Friday, August 29, 2008 August 29, 2008

SWBAT analyze the author’s use of characterization by writing notes on a graphic organzier.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Today is the birthday of chop suey. Chop suey is a mixture of chopped vegetables, meat, and seasonings. This Chinese-style dish is actually American–it was ‘born’ in America, at least. It was first concocted in New York CIty by the chef of the visiting Chinese ambassador, Li Huang-Cheng. Do you like to cook? Write about one of your favorite things to cook. If you don’t like to cook, write about one of your favorite foods or meals to eat. Who usually cooks it for you? Try to use all five senses in your writing.
• Read Lord of the Flies, Chapter 1. Take notes on LOTF Who’s Who chart as you meet each new character.
• Work on Unit 1 of Worthwhile Words or Neighborhood Maps.

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due Friday, September 5. Finish reading LOTF Ch. 1 by Tuesday, September 2.

Thursday, August 28, 2008 August 28, 2008

SWBAT take an attractive picture by standing in line politely and smiling for the camera.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: File LOTF Predictions in the LOTF section of your divider.
• Picture Day in small gym.
• If time permits, we will continue reading Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies and taking notes on LOTF Who’s Who.
  • 1st hour: begin reading on page 14
  • 3rd hour: begin reading on page 13
  • 6th hour: begin reading on page 14

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due Friday, September 5. Finish reading LOTF Chapter 1 by Tuesday, September 1.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 August 27, 2008

SWBAT make predictions about plot events by brainstorming a list.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: We’ve seen what adults do to survive a tragedy. What do you think a group of boys (ages 6 to 12) would do in the same situation?
• Lord of the Flies Prereading Activity: Predictions
• Distribute copies of Lord of the Flies.
• Begin reading Chapter 1. Make notes about the characters as they appear in the LOTF Who’s Who chart.

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due Friday, September 5.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 August 26, 2008

SWBAT visualize setting and evaluate survival techniques by actively viewing LOST.

SW write notes using a T-chart.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Rewrite yesterday’s Jumpstart using the Writing a Complete Paragraph handout. Add sentence sand details as needed.
• Lord of the Flies Prereading Activity
  • Continue taking notes on what the adults do to survive. Continue listing sensory details about the setting.
  • Take notes in a third column. What groups do the adults split into? Who are the leaders?

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due Friday, September 5

Monday, August 25, 2008 August 25, 2008

SWBAT evaluate setting and survival techniques by actively viewing LOST.

Agenda

• Due Today: Summer Reading
• Jumpstart: Imagine you have survived a plane crash. What three things would you do to ensure your survival?
• Lord of the Flies Prereading Activity
  • Make a T-chart on a piece of paper. One one side, make a list of things the adults do to survive during and after the plane crash. On the other side, make a list of sensory details that describe the setting.

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due Friday, September 5

Friday, August 22, 2008 August 22, 2008

LOTF Who Should Survive

SWBAT evaluate the importance of individual qualities by discussing ‘who should survive.’

Agenda

• Attendance
• Jumpstart: What qualities make a person valuable, especially in suriving a plane/boat crash or natural disaster? Explain.
• Lord of the Flies Pre-Reading Activity: Who Should Survive?
• Group presentations decisions made.

Homework: Summer reading due Monday, 8/25. Worthwhile Words Unit 1 due September 5.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 August 21, 2008

SWBAT develop vocabulary skills by describing and illustrating the meaning of new words.

Agenda

• Attendance
• Jumpstart: On August 21, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History was given the original Xerox photocopying machine. It’s now part of the Smithsonian’s exhibits. The photocopy was introduced to the public in March 1960. It was invented by Chester Floyd Carlson, a patent lawyer. It seems that every day brings a new invention or innovation–a new idea, device, or way of doing something. Describe an invention that you feel will be particularly important or helpful in the years to come. Or, describe an invention that you use every day that would be impossible to live without.
• Worthwhile Words
  • Distribute orange Sadlier-Oxford vocabulary books. Write names, student ID numbers, and book number on the textbook check-out form.
  • Distribute Worthwhile Words packets. Complete one vocabulary square together as an example.
  • Complete a second vocabulary square independently.
• Neighborhood Maps: Finish illustrating neighborhood maps.

Homework: Worthwhile Words Unit 1 packets due September 5. Last day for full credit for summer reading is Monday, August 25.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 August 20, 2008

SWBAT illustrate key ideas by describing and diagraming their neighborhoods.

SWBAT revise by integrating sensory details.

Agenda

• Attendance
• Jumpstart: Describe a place that is important to you in your neighborhood.
• Listen to “The People in Your Neighborhood”
• Neighborhood Diagram Group Work
  • Work with other classmates who live in your neighborhood.
  • Discuss the important places you wrote about in your Jumpstart.
  • Create a map of your neighborhood. Include houses, businesses, streets, trees, etc.
• Re-read your Jumpstart. Add ten sensory details to better describe your important place.

Homework: Parent signatures and computer use forms due tomorrow, August 21. Summer reading due Monday, August 25.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 August 19, 2008

Room 505 Scavenger Hunt

ENG 10 Parent Letter

SWBAT succeed in English 10 by participating in a scavenger hunt to learn where materials are located.

Agenda

• Attendance
• Jumpstart: List five questions that you have about the novel Useful Fools.
• Binder Check
• Room 505 Scavenger Hunt

Homework: Parent letter/Syllabus and computer use form signatures due Thursday, 8/21.

Monday, August 18, 2008 August 18, 2008

SWBAT succeed in English 10 by creating a positive learning environment and organizing binders.

Agenda

• Jumpstart: Read Chapter 1. Whose lifestyle do you identify with most? Rosa’s or Alonso’s?
• Syllabus, Parent Letter, Acceptable Use forms distrubution. All signed forms due Thursday, August 21.
• Assemble binders. See Syllabus, “Everyday Required Materials” for divider label names.
• Find Someone Who. . .Game

Homework: Get parent signatures on syllabus/parent letter and computer forms. Due Thursday, 8/21.