9/14/15 – 9/18/15
Academic English 9
(Periods 1, 4)
Monday: Video –
Shakespeare (information and visuals presented on Shakespeare’s life and times
as well as his writings); Quiz on literary terms on Thursday
Tuesday: Return
and discuss vocabulary quiz 1B; assign reading parts for play and begin reading
Romeo and Juliet; distribute study guide for Act 1 and complete questions while
reading
Wednesday: Review
literary terms from notes (quiz tomorrow); continue reading Act 1 of R and J;
discuss study guide together
Thursday: Quiz on
literary terms from notes; continue reading R and J and complete study guide
questions
Friday: Read R
and J together with assigned parts and complete study guide questions in groups
Essential Questions: How does learning new vocabulary words
help us become better readers, writers, speakers, and listeners?
What themes from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” are still
relevant in today’s society and how do we relate to them?
Which dramatic elements help make Shakespeare’s tragedy,
“Romeo and Juliet” so popular with its audience?
Honors English 7
(Periods 2, 8)
Monday: Grammar
pretest (parts of speech); Discuss Hoot vocabulary terms for ch. 1-2 (Quiz on
these terms will be on Thursday)
Tuesday: Return
and discuss vocabulary quiz on Greek and Latin terms (Unit 1); Finish
discussing Hoot vocab. Terms together; Kinds of sentences – textbook (discuss
notes and practice exercise); worksheet on kinds of sentences
Wednesday: Review
– Hoot vocab. Terms for ch. 1-2; discuss worksheet on kinds of sentences; (FA:
kinds of sentences); Nouns – brainstorm kinds of nouns; notes in textbook and
discuss; practice exercises
Thursday: Quiz on
Hoot vocab. Terms (Ch. 1-2); Nouns – notes and practice exercises in textbook;
independent practice worksheets on nouns
Friday: Nouns –
notes and practice exercises in textbook; independent practice worksheets on
nouns; Writing Activity (Kinds of Sentences): textbook
Essential Questions: How does learning new vocabulary words
help us become better readers, writers, speakers, and listeners?
What are the various types of sentences that we use In
speaking and writing and how do we differentiate between these different types?
What are the different types of nouns and how do we use them
effectively in our writing and speaking?
Honors Reading 7
(Period 7)
Monday: Note-taking
strategy (Cornell Notes) – textbook section on nonfiction elements;
informational text (Congo article) – discuss and review talking to text with
this article
Tuesday: RACERS
prompt with Congo article focusing on main idea
Wednesday: Quiz –
talking to text strategy (read informational article and use talking to text
strategy); RACERS prompt focusing on author’s purpose and point of view
Thursday: Read
nonfiction text and use talking to text to analyze text structure and word
choice; respond to RACERS prompt involving text structure and word choice
Friday: Discuss
nonfiction text from yesterday and RACERS prompt; Review main idea, author’s
purpose, point of view, text structure, word choice
Essential Questions: How can we effectively comprehend and
analyze informational text and use the text details to support claims?
What essential elements make up informational texts and how
do we differentiate between these elements in our analyses?
PSSA Language Arts
7/8 (Period 5B: Odd and Even Days)
Monday: (Even) Discuss summaries (T2T notes) on
PA standards article; writing lesson on introductions (Study Island)
Tuesday (Odd): Discuss
summaries (T2T notes) on PA standards article; writing lesson on introductions
(Study Island)
Wednesday (Even):
Writing lesson (introductions) – Students write their own introductions after
viewing and discussing different styles/strategies and the effective elements
of each
Thursday (Odd): Writing
lesson (introductions) – Students write their own introductions after viewing
and discussing different styles/strategies and the effective elements of each
Friday (Even): Gallery
walk (introductions) – view and discuss samples as well as give constructive
feedback, ask questions, etc.
Essential Questions: How can understanding the PSSA test and
PA standards help us achieve success on the PSSA tests?
What kinds of reading strategies help us navigate and
comprehend informational texts?
How can reading strategies, like talking to text, help us
understand questions on the PSSA tests?
What makes up an effective introduction and conclusion and how
do we incorporate these elements into our own writing?
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