Tuesday, June 4

Objective: SWBAT complete a vocabulary quiz.  SWBAT complete a portion of Unit Test #4.

Do-Now: You have FIFTEEN minutes to study for your quiz.

Today: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #4

2) Unit Test #4

Homework: Unit Test #4 Due NO LATER than 2:34pm on Wednesday, June 6.

Monday, June 4

Objective: SWBAT complete a review for their Vocabulary Quiz.  SWBAT begin completing their Unit Test #4.

Do-Now: Practice Vocabulary Quiz #4

Today: 1) Go over Practice Vocabulary Quiz

2) Begin Unit Test #4

Exit Slip: Do you have any questions/concerns about your grade for the end of the year?

Homework: Unit Test #4 Due NO LATER THAN 2:34pm on Thursday, June 4.  Early submissions preferred :-)

Friday, May 31

Objective: SWBAT find at least three details and images in the story which help to create the story’s mood.

Do-Now: Complete the Quickwrite on pg. 1289 OR do a Friday FREE WRITE (Your choice.)  Copy vocabulary words and definitions on pg. 1289.

Today: 1) Teacher will review imagery with the class by asking them to describe the day’s weather.  Preview vocabulary on pg. 1289.

2) Class will begin reading “Games at Twilight,” focusing on the images used in the story’s setting to help create the story’s mood.

3) On pg. 1296 Complete Questions 3, 5, 6, 8.

Exit Slip: Extending & Evaluating Question #9.

Homework: Vocabulary Quiz #4 on Tuesday, June 5.

Thursday, May 31

Objective: SWBAT identify the sources of a character’s conflict.  SWBAT find and describe an instance of situational irony.

Do-Now: Complete the Quickwrite on pg. 1282.  Copy vocabulary words and definitions.

Today: 1) Teacher will review conflict and situational irony.  Preview vocabulary on pg. 1282.

2) Class will read “Like the Sun,” focusing on the sources of the main character’s conflict.

3) Evaluating Question #12.

Exit Slip: Is honesty always the best policy?  Explain why or why not giving a situation from your life as an example.

Homework: Study for Vocabulary Test #4 (Tuesday, June 5)

Wednesday, June 30

Objective: SWBAT identify and describe at least THREE images which help create a story’s setting.

Do-Now: Complete Quickwrite on pg. 1233.

Today: 1) Teacher will review imagery and dialogue and read the “Background” section on pg. 1233.

2) Class will begin to read “B. Wordsworth,” focusing on the images the story presents which help to create a setting.

3) Response & Analysis #6, 7, 9.

Exit Slip: How might this story have been different if it had been told from B. Wordsworth’s point of view instead of the boy’s?  What would have been lost?  What would have been gained?

Homework: Complete Writing Activity “Seeing Things Differently”

Tuesday, May 29

Objective: SWBAT identify elements in a poem which make the poem satirical.  SWBAT describe a poem’s theme.  SWBAT find TWO instances of irony in a poem.

Do-Now: Complete the Quickwrite on pg. 1156.

Today: 1) Review satire

2) Class will read “Telephone Conversation,” analyzing the poem’s satirical qualities and looking for examples of irony.

3) Students will create their own poem which satirizes a negative experience they have had in which they felt they were being discriminated against for their age/race.

4) Response & Analysis Questions #1, 2, 4, 5.

Exit Slip: Complete Extending & Evaluating Question #6.

Friday, May 25

Objective: SWBAT explain how a story’s title can represent verbal irony. SWBAT describe a story’s theme.

Do-Now: FREE WRITE

Today: 1) Teacher will review verbal irony and read the “Background” section on pg. 1148. Teacher will preview vocabulary.

2) Class will begin reading “Marriage is a Private Affair,” characterizing the character Okeke.

3) Students will finish reading “Marriage is a Private Affair,” discussing what they feel is the story’s main theme.

4) Response & Analysis Questions #5, 7, 9, 10, 12

Exit Slip: Complete Extending & Evaluating Question #14

Homework: End-of-Year Essay Due TUESDAY, May 29!!!