Period 1:
Animal Farm Quiz, Ch. 1-4
Present Current Events
Present Research Topics
Historical Pairing
Period 3:
Finish A Person Worth Knowing
Introduce Using Visual Aids
Start Product Presentation Work
Period 5:
Work on Portfolios
Period 6:
Discuss the moral implications of Metamorphosis
Punishment & Responsibility
Looking at subtext
Present Current Events
Consider this quote:
Life is just one day after another, even when the days are really, really strange.
--Robin McKinley
How does it relate to Gregor's situation?
Showing posts with label A Person Worth Knowing. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
March 19, 2008
Period 1:
Students reviewed vocabulary, discussed Animal Farm and continued working on their research topics.
Period 3:
Students will finish A Person Worth Knowing speeches (amazing job yesterday!). We will discuss using Visual Aids and body language.
Period 5:
Students will continue to revise their essays.
Period 6:
Students will review vocabulary, take a quiz on Metamorphosis, discuss the novella to date and map Gregor's changes.
Students reviewed vocabulary, discussed Animal Farm and continued working on their research topics.
Period 3:
Students will finish A Person Worth Knowing speeches (amazing job yesterday!). We will discuss using Visual Aids and body language.
Period 5:
Students will continue to revise their essays.
Period 6:
Students will review vocabulary, take a quiz on Metamorphosis, discuss the novella to date and map Gregor's changes.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Period 1:
Students reviewed the first chapter of Animal Farm and outlined details of emerging characters.
Students began researching topics related to the Russian Revolution to gain a historical context for the novel.
Period 3:
Students will present their A Person Worth Knowing speech and offer critiques.
Period 5:
Students will peer workshop portfolio papers and offer feedback.
Period 6:
Students will take a brief quiz on Ch. 1 of Metamorphosis and we will discuss Existentialism, Freud, Expressionism, and Surrealism.
Students reviewed the first chapter of Animal Farm and outlined details of emerging characters.
Students began researching topics related to the Russian Revolution to gain a historical context for the novel.
Period 3:
Students will present their A Person Worth Knowing speech and offer critiques.
Period 5:
Students will peer workshop portfolio papers and offer feedback.
Period 6:
Students will take a brief quiz on Ch. 1 of Metamorphosis and we will discuss Existentialism, Freud, Expressionism, and Surrealism.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Monday, March 3
We're into March! Spring is almost here.
Period 1:
Literature Circles begin!
Students set reading schedules & assigned new roles. They also discussed the weekend's reading.
We discussed the final project and did some in class reading.
Period 3:
A Person Worth Knowing - students completed student interviews.
We will be establishing class awards.
Period 5:
Students continued to explore the importance of using specifics by doing a horoscope writing activity.
Period 6:
Students will check in on their Kindness Project.
We will discuss the reading and then students will research related reading topics.
Thought for the day:
Aristotle Onassis - "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Do you agree? What are your thoughts on this?
Period 1:
Literature Circles begin!
Students set reading schedules & assigned new roles. They also discussed the weekend's reading.
We discussed the final project and did some in class reading.
Period 3:
A Person Worth Knowing - students completed student interviews.
We will be establishing class awards.
Period 5:
Students continued to explore the importance of using specifics by doing a horoscope writing activity.
Period 6:
Students will check in on their Kindness Project.
We will discuss the reading and then students will research related reading topics.
Thought for the day:
Aristotle Onassis - "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Do you agree? What are your thoughts on this?
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