Mark Twain Literary Terms

 Copy these terms and definitions. Study for Quiz.

1. Narrator - the voice telling the story
2. Point of View - the perspective from which the narrator tells the events
3. Third Person Point of View  - the narrator is an outside voice
4. Omniscient - all knowing, to know about all the characters thoughts and feelings
5. Irony -  a special kind of contrast in which reality is the opposite of what it seems
6. Dramatic Irony - the narrator reveals something that the story character does not know
7. Style - how a work is written, how something is said
8. Humorous Tone - an amused attitude toward a subject

Lesson Plans March 30- April 2 then SPRING BREAK!

Plans

This Performance Task Essay is due Tuesday, March 31
Analyze. Practice. Perform.  Reading and writing from the Common Core Assessment workbook

Practice (with help) writing a cause-effect essay on "Earthquakes" 43-56
Draft. Revise. Peer. Publish.

Perform (on your own) 57-66  This is a simulated test that will help you become proficient in analyzing complex texts and responding in a clear, cohesive essay.
Read three articles on Volcanoes in the CCA workbook 58-62
Questions 63-64
Write 65-66 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - excerpt 395-400
Point of View 401
Style and Humorous Tone 401
Analyzing the Text 402 #1-7
Performance Task 402: Writing Activity Analysis
Critical Vocabulary 403 #1-8
Vocabulary Strategy: Verbal Irony and Puns 403 #1-4
 
 

Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night.   Final AR book test for third  marking period was due Thursday, March 19th.
• See the board for daily assignments 

Language Arts 

Read

• EQ's: How does a writer use point of view? What is irony?
• EQs:  How does reading AR books impact your achievement level?
• Common Core Assessment and writing from sources Workbook - each student has been given one of these. Completing the Performance Task

Vocabulary

1. tranquil
2. alacrity
3. survey
4. dilapidated
5. contemplate
6. covet
7. particular
8. attain

Core One - Vocabulary text Lesson 2 quiz on Tuesday

 

 

Homework
Research topic  - conduct research - see below
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss. Write a summary and reflection of one news article for the week.

CNN Student News
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?
Social Studies Research Project

1. Pick a focus/topic from Chapter 9.  Examples: Supreme Court, Amendments, The Senate or House of Representatives, States vs Federal
2. Research information: what is it? What does it do?
3. Create a 5 question Survey to ask students about your topic.
4. Send survey to classmates. Analyze the results.
5. Create a Google slideshow and presentation explaining your topic and the results of the survey.

Chapter 11 The Bill of Rights 
EQ: Beyond the Bill, then what 

Read the chapter in the Brown Text

Country Project: Italy or Liberia

Writing and Quoting the Source

This is for use with your Common Core Writing from Sources workbook.
When you are writing from sources, you must say the title of the source and/or the author and put the information in quotation marks.  

Examples:

In the article Volcanic Soils, the author stated that "Mount Vesuvius experienced two major eruptions more than 10,000 years ago."

The author Russell McDanaugh wrote, "Once volcanic soils have been broken down, they enrich the soil by adding important nutrients from plants."  

"The Kau Scenic Byway offers by far the longest stretches of unspoiled natural scenery," as stated in the article On the Slopes of Muana Loa, Hawaii Islands.

 

History Early Republic Quiz

 
Copy the question and answer in sentences. Turn into the tray. You may use your text. 

1. What was the Title Debate and what was the significance?
2. What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
3. What did Washington say in his Farewell address - a warning that would tear the nation apart?
4. How did the French Revolution impact the USA leaders' fear?

Lesson Plans March 23-27, 2015

Warm-Ups 

1. Warm-up: List Week -
    Keep these one one sheet of paper and turn in on Friday

• Monday - make four lists of ten things each that are green, then pink then black, then your choice. 
• Tuesday - make four lists: songs you like, movies you like, poems you like, your choice
• Wednesday - make four lists: new hobbies, sports, activities, your choice, that you would like to try
• Thursday - make four lists: special places, special times, special friends, your choice
• Friday -make four lists: winter, spring, summer, fall and list 10 items in each  that you really like

Plans

Analyze. Practice. Perform.  Reading and writing from the Common Core Assessment workbook

Practice (with help) writing a cause-effect essay on "Earthquakes" 43-56
Draft. Revise. Peer. Publish.

Perform (on your own) 57-66  This is a simulated test that will help you become proficient in analyzing complex texts and responding in a clear, cohesive essay.
Read three articles on Volcanoes in the CCA workbook 58-62
Questions 63-64
Write 65-66

Lesson Plans for March 23-27 

Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night.   Final AR book test for third  marking period was due Thursday, March 19th.
• See the board for daily assignments 

Language Arts 

Read

• EQ's: How to write an informative essay?
• EQs:  How does reading AR books impact your achievement level?
• Common Core Assessment and writing from sources Workbook - each student has been given one of these. This week we are completing the three steps of reading and writing on  pages 35-66

Vocabulary

(see page 42 in your Common Core Workbook)

1. topic
2. text structure
3. main idea
4. supporting evidence
5. domain-specific vocabulary
6. text features

Core One - Vocabulary text Lesson 2

 

 

Homework
Research topic  - conduct research - see below
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss. Write a summary and reflection of one news article for the week.

CNN Student News
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?
Social Studies Research Project

1. Pick a focus/topic from Chapter 9.  Examples: Supreme Court, Amendments, The Senate or House of Representatives, States vs Federal
2. Research information: what is it? What does it do?
3. Create a 5 question Survey to ask students about your topic.
4. Send survey to classmates. Analyze the results.
5. Create a Google slideshow and presentation explaining your topic and the results of the survey.

Chapter 11 The Bill of Rights 
EQ: Beyond the Bill, then what 

Read the chapter in the Brown Text

Country Project: Italy or Liberia

Transitions Words

 
Transition Words Link

Top Young Adult Books

 

Warm-up Questions - copy the questions and answer

1. What book this year has been your favorite?
2. Why?
3. What would you tell a friend about your book?
4. What genre book do you like to read?
5. What will be the next book you read?

Top YA Books 

Warm up -
Draw a picture that tells the theme of your book!

Lesson Plans for March 16-20

Lesson Plans for March 16-20

Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night. Next and final AR book test for this marking period is due Thursday, March 19th
• See the board for daily assignments 

Language Arts 

Read

• EQ's: How to write an informative essay?
• EQs:  How does reading AR books impact your achievement level?
• Common Core Assessment and writing from sources Workbook - each student has been given one of these. This week we are completing the three steps of reading and writing on  pages 35-66

Warm-Ups 

1. Warm-up:each day write something to reflect on your AR book that you are reading for homework. Keep these one one sheet of paper and turn in on Friday

Vocabulary

(see page 42 in your Common Core Workbook)

1. topic
2. text structure
3. main idea
4. supporting evidence
5. domain-specific vocabulary
6. text features
   

 

 

Homework
Research topic from Chapter 9 - conduct research - see below
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss. Write a summary and reflection of one news article for the week.

CNN Student News
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?
Social Studies Research Project

1. Pick a focus/topic from Chapter 9.  Examples: Supreme Court, Amendments, The Senate or House of Representatives, States vs Federal
2. Research information: what is it? What does it do?
3. Create a 5 question Survey to ask students about your topic.
4. Send survey to classmates. Analyze the results.
5. Create a Google slideshow and presentation explaining your topic and the results of the survey.

Chapter 10 The Bill of Rights 
EQ: Why do we need the Bill of Rights.

Read the chapter in the Brown Text  and create a booklet that describes each of the ten Bill of Rights.
TEST


Country Project: Italy

There But for the Grace Analysis

There But for the Grace Analysis for Collection 5
See Performance Task 388
Compare and contrast how similar ideas are presented across the texts. 

Theme of the poem: luck vs. determination
Other themes: destruction and devestation, genocide, death, loss, persecution, racial discrimination, prejudice, survival

Lesson Plans March 9-13

Lesson Plans for March 9-13

Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night. Next and final AR book test for this marking period is due March 19th
• Library and AR on Blue week Thursdays 
• See the board for daily assignments 

Language Arts 

Read

• EQ's: What is emotional appeal, ethical appeal, repetition, parallelism?  Collections, TEST on "After Auschwitz" by Elie Wiesel, 379-383. Analyzing the text 384, #1-7 due Tuesday.
• EQs:  What is the role that chance plays in a person's life? What sound devices are used by poet?  Collections, read "There But for the Grace" poem 385-387.  Analyzing the Text, 388, #1-7, TEST

Writing and Warm-Ups 

1. Warm-up: read and write from text
2. Scope - Argumentative Essay Due 3-10-15 "Your Phone Could Ruin your Life"88

Vocabulary - from Scope

 

 

Homework
Research topic from Chapter 9 - conduct research - see below
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss. Write a summary and reflection of one news article for the week.

CNN Student News
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?
Social Studies Research Project

1. Pick a focus/topic from Chapter 9.  Examples: Supreme Court, Amendments, The Senate or House of Representatives, States vs Federal
2. Research information: what is it? What does it do?
3. Create a 5 question Survey to ask students about your topic.
4. Send survey to classmates. Analyze the results.
5. Create a Google slideshow and presentation explaining your topic and the results of the survey.

Creating the Constitution Chapter 9
EQ: What is the most important, amazing item that the framers wrote in the constitution? What makes the Constitution a document that gives us "a more perfect union"?

9.2 The Preamble   
9. Legislative
9.4 Executive 123
9.5 Judicial 124
9.6 Checks and Balances 126
9.7 Amendments 127
9.8 Federal 128
9.9 Participation 130 
9.10 Summary

Study Guide and Notes for Chapter 9
Essay
TEST


Country Project: none