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| Welcome Back! | ||||
| Holiday! | Holiday! | Community Builder: Getting
to Know You: Interview
1. Interview someone in the class whom you don't already know well. 2. Record your answers on the interview form 3. Re-introduce your partner to the class and share one item from the form. |
Handout: Writing Good Essays |
Community Builder: Getting
to Know You: If... Questions
1. Complete the Getting to Know You Questions. 2. Share your answers with someone sitting next to you 3. Volunteers to share comments with the class. |
| FCAT Writing Practice:
Goals Writing Assingment!
You will have 45 minutes to complete this timed essay. |
Complete: From the Back of the Book! and make predications about Forged By Fire | |||
| Reading Workshop | Share essays with a partner. | SR: Forged By Fire | ||
| Review the Semester Exam. | Write: A summary and response about what we read today. | |||
| Organize the Classroom & your Notebooks! | Work with writing partners to evaluate your Goals Writing: Final
Draft due Monday!
Reading Workshop if finished with peer evaluation |
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| Homework: | Homework: | Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Goals Writing Final Draft dueMon. 1/8 Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Goals Writing Final Draft due Mon. 1/8 Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
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1/8 Goals Writing Final Draft due Mon. 1/8 |
1/9 |
1/10 |
1/11 |
1/12 |
| Word in Context:
buoyant |
Analogy practice | Word in Context:
perverse |
Journal Writing: see topic on overhead | Review for quiz |
| SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | |
| Rotations:
Computers: 1. Log onto Plexus with your new individual log in and passwords 2. Review Weekly Lesson Plans, Write assignments in planner. 3. Read these Example Essays written for two different purposes |
Rotations:
Computers: Review the following links about child abuse. Take notes in order to write a response to what you read.
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Rotations:
Computers: 1. Review Letter to a Senator assignment- Rough Draft due Friday! 2. Review the following social issues links. Take notes in order to write a response to what you read.
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Rotations:
Computers: Type your letters to the senators and save to your disk to print out at Mrs. Spillane's computer, in the library, or at home. |
Unit 13 Vocabulary Quiz |
| Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. |
Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. |
Small Group:
Discuss and begin Letter to a Senator assignment |
Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. |
Peer Evaluate Letters to Senator - Final Draft Due Tuesday 1/16 |
| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop |
| Homework:
Complete Unit 13 Vocabulary (due Wed.) Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Complete Unit 13 Vocabulary (due Wed.) Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Letter to a Senator assignment- Rough Draft due Friday! Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Letter to a Senator assignment- Rough Draft due Friday! Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
final senator letters due Tuesday!
Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
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1/15 |
1/16 final draft of Senator letters due! |
1/17 |
1/18 |
1/19 Substitute |
| Martin Luther King Day!
School Holiday! |
Journal Writing: | Run On Sentences Minilesson | Bell Work:
their/there run-ons |
30 minute rotations with the substitute |
| SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | |||
| Computers:
Reveiw Letters to Characters assingmentand begin writing/typing your two letters. (Letter Writing Assignment handout) |
Computers:
Research Park Presentation 3rd Period work on letters to characters assingment |
Computers:
Investigate the CIITA program. We will be doing a presentation on a social issue realted to Forged By Fire so use your favorite search engine to find pictures, and other files to populate CITTA's media library. |
Computers: Work on your Ciita presentation- populate the media library, create your outline | |
| Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. |
Small Group:
Finish rough drafts of character letters, read up to Ch.11 in Forged by Fire silently. |
Small Group: Peer Evaluate character letters, then finish reading through Chapter 13 in Forged by Fire | ||
| Reading Workshop-
record page numbers on status of the class sheet! |
Reading Workshop-
record page numbers on status of the class sheet! |
Reading Workshop- record page numbers on status of the class sheet! | ||
| Homework:
Unit 14 Vocabulary (due Wed.) Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Unit 14 Vocabulary (due Wed.) Letter Rough drafts due Thursday, Final drafts due Monday Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Letter Rough drafts due Thursday, Final drafts due Monday Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
final draft of letters to characters due Monday. Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
final draft of letters to characters due Monday. Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
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| SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | Guest Speaker: from S.A.F.E | SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire |
| Computers:
Review Poetic Connections asssingment; begin searching for poetry on line that you think relates to Forged By Fire. Be sure to bookmark favorite poems to copy/print out later for your essay! |
Computers:
investigate/search for poetry on-line Work on Poetic Connections Essay
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Computers:
Work on Poetic Connections Essay- rough draft due Friday
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Unit 15 Vocabulary Quiz | |
| Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. |
Small Group:
(10 minutes) Complete Summary & Response to today's reading and (10 minutes) discuss your responses. OR Work on Poetic Connections Essay |
Small Group: Write
thank you notes to guest speakers.
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Writing Partners:
Work with writing partner to evaluate and edit rough draft of poetic connections essay. |
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| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | |
| Homework:
Poetic Connections Essay Rough due Friday, 1/26, Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Poetic Connections Essay Rough due Friday, 1/26, Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Poetic Connections Essay Rough due Friday, 1/26, Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Poetic Connections Essay Rough due Friday, 1/26 Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Poetic Connections Essay dueTuesday1/30 Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
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1/29 |
1/30 Poetic Connections Essay due |
1/31 |
2/1 |
2/2 End of 1st Quarter-Term 2 |
| 30 minute Rotations | ||||
| SR: Forged by Fire | SR: Forged by Fire | Small Group:
Review for Unit Test by working on essay questions from FBF |
Finish Discussing Forged by Fire | Small Group: ILE
Independent Literacy Exploration! |
| Computers:
Work on CIITA presentation. Choose your topic and populate your media library |
Computers:
Work on CIITA presentation. Choose your topic and populate your media library |
Computers:
Work on CIITA presentation. |
Forged By Fire and Vocabulary Unit Test | Computers:
Work on ciita |
| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | |
| Homework:
Turn in Poetic connections essay Tues! Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Complete Unit 15 Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Study for test Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Complete personal journal writing. |
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2/6 |
2/7 |
2/8 |
2/9 |
| Introduce Poetry Unit
Create a Collage Poem! Handout Illustrate the poem "collage style" for homework! Turn in Tuesday for a writing grade. |
Overview of Packet with Due Dates
Introduce Poetry Portfolio Assignment: Show Student Samples Due March 1st! |
Read in textbook "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" p. 543- fill in Graphic organizer about the poem & discuss it in your group | Substitute: Mrs. Spillane at National
Board Meeting.
30 minute Rotations |
Read and Discuss Poems from packet:
Graphic Organizer you copied from the computer! "Apartment House" in packet |
| Small Group:
Read a poem from your new packet and write a paragraph response to it in your journal |
Small Group:
Read a poem from assingment #1 in your packet and take notes on the poem in your graphic organizer. Discuss the poem in your small group. |
Small Group:
Read Apartment House in your packet and write a thorough response to it in your journal |
Small Group:
Read a poem from assingment #1 in your packet and take notes on the poem in your graphic organizer. Discuss the poem in your small group. |
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Computers:
Copy this Graphic Organizer! Use it to read and respond to poems in class and at home
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Computers: Magnetic Poetry! Create
your own poem and copy it into your journal!
Magnetic Poetry Link! http://www.poetryclass.net/ Go to Site Map, then scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Magnetic Poetry to create your own poem!! Work on CIITA presentation.
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Computers:
Write a poem using the magnetic poetry link from 2/7 Wednesday. Copy the poem down into your journal. then Work on CIITA presentation. and w |
Computers:
Work on CIITA presentation. |
| Reading Workshop | Poetry Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | |
| Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! |
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Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
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2/13 |
2/14 |
2/15 |
2/16 |
| Review Poetry Response Writing Assingment (in packet) Go over a poetry response on the overhead. | Read and Discuss Poem: "Women" by Alice Walker p. 556-add to graphic organizer | Read and Discuss Poem: "Ain't I a Woman" by Soujourner Truth p. 611- add to graphic organizer | Complete Peer and Self Evaluation for Response assingment and turn in., Assignment sheets on top, final draft, and rough draft. | |
| Computers:
ciita presentation-due next Thursday |
Computers:
ciita presentation due next Thursday |
Computers:
(4th period)Complete this response to Auden's poem and be prepared to discuss it tomorrow. (all other classes) ciita presentation due next Thursday |
Computers:
ciita presentation due next Thursday |
Computers:
ciita presentation due next Thursday |
| Small Group:
Read in Elements of Lit. and complete Poetic Techniques Graphic Organizer from poetry packet.Complete Imagery section p. 492-93 |
Small Group:
Work on Poetry Response assignment- can you revise a response you wrote last week? Rough draft due Thursday |
Small Group:
Read in Elements of Lit. and complete Poetic Techniques Graphic Organizer from poetry packet. Figures of Speech p. 520-21 |
Small Group:
Read in Elements of Lit. and complete Poetic Techniques Graphic Organizer from poetry packet. Complete Sounds of poetry section p. 554-55& Complete Rhyme section p. 559-60 |
Small Group:Read in Elements of Lit. and complete Poetic Techniques Graphic Organizer from poetry packet. Complete Tone section p. 586-87 and Turn in Organizer for credit! |
| Reading Workshop | Poetry Workshop
-write your own poems, collect poems for assignment 6 |
Reading Workshop | Poetry Workshop
-write your own poems, collect poems for assignment 6 |
Reading OR Poetry Workshop |
| Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
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2/19 |
2/20 |
2/21 journals due |
2/22 |
2/23 |
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Staff Development Day! |
Computer: Finalize Ciita Presentations | Rotations:
Finish Ciita Presentation |
Rotations:
Finish Ciita Presentation |
| Small Group: Writing Sonnets! Get Sonnet packet handout in class. | Small Group:
Work on Sonnet |
Small Group:
Final Draft of Sonnet due at the end of class |
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| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | ||
| Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Assignment #5 from Poetry packet due Wed. 2/21 (write a poem in the style of a poem you have read) Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Make up assignment #5 (write a poem in style of a poem you have read) Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice Poetry Portfolio |
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2/26 Field Trip Periods 1&2 to W.P.Tech |
2/27 |
2/28 |
3/1 |
3/2 |
| Read "Legal Alien" by Pat Mora p. 599
-add to graphic organizer |
Read and Discuss Poem: "Cross" in packet- add to organizer | Present Ciita Projects | Present Ciita Projects | FCAT Testing in the Morning! |
| Small Group:
Peer Evaluate each other's sonnets and write haiku or tankas |
Small Group:
Writing Poetry |
Writing Poetry |
Writing Poetry |
Small Group
I.L.E. |
| Computer: Investigate Poetry Sites from
links on For Students page.
Write/type your own poems! |
Computer:
Investigate Poetry Sites from links on For Students page. Write/type your own poems! |
Computes: Type u ppoems you have written
Tentative date for Poetry Slam- next Thursday, March 8 |
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| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop |
| Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log Journal Writing: FCAT Practice CLICK HERE FOR TOPICS! Poetry Portfolio -due next Thursday |
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End 2nd Quarter, End First Session- Term 2 |
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| FCAT Testing Periods 1 &2 | FCAT Testing
Periods 1 &2 |
Testing
Periods 1 &2 |
Spring Holidays! | |
| Computer:
Investigate Poetry Sites from links on For Students page. Write/type your own poems! |
Computer:
Write/type your own poems! |
Computer:
Write/type your own poems! |
Poetry Portfolio due! | Teacher Workday |
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Small Group: Writing for Poetry Portfolio |
Small Group: Writing for Poetry Portfolio |
Small Group:Work on Poetry Portfolio |
In class Poetry Slam!
Bring Refreshments! |
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| Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | Reading Workshop | |
| Homework:
Poetry Portfolio Read ½ hour and log |
Homework:
Practice for Poetry Slam Poetry Portfolio Read ½ hour and log |
Homework:
Practice for Poetry Slam Read ½ hour and log |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log To prepare for Romeo and Juliet complete: Perfect Mate Form with your parents-we will discuss in class 3/19! |
Homework:
Read ½ hour and log |
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| Spring Holidays!
To prepare for Romeo and Juliet complete: Perfect Mate Form with your parents-we will discuss in class 3/19! |
Spring Holidays! | Spring Holidays!
To prepare for Romeo and Juliet complete: Perfect Mate Form with your parents-we will discuss in class 3/19! |
Spring Holidays! | Spring Holidays!
To prepare for Romeo and Juliet complete: Perfect Mate Form with your parents-we will discuss in class 3/19! |