Unit+2+-+Defining+Heroes+PAP

__**Skills to be covered in this unit: **__ - Elements of Expository - Elements of Timed Writings - Vocabulary development - Effective writing skills

__**Unit length: **__ 6 weeks

[|Ayn Rand - //Anthem// Essay Contest]

Columbus Day No School || 9Anthem ¶ || 10/11Revise ¶Simile carousel ||> 12 Anthem test || Write a sonnet ||> 2 PLAN test || Sonnet due || 7 Table essay ||> 9 Table essay due ||
 * > <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">October 8
 * > <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">15Essay structure || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">16//Anthem// essayplanning/rough draft || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">17/18Expository writingtechniques ||> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">19Expository writingtechniques(Continued ) ||
 * > <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">22 <span style="background-color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">Common Assessment(Expository essay) || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">23Peer edit//Anthem// essays || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">24/25Library: typing <span style="background-color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">Anthem <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">essay <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> & uploading <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">to turnitin.com ||> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">26 <span style="background-color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">SAT Vocab andGrammar testReading log due ||
 * > <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">29A Lesson Before Dying byErnest J. Gaines || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">30 Sonnet structure || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">31/November 1 Continue sonnet structure
 * > <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">5 TAMM practice || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">6 Table essay
 * > <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">12STAAR practice || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">13ELA Benchmark || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">14/15ELA Benchmark ||> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; text-align: right;">16 SAT Vocab andGrammar test Reading log due ||

<span style="color: #ff0007; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Week 1: (10/8 - 10/12) <span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Monday Columbus Day - No school <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">

<span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Tuesday
<span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">CO: Develop drafts in a timed situation that includes transitions. <span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">LO: Write a paragraph that includes transitions. <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Grab a grammar workbook. Put your name on it. Then do the warm up. <span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Warm up: Number 1 - 7 on a sheet of paper. Fill in the correct homophone for the following clues.

<span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Quiz

<span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">__Today's activity__ - In a well-organized paragraph, describe the society in which Anthem is set. Some areas to consider are the political structure, #|degree of technology, social relationships, quality of life, and education.

<span style="background-color: #a9efef; color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Homework <span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> - p. 3 - 4 of WriteSource workbook.

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday (10/10/12) / Thursday (10/11/12) = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">CO: analyze isolate scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot. Revise drafts to improve style. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">LO: Carousel similes and discuss meaning. Revise paragraphs from yesterday.

<span style="color: #006380; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">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: 130%;">Check grammar p. 3 - 4.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">SAT Vocabulary
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Pass back papers.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Debrief over OERs.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Portfolios
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Revise //Anthem// paragraphs - turn them in!
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Simile carousel

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Figurative language is employed effectively, if sparingly, in this novel. Often, a well-chosen simile captures the essence of a character, or the significance of an event. On a sticky note, write what you think is the meaning and significance of the following similes in //Anthem//.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Reflection - Write a paragraph reflecting on today's activity. Did this activity help your understanding of the novel? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">If so, why and how? If not, why not?

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> - p. 5 - 6 of WriteSource.

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday (10/12/12) = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">CO: assess how scenes contribute to the success of the plot. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">LO: Test over Anthem.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Check grammar p. 5-6.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Prepare materials for a test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Test - Part 1 = 70% <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Part 2 = 30%

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Monday (10/15/12) = ==<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: Study essay structure by reading good samples and reflect on the process.
=<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. =

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

 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">http://essaycontest.aynrandnovels.com/Anthem.aspx?theme=blue
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[file:Anthem Essay Information.pdf]]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Read previous winners and decide what makes them great.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> - p. 7 - 8 of WS book.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tuesday (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: Plan and begin a rough draft for //Anthem//.
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Warm up - What topic are you choosing to write about for your //Anthem// essay? Why did you choose that topic?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Take apart your essay prompt. What is it you are supposed to write about? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Make a rough list of examples from the book that you could use in your essay. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Find others who are writing on the same topic. Compare notes. (Is there something you forgot? Is there something they forgot?) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">4. Begin an outline (or whatever method you choose) for your essay. What will you talk about in the first paragraph? The second? And so on. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">5. Write a thesis statement. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">6. Write an intro and conclusion. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">7. Write your rough draft.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">HW - p. 9 - 10 of WS book.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday (10/17/12) - Friday (10/19/12) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">LO: Learn a strategy for expository writing and practice the strategy. **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">**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.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Turn in grammar homework.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Today's activity: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">1. Practice thesis statements.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">A. Explain why someone should be admired. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">B. Explain why someone should be regarded as a leader. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">C. Explain why parent are sometimes strict. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">D. Explain how moving from place to place affects kids. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Thesis statement game. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">3. Practice intros. (using the above thesis statements) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">4. How & Why CAFE
 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Write a thesis statement for the prompt on your paper. ===
 * 2) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">Don't look at the new prompt!! ===
 * 5) ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">Trade back and check. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">READ the following statement:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">THINK about all the different kinds of games you have played.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">WRITE an essay about your favorite game and why it is your favorite.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">5. RANGER game

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">6. Practice conclusions. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">7. Write an intro, thesis statement, and conclusion about the games prompt.

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday (10/22/2012) = ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">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; font-size: 130%;">LO: Write expository essay for common assessment.
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Common assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Use one of the intro strategies from the pink sheet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Use one of the conclusion strategies from the Conclusions handout.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Use two of the strategies from the How & Why CAFE
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Caution
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Anecdote
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Fact
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25px;">Example

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;"> - WS page 13 - 14.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Tuesday (10/23/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: Revise drafts to improve style and content. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Students will peer edit each other’s Anthem essays.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up - Turn in your grammar homework. Grab a peer edit handout. Get out your rough draft.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Turn your rough draft into a paper airplane.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Peer edit a rough draft.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Conference with your peer.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Return their rough draft.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">HW - grammar pg. 15 - 16.

Wednesday / Thursday Anthem essay work days

Friday CO: Assess learning of ELA TEKS. LO: SAT Vocab and grammar test

Turn in grammar homework. Turn in Reading Logs. Prepare for test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Monday (10/29/12) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">CO: analyze the controlling idea and specific purpose of a novel. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">LO: Become familiar with background of a novel.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Warm up - Turn in Anthem, check out ALBD.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Concept study (page 17 of ISN): <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">1940s culture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Women were domestic goddesses - housewives.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Men - several different things bring home the bacon. Wealthy men = landowners; poor = worked at jobs or farmed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Segregation - white people and black people were separated - water fountains, buses, schools, restaurants, movie theatres, restrooms, churches, different sides of town, Jim Crow laws
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">black men - not treated the same as white men, had undesirable jobs like farm hand, garbage collector, etc. Most were not educated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">World War II
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">gospel, big band, blues music

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Alienation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">separation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">don't feel welcome
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Rosa Parks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">illegal immigration - if someone comes into the country illegally, people immediately stereotype them and don't want to associate with them.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">ALBD assignment.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">HW - p. 19 - 20; read and work on ALBD assignment.

<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: Analyze the structure of poetry; write a poem using a variety of poetic techniques <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Students will understand the sonnet form using “If We Must Die” and write a sonnet.

<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. Then, write your first name largely on a piece of paper. Figure out which syllables of your name are stressed and which are unstressed. Finally, do the same with your last name.

<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%;">Shakespearean sonnet -

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Always follows the same format:

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


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">10 syllables (5 iambs of 2 syllables each)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Iamb – a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">–3 quatrains (four lines each)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">–1 rhyming couplet (two lines)

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

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Read the sonnet, "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay, and label the rhyme scheme and pattern of syllables. Then complete the remainder of the activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Completing the information on the handout is a daily grade and your final draft of your poem is a major grade. Upload a copy to www.turnitin.com and Make a pretty, creative, colorful copy for our wall. Due November 6, 2012. http://www.rhymezone.com/

__**<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Wednesday / Thursday (10/31 - 1/1) **__ <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Analyze the structure of poetry; write a poem using a variety of poetic techniques <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Students will write a sonnet.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__**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="color: #ff9c00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%;">Happy Halloween!!

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Today's activity:

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">"I shall forget you presently, my dear" <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">**[|Edna St. Vincent Millay]**

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">I shall forget you presently, my dear, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">So make the most of this, your little day, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Your little month, your little half a year, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Ere I forget, or die, or move away, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">And we are done forever; by and by <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">I shall forget you, as I said, but now, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">If you entreat me with your loveliest lie <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">I will protest you with my favorite vow. <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">I would indeed that love were longer-lived, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">And vows were not so brittle as they are, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">But so it is, and nature has contrived <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">To struggle on without a break thus far, <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Whether or not we find what we are seeking <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Is idle, biologically speaking.


 * <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Work on your sonnet. You may use your phone, the tablet, or the laptop to look up rhyming words on www.rhymezone.com.
 * <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Read and work on your ALBD foldable.
 * <span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW - p. 23 and the bottom of 24.

<span style="color: #620962; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Monday (11/5/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Use elements of the writing process to compose text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: Practice writing thesis statements.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up - turn in your grammar (unless you did it Friday). Write the CO and LO. Answer this question: What do you think is required for a good thesis statement?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">HW - p. 25 - 26

<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%;">Practice writing thesis statements for AP-style timed writings.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">A good thesis statement has the title and author of the work in the first half of the sentence, then the method the author uses to create meaning, and, finally, the meaning that is created.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">apostrophe - a figure of speech in which the speaker directly and often emotionally addresses a person/place/thing that isn't there. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Thesis for "If We Must Die" -

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">In Claude McKay's poem, "If We Must Die," he uses metaphor, imagery and apostrophe to show the importance of African Americans need to fight for what they believe in.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Title - "6th Grade - Our Lady of Pompeii" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Author - Vittoria repetto <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Method - syntax, capitalization, repetition <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Meaning - identity will not change

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Thesis - In Vittoria repetto's poem, "6th Grade - Our Lady of Pompeii," she uses syntax, capitalization, and repetition to show that her identity will not change with her move to America.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Title - "The Red Wheelbarrow" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Author - William Carlos Williams <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Method - imagery, rhythm, symbolism <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Meaning - everything can depend on nothing

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Thesis - In the poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow," by William Carlos Williams, imagery, rhythm, and symbolism are used to show that sometimes everything can depend on nothing.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: Draw conclusions and make inferences from reading. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Work on reading //A Lesson Before Dying// and flipbook.

<span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up - Turn in grammar. Write CO and LO. <span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype','book antiqua',palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">HW - pg. 27 - 28.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday / Thursday / Friday

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Use elements of the writing process to compose text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: In groups, write a table essay.

<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%;">Group assignments

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

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">In groups, students will write an essay together.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Most writers who have a lasting impact on society are the ones who are often controversial and cause readers to think about themselves. In a well-written essay, identify how McKay’s “If We Must Die” brings readers to evaluate their lives and how the work has continued to have an impact in our society today.

If we must die—let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

Monday <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Use elements of the writing process to compose text. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: In groups, write a table essay.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up - Get into your table essay groups.

<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%;">Reminders:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">End of the 6 weeks.
 * <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%;">SAT Vocab test
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Continue table essay.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">NO GRAMMAR HOMEWORK.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Friday (11/16/12)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">CO: Assess learning of ELA TEKS.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">LO: SAT Vocab test. Thanksgiving essay

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Warm up: Turn in Reading Logs. Prepare for test.