Lesson Plans for December 9-12 (Friday no school for Students!)

HOMEWORK - LA Students must read 3 AR books per grading period and take 3 AR tests which count toward your grade. Plan to read 35 minutes every night. The next AR Test will be Nov 26.

• 100 point each = 300 points per grading period - next deadline is Nov 26 
• 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 when unit is complete.
• SS Homework: Read and watch the news. Read about American History.

 

Language Art Lessons: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Warmups - none this week

• Monday - freewrite
• Tuesday - poem and literary terms
• Wednesday - vocabulary and skills
• Thursday - review 
• Friday - test 

Poem

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost 

Because I could not stop for Death (712)

  by Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death – 
He kindly stopped for me –  
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –  
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility – 

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –  
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –  
We passed the Setting Sun – 

Or rather – He passed us – 
The Dews drew quivering and chill – 
For only Gossamer, my Gown – 
My Tippet – only Tulle – 

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground – 
The Roof was scarcely visible – 
The Cornice – in the Ground – 

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads 
Were toward Eternity – 

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15395#sthash.DoqQ8sP0.dpuf

Because I could not stop for Death (712)

  by Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death – 
He kindly stopped for me –  
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –  
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility – 

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –  
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –  
We passed the Setting Sun – 

Or rather – He passed us – 
The Dews drew quivering and chill – 
For only Gossamer, my Gown – 
My Tippet – only Tulle – 

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground – 
The Roof was scarcely visible – 
The Cornice – in the Ground – 

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads 
Were toward Eternity – 

- See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15395#sthash.DoqQ8sP0.dpuf

Reflection

1. What is the extended metaphor in this poem or what is the comparison here to a bigger idea?
2. What does Frost mean when he says "miles to go before I sleep?"
3. Your reaction and thoughts? 

• Poetry Terms: pg 242-243 in Writers Inc. 
• iambic- an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, 

Stanza - a division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains

• couplet - two line stanza
• triplet - three line stanza
• quatrain - four line stanza
• quintet - five line stanza
• sestet- six line stanza
• septet - seven line stanza
• octave- eight line stanza

 

• Extended Metaphor –  A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
  
  The Form of this Poem 
   Frost the Author and his poem
  
  
  

 Language Arts 

Core 1

Vocabulary - Power Plus Lesson 3

Readings - "A Christmas Carol" adapted version 
Theme and Symbols

Writing 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?

Writing

• Research revision and publication 
• Personal Memoir 

Essential Questions 

• What is the relationship between information, data and research?
• What Reading Strategies do we use with non-fiction vocab? 

Cores 2,3

Vocabulary - Flocabulary "The Battle of Brooklyn"
Words, definitions, usage, sentences and test

Technology Integration

• Revision in Google Drive

RTI - Mon + Tue = Math

Wed + Thur = Reading

Friday = Core class with SSR

Social Studies 

CNN Student News

Watch this special broadcast and take notes on the organizer. Discuss the news of the day in small groups and whole class.

History Alive! (brown text) 102-140

Chapter 8: Creating the Constitution
Create and maintain Text Outline and Notes
Test this week

• Early Quarrels 
• Shay's Rebellion
• Constitution
• States
• Resolution
• Slaves
• 3/5
• Chief

Essential Questions

• EQ: What factors helped forge our nation?
• EQ: What document changed the world?          

Cornell Notes, chapter summary 
CNN Student News for events, and geography
Discussion of world news, reflection and commentary.