Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

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, 2017

Friday, January 6

  • MAP testing expectations
  • MAP Reading Test
HW: NONE

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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