Learning Contracts- 10/31

Warm Up:
-Students will turn in the signed copies of their Learning Contracts
-As a class we will focus on the Study Island portion of the project

Work Session:
-Students will utilize department laptops
-Using the Promethean board, the instructor will model how to log in to the site
-Students will work independently through the preliminary modules offered in Study Island
-The instructor will meet with students to conduct grade and project conferences
-Progress reports will be given at this time

Summarizer:
-Students will fill out the conference checklist and reflection sheet

Unit 3 and 4 Begins- 10/30

Warm Up:
-Students will view the brief cartoon entitled "Epic Poem"
-They will be viewing this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5R-v_eOPVE
-Students will quickwrite K-W-L responses to this cartoon, and as a class we will discuss these answers

Work Session:
-Students will be doing quickwrite responses to portions of the presentation on bravery
-As a class we will discuss responses as part of an ongoing attempt to define bravery
-Students will use department laptops to respond to the CNN Heroes handout

Summarizer:
-Completed CNN Heroes handouts will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Common Assessment (Constructed Response)- 10/29

-Students will be working on the constructed response portion of the common assessment today
-Students will also receive the Learning Contract for EOCT readiness 
-Students that finish early may work on either the extra credit project or final products for the Wake project

Common Assessment- 10/28

-Students will be working on the common assessment for a majority of class today.
-Students that finish early may work on either the extra credit project or Wake project products for the re

The Wake Project Day- 10/25

NOTE: Class will not meet today due to the afternoon pep rally

Final Romeo and Juliet Test- 10/24

NOTE: Due to 9th grade collaborations in the Media Center today, I will not be present for the 2nd block class

Warm Up:
-Students will evaluate their performance on the EOCT practice test we administered last week
-Students should choose ten questions they missed, review the correct answers, and write an explanation for why the right answer is correct

Work Session:
-Students will take the unit 2 final test
-This test should take a majority of the class
-If time remains, however, students will work on the final products for their Romeo and Juliet Wake projects

Summarizer:
-EOCT practice evaluations will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Career Cruising- 10/23

-Students will be in the department computer lab during most of the class as the Guidance counselors do the Career Cruising lesson
-If time remains, students will work on the final products for their Romeo and Juliet Wake projects
-All final products are due November 4th

Tiered Review- 10/22

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the tiered review questions for Acts I-III of Romeo and Juliet

Work Session:
-The class will briefly view and discuss Act IV of "Romeo + Juliet"
-Students will work in small groups on scene adaptations
-Concurrently, the instructor will be having individual grade conferences and test talks with individual struggling students

Summarizer:
-Students will be introduced to the Peach Book extra credit project

Scene Adaptation Performances-10/21

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the self-reflection and peer grading sheets for the scene adaptations we worked on all last week
-These reflections will be commented on and used as a basis for the final Act II assessment

Work Session:
-Small groups will have ten minutes to put the final touches on their scene adaptations
-Small groups will perform their scene adaptations
-If time permits, speaking roles will be assigned
-As a class we will read and discuss Act V of Romeo and Juliet

Summarizer:
-Students will complete the teacher effectiveness surveys

Dramatic Types- 10/15

Warm Up:
-As a class we will take notes on, and discuss, dramatic types and conflict found in dramatic literature
-Students will do a quickwrite based on this warm up which will be discussed

Work Session:
-Students will be assigned speaking roles for this Act
-As a class we will read and discuss Act III
-Students will receive the directions for the scene adaptation activity
-Students will be broken into small groups to begin the products for this assessment

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on this lesson

EOCT Pretest- 10/14

Warm Up:
-Students will transpose answers from the first part of the EOCT pretest they began Friday onto an optical scanning answer sheet

Work Session:
-Students will finish the EOCT pretest
-Answers from this test will be used to determine the direction of the EOCT preparation unit
-This activity should take a majority of class time today
-If students finish early they will complete the critical reading questions for Act II we began Friday
-Students that finish all activities early can work on the rough drafts of the products they are creating for the unit performance task

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson.

Finishing Act II- 10/9

Warm Up:
-Students will review internal and external conflicts by viewing the short film "Paperman"
-Students will create a T chart that illustrates the two types of conflict present in the short film
-As a class we will discuss what students saw and the conflicts they identified

Work Session:
-Talking roles will be established for all speaking roles today
-As a class we will read and discuss Act II scene 5
-Students will use the provided graphic organizer and attach this into their interactive notebook to identify conflict, theme, and extended metaphors present in this Act
-As a class we will discuss answers to this
-If time permits we will view the Act II scenes in Romeo + Juliet
-Additionally, if time permits students will break into project groups and continue work on the Wake project products

Summarizer:
-Students will answer the Essential Question for today on a sticky note
-This will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Today's Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAI4B_2Mfc

Extended Metaphors in Act II- 10/8

Warm Up:
-Students will record the definition for extended metaphor into their interactive notebooks
-Students will view the clips of the "girl in the red coat" that appear frequently throughout Schindler's List
-Students will quickwrite responses to the clips and as a class we will discuss

Work Session: 
-Students will use the graphic organizer provided to them to review the main characters and events from Act I of Romeo and Juliet
-Students will be assigned speaking roles
-As a class we will read and discuss Act II, scenes 3 and 4
-Students will discuss the extended metaphors encountered in those scenes as they record them on their graphic organizer
-The graphic organizer will be attached to the interactive notebook
-If time permits students will break into their project groups and silently begin working on final drafts of all written work

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Today's Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VL-y9JHuI

Character, Theme, and The Wake Work Session- 10/2

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on character and theme, using the powerpoint presentation as a basis for these notes
-As a class we will complete the coached example from the COACH workbook
-Students will work on the lesson practice from the COACH workbooks
-We will correct and discuss the answers to these exercises

Work Session:
-Students will break into the small roles they have already been assigned for the Unit 2 performance task
-Students will use the classroom resources, the material they brought, and small groups will be given passes to the media center to work on their projects
-This activity will take most of the class time

Summarizer:
-Students will answer the Essential Question on a sticky note.
-This will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Painting Analysis Continued-10/1

Warm Up:
-Students will continue the notes we began yesterday on the major elements of dramatic literature
-Students will take a brief review quiz on these elements

Work Session:
-Students will complete the painting analysis activity we began yesterday
-As a class we will discuss the "blocking" for the balcony scene
-Students will read and annotate the setting chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor 
-As a class we will discuss the importance of setting in Act II, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
-After assigning roles students will begin reading and discussing Act II scene 1.
-Students will do quickwrites in their interactive notebook in which they identify references to celestial bodies in this scene
-If time permits students will share their responses to the quickwrite prompt

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson