A Period - Sophomore Honors
Sept 4 - Sept 7 | |
Tuesday, September 4th - post-its and bricks - go over syllabus - letter assignment - due Friday | Notes on Directions - 7 students used only words - 23 used pictures and words |
Wednesday, September 5th - introductions - QFT & ‘universal human experience’ - draft letters HW: letters due Friday | QFT: Universal Human Experience - what is the universal human experience? - who experiences the universal human experience? - where does this experience occur? - when does the universal human experience occur? - why do we experience this uhe? - can two people experience the same uhe? - how does the uhe happen? - can the uhe change? - how is the uhe universal? - is the uhe one thing or a collection of things? - what effect does the uhe have on the human? - what effect does the uhe have on society? - is the uhe bad? - how does the uhe affect the earth? - how many different uhe can there possibly be? - is the uhe good? - does the uhe affect the future? - is the uhe instantaneous or does it happen over a long period of time? - how will the uhe of others affect your uhe? - is the uhe a necessity for life? - can the uhe change your life? - does everyone experience the uhe? - should everyone experience the uhe? |
Friday, September 7th - hand in letters (include ALL ‘process’) - trio check-in for bricks - Picture Day |
Sept 10 - Sept 14 | |
Monday, September 10 - make the schedule - in class essay for summer reading - thesis vine / path to purpose - project for uhe | notes from class: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=42817486e3&view=att&th=139b02d2f8fd5825&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1 |
Tuesday, September 11 - brainstorming list of uhe - make journals - three steps to a thesis HW: outline and finish bricks | seven steps to a thesis: http://kennettenglish.blogspot.com/2012/08/seven-steps-to-thesis.html |
Wednesday, September 12 - uhe free write - choose one topic and fill page - outlining / drafting HW: bricks & rough draft | check out various outlines: |
Thursday, September 13 - In-Class Essay - MEET IN IMC | submission instructions: http://kennettenglish.blogspot.com/2012/09/submitting-essay-hard-copies.html |
Friday, September 14 - wall presentations - UHE - explain your idea to three others & connect in journal |
Monday, September 17 - letters & writing folders - EdCafe setup & intros - EdCafes | |
Tuesday, September 18 - EdCafes | Notes on Period A’s Notetaking: - very linear - lots of bullet points - both phrases and some quotations - mostly labeled who led session - clear headers / distinctive sections between talks - things to think about - quoting group members, challenging the expert Homework for Thursday/Friday: (4pgs in UHE Journal) 1. definitions of your word (dictionary, wikipedia, other people’s definitions) 2. why does this fundamentally matter to you? In a root sense of the word 3. where do you see this experience in pop culture / mass media? or do you? 4. draft your hypothesis: what do you want to say about this experience - test this hypothesis on 5 people and write down their reactions |
Monday | Front Board | Map Area | Pin Board | Rigor Corner | Center Spot |
Session 1 | Pain (Matt) do you think part of the experience is getting over the pain? | Struggle (Kaleb) struggle is within every aspect of life | Learning (Robbie) can you learn too much for your own good? | Home (Caitlin) every place is a home as long as it is built with some kind of emotion | Conflict (Alex Perry) A conflict can be big or small and can have a positive or negative effect |
Session 2 | Trust (Kim) would it be worse to not have someone’s trust or not trust anyone | Tragedy (Jess) | Making Mistakes (Alisha) | Death (Ashley) | Curiosity (Monica) |
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | Front Board | Map Area | Pin Board | Rigor Corner | Center Spot |
Session 3 from yest. | Struggle (Sierra) everyone experiences struggle at one time in their life | Suffering (Jack) suffering can happen in both small capacities or large ones | Joy (Matt) if someone has experienced sadness or depression they will experience joy | Discovery (Heidi) a day doesn’t pass without discovery or learning new information | Exhaustion (Jill) can exhaustion be consider something that doesn’t have to do with sleep |
Session 1 | Want (Katie) want goes with jealousy - people are never fully satisfied | Struggle (Bridget) would you consider achieving your personal goals struggling? | Desire (Jake) if someone desires something unachievable does it increase or decrease their desire | Curiosity (Haley) curiosity is a thirst for knowledge and the wish to know things you already don’t | Friendship (Ashley C) can friendships help solve a problem or can they help make a situation worse? |
Session 2 | Love (Caitlin) | Curiosity (Alan) does too much curiosity have a negative effect? | Education (Sam) education doesn’t necessarily mean having to go to school - you can also know too much for your own good | Home (Lily) for a point in time, someone might not have a place to call home if you don’t know yourself then you don’t know where you belong | Disappointment (Erin) can you be disappointed by being disappointed in yourself |
Session 3 | Authority (Madison) authority has a good and bad side and people can be changed by it | Struggle (Miranda) could a struggle lead to something positive | Passion (Jocelynn) there is no opposite of passion because there are different leves of passion | Self-Discovery (Alex Powers) discovering something about yourself can help redefine you | |
Front Board | Map Area | Pin Board | Rigor Corner |
Wednesday, September 19 - ½ day - brainstorm for Macbeth Olympics | Macbeth Olympics brainstorming - stepstool and torch - Bob Costas (Matt F. has volunteered) - flags / colors - opening ceremonies / closing ceremonies - medals / medal podium - on the spot reporting - Olympic village - instead of T shirts we could have bandanas to delineate teams - for vague scenes, need interpreters - turning points - Cereal Boxes - creative prop manager - anthem for each character |
Thursday, September 20 - A History of the Games / Macbeth - The Teams - choosing teams - UHE general check in | - notes from Ms. Kennett - how are you delineating headers / important / confusing / look up later → |
Friday, September 21 - UHE: music - accountable conversation - team intros | Questions to consider: - what would you do anything for? (Macbeth) - what will people do when they want something? (Lady Macbeth) - do you believe in any idea of fate / bigger circumstances / evil? (Weird Sisters) - what is the difference between a good and an effective leader? (Duncan) |
Sept 24 - Sept 28 | |
Monday, September 24 - team time: report back about answers to questions - prep for Opening Ceremonies!!! | To do: - designate character roles - spin doctors: picture/video & writer/speaker - plan outfits |
Tuesday, September 25 - Opening Ceremonies!!! - put together packets - | |
Wednesday, September 26 - UHE blog post draft - put together Macbeth Act 1 Packet | No Ms. Kennett |
Thursday, September 27 | |
Friday, September 28 |
| Overall Coverage - - |
Team Macbeth Macbeth - Banquo - Fleance - 1st Murderer - 2nd Murderer - 3rd Murderer - Porter - Image Doctor - Word Doctor - | Team Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth - Doctor - Gentlewoman - Image Doctor Word Doctor - |
Team Duncan Duncan - Malcolm - Donalbain - Macduff - Lady Macduff - Siward - Young Siward - Lords - Image Doctor - Word Doctor - | Team Weird Sisters 1st Witch - 2nd Witch - 3rd Witch - Image Doctor - Word Doctor - |
Oct 1 - Oct 5 | |
Monday, October 1 | universal Human Experience - blogging |
Tuesday, October 2 | act 1 scene 3 |
Wednsdy, October 3 | act 1 review |
Thursday,October 4 - Macbeth | act i scene 5 - lady macbeth |
Friday, October 5 - Macbeth | act 1 scene 6 & 7 - welcome to inverness and macbeth’ reluctance who is more in control in this relationship and how do you know? |
Oct 9 - Oct 12 | |
Tuesday, October 9 - - - | |
Wednesday, October 10 - 2.1 - kill Duncan (Enter Sandman) - 2.1 Homework: read 2.2 | |
Thursday, October 11 - lockdown talk - annotate 2.2 - 2.3 Homework: annotate 2.3 | |
Friday, October 12 - draw newspaper - |
October 15-19 | |
Monday - writing / thesis vine - 3.1 | |
Tuesday - culpability chart: #1 Duncan, #2 guards - 3.2 / 3.3 HW: culpability chart: murder #3 + quotations | In your Teams, create pie charts to show who is to blame / who is responsible for Duncan’s death and for the guards’. Annotate each ‘slice’ with one quotation. Focus on ownership of the situation. |
Wednesday - PSAT’s! | |
Thursday - 3.4 - Do not shake thy gory locks at me!!! Ghosts! Blood! Murderous thoughts! | |
Friday - 3.6 homework: 3.6 & questions |
Oct 22 - Oct 26 | |
Monday, October 22 - review Relevance Rainbow - witches brew - 4.1 | - watch the Orson Welles version - compare / contrast Harry Potter version of Hogwarts song |
Tuesday, October 23 - Macduff’s family - Malcolm & Macduff | |
Wednesday, October 24 - ½ Day - | |
Thursday, October 25 - 5.1 - sleepwalking scene | Judi Dench Kate Fleetwood |
Friday, October 26 - 5.2 - 5.7! | Finish the play! |
Oct 29 - Nov 2 | |
Monday, October 29 | hurricane day |
Tuesday, October 30 | hurricane day |
Wednesday, October 31 - theme / evolution - quotations from scope of entire play - medium to translate your idea | Halloween - Final Project Assignment Sheet what medium are you going to use for your final project ? |
Thursday, November 1 | Workshop day |
Friday, November 2 Weekend Homework: 2pg Reflection Paper | Field Trip to Macbeth! |
Nov 5 - Nov 9 | |
Monday, November 5 - collect Macbeth Reflection Paper - UHE Assignment - posted to blog by Friday - | Workshop Day - working on Macbeth Final Project - UHE Assignment: |
Tuesday, November 6 No School - Voting Day | |
Wednesday, November 7 - Collect Final Projects | Macbeth Final Projects due UHE Assignment After reading Macbeth, explain how your universal human experience applies to the play. How does it help shed light on particular characters/ideas/themes? Create an argument about your UHE and try to persuade the reader to understand your point. Assume they know a little about Macbeth, but be clear with what information and context you provide. - parameters: 3-4 paragraphs, around 300-400 words, no first-person in final draft |
Thursday, November 8 - Computer Lab | Composed final blog post due at end of period. - (think of it like you would a concise and eloquent 2pg paper) |
Friday, November 9 -Marks Close - Metacognitive Letter | - Metacognitive Letter Assignment - write to victims of Hurricane Sandy (Jess Carberry) |
November 12 - 16 | |
Monday, November 12 No School - Veteran’s Day | |
Tuesday, November 13 1) New Term, New Seats! - sit next to people who have their birthday w/in the same 3 months - no same immediate neighbors - different ‘tri-area’ of the room’ 2) Housekeeping: blogs, letters 3) 1000 words a week! / Term 2: POWER | |
Wednesday, November 14 - creating questions based off hw - respond to a question - Lord of the Flies blog - Power / Fear / Violence / Bullies, Bullied, Bystanders HW: learn about Lord of the Flies - cite your sources | Lord of the Flies blog -- kennettlordoftheflies.blogspot.com |
Thursday, November 15 - power triangle - keep it together by Guster - take notes from / about the lyrics - book recommendations | Book Choices: Fahrenheit 451 Things Fall Apart Beowulf Your Power Statements applied to the books: Click Here |
Friday, November 16 -choice books -handing back work / writing folders -read |
November 19 - November 21 | |
Monday, November 19 - housekeeping: letters back and in writing folder, drama club, etc. - bullies, bullied, bystanders in chapters 1-3 - writing: - C if just mimic back - B if you add your own ideas & analysis - A if you add your own ideas & analysis and connect to choice book HW: read until ~30-40 in choice book | Our brainstorming / mapping out ideas |
Tuesday, November 20 - image provocation - discussion groups | 1) jot down something to contribute 2) get in groups 3) 1pg notes / quotations from classmates |
Wednesday, November 21 - 30-15-10 |
November 26 - 30 | |
Monday, November 26 - housekeeping, writing goals - discuss chapters 4-6 - write HW: read through half of choice book | 1) Ralph and Jack’s leadership / division 2) Fear |
Thursday, November 29 - | Reading ‘quiz’ : Choose one character: Jack / Ralph / Piggy / Simon How would Ch 7-9 have been significantly altered without this character? iPad Countries Chapter 9 close reading |
December 3-7 | |
Monday, December 3 - end of the book - how did we get there? | No Ms. Kennett look at the last page of the book - choose 5 quotations and explain what they show about the last three chapters |
Tuesday, December 4 - discussion about the end of the book | - pie chart about who is to blame about Piggy’s death - are they actually ‘saved’? |
Wednesday, December 5 - 5min on the end of the book - topics for paper / idea development - EdCafes! | |
Thursday, December 6 - paper questions - Bingo! | What question do you want to pose about your two books? |
Friday, December 7 - counting up words / metacognition - one round of EdCafes - what is the paper proposal paragraph? HW: paper proposal paragraph | Dear Me, This is what is good about my notes This is what you should improve on / change / try. Sincerely, Your Name |
December 10 - 14 | |
Monday, December 10 - looking ahead at the next two weeks - collecting quotations: purpose & tricks - work time HW: finishing | |
Tuesday, December 11 - thesis development / outlines | THESIS DEVELOPMENT Write down your working thesis. Revise it: From here, it's all about the revision process: 1. Ralph and Piggy called a meeting with the conch in an attempt to build a community on the island. 2. (reorder) In an attempt to build a community on the island, Ralph and Piggy called a meeting with the conch. 3. (reword) Trying to convene the survivors with the conch, Ralph and Piggy seek to build a community on the island. 4. (condense) Convening the survivors with the conch, Ralph and Piggy seek to build a community on the island. 5. (add new analysis) Establishing themselves as leaders, Ralph and Piggy convene the survivors in order to start building a community. 6. (cull the best from the previous sentences) Convening the survivors with the conch's call, Ralph and Piggy establish themselves as leaders in the building community. 7. (evaluate how strong your argument is and tweak word choice) By convening survivors with the conch's call, Ralph and Piggy establish themselves as leaders of the nascent community. Fire is a symbol for separate themes in each story and the meaning it takes on for each character can define them. Surrendering to a corrupt society does not justify surrendering one’s freedoms, as often fear overpowers rationality. Darkness is overpowering; the only way to prevent total consumption is to actively work against it. Knowledge is dismissed for ignorance because of the choices society tries to make. Lost power belongs to those who will take it. |
Wednesday, December 12 - outlines / rough draft | |
Thursday, December 13 - rough draft due at end of period | Writing |
Friday, December 14 - how can you use lead-ins to ‘set-up’ quotations? - what does powerful analysis look like? - peer feedback WEEKEND HOMEWORK: - revise for ideas - revise for formatting, etc. - print fresh printed draft | LEAD INS What do you notice about effective lead-ins to quotations? - informational - help give context from big topic to what quotation will say - have a side they are arguing (opinionated) - fit into the paragraph as natural flow - word choice helped clarify topic ANALYSIS - look to argue why THAT quotation in THAT moment - what should the reader REALIZE after reading THAT quotation? (you included it for a reason - what is it?) - end of paragraph connects to topic sentence Formatting Reminders - you should always italicize titles of books - Lord of the Flies, Fahrenheit 451, Beowulf, Things Fall Apart - tips and tricks here - no first person (you, I, etc) |
December 17-21 | |
Monday, December 17 - c.lab | Finishing touches on essay - blog post |
Tuesday, December 18 - IMC - finish papers - metacognitive letters | |
Wednesday, December 19 - congrats on paper submissions - 100 seconds of fame - choice books for break | Topics for 100 seconds of fame: - cheese & mayonnaise sandwiches Ideas for Choice books: - Dracula |
Thursday, December 20 - practice for 100 seconds of fame! - choice book selections | |
Friday, December 21 - 100 seconds of fame! |
January 2 - 4 | |
Wednesday, January 2 - welcome back! - schedule - 100 seconds of fame! | |
Thursday, January 3 - In-Class Essay - Abstract Day / 30-15-10 | - 5pgs notes - thesis vine (5min) - simple outline (5min) Characters in literature often face _________________________. (your universal human experience). In a work of literature you have read in or out of school, explain how a character has dealt with ______________. |
Friday, January 4 - computer lab 1. Paper comments 2. Pearltrees Weekend homework: find 5 stories | Paper Comments: 1. log into your paper 2. I’ll have put comments 3. respond to my comments 4. download and print out 5. I will give your grade - add five points to your grade - create an account - create a New Pearl - title it FirstL_SStories - add Pearls via URL - you’re looking for FIVE short stories between class and over the weekend |
Jan 7 - Jan 11 | |
Monday, January 7 - establishing the purpose of stories - The Shape of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut | 1. Why do we tell / read / watch / listen to stories? - 2. Do you think stories are a Universal Human Experience? Why/why not?
3. What stories speak to you / do like / don’t you like / should be told / shouldn’t be told?
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Tuesday, January 8 - what’s the point of stories? - ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut HW: story chart (with plot events) for Harrison Bergeron or Thesis Vine for Harrison Bergeron | 1) you put ‘single quotations’ around short story titles - go ahead and title the story you wrote today and put your author name too ex. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut 2) some quick vocab - dystopia - a society that works against the individual / individuality - equality - being the same as - equity - being fair - conformity - seeking sameness 3) thematic topics: - power, fear, violence, control, acceptance, ownership |
Wednesday, January 9 - creative writing - definitions - what’s Vonnegut’s intentions / purpose? - The Gettysburg Address - Author’s Purpose for Short Stories HW: - re-watch The Gettysburg Address - what was his point? - read one of your short stories - in ½ page, explain what the author’s point was and how they got there | Equality
Equity 1. The quality of being fair and impartial: "equity of treatment". Conformity
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Thursday, January 10 - Who do you believe? - ‘The Black Cat’ by Edgar Allan Poe | |
Friday, January 11 - Whodunit? Dialogue in stories |
January 14 - 18 | |
Monday, January 14 - favorite word - Grammar: Nouns - All the Pretty Horses - knifefight | Grammar: Nouns - Why does he All the Pretty Horses excerpt - How does McCarthy create fear, pain, and adrenaline through word choice, sentence structure, and sentence variety? |
Tuesday, January 15 - overview - focus in paragraphs about topic sentences and conclusions - going to be writing short story - what’s the point of a narrator? - narration / characterization - excerpt from ‘Stand by Me’ = what kind of man is Jarret? HW: Brainstorm idea for your short story - draft for Friday | Focus: solid paragraph structure: Homework: 1) what is Almond’s argument about the relationship between narration and a cultural shift? . - establish definition of purpose of narration . - establish how/where he sees shift . - why does it matter? 2) if you know a character, you’ll know how they react in a situation. build a character and throw them into a situation that you face every day. |
Wednesday, January 16 | |
Thursday, January 17 - creative story ideas - Rubber - time to write HOMEWORK: 3-4 pages of idea development or writing | |
Friday, January 16 - reading / writing | Weekend homework: Choose one: 1) Explain how Almond’s purpose of narrator connects to one story / excerpt 2) Establish a connection of writ’ers craft between two stories / excerpts and explain what it shows |
January 28 - February 1 | |
Monday, January 28 - focused revision - time to revise - formatting nit picking stuff Computer Lab | Lenses to revise for : - setting - weather, place, buildings, air, objects, time of day - travel - dialogue - read it out loud - yes, out loud - you need to hear your characters - characterization - you need distinct characters - complicate them! - ending - show don’t tell, have a powerful ending - beginning - how relate to the ending? - a paragraph per event / idea |
Tuesday, January 29 - hard copy submissions - digital submissions Computer Lab | Formatting for Submission: - no page numbers - Times New Roman size 12 - 1.5 spacing, or single spacing (NOT double spacing) - indented every separate line of dialogue - no bold in the entire document (except title page) (except special permissions) - title page with your title however you’d like, and ‘by ________’ on the page - take your last name off everything - your story should start at the TOP of the page (after the cover page) PAY ATTENTION: 1) cover page and correctly formatted story - NO LAST NAME ANYWHERE (last initial ok) 2) Click “File” → “Publish to the Web” then click “yes” - this will give you a link 3) Copy the link 4) Click here 5) Paste the link next to your name - if you need to move your name, let me know 5b) Print a hard copy of your story! Yay! 6) Compile your Short Story Portfolio (see below) Hand in final Short Story Portfolio - type up a Table of Contents (create a table of contents to show me what’s in your portfolio) - rough drafts 1 and 2 - indicate for each draft WHAT you revised in it - work from the chart - in-class activities |
Wednesday, January 30 - touching base - synthesizing purpose of stories and you universal human experience - introduction / ‘sell’ your story to 5 people | 1) stories tomorrow 2) How does your purpose of stories connect to your Universal Human Experience? - 1pg - highlight the best things you said 3) introductions are important! be able to summarize / provide ‘hook’ to story to read tomorrow |
Thursday, January 31 - reading & synthesizing | Your stories have been published! They are in an online folder that you will access today: Sign out an iPad - Open Safari - go to bit.ly/2013ssanthology - ‘download’ - Open in ‘iBooks’ UHE Blog #3 After reading 4-5 of your classmates stories, select 3 that connect (in some way) to your Universal Human Experience and your purpose of stories. Then, answer the following prompt. How do these stories connect to both your purpose for stories and your universal human experience? What can we learn from reading them? |
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Friday, February 1 - reading & synthesizing | Blog post due Monday/Tuesday |
February 4 - February 8 | |
Monday, February 4 - check in about blog post - Intersections of Poetry - Ode to ______ | 1)hand in purpose for poetry 2) pick up piece of paper 3) sign out iPad 4) write the following on piece of paper : Responsibility Pass: This pass is ONLY valid if the bearer is being responsible. SIGN IT ASK FOR MS. KENNETT’S SIGNATURE Challenge: Go take a picture of something in the school you want to write an Ode to - you have to be back by 7:55 Open the app ‘GoodNotes’ → insert from Camera Roll Write an Ode to _____ over the picture intersections-o@posterous.com |
Tuesday, February 5 - what IS poetry? - what do you want poetry to DO? - Game: is THIS poetry??? | Poetry Intersections: Definitions x Free Form Tonight: You are going to make an ‘Introduction to Poetry’ |
Wednesday, February 6 | |
Thursday, February 7 - what’s the article about? - poem - explain how poem relates to text | Blackout Poetry 1) explanatory / informative writing - what is this article about? 2) cross out words to create a poem 3) explain in 5-7 sentences how your poem relates to the article - quote your poem (embed quotations in your analysis) |
Friday, February 8 | Blizzard Day |
February | |
Monday, February 11 | Blizzard Day |
Tuesday, February 12 | Blizzard Day |
Wednesday, February 13 | Slam poetry |
Thursday, February 14 | Love poetry |
Friday, February 15 | List of things to do: 1) if you’re reading this break, tell me what book you’re reading and write the following on a piece of paper: - I will read ___________ over break. I will write at least 5pg notes which will be due the first day back from break. I understand the second day back from break will be an in-class essay. 2) read some poetry and add to your collection (you should already have 3 poems - they were homework last week). Look to have a variety of poems - we will be analyzing them after break. - needed: 10 poems for portfolio, will be mix of found and original 3) Find a poem worth writing down to give to someone. Write it down and explain below the poem why you’re giving it to that person. |
FEBRUARY VACATION
February 25 - March 1 | |
Monday, Feb 25 - a sentence about break - Idea Development - What do you learn? | - Idea Development - What do you learn? Read Ms. Kennett’s ‘artifact’ and write down observations on what you see - what kinds of notes am I taking? what do I pay attention to? what don’t I? - how do I interact with the text? do I emphasize similar things across poems? - can you tell if I understand the poem? how? do I have to understand the poem completely?
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Wednesday, February 27 - pre-reading / iPad signout - Out, Out by Robert Frost - post-reading / iPad signin | Pre/Post-reading - http://bit.ly/kskoutout3 Poem - http://bit.ly/kskoutout2 |
Thursday, February 28 - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - guest lecture: Mr. Walker | |
Friday, March 1 - iPad signout / pre-reading - |
March 4 - March 8 | |
Monday, March 4 - voices! - overview of Poetry Portfolio check in - emphasis on independent budgeting of time | Reminders: - in most of your responses, there should be no ‘I / you / we’ - exception is the metacognitive section - looking at strong topic sentences, solid analysis in middle, conclusion that pieces it all together - titles of poems go in ‘single quotations’ |
Tuesday, March 5 - whose silence would you capture if you could? - ‘at the cemetery’ inspiration - ‘at the cemetery’ by Lucille Clifton | Inspiration: bit.ly/kskclifton2 Poem:bit.ly/kskclifton How and why does Clifton honor those who have been silenced? |
Wednesday, March 6 - ½ day - typing up responses | computer lab |
Thursday, March 7 - check in with me at least once during this period - workshop day | No Ms. Kennett |
Friday, March 8 - typing up responses - | computer lab SNOW DAY |
March 11 - 15 | bit.ly/Aperiod |
Monday, March 11 - collect poetry portfolios - MCAS overview - Long Comp practice | |
Tuesday, March 12 - collect poetry portfolios - book review chart - MCAS long comp practice | |
Wednesday, March 13 - MCAS long comp practice - student exemplars | What did we notice about the Long Comp Responses? |
Thursday, March 14 - reading comprehension | Homework: - read over the reading comprehension examples on the blog 1) what are the types of readings? 2) what are 5 different types of questions they ask 3) what is MCAS trying to assess in the Reading Comprehension and do they do it effectively? (5-6 sentences) |
Friday, March 15 - reading comprehension - |
March 25 - 29 | bit.ly/Aperiod |
Monday, March 25 - MCAS long comp | No Ms. Kennett MCAS Long Comp |
Tuesday, March 26 - MCAS - how did it go? - non-fiction overview HW: Being alone worksheet | |
Wednesday, March 27 - check hw - talk about being alone - This is Who I Am When No One is Looking | Questions to ask (choose 2 to respond to) ¾- 1 page each - (Explanatory) Why is alone time important to Pico Iyer? - (Informative: Author’s Craft) How is alone time positioned as a betrayal? Find language that supports that - (Explanatory: Personal Connections) What ways do you escape / need that space that compares / contrasts with Iyers? - (Argumentative) People need/don’t need the type of alone time that Iyer describes. |
Thursday, March 28 - intro to Pearltrees - reading / writing | Getting started with Pearltrees - make an account: pearltrees.com - look at Ms. Kennett’s on her Pearltrees account - start collecting ‘pearls’ that relate to your non-fiction- specifically and/or thematically |
Friday, March 29 - No School | Good Friday Weekend Homework: read / take notes / set up Pearltrees |
Thursday, April 11 - ground rules - Today’s Meet Backchannel | What it is: - a ‘backchannel’ Ground Rules: - don’t violate my trust What you’re doing: - share your document with me via google drive app - read other student’s work and be prepared to suggest someone |
Monday, April 6 - Monday Voices - - ‘Making Good’ by Lore Segal | |
Tuesday, April 7 - reflection - correspondence | Tiers Society Community Family/Friends Personal |