Honors English 9 12/7 - 12/11

Monday 12/7

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Exam Practice & TMDG Quizzes.
2. Business
    a. Assign: Early - Mid One Pager due Friday.
    b. Exam Review: If you haven't started, NOW is the time.
    c. Organization Check materials ready at all times now.
    d. Choice/Independent Reading: Stay on schedule.
    e. Turn in any late work.
3. Reader's Workshop
    a. TMDG - response & theme
    b. Analysis: Plot Diagram, Conflict, Setting (mood), Setting (action), Characterization (Z and R), Irony, Theme.
        *Small Group - all members take notes together.
        **Quotes, page numbers, correct lit devices.
    c. Present: Cover as full class - could continue tomorrow.
4. HW: 1) Early-Mid One Pager due F; 2) Independent Reading; 3) Exam Review.

Tuesday 12/8

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Exam Practice Quiz
2. Business
    a. Assign: Read "The Scarlet Ibis" for tomorrow.
    b. Remind: Early - Mid One Pager due Friday.
    c. Exam Review: Continue.
    d. Organization Check materials ready at all times now.
    e. Choice/Independent Reading: Stay on schedule.
    f. Turn in any late work.
3. Reader's Workshop
    a. Continue with TMDG analysis - these are the types of things the exam will ask you to know.
         *Small groups present their analyses.
    b. If time, begin pre-reading, reading "The Scarlet Ibis."
4. HW: 1) Read "The Scarlet Ibis"; 2) Early-Mid One Pager due F; 3) Independent Reading; 4) Exam Review.

Wednesday 12/9

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Exam Practice & Ibis (maybe) Quizzes.
2. Business
    a. Assign: Read sample lit and critical essays for tomorrow:
        1) "Oranges" and Lit Crit Essay
        2) "Any Human to Another" and Lit Crit Essay
    b. Remind: Early - Mid One Pager due Friday.
    c. Exam Review: Continue.
    d. Organization Check materials ready at all times now.
    e. Choice/Independent Reading: Stay on schedule.
    f. Turn in any late work.
3. Reader's Workshop: "The Scarlet Ibis"
    a. Create Theme Wheel, Thematic Analysis Wheel and RD of 5 paragraph critical essay.
    b. Guided review of essay - teacher led.
    c. Teacher Conferencing: Be sure to meet with teacher for any questions or answers you may struggle with!
4. HW: 1) Read Sample Lit and Essays on website tonight; 2) Early-Mid One Pager due F; 3) Independent Reading; 4) Exam Review.

Thursday 12/10

 

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: Exam Practice Quiz
2. Business
    a. Remind: Early - Mid One Pager due tomorrow.
    b. Exam Review: Continue.
    c. Organization Check materials ready at all times now.
    d. Choice/Independent Reading: Stay on schedule.
    e. Turn in any late work.
3. Reader's Workshop
    a. Comments on the samples.
    b. SSR: The Necklace
    c. When done, repeat the process from "The Scarlet Ibis":
        *Create Theme Wheel, Thematic Analysis Wheel and RD of 5 paragraph critical essay.
    d. Teacher Conferencing: Be sure to meet with teacher for any questions or answers you may struggle with!
4. HW: 1) Early-Mid One Pager due tomorrow; 2) Independent Reading; 3) Exam Review.

 

Friday 12/11

 

1. Journal/Bell-Ringer: none
2. Business
    a. Exam Review: Continue.
    b. Organization Check materials ready at all times now.
    c. Choice/Independent Reading: Stay on schedule.
    d. Turn in Mid-Early One Pager & any late work.
3. Reader's Workshop
    SSR Day - for choice novel
4. HW: 1) Exam Review; 2) Independent Reading.