English 9 Quarter 2 Week 7

Monday 12/6

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: How are you feeling about exams? What questions do you have? What is your study plan?
2. Business:
    Announce: Organizational Check Friday: Book Bags
3. Student Workshop
    a. Return all graded work & updated grade sheets.
    b. Character Sketch Review will be tomorrow.
        1) Assign Period 3/Remind Periods 2 & 4: Check comments on eCampus and fill out Comment Response Guide.
        2) Bring printed copy of your paper - if you had paper comments, print that one out - and bring to class tomorrow.
4. Reader's Workshop
    a. Assign: Read "The Necklace" by class Wednesday.
    b. SSR: Either novel reading or "The Necklace"
5. HW: 1) Character Sketch review materials must be in class tomorrow; 2) Finish novel; 3) Read "The Necklace" by W.

Tuesday 12/7

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business:
    a. Reminder: Organizational Check Friday: Book Bags.
    b. Reminder: Read "The Necklace" by tomorrow.
3. Writer's Workshop: OMM Character Sketch Review
    a. Distribute Sample Essays.
    b. Read each one: some we will discuss, some we will look at comments, some we will mark using the original peer reading guide - need colored pencils.
    c. Review your Comment Response Guide - add additional ideas learned from today's lesson.
    d. Turn in Comment Response Guide
4. If time, discuss novel themes and techniques.
5. HW: Read "The Necklace" by tomorrow.

Wednesday 12/8

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Practice Exam on "The Necklace"
2. Business:
    Reminder: Organizational Check Friday: Book Bags
3. Reader's Workshop - Short Story Exam Practice with "The Necklace"
    Review question types, answers, what to expect.
4. Writer's Workshop: Exam Essays
    a. Assign: Exam Essays - due Friday.
        *You may use your theme wheels, text, all notes.
    b. Prewrite and draft now on own paper.
    c. Finish actual essays on exam sheets for Friday.
5. HW: Exam essays due Friday.

Thursday 12/9

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business:
    a. Reminder: Organizational Check tomorrow: Book Bags - cancelled.
    b. Reminder: Exam essays due tomorrow.
3. Writer's Workshop: Exam Essays
    a. Suggestions for ideas/Confirm ideas
        1) Prewriting session – seeing similarities
        2) Venn Diagram for all to relate to your theme
            *Poverty, Oppression, natural, familial, and societal forces
    b. Continue drafting.
ALT: If you do not wish to draft, complete Suspense One-Pager (p. 7 of the document)
4. HW: Exam essays due tomorrow.

Friday 12/10

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Practice Exam on "Oranges"
2. Business:
    Turn in Exam Essays.
3. Reader's Workshop - Short Story Exam Practice with "Oranges"
    Review question types, answers, what to expect.
4. Exam Review
    a. Review exam content, terms.
    b. Create study materials - flash cards, etc.
5. HW: Create study materials and review for exam.