Last Week! Book Reports Tomorrow!!!! NO LATE PAPERS!!!!

Objective:  The students will make any last minute reading, annotating or writing for the Outside Reading Requirement.

1.  Complete Outside Reading or Turn in Report and Book and do the Oral Question.  Remember Book Reports are due tomorrow.  With the book.  I know some of you aren't reading and have used someone else's report from last semester (I have heard!!!), so the oral questions will be very specific.

2.  Discuss Final.

3.  Get it done.

POem 4 and Finish Book

Objective:  The students will complete the last poem in the packet without my help.  Let's see if anyone can figure out the one great visual image created with personification.

1.  I am BUSY, BUSY, BUSY with game stuff so you are on your own.

2.  Complete the last poem in the packet:  "Ex-Basketball Player"

3.  Finish Book.

4.  Finish last Haiku (Due typed tomorrow to the sub)

5.  Bring ALL Books tomorrow to return to library.

Softball Game tomorrow.  Up to 200 points EXtra Credit!!!!

POem 3: A Happy One!

Objective:  The students will read, annotate and discuss a poem.

1.  Chapter 7 Quiz if we can't answer some simple oral questions on 6 pages that I jsut read in 7 minutes.

2.  If you fail the quiz:  You have to do a dialectic journal for chapters 7 and 8 and 9.  To make up for the 100 points you just missed.

3.  ""Summer Remembered" poem analysis

4.  Chapter 8 and Haiku

Outside Book Due June 1.  No Late Papers.

Friday:  Bring all lit books to return to library.  Softball Game for Extra Credit Donation.  And Haiku are due.  I will not take them late...

Poetry Day 2

Objective:  The students will think DEEPLY to analyze a very cool poem.

1.  Night Pulled Quote Quiz:  I know that you all read since I saw all of your phones out the last ten minutes of class, so this quiz is worth 100 points.

2.  Poem Analysis Number 2:  "Boy with His Hair Cut Short"

3.  Night Chapter 7.  Very Short!  And Haiku

POetry

Objective:  The students will analyze one poem then do their reading of Night Chapter 6.

1.  Notes:
a)  Stanza
b) Rhyme scheme
c)  Imagery
d)  Alliteration
e)  Assonance
f)  Personifaication
g)  Refrain
h)  Approximate Rhyme
i)  Onomatopoeia

2)  While I Slept poem

3.  Chapter 6 Night

BOOK REPORTS!!!!!!  Due June 1 .  NO LATE PAPERS!!!!!

Three people figured out the symbol for 25 extra points.

Objective:  The students will find textual evidence in "The Beginning of Grief" (quotes) that prove that Kevin's mother died of cancer.

1.  With a partner (on one sheet of paper) write the quotes that prove that Kevin's mother died of cancer and that Kevin's shaving of his head is a symbol of it.

A= 7 Quotes
B= 6 Quotes
C= 5 Quotes
D= 4 Quotes
F= 3 or less quotes

2. Night Chapter 5

And you have 11 days to complete your outside book.

Long Day with my favorite two classes!

Objective:  The students will read one of the coolest and deeply symbolic stories ever!

First Hour

1.  Night Chapter 3 Quiz
2.  Night Chapter 4 and Haiku

Second Hour

1.  The Beginning of Grief story and contest

Night Chapter 3

Periods 1, 3 and 5

1.  Read Chapter 3 and complete the chapter Haiku

2.  Faction Discussion:  Faction:  A "new" lit term:  Non-fiction novels can't be 100% accurate and true since they are often written years after the events.  So authors have to "add" to their story to fill in the gaps.  Sometimes they add small details to make their piece more interesting and artistic.  Night, before it was picked as a book for Oprah's Book Club, was actually classified as "fiction."  So as you read, try to identify some parts of the book that you could consider "faction."

Periods 2, 4

1.  Chapter 1 Quiz

2.  Chapter 1 and 2 Haiku

3.  Read Chapter 3

BOOK REPORTS!!!!  Due June 1.  Don't forget!

Another LOOOOONNNNGGGGG Period!

Objective:  The students will do a "little bit of writing" with the reading of each chapter of night.

1.  Night Chapter 1 Quiz.

2.  Night Haiku

3.  "The Beginning of Grief" Symbol "Test"

4.  Night Chapter 2

The most powerful book that you will read in a while! Night

Objective:  The students will be introduced to Night by the author (who is still alive) himself.

1.  Get folders.  One sheet of paper and a pen.
2.  Oprah interview with Elie Weisel.  Take notes in complete sentences.  MINIMUM of 10 new facts that you didn't know by the end of the period.
3.  Read Chapter 1.  Quiz tomorrow or Wednesday.

Reading Schedule:  Monday:  Chapter 1
                                Tuesday:  Chapter 2
                                Wednesday:  Chapter 3
                                Thursday:  Chapter 4
                                Friday:  Chapter 5

Keep up with it even if I don't have you in class that day due to testing.

LOTF Final

Objective:  Pass

1.  Get Answer Scan Sheet and Test Sheets
2.  Take Test (you can use your LOTF Intro Notes)
3.  Pass Test
4.  Scan Test
5.  Write Score on your test.
6.  Give to me.

Important Dates:

May 27 Softball Game for Cancer 3 PM and Last Chance for EC
June 1  Outside Book Due worth 650 points to semester grade.  NO late papers will be accepted.  I will not grade one if it's turned in on June 2.  Don't try it!

LOTF Final Tonmorrow 300 points

Objective:  The students will see a modern literary allusion to LOTF.

1.  Last Day of Extra Credit is tomorrow.  If you have anything to turn in, that's it.

2.  Oh Wait!!!  The Seniors, Staff and Softball Against Cancer Game....  Donate $1 to the American Cancer Society the day of the game and get 10 points of Extra Credit (Limit 200 points).

Isn't that illegal?  Isn't that like "Buying an A"?  Well no.  It would be if I was keeping the cash.  It's more like doing something nice that will help people, make you feel good about yourself, and help your grade at the same time.  Plus you could win some GREAT prizes!  See sssagainstcancer.com.

Even better yet... share sssagainstcancer.com now with all your social media contacts on all your aps and post the date and time of the game (May 27th at 3 pm here at King) for 10 extra points right now.

3.  Go to library and return LOTF and check out our last book.  Night.

4.  LOTF Allusion Video.

LOTF: Last Presentation

Objective:  The students will discuss the last chapter of the book and finish epitaphs.

1.  Get folders.

2.  Presentation

3.  Epitaphs (due Friday)

4.  Outside Book (Due June 1.  No Later Paper!!)

LOTF: The Climax

Objective:  The students will discuss the important events and their deeper meanings of LOTF Chapter Eleven.

1.  Chapter 11 Pulled Quote Quiz

2.  Presentation

3.  Epitaph Writing and Finish the Novel!

JC Projects.... If you want them take them.

Objective:  The students will discuss LOTF Chapter 10.

1.  Presentation of Chapter 10.

2.  Read Chapter 11.  Presentation tomorrow.

3.  Finish on Wednesday with Chapter 12 Presentation.

Outside Book Report due in 3 weeks.  NO LATE PAPERS!   650 Points!!!!!!

Good Luck on AP Test for those taking one!

Objective:  The students will compare the modernized American version of LOTF to the classic British novel by William Golding.

1.  Since so many of my students have to study for or take the AP Test today, we will do something that will not cause them to get behind in this class.

LOTF Movie up to Simon's departure.

You can do three other things:  Read LOTF Chapter 10; Read Outside Book; Study for AP Test.

And have a great weekend!

Happy B Day Obinna!

Objective:  The students will discuss the end of Simon's symbolism and its importance to the overall theme of the novel.

1.  Chapter 9 Presentation
2.  Chapter 10 reading.  Presentation is Monday.  Tomorrow we will have a lesson that is not LOTF.

Oh yeah....  Outside reading is less than a month away!  June 1st.  No late papers will be accepted.  You have known about this now for 4 months and you have not had much homework.  650 points.  Get it done/.

100 Point Quiz Today: I said this was the most important chapter!

Objective:  The students will discuss chapter 8 and look deeply into the word choice that the author used to create his symbol.

1.  100 point quiz.  Get a paper out.
2.  Chapter Presentation Chapter 8
3.  Read Chapter 9

Note:  The Island Project is cancelled.  If you already worked hard on it, you can turn it in for extra points.

Note 2:  The 250 pages of outside reading IS NOT cancelled.  It is due June 1st.  And no late papers will be accepted.

Adjustment to reading/presentation schedule due to AP Testing

Objective:  The students will teach each other the rest of the book, today Chapter 7

Here is the presentation schedule for the rest of the book:
Tuesday:  Chapter 7
Wednesday:  Chapter 8
Thursdau:  Chapter 9
Friday:  No Reading or Presentation

Monday:  Chapter 10
Tuesday:  Chapter 11
Wed:  Chapter 12
Thursday:  Review

Presentation:  Chapter 7.  Then read Chapter 8.  The most important and DEEP chapter!

Anybody lose these sunglases?

Objective:  The students will teach each other the rest of the book, starting today with chapter 6.

Here is the presentation schedule for the rest of the book:
Monday:  Chapter 6
Tuesday:  Chapter 7
Wednesday:  Chapter 8
Thursdau:  Chapter 9
Friday:  Chapter 10

Monday:  Chapter 11
Tuesday:  Chapter 12
Wed:  review
Thursday:  Test

Presentation:  Chapter 6.  Then read Chapter 7