OLD+Eng.+10+November


 * Nov. 5 || Nov. 6 || Nov. 7 || Nov. 8 || Nov. 9 ||
 * Students complete self-evaluation for conference

Review capitalization and practice. Students will re-take quiz tomorrow.

Complete ACT English questions on Study Island.

[|Begin writing arguments through prompts.] This writing will take all week. || Re-take capitalization quiz

Continue writing from yesterday || Early release due to conferences

Continue writing from Monday & research school uniforms

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue writing from Monday & research school uniforms || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Early release due to conferences

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In-class essay based on this week's writing prompts ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 12

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We will examine the rubric and do text-rendering for each score.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will look at samples and attempt to score them. They will pair-share their scores.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If time allows, we will look at more tips of how to attack an ACT prompt. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 13

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using 6 point rubric, students will score their own essay and write a brief reflection. Reflection will address two problem areas.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will mark best line of paper and a problem line.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They will pair-share each line and re-work problem line.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will revise paper. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 14

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grammar mini-lesson on subjects and predicates.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Students will complete activities on all, some of which are on Study Island. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 15

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No school || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 16

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No school ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 19

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grammar mini-lesson on subjects, predicates, objects. Students will complete activities on all, some of which are on Study Island.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher models scoring. Students pair-share and score ACT-style essay from last week. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 20

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grammar mini-lesson on subject-verb agreement. Students will complete activities, some with partner and some on Study Island.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Grammar Girl podcast]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teacher models scoring. Students pair-share and score ACT-style essay from last week. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 21

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grammar mini-lesson on parallelism. Students will complete activities, some with partner and some on Study Island. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 22

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No school || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 23

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">No school ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 26

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review subjects, predicates, agreement, and parallelism.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writer’s Notebook--Invitation to notice: (Simple sentences -- independent clauses)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Begin by looking at several sentences and determining if they are sentences. Move on to [|Scott Smith’s The Ruins].

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writer’s Notebook: Writer’s Notebook--Invitation to write:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use[| Sandra Cisceros’ “Hairs”] from The House on Mango Street as the mentor text. Cisneros uses lots of apostrophes and similes. Students have copy and teacher reads. Invitation to notice craft/what sticks...look at craft, phrases, imagery, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students write after professional model.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Highlight one line to share--use of figurative language, parallel structure, or apostrophes and put on sentence strip. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 27

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue to grammar review.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If needed, complete Writer's Notebook activity from yesterday. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 28

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grammar quiz <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">over subjects, predicates, and subject-verb agreement

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read/[|Listen] to a portion of Martin Luther King. Jr.’s [|“I Have a Dream”]speech. Use Post-its for text-rendering to help students make sense of speech.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craft: Look at parallel structure in King’s speech. Put examples in Writer’s Notebook (craft section) and then practice technique on sentence strips. Put on walls.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If time allows, watch clip of [|Eyes on the Prize] || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nov. 29 Warm-up: Listen/watch[| “I have a Dr][|eam.”]Look at parallel structure.

The characters in the play A Raisin the Sun are forced to endure many struggles during the Civil Rights Movement. They are searching for freedom, equality and justice and this is their hope for the future. The play is essentially about dreams, and the struggle to reach one’s dreams.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each group examines [|quotes on goals], dreams, equality, and the American Dream. Whip-around to share.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Initially, Hansberry was going to call her play “Crystal Stair” in reference to Hughes’ poem. [|Read] and listen to Hughes’[|“Mother to Son”] or [|Second recording]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you think she was going for with that title and allusion? What predictions about the play can you make?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Revisit Langston Hughes’ [|“A Dream Deferred.”] Quick write in writer’s notebook.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you believe that all individuals have the same ability to reach their dreams? If not, what groups of people do you feel have a more difficult time and which do you feel have an easier time reaching their goals? If yes, defend yourself.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What things get in the way of reaching one’s dreams? How can we combat these roadblocks?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Examine and predict Hansberry’s allusion.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Begin [|webquest]to build background knowledge before beginning play, if time allows. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">time allows. ||