| Monday |
Noclass due to 2 hour late start
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No class due to 2 hour late start
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* SAT question of the day
* Journal response to "Advertising and Children"--discussion of argument within essay(Is "corporate America" a threat to childhood?)
(collect Gatsby final draft essay and Genesis 25 Allusion)
*Read "Watch and Learn" for homework and do Questions on Subject and Purpose/Questions on Vocab and Style (Is there evidence in essay to convince you that there is a link between violence in media and violence in society?) |
* Discuss ending of The Giver and do free writing for 30 minutes about a new ending for the story
(collect study questions/vocab for chapters 20-23) |
*Review "Jamestown Rediscovered" packet
*Introduce "One Chunk Body Paragraph" strategy
*Watch Roots of Colonial America film and take "concrete detail" notes to use in a one chunk paragraph for homework tomorrow night. |
| Tuesday |
* Students should be finished with reading Holes
* Assign rough draft of letter to mom from Stanley's perspective. |
*Review key terms of Mesopotamia/Assyria/Babylon
Mediterranean civ/ and
7 wonders of the ancient world
(quiz Wednesday)
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* Share responses to "Watch and Learn"
* Read "Buying Time"--How does author feel about marketing strategies that sell a fantasy of life? Do journal topic writing |
* Receive scoring rubric for final draft of new ending to The Giver
* Revising and editing workshop before beginning final draft of story
* Final draft of story due Wednesday beginning of the period |
* Model writing one chunk paragraph for Renaissance and effect on colonial America
* Finish watching film and taking notes
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| Wednesday |
* Students receive checklist for revising/editing workshop for Stanley letter. Final draft will be due Thursday at the beginning of the period
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* In class writing--Assyrians/Babylonians(quiz score)
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* Share journal responses--advertisers selling products associated with attractive lifestyles
* Work with partner to analyze/hilight tone in essay
* vocabulary review game--words from this week
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* Share story endings
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*Write two chunk paragraph --religion and colonies |
| Thursday |
* Activity schedule and holiday celebration
* Early release at 11:00 |
* Activity schedule and holiday celebration
* Early release at 11:00 |
* No class-4th, 5th and 6th periods only today
* Early release at 11:00 |
* Activity schedule and holiday celebration
* Early release at 11:00
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* Activity schedule and holiday celebration
* Early release at 11:00 |