1/31 lesson plans

January 31, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
SSR
self corrected Lesson 16 packet
narrative reading practice packet given(apply technique that works most effectively for you); submitted & will return Thurs. to complete during class & to self-correct


Pds. 5 & 6:
submit Unit 9 sentences & defs.
SSR(schedule asap)
finished Shakespeare bio. video (schedule asap)
completed Shakespeare bio. worksheet in class (see me)
finished drama worksheet we started on Monday (schedule please)
homework – Unit 9 exercises & review bio. worksheet for quiz on Thurs.

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January 30, 2007

I was absent today;
Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
SSR (schedule)
complete critical reading practice packet (apply tick marks)
self corrected packet
complete Lesson16: critical reading packet (apply marginalia this time please)

Pds. 5 & 6:
SSR (schedule; update card)
Shakespeare bio. video begun (schedule please)
homework – Unit 9 sentences & defs. due Wed.

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January 29, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
Sem. grade given (see basket); Thoreau writing returned
introduction to SAT I given (see a peer for notes)
critical reading begun - in class practice packet (use strategies please)

Pds. 5 & 6:
Semester grades given (see basket)
SSR begun - update card if needed
drama unit begun – completed worksheet on drama terms (see me)
Unit 9 assigned this week( pgs. 97-105, includes 10 items on puzzle homework – Unit 9 sent. & defs.)

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January 22, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
Exam prep (see a peer); update portfolios please

Pds. 5 & 6:
Rdg. Assignment #4 quiz (schedule please asap)
Exam prep (Units 5-8 vocab. & novella); see a peer
update portfolios will occur on Tues.
new grade totals given, incorporating essay scores

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January 19, 2006

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
In class writing for Thoreau/Transcendentalism

Pds. 5 & 6:
discussion of pgs. 94-108 of novella
finish rest of novella for Monday with rdg. assignment #4 s. guide
Homework –finish novella, if needed & begin to review Unit 5-7 vocab. words for Part I of semester final exam

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January 18, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
finished video (schedule)
essay tomorrow

Pds. 5 & 6:
corrected Unit 8 exercises (submit)
Rdg. assignment #3 quiz (schedule)
continue reading novel (reading assignment #4 with s. guide - read from bottom of pg.94 to bottom of pg. 108)
finish reading for homework, if unfinished during class

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January 17, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
Thoreau bio. video (a must; schedule time please)

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
continue reading with s. guide; pd. 5- read mid pg. 71 to bottom of pg. 94 ; pd. 6 – read mid. pg. 73 to bottom of pg. 94
homework – Unit 8 exercises due Thurs. with word lab & rdg. assignment quiz on Thurs. too

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January 16, 2007

Pds. 1,3 & 4:
Essays returned (put in portfolio; update record sheet)
grades updated
Act 2 quiz

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
essays submitted
Reading assignment #2 quiz given (schedule)
continued reading assignment 3; pd.5 – from pg. 62 to mid pg. 71 with s. guide & pd. 6 – from pg. 62 to mid. pg. 73 with s. guide
homework – Unit 8 exercises due on Thurs., includes all of “wordlab”

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January 12, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
No SSR
finished Act 2 reading (quiz will be on Tues.)

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
Unit 7 vocab. test (schedule asap please)
continued reading continued reading assignment #2( pd. 5 – read from pg. pg. 46 to middle of pg. 62 with s. guide; pd. 6 – read from pg. 48 to middle of pg. 62 with s. guide); this finishes reading assignment #2; quiz on it Tues.
homework – finish essay; due Tues. by 3 pm.; submit per requirements on prompt handout

1/12 lesson plans

January 12, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
No SSR
finished Act 2 reading (quiz will be on Tues.)

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
Unit 7 vocab. test (schedule asap please)
continued reading continued reading assignment #2( pd. 5 – read from pg. pg. 46 to pg. 62 with s. guide; pd. 6 – read from pg. 48 to middle of pg. 62 with s. guide); this finishes reading assignment #2; quiz on it Tues.
homework – finish essay; due Tues. by 3 pm.; submit per requirements on prompt handout

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January 11, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
Act 1 quiz
Act 2 begun: pd. 1 read thru pg. 81; pd. 3 read thru pg.79 ; pd. 4 read thru mid. of pg. 80

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
Unit 7 exercises corrected; Unit 7 sentences returned (see bskt.)
continued reading assignment #2( pd. 5 – read from pg. 32 to pg. 46 with s. guide; pd. 6 – read from pg. 37 to bottom of pg. 48 with s. guide)homework – study for Unit 7 vocab. test & revise 1st body para. & compose rough draft of 2nd body para. for essay

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January 10, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
No SSR
finish reading Act 1; review for Act 1 quiz tomorrow (short answer/factual recall)

Pds. 5 & 6:
submit Unit 7 sentences & defs.
No SSR
finish reading assignment #1(end of pg. 27) with s. guide
quiz on reading assignment #1
continued aloud reading assignment #2 (pd. 5 only – read from top of pg. 28 to top of pg. 32 with s. guide; pd. 6 only –read from top of pg. 28 to top of pg. 37 with s. guide
Homework – Unit 7 exercises due Thurs. & should revise intro. paragraph & compose 1st body paragraph of essay

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January 9, 2007

Pds. 1,3 & 4:
No SSR
continued reading script: pd. 1 to bottom of pg. 41; pd. 3 to middle of pg. 40; pd. 4 to bottom third of pg. 45

Pds. 5 & 6:
No SSR
read aloud “The Old Man and the Sea” thru to bottom of pg. 27
complete study guide through reading assignment #1
homework – Unit 7 sentences & defs & begin intro. paragraph for “Tangerine” essay

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Jan. 8, 2007

Pds. 1, 3 & 4:
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail – play books; Get January calendar
Pd. 1 – Read through page 13; Pd. 3 – Read through page 8;
Pd. 4 – Read through page 15

Pds. 5 & 6:
NO SSR; Get January calendar
Tangerine Essay Prompt – Due January 16th, typed, double spaced, titled (see yellow tray)
Unit 7 due this week
Novella distributed – “The Old Man and the Sea” (see yellow tray) and textbook covers created
PD. 5 ONLY – Study guide distributed (see yellow tray)Homework: Unit 7 sentences & definitions and choose theme for essay and complete brainstorming