Weekly Agenda: March 9 - 13, 2020
Monday: Complete case 21; complete essay rewrite (if applicable)
Tuesday: Library
Wednesday: History of Shakespeare
Thursday: Romeo and Juliet Background information
Friday: Shakespeare biography game
7 Honors ELA 5th period (Cardwell) (Period 5)
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Weekly Agenda: March 2 - March 6, 2020
3/2: Monday: Quarter 3 test review; grammar review for Case 21
3/3: Tuesday: Grammar gimkit for extra points for grade of choice
3/4: Wednesday: Writer's Workshop for Q3 test 1essay rewrite
*3/5: Thursday: Case 21 Benchmark 3
**3/6: Friday: Case 21 Benchmark 3/ essay rewrite (if needed)
*3/9: Monday: Writer's Workshop
3/10: Tuesday: Library
*3/11: Wednesday: Writer's workshop ESSAYS DUE
3/12: Thursday: ELA review
3/13: Friday: ELA review
**There is a folder in Schoology for Case 21 practice. Please feel free to use this resource to practice if inclined.
*students will be able to begin reworking their essays after completing the Case 21 Benchmark. The rewritten essay for updated grade is due by END OF CLASS March 11 by the end of the class period.
Weekly Agenda: February 24 - 28, 2020
Case 21 tutoring:
Tuesday - Thursday @ 7:15 am in room 180 (Ms. Cardwell)
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Monday: Review commonly missed standards from Case 21 data dig
Class work grade 4: Case 21 standards quick check
Tuesday: morning tutoring
Escape Room - Case 21 questions
Wednesday: morning tutoring
Case 21 - poetry and figurative language analysis:
Class work grade 5: Case 21 quick check
Thursday: morning tutoring
Q3 standards test: Created from Case 21 question bank
Friday: Case 21 Q3 standards check-in: What do I not know or not understand? Final day of review for Case 21 benchmark test to begin on March 2.
Weekly Agenda: February 17 - 21, 2020
Monday: President's Day
Tuesday: Case 21 prep
Wednesday: Case 21 prep
Thursday: Case 21 prep
Friday: Case 21 prep
Weekly Agenda: February 10 - 14, 2020
Monday: Lyrics of Rebellion analysis to ID Human Rights Campaign, theme, figurative language, genre of literature, write a thesis statement
Tuesday: Guided essay using prompt from Monday's assignment
Wednesday: Lyrics of Rebellion - student choice of school appropriate lyrics. Students will demonstrate their analysis of how and if the lyrics address a human rights campaign effectively using the CLIPS app or iMovie app
Thursday: Essay test - using project from Wednesday - students will write an essay to analyze if and how the author's use of theme, figurative language, genre of literature (literature format) impact the song's human rights message.
Friday: Case 21 analysis of scores, understanding requirements to move to 8th Honors and prepare for Case 21 standard Drill Downs
Weekly Agenda: January 21 - 24, 2020
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Library
Wednesday: Mother Jones, Child labor human rights - Study Sync
Thursday: Lyrics Of Rebellion - Scholastic Article
Friday: Harriet Tubman Quiz - Chapters 6-10; begin The Harriet Project
January 6-10, 2020
Monday: No School
Tuesday: First day back, Harriet Tubman introduction
Wednesday: Harriet Tubman
Thursday: Harriet Tubman
Friday: Harriet Tubman
Weekly Agenda: December 9 -13
Monday: Study Guide for Q2 test; work with peers, submit.
Tuesday: The Giver Review - gimkit; Q2 standards test review
Wednesday: Q2 test review (all assignments, and retakes of The Giver due - no late work accepted)
Thursday: Q2 standards test
Friday: Q2 gimkit game
Weekly Agenda: December 2 - 6, 2019
Monday: Reading Check The Giver Chapters 6-10 due by end of day
Read informational text articles to discuss dystopian society.
Tuesday: Review skills and questions from Case 21 Q1
Wednesday: Case 21
Thursday: Case 21
Friday: Quiz The Giver Chapters 11-15
Develop a claim and counterclaim about why The Giver is a banned book based on informational article read Monday.
Weekly Agenda: November 18 - November 23
Students have a detailed calendar available in schoology. It provides the text in pdf, an audio version to listen along, reading logs, comprehension questions, reading assignments, quiz dates, and reading check dates for The Giver, an independent reading assignment.
This week's quiz: Chapters 1 - 8 on Thursday, November 21.
Monday:
- Complete Argumentative Essay test (those that need the time)
- Read and choose a side:
- Informational Text: Dangers of Social Media, Violence in Movies, Celebrities as Heroes, Reality TV and Society
Tuesday:
- Philosophical Chairs - Claims and Counterclaims in informational text, finding text evidence, developing a reason for text with analysis
Wednesday: Philosophical Chairs Debate
Thursday:
- The Giver Quiz - Chapters 1-8
- ELA Career Day: Become a News Reporter delivering stories on breaking news in The Giver or Informational Text read this week
Friday: Library Day!!!
Happy Turkey Day - Get some Rest!!!!
Weekly Agenda: November 11 - 15, 2019
Monday: Body paragraph 1 - Veteran's Day program 6th period
Tuesday: Body paragraphs 2-3
Wednesday: Introduction and Concluding paragraphs - sub 5th and 6th period for meeting
Thursday: Putting it all together: write your essay for a test grade
Friday: turn in final essay for Test grade
Weekly Agenda: November 4 - 8, 2019
Monday: Thesis Not Hard! Students will craft a 3-part argumentative essay thesis using the skills learned during "Thesis Not Hard!"- thesis statement = classwork grade
Tuesday: Philosophical Chairs: students will debate using cited evidence from a variety of sources to support their claim. Were the events in "The Raven" real (literal) or an imagined (figurative) event created by Poe?
Wednesday: Conclude philosophical chairs, record cited evidence for each side on chart paper to provide support for the student's essays, begin writing the 1st body paragraph.
Thursday: Write 2nd and 3rd body paragraphs using the class collection of evidence to support claims, and counter claims
Friday: Write a final draft: thesis, body paragraphs of argumentative essay that demonstrate a clear understanding of claim, counterclaim, and using good supporting evidence to support the details. Submit for a test grade.
Weekly Agenda: October 28 - November 1, 2019
Monday: Review annotations, analysis, examine how the text format and word choice impacts the plot. - Turn in Comp questions and poe analysis: class work grade
Tuesday: Complete Poe Bio and questions for Essay
Wednesday: Assign Tableau activity: identify mood and theme of assigned stanza, create a still picture scene of the stanza while reading the stanza in the background of the image
Thursday: Watch H. Ela's Poe Tableau of "The Raven"
Friday: Arguing Poe
Weekly Agenda: October 21 - 25, 2019
Monday: Poe Bio - How do the events in a person's life influence an author's motivation for writing?
Tuesday: Analyze "The Raven" 3rd read with newly learned background knowledge of author's life; How does the plot of The Raven impact the tone and mood throughout the narrative?
Wednesday: Complete Poetry Analysis of The Raven: Classwork grade
Thursday: Develop a scene of your assigned stanza to record with a green screen. The scenes will be pieced together to create a movie of the poem.
Friday: Record the green screen stanza.