Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
Extend editing skills
Discuss word choices, main ideas, unity
Apply editing through rewrites
Extend vocabulary and word choices

BELLRINGER:
Silent reading

AGENDA:
Take out handouts of class essay draft 2 on school lunches
Beginning with the whole class, scroll through essay on the board and practice editing
Teacher models editing
Students edit their handouts
Group discussions and changes
Every pod will write transition sentences for the intro paragraph

HOMEWORK:

Read 10-15 minutes every night

OBJECTIVES:
Extend editing skills
Discuss word choices, main ideas, unity
Apply editing through rewrites

BELLRINGER:
Silent reading

AGENDA:
Handouts of class essay draft 2 on school lunches
Scroll through essay on the SmartBoard
Teacher models editing
Students edit their handouts
Group discussion and changes

HOMEWORK:

Read 10-15 minutes every night

OBJECTIVES:
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda types
To create an ad/commercial
To devise ways to use propaganda and persuasive strategies
To justify selections and implementation
To monitor & assess group cohesiveness & teamwork

BELLRINGER:
Th: Commercial clip: http://www.wimp.com/powerwords/
In pods, analyze the persuasive strategies used
Discuss pod interpretations as a class

AGENDA:
Groups respond individually on index cards: what did you contribute to the group project? Did you pull your weight?
Groups “sound off” concerning goals to accomplish on their projects this period and clarify requirements
Dismissed to library to continue working on projects

HOMEWORK:

Advertise It! Project due Thursday the 16th
Book Report Graffiti project due March 3

OBJECTIVES:
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda types
To create an ad/commercial
To devise ways to use propaganda and persuasive strategies
To justify selections and implementation
To monitor & assess group cohesiveness & teamwork

BELLRINGER:
Arrange groups for projects

AGENDA:
By the end of class, hand in an index card with the following info:
1) Term being used to advertise
2) The product it relates to
3) 3 types of propaganda the group plans to use
4) Persuasive strategies under each type of propaganda to represent it

Teacher checks cards before students go to the library lab to begin group projects

HOMEWORK:

Advertise It! Project due Thursday the 16th
Book Report Graffiti project due March 3

OBJECTIVES:
To analyze literary perspectives
To assess the differences in their lenses through evaluating them in stories
To apply these lenses to reading and explicating short stories & text
To incorporate terms and significance of meanings in explicating and discussing short stories
To use literary techniques and strategies to interpret text
To assess and critique to construct meaning
To analyze character in text using textual evidence

BELLRINGER:
Commercial clip: http://www.faithit.com/baby-box-rescue-seoul-south-korea-brave-pastor-disabilities/
In pods, analyze the persuasive strategies used
Discuss pod interpretations as a class

AGENDA:
Nelson Mandela clip: http://9gag.tv/v/2484
Read story and analyze character in text using evidence; write at least one paragraph
Continue with archetype poster collage project

HOMEWORK:

6 Advertisements & Persuasive Strategies due Friday the 10th
Group novel book report choices due Friday the 10th

OBJECTIVES:
To analyze literary perspectives
To assess the differences in their lenses through evaluating them in stories
To apply these lenses to reading and explicating short stories & text
To incorporate terms and significance of meanings in explicating and discussing short stories
To use literary techniques and strategies to interpret text
To assess and critique to construct meaning

BELLRINGER:
Clip: http://www.wimp.com/powerwords/
What is the point of this clip?
Perspective!
To study literature effectively, we must remember perspective.
One way to gain perspective is utilizing different literary perspective lenses.

AGENDA:
“On the Subway” analysis: reader response
Introduction to archetypes
Archetype poster collage project

HOMEWORK:

6 Advertisements & Persuasive Strategies due Friday the 10th
Group novel book report choices due Friday the 10th

OBJECTIVES:
To analyze literary perspectives
To assess the differences in their lenses through evaluating them in stories
To apply these lenses to reading and explicating short stories
To incorporate terms and significance of meanings in explicating and discussing short stories

BELLRINGER:
Assemble a text (poem) cut apart into words in phrases/sentences that have meaning

AGENDA:
Discuss the reader response perspective
Use PowerPoint to analyze definition, sample theses, and self-questioning techniques
Read “On the Subway” by Sharon Olds
Respond in groups using the reader response lens
Discuss as a class

HOMEWORK:

6 Advertisements & Persuasive Strategies due Friday the 10th
Group novel book report choices due Friday the 10th

OBJECTIVES:
To complete the lunch essay through practicing editing
To practice independent reading

BELLRINGER:
Read quietly in novels for 10 minutes

AGENDA:
Read the lunch essay written so far
In pods, edit the information
Discuss as a class

HOMEWORK:

Read 10-15 minutes in your novels every night

OBJECTIVES:
To use the library to sign out a novel for 3rd quarter book reports
To analyze the novel parts
To predict the story elements
To practice quiet independent reading

BELLRINGER:
New seating arrangments

AGENDA:
Read questions students will answer together, discussing and clarifying
Class goes to library to sign out books
After checking out their books, they will complete the worksheet.
Upon finishing the worksheet, they will silent read.

HOMEWORK:

Read 10-15 minutes in your novels every night