Thursday, September 27, 2012
-- Scholar Start: KAPLAN English Practice p. 230-31 on Connections and Sentence Wordiness
-- Group White Board Activity on Eliminating Wordiness in Sentences(see website attached below)
-- Self- Assessment Check on ACT English Practice Activity
HOMEWORK:
ACT English Practice WS due Thursday (see attached file)
Continue Working on AoW #5 Annotation and Reflection(DUE TOMORROW)
Study for Major Assessment: ACT English Standards TOMORROW
Long Run: Vocabulary Test on Unit One Words on Thursday, October 4th
Interim Assessment next Friday, October 5th
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
--Scholar Start: D.E.A.R for 15 minutes
-- Group Presentations of Jigsaw Reading Activity on The Crucible Act One
--ACT English Practice WS due Thursday (see attached file)
Continue Working on AoW #5 Annotation and Reflection
Study for Major Assessment: ACT English Standards on Friday
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
DAY TWELVE RESULT in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 1314
--Scholar Start: Using Vocabulary with Context Clues(see attached file)
-- Group Work: Jigsaw Reading Activity on The Crucible Act One Paragraphs
Homework:
--ACT English Practice WS due Thursday (see attached file)
Continue Working on AoW #5 Annotation and Reflection
Study for Major Assessment: ACT English Standards on Friday
Monday, September 24, 2012
DAY ELEVEN RESULT in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 1314
--Scholar Start: Preview and work on Scaffolded Article of the Week #5
-- Mini-Lesson on Recognizing Redundancy (Proceed to this URL at the bottom of the entry)
-- PPT presentation of Vocabulary Word List #1 (Powerpoint is attached at the bottom of the entry)
Homework (due tomorrow): Anticipation Guide for "The Crucible"(attaced at the bottom of the entry)
Mini Lesson on Redundancy
http://www.edufind.com/english/englishtests/english_tests1.php?testid=42&testname=Redundancy
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Friday, September 20, 2012
DAY TEN RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 1261
--Scholar Start: Read and take notes on Lesson B(pages 214-219)
-- Guided ACT Prep Practice in Kaplan on correcting errors in verb tense, idiom usage, and word choice
-- Independent Practice on correcting errors in verb tense, idiom usage, and word choice using Kaplan pages 222-227
( Copies of the Kaplan activities cannot be posted due to copyright issues. Any student who was absent needs to plan to stay after or come in during the morning to complete this exercise)
--Scholar Start: Read and take notes on Lesson B(pages 214-219)
-- Guided ACT Prep Practice in Kaplan on correcting errors in verb tense, idiom usage, and word choice
-- Independent Practice on correcting errors in verb tense, idiom usage, and word choice using Kaplan pages 222-227
( Copies of the Kaplan activities cannot be posted due to copyright issues. Any student who was absent needs to plan to stay after or come in during the morning to complete this exercise)
Thursday, September 19, 2012
DAY NINE RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 846
-- Scholar Start: Lesson Re-fresh: How to Annotate and Reflect on an AOW
-- Media Center Book Check-out and/or Renewal; On-line Registration for Destiny Library Program
-- D.E.A.R on Independent Novel(after Destiny registration and renewal)
Homework AOW #4 Annotation and Reflection due tomorrow
Wednesday, September 18, 2012
Scholar Start: D.E.A.R on Independent Reading Novel(10 minutes)
-- Re-teach: Combining Sentences using Conjunctions in Longer Paragraphs
Sentence Combining Practice Worksheet
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Monday, September 17, 2012
--Scholar Start:D.E.A.R on Independent Reading Novel (15 minutes)
-- Finish Timed Explanatory Essay, if needed
-- Preview background to William Bradford p.68, then Read excerpts from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and answer the Critical Reading Analysis Questions
HOMEWORK:
Article of the Week #4 (see Annotation Model and Rubrics for the previous weeks)
-- Finish Timed Explanatory Essay, if needed
-- Preview background to William Bradford p.68, then Read excerpts from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and answer the Critical Reading Analysis Questions
HOMEWORK:
Article of the Week #4 (see Annotation Model and Rubrics for the previous weeks)
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Friday, September 14, 2012
--Scholar Start: Read and Mark Timed Writing Essay Prompt(5 minutes)
-- Organize Ideas/Pre-write using Characterization Chart Notes
-- In-class Explanatory Essay
Pocahontas Essay Assignment
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
DAY FIVE RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 257
--Scholar Start: Review on 5 Methods of Creating Variety through Sentence Combining
(students who did not finish in class took assignment home to finish and turn in tomorrow)
Combining Sentences Using Coordination and Subordination
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--Finished taking notes on Characterization and Bias in Disney's Pocahontas in preparation for In-class Timed Essay tomorrow (see Plans from yesterday for clips)
HOMEWORK:
- Complete Sentence Combining Activity(if not finished during class) Due Tomorrow
--Article of the Week #3 Annotation and Reflection Due Tomorrow
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
DAY FOUR RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 213
--Scholar Start-- D.E.A.R (15 minutes)
-- Notes on Characterization
-- Watch 4 clips for Disney's Pocahontas and fill in the characterization chart
Characterization Chart for Pre-writing of Essay
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
DAY THREE RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 154
--Scholar Start- Review Gallery Walk Notes for Bias in Pocahontas and write a summary about how the elements of SOAPSTone were used in the poster
-- Group Presentations of Poster SOAPSTone with Class Discussion
--Turned in Individual Summaries before leaving
Monday, September 10, 2012
DAY TWO RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 54
--Scholar Start- D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read) 15 minutes
-- Gallery Walk Activity(Group Work): Detecting Bias in Advertising Disney's Pocahontas(Day Two) In-class Activity(see Friday plans for document copies)
Homework: Article of the Week #3 Annotation and Reflection(due on Friday, September 14th)
Annotation Model, Rubrics and Weekly Article of the Week Documents
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Friday, September 6, 2012
--Scholar Start- D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read) 15 minutes
-- Gallery Walk Activity(Group Work): Detecting Bias in the Advertising Disney's Pocahontas(Day One)In-class Activity
DAY ONE RESULTS in the GENERALS CARE BOOK DRIVE: 17
Lions are encouraged to bring in those "gently used" fiction and nonfiction books for our TNHS Media Center!
Gallery Walk Posters and Activity Assignment
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Introduction to the Media Center by Ms. Case
-- Book Browse: Making History as the 1st class to check out books
Reference- College Board's List of 101 Great Books Recommended for College Bound Readers
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bring Books to Class Daily (Monday/Wednesday/Friday are designated as D.E.A.R Days
during Scholar Start)
HOMEWORK:
AOW # 2 Annotation and Reflection DUE
TOMORROW
-- Book Browse: Making History as the 1st class to check out books
Reference- College Board's List of 101 Great Books Recommended for College Bound Readers
ANNOUNCEMENT: Bring Books to Class Daily (Monday/Wednesday/Friday are designated as D.E.A.R Days
during Scholar Start)
HOMEWORK:
AOW # 2 Annotation and Reflection DUE
TOMORROW
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
- Scholar Start: KAPLAN ACT Practice(English) Guided Practice #1-8 p. 206-209
-- Model Reflection Exemplar Paper
Homework:
Revision of AOW Week #1 Annotations and Reflections(Due no later than Friday, September 7)
Work on AOW Week #2 (Due Friday, September 7)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
--Scholar Start: KAPLAN ACT PRACTICE (ENGLISH) 3 STEPS TO ENGLISH SUCCESS p.196-201
--Introduce Lincoln House Website and take Media Center Survey(attached file)
--Model Annotation Exemplar (Returned Article of the Week(AOW #1) Annotations and Reflections)
Homework:
Revisions of AOW Week #1 Annotations and Reflections (Due no later than Friday, September 7)
Assigned AOW Week #2 (Due Friday, September 7)
Annotation Model, Rubrics and Weekly Article of the Week Documents
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