Objective: Students will be able to find examples of direct and indirect characterization in Chapter #5 of “Animal Farm.”
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: articulate, malignity, capitulate, countenance
Agenda: 1) Review direct vs. indirect characterization
2) Class will begin reading Chapter #5 of Animal Farm, finding examples of direct and indirect characterization.
3) Finish reading Chapter #5 and complete Characterization chart.
4) Complete Chapter #5 questions
Homework: Chart Next Four Vocab Words: treachery, retinue, conciliatory, demeanor
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tuesday, May 31
Objective: Students will be able to find and label examples of each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda.
Do-Now: You have TEN minutes to study for your vocabulary quiz.
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Quiz: Animal Farm List #1
2) Introduce New Vocabulary: articulate, malignity, capitulate, countenance, treachery, retinue, conciliatory, demeanor, morose, taciturn, filial, eminent
3) Propaganda Project: Students will use Prezi.com to finish their projects on propaganda. They will have to find a series of 10 pictures which represent each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda. These pictures will be displayed in Prezi along with a written explanation of how each example represents propaganda. Send Prezi projects to TeacherWinberg@gmail.com and check to make sure they were received.
Homework: Chart First FOUR vocab words: articulate, malignity, capitulate, countenance
Do-Now: You have TEN minutes to study for your vocabulary quiz.
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Quiz: Animal Farm List #1
2) Introduce New Vocabulary: articulate, malignity, capitulate, countenance, treachery, retinue, conciliatory, demeanor, morose, taciturn, filial, eminent
3) Propaganda Project: Students will use Prezi.com to finish their projects on propaganda. They will have to find a series of 10 pictures which represent each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda. These pictures will be displayed in Prezi along with a written explanation of how each example represents propaganda. Send Prezi projects to TeacherWinberg@gmail.com and check to make sure they were received.
Homework: Chart First FOUR vocab words: articulate, malignity, capitulate, countenance
Friday, May 27
Objective: Students will be able to find and label examples of propaganda in Chapters 3 and 4 of "Animal Farm."
Do-Now: Animal Farm Vocab List #1: Practice #3
Agenda: 1) Vocab Practice Quiz
2) Read Chapters #3 and 4 of "Animal Farm"
3) Complete Question Worksheet for Chapters 3 and 4
Homework: Study for Vocab Quiz on TUESDAY!!!
Do-Now: Animal Farm Vocab List #1: Practice #3
Agenda: 1) Vocab Practice Quiz
2) Read Chapters #3 and 4 of "Animal Farm"
3) Complete Question Worksheet for Chapters 3 and 4
Homework: Study for Vocab Quiz on TUESDAY!!!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 26
Objective: Students will be able to compare the animals’ “Seven Commandments” to common rules/laws people follow.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: ignominious, impromptu, canvass, procured, eloquence
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Practice Quiz
2) Class will read Chapter #2 of "Animal Farm" and compare the animals' seven commandments to rules/laws humans have.
3) Complete Chapter #2 Question Worksheet for "Animal Farm"
Homework: Compose "Seven Commandments for Randolph;" Study for tomorrow's vocab test.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: ignominious, impromptu, canvass, procured, eloquence
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Practice Quiz
2) Class will read Chapter #2 of "Animal Farm" and compare the animals' seven commandments to rules/laws humans have.
3) Complete Chapter #2 Question Worksheet for "Animal Farm"
Homework: Compose "Seven Commandments for Randolph;" Study for tomorrow's vocab test.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 25
Objectives: Students will be able to identify and label TWO examples of propaganda in Chapter #1 of Animal Farm. Students will be able to compare the animals’ “Seven Commandments” to common rules/laws people follow.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: acute, parasitical, cryptic, indefatigable, tractable
Agenda: 1) Class will read Chapter #1 of “Animal Farm,” focusing on Old Major’s speech and the anthem “Beasts of England.”
2) Students will independently read Chapter #2
3) Worksheets: Chapter #1+2 Questions for “Animal Farm”
Homework: Compose “Beasts of Philly” anthem modeled after the animals’ “Beasts of England.” What hopes/dreams to you have for the future of our city?
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: acute, parasitical, cryptic, indefatigable, tractable
Agenda: 1) Class will read Chapter #1 of “Animal Farm,” focusing on Old Major’s speech and the anthem “Beasts of England.”
2) Students will independently read Chapter #2
3) Worksheets: Chapter #1+2 Questions for “Animal Farm”
Homework: Compose “Beasts of Philly” anthem modeled after the animals’ “Beasts of England.” What hopes/dreams to you have for the future of our city?
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 24
Objective: Students will be able to find and label examples of each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: ensconced, laborious, enmity, vivacious, apathy
Agenda: 1) Review the 10 Main Types of Propaganda
2) Project Propaganda : You will use Prezi.com to create a project on propaganda. You will have to find a series of 10 pictures which represent each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda (one picture for each type). These pictures will be displayed in Prezi along with a written explanation (on paper) of how each example represents propaganda. You will have TWO classes to finish this project.
Homework: EXTRA-CREDIT: Find an ad in a newspaper/magazine. Cut the ad out and tape/glue it to a piece of lined paper. On the lined paper, explain what type(s) of propaganda is being used in the ad as well as how effectively it is being used.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: ensconced, laborious, enmity, vivacious, apathy
Agenda: 1) Review the 10 Main Types of Propaganda
2) Project Propaganda : You will use Prezi.com to create a project on propaganda. You will have to find a series of 10 pictures which represent each of the 10 Main Types of Propaganda (one picture for each type). These pictures will be displayed in Prezi along with a written explanation (on paper) of how each example represents propaganda. You will have TWO classes to finish this project.
Homework: EXTRA-CREDIT: Find an ad in a newspaper/magazine. Cut the ad out and tape/glue it to a piece of lined paper. On the lined paper, explain what type(s) of propaganda is being used in the ad as well as how effectively it is being used.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 23
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label TWO examples of propaganda in Chapter #1 of Animal Farm.
Journal: Think of commercials you have seen recently or advertisements you have seen in magazines/newspapers or on billboards/buses. How do the ads try to persuade you to buy the product being advertised? (Or, in some cases, choose a company’s service, support a belief, etc?) What types of images and words are used in an attempt to persuade you?
Agenda: 1) Introduce Vocabulary: ensconced, laborious, enmity, vivacious, apathy, acute, parasitical, cryptic, indefatigable, tractable, ignominious, impromptu, canvass, procured, eloquence
Homework: Compose “Beasts of Philly” anthem modeled after the animals’ “Beasts of England.” What hopes/dreams to you have for the future of our city?
Journal: Think of commercials you have seen recently or advertisements you have seen in magazines/newspapers or on billboards/buses. How do the ads try to persuade you to buy the product being advertised? (Or, in some cases, choose a company’s service, support a belief, etc?) What types of images and words are used in an attempt to persuade you?
Agenda: 1) Introduce Vocabulary: ensconced, laborious, enmity, vivacious, apathy, acute, parasitical, cryptic, indefatigable, tractable, ignominious, impromptu, canvass, procured, eloquence
2) Note-taking: satire, parody, characterization (direct and indirect), propaganda
3) Class will read Chapter # 1 of “Animal Farm,” focusing on Old Major’s speech and the anthem “Beasts of England.”
4) Worksheet: Chapter #1 Questions for “Animal Farm”
Homework: Compose “Beasts of Philly” anthem modeled after the animals’ “Beasts of England.” What hopes/dreams to you have for the future of our city?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Friday, May 20
Objective: Students will be able to make inferences in order to clarify ambiguities in a story.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Go over Practice Vocabulary Quiz
Homework: Message in a Bottle: Pretend you are stranded in the middle of a disaster. Compose your own letter or series of journal entries explaining how you became stranded, what you did to survive and what occurred up until the point your message was sent out.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Go over Practice Vocabulary Quiz
2) Take Vocabulary Quiz
3) Class will review ambiguity
4) Class will read “Notes from a Bottle” pg. 375 – 377 looking for passages which are ambiguous and discussing the different ways they can be interpreted.
5) Response & Analysis Pg. 379 # 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
Homework: Message in a Bottle: Pretend you are stranded in the middle of a disaster. Compose your own letter or series of journal entries explaining how you became stranded, what you did to survive and what occurred up until the point your message was sent out.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, May 19
Objective: Students will be able to make inferences about characters in a story based on the characters’ dialogue.
Journal: How did your parents choose your name? Were you named after a relative or famous person? Do you know what your name means? How does your name affect who you are?
Agenda: 1) What's in a name?
2) Class will read “Everyday Use” pp. 77 – 83, making inferences about each character based on how the character acts and what the character says.
3) Response & Analysis Pg. 86 #1-4, 6, 7, 8, 12
4) VENN Diagram: Compare/Contrast Maggie and Dee
Homework: Practice Vocabulary Quiz
Journal: How did your parents choose your name? Were you named after a relative or famous person? Do you know what your name means? How does your name affect who you are?
Agenda: 1) What's in a name?
2) Class will read “Everyday Use” pp. 77 – 83, making inferences about each character based on how the character acts and what the character says.
3) Response & Analysis Pg. 86 #1-4, 6, 7, 8, 12
4) VENN Diagram: Compare/Contrast Maggie and Dee
Homework: Practice Vocabulary Quiz
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 18
Objective: Students will be able to compare/contrast real-life women who have killed their husbands to Mary Maloney in “Lamb to the Slaughter.”
Do-Now: Grammar Exercise : Daily Edit:
In 1875, a croud of 10000 gathered to watch the first horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. They saw a 3-year-old colt named aristides win the race. That race became part of what are now an annual tradition for horse lover's -- the Kentucky Derby. Held on the first Saturday in may, the Derby is known as the first jewel in horse racings Triple Crown the other two races in that "crown" are the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes.
Agenda: Researching Women Who Have Killed Their Husbands
Read each of the articles on the murderers and answer the following questions:
1) What was the woman's name/age?
2) How/when did she kill her husband?
3) What was the woman's motive for killing her husband?
4) Do you feel justice was served in her court case?
5) How does this murder compare/contrast to the murder in "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
Larissa Schuster
Pamela Smart
Betty Broderick
Homework: Letter of Confession: Choose one of the women from today’s research and write a letter from her perspective in which she confesses her crime and explains what motivated her to kill her husband.
Do-Now: Grammar Exercise : Daily Edit:
In 1875, a croud of 10000 gathered to watch the first horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. They saw a 3-year-old colt named aristides win the race. That race became part of what are now an annual tradition for horse lover's -- the Kentucky Derby. Held on the first Saturday in may, the Derby is known as the first jewel in horse racings Triple Crown the other two races in that "crown" are the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes.
Agenda: Researching Women Who Have Killed Their Husbands
Read each of the articles on the murderers and answer the following questions:
1) What was the woman's name/age?
2) How/when did she kill her husband?
3) What was the woman's motive for killing her husband?
4) Do you feel justice was served in her court case?
5) How does this murder compare/contrast to the murder in "Lamb to the Slaughter?"
Larissa Schuster
Pamela Smart
Betty Broderick
Homework: Letter of Confession: Choose one of the women from today’s research and write a letter from her perspective in which she confesses her crime and explains what motivated her to kill her husband.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 16
Objective: Students will complete a Unit Test.
Do-Now: You have 15 minutes to study for your Unit Test.
Agenda: 1) Unit Test #3
2) Copy New Vocabulary Words: Pg. 76 : sidle, furtive, cowering, oppress, doctrines, rifling; Pg. 374 : portable, presumably, speculation, submerged, recede
Homework: Vocabulary Development Worksheet for words from “Everyday Use” and “Notes from a Bottle”
Do-Now: You have 15 minutes to study for your Unit Test.
Agenda: 1) Unit Test #3
2) Copy New Vocabulary Words: Pg. 76 : sidle, furtive, cowering, oppress, doctrines, rifling; Pg. 374 : portable, presumably, speculation, submerged, recede
Homework: Vocabulary Development Worksheet for words from “Everyday Use” and “Notes from a Bottle”
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Friday, May 13
Objective: Students will review for Unit Test #3.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #12
2) Go over answers to the review packet for Unit Test #3.
3) JEOPARDY: Class will play a Jeopardy review game for Unit Test #3.
UNIT TEST #3 REVIEW
Homework: Study for Monday’s Unit Test.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #12
2) Go over answers to the review packet for Unit Test #3.
3) JEOPARDY: Class will play a Jeopardy review game for Unit Test #3.
UNIT TEST #3 REVIEW
Homework: Study for Monday’s Unit Test.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Thursday, May 12
Objective: Students will complete a review packet for Unit Test #3.
Do-Now: Practice Quiz for Vocabulary List #12
Agenda: 1) Go over Practice Quiz
2) Complete review packet for Unit Test #3.
Homework: Study for Tomorrow's Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Test #3 on MONDAY
Do-Now: Practice Quiz for Vocabulary List #12
Agenda: 1) Go over Practice Quiz
2) Complete review packet for Unit Test #3.
Homework: Study for Tomorrow's Vocabulary Quiz; Unit Test #3 on MONDAY
Monday, May 9, 2011
Tuesday, May 10
Objective: Students will be able to find an instance of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter.”
Journal: What would motivate a woman to kill her husband? What would he have to do/say to make her want to kill him? Explain.
Agenda: 1) Review 3 Main Types of Irony: situational, dramatic, and verbal
2) Class will read “Lamb to the Slaughter” pp. 316-326 looking for instances of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony.
3) EXIT SLIP: List THREE examples of irony (one of each type) from "Lamb to the Slaughter."
HOMEWORK: Response & Analysis Pg. 326 # 1-8; Vocab Quiz FRIDAY; Unit Test #3 MONDAY
Journal: What would motivate a woman to kill her husband? What would he have to do/say to make her want to kill him? Explain.
Agenda: 1) Review 3 Main Types of Irony: situational, dramatic, and verbal
2) Class will read “Lamb to the Slaughter” pp. 316-326 looking for instances of situational, dramatic, and verbal irony.
3) EXIT SLIP: List THREE examples of irony (one of each type) from "Lamb to the Slaughter."
HOMEWORK: Response & Analysis Pg. 326 # 1-8; Vocab Quiz FRIDAY; Unit Test #3 MONDAY
Monday, May 9
Objective: Students will be able to list THREE elements in the setting of “The Pedestrian” that are used to create the story’s mood.
Do-Now: Copy New Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Pg. 46 : manifest, intermittent, ebbing, antiseptic, regressive; Pg. 316 : anxiety, placid, luxuriate, administered, premises, consoling, hospitality
Agenda: 1) Note-taking: Mood and Setting
Setting: the time and place of the action in the story
2) Class will read “The Pedestrian” pp. 46-53 looking for words/phrases describing the story’s setting which help to create the story’s mood.
3) Response & Analysis Pg. 53 #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
4) EXIT SLIP: List THREE elements in the setting of “The Pedestrian” that are used to create the story’s mood.
Homework: Vocabulary Development Worksheet for “The Pedestrian;" Vocab Quiz FRIDAY; Unit Test #3 MONDAY
Do-Now: Copy New Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Pg. 46 : manifest, intermittent, ebbing, antiseptic, regressive; Pg. 316 : anxiety, placid, luxuriate, administered, premises, consoling, hospitality
Agenda: 1) Note-taking: Mood and Setting
Mood: subtle overtone that can strongly affect our feelings
2) Class will read “The Pedestrian” pp. 46-53 looking for words/phrases describing the story’s setting which help to create the story’s mood.
3) Response & Analysis Pg. 53 #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
4) EXIT SLIP: List THREE elements in the setting of “The Pedestrian” that are used to create the story’s mood.
Homework: Vocabulary Development Worksheet for “The Pedestrian;" Vocab Quiz FRIDAY; Unit Test #3 MONDAY
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Friday, May 6
Objective: Students will be able to list THREE similarities and SIX differences between the heroes they have read about this week.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Go Over Practice Quiz for Vocabulary List #11
2) Vocabulary Quiz #11
3) Read "The Man in the Water" pg. 274-277.
4) VENN Diagram: Compare/Contrast TWO of the heros from this week: King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, The Man in the Water. List THREE similarities and THREE differences on each side (a total of NINE).
Homework: Pg. 281 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11
Extra-Credit: Write a eulogy for The Man in the Water (minimum 10 sentences) = 20 pts.
Journal: FREE WRITE
Agenda: 1) Go Over Practice Quiz for Vocabulary List #11
2) Vocabulary Quiz #11
3) Read "The Man in the Water" pg. 274-277.
4) VENN Diagram: Compare/Contrast TWO of the heros from this week: King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, The Man in the Water. List THREE similarities and THREE differences on each side (a total of NINE).
Homework: Pg. 281 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11
Extra-Credit: Write a eulogy for The Man in the Water (minimum 10 sentences) = 20 pts.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 11
Objective: Students will finish creating a storybook for an Arthurian legend.
Do-Now: Daily Edit: Copy this paragraph into your journal making corrections as you go:
Did you know that Mothers Day was first observed on the second Sunday of May in 1907. It was observed at the request of Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. As a child, Anna herd her mother say in a Sunday school lesson that she hoped there would some day be a special day for mothers. Their are many days for men, but nun for mothers" she said. After her mothers' death, Anna work hard to start a national holiday for all mothers.
Agenda: STORYBOOKS: Today, you will finish using the "Presentation" application on GoogleDocs to create a storybook which depicts either the legend of "The Sword in the Stone" or the romance of "Sir Lancelot." Your book should be about TEN slides long and each slide should include a picture along with your narration. You should aim to summarize the important events in the story with your slides and the finished product should read like a children's storybook. When you are finished, save your presentation and share it with TeacherWinberg@gmail.com
Homework: Vocabulary Development Pg. 327 "Using Context Clues"
Do-Now: Daily Edit: Copy this paragraph into your journal making corrections as you go:
Did you know that Mothers Day was first observed on the second Sunday of May in 1907. It was observed at the request of Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. As a child, Anna herd her mother say in a Sunday school lesson that she hoped there would some day be a special day for mothers. Their are many days for men, but nun for mothers" she said. After her mothers' death, Anna work hard to start a national holiday for all mothers.
Agenda: STORYBOOKS: Today, you will finish using the "Presentation" application on GoogleDocs to create a storybook which depicts either the legend of "The Sword in the Stone" or the romance of "Sir Lancelot." Your book should be about TEN slides long and each slide should include a picture along with your narration. You should aim to summarize the important events in the story with your slides and the finished product should read like a children's storybook. When you are finished, save your presentation and share it with TeacherWinberg@gmail.com
Homework: Vocabulary Development Pg. 327 "Using Context Clues"
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Wednesday, May 4
Objective: Students will be able to list THREE acts done by Sir Lancelot which show he was chivalrous.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: oblige, champion, adversary, sovereign, wrath
Agenda: 1) Class will begin reading “Sir Lancelot duLake ” pp. 652- 653. Class will complete Summarizing question #1.
2) Students will independently finish reading “Sir Lancelot duLake ” and complete Summarizing questions # 2 and # 3.
3) EXIT SLIP: List THREE acts done by Sir Lancelot which show he was chivalrous.
HOMEWORK: Response & Analysis pg. 658 # 2, 3, 7, 8
Do-Now: Vocabulary Practice: oblige, champion, adversary, sovereign, wrath
Agenda: 1) Class will begin reading “Sir Lancelot du
2) Students will independently finish reading “Sir Lancelot du
3) EXIT SLIP: List THREE acts done by Sir Lancelot which show he was chivalrous.
HOMEWORK: Response & Analysis pg. 658 # 2, 3, 7, 8
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, May 3
Objective: Students will be able to list THREE acts King Arthur did which show he is a hero.
Do-Now: Vocabulary Exercise: oath, ignoble, tumultuous, diverted, fidelity
Agenda: 1) Note-taking: Legend, Romance, Knightly Quest, Chivalry
Legend: a story about great deeds that has been told for generations among a group of people
Romance: a story about a hero who goes on a knightly quest
Knightly Quest: a task a knight is given to prove himself a hero (ex. saving a maiden, slaying a dragon, fighting an enemy)
Chivalry: the code of honor a knight was supposed to follow (bravery, honor, loyalty, generosity)
2) Class will read “The Sword in the Stone” pp. 645 – 647.
3) Response & Analysis Questions # 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 on pg. 649.
4) EXIT SLIP: List THREE acts done by King Arthur which show he is a hero.
HOMEWORK: Finish "Sword in the Stone" questions and Vocabulary questions (assigned yesterday)
Do-Now: Vocabulary Exercise: oath, ignoble, tumultuous, diverted, fidelity
Agenda: 1) Note-taking: Legend, Romance, Knightly Quest, Chivalry
Legend: a story about great deeds that has been told for generations among a group of people
Romance: a story about a hero who goes on a knightly quest
Knightly Quest: a task a knight is given to prove himself a hero (ex. saving a maiden, slaying a dragon, fighting an enemy)
Chivalry: the code of honor a knight was supposed to follow (bravery, honor, loyalty, generosity)
2) Class will read “The Sword in the Stone” pp. 645 – 647.
3) Response & Analysis Questions # 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 on pg. 649.
4) EXIT SLIP: List THREE acts done by King Arthur which show he is a hero.
HOMEWORK: Finish "Sword in the Stone" questions and Vocabulary questions (assigned yesterday)
Monday, May 2
Objective: Students will complete the second Benchmark test for the year.
Do-Now: Copy New Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Pg. 644, Pg. 651, Pg. 272 : oath, ignoble, tumultuous, diverted, fidelity, oblige, champion, adversary, sovereign, wrath, flailing, extravagent, abiding, pitted, implacable
Today: BENCHMARK TESTING
Homework: (DUE WEDNESDAY) : Pg. 650 Vocabulary Development # 1-7; Pg. 659 Demonstrating Word Knowledge #1-7; Pg. 282 In Other Words #1-5
Do-Now: Copy New Vocabulary Words and Definitions: Pg. 644, Pg. 651, Pg. 272 : oath, ignoble, tumultuous, diverted, fidelity, oblige, champion, adversary, sovereign, wrath, flailing, extravagent, abiding, pitted, implacable
Today: BENCHMARK TESTING
Homework: (DUE WEDNESDAY) : Pg. 650 Vocabulary Development # 1-7; Pg. 659 Demonstrating Word Knowledge #1-7; Pg. 282 In Other Words #1-5
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