Unit+2+-+Defining+Heroes+(2nd+Period)

=This page is for 2nd period only! If you are in any other class, turn back! Turn back before it's too late! =

__**Skills to be covered in this unit: **__

- Elements of Expository

- STAAR Practice

- #|Effective writing skills

__**Unit length: **__

6 weeks

Columbus day No #|school  || 9 Expository intros and thesis statements || 11 Discuss OER tests <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STAAR practice <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Library || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">12 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Expository <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">conclusions || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How & Why CAFE || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">16 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How & Why CAFE <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">continued || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">18 <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Common assessment <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- Expository Essay || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">19 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Denotation / Connotation || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Intro The Secret Life of Bees <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">by <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Sue Monk Kidd || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">23 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Start Bees || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">25 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Class discussion <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">over Bees || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">26 <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Reading Log due <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STAAR and <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">grammar skills test || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(Ch. 1 - 5 due) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Annotation for <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">figurative language <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">practice || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">30 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">OER practice || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">November 1 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Class discussion <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">over Bees || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">PLAN test || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(Ch. 6 - 10 due) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"If We Must Die" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Sonnet Structure || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">6 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Annotation for POV <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">and tone practice || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">8 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Class discussion <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">over Bees || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">9 <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">STAAR and <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">grammar skills test || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(Ch. 11 - 14 due) <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tissue Box due <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bees test || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">13 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ELA <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Benchmark || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">15 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bees viewing || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">16 <span style="background-color: #ffa000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Reading Log due ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">October 8
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">15
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">22
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">29
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">5
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">12

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Week 1 (10/8 - 10/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Monday <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Columbus day - No school

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

Tuesday

===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Part 1: ===
 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Write a thesis statement for the prompt on your paper. ===
 * 2) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Fold your paper in half so only the statement you wrote and the empty box at the bottom shows. ===
 * 3) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">When Mrs. Jones tells you to, pass your paper to someone who has a different letter in the top right corner. ===
 * 4) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Don't look at the new prompt!! ===
 * 5) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In the blank box, write what you think the other person's prompt is supposed to be. ===
 * 6) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Trade back and check. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Part 2:

 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Attach the Expository Intros handout to your ISN. ===
 * 2) ===R<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">ead through the options and choose one. ===
 * 3) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Write an introduction that will fit with your thesis. ===

===<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Homework <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- p. 3 - 4 of WriteSource workbook. ===

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 41px;">Thursday (10/11/12) = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">CO: Understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure of text. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">LO: Discuss the OER test results. Practice reading and answering multiple choice questions. Return books to the library and choose a new fiction book.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20px;">Warm Up: Warm up: Number 8 - 15 on a sheet of paper. Fill in the correct homophone for the following clues.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Check grammar p. 3 - 4.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Pass back OER test and discuss.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Portfolios
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Library
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">"The Wall" STAAR Practice w/questions and theme.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">- p. 5 - 6 of WriteSource.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Friday (10/12/12)
==<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">CO: Determine appropriate topic and develop a thesis. ==

==<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">LO: Practice different intros and thesis statements. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: Look over your grammar homework to make sure it's all correct. Turn it in!

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Practice writing thesis statements. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">1. Explain why someone should be admired. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">2. Explain why someone should be regarded as a leader. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">3. Explain why parent are sometimes strict. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">4. Explain how moving from place to pace affects kids. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">5. What are the major challenges in kids' lives? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">6. Explain why students like (or do not like) to work within a team. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">7. Explain why students listen to a particular type of music. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">8. Explain the likely consequences of making bad grades in school.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">In your thesis statement, include HOW and WHY something can be done.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Monday and Tuesday (10/15 - 10/16/12)

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">CO: structure ideas (e.g., using outlines, note taking, graphic organizers, lists) and develop drafts that include transitions and rhetorical devices used to convey meaning. = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">LO: Learn a strategy for expository writing and practice the strategy. =

==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Warm up - == =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Warm up: Rewrite the following sentences. Correct the mistakes in pronoun usage and subjunctive mood. When the verbs are passive, make them active. The first one is done for you. =

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. The posters were ripped down by the angry students. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Correct - The angry students ripped down the posters. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. My only wish for my brother's future is that he treats everyone with respect. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. The White House was nearly destroyed by fire in 1814. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">4. Our teacher gave the difficult assignment to we. =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Read the How & Why CAFE handout. =====

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">READ the following statement:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Most people like to play games. Some of us like to play sports. Others like to play #|video games, card games, or board games.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">THINK about all the different kinds of games you have played.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">WRITE an essay about your favorite game and why it is your favorite.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Homework <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- pg. 9 - 10 of WriteSource workbook.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thursday (10/17/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">CO: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">LO:

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Warm up: Prepare materials for an exam.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Today's activity: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Expository essay exam

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">- p. 11 - 12 of WriteSource workbook.

Friday (10/18/12) CO: Analyze textual context to distinguish between denotative and connotative meanings of words. LO: Read passages and look for the denotative and connotative meanings of words.

Warm up - Correct the following sentence.

Exercize, in fact, stimulates the release of endorphins, that can make people feel good ut many people still prefer being couch potatoes.

Word study -
 * Denotation
 * Connotation

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">CO: Relate the figurative language of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">LO: Read a passage and answer questions about narration and tone.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Monday (10/22/12) - Tuesday (10/23/12) **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;"> - WS page 13 - 14. (Due tomorrow)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Warm up: Complete the chart given to you at the door. **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Talk about it with the people around you. Come to an agreement about your opinion of the statements.Write an A for "agree" and a D for "disagree."
 * **//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A or D //** || **//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Statements //** ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Injustices are a matter of opinion. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Loyalty is the most important part of a relationship between family or friends. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Success often has as much to do with luck as with our choices, actions, or abilities. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When in danger, it is best to play it safe rather than take a risk. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In a life-or-death situation, almost any action is forgivable. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prejudice and racism are here to stay and there is nothing anyone can do about it. ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif';">A parent is the most important person in a child’s life. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Get the hype on Jim Crow and Civil Rights from this brief video:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_S7y_iiMg

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Why did we watch this video? How do you think it will be important? =

__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Secret Life of Bees __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> by Sue Monk Kidd

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">From the author: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"As my novel unfolded, it seemed implausible to me not to write about the racial wounds and tensions I remembered from growing up in the South in the 1950’s and 60’s. I remember, for instance, when the Ku Klux Klan came to my hometown one Saturday wearing white robes and hoods, streaming into the stores along Front Street, and how everyone scattered, both black and white, except for me and my friend, who got trapped behind a table with an elderly black woman who lifted her chin and rolled out her lip in a picture of defiance and challenge. I was littered with these sorts of images, the kind, which psychologically I could not really digest. As a writer, I felt compelled to do something with them, at the very least give witness to them through story. I didn’t put the Ku Klux Klan story into the novel; my job is to imagine deeply, not recount my history. But still, I kept recalling the elderly black woman in the shoe store when I wrote about Rosaleen’s encounter with the three racists.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Writing Lily’s story against the historical backdrop of racial turmoil was not merely about private catharsis, however. I believe that images, such as the one I mentioned above, carry social relevance in the same manner that all images of historical cruelty do. So, I guess you’d say I felt a need, and beyond that, a kind of responsibility, to offer up my images in hope of a wider redemption." --Sue Monk Kidd

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This book is also in movie form. __The Secret Life of Bees__ was released in 2008. See the trailer <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">here <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Go to the Denver Public Library (DPL) website and find The Secret Life of Bees in the library card catalog (http://denverlibrary.org/)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Click on the links that will give you information about the book.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">“summaries"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">“characters”

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">“excerpts”

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Reflect on the information you have obtained, what do you think of when you read the title The Secret Life of Bees and how do you think the title fits into the story? Answer with a short paragraph and complete, grammatically correct sentences.

Tuesday (10/23/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Warm up - Grab a book and sign the check out log. Write your name, Jones, 129 on the inside cover of the book.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">CO: Relate the figurative language of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">LO: Read a passage and answer questions about narration and tone.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Assign reading groups.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Your job is to assign reading to each other for each night.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Ch. 1 - 5 due by Monday, October 29, 2012 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Ch. 6 - 10 due by Monday, November 5, 2012 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Ch. 11 - 14 due by Monday, November 12, 2012

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thursday (10/25/12) <span style="color: #2b2627; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">CO: Understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">LO: Return our library books, read, and hold a silent class discussion.

Warm up - Turn in grammar (15-16). Tonight's homework - 17-18.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">www.todaysmeet.com/Bees

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">We are having a chapter 1 discussion online today. The following are some of the questions that will be asked.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. “The queen, for her part, is the unifying force of the community; if she is removed <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">from the hive, the workers very quickly sense her absence. After a few hours, or <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">even less, they show unmistakable signs of queenlessness.” How does Lily’s <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">home show signs of queenlessness? Discuss how this magnifies issues that are <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">considered normal for girls of Lily’s age and what additional issues this creates.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. What can we determine about the “rules” for black and white people, during this

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">time period, from this chapter?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. When Rosaleen stands up to T. Ray about the chick, Lily says, “his boots <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">whispered uncle all the way down the hall.” (Pg. 12) What does she mean? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What is the literary term used in the quote? How does using <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">this help convey the author’s message?

Friday CO: Assess learning of ELA TEKS. LO: Grammar and STAAR-stye reading test. Turn in grammar and reading logs. Prepare for test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Monday (10/29/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Relate the figurative language of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Read a passage and answer questions

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up - get into your groups. Talk about your reading. Complete the handout for Chapters 1 - 5.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Quiz

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW - p. 19 - 20

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Tuesday (10/30/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Relate the figurative language of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Practice answering OER questions

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up - turn in grammar. On a sheet of paper, write the CO and LO.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Meet in your group to assign each other's reading for the week.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Discuss the reading so far and answer any questions from your study guide that you can.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Each person must take notes of the discussion on the same page as the warm up and turn it in to the teacher.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Answer the OER questions as a group on the same page. Make sure to include the ATE chart for each question.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">OER 1 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">What is a main conflict in the story? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">OER 2 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">In chapter 6, how does the form of narration affect the tone? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW - p. 21 - 22.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Thursday (11/1/12) <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">CO: Compare and contrast themes of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">LO: Read multiple passages and compare and contrast the themes.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">__**Warm up**__: Turn in your grammar. Write the CO and LO. Answer the following question: How did you celebrate Halloween? Did you have plans for last night? If so, what? If not, what did you do instead?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Tonight's HW - p. 23 and the bottom of 24

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Get in groups and discuss Chapter 6 of Bees.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Hold online discussion at Today's Meet. (www.todaysmeet.com/Bees)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Question 1 - “Nothing’s fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now" (96). How does this statement relate to the theme of the story so far? Discuss.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Question 2 - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Rosaleen goes into town to register to vote. Three white men attack her after she pours spit on to their shoes. Do you agree with the way Rosaleen handled this situation? Why or why not?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Monday (11/5/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: Analyze the structure of poetry.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Students will understand the sonnet form using “If We Must Die.”

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up - Turn in your grammar (if you didn't do it on Friday). Write the CO and LO. Answer this question: How many lines are in a sonnet?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">HW - Grammar p. 25 - 26; Be ready for a quiz over chapters 6 - 10.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Look at sonnet form. (handout)

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">"I shall forget you presently, my dear" <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">**[|Edna St. Vincent Millay]**

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">I shall forget you presently, my dear, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">So make the most of this, your little day, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Your little month, your little half a year, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Ere I forget, or die, or move away, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">And we are done forever; by and by <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">I shall forget you, as I said, but now, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">If you entreat me with your loveliest lie <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">I will protest you with my favorite vow. <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">I would indeed that love were longer-lived, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">And vows were not so brittle as they are, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">But so it is, and nature has contrived <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">To struggle on without a break thus far, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Whether or not we find what we are seeking <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Is idle, biologically speaking.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 26px;">Tuesday (11/6/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: use conventions of capitalization and correct punctuation marks

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Revise passages for capitalization and punctuation.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up - Turn in grammar. Write the CO and LO. Rewrite the following statement correctly.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">you say rite somethin but i dont kno what to rite

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Edit and revise passages from A Lesson Before Dying.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW - p. 27 - 28

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Thursday (11/8/12)

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">CO: Compare and contrast themes of a literary work to its historical and cultural setting.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">LO: Read multiple passages and compare and contrast the themes.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">__**Warm up**__: Turn in your grammar. Write the CO and LO. Correct the following sentence:

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Who is the author of the secret life of bees

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">HW - p. 29 - 30

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Friday (11/9/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: use and understand the functions of reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: practice using correct pronouns.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up: Turn in grammar. Write the CO and LO. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">ELA Benchmark
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Reciprocal and Reflexive pronouns