Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To analyze and review elements of a short story
To practice public speaking
To learn important vocabulary

ANTICIPATORY SET:
Initial assignment sheets
Collect Hero paragraphs
Signed Syllabi reminder

AGENDA:
Give 5 minutes to go over stories
Present stories
Go over Celtic/Saxon vocabulary

HOMEWORK:

Choose one vocabulary term to illustrate due 8/28
Independent Read Choice due 8/28

OBJECTIVES:
1) To analyze goal-setting through Rudy
2) To implement goal-setting as a necessary academic & life skill

BELLRINGER:
Finish “I Am” presentations
“In 10 Years….” Rudy preliminary goal setting paragraphs

AGENDA:
Pre-Rudy paragraphs

OBJECTIVES:
To review essay format (Writing Std. 2)

BELLRINGER:
What does “Don’t judge a book by its cover” mean to you?

AGENDA:
Finish narrative sandwiches in groups/pods
Present narratives to the class
Class analysis of narratives – do they fit the model?

HOMEWORK:

“Hero” due 8/26/13
Book choice due 8/28/13

OBJECTIVES:
1)To participate in a collaborative activity (Speaking Std. 1; Language Std. 1)

AGENDA:
Continue with “I Am” poems
Present to class for a guess-who activity

OBJECTIVES:
To prepare expectations for the AP Literature and Composition test, and thereby our course this year

BELLRINGER:
How many multiple choice questions are on the test?

ANTICIPATORY SET:
Discuss:
55 Questions, 1 hour, 45% of score

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Provide multiple-choice answering strategies

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Students will complete the multiple-choice section of a practice test.

CLOSURE:
Reminder to be choosing first independent read novel

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Independent Novel choice due 8/28
2 Part Analysis due 8/28

OBJECTIVES:
1) To participate in a collaborative activity (Speaking Std. 1; Language Std. 1)
2) To understand the classroom setup

BELLRINGER:
Fill in assignment sheet

ANTICIPATORY SET:
Classroom Set-up

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
Finish syllabus
Discuss Notebooks

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Introduce “I Am” poems
18 lines
3 stanzas

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Begin “I Am” with a classmate

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Signed Syllabus due 8/23/13

OBJECTIVES:
To review essay format (Writing Std. 2)
To continue to review APA format as needed (Writing Std. 8-9)

BELLRINGER:
Put this in order:
London:
Pollan, Michael
Penguin Books Ltd.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A History of Four Meals
(2006).

ANTICIPATORY SET:
“Essay Sandwich”

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
Defining “Narrative”
Go over pdf of narrative model

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Read narrative
Retain conflict and re-craft storyline

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
In groups, fill out narrative sandwich

CLOSURE:
Collect Sandwiches

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Signed syllabus due 8/23/13
5 paragraph essay on “Hero” due 8/26/13
Mark Twain claimed, “We find not much in ourselves to admire; we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes.” Respond by explaining your definition of a hero. Include examples.
Book choice for Independent Read due 8/28/13

OBJECTIVES:
To prepare expectations for the AP Literature and Composition test, and thereby our course this year
To write an essay from a 2013 AP test prompt (Writing Std. 1-2)

BELLRINGER:
Write in your journals:
May 8, 2014

ANTICIPATORY SET:
What is significant about this date?

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
Students will understand May 8, 2014 is the day of the AP Literature and Composition test.
We will begin the school year by taking a sample test.
Discuss: 3 essay questions, 2 hours, 40 minutes each, 55% of score.

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Review literary devices

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Sample essay question

CLOSURE:
40 minute timing

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Signed syllabus due 8/23
Independent Novel choice due 8/28
2 Part Analysis due 8/28

OBJECTIVES:
1) To participate in a collaborative activity (Speaking Std. 1; Language Std. 1)
2) To understand the classroom setup

BELLRINGER:
What is “victory”?
Journal prompt: “Victory is not when your circumstances change; victory is when you purpose in your heart to never give up.”

ANTICIPATORY SET:
Review Vujicic’s “victory” statement

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
Explanation of assignment folders
Syllabus begun

GUIDED PRACTICE:
Read syllabus aloud

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Signed Syllabus due 8/23/13

OBJECTIVES:
1) To establish classroom setup
2) To participate collaboratively in a project (Speaking Std. 1; Language Std. 1)
3) To review APA formatting (Writing Stds. 8-9)

BELLRINGER:
Assignment Crates

ANTICIPATORY SET:
Class Blogsite

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
Provide 3 focuses of our course this year
Review syllabus
Review APA formatting

GUIDED PRACTICE:
APA formatting activity

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
APA activity: Race the Groups!

CLOSURE:
Assignment notice

AT HOME ACTIVITY:

Continue Perusing Novel List
Independent Read Choice due 8/28
Signed Syllabus due 8/23
AP ENGLISH ONLY: 2 Part Analysis Due 8/28