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1.1: Who are you? Write a little bit about yourself. Agenda: Journal setup; annotating cell phone article; discuss class norms Homework: Student Survey TUESDAY 1.2: Write about your relationship with your phone. How do you feel about it? In what ways is it helpful/ hurtful/ joyful/ sorrowful? Agenda: Read and annotate "Where I'm From"; begin reading and annotating Homework: None! Make sure to bring those poems back to class. WEDNESDAY 1.3: Copy down the most interesting line(s) from the student Where I’m From poem. Explain why you think they are interesting. 2+ sentences. Agenda: Finish reading and annotating Student Where I'm From poems - see me to be assigned one if absent; jigsaw activity for student poems; begin Where I'm From Graphic Organizer (check with a peer or see me for instructions if absent) Homework: None due tomorrow, but the Graphic Organizer (as well as the annotated poems) will be turned in next week. THURSDAY Journal: Other than cell phones, how does technology impact your life? What does it enable you to do? How does it shape the many parts of your life (relationships, education, career, etc) Agenda: Finished Where I'm From discussion; assigned Where I'm From Poem Assignment (link to right/below); started working on tech/laptops Homework: "Where I'm From" poem rough draft due Sunday 9pm on Turnitin.com. FRIDAY 1.5: MLA Heading - Write an MLA style heading for an assignment due tomorrow, in a class called Underwater Basket Weaving, taught by Ms. Frizzle Agenda: Tech setup: logged into Office 365; enrolled in Turnitin.com (Class ID and enrollment key is on my main "9th Grade" page); practiced using MLA Formatting (PPT to the right/below) Homework: "Where I'm From" poem rough draft due Sunday 9pm on Turnitin.com. Email me with issues. |
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3.1: What is House on Mango Street about? •Not: “A girl named Esperanza” •Think instead about concepts or ideas Agenda: Introduced HOMS calendar (see right/below); Began Vignette Tracking Chart (see right/below, part of the HOMS Packet); Work time on Adobe Spark Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! TUESDAY 3.2: What was challenging about the Adobe Spark project? Agenda: Writing Pre-assessment - See me to make up if absent Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! WEDNESDAY Agenda: No LA today - 3.3 in class tomorrow Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! THURSDAY 3.3: With your table group, pick a movie or show you have all seen. (If absent, just pick something you have seen.) Write in your journal: Our show:________What it’s about (plot):_______What it’s about (ideas/concepts):_______ Agenda: Lesson on theme concepts; time to study for name quiz Homework: Name quiz tomorrow! Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! FRIDAY 3.4: •With your table group, return to your show and answer: A theme statement of [our show] is: “_____________________.” 3.5: I plan to study for the Culture test [when], by [how]. Agenda: Name quiz! Sign up for my Flex time if you were absent and need to make it up. Finished lesson on theme concepts/statements -- see ppt to the right/below. If you want to earn back points on your Where I'm From poem, please see the "Flex Time" tab above! Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! |
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4.1: New Table Group - Write each new group member’s name, and 3 fun facts about each. Agenda: Table groups created Theme Posters together (excused if absent); began Symbol lesson Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! TUESDAY 4.2: Analyze a Symbol - Identify a symbol in a piece of media you like. Analyze it: What does it represent? Why did the author/director/songwriter use it? Agenda: Finishing Symbol; reading discussion Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! WEDNESDAY 4.3: MLA In Text Citations - Copy the following three quotes and cite them using MLA in-text citations. •Quote: No, no, no, as if she can’t believe her ears. (Page number: 78, Author: Sandra Cisneros) •Quote: I was a smart cookie then. (Page number: 91, Author: Sandra Cisneros) •Quote: (your choice from HOMS) Agenda: Started "Symbolism in HOMS" worksheet" (see right/below); learned MLA in-text citations (see PPT) Homework: Symbolism worksheet stamped this Friday THURSDAY 4.4 Personification Example - Write a sentence personifying your given noun. (If absent, use the noun 'lamp' :)) Agenda: Figurative Language Lesson - see PPT if absent Homework: Symbolism worksheet stamped TOMORROW FRIDAY 4.5 Euphemism Example - Write a sentence that includes a euphemism. Agenda: Finished Fig Lang Lesson; Stamped Symbolism worksheet Homework: Follow the HOMS Calendar for reading schedule! |
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5.1 - “I have begun my own quiet war” (Cisneros 89). What is Esperanza’s “quiet war” against, and how does she wage it? Agenda: Started Figurative Language in HOMS worksheet (see right/below); began prewriting for HOMS outline Homework: Figurative Language in HOMS worksheet + Vignette Tracking Chart stamped on Friday TUESDAY 5.2: Compare the reaction of Tito’s mother to his kissing a girl (“The Monkey Garden”) with the reaction of Sally’s father when he catches her talking to a boy (“What Sally Said”). What is your opinion about the behavior of these two parents? Are these reactions normal/typical? Agenda: Read four vignettes in class + continued discussion of themes, especially gender roles and poverty Homework: Figurative Language in HOMS worksheet + Vignette Tracking Chart stamped on Friday WEDNESDAY We had a double-class yesterday so no LA today. We will do journal 5.3 tomorrow. THURSDAY 5.3: What is an essay? Agenda: Lesson on Literary Analysis Essays - read note sheet (below/to right) to Homework: Figurative Language in HOMS worksheet + Vignette Tracking Chart stamped on Friday FRIDAY 5.4: Write three things you learned about Lit Analysis Essays. 5.5: Draw a smiley face :) Agenda: Started working on Thesis Drafting worksheet - finish over weekend if you did not finish in class Homework: 1) Don't forget - packets are TURNED IN on Tuesday! 2) Start to find evidence that could support your thesis draft. This will make Tuesday much easier. This will not be checked; I just want to make sure you are using your weekend wisely! 3) Flipgrid Response (Click "9th Grade" above for flip codes) Go back to the Fig Lang flipgrids. Find a flipgrid that does not have any responses. (You may only double-respond to a flipgrid if every single other flipgrid has a response.) Hit “Reply” and in your reply, Say hello to the original poster, Identify their figurative language, Explain how you know. |
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6.1: Teacher Work Day (That's all you have to write!) TUESDAY 6.2: Agenda: Creating your own MLA Outline template - here's a sample of what it should look like, but make it yourself in Microsoft Word! We also reviewed the HOMS Outline requirements (click right/below for details) Turned in: HOMS Packet Homework: Rough draft of the MLA Outline is due Thursday 9pm on Turnitin.com - it will likely be very rough, and that's okay! We will work on these in class Thursday as well. WEDNESDAY 6.3: Career Cruising Day THURSDAY 6.4: Possible ways to organize your BTSs: (Make a bullet point list. Use the Body Thesis Statements powerpoint if absent.) Agenda: Lesson on Body Thesis Statements (see powerpoint to right/below); time to work on HOMS Outline Homework: Rough draft of the MLA Outline is due TONIGHT 9pm on Turnitin.com - it will likely be very rough, and that's okay! If it is MLA format, has a thesis, and has some evidence, you will get full credit. FRIDAY 6.5: HOMS Assignments: (What 3 assignments are left in HOMS and when are they due?) Agenda: Questions answered about outlines - Feedback is on the way! Homework: OPTIONAL Second rough draft due on Turnitin.com 9pm Monday - this is not required but if you work on your draft more and want additional feedback you can do this. Next week: HOMS Test Thursday Culture Vignette due Friday - see document to right/below HOMS Final Outline due Sunday October 27th at 9pm |
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7.1: Today's work plan: (Write a bullet point list of what you plan to do in class today. If absent, make a list of your next 3 steps in writing/revising your outline.) Agenda: HOMS Outline Work time + conferences Homework: HOMS Test Thursday Culture Vignette due Friday - see document above HOMS Final Outline due Sunday October 27th at 9pm TUESDAY 7.2: Work time reflection: What did you work on? What was successful? What was distracting? Etc WEDNESDAY 7.3: Work time plan: THURSDAY 7.4: HOMS Test Reflection Agenda: HOMS Test FRIDAY 7.5: How does having an audience change the writing process? HOMS Final Outline is due Sunday October 27th at 9pm on Turnitin.com! |