Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To establish the differences among goals, motivation, and outcomes
To compare and contrast in writing
To analyze the historical background to Romeo & Juliet
To justify pre-reading themes from Romeo & Juliet

BELLRINGER:
M: Quickwrite: Compare/Contrast what you did during spring break with what you thought beforehand.
T: New Seating Chart
W-F: Silent Reading

AGENDA:
M: Last oral presentations from novel groups
Goals and motivations
T: Organize notebooks for new quarter
Group activity: Goals and motivation vs. outcomes
Library time for choosing new novels
W: Reading logs
Shakespeare activities and film
Th: Class discussion on key Sheakespeare ideas (prep for Romeo & Juliet)
Finish watching Shakespeare film
F: Vocabulary and key terms
R & J film

HOMEWORK:

Reading log due Friday, March 28th

OBJECTIVES:
To identify parts of a fable
To dissect fables
To write an original fable
To dramatize original fable

BELLRINGER:
Nouns and Verbs

AGENDA:
Review Thesis Statement and Intro paragraphs.
Dramatize fables.

HOMEWORK:
Thesis statement due Tuesday, March 25th.

OBJECTIVES:
To identify parts of a fable
To dissect fables
To write an original fable
To dramatize original fable
To rehearse thesis statements and intros

BELLRINGER:
Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections

AGENDA:
Handout thesis/intro papers and discuss.
Handout dramatization rubrics.
Groups will complete their original fables and practice dramatizing them.

HOMEWORK:

Thesis statement due Tuesday, March 25th.

OBJECTIVES:
To identify parts of a fable
To dissect fables
To write an original fable
To dramatize original fable

BELLRINGER:
Topics for research paper

AGENDA:
Complete analyzing fables in groups.
Begin creating original fables.

HOMEWORK:

British author subjects for research papers due today.
Thesis statement due Tuesday, March 25th.