Friday, May 22, 2009

Objective: Students will analyze two poems.

1. Turn in metaphor poem about your family.
2. Poetry Handout 1

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Objective: The students will share their metaphor poems and complete Night Chapter 8.

1. Share
2. Night Chp. 8

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Objective: Students will anaylze two metaphor poems and then write one of their own about their family.

1. Get handout.
2. read the two metaphor poems. Break down poetic devices and meaning.
3. Look at sample student poems.
4. Write your own.
5. Chapter 7 Night.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Objective: Students will work through Chapter 6 of Night Independent Study Guide.

1. Chapter 6
2. Get your graded Sonnet
3. Tomorrow we start a new type of poem.

Outside Book.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Objective: Discuss the four poems read in class on Friday and complete Noght actiities for Chapter 5.

1. Get IR
2. Turn in LOTF Project
3. Go over and score IR
4. Night Chapter 5 and all activities.
5. Outside Book due in 14 days

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Objective: Students will work on Night independent study guide.

Discuss literary allusion of Madama Schacter.

1. Either work on Night Study Guide Chapters 1-3, Haiku 1-3 or Man is Basically... project.

Be good for sub tomorrow. Project Due Monday. NO EXCUSE FOR A LATE ONE!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Objective: The students will show knowledge of reading Chapter 1 of Night and complete a sample study guide of what they will do for each chapter.

1. Share and turn in your sonnet.
2. Night chapter 1 Study Guide
3. Discuss Night Haiku
4. Chapter 2 Reading and Independent Study Guide

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Objective: The students will watch an interview with the author of Night as their backgrond information/introduction of the book.

1. Important News about Project: You can thank period 4 again.
2. Video
3. Night chapter 1 and type up your sonnet.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Objective: The students will discuss poetic devices and read a prose poem.

1. Get your IR.
2. Library Checkout of Night
3. Poetry Notes
4. IR Pages 220-222
5. Complete writing your sonnet. Type tonight. Turn in tomorrow.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Objective: Students will start the poetry unit by reading a famous sonnet, analyzing it, and then writing one of their own.

1. Get lit book and a folder.
2. Listen to poem on page 495.
3. Complete handout. Due Monday.

All tests are graded.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Objective: Students will complete the film of LOTF and work on their theme project which is due next Thursday, May 14th.

1. Video
2. Project
3. Tomorrow we start poetry! YEAH!

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Objective: The students will watch the newest, modernized American version of Lord of the Flies and compare and contrast the book and the film.

1. Sorry, no test results yet: The scanner and computer are being borrowed by some SLOW, OVERWORKED, NOT-SO-FRIENDLY secretary.

2. Video

3. Return LOTF to the library by yourself if you would like. We will go down on Monday to check out the new novel.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Objective: The sttudents will pass the LOTF Final and complete Epitaphs for tomorrow.

1. Hand in printout of group Dialectic journal. Be sure all people's names are on it who participated.
2. LOTF Final
3. LOTF Epitaphs due typed tomorrow. I am getting tired of 'Late" excuses, so be prepared.

Note: If you active read LOTF, show me today.
Note: We will return LOTF as a group next week when we check out our last novel, Night.

Monday, May 04, 2009

Objective: Students will complete all activities that have anything to do with LOTF.

1. Last chapter group presentations.
2. LOTF Game Online.
3. Complete Epitaphs, Crossword, Project, Essay, etc...
4. Test tomorrow. Movie Wed, Thursday.