Friday, Sept. 13 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Group Change (sit in your seat but don’t take your stuff out yet)
• Independent Reading Time –goal meetings start Monday -be prepared with packet and thoughts about your book
• Another author’s version - Did this version make the changes you would have?
• What source details?
• How interpreted/transformed?
• Discuss the new version
• Write new version of ending (one page minimum (1.5 spaced), first sentence or two textual evidence, your version due Monday
• Due Monday: One Page New Ending SoT
• • Think of how you want to change or add on to the end of the story
  • As you plan, you want to find a place in the story to start.  The only requirement is that the butterfly must be stepped on and the future must change; other than that, you can change what you’d like.
  • The first sentence or two need to be textual evidence.  A few suggestions would be pg 45 ”Just ran off the Path, that’s all…” or pg 47 “Embedded in the mud, glistening green…” –Italicize (if typing) or Underline (if handwriting) your textual evidence
  • Your new end/changed story needs to be at least a page in length (if typing, set it to 12 font and 1.5 spaced)
• Read your independent book when done

Thursday, Sept. 12 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Go to your ACT Prep/Editing Section 
• “Sound of Thunder”
• Finish reading and filling out plot chart (when done, keep in Reader’s Notes’ Short Stories section 
• Read your book when done 
• Independent Reading: 10 min
• Discuss with your neighbor your ideas about “Sound of Thunder” esp. the end: What could the end mean? (safety off, sound of thunder) How else could it have ended? 
• Write all of your ideas from brainstorming on your sheet of paper
• Collect Plot Chart
• Create English Class Blog: Go to: Edublogs.org, follow directions shared with you in Drive

Tuesday, Sept. 10 Agenda

• Bell Ringer:  Take out the fill-in-the-blanks note sheet from yesterday: Short Stories: Focus #1: Plot and Sequencing
• Finish Terms
• Present “I Am From” poems 
• Independent Reading: 10 min
• “Sound of Thunder” pg 34 
• Fill out plot chart while reading 

–predict what will happen based on foreshadowing so far.  What do you think the sound of thunder is?

Monday, Sept. 9 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Turn on computer and go to Google Classroom (2cjrezf) 
• Pre-test –when done, turn it in (click the button on the top right of the document ) and read your book 
• Independent Reading: 10 min
• READER’S NOTES:  Define Inference, Explicit, Analysis/Analyze, Textual Evidence, Close Reading/Annotating
• Same sheet: “Human Experience:”brainstorm What is “the human experience”? 
• 15 minutes: 1) finish pre-test 2)Work on poem 3)Read independent book
• Reminder: I Am From poems due TOMORROW, 15 lines will be read in class
• 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

Friday, Sept. 6 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
• Writing in Writer’s NOTEBOOK
• 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 Tuesday
• Rubric
• At least five stanzas of all poems will be read aloud Tuesday
• Independent Reading: 10 min
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Thursday, Spet. 5 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Independent Reading Questionnaire 
• Independent Reading: 10 min
• I Am From Poem
• Example
• Putting your info into poem format
• Writer’s Workshop (check brainstorming)
• Work time 
• Write your first draft: due tomorrow
• If you finish before the end of work time, show me the draft, then either work on making it stronger or reading your book
• Minimum of five stanzas that are at least 3 lines long; each stanza starts with “I am from…”
• Join Google Classroom: 2cjrezf

Wednesday, Sept. 4 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: What are your worries of this semester/English? What are things you are confident about?
• Write in paragraph format on a piece paper for the entire time you are given (about 7 minutes)
• We may share after the 7 minutes 
• Expectations and Procedures- English Binder Set Up (start)

• Syllabus
• Bring the bottom part signed ASAP! DUE Next Wednesday!
• (after lunch) Seats for first week: next slide for directions
• Library- 10 min- You NEED a book by Friday! (at the latest) If you have a book, read for a bit
• Brainstorming about self… At least 3 in each category

Wednesday, June 5 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: : Word Parts test begins 7 min after the bell so STUDY

◦When you finish the test, put it in the first folder in the green crate and work on your story (either finishing it or reading it in your head to practice)

}Final work time on Odyssey Children’s story: all stories will be read tomorrow

◦All requirements need to be in story

◦Revisions for audience

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

Tuesday, June 4 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study for word parts test: TOMORROW

}Finish “Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis”

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

}Odyssey Children’s Story –story due Thursday!

◦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 6/6 (presenting to the class)

Monday, June 3 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study word parts (10 min) (FINAL IS WEDNESDAY)

}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 Thursday!

◦You should be working on #2 and #3 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 6/6 (presenting to the class)