Welcome to 3rd Quarter

Suggestions for   Annotations #3
1. Connect your novel to something you heard Matt de La Pena discuss.
2. What is causing your character to grow or where do you see a literary foil?
3. Look for another moment where a symbol creates extraordinary meaning.
4. Impress me.
Pages Read of 100?

6th
Language Lesson: Annotations as a Tool for Discussion
Independent Reading

7th
Language Lesson: What is an Allegory?
Writing workshop Expository Essay or Drama Project

8th
Language Lesson:  What is a parable and how is it different than allegory?
Writing workshop Expository Essay or Drama Project

9th
Language Lesson: What does a full colon do?
Independent Reading.
Small group graded discussion

10th
Expository essay due in class.
Share Essays.

13th
More Formal Response
Type a literary  letter to your partner that highlights the best of your thinking from your reading journal. Fill a page with your reflective thoughts.  Give the letter to your partner in class on Thursday, March 16th and allow them to respond.  There are no annotations required this week.  You should be selecting a 2nd (or 3rd) book!
Independent Reading

14th
Language Lesson: Characterization Review
Multiple Choice Quiz on Language Lessons!

15th
Expository Assessment.
What is the author’s tone?
Who is the intended audience?
What is the purpose of the piece?
Does the context affect the piece in anyway?

16th
Partner Letter due at the start of class.
Share letter with partner and respond to their letter.
Independent Reading.

17th
All ART and Drama Projects due.
Share or Present.

20th
No school for President's Day.

21st
No school for Students.

Weekly Homework: Read a half hour each night.  Complete three annotations as a minimum.
Focus one annotation on theme, and one on foreshadowing.  Annotations will be graded on Thursday. Set a goal of 100 pages a week and see how close you can come to it.
As you finish a text, you need to write a paragraph of thematic analysis which explicates the most significant theme in your novel.


Monday 9
Independent Reading
Week Two Homework Reminder
Book Fair
Parent Teacher Conferences

Tuesday 10
Small Group Shared Read:
Lamb to Slaughter by Roald Dahl
How does Foreshadowing create suspense?

Wednesday 11
Independent Reading of Shared Text:
A Dip in the Pool or The Way Up to Heaven
Assign Think In Threes Essay: Essay of Literary Comparison
Essay due November 16th.
Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday 12
Independent Reading:
Share Annotations with small group.

Welcome to Quarter Two
Students independent reading journals will be evaluated on a weekly basis.  The minimum weekly expectation is three quality annotations and four nights of reading for at least a half an hour at home.

Due to a significant number of students who struggle to turn work in, I will immediately enter a zero for a student that is present in school but does not submit an assignment.  This does not mean, I will not accept late work but it will hopefully encourage students to be more timely with their work.

We will be attending the BookFair on Monday, November 7th and 9th.

Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday, November 7th and Wednesday, November 9th from 3:00-7:00 pm.

There is no school Friday, November 4th and Friday, November 11th.