Monday, Jan. 28 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Prefixes

}Independent Reading: 10 min

}Go to READER’S NOTEBOOK –general section, blank page of paper:  Define Inference, Explicit, Analysis/Analyze, Textual Evidence, Close Reading/Annotating

}Same section: Write the phrase “Human Experience.”  Then brainstorm in writing under that: What is “the human experience”?

}Present “I Am From” poems (half)

}Intro to Short Story Unit: Vocab- fill out cloze notes in class (if miss any, definitions in slides shared with you); put in your Reader’s Notebook short story section

Homework: READ YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOK WHILE YOU ARE STAYING WARM!!!

Friday, Jan. 25 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: In your writer’s craft lesson section, list the five senses.

}Word Choice and Sensory Images

◦Notes in the Craft Lesson section

}Writer’s Workshop

•Editing the I Am From Poem

–Add descriptions or words that make readers hear/see/feel/smell/taste what you are writing about (SENSORY IMAGES!)

–Line breaks

–Work Time

–Final Version of poem (creatively put together –show who you are with how you ‘present’ the poem) due Monday

•Rubric

•At least five stanzas of all poems will be read aloud Monday Terms for English

◦Independent Reading: 10 min

Thursday, Jan. 24 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Finish the independent reading questionnaire from yesterday, then read

}Independent Reading: 10 min

}I Am From Poem

oExample

oPutting your info into poem format

oWriter’s Workshop (check brainstorming)

oWork time

oWrite your first draft: due tomorrow

oIf you finish before the end of work time, show me the draft, then either work on making it stronger or reading your book

oMinimum of five stanzas that are at least 3 lines long; each stanza starts with “I am from…”

Wednesday, Jan. 23 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Prefixes – take out a blank sheet of paper, write the phrase Word Part (prefix/suffix/root) Section in top margin

◦What are word parts? Why study/memorize them?

}Independent Book Time (Read or find a book if you haven’t): 10 min

}Independent Reading Questionnaire (Continue filling out when you finish the brainstorm)

}Binder Organization

}I Am From Poem –brainstorm due tomorrow (three in each section –aim for more)

Categories: People, Memories, Food/Traditions, Sights/Places, Sounds/Smells, Hobbies/Loves

o  Brainstorm

◦Continue filling out questionnaire or read when you finish the brainstorm 

Tuesday, Jan. 22 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Find Seat: sit in any pair of desks

}Expectations and Procedures

◦What does using time well look like in English?

}Practice Bell Ringer:  Writer’s Notebook: What are things you feel confident about related to reading, writing, speaking, and listening? What are things related to these ideas that you struggle with?

üWrite in your writer’s notebook for the entire time you are given (about 5 minutes)

üI will be walking around checking for length and effort

üWe may share after the 5 minutes

}Finish up Expectations/Procedures

}Library- 10 min- You NEED a book by tomorrow (Thursday at the ABSOLUTE latest)!

Thursday, Jan. 17 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study word parts

}Final work time on Odyssey Children’s story

◦All requirements need to be in story

◦Revisions for audience

◦Explain HOW each requirement is in story on rubric (bolded parts)

◦Order: Abbee, Emma/Carter, Carli/Emma, Brittany/Hailea, Berlyn, Logan, Blake/Zach, Jacob

Wednesday, Jan. 16 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study for word parts test: Friday

}View last three PSAs

}Finish “Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis”

◦Story Map check while you are working on your children’s book

}Odyssey Children’s Story –story due Friday!

◦You should be finishing #2 (planning) and working on #3 (rough draft writing) and #4 (planning out illustrations) and possibly on to #5 (revising for audience) today!!

◦Children’s book assignment due 1/18 (presenting to the class)

Tuesday, Jan. 15 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study word parts (10 min)

}Collect Essay: Make sure it is in MLA format (heading, double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman (or similar), double sided when printed

◦(rubric, paper, works cited pg –paper clip in this order)

}The final stories of Odysseus’ journey

◦“Land of the Dead” p1126

–Continue to add to timeline/story map –prophecy details- make sure to list them on your story map

◦“Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis”

–Add to story map

}Odyssey Children’s Story –story due Friday!

◦You should be working on #2 and #3, possibly on to #4 today!!

◦As you plan, remember the requirements!!

◦There is an edublogs post with some links that could help as you plan and write your story

◦Children’s book assignment due 1/18 (presenting to the class)

Monday, Jan. 14 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Writer’s Workshop time

◦Peer Editing if you choose (through Turnitin)

◦Writer’s Workshop Time

◦Follow directions on the document I shared with you in Classroom called “Steps to have a complete paper”

◦Paper needs to be printed out, DOUBLE-SPACED, two sided, MLA format, rubric paper-clipped to front, work cited page is last page

◦Paper collected beginning of block tomorrow (use these 40 minutes WISELY)

}The Odyssey

◦How is Odysseus demonstrating Epic Hero characteristics?

◦Discuss notes from “Cyclops”

◦“Circe: Grace of the Witch” p1124

}Introduce Odyssey Children’s Story –story due Friday!

◦Children’s book assignment due 1/18 (presenting to the class)

◦We’ll have more planning time on Tuesday

◦Children’s book intro and work time: follow steps on document shared with you!

Friday, Jan. 11 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Word Part study time (root list)

}The Odyssey

◦“The Cyclops” pg 1112: notes on story map (details of event) and how it shows epic characteristics, specifically epic hero

◦https://goo.gl/2P2QWv (we stopped reading on page 35 of the PDF)

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Upload peer revision if choosing to use this opportunity

◦Finish rough draft (if you still haven’t)

◦Revise and edit your own work (can be based on peer revision)

◦Meet w/ me about summary vs. analysis highlighting

◦Work on making this the best thing you’ve written

◦Paper Due Tuesday

If you want to do a peer revision, upload it to the peer revision assignment in Turnitin

WORK ON REVISING AND EDITING YOUR PAPER THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!

Thursday, Jan. 10 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study Word Parts (prefix/suffix list): Test Friday of next week

}Odyssey:

◦Epic Characteristics Review, Archetype review (do you have notes sheet?)

◦Timeline/story map creation

◦Read all italicized information on pages 1104-1112 as a class.  While reading take notice of how epic characteristics are shown, what happens in the plot (on timeline/story map)

◦Read “The Lotus Eaters” section independently: take notes on story map/timeline of what happens (who, where, how) and how you see any epic characteristics. When done, take out computer and work on revising/editing your paper –read comments in Turnitin

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Summary vs. Analysis Highlighting

–print out body paragraphs and highlight for your conference with me (use 2 different color highlighters, one for summary and one for analysis, use the sheet you got Friday to help you determine the difference)

◦Stronger analysis examples

◦If your body paragraphs aren’t done, you need to work on them

◦If your intro isn’t done, you need to work on it

◦If your conclusion isn’t done, work on it (full rough draft should be done at the minimum already)

◦Conferences on summary vs. analysis and Turnitin comments

◦ SELF-EDIT!!!!! REVISE YOUR ESSAY!!!!!!!

Wednesday, Jan. 9 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Final Slide Word Parts

}10 Min Independent Reading or finish epic poster

}Start The Odyssey  -grab lit book

◦Present epic posters

◦Notes on Odyssey background –read 1088-1089, take notes on info about The Illiad, The Odyssey, Odysseus, and how gods intervene

◦Link to online text: https://goo.gl/2P2QWv (page 4 and 5)

}Writer’s Workshop (30 min)

◦Whole paper rough draft done by: 7:30

◦In-text citation, Intro, and Conclusion Reminders: Document shared with you

◦**If you have a first draft (at least all three body paragraphs) done, begin working on your intro and then conclusion.  If you are done with everything, start editing and revising your draft –upload what you have at 3:40 unless you are going to work on it after school

◦MLA format –you have a handout on this, make sure your paper follows it

◦If your body paragraphs aren’t done, you need to work on them

◦Work on your intro and conclusion (full rough draft should be done by end of block)

Monday, Jan. 7 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Share your outline with me (no matter what point you are at)

}Independent Reading Time -10 min

}Writer’s Workshop time: topic sentence and body paragraph reminders

◦Outline check: make sure it is shared with me

◦Topic Sentences and body paragraphs –on the shared document

◦In-text Citations: after every quote, no comma, period AFTER the citation NOT BEFORE!

◦Work time on Paper: first thing, write your thesis (revise it if necessary) as the first sentence on your draft

◦Body paragraphs rough draft due Wednesday middle of block or earlier (UPLOADED TO TURNITIN!!!)

}Epics: A long narrative poem recounting actions, travels, adventures, and heroic episodes (write this on your notes chart I gave you)

}Based on the information you have read in the chart, brainstorm any stories, movies, books, etc that you know of that could fit into this definition (write these down on the same notes sheet)

Friday, Jan. 4 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Suffixes

}Independent Reading (10 min)

}Analysis paper assignment –a THEME connected to: any big idea more in depth (THEME), any idea examined by your group or you as an individual, any quote, life lesson, real world parallel, etc

}Outline Review: Outline is due Monday

◦Main Ideas

◦Textual Evidence: 3-6 final, continue finding as many as you can to start, then begin to narrow:

–Things that can be ANALYZED –they don’t say EXACTLY what you are trying to say, but you read between the lines and infer and interpret to get to proving your thesis (you may even think of modifying your thesis after you have finalized your pieces of evidence)

◦On Outline: Need thesis and at least three main ideas/points with three quotes (minimum) by Monday

◦On Monday, you should be done with your outline (or at least body paragraph portion) and starting to write your body paragraphs.  If you are at this point earlier, complete the rest of the outline (intro and conclusion) and then start the fourth and fifth steps (topic sentences and paragraphs (rough drafts))

Thursday, Jan. 3 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Independent Reading time: 10 minutes –last chance to finish book club book; read your choice book

}PSAs

}Meeting #7

}Thesis Answers

}Analysis paper assignment –a THEME connected to: any big idea more in depth (THEME), any idea examined by your group or you as an individual, any quote, life lesson, real world parallel, etc

◦Big Ideas and Messages (what you highlighted): Have a topic by tomorrow!!

Wednesday, Jan. 2 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots

}Independent Reading time: 20 minutes

◦If you finished your book club book, you need to find a new one (or go back to one you were reading before) for the last few weeks of the semester

}PSAs –if you haven’t sent me yours DO IT BEFORE YOU START READING

}Brainstorming Messages from your novel –on Google Classroom

◦Highlight big ideas, add messages to at least 5 (creating themes); turn in when done

}Formative Experiences:

◦What are they?

◦On your blog, write a bit about these questions:

–What are some formative experiences in the novel for your main character(s)?

–How did they help form their identity at the end of the book (do you think)?

–What are some lessons they will take away from these different formative experiences?

}Thesis form (linked on my edublogs page)

Last book club meeting TOMORROW!!!