Objective: The students will discuss the first chapters of Monte Cristo and complete the second paragraph of essay #2.
1. MC Chps 1-3 Quiz (10 points)
2. MC Chapters Study Guide 1-10 handout. Let's do these together. We will do Chapters 1-3.
3. Read Chapters 4
Objective: The students will be introduced to The Count of Monte Cristo and write the first paragraph of Essay #2
1. Turn in your completed CR of Long Way Home with the questions stapled to it.
2. Monte Cristo Intro Notes
3. Write the intro to Essay #2
4. Read Chapters 1-3 at home tonight. There will be a quiz tomorrow.
Objective: The students will complete a graphic organizer in preparation for the next essay.
1. WP #5
2. Discuss "Long Way Home" assignment.
3. Use both stories to complete the Venn Diagram.
4. First Essay Conferences with me.
Monte Cristo starts tomorrow! I am so excited! :)
Objective: The students will read the next story for essay number 2.
Last Night's Parent Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fxs5eQGDi8gtn8vEv8HK4uA9OYARmRcL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true
1. First Essay Post Test (now worth 100 points. If you don't know the stuff, I will have no EMPATHY for you! :) )
2. Chapter 1 Notes Continued.
3. Close Reading and Questions for "Long Way Home"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fz7etoFv04OwvM1Tr9t5B4wdrA1lYlg2/view?usp=sharing
Bring Monte Cristo everyday starting Monday.
Objective: The students will practice a bit of creative writing working with tone and specific words.
1. WP #4 The Pedestrian Intro
2. Discuss "The Pedestrian" assignment
3. Creative Writing: Number 6 on the back of the assignment.
Objective: The students will analyze the short story that we read yesterday.
1. WP Number 3
2. Work together on "The Pedestrian" handout. Do not complete the back side Number 6 yet.
"The Pedestrian" full text for Close Reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hdoeS6O44AyE6RUSNgIEMl0Fvlkh-ULx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true
WP Activity
“The Pedestrian”
Ray Bradbury wrote this cautionary tail that shows a society in which people are isolated in there homes instead of being outside. The story’s setting is an urban city in the year 2053. The people are so isolated that a loan pedestrian is seen as a threat to social order. The main character Leonard Mead is stopped and questioned by the police for simply walking down the street.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Objective: The students will analyze their first short story.
1. Get handouts and staple yesterday's for grading.
2. Exchange vocab and grade with teacher.
3. Chapter 1 Notes
4. Essay 2 Prompt
5. "The Pedestrian" close reading. Finish reading by tomorrow.
Objective: The students will know important vocabulary for reading of our first short story.
1. Hand in your printed Essay #1
2. "The Pedestrian" Vocabulary Assignment. https://docs.google.com/document/d/10YgAFoPc9vkHdOkSyKgmflKWfNru7UOOpUdAh84mk1g/edit?usp=sharing
1. Regressive (adj.): tending to revert; relapse, slip back, go backward
2. Scrutinize (v): inspect; examine, study
3.
Enticing
(adj.):
4.
Ebbing
(v):
5. Subjective (adj.):
6. Pilgrimage (n):
7. Intermittent (adj.):
8. Manifest (v):
9.
Riveted
(adj.):
10.
Incandescence
(n):
Objective: The students will finish essay 1 and have someone read through it to catch all errors for teacher grading.
1. WP #2
2. Closing Paragraph
3. Exchange essay with partner for proof-reading. Make final changes.
4. Submit essay AND print it for turn in on Monday.
Do you all have your outside books???
Objective: The students will write their second body paragraph.
1. Anyone volunteer to show the rest of the class your Body 1 Paragraph?
2. Write Body Paragraph 2. Due tomorrow so that we can finish this essay.
You all seem to be doing well on this and I appreciate your work.
The students will know expectations for using quotes properly in their writing.
1. WP Number 1
2. Quotes Notes: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TerDJOnx7jOvZeQJ_oKyy6Cm0CwNkjGp/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true
3. How to write Body Paragrapghs
4. Write Body Paragraph 1
Objective: The students will know how to set up a document using correct MLA style and write their first paragraph.
1. Get the handout.
2. Get your computer out and log on to this class in google classroom.
3. Follow the instructions and my example to set up your document.
4. Type your intro paragraph.
Objective: The students will know what is expected of them in order to pass the first essay.
Period 6 GET MC BOOKS!!!!
1. Essay Number 1 Pre-test.
2. Formal Writing Rules
3. Close Reading of Sports Gene discuss and grade for 100 points.
4. Essay Outline
5. Inverted Triangle Intro Notes
6. Write your essay intro.Objective: The students will Close Read the second piece about how much people control their lives and complete the analysis questions.
1. Roll and Seating Chart
2. Website Test
3. Complete "The Sports Gene" close reading and questions. You all now know what I expect and I hope that you all now "work to your full potential" and get a grade of 100 by yourself without my help.
Homework: Pick and get your Outside Book.
PERIOD 6: LIBRARY CHECKOUT MONTE CRISTO
Objective: The students will discuss the Clsoe Reading of "The Outliers" piece and start the second piece titled "The Sports Gene."
Grab the handout
1. Roll
2. Get out "Outliers" and let's go through it paragraph by paragraph. Turn in for grade.
3. Begin close reading of "The Sports Gene." We will finish it tomorrow. It is NOT HOMEWORK.
Homework: warrenmlk.com Huge Test Tomorrow!!! 1000 points.
Objective: The students will spend the hour completing the district's requirement for digital citizenship.
Classroom Rules: Bathroom, Food and Drink, Trust!
1. Grab the handout. (book Checkout at 11:05, 11:40 and 2:25)
2. Website discussion for homework: warrenmlk.com Test on Friday.
3. Outside Book Discussion: Anyone have a book picked yet??
3. This is a 10 point "participation" activity. I have to do it. You have to do it, but you should also get some points for it, so if you "participate," you will get the 10 points.
Tomorrow hopefully we can work on some lit stuff. Make sure your Outliers is Close Read and Questions done by tomorrow!!!Objective: The students will know outside reading requirements and the supplies that they need to complete work in the class.
1. Roll
2. Outside Reading List and Requirements
3. Late Passes
4. Finish "Outliers" and all questions for discussion and turn in tomorrow.
5. Homework: Visit my website: warrenmlk.com. look it over. Read all the info and tabs. Quiz on it tomorrow.
Objective: The students will know expectations for this class and begin their first close reading assignment.
1. Sit anywhere that you feel comfortable and you will not be distracted.
2. Roll and Intro
3. Notes on Close Reading: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xnXjH-v3hLT7EflGs59-tvjcLYGgI3khcG_hhgkns8Q/edit?usp=sharing
4. Rhetorical Devices Notes: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aaeo5Z7TMrB1HCRlZIOodJ0Oj2J4B00W/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true
5. Close Read "The Outliers"
