English 9 Quarter 2 Week 2

Monday 11/1

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: 5 minute free write.
2. Business
    a. Announce: Organizational Checks coming back this Friday.
    b. Reminder: If you haven't uploaded your paper yet, do so ASAP.
    c. Reminder: SFSB due this week.
3. Reader's Workshop: MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"
    a. Getting ready for vocabulary.
        1) Review p. 103 in literature book.
            a) Read selection at top of page for review.
            b) Types of context clues:
                 *Definition/Restatement; Examples; Comparison/Contrast
            c) Try Exs. 1-5 p. 103 - one at a time, together.
         2) Assign: Complete Context Clues Worksheet for HW.
             *Worksheet must be had in class - no online version available.
    b. Getting ready for figurative language: similes & metaphors
        1) Review the importance of VEHICLES.
        2) Discuss connotations - feelings evoked by the images of vehicles.
        3) Play serious version of The Metaphor Game, analyzing the vehicles we create for meaning.
4. HW: Complete Context Clues Worksheet.

Tuesday 11/2

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Jot down what you know about MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech." To the point, what makes it so famous?
2. Business
    a. Reminder: Organizational Checks coming back this Friday.
    b. Reminder: If you haven't uploaded your paper yet, do so ASAP.
    c. Reminder: SFSB due this week.
    d. Turn in: Context Clues Worksheet.
3. Reader's Workshop: MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"
    a. Review yesterday's lessons: Vocabulary & Figurative Language.
    b. Review Active Reading/Lit Strategy Graphic Organizer.
    c. View speech using Active Reading/Lit Strategy Graphic Organizer.
    d. Pause after each paragraph to jot down notes and clarify meaning.
    e. Assign: Finish for HW on own if needed.
        LINK TO SPEECH
4. HW: Finish G.O. analysis of MLK speech if needed.

Wednesday 11/3

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: View rest of MLK speech.
2. Business
    a. Reminder: Organizational Checks coming back this Friday.
    b. Reminder: If you haven't uploaded your paper yet, do so ASAP.
    c. Reminder: SFSB due this week.
3. Reader's Workshop: MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"
    a. MLK Speech Synthesis and Themes.
    b. Assign: Follow up Context Clues exercise.
    c. Assign: Metaphor Analysis activity.
4. HW: Finish MLK Speech Vocab & Metaphor worksheets.

Thursday 11/4

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business
    a. Reminder: Organizational Checks coming back tomorrow.
    b. Reminder: If you haven't uploaded your paper yet, do so ASAP.
    c. Reminder: SFSB due this week.
3. Reader's Workshop
    a. Assign: Reading "The Cask of Amontillado"
    b. Assign: Take notes as you read if you are having any difficulty with the text.
4. HW: Absent students read "The Cask of Amontillado" on own.

Friday 11/5

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Now that you've actually seen and studied the MLK speech, rethink: Why exactly is this considered one of the best speeches ever given?
2. Business
    a. Reminder: Students absent yesterday, be sure you've read "The Cask of Amontillado"!
    b. Due: SFSB should be had!
3. Reader's Workshop: MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"
    a. Discuss journal.
    b. Metaphor Analysis activity.
    c. Be sure to understand the concepts presented.
    d. Create thematic statements for the speech.
    e. Add to our Hopes and Dreams theme wheel.
    f. Checked in Class: MLK "Packet": Graphic Organizer; Context Clues exercise; Metaphor Analysis activity.
    f. "A Dream Deferred" if time.
4. HW: Be sure you've read "The Cask of Amontillado" by Monday.