January 28, 2013 - February 1, 2013

Monday

·         Reading 8 – Even –Students will respond to the Big Question in their reading log notebooks. Students will also work with a partner to discuss and complete critical thinking questions relating to the short story, “Thank You M’am.”

·         English 8 – Students will finish the rough draft of their essay today and peer edit with a partner. Students will work on the final copy of the essay today also. The final copy and rough draft of the essay is due tomorrow.

·         Practical Literature 11 - Students will begin reading the play, “The Crucible” together as a class with assigned parts. Students will also be given a study guide for Act 1 to complete as we read.

Tuesday

·         Reading 8 – Odd – Students will discuss the critical thinking and vocabulary questions from the textbook that were completed for today relating to the story, “Thank You M’am.” As a class, we will discuss the questions together and students will then turn in the assignment. Students will also be introduced to a unit on poetry by viewing a movie clip from “The Dead Poets Society.” If time permits, students will then begin taking down notes on poetry terms, etc. from the textbook.

·         English 8 – Students will turn in the final copy and rough draft of their informational essay today. Students will also work on completing the double entry journal in the activity packet for “The Dinner Party.”

·         Practical Literature 11 - Students will continue reading the play, “The Crucible” together as a class with assigned parts. Students will also work on the study guide questions for Act 1.

Wednesday

·         Reading 8 – Even – Students will discuss the critical thinking and vocabulary questions from the textbook that were completed for today relating to the story, “Thank You M’am.” As a class, we will discuss the questions together and students will then turn in the assignment. Students will also be introduced to a unit on poetry by viewing a movie clip from “The Dead Poets Society.” If time permits, students will then begin taking down notes on poetry terms, etc. from the textbook.

·         English 8 – Students will take a comprehension quiz on The Dinner Party today. Students will continue working on the activity packet for the story, The Dinner Party. They will complete the context clues section of the packet today and discuss this section together as a class.

·         Practical Literature 11 - Students will continue reading the play, “The Crucible” together as a class with assigned parts. Students will also work on the study guide questions for Act 1.

Thursday

·         Reading 8 – Odd – Students will continue taking notes on poetry and discussing these notes together as a class. Students will also read and critically analyze the first set of poems focusing on sound devices (p. 651 – 660 in textbook). Students will answer questions in the textbook analyzing these poems with a partner.

·         English 8 – Students will respond to two open-ended prompts based on the short story, The Dinner Party. Students will then continue on to the last activity in the packet, which is using a dictionary effectively to define new words and identify synonyms, antonyms, etc. Students will have a quiz on these terms on Monday.

·         Practical Literature 11 - Students will finish reading Act 1 of The Crucible together with assigned parts. Students will also complete the study guide questions and discuss these responses together.

Friday

·         Reading 8 – Even – Students will continue taking notes on poetry and discussing these notes together as a class. Students will also read and critically analyze the first set of poems focusing on sound devices (p. 651 – 660 in textbook). Students will answer questions in the textbook analyzing these poems with a partner.

·         English 8 – Students will discuss the vocabulary terms from the packet and the open-ended responses to the prompts. Students will have a quiz on Monday on the new terms from the story that they defined in the packet. Students will also begin reading the short story, “A Running Brook of Horror” while using the highlighting and chunking reading strategy.

·         Practical Literature 11 - As a class, we will continue to discuss the responses to the study guide questions for Act 1 of the play. Students will also write predictions about what they believe will occur in Act 2 of the play. If time permits, students will begin to view the movie, “The Crucible” and watch scenes from Act 1.