Sophomore English with Mrs. Greblo!

1. Sophomore English with Mrs. Greblo! 2012-2013

2. Daily SSR Entry: Each entry contains: -Date -Book title & author -Starting page # (SP) -Ending page # (EP)-Total # of pages read -Reader’s Statement (RS): What’s happening in the book? Summarize. What do you predict will happen next? What questions do you have for the author? What character traits do you appreciate? Find frustrating? What is your opinion of the book so far? Other comments? Sample Entry: 9/17/12 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins SP: 1 EP: 20 Total: 20 RS: Katniss lives in District 12 of the former U.S., now Panemwith her sister, Prim and her Mom. She is an agile hunter and gatherer and has had to do so since her father’s tragic death in a mine explosion. The reaping is today and the tone of District 12 is very somber as children ages 12-18 could be drawn to defend themselves to their death in the Hunger Games. I predict that Katniss or one of her close friends or family members names will be drawn. This book is really suspenseful, I’m loving it so far!

3. Mrs. Greblo’s 2B & 3B Sophomore English Agenda: 5/13/13 Please copy this agenda down into your Learning Log Notebook, you will receive credit for it! • Attendance / SSR / get LLN and/or writing folders from the cabinet, QUIETLY • Daily SSR Entry #22 • Agenda: (2B) #22 / (3B) #23 • Animal Farm by George Orwell • Small group activity: sharing and responding to Ch. 1 questions and quotations • Ch. 2 Vocabulary • Read Ch. 2 • Work time • Put away your LLN and/or writing folders in the LLN Storage File Cabinet NEATLY, please! • Objective(s): • Listen attentively • Read to determine and analyze: complex characters, the central idea of the text and its development, how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, an author’s point of view or cultural experience, the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in a text, author’s choices on the structure of a text and the order of events • Write routinely over extended time frames for a range of tasks, purposes and audiences • Homework: for next class… • Get ALL LATE work in ASAP!!

4. Small group activity: sharing and responding to Ch. 1 questions and quotations • In your group of THREE you are tasked with: • Going over all SIX chapter 1 questions TOGETHER, sharing out your answers. You want to make sure that everyone shares a common understanding of the questions and therefore the plot and events of chapter 1 of the novel. • NO WRITING OR CHANGING OF RESPONSES/ADDING OF QUOTES IS ALLOWED IN THIS ACTIVITY, YOU MUST ALWAYS COME PREPARED, WITH YOUR WORK DONE. • Next, each group member needs to share ONE of their quotes and their coordinating response with the group. See what conversations arise from this activity. Be open and DO NOT RUSH. • You have ten minutes for this activity, stay focused.

5. Animal Farm Chapter 2: VocabularyCopy this vocab. into your dialectical journals! preeminent adj.: superior to others, esp. in a particular quality vivaciousadj.: lively gambolledv.: jumped and skipped about in play; frolicked unalterableadj.: unchangeable ALSO: “scullery” – kitchen, “stove” – kicked

6. Animal Farm Chapter 2: Dialectical Journal • Complete the following for chapter two by NEXT CLASS: • Pg. 10 – Respond to the SIX questions with complete journal-like responses. • Pg. 11 – Self-select (at least FOUR) quotes from chapter two and write them down with page number(s). Pick quotes that you like, that confuse you, that inspire you, make you angry, etc. Respond openly!