Sunday, September 29, 2013

Week of 9/30

Monday- 
Bell Ringers:  Select the correct answer and circle the context clues.
9/30

1. James is a STAUNCH supporter of his family
A. Impossible to recover   B. Producing wealth  C. Steadfast; loyal D. a stock of works  E. first public appearance

10/1

2. After loosing $10,000 last year, he closed the business when it was no longer LUCRATIVE..
A. Impossible to recover B. Producing wealth C. Steadfast; loyal D. a stock of works E. first public appearance

10/2

3. Terrified of this new experience, the singer was nervous before her DEBUT..
A. Impossible to recover B. Producing wealth C. Steadfast; loyal D. a stock of works E. first public appearance

10/3

4. The singer's REPERTOIRE was limited to show tunes.
A. Impossible to recover B. Producing wealth C. Steadfast; loyal D. a stock of works E. first public appearance



10/4
5. After the computer crashed, the files were IRRETRIEVABLE.
A. Impossible to recover B. Producing wealth C. Steadfast; loyal D. a stock of works E. first public appearance

Monday, 9/30- Tuesday, 10/1
1. Students will review essay structure and methods to answer an essay question.
Steps to writing an essay question:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/737/1/

Applying the organizational strategies discussed in today's lesson, students will write a response on the following:
Prompt 1:
Imagine you were given one thousand dollars and told to use the money to help someone. Who would you choose to help? How would you spend the money?

Prompt 2:
Think about a person from history that you would consider a hero. What were some of that person's achievements? Why do you consider that person a hero? How have that person's accomplishments affected modern history? Be specific and use examples.

Students will finish their responses and submit their work to www.turnitin.com
Tips:
Be sure you keep a clear focus. (Stick to a yes or no answer. NO MAYBE)
Pay attention to your grammar.
Give as many examples as possible to support your stance.
Make sure you justify each of your key points with support.

-Clearly restate the question or topic 
-SUPPORT YOUR OPINION WITH SPECIFIC DETAILS
-PRESENT YOUR IDEAS CLEARLY AND LOGICALLY
-USE WORDS AND WELL-CONSTRUCTED SENTENCES EFFECTIVELY
-CORRECT ANY ERRORS IN SPELLING, PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

REMEMBER TO WORK CAREFULLY, BECAUSE A CLEAR FOCUS WILL HELP COMPLETE THE OTHER STAGES OF THE ESSAY MORE SUCCESSFULLY!!

Wednesday, 10/2- Thursday, 10/3

Students will read the short story "Masque of the Red Death"

1. Edgar Allen Poe
www.PHSchool.com (use web code: eqe 9210)

Edgar Allan Poe- Born 1809
One of the first great American storytellers
His work helped define the  term "Short Story"
Lived a tragic life
-orphaned at the age of 3
-Lived with a foster family -The Allans (his middle name)
-They paid for his college - However, they stopped paying when Edgar ran up gambling debts
--Married Virginia Clemm- died from tuberculous in 1887
-Poe became antisocial and depressed
-Was found delirious on a Baltimore street and died three days later- 1849

1. Students will open their packets - read footnotes and vocabulary words
2. Students will make predictions
3. As a class, students and teacher will discuss the concept of "trust"
4. Students will read the story
5. Students will answer questions following the story
6. Students will complete a plot structure

Assessment: Plot structure worksheet

(to review key elements of the story)

2. Students will discuss the Red Death: Text pg. 339
-Ring Around the Rosy: Ring around the Rosy? Yes, you read it right. Most all of us know this common nursery rhyme, but do you know where it originated? Ring around the Rosy is actually a song about the Black Plague that originated in England. It says, "Ring around the rosy" meaning the red, rosy rings that form around the sores when you are infected. "Pocket full of Posy" resembles the sweet-smelling herbs, called posies, that were placed in peoples' pockets because they thought that bad smells contracted disease. "Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down" is translated to be the massive amounts of death and cremation of bodies during the 14th century in Europe when the disease broke out. Not such a fun and friendly nursery rhyme anymore, is it?

-Facts about the Black Death- http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/06/09_black-death.html

3.Students will learn about Symbolism-
Students will read page 338 in their text

- Symbols around us; In pairs, students should make a list of symbols encountered in everyday life...for example:  A green light tells you that it is your turn to go;  A red light tells you that it is your turn to stop;  A bell may signal the beginning of the school day 
Now it is your turn: List as many symbols as you can and indicate their meaning

Allegory -
An allegory is a story intended to be read on a symbolic level.  In an allegorical story, the characters, settings and events are intended to have meanings independent of the actions in the surface story.  For example, a story may stand for the entire world.  In fact, the entire story can be seen as a symbol representing a truth about a condition of life.

Now it is your turn: List as many symbols as you can and indicate their meaning
- Students will open their packets - read footnotes and vocabulary words
- Students will make predictions
- As a class, students and teacher will discuss the concept of "trust"
- Students will read the story
- Students will answer questions following the story
- Students will complete a plot struct


4. Students will read and take notes on "Masque of the Red Death" page 340
Friday: Students will Complete the follow up questions on page 348
All answers will be written in the notebook and discussed
Students will complete the Plot Structure Worksheet

Friday, 10/4 - "Castle/ Symbolism Map"


To assess comprehension of the story and review writing concepts, students will complete a "Castle/ Symbolism Map"

Students will need:
Prentice Hall Literature Book
- Study Guide Questions Handout
- Sample Missing Person’s Report
- Rubric
- Paper
- Pencil/Pen

Assessment- Rubric

5 Paragraph essay format LINK
5 Paragraph Outline LINK

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.

Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language
R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Monkey's Paw /Answering Essay Questions

Bell Ringer:
9/ 16 -
What is situational irony?

9/17-
Define Foreshadowing

9/18-

9/19-

9/20-

Goal: Students will read Monkey's Paw

Monday/ Tuesday-

The Monkey's Paw

Goals: Students will read, comprehend and interpret a short story
2. Students make personal connections to the story
3. Students will explore foreshadowing
4. Students will respond to the story through writing, speaking and listening 
Procedure:

1. Students will read "The Monkey's Paw" in their packet -p 45
2. Students will review key points of the essay
3. Students will make predictions about the "Paw" 
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing
5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story
6. Students will Answer questions on page 53 and complete a worksheet
7. Students will complete a plot structure worksheet

Assessment:  There will be a short quiz following the reading

Closure:
9/16- Find an example of situational irony in the story
9/17 -  Find an example of foreshadowing in the story


Standards: 

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language

Wednesday/ Thursday- 

Goal: Students will be able to understand how to answer a prompt/ essay question


1. Students will review steps to writing an essay question

Wednesday- Assessment
1. Students will review essay structure and methods to answer an essay question.
Steps to writing an essay question:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/737/1/

Applying the organizational strategies discussed in today's lesson, students will write a journal on the following:
Everyone has the ability to change his/ her fate.  How does this saying apply to the main characters in "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets"? Be specific and use examples.
Thursday -  Students will finish their essays and submit their work to www.turnitin.com
Tips:
Be sure you keep a clear focus. (Stick to a yes or no answer. NO MAYBE)
Pay attention to your grammar.
Give as many examples as possible to support your stance.
Make sure you justify each of your key points with support.

5 Paragraph essay format LINK
5 Paragraph Outline LINK

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language



Academic Content Standards:
15.1.11A- Write with a distinctive focus.
1.5.11B- Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic.
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Monkey's Paw

Wednesday, 9/5, Thursday, 9/6 and Friday 9/7

Bell Ringer
9/12
Circle the context clues in the sentence.  Select the correct answer

COUNTERFEITING
WARRENS
TITANIC
TREMULOUS
PSYCHOPATHIC



Procedure:
1. Students will read "The Monkey's Paw" on page46 in the packet 
2.Students will discuss "Fables and Folk Lore"
3. Students will make predictions about the "Monkey's Paw" 
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing
5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story
6. Students will Answer questions on page 53 and complete a worksheet
7. Students will complete structure worksheet

Assessment:  There will be a short quiz following the reading

Closure:
Study for Vocab 2 test tomorrow.

Standards: 
R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets

Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets
Monday, 9/9

Bell Ringer
Circle the context clues in the sentence.  Select the correct answer

9/10
Circle the context clues in the sentence.  Select the correct answer
1. He had financial issues, so he decided to make his own money.  He was sent off to Leavenworth for seven years for COUNTERFEITING.
A. Having great power B. With danger mental disorder C. Making illegal imitations D.Trembling; quivering  E. Maze like passages

2.Out of the WARRENS in the wall, tiny little robot mice darted.
A. Having great power B. With danger mental disorder C. Making illegal imitations D.Trembling; quivering  E. Maze like passages

3. Still farther over, their images burned on the wood in one TITANIC instant.
A. Having great power B. With danger mental disorder C. Making illegal imitations D.Trembling; quivering  E. Maze like passages

9/11
1. The the leave of tremulous palm trees swayed in the cold wind.
A. Having great power B. With danger mental disorder C. Making illegal imitations D.Trembling; quivering  E. Maze like passages


2. In the kitchen, the stove could be seen making breakfasts at a PSYCHOPATHIC rate, ten dozen eggs, six loaves of toast, twenty dozen bacon strips, which, eaten by the fire, started the stove working again, hysterically hissing!

A. Having great power B. With danger mental disorder C. Making illegal imitations D.Trembling; quivering  E. Maze like passages


REMINDER: 
Vocab Unit 2 Test Friday

1. Students will learn to make conclusions using clues/ context clues
A. Each student will get a sheet of paper
B. Students will review "evidence: from a crime scene
C. Students will evaluate the circumstances and reasons for the victim's death
D. After reviewing the evidence, the students will write a short paragraph discussing the cause of the person's death.  Students will also list "character traits"  that are evident from the evidence.

Students will offer their opinions of other "popular mysteries"
Procedure:
1. Students will read the introduction to "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets" on page 2 of their text.2. Students will discuss why people take risks
3. Students will make predictions about the "Contents" and begin reading
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing
5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story
6. Students will Answer questions on page 19 and complete a worksheet
7. Students will complete a plot structure worksheet
Assessment:  There will be a short quiz following the reading

Materials: Packets, Smart Board, highlighters, pens
Tuesday:  Vocab Unit 2 is due
Closure
Use GRIMACE in an original sentence

Closure:  Use COUNTERFEITING in a sentence
R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets

Wednesday, 9/4

Bell Ringer
9/4
What is a series of events in a story?

9/5
Name the protagonist in "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets"

REMINDER: 
Short Story Terms Test - Thursday, 9/5
Vocab Unit 1 Test - Friday, 9/6

1. Students will learn to make conclusions using clues/ context clues
A. Each student will get a sheet of paper
B. Students will review "evidence: from a crime scene
C. Students will evaluate the circumstances and reasons for the victim's death
D. After reviewing the evidence, the students will write a short paragraph discussing the cause of the person's death.  Students will also list "character traits"  that are evident from the evidence.

Students will offer their opinions of other "popular mysteries"

Procedure:
1. Students will read the introduction to "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets" on page 2 of their text.2. Students will discuss why people take risks
3. Students will make predictions about the "Contents" and begin reading
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing
5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story
6. Students will Answer questions on page 19 and complete a worksheet
7. Students will complete structure worksheet
Assessment:  There will be a short quiz following the reading

Materials: Packets, Smart Board, highlighters, pens
Standards:

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language

Monday, September 2, 2013

Vocab Review/ Test Prep



Bell Ringer:  Define Fate.  Use complete sentences.

Goals:
Students will review vocabulary and examine context clues
Students will complete a pre-reading strategy by writing a response as a prediction to story outcomes.
Students will be introduced to TURNITIN.COM
I.
1. Students will review vocab unit 1
2. Teacher will check for completion


II. . Students will sign-on to a new account to www.turnitin.com
 
Once signed in, students will answer the following questions: 
1. Should people be content with his/ her life as it is? Why/ Why not?
2. Should people attempt to change fate?  Why?/ Why not?
-Please answer using complete sentences
-Remember to restate each question in your response
- Please remember to use specific example in your answer
**Each response paragraph must have an intro., middle and conclusion.

Closure: What List four forms of characterization
 
This week:
Wednesday - Short Story Terms Test
Thursday - Read in class
Friday - Vocab test - Unit 1 ;  Students will continue reading
 Academic Content Standards:
15.1.11A- Write with a distinctive focus.
1.5.11B- Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic.
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization