Lesson Plans Sept 29- Oct 3, no school Oct 4!

Lesson Plans Sept 29-Oct 3/4
Blue Week Library on Thursday!  

Homework for Language Arts Classes

• READ for 30 minutes every night. 
• Reminder: Conference Night, Tuesday, Sept 30
• Core 1: write a critical essay, read AR books
• Core 2 & 3: write an essay on Pet Peeve: pre-write, draft
• AR Test #2 is Thursday, Oct 2

Language Arts 

Essential Questions

• How are character traits revealed in literature?
• What way do we use to describe plot in detail?
• What is Close Reading? How to use this skill.
• What is metaphor?

Readings

• Collections Text 8 by HMH, "My Favorite Chaperone"
• Close Reader: Golden Glass. Read and reflect.
• Writers INC:  Literary tools

Plans for Core 1

Writing 
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards website
Critical/Argumentative writing: choose topic, draft, revise, edit
Common Core Assessments booklet
Writers Inc 188-191

Freewriting
Writing descriptive poem about "My Room"

Reading
Close reading:  "Golden Glass"
Evaluation: Summary 

Speaking
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Plans for Cores 2, 3 

Writing 

Writing  Argumentative Essay: Pet Peeve on Writers Inc 186-187
Use of Graphic organizer 

Freewriting
Writing about your AR book during Warm-up
Writing descriptive poem about "My Room" 

Reading

Close reading: "Golden Glass" 
Read, reread.
Writers Inc: Pet Peeve 186-187

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Speaking
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Poetry

 

My Room
Joe Powning

My room
My haven
My block of peace
in a hectic world

My room
My personal disaster area
of piled clothing and blaring music
of comfortable chaos

My room
My harbor of fantasies
"Gee whiz, Ace, what kinda room is this?" asked Ace Detective's sidekick
"I don't know," Ace replied, "but I like it"

My room
My ongoing rationalization
Joe's brain: Joe's room is messy
Joe: What's new?

My room
My responsibility
the subject of many
"Go Clean Yours"

My room
My prison
the subject of many
"Go to Yours"

My room
My cubicle of terror
zone of nightmares
shelter of my angst

My room
My haven
My organized chaos
My ongoing rationalization
My responsibility
My harbor of fantasies
My prison
My terror
My block of peace
in a hectic world



Reflection:

What does Joe's description of his room reveal about who he is?

How can you relate or not to this poem?

Poem copied into Warm-up packet and read to class.

Writers Inc 242-243
Copy these terms in your LA Composition book. Study for test.

• stanza  - a division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains
• couplet - two-line stanza
• triplet- three-line stanza
• quatrain - four-line stanza

Wednesday Warm-Up
Flocabulary Vocabulary Work in packet
Core 1: SAT  list, Unit 1
Cores 2 & 3: The Great Escape, Unit 1

Thursday Warm-Up
Write a definition in your packet for each word

Social Studies - Core 4

Homework for Social Studies- Core 4

Read, listen to or watch the news for homework.  Be prepared to write about what you heard or saw. 
Complete the Country project for Friday - see below.


CNN Student News 

Watch this special broadcast of news.
Take notes on the graphic organizer and turn it in for a grade.
Discuss the news of the day in small groups and whole class.

History Alive! (brown text) 
Chapter 6 Test: The Declaration of Independence and Essay

Chapter 7:

Geo-Country Project: China
 
HOMEWORK - Country Project: Research information about China.  
Fill in the information and include the flag, map and worksheet. See the handout and post. Due Friday, Oct 10.