03/31/15

Homework: Chapter 5&6 with ten notes by Wednesday 

1.  LATS

Homework: Chapter 5&6 with ten notes by Wednesday 

1.  Review game for 3&4 

2. Chapter 3&4 Quiz:  All answers must be in complete sentences

    1.      What common characteristics do Jonas and the new child share? 

    2.      What are two pieces of evidence to support the statement "The community is a      utopia"  What are two pieces of evidence that supports the statement:"The community is not a utopia?    

   3.      Describe a release. 

   4.      Describe Fiona. 

   5.      Describe Asher. 

3.  Discuss 3&4 

03/27/15

Homework: Have a great weekend!!!!

1.  10 minutes to read
2.  Discuss if the community is a Utopia
3.  Begin vocabulary

03/26/15

Homework: Chapter 3&4 with ten notes by Friday 

1.  PGL&THE HUB
    Characterization:  What is it?
       Characters to describe:  Jonas
                                            Asher
                                            Lily
                                            The Mother
                                            The Father
        Questions to possibly answer about each character:
                1.  What is their personality?/What are some character traits this character displays?
                2.  How old are they?
                3.  Are the immature/mature?
                4.  What is their role in the community?

2.  The Think Tank:
      1. Review the quiz questions posted on yesterdays blog post.
      2.  Discuss the similarities in the community.
      3.  Discuss the differences.


3.  The Lab:  Reading for 10 minutes

03/25/15

Homework: Chapter 3&4 done by Friday with ten notes (five notes each chapter)

Large Group:  
1.  Quick true/false review game 
2.  Return to homebase to take the quiz 
    A: PGL 
    B: The Hub 
    C: The Lab 
    D: The Tank 
1. Quiz on 1&2 ( All questions must be answered in complete classrooms)
     1.      How do the people within their community get their jobs?
     2.      What ritual does the family unit perform every night at diner?  

     3.      How do they form a family “unit”? 

     4.   What is so important about the ceremony of 12? 

     5. Who makes all of the decisions in the community? 

2.  Remainder of class read The Giver 

    

03/24/15

Homework: Chapter 1&2 done by tomorrow with ten notes 

1.  Based on what we have read what do we know that is different about the community?
2.  How is it different from our community?
3.  20 minutes to read!!!!!
4.  Character identification chart

03/23/15

Homework: Have chapter 1&2 done by Wednesday with ten notes 

1.  Discussion of possible rules
2.  How would we enforce those rules?
3.  Begin The Giver 

03/18/15

Homework:  Have a great long weekend!!!!

1.  Math Test from 8:45-9:25
2.  Large group meeting in the auditorium from 9:28-9:44
3.  Break Out Session from 9:47-10:35
         Group A:   PGL
         Group B:   The Lab
         Group C:   Hunt in The Flex
         Group D:   Porter in The Tank
4.  Return to auditorium to present back to large group 10:38- 11:10

03/18/15

Homework:  None 

1.  Finish The Truman Show
2.  What is the purpose of creating utopia?
3.  What are the current major problems that effect our world today?
4.  What are our societies attempts to fix these problems? 

03/16/15 & 03/17/15

Homework: None 

1.  Watch The Truman Show 

03/12/15

Homework: None 





Directions when you return to the rooms:
1.  Read the story "Future Tense" on page 605 in the green book
2.  As you are reading take five notes about what happens in the story
3.  At the end of the story describe how the story is science fiction

Group A:  The Hub
Group B:  The Lab
Group C:  PGL
Group D: The auditorium

03/11/15

Homework: Make sure you have the definitions of all ten words

1.  Finish the Peak unit test
2.  Look up the following words on this link:
       admonish
       apprehensive
       attainable
       chastisement
       euthanasia
       implore
       integral
       irrationally
       languid
       lethargic
 
For each word you must have the definition and the part of speech

03/10/15

Homework: None 

1.  Collect book review
2.  Finish discussing themes
3.  Quick figurative language discussion
4.  Take Peak final

03/09/15

Homework: Finish the book review by Tuesday
                   Refer to 03/06/15 blog post for details


Quiz on Section 220-246  (All questions must be answered in complete sentences

1.  What are some of the major difficulties that Peak and Sunjo are facing at this final push to the summit?
2.  Who reached the summit of Mt. Everest and why?
3.  Does Peak regret his decision?  Why or why not?
4.   What is the most important thing to Peak?





- Work with  Theme :
1.  Summarize how the main character changes throughout the course of the novel.
2.  What is the author trying to tell us about life or human nature?
3.  Support this claim with details from the text

Homework:  Quiz on 220-246 will be on Monday!!
                    Have a great weekend!!!!

1. Collect Books
2.  Book Review:
     1.  Your name
     2.  Title of book
     3.  Genre of book (fiction or non-fiction) (adventure, thriller, horror, comedy, etc)
     4.  Point-of-View the book is told from
     5.  Is the book written mostly formally or informally?
     6.  Brief summary of the novel (5-6 sentences)
     7.  What are the strengths of this book:
           -Was it entertaining to read?
           -Were the characters interesting?
     8.  What are the weaknesses of this book?
           - Was the plot too slow?
           - Were the characters boring?
     9.  Overall, how would you rate this novel and why?
            excellent, good, ok, bad
3.  Literary Review Game 
4.  Theme 

03/05/15

Homework: Finish the book by Friday with ten notes 

1.  Finish the novel
2.  Book Review:
     1.  Your name
     2.  Title of book
     3.  Genre of book (fiction or non-fiction) (adventure, thriller, horror, comedy, etc)
     4.  Point-of-View the book is told from
     5.  Is the book written mostly formally or informally?
     6.  Brief summary of the novel (5-6 sentences)
     7.  What are the strengths of this book:
           -Was it entertaining to read?
           -Were the characters interesting?
     8.  What are the weaknesses of this book?
           - Was the plot too slow?
           - Were the characters boring?
     9.  Overall, how would you rate this novel and why?
            excellent, good, ok, bad

03/04/15

Homework: Finish the novel with ten notes by Friday!!!!!!!!

1.  Finish the quote assignment and create a poster.

For each character you need to include:
1.  The characters name
2.  The character trait
3.  The quote with the page number
4.  The explanation

2.  Finish the novel!!!!!!!!!!!!

03/03/2014

Homework: 200-220 with ten notes should be done by tomorrow

1.  Begin to use direct quotes to support your argument:
     

       With your group assign one character per person:
       Your options are: Zopa, Josh, Sun-Jo, or Holly

       When you are finished assigning the characters each person in the group must complete the following:
          1.  Assign a character trait to that person
          2.  Find a qoute that either someone else said about the character or the character themselves said.
          3.  Write the qoute down on your own sheet of paper
          4.  Write a brief explanation that states why this quote illustrates the character trait you chose

Peak:  Confident, independent, selfless
Quote:   " Without those herders, yaks, and porters we wouldn't be here.  Leaving them out of the film is like leaving Everest out of the film.  They're more important to a climber getting to the summit than the climber." pg 110 -Peak Marcello
Explanation:  This quote shows that Peak is confident, independent and selfless for many reasons.

03/02/15

Homework: Section 200-220 should be done by Wednesday with ten notes 

1.  Practice with descriptive writing
2.  Work with transitions