Monday
11/29/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What major events should I be paying attention to in the novel?
What are my vocabulary words for this unit?
1. Finish chapter 1
2. Take a quiz on chapter 1
3. Free Read
4. Words 1-10
Homework: Extra Vocabulary Assignment


4&6 Lesson Focus: What were the major events of chapter 2?
1. Free Read
2. Review chapter 2
3. Quiz on Chapter 2
4. Partner read Chapter 3
Homework: None

9th Lesson Focus: What are the major events of chapter 16?
1. Partner Read chapter 16
Homework: Read Chapter 16

Tuesday
11/23/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What are the important events of “The Pearl”?
What are hyperboles?
1. Anticipation guide
2. Start reading “The Pearl” pg 695
3. Introduce hyperbole http://www.archive.org/details/sickByShel
4. Library to type excuses poem
Homework: Have a great vacation!!!!!!!


4&6 Lesson Focus: What are the major events from chapter 1?
What are Haiku’s?
1. Questions for chapter 1
2. Read chapter 2 on your own
3. Haiku lesson
4. Type your own Haiku: one can be anything you want
Second has to be about nature and
have an example of personification.
Homework: Have a great vacation!!!!!!!

9th Lesson Focus: What should I pay attention to in my free read?
1. Free Read
Homework: Have a great vacation!!!!!!!

Monday
11/22/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What background information do I need to know to understand “The Pearl”?

1. Background slide show for “The Pearl”
2. Free Read
3. Library to finish concrete poem
Homework: None

4&6 Lesson Focus: What important events do we have to remember from
chapter 1?
What is a hyperbole?
1. Free Read
2. Finish Chapter 1
3. Introduce hyperbole http://www.archive.org/details/sickByShel
4. Library to type excuses poem
Homework: None

9th Lesson Focus: What has been happening in the novel?
1. Discuss 13&14
2. Quiz on 13 and 14
3. Read chapter 15
Homework: Read chapter 15 finish quiz for 13&14

Friday
11/19/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What background information do I need for “The Pearl” ?
What is concrete poetry?
1. Finish presenting
2. Money buys
3. Free Read
4. Library finish typing concrete poem
Homework: None

4&6 Lesson Focus: What are concrete poems?
What should I be paying attention to in “The Pearl”
1. Free Read
2. Read “The Pearl”
4. Library to type concrete poem
Homework: None


9th Lesson Focus: What should I be paying attention to in my free read?
1. Free Read Friday
Homework: none

Thursday
11/18/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What is a parable?
What is concrete poetry?
1. Finish your parable/ present to class
2. Discuss money buys
4. Concrete poems
Homework: Finish your idea for concrete poem

4&6 Lesson Focus: What are homonyms?
What should I pay attention to in “The Pearl”
2. The Pearl background
3. Read “The Pearl”
4. Final copy of concrete poems in Computer lab 204A
Homework: None

9th Lesson Focus: How long should my free read be?
1. Library to pick out free read
Homework: Read chapter 14 by Monday

11/17/10
Wednesday

1&2 Lesson Focus: What is a parable?
1. Parable lesson
2. Write your own parable
Homework: Finish your parable

4&6 Lesson Focus: What background information do I need to know about “The Pearl”?
What is concrete poetry?
1. Free Read
2. Money buys
5. Concrete Poetry
http://quest.nasa.gov/aero/wright/teachers/wfomanual/langarts/poem.html
Homework: None

9th Lesson Focus: What are common homonyms?
1. Quick homonym review
2. Quiz on 11&12
Homework: Reminder 13 with two literary elements by tomorrow

Tuesday
11/16/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: How can I interpret a difficult text?
Collect last leaf story booklet
1. Spelling B
2. finish “The Gift of the Magi”
3. Write the modern version
Homework: Finish your modern day magi

4&6 Lesson Focus: What is a parable?
Collect the vocabulary homework
1. Spelling B
2. Parable lesson
3. Write your own parable
Homework: Finish the rough draft for the parable

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements are in the novel?
1. Spelling b
2. Read chapter 13 (pick out two literary elements to hand in by Thursday)
Homework: Chapter 13 by Thursday (quiz on 11 and 12 tomorrow)

Monday
11/15/10

1&2 lesson Focus: How long does my free read have to be?
How can I understand a difficult text?
1. Free Read (150 pages)
2. Report MP grades
3. Finish “The Last Leaf”
4. Start “The Gift of the Magi”
Homework: Finish “The Last Leaf”

4&6 lesson Focus: How long does my free read have to be?
How can I understand a difficult text?
5. Free Read (150 pages)
6. Report MP grades
7. Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
8. Start vocabulary 1-10
Homework: Vocabulary Extra 1-10

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements are in the novel?
1. Discuss chapter 11
2. Literary device hunt: 177-182 hyperbole
120-124 personification
90-94 Hyperbole
85-90 metaphor

3. Start homework
Homework: Read chapter 12

Wednesday
11/10/10

1&2 : Lesson Focus: How can I understand a difficult text?
What needs to be in my free read project?
1. “The Last Leaf” story book
1. “The Last Leaf” short answer
Mr. Behrman can best be described as:
determined or irresponsible
Choose one character trait that you think best describes Mr. Behrman
and support your answers with TBD’s. The answer needs to be in
short answer/JE format.
2. Free Read in the lab 204A
Homework: Free read project by Wednesday

4&6 Lesson Focus: How can I understand a difficult text?
What needs to be in my free read project?
1. “The Gift of the Magi”
2. Modern day rewrite
3. Computer lab 204 A
Homework: Free Read project by Wednesday

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements are found in the novel?
1. Read chapter 11/Pass back work
2. Finish any redo’s you might have
3. Discuss chapter 10
4. Quiz on 9&10
Homework: Finish chapter 11

Tuesday
11/09/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: How can I understand a difficult text?
What needs to be in my free read project?
1. “The Last Leaf” story book
1. “The Last Leaf” short answer
Mr. Behrman can best be described as:
determined or irresponsible
Choose one character trait that you think best describes Mr. Behrman
and support your answers with TBD’s. The answer needs to be in
short answer/JE format.
2. Free Read in the lab 204A
Homework: Free read project by Wednesday

4&6 Lesson Focus: How can I understand a difficult text?
What needs to be in my free read project?

1. “The Gift of the Magi”
2. Modern day rewrite
3. Computer lab 204 A
Homework: Free Read project by Wednesday

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements can I find in the novel?
1. Finish chapter 9 (20 minutes)
2. Discuss chapter 9
3. Read Chapter 10
Homework: Read chapter 10

Monday
11/08/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What needs to be done in my free read?
1. Computer lab: (204A) to work on free read project: Must have 6 songs done with 3 sentence explanation: if not after school tomorrow.
Homework: Make sure you have 6 songs done


4&6 Lesson Focus: What needs to be done in my free read?
2. Computer lab to work on free read project: Must have 6 songs done with 3 sentence explanation: if not after school tomorrow.
Homework: Make sure you have 6 songs done

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements can I find in the novel?
1. Discuss 7&8
2. Quiz on 7&8
3. Read Chapter 9
Homework: Finish chapter 9
Vocabulary packet due by 3:40 on Wednesday

Thursday
11/04/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What is irony?
1. Finish the story “The Ransom of Red Chief”
2. Answer the questions for Ransom
3. Watch “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Homework: None

4&6 Lesson Focus: How can I understand a difficult text?
1. Finish “The Last Leaf”
2. Watch “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Homework: None

9th Lesson Focus: What are the major events of the novel?
1. Quiz on 5&6
2. Discuss quiz
3. Discuss chapter 7
Homework: Finish chapter 8 by Monday

Wednesday
11/03/10

Marking Period End next Wednesday
11/10/10
All Back work / Makeup due by Monday

1&2 Lesson Focus: What is irony?
1. Horror Unit/suspense JE
2. Free Read
3. “The Ransom of Red Chief” pg 70
Homework: Finish the questions for the story

4&6 Lesson Focus: How can I interpret a difficult text? Collect Raven Packet
1. Free Read
2. Finish “The Ransom of Red Chief”
3. “The Last Leaf” story book
4. “The Last Leaf” short answer
Mr. Behrman can best be described as:
determined or irresponsible
Choose one character trait that you think best describes Mr. Behrman
and support your answers with TBD’s. The answer needs to be in short answer/JE format.
Homework: Finish the storybook

9th Lesson Focus: Lesson Focus: What vocabulary words do I need to know from Izzy Willy Nilly?
1. Computer lab to work on vocabulary packet
Homework: Vocabulary Packet due by 11/10/10
Finish Chapter 7 by Thursday

Literary Devices

Tuesday
11/02/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What are mood and tone?
How can I interpret a difficult text?
What are alliteration and internal
rhyme?
1. Mood and Tone lesson with Ms. Edick
2. Finish interpreting “The Raven”
3. Watch The Simpsons episode of “The Raven”
4. Highlight alliteration and internal rhyme
5. Answer the mood tone and questions in the packet
Homework: Your free read needs to be read by 11/08/10

4&6 Lesson Focus: What are mood and tone?
What are alliteration and internal
Rhyme?
What is irony?
1. Mood and tone lesson
2. Finish “The Raven”
3. Read “The Ransom of Red Chief” pg 70
Homework: Your free read needs to be read by 11/08/10
Finish your raven packet

9th Lesson Focus: What are the major events of the novel?

Collect the questions for chapter 5
1. Discuss chapter 5
2. Read chapter 6
Homework: finish chapter 7 by Thursday
Vocabulary packet due: 11/10/10

Reading and Vocabulary

Monday
11/01/10

1&2 Lesson Focus: What are mood and tone?
How can I interpret a difficult text?

1. Mood and Tone with Ms. Edick
2. Free Read
3. “The Raven” http://content.loudlit.org/audio/raven/pages/01_01_raven.htm
Homework: Free Read needs to be read by 11/08/10

4&6 Lesson Focus: What are alliteration and internal rhyme?
How can I interpret a difficult text?

1. Free Read
2. “The Raven” http://content.loudlit.org/audio/raven/pages/01_01_raven.htm
Homework: Free Read needs to be read by 11/08/10


9th Lesson Focus: Lesson Focus: What vocabulary words do I need to know from Izzy Willy Nilly?
1. Computer lab to work on vocabulary packet
Homework: None