September 3, 2013 - September 6, 2013

Monday - No School - Labor Day

Tuesday

·         Reading 8 – Bullying Lesson - Students will learn about negative bystander behavior and how to safely and effectively take a stand against bullying. Homework assignment: Advice column response due next class period (Thursday).

 

·         Reading 7 – Bullying Lesson - Students will learn about the differences between playful teasing and hurtful language. Students will read several scenarios and decide with a partner which of these categories they fall into. We will have a class discussion about the results of this activity and students will make a list of standards to use when trying to differentiate between these.

 

·         Practical Literature 10 - Read "The Monkey's Paw" together as a class and discuss examples of foreshadowing found throughout the story. Students will complete the active reading guide.

Wednesday

·         Reading 8 –  Bullying Lesson - Students will learn about negative bystander behavior and how to safely and effectively take a stand against bullying. Homework assignment: Advice column response due next class period (Thursday).

 

·         Reading 7 – Review think aloud strategy. Students will then read the first paragraph of "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto using the think aloud strategy and we will discuss this together. Students will then be introduced to the talking to text strategy and practice this with parts of the story. Students will work together to use the talking to text strategy with the story.

 

·         Practical Literature 10 - Students will finish "The Monkey's Paw" and complete the active reading guide. Students will also complete the plot diagram using the story. We will discuss responses in the active reading guide together.

Thursday

·         Reading 8 – Volunteers will share their advice column responses that were due today and we will discuss these as a class. Students will also brainstorm together in small groups about reading strategies. We will review reading strategies used to navigate through text and create a list together.

 

·         Reading 7 – We will continue to read "Seventh Grade" together as a class using the talking to text strategy. Examples will be displayed on the board for class discussion.

 

·         Practical Literature 10 - Students will complete the post-reading questions on "The Monkey's Paw" and we will discuss these as a class.

Friday

·         Reading 8 – Volunteers will share their advice column responses that were due today and we will discuss these as a class. Students will also brainstorm together in small groups about reading strategies. We will review reading strategies used to navigate through text and create a list together.

 

·         Reading 7 – Students will take notes on the elements of fiction and nonfiction noting the differences between the two types. We will discuss these as a class and begin previewing the story, "The Three-Century Woman."

 

·         Practical Literature 10 - Introduce "The Masque of the Red Death" - Complete the setting/mood activity in groups to introduce how each interacts with the other. Begin reading the story and working on the active reading guide focusing on symbolism.