-voice and character

-the stage

-narrative direction

HW Read Act 3

THURSDAY

Begin movie version with Marlon Brando

HW Read Act 4

FRIDAY

Symbolism

Add to character chart

Review Things Carried Essay drafts

Essays due to turnitin.com by 11:59 pm

Please bring hard copies Monday

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June 6-June 10

MONDAY

Quaker Share excerpts from essays.

Independent Reading Assignment

-living poster or living book

DUE Friday. June 16th

Review Symbolism

HW Read Act 5

TUESDAY

Movie

HW Read Act 6

WEDNESDAY

SSR #

THURSDAY

Vocabulary Worksheets

Reading Quiz

Review Symbolism

HW Read Act 7

FRIDAY

Watch Movie

Turn in make-up work by next Friday.

Read Acst 8&9

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June 13-June15

MONDAY/TUESDAY

Review 8 & 9

-in Journal complete s/m/t chart

Complete Characterization chart

HW Read Acts 10 & 11

AND Independent Reading Assignment is due June 16^th.

Timed Writng on symbolism in A Streetcar Named Desire

WEDNESDAY

Finish Movie

Last discussion of text.

FINAL IS ON JUNE 16th

Weekly Agenda May 23-26

The Things They Carried

Monday
Style handout:
-review components of an analytical paragraph
Spring Assignment
-group work
-brainstorming
HW Finish book and 3-level question sheets for Tuesday, May 24th.
AND, Spring Assignment due Tueday, May 31st.
AND, Essay due June 3rd.

Tuesday
Conversations #3
-record and comment on quotations from the last chapter
"Show, Don't Tell"
-handout on how to analyze and embed evidence
-transitional expressions
-Style Guides

Wednesday
SSR
#
HW Bring roughdrafts tomorrow for editing

Thursday
Peer Editing
-read around analysis
-group feedback
Spring Assignment Group Work
HW Spring Assignment due next Tuesday!

Weekly Agenda May 16-20

The Things they Carried

CST Testing all Week: Classes Meet Twice

DAY 1:

Essay Prompts

-sample analytical paragraph model

-format reminders

-grammar and mechanics

Draft outline for essay

Recitation assignment

Hamburger Hill excerpts

HW Finish book by next Monday

DAY 2:

Continue drafting

-analyzing evidence

--s/m/t chart

Spring Assignment work time

-more Hamburger Hill

Final Essay is due May 31st to turnitin.com

Weekly Agenda May 9-13

The Things They Carried

Monday & Tuesday

-Timed Writing

-2 prompt choices

-drafts for process essay

-include in journal as #13

Review chapters 10-

-identify more landmark marginalia

Spring Assignment

-student samples

HW For Thursday Read Chapters 11-12 and 3qs per chapter

Wednesday

SSR

#14

Thursday & Friday

Review Chapter

-discussion

-add to S/M/T chart

Process Essay

-look at analytical paragraph models

-grammar and mechanics practice

-MLA format reminders

-academic language

HW Finish Book For Tuesday, 3Q per chapter

Weekly Agenda May 2-6

The Things They Carried

Monday & Tuesday
"How to Tell a True War Story" Worksheet
-share
cont' Watching Platoon
-handout
Landmark Marginalia
HW Read chapters 13 & 14 and 3-level Q's for Thursday

Wednesday
SSR
# 12
Journals due Friday
#7-normal format=5pts
#8-Good Bye Letter =10pts
#9-normal format=5pts
#10-Spring Break 2 Questions=10pts
#11-normal format=5pts
#12-normal format=5pts
Total out of /40

Thursday & Friday
Finish Platoon
Conversations #3
Review "Rainy River"

• opinion of war at home
• reception of veterans
• Kent State killings

HW Handouts due Friday!
Platoon and "How to tell a True War Story"

Next Monday: Journal Entry #13 Timed Writing
on major topics regarding the text

Weekly Agenda April 25-29

Monday & Tuesday
REVIEW: Read and Write 3Qs for Chapters 5-8

• Journal Entry # 10: Record important evidence for the following themes:

1. How are women portrayed?
2. How is heroism portrayed? Cowardice?
3. How is war all about perspective?

Excerpts from Platoon and worksheet
Conversations #_

Wednesday
SSR
#

Thursday & Friday
Finish Platoon
Landmark Marginalia

Monday & Tuesday
>>carry over from last week<<<
Introduce Conversations Assignment
-Chapter 3 "SPIN"
Review Chapter 3
-AMBIGUITY of war
Add to characterization
Watch documentary
HW Read "On the Rainy River" and 3Qs for Thursday

1. Wednesday
   College Center Presentations
2. 
   
3. Thursday & Friday
   Post-Its: Landmark marginalia relating to essay prompts
   -pair share
   Conversations #2 on "On the Rainy River"
4. If time, watch excerpts from Platoon and answer questions
   
   Spring Break HW DUE APRIL 25

Read and Write 3Qs for Chapters 5-8

• Journal Entry # 10: Record important evidence for the following themes:

1. How are women portrayed?
2. How is heroism portrayed? Cowardice?
3. How is war all about perspective?

Weekly Agenda March 28-April 1

The Things They Carried

Monday & Tuesday
Share content of "rucksack": what will you pack and why?
Dear America Documentary
-record year and new tone conveyed by 'letters'
HW Finish reading Chap 1 of The Things They Carried and 3Qs for Tuesday
Finish documentary
Characterization
-heroism versus cowardice
-evidence
HW Read Chapter 2 and 3Qs for Thursday

WED
SSR
Journal #7


THURS
Geo-Political Packet
Review Chapter 2
-quiz
-class discussion
HW Read Chapter 3 and 3Qs

FRI
Introduce Conversations Assignment
-first round
Review Chapter 3
-AMBIGUITY of war
Add to characterization

Excerpts from Platoon
-answer worksheet

NEXT

• Read and Write 3Qs for Chapters 4-7

• Record important evidence for the following themes:

1. How are women portrayed?
2. How is heroism portrayed? Cowardice?
3. How is war all about perspective?

Weekly Agenda March 21-25

The Things they Carried

Monday & Tuesday
Journal Articles
-2nd draft returned
FINAL draft due Friday
-prepare to Quaker share
Character Squares and Charts due MONDAY
NO HW

Wednesday
SSR
#8


Thursday & Friday
-draft cards
-vocab book marks
In-class writing
-Goodbye Letter
-quaker share excerpts of goodbye letter
Chap 1 Read Aloud
-3Q sheets
HW Finish Chapter 1 and 3qs


Collect "Goodbye Letters"
Times OP.Ed. piece, Things Carried in Iraq War
Discussion Chapter 1: 1-14 3Qs
-characterization
-list of things carried, weight, tangibles and intangibles
Pack Backpack and share
-freewrite on perspective
Review Vocabulary

Weekly Agenda March 15-18

Whale Talk

Tuesday
Review Draft #1 Comments
Practice application of transitional expressions -quiz
Character Chart
HW 3Q Sheets due tomorrow
HW Article Draft #2 due Thursday

Wednesday
SSR
#8

Thursday
EAP Testing

Friday
Character Chart and Squares work -in class
HW Squares and Chart due Monday

Weekly Agenda March 7-11

Whale Talk

Monday & Wednesday
Speed Interviews
Official Journal Assignment

• student examples
• norming on rubric

Research and Interview regarding Topic
HW Finish Reading Whale Talk for Thursday and complete 3Qs per chapter.

NO Journal entry this week, Journals due FRIDAY!! #1-#6 (remember #6 is worth 10pts)

Thursday & Friday
Roughdrafting per Inverted Triangle

• working with transitional expressions
• review signal phrases active verbs
• direct quotations and paraphrasing
• the colon, semi-colon and comma for emphasis
• review appeals: to emotions, logic, ethics

Work with Style Guide

• edit draft
• peer and teacher edits and responses
• what's missing?

Review text: communication styles and methods to avoid and diffuse confrontation
-group work

HW for Next Friday: Final Draft with roughdrafts and rubric attached

Weekly Agenda Feb 28-Mar 1

WHALE TALK

Monday & Tuesday
Complete Graphic Organizer
-defining essential elements of journalism
Angier "Why Men Don't Last: Self-Destruction as a Way of Life"
-reciprocal reading
-pair presentation of visual
-Extra Journal entry 5
-connections to book and world
--qualities and realistic goals for men
HW Settle on a topic for Journal article assignment and interview one adult/excerpt, due Thursday
AND read Chapter 12 & 13 for Thursday and 3-level questions per each chapter.

Wednesday
SSR
Journal Entry #6

Thursday & Friday
Graduation Speech Freewrite
Review topics and debrief information learned from interviews.
Speed Interviews
Review Chapters 11-13
-class discussion
Transitions list and practice
Complete Character Chart and begin drafting Squares
HW Find a secondary source about your topic for Monday

Weekly Agenda Feb 22-25

WHALE TALK

Tuesday
Chapter 7&8
-quiz
Recent News
-identifying parts
-structure: inverted triangle
HW Read Chapter 9&10 and 3Qs per chapter for Thursday

Wednesday
SSR
Journal Entry #4

Thursday
Review reading
Continue Character Chart
Taj Fel's Social Identity Theory
-social web group
Transitions
-creating sentences
-interviews
HW Settle on a topic for Journal article assignment and interview one adult/excerpt

Friday
Complete Graphic Organizer
-defining essential elements of journalism
Angier "Why Men Don't Last: Self-Destruction as a Way of Life"
-reciprocal reading
-pair presentation of visual
-connections to book

Weekly Agenda Feb 14-18

WHALE TALK

Monday& Tuesday
Character Squares Assignment
-work on character chart
Journal Article Assignment
-graphic organizer
-terms
Review Chapter 5
-3Q discussion
HW Read Chapter 6 for Thursday and write 3Qs

Wednesday
SSR
Journal Entry #3

Weekly Agenda Feb 7-11

WHALE TALK

MONDAY & TUESDAY
Chapter 2 Reading Quiz
-please make up by the end of the week
T.J. as 'superhero'

• brainstorm qualities of a superhero
• brainstorm T.J.'s hero qualities "record language"
  
• Karl Jung and archetypes
• revisiting character foils

Revisit Child Abuse Statistics
-processing; consequences
Male Societal Expectations
-addressing gap between 'traditional' versus 'egalitarian' roles for boys and men
-global implications
Review Chapter 3
-3Q Discussion
HW Read Chapter 4 for Thursday and write 3Qs

WED
SSR
Journal Entry #2

Thursday & Friday
Review Chapter 4
-3Q Discussion
Character Chart and Square Assignment
-group work to fill in chart
Literary Terms
-digression
Journal Article Assignment
-terms related to journalism
HW Read Chapter 5 for Monday and 3Qs

Weekly Agenda Feb 1-4

WHALE TALK

Monday-Pupil Free Day

TUESDAY
Return Finals
-midyear portfolio reflection
Review Formats
-new students create portfolios
Book Talk
NO HW

WEDNESDAY
SSR
Journal Entry #1

THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Distribute Books
Brainstorm 'small town bias'
-share
NOTES
-child abuse statistics
-reactions
-processing data

TERMS

• character foil
  

HW For Friday, Read Chapter 1 and write 3-level questions

NEXT
Pre-assessment

• literary terms
• essay basics

Male Roles in Society
-local and global

FINALS WEEK

Good Luck on your finals. Please stop by h216 at lunch if you need help or have any makeup to turn in on MONDAY (last day).

Weekly Agenda Dec 17- Dec 21

Mon & Tues

• NO School on Monday. Happy MLK Day!
  
• Finish Reading: "The Revolt of 'Mother'" by Mary E. Wilkins
  

Wed
SSR: "A Red Girl's Reasoning" by E. Pauline Johnson
FINAL EXAM on TUESDAY, JANUARY 25th

Thurs & Fri

• Finish Reading: "A Red Girl's Reasoning" by E. Pauline Johnson
• Vocabulary Sort Activity
• Character Analysis Review
• Compare & Contrast Sarah Penn and Christine McDonald

Weekly Agenda Dec 10- Dec 14

Mon & Tues

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments
• Women's Rights Movement
• "The Revolt of 'Mother'" by Mary E. Wilkins
  

Wed
SSR

Thurs & Fri

• Vocab Activity
• Matching Exercise: Original Complaints of Declaration of Sentiments & Contemporary Language

Weekly Agenda Dec 3 - Dec 7

Mon & Tues

• New Unit: Short Stories
• Epigraph
• Plot & Visualization: "The Girlfriend" by Maile Meloy
  

Wed
SSR

Thurs & Fri

• Diagram Plot
• Characterization

Weekly Agenda Dec 13 -17

Mon & Tues

• Writing the persuasive essay
• Peer Editing

Wed
SSR

Thurs & Fri

• Questions about the Essay? New Due Date: January 3rd
  
• Short Story Unit Introduction: Read Aloud: "The Girlfriend"
  

Weekly Agenda Dec 6 - Dec 10

Mon & Tues

• Analyzing sources
• Types of Evidence

Wed
SSR

Thurs & Fri

• Outlining the Essay
• Supporting each reason with evidence