HOMEWORK - LA Students must read 3 AR books per grading period and take 3 AR tests which count toward your grade. Plan to read 30 minutes every night. The final AR Test for the first marking period will be Tuesday Oct 15 when in the library.
- 100 point each = 300 points per grading period - Deadline is Oct 18.
- Your score on the AR test is your grade.
- LA Homework: Read your choice of AR book on your level for at least 30 minutes each night. Finish Warm-ups. Do FLOCABULARY worksheets. Quiz on Vocabulary on Friday.
- SS Homework: Read and watch the news. Read about American History.
Language Art Lessons: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Warmups
- Monday - freewrite
- Tuesday - poem and literary terms
- Wednesday - vocabulary and skills
- Thursday - review
- Friday - test
Poem
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea,
Yet never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Reflection
- Does this poem have rhyme and/or rhythm?
- What is the metaphor she uses?
- Your reaction and thoughts?
- Poem -"Hope" by Emily Dickinson
- Poetry Terms: pg 242-243 in Writers Inc.
- Literary Terms - stanza, verse, internal rhyme
Emily Dickinson Biography from Wikipedia
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts,
to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly
introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an
eccentric by the locals, Dickinson was a prolific private poet yet fewer than a dozen of
her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote;
they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.Emily Dickinson Video and Website
Language Arts
Cores 2 & 3Vocabulary - Flocabulary, a website with rapping vocabulary lessons - "The Great Escape" List and worksheets, test.
Essential Questions
- What elements are included in a non-ficiton?
- What ways does the Reader connect to the article?
- What Reading Strategies do we use with non-fiction vocab?
- Essay: What makes Malala a crusader? What impact has her crusade had?
- Read "Malala The Powerful" from the Scholastic Scope Magazine, 5-9
- Copy the Essential Questions and hold them till after you read the article.
- Vocabulary. Define these words: rural, plagued, pseudonym, refugees, vigils, unwittingly
- Preview the article reading the captions and the graphics. Write a statement to predict what the article will be about.
- Read half the article together aloud in class. Read the other half independently.
- On your paper, answer the EQ's.
- Write an essay to answer the two questions about Malala.
Core 1
Vocabulary - Power Plus Text issued to students. Exercises in the book.
Essential Questions
- How do Award Winning Writers from the Scholastic Awards 2013, convey ideas about writing basic elements in fiction, non-fiction, drama, journalism and microfiction?
- What are the elements of each genre?
Lesson: "Dangerous Happiness" using Close Reading
- Read the article.
- Review vocabulary and meaning
- Discuss questions. Write answers.
- Essay connecting text to self.
Extension
Activity for "Dangerous Happiness" Commentary
Character Analysis Essay
After reading the commentary by Deb Weisgall,
"Dangerous Happiness" you became familiar with the Jo March character
from the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Jo was a memorable character to Deb
Weisgall. Think of a book that you have read recently that portrayed your
favorite fictional character and write an essay about that character. Describe
“what makes him/her tick” including a description, relationships, problems and
challenges the character faces.
1. Summarize the book plot, and explain
your favorite character in detail.
2. Describe why you were drawn to this
character and why? How did you relate to it?
Revise with writing
partners, edit, print and turn into the tray. Save in Google Drive and post on
your Writing Blog.
Lesson: Writing a Dramatic piece
- 10 minute drama guide (see other blog post)
- Elements of drama
- Write your own play: draft, revise, edit, publish on Google docs
Technology Integration
- Create a blog using Google Blogger
- Use Drive for peer revisions
- Create a contact list
- Collaborate to collect data using these tools
RTI - Reading
- Skills on Compass Learning - individually assigned
- Skills to practice
- SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) on Friday
Social Studies
Chapter 4: Finish Test and Essay, review and turn into the tray.
Chapter 5:
Essay
The Patriots fought hard
taking the colony toward independence. What basic beliefs drove them to do
this? Fundamentally, why did they organize and fight the British? Name three reasons
and explain each in paragraph form with an introduction, body and conclusion.
Homework:
Study and reread the textbook for information. Take good notes. Watch,
read or listen to the news. Essential Questions
- EQ: What factors caused the Patriots to rise up against the British?
- EQ: How did the Patriots move toward independence?
CNN Student News for events, and geography
Discussion of world news, reflection and commentary.
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