Lesson Plans May 11-15

Collections Textbooks turned in this week

Language Arts - Close Reader

Warm ups: freewrite, poem, vocabulary

Essential Questions

• How do we draw conclusions in a text?
• What can we learn from paragraph structure in a text?
• How to analyze and argument and determine if the claims are sufficiently supported?

Vocabulary

Cores 1,2,3. Define the words. Use them in a sentence. Study. Quiz on Thursday.

(+ Core One - Vocabulary text Lesson 5  - complete exercises 1,2,3,4, Quiz on Friday)

"The Real McCoy" Vocabulary 

1. synonymous
2.  lethargy
3. automatic
4. prolific
5. device

Language Arts Assignments for the Week of May11-15

Close read the following and do the related questions.
The Real McCoy - Close Reader, 125-130
Short Response, 130
Analyze the text, cite text evidence and draw conclusions.

Poems 131
"To Be of USe" 132
"A Story How a Wall Stands" 132


Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night.  Take three AR tests before May 20
• Finish classwork for the day
• See the board for daily assignments  

 

Poem

Expect Nothing
Alice Walker

Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.

Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.

Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.


Reflection:
What is the author's tone?
What ideas are expressed?
Your thoughts?

 

 

Social Studies Core 4 Homework
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.

Geography Quiz
Country of the Week: none due to no computers

CNN Student News
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?
Every day the class watches CNN Student News. Ask Jake or Gian to run the computer projector.
Discuss the news stories.

Social Studies Lessons

Video Song - The Constitution  

Chapter 8 - The Constitution

Read the chapter, do the study guide, discuss, take the test, add the essay.