Week 16, Day 1
Objective: TAKS Open-Ended Response grading and final exam review.
- Bell Work: Put your One-Pager Quiz from "The Devil and Tom Walker" on the corner of my desk.
- Grade TAKS Open-Ended Responses from Benchmark as a class.
- Fall SemesterFinal Exam Review PDF
- Fall Semester Final Exam Review Google Doc
- You may use one 3x5 index card on your final.
- Must be handwritten.
- Single-layer.
- No magnification device may be used.
Week 15, Day 5
Objective: SAT vocabulary development; independent silent reading with comprehension
- SAT Quiz Week 15
- Username: Lunch Number
- Password: wildcat2012
- Bell Work: Free Write (50 words!)
- Do your bell work from yesterday, if you didn't do it.
- Show me your Vocabulary and Literary Terms for "The Devil and Tom Walker"
- Get out a book and read silently
- Or you may play on Free Rice
- Reading or Free Rice are the only two options.
- One-Pager Quiz is due Monday.
Week 15, Day 4
Objective: Washington Irving information; recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding
- Bell Work: Explain the moral of the story "The Devil and Tom Walker." Do you agree with this moral? Why or why not?
- Direct and Indirect Characterization
- Vocabulary Builder
- One-Pager Quiz
- Reminder: SAT Quiz tomorrow, last 20 words.
Week 15, Day 3Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Open up your textbook to page 228.
- Turn in your Unit 2 Introduction via this link.
- Listen to "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving, p. 228
- Remember: Literary Terms and Vocabulary is due tomorrow.
- Literary Terms
- Character Development
- Direct Characterization
- Indirect Characterization
- Vocabulary
- Prevalent
- Discord
- Treacherous
- Extort
- Ostentation
- Parsimony
- Don't forget you will have an SAT Quiz on Friday over the last 20 words. STUDY!!!! Last SAT Quiz for the semester!
Week 15, Day 2
Objective: Washington Irving information; recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Many writers write under a pen name, or a name other than their real name. Samuel Clemens wrote under the name Mark Twain. Washington Irving wrote under the name Jonathan Oldstyle. Write reasons why you might use a pen name rather than your own pen name. Invent a pen name for yourself.
- Washington Irving notes, p. 227
- Do the Literary Terms and Vocabulary for "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving--due Thursday. Today is the only class time you will have to work on it. Please add these to your Lit. Term and Vocab. for Stories spreadsheets you have already started.
- Literary Terms
- Character Development
- Direct Characterization
- Indirect Characterization
- Vocabulary
- Prevalent
- Discord
- Treacherous
- Extort
- Ostentation
- Parsimony
- Don't forget you will have an SAT Quiz on Friday over the last 20 words. STUDY!!!! Last SAT Quiz for the semester!
Week 15, Day 1
Objective: Unit 2 Introduction; recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Get out your Unit 2 Introduction
- Unit 2 Introduction (1800-1870: The American Renaissance)
- page 208-224
- Key Terms and Information
- We will finish the first page together.
- Each group member must have their OWN document.
- Do pages 2-4 with your group
- Due on Wednesday
- We will NOT work on it in class tomorrow.
Week 14, Day 4
Objective: Unit 2 Introduction
- SAT Quiz Week 14
- Username: Lunch Number
- Password: wildcat2012
- Bell Work: Free Write (50 words!)
- Unit 2 Introduction (1800-1870: The American Renaissance)
- page 208-224
- Key Terms and Information
- Make a copy of the document and work on it with your group.
- We will do the first page together.
- Each group member must have their OWN document.
Week 14, Day 4
Objective: Unit 2 Introduction
- Bell Work: Write a letter to Santa Claus.
- I will give you the paper and an envelope.
- The letter needs to be grammatically correct, with at least 5 sentences.
- The envelope needs to be addressed to:
- Santa Claus
- North Pole
- Put your name and address as the return address
- These will be given to the Godley PALs program to give to Macy's for their Believe Program. See the flyer here.
- Unit 2 Introduction
- 1800-1870: The American Renaissance
- We are going to brainstorm some Events, People, Inventions, and Noteworthy Authors that are significant for this time period.
- I will give you directions.
- Notes
Week 14, Day 3
Objective: TAKS Benchmark
- Bell Work: Get a pencil out and get ready to continue your benchmark. You may borrow one of my pencils, just please return.
- Benchmark
- Today is the last day we will work on the benchmark in class.
- It must be completed by Thursday at 4:00pm.
- If you do not finish in the allotted time, it will be your responsibility to come in and finish.
- When you are done, please work on something productive.
Week 14, Day 2
Objective: TAKS Benchmark
- Bell Work: Get a pencil out and get ready to continue your benchmark. You may borrow one of my pencils, just please return.
- Benchmark
- We will be taking this benchmark Monday-Wednesday.
- It must be completed by Thursday at 4:00pm.
- If you do not finish in the allotted time, it will be your responsibility to come in and finish.
- Please take the benchmark seriously. It will be a test grade and will determine mandatory tutorials after Christmas Break.
- Follow the directions carefully on the benchmark cover sheet.
- When you are done, please work on something productive.
Week 14, Day 1
Objective: TAKS Benchmark
- Bell Work: Turn your The Crucible essay in to the sub. Get a pencil out and get ready to take your benchmark. You may borrow one of my pencils, just please return.
- Benchmark
- We will be taking this benchmark Monday-Wednesday.
- It must be completed by Thursday at 4:00pm.
- If you do not finish in the allotted time, it will be your responsibility to come in and finish.
- Please take the benchmark seriously. It will be a test grade and will determine mandatory tutorials after Christmas Break.
- Follow the directions carefully on the benchmark cover sheet.
- I am at a training in Arlington today. Please be good for the sub.
