Lesson Plans for Feb 9-20 - No School Feb 13 -18 Snow!

 

Lesson Plans for Feb 9-12 - No School Feb 13 and 16!

I LOVE TO READ MONTH!

Homework for Language Arts Classes

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night. Next AR book test is Tue, Feb 19.
• Core 3 = The Color of Water class read for homework
• Core 2 = The Upstairs Room class read for homework
• Core 1 = Book Clubs of WW2 books - class read for homework
• Library and AR on Blue week Thursdays 

Language Arts 

Read

• Close read "The Diary" 91-108, Questions in the book #10-16 and short response on 108
• "The Diary of Anne Frank" the PLAY, 279-352. Readers' Theater. S take parts and read the play aloud.  Discuss and answer questions.
• EQ: Students will be able to analyze the key elements of a drama, including its structure, characters, dialogue and events.  
• EQ: S will reflect about the elements of living in hiding as compared to their own lives. 

  

      

Notes

A drama is a play and a form of literature meant to be performed by actors for an audience.  The author of a play is called a playwright and the text of a play is called a script.  

The cast is the list of characters

The stage directions are instructions that give the readers and actors direction.

The setting (time and place)  is ofter included in the stage directions or noted in the beginning. 

Writing and Warm-Ups 

1. Short response on 108, citing text evidence
2. Writing a love poem

Vocabulary

1. yellow stars
2. Green Police
3. ration books
4. black market
5. water closet
6. rucksack
7. carillon
8. Hanukkah
9. Menorah
10. St. Nicholas's Day

 

 

 

Homework
Study Chapter 8 for test
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss.

CNN Student News
Obama, Ukraine, Queen of England
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?

Creating the Constitution Chapter 8,  103 - 117

Early Quarrels 104
Shay's Rebellion  105
Constitutional Convention 106
States Rights 109
Resolution: The Great Compromise  110
Issue: Count of Slaves 111
Resolution: 3/5 Compromise 112
Chief Executive Elected 113
Electoral College 114
Convention Ends 115
Summary

Cornell Text notes and outline.
Essay: speech.  think about the many issues that the members of the Constitutional Convention had to consider including the rule of secrecy, their clashing views, representation of the states, the issue of slavery and taxes. 
 
Test on Chapter 8 that includes the essay.