Monday, August 7, 2017

Week of: August 7 - 11, 2017

Monday:
o   Warm Up: Summer Reading Assignment (Honors is due today; On-Level on Friday)
o   Opening: Teacher will review what Unit 1 will cover/review syllabus


  Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Review Elements of a Plot
§  Guided Practice (We do): Teacher will discuss the importance of being able to identify the elements of a plot in different mediums.
Teacher will have students watch the short film Alma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tECaYQ1AzkM
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will plot the elements on the given diagram and highlight the type of Irony seen in the short film.
o   Closing: Review Diagram in Alma




·       Tuesday:
o   Warm Up: Students will receive their Springboard books/Interactive Notebook Set-up
o   Opening: Reading Inventory Assessment
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review the Elements of a Plot (Powerpoint) and students will take notes using a diagram. Teacher will discuss and students will take notes on the three Types of Irony –Dramatic, Situational, Verbal (Honors)
§  Guided Practice (We do): Read the short story – Thank You Ma’am (Langston Hughes – bio video)
§  Independent Practice (You do): Identify the Elements of a Plot in the story & complete comprehension questions
o   Closing: Discuss Reading Inventory Assessment

·       Wednesday:
o   Warm Up: Continue setting up Interactive Notebooks
o   Opening:  Open Discussion on Edgar Allen Poe
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will show a video biography on Edgar Allen Poe
§  Guided Practice (We do): Discuss Catacombs (p. 127) Whole Class Reading: Cast of the Amontillado in the SpringBoard books (p. 131) Teacher will explain the importance of annotating while reading a text.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Silent Reading of Cast of Amontillado (Honors); Reading Comprehension Questions/Annotations.
o   Closing: Open discussion of The Cast of the Amontillado


·       Thursday:
o   Warm Up:  Independently, students will finish comprehension questions from The Cast of the Amontillado
o   Opening: With an elbow partner, students will review comprehension questions.
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review the importance of a Coat of Arms in The Cast of the Amontillado.
§  Guided Practice (We do): Teacher will show students various Coat of Arms in history as well as break down the Coat of Arms for Montressor’s family.
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will create a Personal Coat of Arms
o   Closing: Students will make a class list of the Do’s and Don’ts of Presenting

·       Friday:
o   Warm Up: Collect signed Syllabus sheets and Summer Reading Blogs
o   Opening: Weekly Review: Elements of a Plot & Irony
o   Work Session -
§  Instruction (I do): Teacher will review Presentation guidelines and rubric.
§  Guided Practice (We do): Students will present their Coat of Arms to the class
§  Independent Practice (You do): Students will provide constructive feedback of presentation using rubric.
o   Closing: Teacher will remind students about their skill review assessment next week.

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