Friday, May 30, 2008 May 30, 2008

SWBAT describe basic character traits and plot events by actively viewing Animal Farm.

SW listen to dialogue and write answers to questions.

Agenda

• No Jumpstart
• Gave out final exam study guide
• Finished watching Animal Farm

Turn in Animal Farm Active Viewing Guides for points

Homework: Study for final exams

Thursday, May 29, 2008 May 29, 2008

SWBAT describe basic character traits and plot events by actively viewing Animal Farm.

SW listen to dialogue and write answers to questions.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: How might things have been different if Snowball had gotten rid of Napoleon?  What might Snowball have done differently?
• Read Orsen Wells’ biography.
• Read “About the Novel”
• Actively watch Animal Farm and answer comprehension questions #24-

Homework: Return vocabulary books. Turn in poems!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 May 28, 2008

2008 Summer Reading Assignment

2008 Summer Reading List

SWBAT describe basic plot events and character traits by actively viewing a film.

SW listen to dialogue and write answers.

Agenda

• No Jumpstart
• Summer Reading Assignments
• Actively watch Animal Farm on DVD. Reflect on and answer comprehension questions #7-23.

Homework: Return Vocabulary Books! Turn in couplet OR quatrain OR sonnet.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 May 27, 2008

AF Active Viewing

AF Summary and Character List

SWBAT actively view a video by reflecting oncomprehension questions.

SW listen to dialogue and write answers to questions.

Agenda

• Describe your utopia (your perfect world). Then describe what animals might say is their utopia.
• Read summary of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
• Watch Animal Farm on DVD. Answer comprehension questions 1-6 while viewing.

Homework:

Friday, May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008

SWBAT present final Call to Action projects by speaking for four minutes.

SW listen to peers’ presentations.

Agenda

• No Jumpstart
• Call to Action Reflections
• Call to Action Group Presentations

Homework: One poem (choose between couplet, quatrain, or sonnet) due Tuesday

Thursday, May 22, 2008 May 22, 2008

Sonnets

Quatrains

SWBAT explain couplets, quatrains, and sonnets by analyzing poems.

SW write an original poetry.

Agenda

• No Jumpstart
• (2nd only) Quatrains: Actively read “Heart, we will forget him!” and “A Pizza the Size of a Sun.” Write an original quatrain following one of the rhyme schemes.
• (1st and 6th only) Sonnets: Actively read “Sonnet 18.” Identify rhyme scheme, discuss iambic pentameter, and meaning of poem. Follow the directions to write your own sonnet.
• Work on Call to Action projects. 

Homework: Call to Action Presentations and Reflections due Thursday/Friday. One poem (choose the couplet, quatrain, or sonnet) is due Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 May 21, 2008

Sonnets

Quatrains

SWBAT explain couplets, quatrains, and sonnets by analyzing poems.

SW write original poetry.

Agenda

• No Jumpstart
• Library: Research Call to Action projects. Sign up to present on Thursday or Friday.
• Work on couplets and quatrains. 

Homework: Call to Action Presentations and Reflections due Thursday/Friday. One poem (choose from couplet, quatrain, and sonnet) due Tuesday.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 May 20, 2008

Couplets

Quatrains

SWBAT explain couplets and quatrains by analyzing poems.

SW write original couplets and quatrains.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Write the best excuse ever for why you can’t go to school.
• Couplets: Actively read “Three Things to Remember” and “Sick.” Write an original poem of ten couplets total.
• (1st and 6th only) Quatrains: Actively read “Heart, we will forget him!” and “A Pizza the Size of a Sun.” Write an original quatrain following one of the rhyme schemes.

Homework: Call to Action Presentations and Reflections due Thursday/Friday

Monday, May 19. 2008 May 19, 2008

SWBAT locate non-fiction sources for a project by researching on EBSCO and the Internet.

Agenda

• Jumpstart
• Turn in Free Verse Poems
• Library Research for Call to Action projects
  • a minimum of three sources required
  • one source must come from the EBSCO database

Homework: Presentations on Call to Action projects Thursday/Friday

Friday, May 15, 2008 May 16, 2008

Free Verse #2

SWBAT analyze a poet’s use of poetic devices by actively reading three poems.

SW prewrite and draft a free verse poem.

Agenda

• Pass back papers and reflect on Call to Action projects.
• Active Reading of “Dream’d in a Dream,” “Fog,” and “Winter Poem.” Underline and label poetic devices. Underline and explain lines that have the most meaning.
• Prewrite ideas and figures of speech on Free Verse #2 handout.
• Write a rough draft of a free verse poem pertaining to something sacred toi you.

Homework: Finish writing the free verse poem, if necessary.