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