◄ July August 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 27 28 All classes Review syllabus and fill out behavior contract HW: -Find syllabus on my website -Get journal and supplies on syllabus by 9/5 -Bring Warriors and prepare to discuss Ch. 1-6 29 A - Seating Chart -Cont. behavior contract -Make Introductory Notecard - Warriors Ch. 1-6 Discussion: Overview PPT Excerpts handouts (#1, 2, 4) in groups and share with class HW: Read Warriors Powerpoints online -Get journal and supplies on syllabus by 9/5 -Bring Warriors and prepare to discuss Ch. 7-12 30 31 A Warriors Ch. Discussion: Excerpt #3 on merry go round and poem in PowerPoint; Segregation PPT, Becoming a Warrior PPT HW: Read Warriors Powerpoints online - Get journal and supplies on syllabus by 9/5 -Bring Warriors and prepare to discuss Ch. 13-19 Notes: Notecard: Name, preferred name (nickname), address, anything I should know or you want me to know about you; who you had for English last year; if I taught your sibling (name?); sports/activities, musical instruments/ languages you are fluent in/ hobbies/ jobs; goals for English this year/what you hope to learn, favorite part of English class/ what you hope to do in class this year. ◄ August September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 12
3 4 No School Journal 1: Responses to PowerPoint questions; Central Question response; Be the Change Journal Topic; Q’s Harassment ppt 5 A - Behavior Contract Test - Check journal and collect contract signature for points - Journal 1: See left margin -Warriors Ch. 13-19 Discussion: (Inside Central High PPT, Desgregation PPT; Harassment ppt.) HW: Read Warriors Powerpoints online -Bring Warriors and prepare for in-class essay - Bring Mother Night 6 Late Start 7 A -Stamp and discuss Journal 1 - Legacies ppt - Warriors Essay HW: Do Mother Night Study Guide - Bring Mother Night 8 9 10 September, Cont. Journal 2 Prompt: Is having integrity important to you? Give an example when you or someone you know has integrity. Was Mother Night’s Howard Campbell a man of integrity? Why or why not? 11 A -Self-edit/ Peer-edit essays - Begin grammar Ch. 1 Diagnostic Preview in class -Watch Michael Phelps video - Do Journal 2: prompt to the left HW: STUDY for Mother Night TEST on Friday - DO reading questions for discussion next class -Grammar: pronouns, adj. p. 12 ex.5, Rev. C 13 A Late Start - Groups review study guide for Mother Night test; share with class - Check and discuss reading questions (show samples) HW: - Grammar: p. 17-20 ex. 6, 7, 8 and oral practice (written down) -Finish literary devices handout 14 15 A *Get Macbeth from library - check and review literary terms handout - Review questions on MN before test - Review grammar HW Mother Test Start grammar HW if done early HW: -Read Macbeth intro p. 1-18 and take notes to use on quiz next class -Download Macbeth handouts from online!! -Grammar: adv. Ex. 9, 10, 11, Rev. D 16
October 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Journal 6 prompt: Create a diary entry for either Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Malcolm, Donalbain at this point in the play. Using the first person to pretend to be the character, describe your feelings, thoughts, etc 3 A Journal 6 grammar and gems, share & peer-edit - Intro Vocab 2 -Cont. Act 2 reading HW: Grammar ex. 12, ex. 13, Rev. D; 2 gems on today’s reading Vocab 2 Test on Oct 13 + exercises 4 5 A Journal 7 -Stamp grammar and gems, share & peer-edit -Cont. Act 3 HW: Grammar ex. 14, rev. E 2 GEMS Quiz Ch. 1-3 next class 6 Journal 7 prompt: Make predictions about what will happen next and at the end. What are some questions you have the characters in this book if you could speak with them? 7 8 Journal 8: Free write using and identifying at least 5 vocab unit 2 words. Then, identify all direct and indirect objects, and Predicate nominatives and Pred. adjectives. 9 A Journal 8 -Stamp grammar and gems, share & peer-edit -Cont. Act 3 HW: 2 GEMS Grammar: ch. 2 Rev. p. 61-63 A, B, D, E (no C) Exam Day on Friday. 10 11 A No Journal -Stamp grammar and gems, share & peer-edit -Finish Act 3; Start Act 4 HW: 2 GEMS; Exam day next class: Vocab 2; Grammar Ch. 2, Macbeth quiz Act 1-3 Grammar HW packets collection next class. Table of contents online. Study for grammar ch. 2 quiz. See study guide notes online. You may you a notecard on the grammar quiz and worksheets on the Macbeth quiz 12 13 A No Journal Collect grammar HW packets Exam Day: Vocab 2 Test + exercises due Grammar Ch. 2 Test Macbeth Act 1-3 Quiz! Stamp gems Begin Act 4 reading HW: 2 GEMS on Act 4 14