Common Assessment- 1/16

Warm Up:
-Students will take brief notes, and discus the elements of suspense as they appear in short form fiction

Work Session:
-Almost the entire class today will be spent on the first administration of the common assessment
-Students that finish early are encouraged to complete the common assessment performance task if they did not finish yesterday

Summarizer:
-Completed common assessments and performance tasks will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Literary Conflict, Health Surveys, and Common Assessment Performance Tasks- 1/15

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the different types of literary conflict
-Using the visual cue students will respond to Journal Prompt #2 and be prepared to share and discuss

Work Session:
-Students will use the department laptops and their BYOD devices to answer the GA Health Survey
-Students will use the remainder of class to answer the performance task attached to the first administration of the common assessment
-Students that finish early will begin constructing the foldable review booklet that will be used for the summative assessment for "The Most Dangerous Game"

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

Sentence Fragments/Run-Ons and "The Most Dangerous Game" Reading/Vocab Test- 1/14

Warm Up:
-We will start today by discussing the impact the summer reading has on grades overall
-Students will take notes on sentence fragments and run-on sentences
-Students will complete the first half of the sentence fragments/run-ons worksheet
-As a class we will correct these and discuss
-For homework students will complete the second half of the worksheet

Work Session:
-Students will be taking the reading and vocabulary test for "The Most Dangerous Game"
-As this test is comprehensive, it should take a majority of the class period
-If time permits we will create the foldable review comic book for the short story
-Students will receive directions on what information should be displayed on each page
-This will serve as the performance task for this short story

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

Finishing "The Most Dangerous Game"- 1/13

Warm Up:
-Students will pair with their WONDER WOMAN learning partner
-Students will continue using BYOD devices to find definitions for the vocabulary words for the short story

Work Session:
-Students will use a majority of the class time to complete reading "The Most Dangerous Game"
-Students will identify the major plot structures for the story
-If time permits, students will be shown how to play Vocabulary Battleship
-Students will play a few rounds of Battleship until the end of class

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a Four Corners formative assessment

"The Most Dangerous Game"- 1/10

Warm Up:
-As a class we will discuss the plot structures in "The Big City"
-Students will practice identifying plot structures once more using the Disney-Pixar short film "For the Birds"

Work Session:
-Students will use the writing prompt to create responses to the anticipatory questions for the short story
-As a class we will discuss the responses to the prompt
-As a class we will begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game," pausing only for vocabulary alerts
-Students will work with their Captain America learning partner
-Each group will receive a green and red chip to display, depending upon need, as they finish reading the story and identifying the unfamiliar vocabulary, plot structures, and central conflict in the story

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a Four Corner response to the Essential Questions

Grammar Skills Pre-assessment, Flexible Grouping, and Starting Unit 1-1/9

Warm Up:

-Students will receive their graded responses to the letter of introduction and discuss further grading procedures

-Students will construct the Table of Contents in the inner two pages of their interactive notebook

-Students will be instructed to mark the front of their notebook with the MLA heading we will be using for all written work throughout the semester

-Students will complete the short grammar pre-assessment test

Work Session:

-Students will take notes in their interactive notebooks on the plot structures found in short form fiction

-These include exposition, rising action, types of conflict, climax, and denoument

-Students will view the short cartoon, “The Big City” and use the associated worksheet to identify the plot structures for further discussion

-Students will affix the plot structure template to their interactive notebooks for “The Most Dangerous Game”

-As a class we will begin reading and discussing “The Most Dangerous Game” from the textbook

-Students must identify plot structure and take notes in the template all throughout, time will be reserved to do this near the end of the work session

Summarizer:

-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown today that relates to the comprehension of what we have read of the short story so far

Letter of Introduction- 1/8

Warm Up:

-Students will receive the letter of introduction to read and respond to as the instructor takes attendance and reviews student transcripts

Work Session:

-Students will receive the class syllabus and review classroom rules and procedures

-Students will additionally receive cloze notes to fill in as we proceed through classroom rules and procedures

-Student will receive information about the interactive notebook and view a model of one

-Students will turn in the summer reading assignment while the instructor discusses grading policy

-Students will be given time to complete their responses to the letter of introduction

Summarizer:                                                                             

-Students will turn in completed responses to the letter of introduction