English+II

[|Literary Terms.doc] (click to link)

Week Ending 8/29/08

Monday--Reading Workshop: Book talk, Review Classroom Guidelines, Guidelines for Reading Workshop Tuesday--Reading Workshop: Book talk, Organizing Reader's Notebook (using post-it notes) Wednesday--Reading Workshop: Book talk, Topics for Reader's Notebooks, Due dates for letters Thursday--Reading Workshop: Book talk, Book Recommendations, "Must Read" shelf Friday--Reading Workshop: Book talk, How to Give a Book Talk
 * Refer to the Reading Workshop page to review all guidelines and procedures

Week Ending 9/5/09

Monday--Labor Day Tuesday--Literature Pretest Wednesday--Grade pretest and analyze data; discuss letters and rubric Thursay--Read [|"Lamb to the Slaughter"] p. 316-324; Levels of Questions [|Levels of Q.doc] Friday--11 sentence paragraph over a Level 3 Question [|11 Sentence Paragraph.doc];[|RUBRIC 11 Sentence Paragraph.doc]
 * There is always a good chance we won't keep up with the schedule. If so, everything is pushed back. No problems.

Week Ending 9/12/08

Monday--Finish writing paragraph together; Homework: write another 11 sentence paragraph over a level 3 Question Tuesday--Go through the writing process with your paragraph: Prewrite, First Draft, Evaluate (highlighting), Revise, Proofread Wednesday--Finish writing process with paragraphs; Turn in final copy and all work Thursday--Powernotes: [|Plot.ppt] Friday--[|Book Pass.doc]

Week Ending 9/19/08

Monday--Read "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" p. 4-16; Literary/Reading Focus: Time and Sequence, Cause/Effect [|Online Textbook] Tuesday--Continue reading story, finish at home Wednesday--Substitute: Reading Workshop--Making Connections with [|sample letter.doc] Thursday--Levels of Questions in group; 11 sentence paragraph over Level 3 Question (homework) Friday--paragraph due; Vocab Activity--Prefixes p. 20 #2,3

Week Ending 9/26/08

Monday--"You want a social life, with friends" p. 18; [|TPCASTT.doc] (whole class) Tuesday--Finish TPCASTT Wednesday--Story Map and Cause/Effect Chart over "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets" Thursday--Finish Story Map and Cause/Effect Chart; Review Vocabulary Friday--Test over "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets", "You want a social life, with friends" and Vocabulary