Thursday, May 18

• Warm-up: Read article and answer questions
• Read a drama and answer questions

HW: NONE

Tuesday, May 16

• Warm-up: Read and analyze an article then answer questions 1-4
• Present drama scripts

HW: None

Monday, May 15

• Warm-up: Complete "Casey at the Bat" question on the Compare/Contrast document
• Finish writing group drama/script
• Revise and edit drama/script

HW: Finish group drama/script - SHARE WITH MS. BACA WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

Friday, May 12

• Warm-up: Watch Casey at the Bat and compare/contrast it to the written version
• Plan/draft drama script (group project)

HW: NONE

Thursday, May 11

• Warm-up: Casey at the Bat questions (Google Classroom)
• Continue planning and drafting drama (group project)

HW: None

Wednesday, May 10

• Warm-up: Finish annotating "Casey at the Bat" - discuss
• Start planning your group drama project

HW: Finish "The Curse of King Tut" questions. SEE YESTERDAY'S BLOG POST ON HOW TO LOG IN TO SCOPE.

Tuesday, May 9

• Finish "The Curse of King Tut" questions (Google Classroom)
• Watch a short video - historical background information about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League 
• Read a drama - "When Girls Ruled Baseball"
• Warm-up: Read and annotate "Casey at the Bat"

HW: Finish "The Curse of King Tut" questions 

• Link to "The Curse of King Tut"  drama from Scope
• Scope Login info: Click on Student Sign In
• Password: rtms8
• Click on Past Issues
• Click on the February 2017 issue

Monday, May 8

• Finish answering questions for "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" 
• The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - online text version
• Reader's Theater - "The Curse of King Tut" (Scope)
• Answer questions for "The Curse of King Tut" (Google Classroom)

HW: Finish "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" questions

Friday, Cinco de Mayo

• Finish reading "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (Drama)
• Discuss the compare/contrast graphic organizer (on Google Classroom)
• Watch the filmed version of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" - complete graphic organizer and discuss
• Answer reading comprehension questions for "The Monsters..."

HW: NONE - We will complete the reading comprehension questions on Monday in class.

Thursday, May 4

• Finish MAP testing
• What is Drama? - define and learn the elements of a drama
• Read "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

HW: Please complete any missing assignments (Editorial Final, Historical Narrative, Historical Research Plan) - they are DUE TOMORROW!!!

Wednesday, May 3

• MAP Reading assessment
• Complete any of the missing assignments:
• Editorial Final
• Historical Research Plan
• Historical Narrative

HW: Work on any of those missing assignments. They must be turned in by FRIDAY, MAY 5.

Tuesday, May 2

• Continue MAP Reading assessment

HW: NONE

Monday, May 1

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Symbolism
• MAP Reading assessment

HW: NONE

Friday, April 28

• Warm-up: Read, analyze, and answer questions to the poem "Ode to Family Photographs"
• Continue typing your historical narrative
• Read historical fiction novel

HW: Finish typing your historical narrative - DUE TODAY

Thursday, April 27

• Type final copy of your historical narrative 

HW: Type your final historical narrative

Wednesday, April 26

• Peer revise and edit historical narratives
• Write narratives - the ending

HW: Finish historical narrative rough draft - DUE TOMORROW!

Tuesday, April 25

• Warm-up (1st-6th periods only): Read and analyze "How Do I Love Thee?" poem
• Watch a TEDEd video - slowing down your narrative writing
• Focus on your falling action in your narrative
• Write your historical narrative

HW: Write narrative for at least 20 minutes

Monday, April 24

• Warm-up: Read and analyze the poem "A Barred Owl" - complete chart and answer the question
• Read historical novels - 20 minutes
• Plan your climax and start thinking about the resolution/end of your historical narrative

HW: Write your narrative for 20 minutes tonight

Friday, April 21

• Read historical novels and identify significant events the author has created
• Plan/write rising action events for your historical fiction narrative

HW: NONE

Thursday, April 20

• Read historical novels and identify how the author creates and uses dialogue to craft their story
• Finish planning the exposition (beginning) of your historical narrative
• Begin planning the rising action of your narrative

HW: Plan or write your rising action for 20 minutes

Wednesday, April 19

• Read and analyze student samples of a historical fiction narrative - identify elements of a narrative: dialogue, descriptive language, theme...
• Begin planning the exposition/beginning of your historical narrative

HW: Finish any historical research on your document 

Tuesday, April 18

• Read historical novels (25 minutes) and identify descriptive language the author uses to create the characters, settings, and events (record these in your writer's notebook)
• Historical event research

HW: Finish historical event research

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Monday, April 17

• Warm-up: "From the Wave" complete the chart from Friday
• Read *historical fiction novels for 20 minutes
• Research your historical event

HW: Research your event for 20 minutes

*Bring your historical novel if you purchased your own copy

Friday, April 15

• Author Visit - Judith Rose
• Listen for tips on how to write a narrative (take notes in your notebook)

HW: None

Thursday, April 14

• Warm-up: Finish reading/analyzing the poem "From the Wave"; answer questions 1-4
• Discuss historical book choices: assign book to read
• Begin historical narrative research

HW: Research for 15-20 minutes on your historical event

Friday, April 7

• PARCC Test - Math Unit 1 and Unit2

HW: NONE

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Thursday, April 6

• PARCC Test - ELA Unit 2 and Unit 3

HW: NONE

Wednesday, April 5

• Finish "Betrayed by America" questions
• Read peer's editorial and write a response

HW: Finish "Betrayed by America" questions

• Go to www.scope.scholastic.com
• Click on Student Sign-In
• Password: rtms8

Tuesday, April 4

• Discuss PARCC schedule, procedures, and class assignment (testing class)
• Continue answering questions for "Betrayed by America" - Scope article

HW: NONE

Friday, March 24

• Read "Betrayed by America" from Scope
• Answer questions to "Betrayed by America" (on Google Classroom

HW: NONE

Thursday, March 23

• Warm-up: Complete Thursday and Friday of "Santorio Santorio..." - Plan/Outline and Reading Response
• Create your editorial slide - make sure to change sharing options on your editorial document before pasting the link onto your slide
• Finish questions from "From Terror to Hope/Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America"

HW: Finish any late assignments:

• Final Editorial
• Editorial Slide
• "From Terror to Hope..." questions

Wednesday, March 22

• Warm-up: Answer questions 4-7 for "Santorio Santorio and the Thermometer"
• Finish reading and answering questions "From Terror to Hope/Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America"
• Begin designing editorial slide 

HW: Finish answering Scope article questions -"From Terror to Hope/Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America"
Click the link to the article. Sign in on the Student Sign In link and use the password rtms8. Go to Pass Issues and find the September 2016 issue. 

Tuesday, March 21

• Warm-up: Answer questions 1-3 for "Santorio Santorio and the Thermometer" (Identifying the central idea/theme in a text)
• Watch a video about 9/11
• Read two articles - "From Terror to Hope" and "Growing Up in Post 9/11 America" (Identify how two authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information)
• Answer questions for the articles (in Google Classroom)

HW: None

Monday, March 20

• Discuss Author Visit - Order Form for Judith Rose's book Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco
• Historical Novel Choice - form in in  Google Classroom
• Warm-up: Read and annotate "Santorio Santorio and the Thermometer"
• Type final copy of Editorial - DUE TODAY

HW: Finish typing final copy of editorial

Friday, March 17

• Finish Speed Revising activity
• Review Final Editorial expectations - review rubric
• Start typing final editorial (Google Classroom)

HW: Enjoy the nice weather! 

Thursday, March 16

• Speed Revising Activity - revising your editorial with peers

HW: Rough draft of your editorial must be complete

Wednesday, March 15

• Review editorial Rough Draft Checklist (on Google Classroom)
• Write rough draft

HW: Finish writing your editorial rough draft. IT MUST BE COMPLETE IN ORDER TO PEER REVISE TOMORROW!!!

Tuesday, Pi Day

• Continue planning your editorial
• Conference with Ms. Baca if you need help, guidance, and feedback

HW: Finish planning your editorial

Monday, March 13

• Warm-up: Read, analyze, and discuss Editorial Format and Example (Google Classroom)
• Read and analyze "Substitute..." editorial
• Begin planning your editorial in your Writer's Notebook

HW: Plan your editorial for 20-30 minutes

Friday, March 10

• Warm-up: Read the blog - How to Write an Editorial. Take notes on graphic organizer (link and graphic organizer are in Google classroom)
• Discuss
• Read and analyze an editorial - "Gym Class Villians" (paper copy)
• Identify editorial elements (highlight, annotate, and discuss)
• Review and discuss Editorial Format (on Google Classroom)

HW: Move your clocks forward this weekend!! Daylight Savings begins!

Thursday, March 9

1st - 6th Periods

• Warm-up: Answer questions 1-3 for the Adoption article
• Continue your research for your editorial topic

HW: Finish your research document. Wear your Broncos gear or Blue and Orange tomorrow!!!!

7th Period:

• Continue researching your editorial/opinion topic

HW: Work on your research - read at least one article and fill out your research document

Wednesday, March 8

1st-6th Periods:

• Warm-up: Read and analyze "Adoptive Conversation..." article - Identify the author's opinion about adoptive parents
• Continue to research opinion/editorial topic
• fill out graphic organizer
• find, read, and analyze 2 articles that support your opinion/topic
• find, read, and analyze 2 articles that are against your opinion/topic

HW: Research your topic for 30 minutes and work on your graphic organizer

7th Period:

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Editorial
• Discuss Editorial/Opinion assignment
• Choose a topic for your editorial/opinion paper and begin research

HW: Research your topic for 30 minutes and work on your graphic organizer

Tuesday, March 7

1st -6th Periods:

• Warm-up: Answer questions to the "Driverless cars..." article (#1-4)
• Discuss Editorial assignment and brainstorm ideas for controversial topics
• Start Editorial assignment document

HW: Spend 30 minutes finding and reading articles about your topic

7th Period:

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Editorial
• Read and discuss "Driverless cars..." article
• Begin answering questions #1-4

HW: Complete questions #1-4 for "Driverless cars..." article

Monday, March 6

1st - 6th Periods:

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Editorial
• Read, analyze, and discuss the Pro/Con article "Driverless cars..."

HW: NONE

7th Period:

• Work on completing the "Terrible Things" and "Child of the Holocaust" reading response - due today

HW: Complete reading response if you did not finish it in class

Friday, March 3

• Warm-up: Answer questions 1-3 on the "Boy Scouts..." article
• Finish writing the reading response to "Terrible Things" and "Child of the Holocaust" 

HW: NONE

Thursday, March 2

• Warm-up: Read, annotate, and identify arguments in an article - "Boy Scouts Are Feeling the Heat..."
• Continue writing your "Terrible Things" and "Child of the Holocaust" (reading analysis)

HW: NONE

Wednesday, March 1

• Warm-up: Answer questions (2) for the Pro/Con article
• Discuss the Reading Response for "Terrible Things" and "Child of the Holocaust" (analyzing two authors' presentation of key information about the same topic)
• Reading Response Outline
• Plan and draft Reading Response

HW: NONE

Tuesday, February 28

• Warm-up: Read and annotate "Pro/Con - Should Athletes Kneel?"
• Re-read "Terrible Things" and annotate
• Complete Graphic Organizer
• Watch "Child of the Holocaust" 
• Complete Graphic Organizer

HW: NONE

Monday, February 27

• Finish the Holocaust: Part I and II articles and questions
• Vocabulary - Allegory
• Read and annotate "Terrible Things: An Allegory"

HW: Finish the Holocaust articles/questions if you do not finish in class.

Friday, February 24

• Discuss what is cause and effect
• Identifying causes and effects in a historical text and understanding the impact of these causes and effects
• Read and analyze "The Holocaust: Part I and II"
• Answer questions

HW: NONE

Thursday, February 23

• Warm-up: Finish the Scope worksheet from Wednesday - Finding and Using Text Evidence
• Start writing a short constructed response for the Lou Gehrig speech and video (compare and contrast)

HW: NONE

Wednesday, February 22

• Warm-up: Fill in the chart for the Lou Gehrig speech
• Read a Scope article and complete the Text Evidence worksheet

HW: None

Tuesday, February 21

• Library - book return and check out
• Finish "Black Sunday" questions
• Read and discuss Lou Gehrig's speech - what was his tone and mood? How do you know? (Use text evidence to support your response)
• Watch the speech and discuss the impact it has after reading and viewing it.

HW: NONE

Wednesday, February 15

• Warm-up: Complete "The Flaming Sky" warm-up - Using descriptive language to create mood.
• Read Scope article - "Black Sunday" and respond to questions (Google Classroom)

HW: Enjoy your five day weekend! 

Tuesday, February 14

• Warm-up: "The Flaming Sky" - Identifying mood in a text
• Continue reading Lions of Little Rock
• Complete graphic organizer - DUE TODAY AT THE END OF CLASS

HW: NONE

Monday, February 13

• Warm-up: Read and analyze the Scope article "The Flaming Sky"
• Link is provided in Google Classroom
• Log in to Scope as a Student using the password: rtms8
• Click on Past Issues and go to October 2016
• Complete the Monday chart on the Google document
• Read Historical Account - Recalling Little Rock's Segregation Battle
• fill out your graphic organizer
• Read Lions of Little Rock
• fill out your graphic organizer 

HW: Finish reading The Flaming Sky and complete the graphic organizer if you did not finish it in class

Friday, February 10

• Warm-up: Discuss "Fly Girls..." article
• Read a historical account Lions of Little Rock Historical Account
• Continue reading Lions of Little Rock

HW: NONE

Thursday, February 9

Periods 1-6:

• Warm-up: Re-read WWII Fly Girls article; with a partner - answer and discuss Assessment and Discussion Questions
• Read historical account article for Lions of Little Rock Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
• Begin reading Lions of Little Rock
• Fill out graphic organizer

HW: NONE

Period 7:

• Read Historical Account articles - Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and Memoirs in Black and White: Growing Up in the Segregated South
• Fill out graphic organizers
• Begin reading Lions of Little Rock

HW: NONE

Wednesday, February 8

Periods 1-6:

• Warm-up: Read article "Female WWII Pilots..."
• Takes notes in your writer's notebook
• Read "Memoirs in Black and White: Growing Up in the Segregated South"
• Discuss and fill out graphic organizer
• Preview Lions of Little Rock novel

HW: NONE

Period 7:

• Finish writing reading response for Esperanza Rising - DUE TODAY

HW: Finish reading response

Tuesday, February 7

• Warm-up: Answer questions for the poem "To a Daughter Leaving Home"
• Finish typing reading response for Revolution

HW: Finish Reading Response

7th Period:

• Warm-up: Answer questions for the poem "To a Daughter Leaving Home"
• Start reading response for Esperanza Rising

HW: NONE

Monday, February 6

• Warm-up: Read and discuss poem - "To a Daughter Leaving Home"
• Review Revolution reading response requirements (rubric and outline)
• Work on reading response

HW: NONE

7th Period:

• Warm-up: Read and discuss poem - "To a Daughter Leaving Home"
• Read Esperanza Rising - complete graphic organizer
• Discuss reading response requirements (rubric and outline)
• Begin writing reading response

HW: NONE

Friday, February 3

• Read historical account
• Fill out graphic organizer
• Read chapters 55-56 (Revolution)
• Fill out graphic organizer
• Start reading response for Revolution

HW: NONE

7th Period:

• Read historical account
• Fill out graphic organizer
• Read Esperanza Rising
• Fill out graphic organizer

HW: NONE

Thursday, February 2

• Read two historical accounts
• Fill out graphic organizer
• Read chapters 53-54
• Fill out graphic organizer

HW: None

Tuesday, January 31

• Library - Book return/check-out
• What do you know about the Civil Rights Movement? - class discussion
• Read historical account - Remembering Freedom Summer
• Read chapter 1 of Revolution (novel)

HW: None

Monday, January 30

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Plot Twist
• Work on Someone Named Eva Reading Response
• Read historical account - "Freedom Summer" from Revolution document

HW: Finish Reading Response

Thursday, January 26

• Warm-up: Plan and draft a two-voice poem
• Read chapter 3/4 and Author's Note (p. 194) in Someone Named Eva
• Work on graphic organizer
• Read Scope article(s) - Links on Google Classroom

HW: NONE

Tuesday, January 24

• Warm-up: Read and annotate a two-voice poem: The Veteran and the Young Soldier
• Read and discuss a historical article
• Finish reading chapter 2 in Someone Named Eva
• Fill out graphic organizer - Compare/Contrast

HW: NONE

Monday, January 23

• Warm-up: Two-Voice Poetry - What is it?
• Read a historical account about Germanization
• Read chapter 2 of Someone Named Eva
• Compare/contrast fictional portrayal to historical account

• HW: Continue working on compare/contrast graphic organizer - add historical information from the "Stolen..." article.

Friday, January 20

• Warm-up: Answer final question for Little Women
• Read chapter 4 of My Friend the Enemy
• Complete reading response for My Friend the Enemy

HW: NONE

Thursday, January 19

• Warm-up: Answer Thursday's question (reading response) for Little Women
• Read historical account (links) for My Friend the Enemy
• Read chapter 3 - My Friend the Enemy

HW: NONE

Wednesday, January 18

• Warm-up: Answer questions 1-3 for Little Women
• Read chapter 2 - My Friend the Enemy
• Read a historical account
• Continue filling out compare/contrast graphic organizer

HW: NONE

Tuesday, January 17

• Warm-up: Read and annotate Little Women excerpt 
• What is historical fiction?
• Read chapter one from My Friend the Enemy

HW: Read two historical accounts from the My Friend the Enemy document to learn more about World War II in Britain. Begin filling out graphic organizer on the document (does not need to be completed tonight).

7th Period:

• Warm-up: Read and annotate Little Women excerpt 
• What is historical fiction?
• Read chapter one from My Friend the Enemy

HW: None

Friday, January 13

• Reading Response - Compare/Contrast the "I Have a Dream" speech
• Complete Station 5 questions
• Complete Station 1 questions

HW: Complete Stations 1, 3-5 questions

Thursday, January 12

• Discuss "I Have a Dream" annotations
• Work on Station 3 questions
• Work on Station 4 questions

HW: Finish Station 3 & 4 questions

7th Period:

• Watch "I Have a Dream" speech
• Annotate speech together
• Compare and contrast the written speech to the video/audio version

HW: Finish questions from Station 4 (packet)

Wednesday, January 11

1st, 2nd, and 6th Periods:

• Warm-up: What do we know about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement?
• Read "I Have a Dream" speech
• Watch speech
• Annotate the speech

HW: Complete annotations and complete Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the text speech to the video version (I Have a Dream packet)

7th Period:

• Warm-up: What do we know about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement?
• Read "I Have a Dream" speech

HW: Highlight and define unfamiliar words in "I Have a Dream speech; highlight words and phrases that are repeated in speech

Tuesday, January 10

• Library for book returns and check-out
• Finish MAP Reading test
• Read Civil Rights Movement: An Overview

HW: Read a Civil Rights Movement: An Overview - complete the graphic organizer at the beginning of the article
-Finish The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. article and questions from Monday

Monday, January 9

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Allude (allusion)
• Read "The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr." - answer question(s) at the bottom of the article
• If you finish the Martin Luther King article, start reading "The Civil Rights: An Overview"

HW: Finish reading "The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr." and answer question(s).

Friday, January 6

• MAP testing expectations
• MAP Reading Test

HW: NONE

Wednesday, January 4

• Enter Amelia Reading Scores into a Google Form 
• Reflect on Semester 1 - setting goals for Semester 2 (in Writer's Notebook)

HW: NONE