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1/24 - 1/25 - MOVIE PERMISSION SLIP CLICK HERE
NANOWRIMO Winners: Congrats!!!!
1) Mallory Asis (p2) - 52,630 words
2) Keyona Muller - 38,000 words
3) Mia Hill (p4) - 28,000 words
Period Winners:
p2 - Mallory Asis
p3 - Rhea Lim
p4 - Payton Alin
p5 - Angel Rogel
p6 - Keyona Muller
Week One - August 27th - 31st
8/27 - Read fully, fill out and return Syllabus by 8/31 (*and bring in name cards everyday)
8/27 - Nothing Gold Can Stay - Read/quick write/pair share
8/27 - Get to Know Mr. Wolf Intro!
8/28 - Get to Know Each Other Game! (Name + icebreaker)
8/28 - Read "The Road Not Taken" - Had Socratic Seminar
8/28 - HOMEWORK (all students): Bring in new independent reading book. See guidelines in Syllabus for requirements.
8/29 - Checked books (REMINDER/HW: If you have not brought a book or if you have, don't forget to bring one everyday! See Syllabus for requirements.)
8/29 - Went over Socratic Seminar - Improvements/Weaknesses
8/29 - Outsiders Anticipatory Guide
8/30 - *BOOK CHECK IN TODAY*
8/30 - North/West/East/South Exercise - Compass Points
8/30 - CLASS NAME + POLL (SEE ABOVE)
8/30 - HW IF YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT A BOOK IN TODAY (Due FRIDAY) IS YOUR LAST DAY BEFORE YOU GET A DETENTION!
8/31 - All books due!
8/31 - Finish Compass Excercise
8/31 - Create Pledge
Week Two - Sept 3rd - 7th
9/3 - LABOR DAY
9/4 - Class Pledge - Created
9/5 - Read The Outsiders - Ch 1
9/5 - Study Guide Questions - Ch 1 - Finish
9/6 - Read - The Outsiders - Ch 1 (Finish) and Ch 2
9/6 - HW: Study Guide Questions - The Outsiders - Ch 2 - DUE MONDAY
9/7 - Read The Outsiders - Ch 2
Week Three - Sept 10th - 14th
9/10 - Read - The Outsiders - Ch 3
9/10 - HW: Study Guide Questions - The Outsiders - Ch 3 - DUE TUESDAY
9/11 or 9/12 - Write up Class Pledge on Paper - To Be Put Up In Class
9/11 - Literary Circles - Read Ch 4
9/11 - Study Guide Questions - Ch 4
9/12- Lit Circles Chapter 1-4 - Create Poster
9/13 - The Outsiders - QUIZ - Thursday - STUDY - Review SG Questions
9/13 - Create Posters from Lit Circles
9/14 - Finish Posters
9/14 - Present Posters!!
Week Four - Sept 17th - 21st
9/17 - The Outsiders - Ch 5 Read - Ch 5 Study Guide
9/19 - Read Ch 6 The Outsiders + Complete SG #6
9/20 - Ch 6 Continued
9/21 - The Outsiders - Ch 7 Read - Ch 7 Study Guide
Week Five - Sept 24 - 28
9/24 - The Outsiders - Ch 8 Read - Ch 8 Study Guide
9/25 + 9/26 - The Outsiders - Ch 9 + 10 Read - Ch 9+ Ch 10 Study Guide
9/27 - Ch 11/12 - Read + Study Guide
9/28 - Ch 11/12 - Read + Study Guide
Week Six Oct 1 - 5th
App Project - Link to Guidelines/Handout
10/1 - Lit Device Review
10/2 - Lit Device Review
10/3 - Lit Device Review
10/3 - BEGIN PROJECT - Click here to see all the details of "Final Project - Creating your App"
10/4 - Lit Device Review
10/4 - Projects Continue
10/5 - Lit Device Quiz
10/5 - Projects Continue
Week 7 Oct 8th - 12th
LIT DEVICES CLICK HERE
10/8 - Lit Devices 8, 9, 10
10/8 - Continue Project
10/9 - Lit Devices 11, 12, 13
10/9 - Continue Project
10/10 - Lit Devices 13, 14, 15
10/10 - Continue Project
10/11 - Continue Project
10/12 - Continue Project
Week 8 Oct 15th - 19th
Movie Permission Slips - Tuesday/Wednesday Movie
10/15 - Time to Polish + Present Projects
10/16 - Present your "App" Projects
10/17 - Present your "App" Projects + Jeopardy - Good job all and congrats winners!
10/18 - Present your "App" Projects + Jeopardy - Good job all and congrats winners!
10/19 - Outsiders Test - Open Book (IMPORTANT: See me if you were absent 10/19 for make up)
Week 9 Oct 22 - 26th
10/22 - Watch The Outsider's Movie - Movie Questions Begin
10/23 - Finish The Outsider's Movie - Movie Questions DUE
10/24 - Literary Devices + Review
10/25 - Lit Device Review 1 - 30 PDF (Write you definition, example, explanation of example)
10/25 HW: Lit Devices 20-25 FILL OUT (feel free to do all 30 if you want to get ahead)
10/26 - Lit Device Test
Week 10 Oct 29 - Nov 2nd
10/29 - Introduce New Book + Lord of The Flies Activity (Deserted Island Activity)
10/30 - THE CLASS IS ON AN ISLAND
10/30 - Activity!
10/31 - Finish activity HALLOWEEN + Lord of the Flies Study Guide Questions
11/1 - Read Lord of the Flies PDF CH 1 + Movie Intro + SG q's Ch 1 (see above for file)
11/2 -
LORD OF THE FLIES - PDF option 2
NEW BOOK NOVEMBER!
Week 11 Nov 5 - Nov 9th
11/5 - Read Lord of the Flies + Added to Vocab
11/5 HW: Draw a detailed map of "The Island" using clues and descriptions found in the novel (see pgs 22-23 starting at the line: "It was roughly boat-shaped") - CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF
11/6 - Read Lord of the Flies - Continue SG CH 1/2
11/7 - Read Lord of the Flies - Finish SG Ch 1/2
11/8 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start SG Ch 3/4
11/9 - Read Lord of the Flies - Continue SG 3/4
Week 12 Nov 12 - Nov 16th
11/12 - NO SCHOOL :D
11/13 - Read Lord of the Flies - Continue/FINISH SG 3/4
11/14 - Read Lord of the Flies - Continue/FINISH SG 3/4
11/15 - ACTIVITY - Lord of the Flies (Most of in class to work on)
11/16 - ACTIVITY - Lord of the Flies
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 13 Nov 26 - Nov 30 th
11/26 - Present - ACTIVITY - Lord of the Flies
11/27 - Present - ACTIVITY - Lord of the Flies
11/28 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start Ch 5 - SG
11/29 - Read Lord of the Flies - Finish Ch 5 - SG
11/30 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start Ch 6 - SG
Week 14 - Dec 3rd - 7th
12/3 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start/Finish Ch 6 - SG
12/4: HW: Turn in Study Guides 1- 6
12/4 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start Ch 7 - SG
12/5 Read Lord of the Flies - Continue Ch 7 - SG
12/6 - Read Lord of the Flies - Start Ch 8 - SG
12/7 - Read Lord of the Flies - Finish Ch 8 - SG
Study Guide - Here
Week 15 Dec 10th-14th
12/10 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 8 (*See study guide above in purple)
12/11 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 9/10
12/12 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 11 - Review
12/13 - LORD OF THE FLIES QUIZ REVIEW
12/14 - Lord of the Flies - Quiz
Week 16 Dec 17th-21st - LAST WEEK BEFORE BREAK
12/17 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 11
12/18 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 11
12/19 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 12 QW - See Blog
12/20 Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 11 QW FINISH #3 - DUE FRIDAY
12/21 - Read Lord of the Flies - SG Ch 11 QW FINISHED
BREAK
Week 17 January 7th - 11th - Welcome Back!
1/7 - Finish Lord of the Flies - SG 12 + Daily Test Review CH 1 + Essay Introduce
1/8 - Daily Test Review + Work on our essays + Essay Introduction - MODEL EXAMPLES
1/9 - Daily Test Review + Work on our essays - Finish Thesis & Begin Body Paragraphs if you are done
1/10 - Daily Test Review + Work on our essays - Finish Body Paragraphs + Begin Counterclaim + Conclusion - DUE: FINISH YOUR INTRO: Hook/Topic sentences/THESIS (see model examples) + Introduce Body Paragraphs (Click here for how to write a "Strong Body Paragraph")
EXAMPLE: SAMPLE STUDENT ESSAY
1/11 - Daily Test Review + Work on our essays - Finish First and Second Body Paragraph - SAMPLE MODEL BODY PARAGRAPHS
Week 17 January 14th - 18th
TEST REVIEW WEBSITE
1/14 - Essay continue - FINISH BODY PARAGRAPHS
1/15 - Essay continue - Counterclaim and Conclusion finish
- *Counter Claim How TO
- *Model Counterclaim - EXAMPLE
- *Counterclaim sentence filler (use loosely please)
- Mr. WOLF'S - COUNTER CLAIM + CONCLUSION MODEL
1/16 - ESSAY ROUGH DRAFT DUE / Peer Editing
1/17 - Essay continue / final revisions
1/17 - FINAL CHECKLIST / HELPFUL REMINDERS
1/18 - ESSAY FINAL DRAFT DUE
Week 19 January 22th - 25th
1/21 - No school
1/22 - LOTF TEST
1/23 - Personal Narrative INTRODUCE - Plot Diagram + Brainstorm Using Pack of Paper for Personal Narrative
-Personal narrative additional help - PACKET FOR GUIDANCE
- RUBRIC FOR WRITING NARRATIVE - see this for grade expectations
1/24 - LotF Movie / Essay prompt for those who don't have movie slips or who talk/disrupt during the movie
1/25 - Party
1/24 - 1/25 - MOVIE PERMISSION SLIP CLICK HERE
FASTBRIDGE ASSESSMENT - CLICK HERE
NEXT WEEK:
-Work on Personal Narrative