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English Objective: Students will be able to document Scout’s growth and their own personal growth to understand the coming of age process of fictional and non-fictional characters.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to…format slides in ppt and tables in MS Word.

Getting Focused: Please take out your MCAS work

Agenda:

1. Go Over MCAS

2. Set up TKM Project  – teaching-integral-lessons_tkm_project

3. Begin to read chapter #1

Homework: Finish chapter #1

English Objective: Students will be able to show they know the writing process by performing well on a pop-quiz and work to develop and show their personal thoughts on heroism, prior to reading To Kill a Mockingbird and analzying the role of heroism in the novel.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in MS Word.

Getting Focused: Take a pop quiz on the writing process.

Agenda:

1. Review writing process quiz.

2. Work on heroism writing assignment.  Please save in your TKM folder, if you don’t have one create one

Save AS: first initial_ last name_ Hero.doc    Here is the file: HERO ASSIGNMENT

3. TKM Statements – Show your Thoughts 

Download Assignment:   to-kill-a-mockingbird_prereadingstatements

4. Don’t Assume The Worst Start of Class Article: START OF CLASS READING

Download Article: dont_assume_the_worst

5. Creating A Campaign Poster For Ending Stereotypes and Prejudice:

Download Assignment: stereotypes_poster

Homework:

1. Finish heroism writing assignment.

2. Finish Stereotypes Poster

3. Finish TKM PreReading Statements

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English Objective: Students will be able to understand all parts that are necessary for the five paragraph essay and apply this knowledge to answer an essay question about Night.

Getting Focused: Please review the handout you recieved with the four essay topics and the ideas for each.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in MS Word

Agenda:  Please see all Night Essay Documents Below and download all of them to your Night Essay folder. If you do not have a NIght essay folder then please create one. Thank You!

#1. Select Night Essay Questions and See Ideas for Each Topic (* You may use the ideas to help you determine which points you are going to prove in your Night essay) ***DOWNLOAD***  The Four Essay Topics and Ideas For Each Topic

#2. Create Night Thesis Statement (Use This to help you create your Thesis – There are examples of Thesis Statements)***DOWNLOAD***   My Personal Three Part Night Thesis Statement

#3. Work on Creating Your Night Essay By Using the Night Essay Outline: ***DOWNLOAD***  Night Essay Outline  

(Save in your Night Essay Folder As: FirstIntial_LastName_NightEssay_Outline.doc

#4.Introduction Pargraph Examples of Attention Grabbers and Background Information: Here are examples of attention grabbers and background information – you should also have a copy of this in your notebook on page #39. ***DOWNLOAD***  Example Attention Grabbers and Background Information

 #5. Night Rubric: ***DOWNLOAD***  Night Rubric  (Please view this, so you know what is required of you!)

English Objective: Students will be able to write diary entries from the voice of Elie Wiesel to capture Elie’s feelings, thoughts, and reactions at the moment when he looks in the mirrror and sees the corpse gazing back at him.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in MS Word.

Getting Focused: Describe the affect that Elie’s relationship with his father has had on him during his experiences in the concentration camps. How role has this relationship had? Be specific.

Agenda:

1. Finish Reading Night.

2. Create Diary Entries from the voice of Elie Wiesel. 

- Elie Diary Entry Directions Please Save As Is. DOWNLOAD  Diary Directions (this document outlines the assignment)

Please Save is in your Night project folder

- Diary Paper – Elie Corpse Gazing Back Entry    DOWNLOAD (Diary Old Paper ) you will use this paper to write your diary

Please Save As: FirstInitialLastName_ElieDiary.doc Save in your Night Project Folder.

English Objective: Students will be able to make connections in their own lives to the theme of “Never Again” from our study of Elie Wiesel’s Night.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in powerpoint.

Getting Focused: Please go to our class website and download the Never Again powerpoint directions from the Class Agenda.

Agenda: Work on Never Again Project.

Click Here to Download Project: Never Again Project Directions (SAVE IN YOUR NIGHT PROJECT FOLDER).

Homework: No required at home reading tonight.

English Objective: Students will be able to understand key themes, character development, and plot development through the end of chapter #3 in Night by:

1.  Actively reading the text and taking notes on stickies in the book.

2. Discussing student responses to active reading in text.

3. Listening to, reading, analyzing the “Never Again” song by: Remedy

4. Watching and discussing clips from the “Pianist”

5. Reflecting and making connections to the “Never Shall I Forget” paragraph in Ch #3

Technology Objective: Students will format text in MS Word

Getting Focused:

Wednesday: Actively read the “Never Again” Lyrics

Thursday: Actively read “Never Shall I Forget” passage

Agenda:

Wednedsday (Nov 18)

1. Actively read and listen to “Never Again” by Remedy 

Link to song:http://www.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/spring_2005/Never_Again.mp3

2. Review Chapter #1

3. Explain Chapte #2 work

4. Watch clips from the Pianist

Thursday (Nov 19)

Homework:

Due Thursday 11/19 - Finish actively reading through the end of chapter #2 in Night (page 28)

English Objective: Students will be able to understand plot, character, and theme development in Act I of the Crucible by reading, discussing, responding to, and watching Act I.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in MS Word.

Getting Focused: Please complete the vocabulary review assignment you received

Agenda:

1. Review Week #7 Vocabulary Words

2. Finish Reading Act I of Crucible

3. Watch Act I of Crucible

4. Act I Crucible Questions (please save these in your Crucible Folder:  Crucible Act I Questions

Save As: FirstInitialLastName_Crucible_ActI_Questions.doc

Please respond in complete sentences to all questions: Due – Monday 11/23/09

Homework:

1. Study for week #7 vocabulary quiz and complete week #7 vocabulary hw.

2. Do SAT prompt(s), if you didn’t complete the one you recieved last week.

3. Bring in your Salem Field Trip Permission Slip

English Objective: Students will be able to gain a deeper appreciation and understanding for why Elie wrote his memoir, Night, by (reading/analyzing/discussing/responding) to both his “This I Believe” essay written for NPR and his new preface to Night in the most recently published translation of his memoir.

Technology Objective:  Students will be able to download Elie’s This I Believe speech audio from the NPR website and check most recently posted Term #2 grades on Edline.

Getting Focused: Please update notebooks according the information projected on the Smart Board.

Agenda:

1. Tape Night Background Information in interactive notebooks

2. Listen to Elie’s “This I believe speech” and annotate while listening and reading speech.

Link To Speech on NPR Site: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89357808

Link To Transcript of Speech: wiesel_i_believe_speech

3. Distribute Night books and pass out Night reading calendar for the week

4. Read New Preface – Hard Copies/Annotate while reading

5. Begin answering questions: “This I believe” speech and new preface to Night

Homework:

1. Finish reading the photocopied Night preface

2. Finish annotating Elie’s “This I believe” speech and the new preface to Night

3. Answer questions about the Night preface and “This I believe” speech in notebooks.

Link to Questions: Questions I Believe Speech and New Night Preface

English Objective: Students will be able to understand important background information about Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust in preparation for reading Night.

Technology Objective: Students will be able to format text in MS Word.

Getting Focused: Please take out your vocabulary flashcard ring that you completed for homework last night and spend 5 minutes studing the words either independently or with the partner at your table. Yes, you need to know all twenty-five words for Friday!!! 

Agenda:

1. Collect Term #1 Notebooks.

2. Review Vocabulary Test Instructions and Study Tips. (Test is Friday November 13th! You must know all the words!)

3. Analzye pictures.

4. Take Background Notes on Holocaust.

5. Analyze the cover of Night. Analyze Night Cover

Save the Analysis of Night Coverin your Night Classwork Folder and Save it As:

FirstInitalLastName_Night_Cover.doc

Homework: Study for your vocabulary test on Friday!!! Use your vocabulary flashcard flipchart keyring that you made. Take this out as often as possible and use it!