Room 7 Edublog

M: Man in the Mirror
T: Gone, Gone, Gone
W: Made in the USA
Th: Eminem
F: My Way

BELLRINGERS
M: What classes should the school make mandatory (that they don’t now) to prepare students for life?
T: If there was 20K in the budget for the address to graduates, whom would you persuade the school board to request for this year’s commencement address?
W: The month of April has no school breaks yet is full of testing. What is your opinion: is this wise or unwise?
Th: School cafeteria food: is it delicious yet nutritious? Is there room for improvement?
F: Should college be “free” like public school?

OBJECTIVES
To grasp the issues of the time and how these are mirrored in our own time
To analyze the function of satire
To evaluate the target of satire

AGENDA
Analyze Gulliver’s Travels
Compare/contrast to Candide

HOMEWORK
Read & analyze Wuthering Heights, filling out study guide

M: Man in the Mirror
T: Gone, Gone, Gone
W: Made in the USA
Th: Eminem
F: My Way

OBJECTIVES
To create book report overviews implementing persuasion
To present book reports to an audience
To practice listening and speaking skills
To analyze satirical strategies

BELLRINGERS
M: What classes should the school make mandatory (that they don’t now) to prepare students for life?
T: If there was 20K in the budget for the address to graduates, whom would you persuade the school board to request for this year’s commencement address?
W: The month of April has no school breaks yet is full of testing. What is your opinion: is this wise or unwise?
Th: School cafeteria food: is it delicious yet nutritious? Is there room for improvement?
F: Should college be “free” like public school?

AGENDA
M – F: Book report presentations
Analyze The Importance of Being Earnest

HOMEWORK
Prepare book report presentations

M: Man in the Mirror
T: Gone, Gone, Gone
W: Made in the USA
Th: Eminem
F: My Way

BELLRINGERS
M: Nouns: Define; Subjects & Direct Address
T: Nouns: Direct and Indirect Objects
W: Nouns: Appositives & Predicate Nominatives
Th: Nouns: Objects of Prepositions and objective complements
F: Nouns: Review

AGENDA
M – F: “Rape of the Lock”

HOMEWORK
Study noun bellringers