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English 9 B. Week 1 March 12-16, 2012. Thought of the Day. Wednesday (3/14) – Matt * and Braxton G .* Thursday (3/15) – Ben* and Elizabeth* Friday (3/16) – Megan and Victoria Monday (3/19) – Deziray and Cedie Tuesday (3/20) – Summer and Kiernan Wednesday (3/21) – Sara and Drew
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English 9 B Week 1 March 12-16, 2012
Thought of the Day • Wednesday (3/14) – Matt * and Braxton G.* • Thursday (3/15) – Ben* and Elizabeth* • Friday (3/16) – Megan and Victoria • Monday (3/19) – Deziray and Cedie • Tuesday (3/20) – Summer and Kiernan • Wednesday (3/21) – Sara and Drew • Thursday (3/22) – Noah and A.J. • Friday (3/23) – Antonio and Stephon
Monday (3/12/12) • Welcome Back! • Introductions • Procedures and Policies • Thought of the Day and sign up • Clock Buddies • Talk about the Blog • Distribute the Pearl and Vocabulary L. 13 • Introduction to Steinbeck – Video and Start of the Pearl • HW: Read Chapter One and Two of the Pearl – Bring in chapter summaries for tomorrow
Tuesday (3/13/12) • Objective: They will also recognize and define literary terms seen in The Pearl and use this knowledge to infer the author’s use of them • Thought of the Day • LINCS • Video - Symbolism • Literary Terms – Inquiry and Jigsaw • HW: Read chapter three – A summary
Wednesday (3/14/12) • Objective: Students will recognize and define literary terms seen in The Pearl and use this knowledge to infer the author’s use of them. • Thought of the Day • Journal write: Everyday we are surrounded by symbols. In fact our past is flooded with symbols (of childhood (blanket), failure (last place spelling bee ribbon), pride (a trophy), etc). Write about a powerful symbol from your past. What did it mean to you back then, and it has it come to represent something else today? Use sensory details to get at the mood of the symbol. You may write about this in story format if you wish. • Literary terms jig-saw • HW: Read Ch. 4 and respond to the prompt in the forums on my blog
Thursday (3/15/12) • Thought of the Day • Discuss last night’s post – Pearl Buyer. • Literary Terms Cont. • Discussion Groups • HW: Read Chapter Five and perform a summary • REMINDER: Tomorrow bring your LINCS sheet, Vocabulary L. 13 Homework, and be ready to take the quiz tomorrow!
Friday (3/16/12) • Thought of the Day -Megan and Victoria • Explain Analytical Essay (Rough Draft due 3/19) • Vocabulary quiz 13 • Guided Reading • Announcement: The Pearl Quiz Wednesday (3/21). • HW: Read chapter six complete a summary. Come in with a rough draft of the paper Monday.