Week 5, Day 3
Frame: We will read independently.
Closing: I will use a text to answer reading comprehension questions.
- Bell Work: What are the requirements for a story to be considered a "short story?"
- Listen to "Hearts and Hands"
- Finish Quiz over "Hearts and Hands"
- Study for Literary Terms Quiz on Friday
- Reminders/Announcements:
- Be good for my sub.
Week 5, Day 2
Frame: We will read independently.
Closing: I will use a text to answer reading comprehension questions.
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Metaphors and Similes Worksheet for "The Most Dangerous Game"
- Read "Hearts and Hands"
- Quiz over "Hearts and Hands"
- Pass back graded papers
- Corrections on p. 82 from the textbook
- Reminders/Announcements:
- Be good for my sub.
Week 5, Day 1
Frame: We will increase our ability to find word meaning through word parts analysis.
Closing: I will identify at least 3 words that use the Week 5 stems.
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Week 5 DRE-due on MONDAY, so I can be here to grade it with you!
- Grade pages 1-14 in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- Work on Week 5 Stems in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- p. 15-Non-not
- p. 16-Post-after
- p. 17-Pre-before
- p. 18-Semi-half
- p. 19-Sub-under
- Reminders/Announcements:
- Open House tonight from 5:30-7pm
Week 4, Day 5
Frame: We will use our HUGE brains and the textbook to answer questions over "The Most Dangerous Game."
Closing: I will find text evidence to PROVE all of my answers are correct for the Open-Book Test over "The Most Dangerous Game."
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Open-Book Test over "The Most Dangerous Game" with text evidence
- If you finish, you may
- Work on Week 4 Stems in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- Work on/finish Literary Term Assignment
- Work on/finish "The Most Dangerous Game" Scavenger Hunt
- Reminders/Announcements:
- No DRE this week.
- Literary Term Assignment-due TODAY!
- Scavenger Hunt-due TODAY!
- Pages 1-14 in Interactive Vocab. Notebook-due Monday
Week 4, Day 4
Frame: We will use our HUGE brains and the textbook to answer questions over "The Most Dangerous Game."
Closing: I will find text evidence to PROVE all of my answers are correct for the Open-Book Test over "The Most Dangerous Game."
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Open-Book Test over "The Most Dangerous Game" with text evidence
- If you finish, you may
- Work on Week 4 Stems in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- Work on/finish Literary Term Assignment
- Work on/finish "The Most Dangerous Game" Scavenger Hunt
- Reminders/Announcements:
- No DRE this week.
- Literary Term Assignment-due Friday
- Scavenger Hunt-due Friday
- Pages 1-14 in Interactive Vocab. Notebook-due Monday
Week 4, Day 3
Frame: We will build our academic language by learning Literary Terms.
Closing: I will be able to identify examples of our literary terms in our short story, "The Most Dangerous Game."
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Vocabulary in Context, page 82 in textbook
- Work on Week 4 Stems in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- p. 10-Inter-between
- p. 11-Intra-within
- p. 12-Intro-into
- p. 13-Mal-bad
- p. 14-Mis-bad
- Work on/finish Literary Term Assignment
- Work on/finish "The Most Dangerous Game" Scavenger Hunt
- Reminders/Announcements:
- No DRE this week.
- Literary Term Assignment-due Friday
- Scavenger Hunt-due Friday
- Pages 1-14 in Interactive Vocab. Notebook-due Monday
Week 4, Day 2
Frame: We will increase our ability to find word meaning through word parts analysis.Closing: I will identify at least 3 words that use the Week 4 stems.
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Vocabulary in Context, page 82 in textbook
- Work on Week 4 Stems in your Interactive Vocab. Notebook
- p. 10-Inter-between
- p. 11-Intra-within
- p. 12-Intro-into
- p. 13-Mal-bad
- p. 14-Mis-bad
- Work on/finish Literary Term Assignment
- Work on/finish "The Most Dangerous Game" Scavenger Hunt
- Reminders/Announcements:
- No DRE this week.
- Literary Term Assignment-due Friday
- Scavenger Hunt-due Friday
- Pages 1-14 in Interactive Vocab. Notebook-due Monday
No School-Labor Day Holiday
Week 3, Day 5
Objective: read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome
Frame: We will read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome.
Closing: I will explain how the setting affects the suspense of the story.
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing. Don't forget the guidelines.
- Grade W3 DRE
- Work on/finish Literary Term Assignment
- "The Most Dangerous Game" Scavenger Hunt
Week 3, Day 4
Objective: read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome
Frame: We will read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome.
Closing: I will explain how the setting affects the suspense of the story.
- Bell Work: In your spiral and in PEN answer the following question: Is it ever justified to kill another person? Why or why not?
- Discussion
- Literary Term Assignment
- Reminders/Announcements:
- Week 3 DRE due tomorrow.
Week 3, Day 3
Objective: read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome
Frame: We will read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome.
Closing: I will explain how the setting affects the suspense of the story.
- Bell Work: Bell Work: Get your spiral and get ready to do your 10 minute journal writing. Remember the guidelines:
- Date EVERY entry
- Write
- For 10 minutes daily
- in ink (blue or black)
- legibly
- original words
- Journals are confidential (with 2 exceptions)
- Do NOT write anything incriminating (anything that can get you in trouble.)
- Continue reading "The Most Dangerous Game".
Week 3, Day 2
Objective: read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome
Frame: We will read analytically to determine plot, character motivation, and predict outcome.
Closing: I will explain how the setting affects the suspense of the story.
- Bell Work: Bell Work: Get your spiral and get ready to do your 10 minute journal writing. Remember the guidelines:
- Date EVERY entry
- Write
- For 10 minutes daily
- in ink (blue or black)
- legibly
- original words
- Journals are confidential (with 2 exceptions)
- Do NOT write anything incriminating (anything that can get you in trouble.)
- Week 3 DRE
- Begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game" on page 58 of your textbook.
- Reminders/Announcements:
- Turn in your 3-3-1 that was due yesterday, if you haven't already.
- If you bought colored copy paper for your supplies, please bring it to me.
Week 3, Day 1
Objective: understand word meaning through word parts analysis
Frame: We will increase our ability to find word meaning through word parts analysis.
Closing: I will identify at least 3 words that use the Week 2 and Week 3 stems.
- Bell Work: Bell Work: Get your spiral and get ready to do your 10 minute journal writing. Remember the guidelines:
- Date EVERY entry
- Write
- For 10 minutes daily
- in ink (blue or black)
- legibly
- original words
- Journals are confidential (with 2 exceptions)
- Do NOT write anything incriminating (anything that can get you in trouble.)
- Interactive Vocabulary Notebook
- Week 2 Stems
- Ante-
- Anti-
- Bi-
- Circum-
- Com-
- Week 3 Stems
- Con-
- De-
- Dis-
- Equi-
- Extra-
- Reminders/Announcements:
- If you bought colored copy paper for your supplies, please bring it to me.
Week 2, Day 5
Objective: understand inferencing and supporting our opinion
Frame: We will learn a 3-3-1 method to develop inferencing skills.
Closing: I will identify the difference between fact and opinion and understand inferencing.
- Bell Work: Bell Work: Get your spiral and get ready to do your 10 minute journal writing. Remember the guidelines:
- Date EVERY entry
- Write
- For 10 minutes daily
- in ink (blue or black)
- legibly
- original words
- Journals are confidential (with 2 exceptions)
- Do NOT write anything incriminating (anything that can get you in trouble.)
- Grade W2 DRE
- Read 2 Articles
- Complete 3-3-1 over each article
- Complete opinion over hunting controversy.
- Reminders/Announcements:
- If you bought colored copy paper for your supplies, please bring it to me.
Week 2, Day 4Objective: understand inferencing and supporting our opinionFrame: We will learn a 3-3-1 method to develop inferencing skills.Closing: I will identify the difference between fact and opinion and understand inferencing.
- Bell Work: Bell Work: Get your spiral and get ready to do your 10 minute journal writing. Remember the guidelines:
- Date EVERY entry
- Write
- For 10 minutes daily
- in ink (blue or black)
- legibly
- original words
- Journals are confidential (with 2 exceptions)
- Do NOT write anything incriminating (anything that can get you in trouble.)
- 3-3-1 Method
- Read 2 Articles
- Discuss
- Reminders/Announcements:
- W2 DRE due on Friday.
- If you bought colored copy paper for your supplies, please bring it to me.
Week 2, Day 3
Objective: understand journal procedures
Frame: We will work on building our writing stamina.
Closing: I will understand the daily journal procedures and how to execute them.
- Bell Work:
- Turn in your "I Am" Poem
- Get out your spiral and a blue or black pen.
- Grade Parts of Speech Diagnostic Test
- Grade "The Sniper" Diagnostic Test
- W2 DRE
- Birthdays
- Get Out of Jail Passes/Leave Me Alone Pass
- Stems
- Reminders/Announcements:
- W2 DRE due on Friday.
- If you bought colored copy paper for your supplies, please bring it to me.
Week 2, Day 2
Objective: literary diagnostic test
Frame: We will use our skills to read a short story and answer literary questions over it.
Closing: I will understand the testing procedures in Mrs. Avalos's class.
- Bell Work:
- Handouts: turn any papers that need to be returned to the tray at the back of the room.
- Turn in your Literature Textbook (with the cloth cover) to page 437.
- Read "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty
- Answer the questions over "The Sniper"
- Work on "I Am" Poem Final Draft
- Reminders/Announcements:
- "I Am" poem Final Draft due Wednesday
Week 2, Day 1
Objective: vocabulary using word stems
Frame: We will learn to understand how to find the definition of a word if we do not have resources, such as a dictionary.
Closing: I will identify word meaning using word parts analysis.
- Bell Work:
- Handouts: turn any papers that need to be returned to the tray at the back of the room.
- Think about this: Is there a difference between fair and equal? If so, what is it? Be ready to explain.
- Fair v. Equal
- Grammar Diagnostic Test
- Stem List #1, stems 1-5
- Ante-
- Anti-
- Bi-
- Circum-
- Com-
- Reminders/Announcements:
- "I Am" poem Final Draft due Wednesday
Week 1, Day 3
Objective: understand how to write an autobiographical "I Am" poem
Frame: We will learn to describe ourselves with descriptive language in a poem.
Closing: I will use descriptive language to describe myself in my "I Am" poem.
- Bell Work:
- Find your nameplate.
- Handouts: turn any papers that need to be returned to the tray at the back of the room.
- Work on finishing your Week 1 DRE for about 8 minutes. You may work with your table partner, but NO COPYING!!!!
- Grade Week 1 DRE
- You will grade in a marker or a pen that is NOT blue or black.
- Sign the bottom of the paper, where it says "Graded By"
- Make corrections with your marker or different colored pen.
- "I Am" Poem Assignment--begin rough draft
- If you finish your rough draft, begin brainstorming how you want your final product to look...Are you using a poster? Video? Plan it out!
- Reminders/Announcements
- Please have your supplies by Monday. If you have any trouble getting them, please let me know privately.
- Handouts...All due to the tray by TODAY at 4:00pm.
- Orange Bell Schedule
- Yellow Student Information Sheet
- Blue Parent Contact Form
- White Syllabus
Week 1, Day 2
Objective: understand proofreading marks and how to edit
Frame: We will learn and understand the proofreading marks.
Closing: I will explain why it is important to use the proofreading marks when editing.
- Bell Work:
- Handouts: turn any papers that need to be returned to me to the tray at the back of the room.
- On a separate sheet of notebook paper, with your heading at the top right corner, title the assignment "Why Am I Here?"
- Write at least 8 sentences describing why you believe you are here.
- Here can mean whatever you want it to mean...here in this class, here in Granbury, here in Texas, here on Earth.
- Frame/Closing
- Plexer/Fortune Cookie of the Day
- Copy the proofreading marks at the back of your spiral, if you have it. If you don't have your spiral yet, copy them on a separate sheet of notebook paper.
- DRE (Daily Revising and Editing) Sheets
- Typically, given to you on Mondays.
- Due Friday (or the last day of the week)
- Use these proofreading marks to correct the sentences.
- Graded on Fridays
- "I Am" Poem Assignment--begin rough draft
- Reminders/Announcements
- Please have your supplies by Monday. If you have any trouble getting them, please let me know privately.
- Blue or black ink pens (we WILL NOT use pencil in this class!!!!!!!)
- Notebook paper
- 1 subject spiral notebook (PLEASE do NOT get a multi-subject spiral for this class!)
- Composition notebook
- Colored Copy Paper (optional)
- Kleenex (optional)
- Handouts...All due to the tray by Friday at 4:00pm.
- Orange Bell Schedule
- Yellow Student Information Sheet
- Blue Parent Contact Form
- White Syllabus
Week 1, Day 1Objective: Discuss classroom expectations, policies, and procedures.
Frame: We will learn and understand the expectations for English I.
Closing: I will tell my table partner 2 things you learned about this class.
Welcome back and welcome to English I!
- Welcome!
- Name Plate
- About Me
- Supplies
- Blue or black ink pens (we WILL NOT use pencil in this class!!!!!!!)
- Notebook paper
- 1 subject spiral notebook (PLEASE do NOT get a multi-subject spiral for this class!)
- Composition notebook
- Colored Copy Paper (optional)
- Kleenex (optional)
- Policies and procedures
- Handouts...All due to the tray by Friday at 4:00pm.
- Orange Bell Schedule
- Yellow Student Information Sheet
- Blue Parent Contact Form
- White Syllabus
Week 36, Day 1
Objective: Understanding epic poems with Homer's The Odyssey
- The Odyssey Final Exam Review
- The Odyssey Study Guide, part 2
- Listen to Homer's The Odyssey:Homecoming
- Storyboard
- Due tomorrow
- 12 pictures, no white space
- Pass Buyback--if you have any of your passes left, give them back to me.
Week 36, Day 1
Objective: Understanding epic poems with Homer's The Odyssey
- Grade The Odyssey Study Guide
- Listen to Homer's The Odyssey continued.
- Storyboard
- Pass Buyback...Coming Soon!
Week 35, Day 5
Objective: Perfect School Presentations
- Perfect School Presentations
Week 35, Day 4
Objective: Perfect School Presentations
- Group Grading Sheet
- Perfect School Presentations
Week 35, Day 3
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: Journals
- Book 10, 11, and 12 of The Odyssey
- The Odyssey Study Guide
- The Odyssey Storyboard--6 pictures after today
- The Perfect School-Presentations will begin on Thursday and Friday
Week 35, Day 2
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: Turn in your textbook to page 1210
- W35 & W36 DRE
- Book 9 of The Odyssey
- The Odyssey Study Guide
- The Odyssey Storyboard--3 pictures after today
- The Perfect School-Presentations will begin on Thursday and Friday
Week 35, Day 1
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: Turn in your textbook to page 1206
- Book 5 of The Odyssey
- The Odyssey Study Guide
- The Odyssey Storyboard
Week 34, Day 5
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: Grade W34 DRE
- The Odyssey Background Information
- The Odyssey Study Guide
- Book 1 of The Odyssey
- The Odyssey Storyboard
Week 34, Day 4
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: W34 DRE
- Grammar Post-Test
- Finish and Grade Homer's World, p. 1188-1196
Week 34, Day 3
Objective: Epic Poetry and Heros
- Bell Work: none
- Homer's World, p. 1188-1196
- We will grade the guided reading practice at the end of class.
- Don't forget about your Teacher Appreciation Letters are due today by the end of the day.
Week 34, Day 2
Objective: Research
- Bell Work: none
- Work on Perfect School Project--today is the last day to work on it in class. We will begin presentations next week.
- Don't forget about your Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Write at least 4 SINCERE letters.
- At least 3 of the 4 letters must be staff at Granbury HS.
- You may write more than 4 for "extra credit."
- Must be in the correct letter format.
- Due: Wednesday, May 10, 2017-No late letters will be accepted.
- Each letter is a daily grade.
Week 34, Day 1
Objective: Research
- Bell Work: none
- Work on Perfect School Project
- Don't forget about your Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Write at least 4 SINCERE letters.
- At least 3 of the 4 letters must be staff at Granbury HS.
- You may write more than 4 for "extra credit."
- Must be in the correct letter format.
- Due: Wednesday, May 10, 2017-No late letters will be accepted.
- Each letter is a daily grade.
Week 33, Day 5
Objective: Research
- Bell Work: get ready to go over the W33 DRE
- W33 DRE
- Work on Perfect School Project
- Don't forget about your Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Write at least 4 SINCERE letters.
- At least 3 of the 4 letters must be staff at Granbury HS.
- You may write more than 4 for "extra credit."
- Must be in the correct letter format.
- Due: Wednesday, May 10, 2017-No late letters will be accepted.
- Each letter is a daily grade.
Week 33, Day 4
Objective: Research
- Bell Work: none
- Work on Perfect School Project
- Don't forget about your Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Write at least 4 SINCERE letters.
- At least 3 of the 4 letters must be staff at Granbury HS.
- You may write more than 4 for "extra credit."
- Must be in the correct letter format.
- Due: Wednesday, May 10, 2017-No late letters will be accepted.
- Each letter is a daily grade.
Week 33, Day 3
Objective: Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Bell Work: 10-minute journal writing
- Dictionary Scavenger Hunt, part 2
- Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Write at least 4 SINCERE letters.
- At least 3 of the 4 letters must be staff at Granbury HS.
- You may write more than 4 for "extra credit."
- Must be in the correct letter format.
- Due: Wednesday, May 10, 2017-No late letters will be accepted.
- Each letter is a daily grade.
Week 33, Day 2
Objective: Teacher Appreciation Letters
- Bell Work: Week 33 DRE
- Teacher Appreciation Letters
Week 33, Day 1
Objective: Dictionary Skills
I am out sick today. I am so sorry.
- Bell Work: none
- Dictionary Scavenger Hunt
- Be good for my sub.
