September 30, 2013 - October 4, 2013

September 30, 2013 – October 4, 2013

Monday

·         Reading 8 – Students will work with a partner on a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting “The Baker Heater League” and “The 11:59.” We will discuss these and examine responses on the board and students will then turn in their work today.

·         Reading 7 – Students will work on computers to research historical figures and write a biographical essay on Microsoft Word. They will also work on creating their PowerPoint presentation or poster board for the project.

·         Practical Literature 10 – Students will review for a test on short stories. We will discuss the short story notes and key elements that they will need to know for the test, test format, etc. Students will also continue working on the Science Fiction introduction project from Friday.

Tuesday

·         Reading 8 – Students will work with a partner on a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting “The Baker Heater League” and “The 11:59.” We will discuss these and examine responses on the board and students will then turn in their work today.

·         Reading 7 – Students will work on computers to research historical figures and write a biographical essay on Microsoft Word. They will also work on creating their PowerPoint presentation or poster board for the project.

·         Practical Literature 10 – Students will take a test on short stories. Once finished, they will work in their groups on the science fiction poster.

Wednesday

·         Reading 8 – Students will complete a PSSA practice lesson on Using Context Clues. They will also respond to the open-ended prompt using the RACERS pre-writing guide sheet.

·         Reading 7 – Students will work on computers to research historical figures and write a biographical essay on Microsoft Word. They will also work on creating their PowerPoint presentation or poster board for the project.

·         Practical Literature 10 – Students will finish their poster project and present it to the class. Students will also begin the introduction to Fahrenheit 451 by discussing notes on the board.

Thursday

·         Reading 8 – Students will complete a PSSA practice lesson on Using Context Clues. They will also respond to the open-ended prompt using the RACERS pre-writing guide sheet.

·         Reading 7 – Students will work on computers to research historical figures and write a biographical essay on Microsoft Word. They will also work on creating their PowerPoint presentation or poster board for the project.

·         Practical Literature 10 – Students will begin reading Fahrenheit 451 together as a class today. Students will also work on the active reading guide for the sections we read today.

Friday

·         Reading 8 – As a class, we will discuss the PSSA lesson from last class and the open-ended prompt response on the RACERS guide sheet. We will examine this response on the board together. Students will turn in their work from the PSSA lesson today.

·         Reading 7 – Essays are due today. Students will turn in their essay along with their essay map today. They will finish working on their presentations today and prepare to present them next week on their assigned day.

·         Practical Literature 10 - Students will read part one of Fahrenheit 451 together as a class today. Students will also work on the active reading guide for the sections we read today.